I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

It is perfectly normal for a cultivator on the verge of death to recall memories of the most dangerous moments of their 'previous life'.

It's understandable that Ruan Shui'er, having been taken away from the Deer Mountain Dojo by Clan Chief Liu and subsequently facing a near-death experience, would feel immense fear of Clan Chief Liu at this moment...

However, Wei Tu did not expect that this woman was so kind-hearted, and even had some goodwill towards him, her "cheap senior brother," subconsciously reminding him in the dream.

Of course, this is just one of many things this woman said in her sleep.

Even so, it is still remarkable.

At least, Wei Tu thought to himself, if he were Ruan Shui'er, he wouldn't care too much about a 'cheap senior brother' with whom he had little interaction in life, and wouldn't think of him in times of crisis.

"However, it wasn't for nothing that I spared her life." Wei Tu's eyes flashed as he glanced at the snake-scaled old woman who was 'possessing' Ruan Shui'er's body, and he thought to himself.

Although the old woman with snake scales is now only a 'broken body' and her soul is incomplete, her soul foundation as a powerful being is something that Ruan Shui'er, a mere Golden Core cultivator, cannot withstand.

If it weren't for his verbal warning just now, and the magical restriction he left on the old woman's soul to threaten her life... Ruan Shui'er's life would probably have already perished under the old woman's second possession.

At least, at this moment, there won't be any 'energy' left to writhe in pain and utter these words of nonsense.

Of course, this is also 'cruel', using Ruan Shui'er's 'body' as a bargaining chip to obtain benefits, completely disregarding the woman's life and safety...

However, in the cultivation world, people with compassion like him are quite rare.

"Now that I have fulfilled my promise, it is time for you to reveal the 'Reincarnation Secret Technique' and the information about the Three Lives Immortal Sect..." After sensing that the time was almost up, Wei Tu also snorted coldly, grabbed forward with his large hand, and used the 'magical spiritual restriction' that existed near the old woman's soul to imprison the fanged creature's soul in Ruan Shui'er's sea of ​​consciousness again, thus interrupting her great undertaking of seizing a body once again!

The old woman with snake scales, sensing this scene, was filled with resentment. After all, she was only a few steps away from successfully possessing Ruan Shui'er's 'body'...

Furthermore, what kind of "fulfillment of contract" is this, that Wei Tu is talking about? She clearly said that she would only hand over the "reincarnation secret technique" and agree to Wei Tu's various conditions after she had completely "reincarnated and possessed" Ruan Shui'er.

However, now that she is at the mercy of others, under the threat of Wei Tu's death, she has no choice but to compromise and submit, no matter how much she resents him.

“This cultivator is quite powerful. He was able to force back Yu Linzi, Madam Wei, and Fellow Daoist Chai to come to this ‘Reincarnation Cave’. He must be no ordinary person… Since he is willing to agree to my conditions and consent to my ‘reincarnation and possession’, there is a certain possibility that he is willing to take me as his servant…” The old woman with snake scales’ brain started working frantically as she pondered the gains and losses involved.

By voluntarily backing down and agreeing to Wei Tu's conditions, and first providing the 'Reincarnation Secret Technique' and information about the Three Lives Immortal Sect... there is a certain chance that one can survive and live another life.

Her firm refusal angered Wei Tu, and even if he were willing to agree to her previous 'requests,' he would probably break the agreement afterward and eliminate this 'remaining threat' completely.

All of this was predictable. After all, Wei Tu was no ordinary cultivator; he was a 'fusion expert' even more powerful than Yu Linzi... His greed for the 'reincarnation secret technique' would not be too intense, at least much lower than that of other cultivators.

In short, the 'reincarnation technique' is not enough to threaten Wei Tu and force him to agree!

At this moment, there are only two possibilities for why it would preemptively demand this 'reincarnation secret technique':

Firstly, he was unwilling to waste any more time on her and harbored thoughts of breaking his promise. Secondly, he merely wanted to witness the 'reincarnation secret technique' and did not care about her life or death...

Judging from Wei Tu's attitude towards her now, this possibility is very close to her second guess.

"If I beg for mercy and hand over the 'Reincarnation Secret Technique,' there might be a glimmer of hope... After all, I still have value, and I'm not some nobody who can be disposed of at will..." The old woman with snake scales thought to herself, and she began to agree.

This was her only chance of survival; otherwise, death was the only outcome.

Wei Tu's 'indifference' towards her life and death made it worth the gamble.

This means that there is no animosity between her and Wei Tu.

"Besides, although submitting to this cultivator is humiliating, isn't this also a great opportunity to take things a step further?" The old woman with snake scales took a deep breath and convinced herself.

Having thought this through, she no longer hesitated and separated a portion of her soul power, using it as a base to condense into two pale blue 'soul tablets', which she handed to the 'Weitu Magic Power' that was in Ruan Shui'er's sea of ​​consciousness with her, but was spying on her from the side and binding her soul.

"This is the 'Reincarnation Secret Technique' of the 'Three Lives Immortal Sect'..." Upon seeing this, Wei Tu was overjoyed. He immediately reached out and grabbed the jade slip formed from the snake-scaled old woman's soul power from Ruan Shui'er's body.

At this moment, the old woman with snake scales, whose soul was imprisoned by Wei Tu's magic, did not dare to breathe loudly. She obediently waited for Wei Tu's next words in Ruan Shui'er's sea of ​​consciousness.

However, at that moment, something happened that completely astonished her.

Having confirmed the authenticity of the 'Reincarnation Secret Technique,' Wei Tu did not release her soul from its confinement. Instead, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and the magic power that had been binding her soul instantly transformed into a 'magical hand,' which mercilessly squeezed her soul.

"Why! Why... I clearly handed over this 'Reincarnation Secret Technique' and revealed the information about the Three Lives Immortal Sect..." The snake-scaled old woman was stunned and couldn't believe it.

It's clear that keeping her alive would be more beneficial than harmful to Wei Tu, and even if he harbored thoughts of killing her... he wouldn't have acted against her so immediately at this moment.

At the very least, we need to extract as much value as possible from her.

For example, revealing more information about Yu Linzi...

However, Wei Tu did not explain this. His cold eyes flashed slightly. Just now, the incomparably powerful snake-scaled old woman's soul inside Ruan Shui'er's body was instantly turned into ashes and shattered into countless fragments of the soul under his magic power, which scattered into Ruan Shui'er's sea of ​​consciousness.

Indeed, the old woman with snake scales was right; Wei Tu spared her life so that he could extract even more profit from her.

However, she miscalculated Wei Tu from beginning to end, thinking that Wei Tu was a "strange peer" who suddenly arrived here. She was unaware that the "Senior Brother Fu" that Ruan Shui'er mentioned in her "dreaming" was Wei Tu himself.

Based solely on this seemingly unintentional remark, in weighing the pros and cons, Wei Tu could not possibly side with her.

Of course—this is not the fault of the old woman with snake scales. No matter how hard she racked her brains, she could hardly imagine that the 'Nascent Soul junior' she saw a hundred years ago was the same powerful cultivator standing in front of her now who killed Yu Linzi.

"This woman is truly blessed."

After severing the last wisp of consciousness left in Ruan Shui'er's body by the old woman with snake scales, Wei Tu glanced at Ruan Shui'er, who was still unconscious, and shook his head inwardly.

The remaining fragments of the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator are an unparalleled fortune for any Golden Core cultivator.

Moreover, the old woman with snake scales had failed in her second attempt to 'reincarnate and possess' Ruan Shui'er's body. A considerable portion of her nascent soul essence and life essence had already merged into Ruan Shui'er's physical body, becoming a part of her.

This fortuitous opportunity, while not guaranteeing Ruan Shui'er's future breakthrough to the Integration Realm and becoming a Integration Realm expert like the old snake-scaled woman Aban, will, with this foundation, allow her to break through to the Refinement Realm without premature death... which is just around the corner.

Of course, this is also closely related to his use of "combined magic power" to help Ruan Shui'er sort out the nascent soul essence and physical essence left by these snake-scaled old women.

Otherwise, the only outcome left for this woman would probably be to be burst apart and perish due to the immense fortune she has been given.

"Although the Yunlan Desert is remote, who knows if Madam Wei and Chief Chai, who fled from here, will return with a surprise attack..."

After dealing with Ruan Shui'er's matter, Wei Tu glanced at the 'Reincarnation Cave'. After pondering for a moment, he didn't hesitate. With a flick of his sleeve, he took away the unconscious Ruan Shui'er and the middle-aged beauty, and his figure disappeared from the place in an instant.

He flew away without stopping.

Half a day later, after leaving the 'Cloudy Desert' and arriving at a safe place, he descended with his escape light, bringing Ruan Shui'er and the other person, who were enveloped by his magic power, to a cliff.

After seeing that Ruan Shui'er still had some time before digesting the 'remnant soul of the snake-scaled old woman' inside her body and regaining consciousness.

Wei Tu didn't waste any time. After sitting cross-legged near the cliff, he narrowed his eyes, took out the storage artifact he had obtained from Yu Linzi, and carefully examined it.

Inside, without a doubt, were the two treasures he had been most concerned about on this trip: the remains of an ancient snake and the Divine Phoenix Pill.

"It's a pity that only half of this 'Ancient Serpent Remains' remains. The other half... has been taken away by Chief Chai." Wei Tu looked at the incomplete 'Ancient Serpent Remains' and felt a pang of regret.

But this feeling of regret, which arose in his mind for a moment, vanished completely.

After all, at that time, he didn't have the strength to deal with Chief Chai, Yu Linzi, and Madam Wei all at once.

Being able to "take advantage of the chaos" and kill Yu Linzi, a "master cultivator at the Integration Stage," was already a result of his good fortune.

"Besides, this eighth-tier fragment is also quite good..." Wei Tu flipped his hand and took out the blue banner embroidered with countless stars that Yu Linzi had used in the 'Reincarnation Cave' from this storage magic artifact.

Only after getting up close did he realize the specific grade of this cyan banner.

“【Star-Fixing Banner】.” Wei Tu glanced at the ancient characters of True Spirit engraved on the flagpole of the blue banner, raised an eyebrow slightly, and muttered to himself.

"This flag can be considered a supplement to my attack methods within the combined territory," Wei Tu thought to himself.

Although he possesses a considerable number of spiritual treasures, only a few are truly usable at the late-stage of the Fusion Realm... except for the blood-green alms bowl he seized from the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor.

The remaining items, such as the 'Ten Thousand Forbidden Spells,' 'Secret Sword Talisman,' and 'Five Strange Corpses,' are merely supernatural abilities and secret treasure runes, and cannot be considered true offensive spiritual treasures.

Of course, besides these top-tier treasures, Yu Linzi's wealth is also considerable, within the acceptable range for 'Combined Body Cultivation'.

However, his wealth was mostly represented by ordinary items such as spirit crystals, and there were no treasures like the [Star-Fixing Flag] that caught his eye.

"It's already good enough to get the Star-Fixing Flag and the 'Ascension Technique' from him... There's no need to be too greedy..." Wei Tu shook his head, put the roughly refined Star-Fixing Flag into his pocket, took out the jade slip containing the 'Ascension Technique', and began to carefully study the profound mysteries of this immortal technique.

Several days later, he gradually came to understand the origin and purpose of this magical technique through its subtle and profound explanations.

Just as he had seen on the battlefield.

This "Ascension Immortal Technique" is based on the word "Ascension," which can reduce injuries by continuously shedding the physical body... and even restore injuries and achieve direct healing.

Upon reaching a higher level of cultivation, one can, like Yu Linzi, split into two physical bodies—one real and one fake—to fight against enemies.

In other words, after mastering this technique, a cultivator's 'physical body' is no longer confined to a simple physical body, but rather becomes an existence that can be continuously 'shed its feathers'.

This is similar to the supernatural abilities of body cultivators, such as 'regeneration of severed arms' and 'regeneration from a drop of blood'.

However, the difference is that the 'arm regeneration' and 'blood regeneration' of a body cultivator are the original power of the physical body, while the 'Ascension to Immortality Technique' is more of the supernatural power of this immortal technique...

This is merely an external application of the 'Ascension to Immortality Technique'.

In matters of cultivation, the "Ascension to Immortality Technique" is like the legend of the ancient Tengshe spirit, which allows one to ascend to the realm of immortals by constantly shedding one's "physical form".

Under the influence of this immortal technique, a cultivator's magical power and physical body can easily become pure and clean through repeated transformations, thus achieving the breakthrough requirement of 'establishing an immortal foundation'.

"It's worth it! It's worth it! With this immortal technique... once I break through to the late stage of the Fusion Realm, the Great Ascension Realm will be just around the corner." Wei Tu was excited and muttered to himself.

Compared to Yu Linzi, he not only possesses the 'Ascension Immortal Technique', but also the 'Nine Aperture Immortal Embryo' that he seized from the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor.

The latter's role in helping cultivators break through to the Mahayana realm goes without saying.

With these two factors combined, along with the assistance of the 'Divine Phoenix Pill' and the 'Ancient Serpent's Remains', the 'Great Ascension Immortal Realm' where a cultivator transcends the mortal realm and becomes an immortal is no longer such an unattainable existence for him.

"Therefore, the most important thing right now is to break through to the late stage of the Integration Realm and find an opportunity to return to the Spirit Realm..."

Wei Tu's eyes flickered slightly as he finalized his future action plan in his mind.

For him, the 'Black Cloud Minor Realm' and the 'Heavenly Demon Realm' were indeed good hiding places.

However, it is not a good place to break through to the Mahayana realm.

The reason is simple: the Heavenly Demon Realm is not very friendly to him, a cultivator wanted by the 'Qihuo God Clan'.

Within the Heavenly Demon Realm, he lacked a suitable identity as a 'Nascent Soul cultivator'... As a Nascent Soul junior, hiding within this realm would go unnoticed, but as a Mahayana immortal, he would inevitably arouse excessive suspicion. (End of Chapter)