He looked around for a moment, and was just about to activate the device when suddenly, a young woman emerged from one of the shafts up ahead.
It was none other than Zhou Xinqi, who had come to acquire her Foundation Establishment technique. Almost as soon as she emerged, she saw Bai Xiaochun.
“Eee? Sect Niece Xinqi!” he said, blinking.
Zhou Xinqi frowned and took a deep breath. Then she gave Bai Xiaochun a level look.
“Greetings, Elder Brother Bai. Please behave yourself here.”
“Huh?” Bai Xiaochun said, looking at her in shock. Then he realized that since they were both in the Foundation Establishment stage, they had equal seniority. He suddenly felt as though he had lost out on something very important. After all, despite how many years had passed, he had almost never gotten her to call him Sect Uncle….
Feeling very disappointed, he pushed his finger down onto the authentication device, and the shafts up ahead began to flicker with light!
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Translator: Deathblade. Chinese language consultant: ASI a.k.a. Beerblade. Editor: GNE. Memes: Logan. Meme archives: Tocsin. Transcendent Patrons: Daoist Elder N, BLE, ttre208
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Bit of an early release for me, having some friends over for dinner, including Beerblade. Have plenty of beers waiting for him….
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Chapter
176: The Only Hidden Legacy
The instant that Bai Xiaochun sent some spiritual power into the authentication device, each and every one of the hundred shafts lit up with scintillating light.
Rumbling sounds could be heard as the blinding beams shot out, completely illuminating the paradisaical scene inside the cave.
Bai Xiaochun’s jaw dropped, and Zhou Xinqi’s eyes wide with disbelief and astonishment.
“How is this possible?!?!” Zhou Xinqi exclaimed.
Each one of those more than one hundred shafts represented a legacy, and apparently, all of them were making themselves available to Bai Xiaochun. Essentially, Bai Xiaochun could pick any legacy he wanted.
The shocking scene left Zhou Xinqi dumbstruck. Earlier, only one of the shafts lit up for her, and when Ghostfang caused more than twenty to light up, the entire sect had been shaken.
But then Bai Xiaochun came along and caused more than a hundred to light up….
Even as Zhou Xinqi reeled in shock, she suddenly realized that in addition to lighting up, each shaft began to pulse with gravitational force, as if they were vying for Bai Xiaochun’s attention.
Zhou Xinqi’s mind reeled at the astonishing sight of more than a hundred legacy shafts all struggling to impress Bai Xiaochun.
Bai Xiaochun was equally stunned. At the same time, all of the prime elders on Mount Daoseed could sense what was happening, and were shocked. Even the handful of patriarchs in the Spirit Stream Sect looked over with wide eyes.
“Not even the last Heaven-Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator that came along did anything like this….”
“This indicates one thing: Bai Xiaochun reached unfathomable heights in the Qi Condensation stage!”
Outside on Mount Daoseed, more than a hundred pillars of light shot up into the clouds above, causing a big stir among the disciples. After all, they had seen something similar occur a month before, when twenty pillars of light shot up for Ghostfang.
Of course, the fact that there were now a hundred pillars of light left the Spirit Stream Sect disciples completely tongue-tied.
Ghostfang was currently sitting in meditation. A tremor ran through him, and he looked up into the sky. He didn’t even need to ponder the matter for a single moment.
“Bai Xiaochun….”
Shangguan Tianyou, Beihan Lie, Lu Tianlei, and all of the other Chosen were equally shaken.
Back in the Ancestral Darktunnel, Bai Xiaochun swallowed hard and then blinked, his heart thumping. Zhou Xinqi stood next to him, as mute as a wooden chicken. Finally, Bai Xiaochun stuck his chin up and swished his sleeve.
“Ai,” he muttered. “With the snap of a finger, I, Bai Xiaochun, caused more than a hundred legacies to accept me. Truly outstanding. And a real headache too. How am I supposed to pick?”
Of course, he spoke loud enough for Zhou Xinqi to hear. Her face darkened, and her heart filled with numerous conflicting emotions.
All of a sudden, in one location that had initially appeared to be just a blank part of the wall, a fissure opened up, causing blinding, sun-like light to spill out into the cave.
Incredible pressure accompanied it, completely surpassing the other hundred legacies. Clearly, the legacy in this shaft was far more powerful and domineering than any of the others!
An intense gravitational force wrapped around Bai Xiaochun, and in the blink of an eye, he was being dragged toward the shaft opening. To his shock, he was almost instantly pulled inside.
The other legacies didn’t seem willing to give up, and sent out their own pulses of blinding light. However, there was nothing they could do to change to situation, so they soon calmed down.
The only eye-witness was Zhou Xinqi, who was so stunned she didn’t even remember leaving. All she remembered was how the more than one hundred legacies had seemed so anxious and eager, and how the final shaft which had opened didn’t seem to be one of the original group.
The instant that Bai Xiaochun was sucked into the shaft with the powerful and domineering legacy, there were five patriarchs on the ninth mountain peak of the Spirit Stream Sect who were all shaken.
Originally, they had been paying close attention to Bai Xiaochun, even before the shocking developments from moments before. In fact, they had even been prepared to prod him with divine will to help him select the best technique.
After all, he was a Heaven-Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator, someone highly valued by the sect.
But then, a shaft appeared that was not part of the original group, and whisked him away before they could even unleash their divine will.
“That was….”
“Just what kind of destiny does this Bai Xiaochun have!?!?”
“That legacy hasn’t appeared for countless years! It’s the only hidden legacy there!”
Even as they reeled in shock, Bai Xiaochun was sucked in by the gravitational force, and eventually found himself inside a stone chamber.
Moments before, it had been pitch black, darker than the darkest night, but as soon as he arrived, it filled with brilliant light.
He hesitated for a moment, unsure of what the sudden turn of events indicated. After all, he hadn’t selected any legacy; this legacy had selected him. However, it only took a moment for him to recover and look around.
The stone chamber wasn’t very large, and in the very middle of it was a stone book!
“What’s that?” he muttered, walking forward. Almost immediately, he noticed five characters written on the book, characters which were completely eye-catching.
“Violet Qi Heavenspan Incantation!” Bai Xiaochun’s eyes widened. The name itself sounded very impressive, and he could only imagine how extraordinary it was.
“The south bank has the Violet Qi Cauldron Control Art, and the north bank has its Heavenspan Shamanic Control Incantation. Could this Violet Qi Heavenspan Incantation possibly be a combination of those two?”
Bai Xiaochun continued to examine the stone book, and soon was left gasping by the technique’s introduction. Although it was only a general overview, it was still shocking. “Is it really cultivated using water from of the Heavenspan River?”
According to the description, the Violet Qi Heavenspan Incantation involved absorbing water from the Heavenspan River into one’s body, using it to nourish oneself and grow stronger. It was divided into four levels, one for the early, mid, and late Foundation Establishment stages, and one for the quasi-Core stage!