Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 38: You Must Teach Me Even If I Don’t Become Your Disciple

Chapter 38: Chapter 38: You Must Teach Me Even If I Don’t Become Your Disciple

Jade lit a cigarette and then said slowly, "General Lu, whether people on a planet can cultivate is entirely determined by the spiritual energy content of that planet."

"Spiritual energy, what kind of gas is that?"

Lu Mingliang was puzzled.

Without delving into a deeper explanation of spiritual energy, Jade asked Lu Mingliang to take out a glass bottle before saying, "General Lu, this liquid in the bottle contains spiritual energy."

Lu Mingliang asked in confusion, "Is the energy in the energy water spiritual energy?"

Jade said, "That energy is spiritual energy."

Jade then continued, "Even if a planet’s spiritual energy is thick, if the creatures on that planet do not possess the necessary qualifications for cultivation, they cannot cultivate."

Lu Mingliang seemed to have an epiphany and said, "I understand now, a person must have the qualification for cultivation to be eligible to cultivate."

"Correct."

Lu Mingliang then said, "Comrade Rufeng, you said Ye Lingtian has good qualifications, but Cheng Hui and the other two have poor qualifications. Why didn’t you choose the best ones?"

Jade said, "General Lu, you may not know, people with good qualifications consume an enormous amount of spiritual energy when they cultivate. For a place like Earth with scarce spiritual energy, we have to make compromises."

"Haha."

Lu Mingliang chuckled indifferently, "Quite a compromise, but Ye Lingtian’s qualifications aren’t bad."

"General Lu, listen to me first."

Jade continued, "The most favored cultivation bodies by the Heavenly Dao are the Innate Taoist Body and the Spiritual Root Immortal Body. However, most of us are Spiritual Root Immortal Bodies, but Ye Lingtian’s body is the rare Innate Taoist Body, not seen in ten thousand years."

Lu Mingliang asked suspiciously, "Comrade Rufeng, what about Cheng Hui and the other two?"

Jade discarded the cigarette butt and said, "Those three have the Spiritual Root Immortal Body."

Lu Mingliang asked with puzzlement, "What’s the difference between the Spiritual Root Immortal Body and the Innate Taoist Body?"

Jade took a sip of tea and said, "Cultivators with the Spiritual Root Immortal Body, if they do not have great opportunities after becoming Golden Immortals, it’s extremely difficult to advance further. But for the Innate Taoist Body, give them a cultivation technique, and they can cultivate to become a god. General Lu, who else would I choose if not Ye Lingtian?"

Lu Mingliang fell silent, thinking, "Currently, in the mountains and rivers of our country, cultivators from the major cultivation sects and those who recently obtained cultivation inheritance, along with hidden family cultivators, total at least seven or eight thousand people. However, in our army, including Jade, there are only five cultivator inheritors. If those not in the army have any improper thoughts, wouldn’t Huaxia be in danger? Jade has only selected four people, this won’t do..."

Thinking of this, Lu Mingliang immediately said, "Comrade Rufeng, you said everyone on Earth can cultivate, so why not give these thousand people at the base a cultivation technique each and let them cultivate?"

"Uh."

Hearing this made Jade feel overwhelmed, "General Lu, if so many people cultivate on an Earth with insufficient spiritual energy, the spiritual energy will eventually be depleted and cause an explosion. Such actions would be digging our own graves."

Lu Mingliang asked in shock, "The consequences would be that severe?"

"Of course."

In resignation, Lu Mingliang informed Jade of the current state of the world after the changes in the environment.

Jade pondered for a long time and then said, "General Lu, since that’s the case, let’s do as you say."

Lu Mingliang let out a long breath of relief, feeling a burden lifted from his heart.

After making a series of plans with Jade, only then did Jade dispel the soundproof barrier and leave the office.

Jade’s plan was to focus on cultivating Ye Lingtian and the other three first, give the rest of the people at the base cultivation techniques to practice, and proceed to the next step after winning the competition in three months.

The assembly horn sounded again within the base.

At the training ground, Jade sent out a thousand rays of light towards the foreheads of the soldiers. As the light disappeared, a powerful wave of information flooded their minds.

After a long time, they sat cross-legged and began to sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Seeing this, Jade immediately flew up on a sword as a streak of light flashed, disappearing into the sky.

This was the first time Jade performed sword flight in front of others, and everyone in the base was amazed, "This is unbelievable.".

Wen Tong was even more stunned, only reacting after a long while, "This little Taoist can actually perform sword flight, it’s truly surprising."

Jade set up a powerful Spirit Gathering Array around the base using jade, and when the array was completed, the spiritual energy within a 500-kilometer radius converged towards the base.

The first soldier to sense the spiritual energy immediately broke through to the Qi Refinement Realm.

"Hahaha..."

"I’ve succeeded, I’ve successfully entered the ranks of legendary cultivators."

The soldier shouted excitedly.

Soon after, people in the base continuously broke through to the Qi Refinement Realm, and cheers erupted across the training ground, with some even crying out of excitement.

An hour later, out of the 1,120 soldiers in the base, only 100 hadn’t broken through to the Qi Refinement Realm. They stood out at the training ground, looking very depressed from their expressions.

Jade stood before the soldiers and sternly said, "Due to the extremely thin spiritual energy in the environment, those who have broken through to the Qi Refinement Realm, stop advancing your cultivation for a few days. Leave the opportunity to those who haven’t broken through yet, and spend this time familiarizing yourselves with combat skills to prepare for the competition in three months."

"Yes, Sir."

...

The soldiers’ voices echoed across the sky.

As soon as Jade dismissed them, he saw Wen Tong running excitedly towards him.

"Little Taoist, I also want to learn the spell that lets you stand on a sword."

"Uh!"

Jade felt speechless, "Police Officer Wen, are you sure you want to learn sword flight?"

Wen Tong nodded.

"If you really want to learn, become my disciple then."

"No way, no way, I don’t want to be your disciple."

Wen Tong pouted, trying to act cute.

"If you don’t become my disciple, I won’t teach you," Jade said deliberately.

"Then I won’t call you ’little Taoist’ anymore, is that alright?" Wen Tong said with a cute smile.

"In that case, I’ll reluctantly teach you."

Jade pointed a finger, and a ray of light disappeared into Wen Tong’s brow. Instantly, Wen Tong sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate according to the technique.

Just then, Lu Mingliang walked over with a big smile, rubbing his hands, "Comrade Rufeng, this sword flight is indeed impressive. Could you teach me as well?"

"Uh!"

Jade was surprised to see Lu Mingliang in this way and said, "Alright, close your eyes."

Jade ended up using spiritual energy to open the governor and conception vessels for Lu Mingliang, consuming quite a bit of his energy.

Seeing how focused Lu Mingliang was, Jade didn’t have the heart to call him away for discussion, so he went alone to Ye Lingtian and the other three.

"Good day, Commander."

Jade returned the salute, "Ye Lingtian, Cheng Hui, Yin Zhiqiang, Fan Zhiwei, are you four ready?"

"Ready, Sir."

"Close your eyes, we’re leaving now."

The four didn’t dare ask why they needed to close their eyes and simply followed Jade’s instructions.

Seeing they had all closed their eyes, Jade formed a magic spell and cast a spiritual energy protection shield to envelop them.

"Remember, no matter what happens, do not open your eyes."

"Understood."

Jade summoned his flying sword and jumped onto it, then sent a Dharma seal to the spiritual energy protection shield, lifting the four so they were hovering on the sword.

A streak of light disappeared above the base, and when Jade and the others reappeared, they were in a Grand Canyon.