Heavenly Harem: Raising My Disciple With Infinite Dual Cultivation

Chapter 122: CH. 122 | Saintess Spring Valley

Saintess Spring Valley?

"Please enlighten me," Lin Tian said simply.

Si Lingxi smiled and stepped back, putting some distance between herself and Lin Tian.

"A Saintess from the height of the Imperial Era took up residence in a palace within that valley to meditate and seek heavenly insight."

She moved to the side and circled around Lin Tian, still walking across the sky floor as she spoke.

"She spent thousands of years cultivating. She shed thousands of tears trapped inside the prison of her own inability to grasp heavenly understanding, as though every single day of her life felt like a hundred years of cursed suffering."

"At the end of her life, she sacrificed her primordial soul to guard that place, holding onto the hope that she might still have a chance to see her heavenly path again," Si Lingxi said.

The woman came to stand in front of Lin Tian again, her attention fixed on him carefully.

"It’s said that those who can help her reach heavenly understanding will receive great help from the Saintess’s soul in return. That cultivator will be blessed with tremendous fortune."

Lin Tian kept listening to the story, occasionally glancing over at Cao Ying to get a read on whether the account was credible or not.

Cao Ying shrugged both shoulders. She had never heard this story before, not even back when she was still part of the Fenhai Sect.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Tian turned back to Si Lingxi with a feeling of doubt.

There were plenty of scheming cultivators who liked to use others for their own gain. Lin Tian was worried that she might be one of them.

"There’s no clear evidence that the Saintess Spring Valley is real. This journey carries too much risk," Lin Tian replied.

"Besides, if the Saintess’s soul needs help with dao understanding, why not just send in a Soul Formation cultivator?"

"That’s exactly what you don’t know, Sect Leader Lin."

"The Saintess’s soul is jealous and proud. She has no patience for Soul Formation cultivators coming in and lecturing her. She considers that presumptuous."

"To her, a Nascent Soul cultivator who is also on the search for heavenly understanding is the ideal candidate," Si Lingxi replied.

"That’s why the maximum cultivation level permitted to enter the valley is Perfect Nascent Soul."

Si Lingxi reached into her bag of holding and produced a map scroll, then handed it to Lin Tian.

The other elders of the Yingzun Sect were clearly caught off guard by what Lingxi was doing, but the woman paid no attention to them.

"This is a map leading to the Saintess Spring Valley. Entry is through one of three ancient stone gates on the northern plains of the Qin Kingdom," Si Lingxi said.

"What are you doing, Sect Leader Si? If you hand over that map, aren’t you worried he’ll leave us behind and betray us?" one of the elders asked.

"I don’t think that’s how this will go. I’m confident that Sect Leader Lin Tian of the Lingxian Sect is not that kind of cultivator, because the Lingxian Sect and the Yingzun Sect are the same," Si Lingxi replied.

"No more objections. What I’m doing is what’s best for the Yingzun Sect."

Hearing that, the other elders reacted by pressing their hands together and bowing their heads in respect. Not a single one of them dared to challenge what Sect Leader Si had done.

Lin Tian took the scroll and stored it directly in his bag of holding.

To understand the truth about that place, he would need to look into it carefully and thoroughly, without rushing into any decisions.

"I’ll take some time to reflect and come to a decision soon," Lin Tian said.

"Use your time wisely, because the ancient gate will be opening before long and we can’t afford to miss this opportunity," Si Lingxi replied.

Beyond just the map scroll, the woman reached into her bag of holding again and handed Lin Tian a jade token.

Through that token, he and Si Lingxi could communicate even across a significant distance.

Lin Tian took the jade token and stored it. With nothing more to discuss, Si Lingxi pressed her hands together and said her goodbye to Lin Tian.

"I’ll be waiting to hear from you, Sect Leader Lin."

He pressed his hands together and sent them all off. One by one they flew away, leaving the area, not a single one remaining behind.

Lin Tian and Cao Ying stood still outside the sect’s formation dome, both of their gazes fixed ahead.

"Is what she said true? I’ve never heard of that place before," Cao Ying said.

"I need to look into whether it’s real. If the map scroll alone isn’t enough, I’ll have to ask someone else," Lin Tian explained.

The two of them turned and walked back into the sect grounds, moving through the disciples who were still in the middle of their cultivation.

Even with an outside sect showing up, not one of the disciples had been rattled.

Lin Tian had already told them that the sect’s protective formation was now far stronger, and no cultivator below Soul Formation stood any chance of breaking through it.

That assurance had given them far greater peace of mind than before, their thoughts and hearts completely undisturbed when the visitors arrived.

"I’ll go over this map scroll on my own."

"You can head back to the rocky hill to cultivate. I’ll call for you if I need anything," Lin Tian said.

"Of course. Let me know if you need something," Cao Ying replied.

The woman quickly headed off, while Lin Tian walked alone into the main sect hall.

He sat on the hall altar, opened the map scroll, and studied its contents closely. Drawing on his Absolute Dao Emperor Comprehension ability, he was able to read it in full detail.

[Saintess Spring Valley]

[Desc: A sacred palace where the Saintess immersed herself in long cultivation in pursuit of the heavenly path. But her soul became buried in suffering and despair, waiting for someone to come and help her understand the heavenly dao]

[Benefits to be gained:]

[1. A chance to discover the dao concept for a Perfect Nascent Soul cultivator]

[2. ???]

[3. ???]

[4. ???]

[5. ???]

A system panel appeared without prompting the moment Lin Tian used his Absolute Dao Emperor Comprehension ability.

From the panel, he could see that the Saintess Spring Valley was real and did offer genuine benefits.

But what was strange was that the benefits from numbers two through five were nowhere near fully revealed.

It was as though something was hidden, something that could only be uncovered by actually going there. That made the journey ahead far riskier.

Even so, that information alone wasn’t enough.

He needed to verify it further by asking another cultivator, one with ties to the Qin Sect Alliance and who held the position of Sect Leader of a prominent sect.

Among the names that came to mind, his choice landed on Li Qingxue.

Lin Tian let out a slow breath, then stored the map scroll and rose from the altar.

"It seems... I’ll have to pay a visit to the Yunlan Sect."