I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 39: Zhang Hao's Experience

Zhang Hao was an ordinary villager from a village in Qingshui County, belonging to the Da Li Dynasty.

At the age of fourteen, his parents died in an accident.

Due to the lack of close relatives and weak influence, he was often bullied by the villagers, to the extent that even his own fields were taken away.

With no other choice, he had to go into the mountains to hunt in order to survive.

When Zhang Hao was fifteen years old, while hunting in the mountains, he accidentally stumbled upon two mortal Innate experts engaged in a life-and-death battle over a certain treasure.

In the end, both of them perished, and Zhang Hao, who was hiding nearby, not only obtained the treasure but also acquired two separate Innate cultivation methods for refining the body and cultivating inner energy. From then on, he embarked on the path of cultivation.

With the help of that treasure, he reached the Innate Qi realm in just two years. He also had the fortune of encountering a cultivator and was able to step onto the path of immortality. Three years ago, he even forcefully passed the test set by the Azure Cloud Sect and became an outer disciple.

His journey from being an ordinary mortal to an immortal cultivator could be considered legendary. If he had a better talent, he would probably be able to go even further.

Unfortunately, during the examination of his spiritual roots, Zhang Hao was found to possess Five Elemental Roots, which were pseudo-spiritual roots.

Not only was the assimilation of spiritual energy extremely slow, but the amount of spiritual energy required for advancement was much higher than that of other cultivators. Not to mention the massive consumption of resources caused by his cultivation method.

If it weren't for that treasure and his efforts to become an alchemist, he would have no hope of reaching the Foundation Building Stage in this lifetime.

However, even if he cultivated to the Qi Refining Late Stage, the hope of reaching the Foundation Building Stage was still very slim.

After all, the formula for the Foundation Building Pill was strictly controlled, and Zhang Hao had no way of obtaining it through normal channels.

Even if he obtained Foundation Building spiritual objects like the Immortal Foundation Fruit, due to his talent, the success rate of breaking through to the Foundation Building Stage was still less than fifty percent, despite having numerous Foundation Building spiritual objects.

Therefore, he could only focus on the secret method for Foundation Building, even if it meant using several precious Spirit Medicines to obtain it.

Unfortunately, he was not the only one eyeing this method. Despite his careful concealment, he was still found and besieged.

In order to escape the pursuit, Zhang Hao had to use a Rank Two talisman he won in a sect competition, the [Spirit Yang Fire Talisman].

However, among his pursuers were formidable individuals who managed to evade his fatal blow using life-saving methods and continued to chase after him.

Even when he randomly chose a place to escape, he was still blocked by cultivators who had heard the news.

"Damn it... If my Five Elemental Roots were balanced and mutually reinforcing, my talent could easily rival that of a single-element-root peerless genius. But unfortunately, my spiritual roots are uneven in strength and counteract each other, hindering my cultivation..."

If it weren't for this, why would I have to fight for the Foundation Building secret method and end up in such a situation?

Seeing the cultivators surrounding him, Zhang Hao couldn't help but resent his own talent.

However, he had come a long way from a mountain village to where he was now as a cultivator. With a strong and determined character, this thought only flashed through his mind before he quickly adjusted his mindset.

"What's most important now is finding an opportunity to break free. I still have a [Purple Thunder Pearl] that I obtained from the Cave Mansion exploration last time, which can unleash the power of the Foundation Building Stage..."

"But the problem now is that all these people are watching me. Once I make a move, they will definitely be alerted. Hmm?!"

Zhang Hao's eyes suddenly widened.

Because in front of him, a black-robed cultivator who had his back turned suddenly attacked a gray-robed cultivator.

At first, this didn't seem like a big deal, but what happened next left him dumbfounded.

He had witnessed many battles between cultivators, where both sides stood their ground and used Spirit Weapons, talismans, and magical techniques to fight. But the strange battle unfolding before his eyes was something he had never seen before.

The attacks unleashed by the gray-robed cultivator were not only completely ineffective, but the other party even seemed to teleport, disappearing from several meters away and reappearing in front of the gray-robed cultivator, directly using his hand to choke his neck.

This battle gave him the feeling of an image in a mirror suddenly reaching out and strangling the person in front of it, as if it defied all logic!

Ignoring attacks, teleportation, and even the transformation of reality and illusion... were these techniques that a Qi Refining Stage cultivator could master?!

"Wait, this is an opportunity!" Despite being shocked, Zhang Hao, who had experienced countless battles, quickly regained his composure and even keenly grasped this opportunity.

The opponent's mysterious methods made everyone present extremely wary. Even if their target was himself, it would still divide their attention.

And this was his chance to break free!

"When the other party leaves the scene, everyone else will subconsciously relax, and that will be my moment!" With this thought, Zhang Hao immediately focused all his attention and stared intently at the actions of the person in black.

"Five meters, six meters, seven meters... ten meters, now is the time!" Just as the others in the crowd relaxed when the opponent reached the edge, Zhang Hao decisively took action!

Zing!

A large amount of lightning flashed, forming a ball of lightning that expanded continuously. In just a few seconds, it engulfed everyone present!

"Charge!" Zhang Hao shouted as he faced the defensive Spirit Weapon.

[Purple Thunder Bead] After special refinement, it can prevent the user from getting injured.

Therefore, under this attack, everyone in the scene either died or was injured, while he remained unharmed. He could completely take this opportunity to escape!

As for counterattacking, as soon as this thought appeared in his mind, he abandoned it.

It wasn't that he didn't want to counterattack, but because every cultivator who could come to this place had their own unique skills. Even if they were seriously injured, it would take some time to kill them. If there were others catching up at that time, it would be troublesome.

Zing!

Zhang Hao ran wildly towards the outside.

The remaining lightning arced across his defensive Spirit Weapon, sparking and crackling. The bodies around him were charred.

Without anyone blocking him, he quickly escaped from the encirclement.

"Finally out!" Having escaped from the siege, even the resolute Zhang Hao couldn't help but reveal a hint of joy.

With a leap, he quickly disappeared into the jungle.

"Phew—finally safe!"

After escaping a certain distance, Zhang Hao couldn't help but let out a long breath.

After all, being chased by someone, that feeling of walking on a tightrope was really uncomfortable.

Fortunately, he finally escaped.

Looking at the beautiful moonlight, feeling the breeze blowing by, and listening to the distant flute suddenly playing, the tense nerves caused by the pursuit couldn't help but relax.

"This flute sound has a strangely familiar feeling, as if it's the lullaby my mother used to hum when I was young." Zhang Hao murmured, his eyes somewhat unfocused.

However, the next moment, his body inexplicably stiffened, because he quickly realized that something was wrong.

In this wilderness, where did the flute sound come from?!

And at this moment, Zhang Hao felt a chilling coldness suddenly emanating from behind him.

His whole body tensed up, his hair standing on end, and he instinctively turned his head.

But unfortunately, it was too late.

Behind him, in a place not covered by moonlight, an ethereal and thin figure appeared without warning.

Holding a dark red dagger in his hand, before Zhang Hao could react, he ruthlessly stabbed it towards his back!

I forgot to mention to everyone, this book is not a traditional mortal cultivation story. In the later plot, there may be professions like [Heavenly Mechanist], [Gu Master], as well as antagonists like [Heavenly Demon], [Asura]. If fellow daoists who prefer traditional mortal cultivation stories can't accept it for a while, you may consider leaving. I'm really sorry.

(End of this chapter)