I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

Because, unlike other human cultivators, this 'Illusory Mirage Realm' is not a forbidden area for him.

Firstly, he had a life-or-death bond with Da Yuanshuang, a direct descendant of the four-armed ape clan.

This relationship may not be particularly significant, but if it's just about helping someone cover things up and infiltrate the 'Illusory Realm', it shouldn't be too difficult.

Of course, this is on the premise that the place of human heritage has not yet been discovered by the Four-Armed Ape Clan and the Howling Sky Clan, and has not received effective attention from these two clans.

Secondly, there is his current, clan-affiliated background with the Feathered Dragon Clan, which he operates in the shadows.

They can directly use their power to intimidate others!
Even if the infiltration fails and the Howling Sky Clan and the Four-Armed Ape Clan discover it, with this background and identity, there is no need to worry about the risk of death.

……

"This opportunity is of great value, but... the specific valuation will need to be determined by me before I can bestow it upon you two..."

After learning the ins and outs of the Mirage Realm, Wei Tu took a deep breath, looked at Madam Hai and Daoist Huofa with a serious expression, and spoke.

The words "the land of inheritance of the ancient human race" carry immense weight.

If what is said is true, then the value of this opportunity is many times greater than the resources that Daoist Huofa sought for advancing to the next level of cultivation.

But if it's fake—or rather, if the treasures within the 'Land of Inheritance' have already been seized by the Howling Sky Clan and the Four-Armed Ape Clan—then it's worthless.

Therefore, out of caution, he would not simply give Huofa Daoren a resource for advancing to the Fusion stage for free.

Moreover, he currently has no other 'Five Essence Pills' on hand. Even if he were willing to 'generously donate,' he simply doesn't have the funds.

“This is the proper course of action… If Senior Wei were to agree directly now, I would be uneasy and mistakenly think that you intend to use my junior sister as a test subject.”

Upon hearing this, the Fire-Haired Taoist couldn't help but smile, and even made a rare joke with Wei Tu, the 'perpetrator'.

Clearly, at this moment, he had developed a great deal of trust in Wei Tu's character.

As soon as these words fell.

Wei Tu nodded, and the coldness on his face lessened considerably in that instant.

Then, with a slight step, he instantly appeared beside the Fire-Haired Taoist, said "Excuse me," and placed one palm on the Fire-Haired Taoist's head, performing a soul search as is customary.

In response, the Fire-Haired Taoist offered no resistance and directly opened his divine soul.

His foundation was destroyed, and he had no hope of advancing to the Integration Realm in this lifetime, so he didn't care whether Wei Tu searched his soul.

"It's exactly as described. The founder of the Tianhai Sect did indeed go to the 'Illusory Mirage Realm' and briefly glimpsed the ancient human race's heritage site..."

"This cultivator's persistence in helping Lady Hai advance to the Integration stage is not only out of the affection between the two disciples, but also because he wants this woman to fulfill the last wishes of the Tianhai Sect's ancestors."

After reviewing the memories obtained from the soul search, Wei Tu could no longer contain his surprise and excitement, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Without hesitation, he raised his hand and made a hand seal, placing restrictions on the souls of Lady Hai and Daoist Huofa as he had said before.

Although this restriction is not a slave seal, from this point on, the lives of the two people will be in his hands.

"Wei will keep his promise and set you two free a thousand years from now."

Looking at Lady Hai, whose expression was somewhat sorrowful, Wei Tu, without losing his warmth, said this sentence in a gentle tone.

"Junior sister, try to think more positively. These past thousand years have also been the time that Senior Wei has protected us both."

The Fire-Haired Taoist offered words of advice with a smile.

"Protection?" Upon hearing this, Madam Hai frowned slightly, feeling that her senior brother was making the best of a bad situation.

Falling from the lofty position of a Void Refining Grandmaster to become someone else's 'servant'... for some cultivators, this is a crueler torture than death.

“Junior sister, you don’t understand. When you reach the age where I am nearing death, you will understand.”

"To attach oneself to a strong person is more promising than to become strong oneself... to ascend directly to the Azure Heaven and reach the pinnacle of immortality."

The Fire-Haired Taoist glanced at Madam Hai and uttered this profound statement.

“If Wei Tu were an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, I would risk my life to protect you and get you out of here.”

"But unfortunately, he is not. He is a member of my human race, and also the most promising Nascent Soul cultivator I have ever seen... a true genius who has the best chance of reaching the Great Ascension stage."

"Including his temperament—"

"He is also the strongest person I have ever met, the one I can rely on the most."

"Ruthless and decisive, but not cruel and heartless."

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Fire-Haired Taoist transmitted his innermost thoughts.

"It's better to attach yourself to a strong person than to become strong yourself..."

Upon hearing this, Madam Hai seemed to understand something, realizing the wisdom in her senior brother's words.

If she were young and just embarking on the path of immortality, she might have scoffed at this statement.

He believed that with his own abilities, he was capable of anything.

But now, she is 'old,' trapped by the chasm of fusion for a full thousand years...

And how many millennia does she have left to waste?
"Take a step back, and the world will be a better place!"

"To attach oneself to the powerful is not a disgrace, but a better path to the pinnacle of immortality. And precisely... Wei Tu is the one that Senior Brother believes is the most suitable person to attach himself to!"

In an instant, Lady Hai's mind cleared, and like the Fire-Haired Taoist, she realized that this was an opportunity, rather than a sudden 'humiliation'.

"However, relying solely on beauty will not give you a chance to stay close to Senior Wei. This cultivator values ​​benefits more, benefits that are useful to his path of immortality..."

Lady Hai's almond-shaped eyes flickered slightly as she pondered to herself.

……

"Senior Wei's disguise skills... If I hadn't been here, I really wouldn't have been able to tell which one was my senior brother, the Fire-Haired Taoist."

Half a day later, looking at Wei Tu, who had disguised himself as the Fire-Haired Taoist, Madam Hai could not hide the surprise on her face. She covered her lips and said in disbelief.

"No wonder... Senior Wei has concealed his identity and traveled outside for many years, and no one knows his whereabouts to this day."

Mrs. Sea murmured to herself.

"It was just a few tricks, so there's no need to be too surprised," Wei Tu said with a faint smile.

This time, his caution led to some unexpected changes in the established plan.

However, even disregarding the unexpected opportunity presented by the 'Mirage Realm', this change is still a good thing.

At least, it was easier to impersonate the Fire-Haired Taoist.

Normally speaking, even if the Fire-Haired Taoist agreed to let him disguise himself, he would never give him a personal item containing his own aura.

Not to mention 'life force', which can affect one's cultivation level.

Now that he has the lives of Lady Hai and the Fire-Haired Taoist under his control, this little matter is not worth mentioning.

“Originally, I was planning to bribe the cultivators guarding the ‘Inter-Immortal Realm Teleportation Array’ to let us pass. Now that Senior Wei has disguised himself to be almost indistinguishable from my senior brother, this step can be skipped.”

A bright smile appeared on Mrs. Hai's face, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When she agreed to Wei Tu's 'request' at the border, she was already worried about it. After all, the guards of the teleportation array responsible for checking people coming and going were not ordinary people. There were quite a few Void Refinement and Integration cultivators with keen senses.

However, due to Wei Tu's combined majesty, she could only swallow her anger and dare not say a word.

Now that she sees that Wei Tu has such a skill in disguise, she doesn't have too many worries anymore.

Next, the three discussed some details regarding the disguise to ensure there would be no mistakes.

These details are not about appearance, but about the Fire-Haired Taoist's daily behavior and some of his social relationships within the human race.

Only by mastering these points can Wei Tu's disguise as 'Fire-Haired Taoist' be considered a truly perfect disguise.

Subsequently.

After discussing the matter, Wei Tu took off the Qiankun bag from his waist, looked apologetic, and put Huo Fa Dao Ren into the Qiankun bag, carrying it with him.

"...Just how many people did Senior Wei bring with him?" Upon seeing this, Madam Hai couldn't help but show a strange expression.

She noticed that Wei Tu had more than one Qiankun bag on him.

However, no matter how she thought about it, she could hardly imagine that Xue Qiongyu, the young patriarch of the Xueying Clan and Pei Hong's fiancée, who was abducted by the 'Refining Void Little Divine Lord' hundreds of years ago, was currently inside a Qiankun bag on Wei Tu's waist.

……

A month later.

With Lady Hai's help, Wei Tu successfully used the inter-immortal realm teleportation array of the Holy Emperor Domain to reach the Divine Fire Immortal Realm on the Thunder Swamp Continent with this woman.

"Indeed, only after arriving at the Divine Fire Immortal Realm could the Earth-type Dao Seal on my hand sense the secret realm of the Venerable King Palace..."

As soon as he stepped out of the teleportation array, Wei Tu immediately sensed that the Earth Dao Seal on his wrist was slightly warm and radiating spiritual light.

It seemed that with just a thought, he could return to the secret realm of the Venerable King's Palace in the human world.

"No! This matter should not be rushed... We need to be more cautious." Wei Tu's eyes flashed, and with a thought, in an instant, the arm marked with the character "Earth" was severed by him and thrown directly into his storage magic artifact.

At the same moment, the sealing talismans inside the storage artifact also activated, landing one by one on the arm, severing its subtle connection with the secret realm of the Venerable King Palace.

At this moment, one can clearly see that the severed part of Wei Tu's arm is shimmering with the light of a restriction.

Clearly, severing his arm and cutting off his connection with the secret realm of the Venerable King's Palace was not a spur-of-the-moment decision by Wei Tu.

Defenses can not do without.

It is true that Fairy Xuanling is a Mahayana cultivator of the human race, and it is also true that she has helped him a lot—but whether this woman is dead or alive, and whether the legacy she left behind is good or evil, are unknown to him.

Back in the Venerable King's Palace in the Human Realm, his only path was to accept the inheritance of Fairy Xuanling; otherwise, her will would erase his memories of the Transmission Pavilion...

But now that he has reached the Integration Realm, he undoubtedly has more options!

At least for now, he wasn't in such a hurry to obtain the [Earth Emperor Pearl], this supreme treasure.

—The Spirit Realm was far less dangerous to him than the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm'.

"Ancient demons of the primordial era are nearly immortal. Only sealing them can slowly wear them down... The ancient demons in the human realm suppressed by the Nan Hua Relics, combined with the Mahayana power given to me by Zi Chi Jun, are my best means of defending against Xuan Ling Fairy and resisting Mahayana power..."

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly, and his large hand, hidden in his sleeve, caressed the talisman given to him by Zi Chi Jun, as he pondered to himself.

"Moreover, there are other ways to return to the human realm besides through the secret realm of the Venerable King's Palace..."

Wei Tu looked up at the 'Divine Fire Immortal Realm' in front of him.

A thousand years ago, he smuggled himself into the Spirit Realm from the 'spatial node' where the Human Realm and the Divine Fire Immortal Realm intersected, and was not a cultivator who ascended to immortality in the strict sense.

Therefore, as long as he finds this 'spatial node' in the Divine Fire Immortal Realm, he can return to the human world.

And this spatial node...

It shouldn't be as difficult to find as the 'spatial nodes' of the Zichen Realm and the Spirit Realm—after all, the Human Realm is a subordinate interface of the Spirit Realm, not a superior interface like the Zichen Realm, which is similar to the origin of the Spirit Realm and would be affected by the Spirit Realm's 'natural restrictions'.

"It's a pity that Gong Shulan didn't know that the spatial rift on Golden Flame Island led to either the 'Five Minor Realms' of the Ancient Demon Realm or the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm.' Not long after she ascended to the Ancient Demon Realm, she was captured by the Venerable Lianwu and taken as his disciple... Otherwise, this spatial rift could have become an entrance for me to return to the Primordial Demon Source Realm."

"After all, relying solely on the [Boundary-Severing Stone] to return to the Primordial Demon Origin Realm is still too dangerous."

Wei Tu sighed inwardly.

However, despite this, in his heart, he also listed the 'spatial rift' of Golden Flame Island as an alternative for going to the 'Primordial Demon Source Realm' in the future.

There's no other reason than that the reputation of the Purple Blood Demon Lord, this great demon lord, is far too terrifying.

He didn't want to provoke them again unless absolutely necessary.

……

But after thinking it over...

Wei Tu was not in a hurry and immediately searched for the 'spatial node' where the Divine Fire Immortal Realm intersected with the human world.

With a flick of his sleeve, he enveloped Lady Hai beside him with his magic, then vanished in a flash of light, heading straight for the northern border of the Divine Fire Immortal Realm.

Obtaining the treasures of the Nanhua Sect and returning to the secret realm of the Zunwang Palace are his top priorities... but in the meantime, this will not prevent him from returning to his old sect and seeing his old friends again.

a few days later.

On the border of the Divine Fire Immortal Realm, within the Green Sheep Valley.

Wei Tu slowly descended, and with a flick of his sleeve, sent a talisman to the valley hidden by the restriction.

"Who are you, fellow Daoist...?"

"How did you know I was stationed here?"

A moment later, Su Xin Shangren, who had received the talisman, gracefully flew out from Qingyang Valley. She frowned slightly, her face showing vigilance. Through the array restrictions in the valley, she glanced at Wei Tu in the distance and asked.

At this moment, if she weren't wary of Wei Tu in front of her and Madam Hai behind her, whose auras were unfathomable, she would have certainly used her methods to step forward and interrogate them.

"After a thousand years, it seems my aunt has forgotten about me, an old friend." Upon hearing this, Wei Tu smiled slightly and transmitted his voice to Venerable Suxin.

"You...you are Wei Tu?"

Upon hearing this, Master Suxin was immediately shocked.

Although she was far away in the Divine Fire Immortal Realm and had limited access to information, she, like Madam Hai, knew about Wei Tu's sudden disappearance in the Holy Emperor Realm thanks to Yang Yujun's help.

Now that Wei Tu has suddenly returned to the Qingling Sect, and with such a mysterious and unpredictable cultivation level, how could she not be extremely surprised? (End of Chapter)