Chapter 71: The Birth of Spiritual Power

“No, why?” Li Wei could hardly believe his ears and shouted loudly, “Eunuch Wei, I am the Marquis of Martial Valor personally appointed by His Majesty—how could His Majesty possibly exterminate my entire clan?”

The crown prince, the other princes, and all civil and military officials turned deathly pale.

The crown prince was furious and demanded, “Eunuch Wei, I want to know the reason. Why would my father treat me so? Or is it you who have falsely conveyed the imperial edict to settle a personal grudge?”

“That is because of me.”

Before Eunuch Wei could explain, Chu Feng spoke up.

An overwhelming aura erupted from him in an instant.

Chu Feng, at the mid-stage of the Grand Completion Realm.

Even the slightest trace of his presence was unbearable for everyone present.

All felt as though a towering mountain was crushing down on them; they collapsed to the ground, unable to stand, their faces contorted with fear as if death itself had descended.

Some even spat blood.

Not even the elite imperial guards of Great Qian could remain standing.

Eunuch Wei half-knelt on the ground, hurriedly calling out, “Immortal Lord, please withdraw your power!”

Only then did Chu Feng retract his spiritual force. His gaze swept the room as he said indifferently, “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Chu Feng, Supreme Elder of the Tai Xuan Dao Sect. Today, I am here to uphold justice for Lin Manyu. Does anyone present have objections?”

Boom.

Everyone’s minds seemed to explode.

The Immortal Lord of the Tai Xuan Dao Sect.

The Supreme Elder.

This was not merely a Nascent Soul Patriarch.

To say he could crush them was an understatement—even annihilating the entire Great Qian Dynasty would be as easy as turning over his hand.

Terror, regret, utter despair.

If, moments ago, anyone still harbored dissatisfaction at Eunuch Wei’s words, now such thoughts had vanished without a trace.

After all, the entire court was present—the two chief ministers, the crown prince, several princes, and most of the dynasty’s power—all now punished by the Emperor. Even the Emperor would have to weigh such a move carefully.

But now that they knew the one standing before them was a Nascent Soul Patriarch, the Supreme Elder of the Tai Xuan Dao Sect, they understood their fate was sealed.

The Great Qian Dynasty was, at best, a subordinate state of Tai Xuan Dao Sect. To put it bluntly, it was merely a dog on their leash.

Should Tai Xuan Dao Sect wish it, destroying Great Qian would be no more difficult than crushing an ant. Even a Gold Core Elder’s word was enough to command the entire dynasty without resistance.

Let alone a Nascent Soul Patriarch.

They had hoped to curry favor with Li Wei.

Instead, they had brought disaster upon themselves.

If not for Chu Feng’s presence, many would have wished to kill Li Wei themselves.

Chu Feng nodded with satisfaction. “Very well. Eunuch Wei, I leave the matter of Li Wei and the Li clan in your hands. Do not let me down.”

“Otherwise, the Great Qian Dynasty will have no reason to exist.”

“Yes, yes,” Eunuch Wei replied hastily, cold sweat pouring down his face.

He dared not show the slightest hint of defiance.

Nor did anyone present dare utter a word of complaint.

[Beep, beep.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have helped the Destiny’s Daughter, Lin Manyu, avenge her grievances, gained her gratitude, received 800,000 destiny points, and the following rewards.]

Eight hundred thousand destiny points.

So few.

He wondered what the rewards would be.

As for destiny itself, Chu Feng did not care much; what he valued were the rewards.

[Reward 1: 20 million destiny points.]

[Reward 2: One Opportunity Deduction Card.]

[Reward 3: An Emperor’s Treasure—Yin-Yang Jade Pendant.]

That was all.

Indeed, the rewards were not as great as suppressing a Destiny’s Daughter or slaying a Destiny’s Son.

Still, it was a significant sum.

With another scan of the system, Chu Feng saw that Lin Manyu’s Destiny’s Daughter status had disappeared.

“System, what’s going on? Lin Manyu no longer has destiny, nor is she the Destiny’s Daughter,” Chu Feng asked in surprise.

Upgrading the destiny rank.

Zhao Dongdong had previously been elevated to Destiny’s Daughter by him.

Now Lin Manyu, who had been Destiny’s Daughter, had become an ordinary woman.

[Because the Host helped Lin Manyu avenge her grievances, her heart has found release and asks for nothing more. Moreover, she destroyed her foundation to help Li Wei kill the Barbarian King and can no longer cultivate. She only wishes for an ordinary life. Thus, her destiny points have transferred to you, and she will fade into the crowd.]

So that was it.

“Oh?”

Chu Feng noticed something even more surprising.

His conquest value with Ji Ling’er—

There was finally progress.

Eighty-five points.

It had increased by a full five points.

Was it because of the earlier beating he gave Li Wei?

He had helped her vent her emotions, allowing her heart to be freed. It was like a door that had once been tightly shut; previously, there had been only a crack, not enough to let a person pass through.

Now, after this release, the door was open a little wider.

He could almost enter fully—only the head remained outside.

This journey to the Great Qian Dynasty had truly been worthwhile.

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Back at the Tai Xuan Dao Sect,

Chu Feng quickly resumed his previous life.

Daily cultivation, spending time with the women.

His cultivation advanced steadily.

Most importantly, with twenty million destiny points, he could finally purchase the later chapters of the Great Celestial Immortal Scripture.

A thousand characters of scripture were comparable to an Immortal Emperor’s canon.

What about fifteen hundred characters?

That would be over half the scripture.

With five hundred more characters exchanged, Chu Feng immediately began cultivation. Though his realm did not advance, he clearly felt his potential increase, his spiritual power become more refined and formidable, and even his soul underwent a subtle change.

Moreover, he awakened a new force—

The power of the mind.

In the path of cultivation, nothing is more than the enhancement of the body, spiritual power, and soul.

Thus, three great schools emerged.

The Body Refinement School.

The Spiritual Power School.

The Soul School.

Among the myriad immortals and Buddhas, the Witch Tribe follows the path of body refinement.

Immortals and Buddhists mainly cultivate spiritual power, with some focus on the body, but if categorized, they are still of the Spiritual Power School.

The ghosts and gods of the Underworld, and the deities of the Investiture of the Gods, follow the Soul School.

Their physical bodies destroyed, they exist in soul form; to reforge the body is, in essence, still the Way of the Soul.

Yet, aside from these three, there is another school.

Few walk this path—it is the School of the Mind, whose representative is Hou Yi.

Additionally, Buddhism is skilled in the cultivation of the mind; Tathagata and Avalokitesvara are its exemplars. The Jiejiao lineage also possesses such teachings.

For example, the Sutra of Salvation.

Of course,

Cultivating the Mind School requires extraordinarily rare talent.

If the path of cultivation is fraught with peril, and among ten thousand only one succeeds, then to qualify for the Mind School, one must be one in ten thousand even among cultivators.

The Old Demon of Heart Demons was a Mind School cultivator.

Han Feng, the Child of Destiny, also possessed the talent to walk the Mind School path.

Now, Chu Feng too had cultivated the power of the mind.

The Great Celestial Immortal Scripture, after all, was created by the Bodhi Ancestor by integrating the strengths of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism—not merely these three, but all schools of cultivation across the myriad worlds, distilled into one supreme art.