Since her own daughter was willing, and there was no risk to life from the first generation of blood relatives using the Myriad Wood Spirit Seed, and it would allow her to smoothly embark on the path of cultivation, Ding Yun naturally would not refuse. She quickly nodded in agreement and said,
"Since you are willing, then it's easy.
Just wait, wait for me for three days. In three days, I will call you over again, and I will arrange for you to build your foundation.
However, you cannot be idle now.
First, learn the cultivation techniques from me.
And remember what I will tell you shortly."
While the Myriad Wood Spirit Seed required a certain amount of time to condense and create, the learning of cultivation techniques, the various difficulties that might be encountered during the cultivation process, and methods of entering samadhi and meditation could all be taught in advance.
Therefore, the next step was naturally the teaching process.
During the teaching, Ding Yun would also periodically transfer vital energy into her daughter's body, both to help her daughter adapt to the energy in advance to strengthen her body, and to help her daughter remember the trajectory of the energy's circulation.
This would be beneficial for formal cultivation later.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. Ding Yun, with the help of the system, successfully condensed a new Myriad Wood Spirit Seed during her free time in the evenings.
Then, of course, she called her daughter over.
She planted the Myriad Wood Spirit Seed in Shun De's dantian.
And watched her perform her first cultivation.
She endured the pain that was supposed to be endured, not a bit less. Fortunately, Ding Yun had set up an soundproofing barrier, otherwise, people would have thought she was performing some kind of torture on her daughter. Fortunately, the pain came quickly and left quickly. Once the roots of the Myriad Wood Spirit Seed were completely embedded in Shun De's meridians, the pain gradually subsided.
After that, everything proceeded smoothly. Her physique was transformed smoothly, and she began cultivating immortals smoothly.
The only difference was that Shun De's hair was not as black as Ding Yun's. Ding Yun's hair was dark green, almost indistinguishable from black, but Shun De's hair was only a deep dark green, and under the sunlight, the strands of green could still be seen.
The greenness of her skin was also a little deeper than Ding Yun's.
But thankfully, without careful examination, it was barely passable.
It wouldn't scare people.
This was caused by the difference between the bloodline genes in her body and Ding Yun's. If she were to condense another Myriad Wood Spirit Seed and pass it on to her daughter, that situation would likely only worsen, and she would probably turn into a green giant or a tree person.
From this, it could be seen that the simulator's words were not false.
Perhaps because Ding Yun had already warned her daughter in advance about the situation that would occur, Shun De was able to accept her current slight changes calmly. Not only did she not regret it, but she also began to cultivate diligently and actively.
She would bask in the sun and cultivate from sunrise until sunset, and only reluctantly return indoors to consolidate her cultivation.
Her diligence in cultivation was much greater than Ding Yun's.
However, her compatibility with the cultivation technique was not as good as Ding Yun's.
No matter how hard she cultivated, she was not as fast as Ding Yun who cultivated casually.
However, during the time Ding Yun was at Chang'an Palace teaching her daughter how to cultivate, the outside world had been in constant turmoil. The ministers who were qualified to attend court, having witnessed the events firsthand, had basically stopped questioning the matter of the deposed empress and crown prince. But the outside officials and common people who were not qualified to attend court were purely guessing and imagining.
All sorts of rumors had indeed emerged.
Some said Empress Sun had attempted a palace coup and rebelled, some said the crown prince was a reincarnated bringer of disaster to the nation, which was why he was deposed, and some said a sorcerer was disrupting the world, and the emperor, by believing the sorcerer's words and suddenly deposing the empress and crown prince, would inevitably lead to great chaos in the world.
Some people even used Ding Yun's current body's surname.
That is, the surname Hu.
Spreading rumors that she might be the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old fox spirit.
A reborn Daji.
In short, there were all sorts of stories. On the surface, everyone was expressing their opinions and exercising their imagination, but in reality, these rumors were fabricated by certain interested parties from their own standpoints. Some of the rumors were even released by Xuan De Emperor's men. For example, the rumor that Ding Yun might be the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old fox spirit was spread by him.
As an emperor, he naturally did not want to have his destiny, and even his lifespan, in the hands of others. Therefore, although he outwardly treated Ding Yun very well,
He was actually wary and greedy.
Wary of the abilities Ding Yun displayed.
Greedy for her longevity and cultivation methods.
However, he did not dare to openly break with Ding Yun and attack such a monster who could fly, summon vines, and had many other special abilities that might be hidden and unknown.
Therefore, he could only send people to spread rumors that the Hu family was a thousand-year-old fox spirit, in preparation for dealing with Ding Yun and eradicating her one day, while also secretly contacting Buddhist and Taoist holy lands such as Mount Wutai and Longhu Mountain, hoping that they could send some truly capable people to help.
In Xuan De Emperor's opinion, if his deposed empress Hu could successfully cultivate, then it was likely that there were also cultivators in Buddhist and Taoist holy lands like Longhu Mountain and Mount Wutai.
Perhaps they were just unknown in normal times.
In addition to this, he had not given up on trying to obtain the methods for cultivation and longevity directly from Ding Yun.
Xuan De Emperor himself was too embarrassed to directly curry favor with Ding Yun at Chang'an Palace.
Therefore, he could only ask his mother to cooperate and help him indirectly, to see if he could obtain the method of longevity from Ding Yun. He also specifically dispatched some palace maids and eunuchs to try to monitor Ding Yun, and promised those palace maids and eunuchs that whoever could steal the method of longevity from Ding Yun would be enfeoffed as a marquis if a eunuch, and a county princess if a palace maid.
In short, for the sake of obtaining the method of longevity.
He could be said to have spared no effort.
But this was normal. Among so many emperors throughout history, even the wise Qin Shi Huang and Han Wu could not escape the fear of death and sought the methods of immortality at all costs.
They had not yet seen a true immortal.
Let alone Xuan De Emperor, who had witnessed it with his own eyes!
And Ding Yun was actually fully aware of Xuan De Emperor's actions, but she was too lazy to bother with them. This was because Xuan De Emperor's actions were considered laughable by Ding Yun. Would one be afraid of what a group of ants were plotting in private? No. Xuan De Emperor's actions were like ants plotting in private, in Ding Yun's eyes.
As for whether the ants could harm her loved ones.
Her biological mother had already passed away, and her father had remarried. Currently, the only people she needed to protect were her two daughters, as well as her elder sister, who was serving as a Shang Gong.
These three people were all within the imperial palace.
And she had left spiritual imprints on them.
No matter who tried to harm them, Ding Yun would know immediately and protect them. Therefore, there was no need to worry about them being in any danger. Letting Xuan De Emperor run around and stir up trouble was like watching a live broadcast.
It could also help pass the time.
As for Empress Dowager Zhang's indirect probing, Ding Yun did not indulge her. She directly stated that her cultivation method was obtained through a fortuitous encounter, and only her daughter's generation could cultivate with her, while others could not.
To prevent Empress Dowager Zhang from disbelieving, Ding Yun specifically wrote down her cultivation technique and gave it to her, stating that if she didn't believe it, she could try practicing it herself.
As for whether Empress Dowager Zhang believed it or not, or whether she would think the cultivation technique was fake, Ding Yun couldn't control it.
She had no obligation to explain and enlighten her while also ensuring she was convinced.
Moreover, if it weren't for Empress Dowager Zhang's previous care for the original body, Ding Yun would have been too lazy to tell her the truth. Now that she had told the truth, if the other party didn't believe it,
Then it couldn't be blamed on her.