Everything has a limit; going beyond is as bad as falling short.
This was Jiang Yuan’s first encounter with so many cultivators in the Wilderness World, receiving concrete guidance, giving him a new understanding of high-level cultivators.
After thanking them again, the other party quickly drove the Iron Claw Lion along the grasslands below the Ice Mountain toward their northern territory.
Jiang Yuan dared not linger, standing on the teleportation array and heading home.
Moreover, since he had the fortune to trade with high-level cultivators this time, he thought about preparing more spirit fruits and other gifts. After all, they gave him a cloak treasure upon meeting, so he couldn’t just take advantage for free.
He was busy going home to farm and feed chickens, ducks, and geese, while Seventh Lady finished surveying her territory and finally stopped at a huge palace in the northeast direction. An attendant stepped forward to lead the Iron Claw Lion to the back, and she signaled, with a cold face, indicating that Jia Wei didn’t need to follow her inside.
"The Lady has returned; how was today’s patrol?" Two beautiful attendants stepped forward, undid her cloak, offered washbasins, and then presented a cup of spirit tea.
"It is necessary to patrol the territory each morning, send back the little demon beasts and demon cultivators that couldn’t hide in time, or clean up the traces left by nighttime battles so the garden remains untarnished." Seventh Lady sat down, sipped the spirit tea, and said with a smile, "I patrolled earlier today and indeed encountered something fresh."
Seeing her keep them in suspense, the two attendants laughed, "Good Lady, tell us, what fun did you encounter?"
Taking a handful of spirit fruits from the storage ring, she showed them, "Look, I encountered a human at Crescent Lake. He wore a mask and had a magical treasure that concealed his aura, almost slipping past me. If it weren’t for my familiarity with Crescent Lake and noticing something odd about the water ripples, that fragile human cultivator would have suffered."
"A human? Did he stay in the Wilderness and not manage to leave?"
"How did the Lady know he was a cultivator? I heard the world beneath the Wilderness has long severed its legacy, and human cultivators are rare."
"If I only observed his aura, of course I couldn’t judge. But he wasn’t afraid at all of the pressure my little lion released—where could any mortal withstand it?" Seventh Lady handed the agate spirit fruit to one of the attendants, "He was soaked and pitiful, so I casually gifted him a cloak to forge good karma, and he gave me these spirit fruits. How do they seem to you?"
By now, the sun was high, golden sunlight streaming through the carved wooden window. Several spirit fruits shimmered with agate-like luster intermixed with a light fruit fragrance, strangely alluring.
"Strange, agate spirit fruits aren’t uncommon, but how come the few fruits the Lady brought back make me look at them with such craving?"
"The quality is indeed much better than the fruits we usually eat, and the spiritual energy is richer too."
"That said, could it be that human cultivator comes from the Shennong Sect? I’ve heard the human Shennong Sect is very powerful, able to plant all kinds of spirit fruits, spirit rice, and vegetables. Some cultivators unwilling to fast like to eat these; they taste good and can increase some spiritual power."
Seeing them also praise, Seventh Lady laughed, "I also liked these spirit fruits when I saw them, so I agreed with that human cultivator that he would bring spirit fruits to Crescent Lake again at the end of the month for something in exchange, helping the weak."
When she spoke to this point, she paused, her expression turned slightly cold, and she said sternly, "Mo Xiang, pass the message to send Jia Wei to mine at Beihe Mountain, let the steward carefully examine his conduct. If he still bullies and exploits the weak, just drive him out. I don’t need such a person here."
Mo Xiang went to pass the word, and another attendant curiously asked, "Jia Wei was always proper from the Lord when handling affairs; why does the Lady now deal with him this way?"
"Proper only because he always handled miscellaneous tasks above the wilderness for me, without the opportunity to show off." Seventh Lady snorted coldly, "Today, at Crescent Lake, seeing weak human cultivators, Jia Wei’s high and mighty face showed, truly disgusting.
There are roughly three types of cultivators in this world: one type is indifferent, pursuing the heavenly Dao, immune to all karma;
another type rises from weakness step by step, understands the difficulty of survival for the weak, and upon having the ability, forms good karma, helping others when they can;
The last type... hmph! Having risen from weakness and suffered countless hardships, upon reaching high realm, becomes arrogant, bullying the weak, self-righteously saying: ’Low cultivation brings bullying, high cultivation can’t bully back, how is it not futile cultivation?’
With such malice, even if the heavenly Dao is lacking, it won’t let them achieve fruition. If Jia Wei doesn’t repent, using the Lord’s or my name to misbehave externally, wouldn’t it harm our virtue?
Since he’s brought into the fold, he must be restrained and taught, which is the Lord’s and my responsibility. If we neglect teaching, causing him to incur evil karma, we must bear the consequences."
"The Lady is absolutely right." The attendant responded and hesitated momentarily, seizing the rare opportunity to inquire, quietly asked, "Then... if the weak human cultivator received the Lady’s magical treasure, yet upon returning, becomes targeted by other evil cultivators leading to death and disappearance, would it involve karma with the Lady?"
Casually picking up a cleaned spirit fruit, Seventh Lady placed one into her mouth, the sweet and fragrant spiritual energy delightful, making her comfortably squint with a shake of the head and say, "I gifted him the cloak seeing his soaked clothes fearing he’d catch cold and bestowed the magical treasure as he urgently needed it, with a pure heart to warm and save his life. If he dies because of it, it can only be said his luck is wretched and unable to enjoy the blessing.
If you encounter weak cultivators with hidden malice under the guise of forming good karma, gifting them magical treasures awaiting evil cultivators to murder and plunder, though not acting directly but with impure motives will also incur bad karma, shown when crossing celestial tribulation.
True good karma doesn’t consider what you gift him will bring future returns. Instead, think of gifting him this item enables him to overcome tough situations avoiding downfall, letting everything be as fate, precisely doing good without asking for its future."
Simultaneously teaching the attendants, Jiang Yuan, after gathering eggs, also sighed, "Indeed different levels reflect different characters; righteous cultivators with higher realm cultivate their mental states better. No wonder cultivators ascending into immortality are rare; merely controlling greed leaves few qualified."
With a thousand wishes, even with becoming an Emperor, the desire to become immortal reflects human greed.
Although I cannot formally cultivate immortality, with system assistance, reaching the peak is possible, yet the temperament still requires more refinement.
"Venerable Family, do you have some time? I want to discuss some things with you." Hu Zhile stepped out from cultivation state, seeing him standing dazed in the field approached to enquire. The source of thɪs content is ɴo(v)elFɪre.ɴet
Jiang Yuan came back to his senses, hurried to stop and say, "Wait a moment, I have a more important matter!"
Taking out the cultivation technique "Five Elements Thunder Technique" from the storage bag, he gathered everyone over.
"Thunder Element Technique?" Bai Yunqi leapt from the spirit pool, transforming into a human form, seeing the cultivation technique in his hand and surprisedly said, "This is a rare item, did Venerable Family obtain it from the market?"
He didn’t answer directly, instead asking, "Can you all cultivate it?"
"Possibly, however, the effect might not be very good."
"Master, if we learn this technique, would it summon thunder? It’s suitable for Brother Long, right? He will transform into a dragon; how could he not summon thunder and rain?"
Bai Yunqi listened to Wan Mingchuan’s words, feeling quite satisfied, slightly nodded and said, "Yes, yes, you say it well, say more!"
Hu Zhile was most attentive, opening it with delight and said, "This is a cultivation technique, not a skill method; we can let Yun Mo try it first, he hasn’t found a suitable cultivation technique, maybe it fits the Thunder Element!"