Cultivating Immortality in Two Realms

Chapter 542 Elixir

Rumble!

In a secluded part of the mountain and sea realm, countless black feathers drifted down from the sky.

The void was dark, and a giant bird with a ferocious appearance, resembling a vulture, could be vaguely seen crashing into a celestial barrier.

Countless streams of celestial energy emanated, the earth cracked open, and the palace behind the barrier flickered, faintly emitting a precious light.

"Who?"

Suddenly, the sky full of black feathers retracted, revealing the figure of the "Heavenly Bird Elder," who held a jet-black ring in his hand, whose power faintly exceeded the limit of the Mahayana stage.

Darkness, terror...

An inexplicable Daoist aura emanated from him, and the power of the Great Dao surged, causing the void to tremble slightly, revealing a silver-robed youth.

The silver-robed youth had delicate features, and two intertwined spiral marks between his eyebrows shone brightly. He stood with his hands behind his back, smiling as he looked at the Celestial Bird Elder.

Although his aura seemed to indicate he had only just entered the Mahayana stage, the Celestial Bird Elder shouted, "Who are you?"

"Little black bird...it's been so many years, have you forgotten this old man?"

The silver-robed youth's voice, however, was older than expected, carrying a sense of decay and age.

The Celestial Bird Elder trembled immediately. It was a veteran in the Spirit Realm, yet this young man spoke with such arrogance.

Moreover, the feeling of time surrounding the other person is somewhat similar to...

"So you're an adult!"

It immediately bowed respectfully: "I was unaware of your presence, sir... I deserve to die."

"You certainly deserve to die. My junior died because of your negligence... However, you can't be entirely blamed for this..."

The silver-robed youth, or rather, the progenitor of the Time Transformation, said leisurely, "To encounter a banished immortal and die from exhaustion is an honor for it... You wish to break through this 'Mysterious Peony Palace'? Would you need my assistance?"

"No need, how could I trouble you, sir?"

The old man Tianqin quickly smiled apologetically.

"How prosperous the Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace was back then! But it declined overnight... and now only these ruins remain."

As if he had personally experienced the heyday of the Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace, Shi Tui Ancestor looked at him with a hint of bewilderment: "The Mountain and Sea Immortal Palace has three palaces and sixteen halls... This Xuanmu Hall is only one of the sixteen halls. The Sun God Palace, one of the three palaces, is already in ruins, and the Hidden Star Palace cannot be opened. If you are interested, you can go with me to the Taiyin Qingsu Moon Palace..."

The old man from the Heavenly Bird Sect had a cold look in his eyes: "I am grateful for your kindness, but although I have the power of a celestial artifact and can barely approach the level of an immortal, I still dare not offend the Three Palaces... I have disappointed you."

"Disappointed? Not at all... You're very cautious, perhaps that's why you've survived until now..."

The silver-robed youth said with some regret, "If my junior had been even eleven times as cautious as you, perhaps he wouldn't have perished this time..."

He sighed, and his figure vanished in an instant.

The old man's eyes became incredibly sharp, gleaming with a keen light, clearly indicating that he was using some kind of pupil technique to survey his surroundings.

It flicked its hand!

Splash!

A flag appeared, enveloping the surroundings, and thick black fog rose up...

After using several methods to investigate, the old man from the Heavenly Bird Sect finally seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "That old monster... is finally gone..."

Its face was full of apprehension: "As expected... only the descent of a banished immortal can attract such a being... this time, the Mountain and Sea Secret Realm is likely to be quite interesting."

In the end, however, there was a hint of schadenfreude in his tone...

……

Taiyin Qingsu Yuehua Palace.

The inky blackness vanished instantly, turning into clear water that sprinkled down.

Above the ground, streams of clear spring water flowed, mingled with the moonlight...

Before Fang Qing, the four Mahayana cultivators of the Mo Di clan had vanished without a trace, leaving only the one holding the compass.

"I see... the Great Dao related to 'painting'?"

Within the moon, he suddenly laughed: "What five Mahayana masters? Or is there only one, and the other four are just figments of your imagination? You certainly know how to bluff... It's just a pity you ran into me."

The power of the Ji River to transform turbidity into clarity is truly astonishing. Fang Qing had only used it slightly before the inky blackness in the sky had completely disappeared.

Even the ink-stained magical artifacts lost their power and fell to the ground...

The Mahayana cultivator of the Modi clan, holding the compass, trembled, his three remaining arms pointing at Fang Qing: "You... who exactly are you? What kind of Great Dao have you comprehended? Could it be... 'True Illusion'?"

If no one could see through its illusions, those four black bodies could almost be used as four Mahayana cultivators, as they were the result of countless years of accumulation.

When they encountered the figures within the moon, they all vanished.

More importantly... this person seems to be only at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm!

The angry roar of the Modi tribe's Mahayana disciple was also tinged with a deep-seated fear.

"Oh? You're so afraid of me?"

Upon seeing this, Fang Qing's lips curled into a subtle smile: "Could it be... that some of the dozen or so Mahayana cultivators your Modi clan boast of... are actually 'painted'?"

Upon hearing this, a resolute look appeared on the face of the Mo Di clan member, and he suddenly pressed an arm to his brow.

The jet-black ink marks instantly covered his entire body, causing his magical power to surge dramatically, almost comparable to that of a Mahayana divine beast!

It clearly used some kind of secret technique, even burning its own life force, to eliminate Fang Qing here!

At this moment, it made a hand seal with one hand, held a compass in the other, and two magical treasures appeared in its other two hands.

One of them is in the style of a bronze door, with ferocious ghost heads biting a door on each side.

The other item was a small, jet-black knife with dense bloodstains on its blade, pulsating like blood vessels, emanating an astonishing aura.

"Oh? Are we going to fight like this?"

Fang Qing chuckled, and the entire Taiyin Qingsu Yuehua Palace suddenly roared, the earth cracked, and a huge azure hand appeared, lifting the entire immortal palace and the Mahayana cultivators of the Mo Di clan, and came before an indescribably enormous face.

His face, with its prominent nose like a sacred mountain, the deep lines between his lips like the Yangtze River, and his eyes like the sun and moon, with each strand of hair flowing down like a black dragon, gazed at the Mo Di tribe's Mahayana cultivator, who was smaller than an ant, and asked: "But what are you going to do...?"

Its sound was like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, yet also like the profound mysteries of the Great Dao, so that this Mahayana cultivator of the Modi Clan could not muster the slightest thought of resistance. In fact, merely listening to its vast and magnificent sound was as if he were immersed in the Great Dao, causing his body to begin to disintegrate and transform into the Dao...

……

reality.

In the Taiyin Qingsu Moon Palace, the moonlight remains the same, and petals of osmanthus blossoms fall.

"Another pathetic creature lost in illusion..."

Fang Qing stepped forward and easily took the Moonlight Compass from the hands of the Mahayana disciple of the Mo Di Clan, then headed straight into the depths of the palace.

Behind him, the eyes of the alien Mahayana cultivator suddenly exploded, transforming into pearls, seashells, coral, and other treasures that continuously spewed outwards...

Crack!

Fang Qing paid no heed to the passing away or death of a Mahayana cultivator from another race behind him...

With a slight exertion of his five fingers, the compass shattered instantly, revealing a fragment of the [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] which merged into the half of the mirror.

In an instant, most of the Taiyin Treasure Mirror was completed, except for the northeastern corner.

And deep within this celestial palace, that attraction grew even stronger…

Whoosh!

A gentle breeze stirred, and the Taiyin Qingsu Moon Palace instantly came to life, as if a black and white painting that had never been visited before had suddenly gained a touch of 'color'.

The reds were redder, the whites were whiter, and all sorts of colors shimmered, dazzling and radiant.

Boundless immortal light converged, transforming into one restriction after another, blocking Fang Qing's path.

"The fragments...are they deep within the barrier?"

After sensing the surroundings, Fang Qing concluded: "No wonder the Mahayana cultivators who entered this place only took away three fragments. It turns out there was still one sealed deep inside... The Mahayana cultivators didn't have time to erase the restriction?"

He communicated with "Tao gives birth to pearls", and the absence of "Ji water" responded accordingly.

Drop after drop of sweet rain fell upon the five-colored barrier, carrying both purity and impurity, and began to erode it...

The rank of Golden Core True Lord is comparable to that of a True Immortal!

The restrictions on this place were melting at a rapid pace, and before long, a passage large enough for one person to pass through was broken open.

Fang Qing's eyes flashed with divine light as he entered.

What came into view was a magnificent and vast hall. The hall was filled with the light of the sky above and the fire of the earth below. In the center was a three-legged, double-eared purple bronze cauldron. It was actually a pill refining hall!

Around the hall, there were also many gourds, most of which were empty.

Fang Qing scanned them one by one with his divine sense, and then raised his hand.

A jade gourd, carved entirely from white jade and with a gold thread woven around its waist, fell into the palm of the hand.

On that gold pendant, there was also a line of celestial script.

He deciphered it and quickly understood its meaning—"...The celestial child is diligent, the furnace is kept clean, the elixir fire burns continuously, and the elixir is applied to reward diligence...Day by day, no effort is wasted. The path to immortality is long, only diligence will not fail. Cultivate a pure and tranquil mind, quickly attain true form, and do not waste today's gift..."

"It seems to be an elixir bestowed upon the boy by an immortal?"

Fang Qing shook it and found that there were actually nine pills left. He immediately poured out one of them. The pill was pure white and had no fragrance. It looked quite ordinary.

However, with the sensitivity of a True Lord, one can still sense the terrifying spiritual power within, and even a ray of white light in the center, which is the true 'immortal energy', capable of changing one's destiny and enhancing one's cultivation.

"A true elixir... even a single pill might cause an ordinary Void Refinement cultivator, or even a Profound Realm cultivator, to explode..."

He sensed the other person's alchemy techniques and suddenly realized something: "That makes sense... Ancient immortals were all at least True Lord level, so the boy tending the furnace should at least be a Mahayana cultivator, right?"

"However, after I return and have identified and comprehended the medicinal properties of these few elixirs... I can swallow them whole. At least, cultivating the Nine Heavens Heavenly Book to the Great Ascension stage will not be a problem at all..."

"Perhaps after some time, I will be able to use the methods of the Spirit Realm to break through to the True Immortal realm in this land..."

Fang Qing searched around again but found no treasures. However, these gourds were quite extraordinary, as they had the effect of preserving the medicinal properties.

With a flick of his sleeve, the bronze alchemy furnace in the center vanished without a trace.

"What a pity, there should have been a celestial flame here..."

Fang Qing sighed and went around to the back of the Pill Hall.

He sensed that the last fragment of the [Taiyin Treasure Mirror] was right there!