Immortal Palace of Eternal Life

Chapter 253: Guiding the Junior

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The aptitude of a false spiritual root was ultimately not suitable for the path of cultivating immortality. Liu Yu himself was cultivating on a second-order spiritual mountain, an environment that had surpassed most outer sect disciples.

Moreover, since Liu Yu knew that he could not return to the sect for a short time, he instructed Jiang Qiushui to provide him with a bottle of corresponding elixirs every three months.

Thus, Geng Yunsong could receive two batches of elixirs from him and the sect.

In an environment with nearly double the cultivation resources compared to other outer sect disciples, along with the benefits of a second-order spiritual vein, it took him almost twenty years to advance from the third layer of qi refinement to the sixth layer.

On average, it took about seven years for him to raise his level of cultivation from the initial to mid stage of qi refinement. It must be said that the reputation of being a waste due to having a false spiritual root was indeed well-deserved.

If it were any other disciple with a true spiritual root, given such an environment and resources, they would likely have already reached the seventh or eighth layer of qi refinement.

Not to mention, his grandfather, Geng Yuanzhang, did not know how much inheritance he had left for him.

“Some sects do not recruit disciples with false spiritual roots, and there is indeed a reason for that; the input is completely disproportionate to the output!” Liu Yu thought to himself.

He then felt somewhat fortunate that he was not a false spiritual root; otherwise, even with an Immortal Abode at his disposal, things would not be easy.

Yet, he had promised Geng Yuanzhang to take care of this child a bit, and since he was just a junior in the qi refinement stage, he still wouldn’t withhold these resources from him; thus, he had no intention of breaking his promise.

As for the Oath of the Heart Demon he had once made, if this child could reach the peak of qi refinement before the age of sixty and provided him with a foundation establishment pill, Liu Yu did not believe that this child could achieve that.

Perhaps the bottleneck of the late stage of qi refinement would be enough to hold him back for another twenty or thirty years.

Just after he flipped through his insights on spiritual herbs, there was movement outside the cave dwelling. It was needless to say who had come.

Without raising his head, Liu Yu took out the array talisman with one hand, performed a few spell techniques to open the formation, and then put it back.

Before long, a somewhat handsome young male cultivator walked in from outside the cave.

Geng Yunsong quietly walked to the Grand Scholar Chair where Liu Yu was sitting, letting his hands fall naturally at his sides, standing quietly without daring to disturb him.

The aptitude of a false spiritual root made him endure disdain throughout his childhood, allowing him to understand the warmth and coldness of human relationships.

He still remembered that when his grandfather was alive, despite his poor aptitude, many senior brothers and sisters were still very close to him, calling him junior brother affectionately.

At that time, every breath of air felt relaxed; those were the happiest moments for Geng Yunsong.

However, everything changed completely after his grandfather passed away.

His former senior brothers and sisters gradually grew distant, until they became like strangers. Some even coveted the inheritance left to him by his grandfather, threatening him maliciously several times.

Everything started to improve only after he mentioned Uncle Liu’s name.

In that moment, he understood that his grandfather was right; without backing in the sect, things could be very difficult.

And Uncle Liu was now his backing.

Standing quietly in the hall with his head down, Geng Yunsong's gaze was unfocused as he reminisced about the past, feeling a wave of sourness rise to his nose.