Chapter 1014: Visiting

Chapter 1014: Chapter 1014: Visiting

Two hundred and fifty years ago, the aging Chen An, with the help of Clear Spirit Qi and high-class Elixirs, successfully broke through the peak of the Qi Gathering Realm and established a Spirit Sea within his Dantian!

However, due to injuries and illnesses suffered when young, and the loss of a vast amount of primal Essence and Qi in his old age, even after ascending to the Spirit Sea Realm, his lifespan was only around four hundred and fifty years. Now, he only has fifty years left, still lingering in the early stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, with little hope of forming a Golden Core.

Nevertheless, Shen Mo had long arranged a way out for him. Before entering the cultivation world for the second time, he planned to ask Guan Ling to use the power of time and space’s law to help Uncle Chen return to his youthful prime.

After all, he already owes Guan Ling a large debt of killing gods, and a few more won’t matter!

With this, although Chen An’s cultivation will be washed away, he can completely cultivate again with his youthful vitality in Daoist body and mind. Coupled with years of cultivation experience and Red Flame Sect’s current foundation, reaching the Golden Core Realm and enjoying a thousand-year lifespan shouldn’t be a problem.

Before Chen An’s next lifespan runs out, Guan Ling will make another move.

However, Guan Ling also revealed that such a method is limited by the heavenly law and can only be used three times at most, meaning Chen An has three chances to restart. After three times, if forced, disaster will descend on Guan Ling, and Chen An will end up with a scattered soul, forever losing the chance of reincarnation!

Shen Mo plans to make good use of these three precious opportunities, to see if he can find Immortal Laws like the "Pure Jade Mantra" that can change Talent or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with similar effects, to help Chen An cultivate to a higher Realm and have a longer lifespan.

However, these matters can be considered later, after all, if Chen An can form a Golden Core during his first "return to youth," he can live for another thousand years, so there is still time.

When Shen Mo visited Chen An in the past, Chen Mengze also emerged upon receiving the news, and like a family, the three drank a large jar of Drunken Immortal Wine.

Chen An drank till he was drunk and returned to his room early to rest, refining the immense medicinal power of the spiritual wine.

How could Shen Mo not understand his intentions, clearly to leave space for him and Chen Mengze alone!

Not wanting to disappoint Uncle Chen’s good intentions, Shen Mo, influenced by alcohol, got close to Chen Mengze for a while. However, she had not yet achieved Formless, so they could only taste lightly.

After refining the nature Qi Chen Mengze transferred to him, Shen Mo bade farewell and left, preparing some Enlightenment Tea and Drunken Immortal Wine, to visit Zhao Lingyin’s master, Wu Gong.

This first Alchemist of Riverside Sect back then has a better Talent than Chen An; soon after Green Cloud Cave reached the Immortal Realm, he formed a Golden Core within his Dantian, enjoying a thousand-year lifespan. However, his Alchemy Path’s achievements have long been surpassed by Zhao Lingyin, currently overseeing the Herb Hall under Hundred Arts Hall.

Wu Gong was somewhat flattered by Shen Mo’s arrival, as besides Zhao Lingyin’s relationship, his connection with Shen Mo was not deep.

At that time, he thought Shen Mo had no background in the sect and wouldn’t walk far, but little did he know that Shen Mo later achieved such great accomplishments. Merely integrating the Red Flame Zone and ascending to the Immortal Realm with billions of creatures was a remarkable feat with no precedence!

After all, Wu Gong is Zhao Lingyin’s master, so Shen Mo dared not act overly familiar before him, drank quite a bit with him, and talked about Zhao Lingyin’s cultivation in the Lower Realm.

Upon learning that his beloved disciple had gained the chance for Ascension, Wu Gong was deeply moved.

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After visiting the two elders, Shen Mo returned to Guanyun Mansion to begin secluded cultivation, attempting to cultivate the Dharma Body and condense Primordial Dao Fruit.

Before receiving news from Shi Nianyao and the others, the Silver-haired Child arrived first with a heavy gift, using the Teleportation Array left by Red Flame Sect on Jade Spring Mountain’s Dragon-suppressing Slope, to Five Dragon Mountain!

"Previously, I was influenced by the Accompanying Demon Soul, benefiting from you and Jade Spring Fairy’s grace, yet I didn’t express gratitude. Now I’ve finally awakened and come specifically to thank you. These two Storage Bracelets contain some spiritual items, a token of appreciation from me, one for you, and the other for you to forward to the Fairy!"

The Silver-haired Child, after drinking a cup of spiritual tea, pulled out two Storage Bracelets from his bosom and handed them to Shen Mo.

Originally, he held some resentment toward Shen Mo for his meddling, causing him to lose the greatest Immortal opportunity on his cultivation path. But as the Accompanying Demon Soul was extracted and refined by Jade Spring Fairy, the thoughts influenced by the Demon Soul gradually returned to normal... After all, even a parasitic Demon Soul wouldn’t completely distort the host’s will. Otherwise, the host would almost have no possibility of cultivating to True Immortal and would only negatively affect the host’s perception of its existence. Only when the host had passed the enlightment tribulation or didn’t intend to disguise anymore, would the parasitic Demon Soul formally act, seizing the Dao fruit cultivated over a lifetime!

Completely freed from the Demon Soul’s influence, the Silver-haired Child finally understands.

Especially now, after various Formless Realm forces on Jade Spring Mountain have put up the Bone Viewing Mirror, and discovered tens of thousands of Demon Soul hosts.

And the fate of these Demon Soul hosts was extremely tragic; those encountering slightly more benevolent authorities would have the Demon Soul extracted and their cultivation abolished before being caged. More heartless ones would directly scatter their souls, never having a chance for reincarnation.

This again made the Silver-haired Child aware of the seriousness of the situation.

Even though he had cultivated Divine Bridge, unless he abandoned Dragon-suppressing Sect and fled Jade Spring Mountain, he could only be captured under the suppression of Formless Masters. By then, he might meet the same fate as other Demon Soul hosts.

Even if he escaped this tribulation and ultimately cultivated to True Immortal, the Demon Soul in his soul would still seize his Dao fruit, rendering him no different from being scattered.

Partly out of gratitude for Shen Mo and Jade Spring Fairy’s saving grace, and partly to ease their resentment towards him, the awakened Silver-haired Child hurriedly prepared a generous gift and came to visit Shen Mo.

The Storage Bracelet bore no soul imprint, and with a sweep of Shen Mo’s sense, he saw the details of the thank-you gift. Most were spiritual items compensated to the Silver-haired Child by the Kang Family of Canluan Lake, including a jade slip recording the method for refining the Five Dragon Divine Chariot, showing that the Silver-haired Child had almost emptied his family’s resources.

As for Jade Spring Fairy’s share, Shen Mo directly put it away without using his sense to inspect its reality.

Currently, Jade Spring Fairy is still in Dongjie Continent, cleansing the demonic primal intent’s pollution of heaven and earth. Even with the help of Earth Yuan Array, even though they are Earth Immortals, it may take ten to eight years to clean it up. Better to hand it over when she returns.

"To reassure fellow daoist, I shall accept this token of appreciation. If you lack Cultivation Resources, let sect disciples come to Five Dragon Mountain to rent a plot, to temporarily collect wild spiritual medicine and mine goldstone deposits, or long-term to cultivate the spiritual field... allowing you to cultivate all the way to Formless Realm, it shouldn’t be too difficult!"