I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Not bad!

The Longevity Lamp is not only a rare treasure that can plunder the life essence of cultivators, but also a powerful spiritual treasure!

The ancient dragon characters floating in front of him not only contained an introduction to the treasure's supernatural powers, but also the "Tongbao Technique" to activate it.

The only drawback is...

When this treasure is activated, in addition to using the "Tongbao Jue" to control it, it also requires the consumption of a special lamp oil called "Changming Yaogao".

The secret recipe for making this lamp oil...

The owner of this place did not tell him.

With only the lamp oil currently available in the [Longevity Immortal Lamp], he can use it a maximum of three times before it becomes a "dead object" again, unless he finds another "Eternal Flame Oil" to replenish it.

“Eternal Flame Ointment. This item should also be a restriction imposed by the owner of this place on the inheritor…” Upon seeing this, Wei Tu’s joy faded somewhat, and he couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

After all, even if the owner of this place doesn't consider those dragon-born cultivators as human beings, he can't allow them to be slaughtered at will.

If used properly, three chances are enough to create a descendant of a "true dragon" with good bloodline.

“Eternal Flame Ointment… Perhaps that ‘A-Da’ knows some information about this thing…” Wei Tu thought to himself.

A cultivator at the Mahayana level would not be interested in plundering the bloodline of a true dragon or other true spirits, as their own strength is already equivalent to that of a living "true dragon".

Both are powerful individuals of the same rank!
Therefore, the only thing that could interest "A-Da" about this [Longevity Immortal Lamp] is its inherent power as a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure.

If this power could only be used three times, this cultivator wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to come to Dinghai Immortal Ruins.

Of course, this is just one of his guesses.

It is highly likely that "Ah Da" only obtained fragmentary information, knowing that there was a great treasure hidden here, but unaware that the treasure had been subject to an intractable "restriction" by its original owner.

Even so, this [Longevity Lamp] is enough for Wei Tu to use.

Wei Tu wasn't that confident that he could use this treasure to deal with Mahayana cultivators.

As for dealing with cultivators at the Integration Stage...

Wei Tu thought to himself that he wouldn't be so unlucky as to encounter life-or-death crises every time.

Using it as the final, decisive move, the "three chances" are neither too many nor too few.

……

Learning the "Tongbao Formula" is not difficult.

In just two days, Wei Tu had mastered how to activate the [Longevity Lamp].

"Hurry!" Wei Tu, who was sitting cross-legged in the center of the altar, suddenly opened his eyes. He raised his fingers as if plucking a flower, and made a hand seal. The [Longevity Lamp] on the offering table began to tremble violently.

The bronze rust on the lamppost began to peel off, revealing the dazzling metallic luster inside.

A bright, mysterious, multicolored light suddenly appeared at the "wick" of the ancient lamp and rapidly radiated outwards...

In an instant, Wei Tu sensed again the "power of time" that had previously plundered his life essence, as well as the "spirit-devouring" restriction that had devoured the spiritual energy within his body.

Of course, as the owner of this lamp, Wei Tu will no longer be affected by it.

However, he did not allow the lamp to be "lit" again. He immediately cast several spells and struck the lamp's lamp base.

The wick went out again, and in an instant, the entire ancient lamp returned to its lifeless state.

"Fortunately, not much lamp oil was used up..."

After the Longevity Lamp went out, Wei Tu immediately stood up with a look of regret on his face. He checked the remaining amount of "Eternal Flame Elixir" in the lamp and saw that it was almost the same as before, with only a grain of rice's worth of elixir consumed. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

If one wants to gain as much control as possible over this treasure and treat it as a trump card to use against the enemy, then testing it once or twice becomes imperative.

Everything can be saved.

This is the only thing we cannot skip!

"The Longevity Lamp requires 'Eternal Flame Oil' as lamp oil to burn, and it also consumes a lot of my magic power..." After checking, Wei Tu looked inward with his divine sense and glanced at the 20% of magic power that had been consumed out of thin air in his dantian. His eyelids twitched a few times.

It should be noted that this is only a slight activation, and it is still a long way from being truly "ignited".

This performance is far more "terrifying" than the [Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring].

Even now, despite fully activating the Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring, his magical power is still drained by this Heavenly Treasure, but he can still hold on for about an incense stick's time.

"Could it be that the [Longevity Immortal Lamp] is... a mid-grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure?" Wei Tu raised an eyebrow, secretly delighted.

Even among the most powerful spiritual treasures, there are differences in quality.

The Five Elements Demon-Slaying Ring is merely a low-grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

This level of Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure is something that some powerful Nascent Soul cultivators with good backgrounds might possess.

For example, Elder Heisha of the Ghost Phoenix Clan used the "Nine Phoenix Pagoda," a powerful spiritual treasure with a renowned reputation in the Spirit Realm, to imprison a group of cultivators during the "Dingyuan Immortal City" upheaval.

However, once the grade of a Heavenly Treasure reaches "middle grade," very few cultivators below the Mahayana level can possess it.

Because it is also a rare treasure among Mahayana practitioners.

After happily playing with the Longevity Lamp for a while, Wei Tu reluctantly put the treasure into his storage artifact.

Then, he fixed his gaze on the offering table, where a sea chart depicting the "Seven Great Seas" of Dinghai Immortal Ruins was displayed.

The sea chart and the altar's restrictions were integrated into one, something he could not shake.

Furthermore, the "spatial nodes" of this sea chart are also connected to the "seven sea regions" of Dinghai Immortal Ruins. Even if he greedily takes this treasure, the sea chart will probably lose its teleportation ability the moment it falls into his hands, becoming just an ordinary spiritual object.

"Xuanming Sea Area..."

Wei Tu's gaze fell on the nautical chart, on that remote sea area marked with the words "Xuanming".

This sea area is the place where Xue Qiongyu appeared, as Lei Bao had told Zou Yueshan when they were in the Dragon Refining Ancient Palace.

However, at this moment, he did not rush to touch the "spatial node" on the sea chart to teleport.

Instead, it flashed and escaped from the inner space of the eerie vertical pupil, arriving in the outside world.

At this moment, the external turmoil has subsided.

The mural space where the Dragon Queen was located was now empty, with only some remnants of magical treasures scattered around.

After all, nearly a month had passed since he entered the inner space of the "Strange Vertical Pupil".

"Retract!" Wei Tu raised his hand and a beetle with transparent wings, resembling an ant, instantly emerged from the void, revealing its true form, and affectionately stroked the fingertips of his outstretched palm.

"Hopefully we can make it in time."

Wei Tu ignored the Iron Poison Flying Ant's affection for him, flipped his hand, stuffed it into the Spirit Insect Bag, narrowed his eyes, and disappeared back into the space of the "Eerie Vertical Pupil".

Then, he quickly flew to the air above the altar and used his magic to touch the spatial node on the sea chart that connected to the 'Xuanming Sea Area'.

next moment.

A dizzying sensation followed.

Just moments ago, the image of Wei Tu, which was above the altar, suddenly appeared on a vast sea that was deep yellow and looked like it was mixed with countless silt and sand.

We have just arrived at this place.

Before Wei Tu could even stand up straight...

At that moment, a talisman hanging from his waist suddenly flashed with a bright red light, floated up, and hummed incessantly in a certain direction.

"So fast?"

Wei Tu's expression shifted, his expression hesitant and uncertain.

This talisman was the communication tool he used to contact Xue Qiongyu.

At this moment, the talisman glowed red.

This means that Xue Qiongyu's life is now in danger!
And that's why he hesitated.

The concern was that this trip would not only fail to save Xue Qiongyu, but would also imprison him, since... neither "A-Da" nor any of the cultivators from the three major overlord clans could be resisted by one person alone.

After waiting for half a breath.

Seeing that the talisman was still glowing red and that Xue Qiongyu's location was still moving, he finally made up his mind, soared into the air, and quickly flew towards Xue Qiongyu's location.

A month is neither a long nor a short time.

If we subtract the time that Qian Ying'er and the others spent leaving the "Dragon Refining Ancient Palace" and heading to the "Mysterious Bright Sea Area", there is not much time left.

Not to mention, finding Xue Qiongyu's trail quickly in this vast sea...

He vividly remembered that the abyss at the bottom of the sea where the "Dragon Refining Ancient Palace" was located was not just "deep".

It took Qian Ying'er half a year to dive from the surface of the abyss to the entrance of the "Dragon Refining Cave".

The thunderstorms appeared much later than those of the Feathered Dragon Clan and Ghost Phoenix Clan cultivators—meaning that traveling from the "Xuanming Sea" to the "Dragon Refining Ancient Palace" was not necessarily easier than for the Feathered Dragon Clan cultivators in the "Dragon Refining Sea."

However, despite his rapid advance, Wei Tu did not forget to use the "Soul Search" Iron Poison Flying Ant to examine the details of "A-Da's" battle with the cultivators of the Divine Armor Clan and the Ghost Phoenix Clan from within its soul.

This intelligence will be extremely important for his future actions.

"Ah Da is dead?"

Several dozen breaths later, upon seeing the end of the battle, when "A-Da" was beaten to death by cultivators from both the Ghost Phoenix Clan and the Divine Armor Clan, Wei Tu couldn't help but show a look of astonishment, greatly taken aback.

After all, this cultivator had a formidable record of severely injuring Zou Yueshan with a single blow.

But soon, after a change of heart, he felt relieved.

If this "A-Da" truly possessed the ability to run rampant within the Dinghai Immortal Ruins, he wouldn't have been so cautious during the operation, nor would he have sought to "join forces" with him beforehand...

You should know that at the beginning, he hadn't yet caught the ten immortal energies; he was just an ordinary "half-step fusion cultivator."

Clearly, this cultivator sought him out at that time in order to maximize his chances of winning and hold off the cultivators of the three powerful clans.

"It's just a pity that in this battle, this cultivator didn't reveal any other supernatural abilities or techniques that would easily reveal his identity... He only used the obvious method of the Dark Law..."

Wei Tu frowned slightly. Based solely on the characteristic of the Dark Law, no matter how hard he racked his brains, it would be difficult to determine the true identity of "A Da" among the Mahayana cultivators in the Spirit Realm.

After all, compared to this cultivator who is a Mahayana cultivator, he is more like the "Demon Ancestor" of the ancient demon realm.

"The Weeping River Demon Lord is also an ancient demon hidden in the spirit realm. He may know 'A-Da's' true identity..."

This thought arose in Wei Tu's mind, and he pondered it to himself.

……

at the same time.

the other side.

Above an island in the Xuanming Sea.

Xue Qiongyu's face was deathly pale, blood stained the corner of her mouth, and she looked back with extreme tension. Behind her, a greenish rainbow light was chasing closely.

This rainbow light was extremely fast, radiating a powerful spiritual pressure far exceeding that of the "half-step fusion" realm.

This marks the seventy-third day since she went into hiding.

The cultivators behind her clung to her like glue.

Even if she manages to escape using the clan's secret treasure, they will catch up with her again within a few days.

During this period, she lost most of the various escape techniques she had acquired from her clan due to the relentless pursuit of this cultivator.

Furthermore, because of her "special" identity, she dared not ask other cultivators for help during her escape, except for Wei Tu. Of course, this was partly due to her initial wishful thinking that since she had successfully shaken off this cultivator, there was no need to bring unnecessary trouble upon herself.

"Fellow Daoist, I have no grudge against you, so why do you keep following me?"

Xue Qiongyu's face showed sorrow as she spoke in a mournful voice.

After seeing that Wei Tu was slow to come to her aid, she realized that she was doomed.

But before she died, she wanted to know what grudge she had against this cultivator that made him so persistent, even abandoning his exploration of the Dinghai Immortal Ruins to hunt her down.

Upon hearing this, the cultivator who was chasing Xue Qiongyu stopped in his tracks and concealed his escape light.

This man appeared to be middle-aged, dressed in a light red robe. His face was not stern but angry, and there was a faint air of nobility between his brows.

"Fairy Qiongyu. Now that things have come to this, I will not hide it from you. It is not that I want to kill you. It is your fiancé, Pei Hong, who has placed a hefty bounty on your head within various forces allied with the Mist Ghost Clan and in various black markets..."

"He is willing to give you a mid-grade seventh-rank spiritual treasure if he can kill you and take your head back."

"It wasn't just me; many Nascent Soul stage cultivators in the cultivation world also took on this mission. It was just a coincidence that I came to the Dinghai Immortal Ruins and luckily bumped into you..."

The middle-aged cultivator said calmly.

As he spoke, he flipped his palm and took out a magic artifact about the size of a palm, shaped like a compass.

After this magical artifact appeared.

Xue Qiongyu instantly sensed the connection between this object and her.

It is weaker than the "Blood Guiding Technique," but stronger than some secret techniques in the cultivation world that use aura to lock onto enemies.

“It’s the Soul-Suspending Pill…” Granny Tu in Xue Qiongyu’s mind was furious. “That Pei Hong deliberately used tricks in the Soul-Suspending Pill. This compass magic artifact is tracking the medicinal power of the Soul-Suspending Pill that has been integrated into your body… As long as the medicinal power is not removed, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, you will find it difficult to escape this cultivator’s pursuit.”

"It's this pill? This Pei Hong is truly vicious."

Upon hearing this, Xue Qiongyu's face immediately showed intense hatred.

This elixir was a breakthrough spiritual item that the Snow Infant Clan specially purchased for her from the Mist Ghost Clan.

It was not a gift that Pei Hong gave to his fiancée.

If it were the latter, one could blame her for being greedy. But the former clearly shows that Pei Hong harbored malicious intentions, resorting to such despicable means even in a normal transaction.

Clearly, Pei Hong never treated her as his real fiancée from beginning to end; he only gave her a certain amount of respect on the surface.

"Fairy Qiongyu, my explanation is complete. If you surrender and await capture, you may still have a chance for revenge after leaving Dinghai Immortal Ruins and heading to the Mist Ghost Clan..."

"It's better than dying right now."

The middle-aged cultivator stroked his beard and patiently explained.

Capturing someone alive is far more valuable than capturing a corpse.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so kind as to explain the whole story to Xue Qiongyu. (End of Chapter)