This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable-Chapter 488 - 19: Flaws in the Dao Foundation! (Extra 8/10 for alliance leader "FengchenCc")

Chapter 488: Chapter 19: Flaws in the Dao Foundation! (Extra 8/10 for alliance leader “FengchenCc”)

“Back then, to evade the pursuit and killing by Human Cultivators, I had no choice but to use my Cloning Divine Ability on the freshly-sprouted Life Thunder Fruit tree, ending up trapped here for twenty thousand years.

“The aptitude for cultivation of the essence of plants and trees is so dull that it’s unacceptable to me. It took me a full twenty thousand years just to barely develop the skills I have today!”

The wicked voice of the Mountain Ghost echoed in the canyon, “To possess a freely moving incarnation with extraordinary bloodline, in these two thousand years, all the essence of the sun and the moon I absorbed was used to condense this Life Thunder Fruit.

“It was all for when it matured, to attract a Great Demon with a powerful bloodline to contend for it, so I could snatch their bloodline and create an incarnation with infinite divine abilities.

“And you, you came right to me at this moment, even picking the Life Thunder Fruit that took me two thousand years of absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon to produce.

“Since you picked the fruit I cultivated, it is only right and proper for me to take the Dao foundation you have built!”

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The chilling wind howled as the Mountain Ghost articulated its painstakingly laid plans word by word.

The greatest advantage of the spirit of plants and trees is their longevity.

“Even plants and trees without any cultivation can easily live for hundreds or thousands of years; once they become spirits, living for over ten thousand years is not a difficult task.

“But correspondingly, the cultivation speed of the spirit of plants and trees is extremely slow.

“Due to the lack of a meridian system in their body structure, plants and trees, unlike the Human Race or Demon Clan, cannot actively gather Spiritual Energy.

“They can only passively absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.

“Furthermore, with their roots deeply embedded in the earth, many plant and tree spirits, just like the former Mountain Lord of Qingqiu, like the current Life Thunder Fruit tree in front of us, are simply incapable of moving.

“It is for this reason that the Mountain Ghost has been trapped here for tens of thousands of years, unable to escape.

“To be able to move freely, it could only try to create a second incarnation.

“The problem is, its Cloning Divine Ability can only be used a total of two times.

“The first time it used it to preserve its life, it had no choice and was forced to use it on the Life Thunder Fruit tree that had just sprouted back then.

“And this second time, also the last time it could use the Cloning Divine Ability, how could it be willing to casually create an incarnation and be done with it?

“If the second incarnation it created was too weak and accidentally perished, it would really have to stay in this canyon for a lifetime.

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“Therefore, it had to snatch a sufficiently strong bloodline to create an incarnation with endless divine abilities that would allow it to roam freely in the world.

“However, due to the immobility of the Life Thunder Fruit tree, it was unable to actively strike out and find a suitable bloodline to plunder.

“Waiting by the stump for a rabbit to come?

“Rabbits will only appear where there is grass, though.

“The place where it resides is desolate, not to mention, because of the characteristics of the Life Thunder Fruit tree, a terrifying Thunder Domain has been bred.

“Who would come to such a place for no reason?

“Left with no choice, the Mountain Ghost could only adopt the hunting methods of carnivorous plants, plundering ‘foundations.'”

“Just like a Venus flytrap, it first secretes nectar to attract small insects and then devours them in one gulp.

“It chose to condense the Life Thunder Fruit first and then use the mature fruit to lure the surrounding Great Demons to fight for it, from which it would choose the strongest bloodline to execute its Cloning Divine Ability.

“I didn’t expect that before the Life Thunder Fruit matured, you would deliver yourself to me,” the voice of the Mountain Ghost grew more wild, “I originally despised your Human Race, too weak!

“But you are different… Your Dao foundation is the Flawless Dao Foundation!

“Once I snatch your Dao foundation, even if the cultivation system of your Human Race is obscure and profound, with such a perfect Dao foundation as the foundation, why can’t I pursue this path of cultivation?

“The Mountain Ghost naturally knew that having an incarnation of the Human Race in the human territories would be extremely convenient for action.

“The reason it initially did not consider a Human Race incarnation was simple—the cultivation system of the Human Race is too difficult!

“The Demon Race, similar to the Demon Clan, basically have their achievements determined by their bloodline, and most of their divine skills are innate, not cultivated by themselves.

“The Mountain Ghost Clan is even more so.

“Asking it to cultivate, how could it easily understand?

“So the Mountain Ghost’s initial thought was just to snatch a Demon Clan bloodline and become a Demon and be done with it.

“Until Lu Qingshan, who had built a Flawless Dao Foundation, appeared.

“It’s like choosing a life path at the beginning of a journey, with two roads laid out in front of him.

“One is the unknown Level of the Great Demon Bloodline, and the other is Lu Qingshan’s Flawless Dao Foundation.

“The Great Demon Bloodline is like a wealthy local tyrant, content with established achievements, with a guaranteed lower limit.

“The Flawless Dao Foundation is like a commoner who has maxed out various business skills. Although he has to start from scratch, the upper limit is out of sight.

“Which to choose?

“The Mountain Ghost may belong to the Demon Race, but it still has the decisiveness it should have.

“Without any hesitation, it chose to snatch Lu Qingshan’s ‘foundation’ and create a Human Race incarnation!”

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A strong oppressive force was emanating from the Mountain Ghost’s Original Core.

Under this oppressive force, Lu Qingshan felt his entire body stiffen, and the Spiritual Power flowing inside him also stopped moving at this moment; only his Primordial Spirit between his eyebrows was still able to move.

“Is this the Mountain Ghost’s Foundation Snatching power?!” Lu Qingshan’s heart chilled.

This divine skill was already recognized as extinct according to official background information, yet he had the “fortune” to experience it firsthand.

Was he lucky, or unfortunate?

Lu Qingshan could distinctly feel that deep within his body, something inseparable from his blood and bones, was trembling slightly. Under the influence of the devouring force of the vortex, it seemed as though it was about to be pulled out from his body.