Born with immortal seed

Chapter 448 True Identity
"It's alright. For a swordsman as talented as you, Fellow Daoist, the Star Palace will always keep its doors open."

After a moment of silence, Po Jun Xing Jun raised his hand and shot out a ray of starlight.

"This is the Star Palace Token. If you make up your mind to activate it, I will sense it and come to you to complete the procedures for joining the Star Palace and to distribute the benefits."

After speaking, he transformed into starlight and departed amidst the shimmering light of the sky.

Before leaving, he slashed with his sword, blasting the unseeing Gu Wen into pieces, which then mingled with the sand.

His storage bag was also taken away.

"They really didn't leave even the slightest chance... Po Jun Star Lord, Star Palace, Tai Bai Sword Sect, Sword Pill, what a coincidence."

Bai Zichen tossed the diamond-shaped token in his hand. It was neither gold, wood, nor jade, and it felt warm to the touch.

The front features a majestic palace half-hidden in the sea of ​​clouds, appearing and disappearing, creating a scene reminiscent of a celestial realm.

The reverse side features a star map, with fourteen stars each occupying a separate area, echoing each other.

A net of pure Yang fire formed, enveloping the Star Palace Token within it.

After thinking it over, he felt it wasn't reliable enough, so he summoned the Purple Star Thunder Sword and drew down a bolt of lightning with his finger.

The surging lightning net intertwined, adding another layer of restriction around the Star Palace Token.

"Unless this item is of a higher grade than the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword, no matter what hidden methods you have, they will not be effective."

Bai Zichen found a separate storage bag and threw the Star Palace Token into it.

Who knows if the Star Lord Po Jun harbors malicious intentions? If the Star Palace Token carries a location tracking device, wouldn't that be reporting one's entire whereabouts to the other party?

It may even contain hidden spells that could affect the person carrying it.

This action triggered a trace of the original power of the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword, forming a lightning net restriction.

As a fifth-tier flying sword, even though the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword had degenerated into a sword embryo and was still dormant, it could still help its power to resist the aura of the sacred beast's blood essence.

Now that they've all returned to the fourth tier, they can exert even more tier suppression.

If Po Jun Xing Jun (破军星君) wants to use this to scheme against me, then he is only indulging in wishful thinking.

Only he could use this method without any hesitation.

Ordinary sword cultivators would treasure such a flying sword above all else, and would never be willing to easily deplete its source power.

He had the Supreme Pure Sword Box in his hand, and this trace of primordial power could be restored in a few months, which was why he dared to be so bold.

"It would be best to verify Po Jun Xingjun's statement from other aspects. An organization that has lasted for ten thousand years, no matter how careful it is, will definitely leave some clues... I don't believe that all the high-ranking members of those super-powerful groups are good-for-nothings who turn a blind eye to the Star Palace right under their noses."

Bai Zichen looked around, determined the direction, and continued his journey at the speed of "near the ends of the earth".

"However, it makes sense. That's why the Tribulation Cultivator Organization keeps springing up no matter how many times the major sects have tried to eradicate it... Even if Po Jun Star Lord himself is not a member of the Five Phoenix Sword Sect, there must be members in the Star Palace who are. Besides, he just casually gathered that Tribulation Cultivator Organization, and he can abandon it at any time. He doesn't care about it at all."

"With someone tipping them off, even a super sect would struggle to keep a Nascent Soul sword cultivator at bay unless they deployed several Great True Monarchs or hired a cultivator skilled in divination and fortune-telling. Judging from the way Po Jun Star Lord left just now, he has clearly mastered Star Escape."

Despite the swift and decisive exchange of blows, Bai Zichen's overwhelming advantage did not guarantee him the chance to kill his opponent.

Even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators have the final step of abandoning their physical bodies and using their Nascent Souls to teleport away.

As a member of the Star Palace, Po Jun Xing Jun's strength is far more than what is outwardly apparent.

In order to avoid revealing his identity, he naturally couldn't use the techniques and treasures of the person behind the mask.

But when it comes to life and death, there are no more scruples, and there will certainly be no holding back.

Moreover, Star Escape is known as the most mysterious escape technique in the cultivation world. Once mastered, it can almost guarantee an invincible position among those of the same level.

Compared to other mysterious escape techniques like Cloud Escape and Lightning Escape, it is even more difficult to counter.

Unless Bai Zichen has already concealed his sword and immediately uses the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword without hesitation, it is impossible to leave the opponent with no chance to react and keep him here.

"I wonder what kind of cultivation techniques the Star Palace possesses... If it really has a fire-based cultivation technique, that would be like a pillow being delivered to me when I was sleepy, solving my biggest problem right now!"

Seven days later, Bai Zichen finally saw a patch of green in the endless yellow sand.

Stepping into the void, his figure left behind afterimages in the air, and in an instant he arrived in front of the oasis.

From this point onward, although it is still a desert environment, drought-resistant vegetation began to appear, and the color of the sand grains was different from before.

It was quite obvious that I felt lighter and was able to fly through the air, no longer restricted by the fact that everything would fall to the ground.

"This place is already in the Southern Region!"

Without anyone reminding him, Bai Zichen immediately understood.

Within the oasis lies a medium-sized village with obvious traces of array formations, though they are not particularly sophisticated.

It is at most a second-tier formation, with immortals and mortals living together, and a scale of about four or five thousand people.

"This old man pays his respects to you, senior. I wonder how I can be of service to you?"

An elderly man, leaning on a cane and needing assistance to walk, knelt shakily, his teeth chattering and his speech unclear.

"Get up. I only have a few questions to ask and I won't linger."

Bai Zichen had already scanned the village with his divine sense and knew all the cultivators with cultivation as if they were his own. He said calmly.

Inquire about the direction of travel, the current situation in Southern Chu, and whether any cultivators have recently entered or left the Sand Sea.

Only then did I realize that although the cultivators in this village were located within the territory of Southern Chu, they did not have much interaction with the cultivation world of Southern Chu.

It has been isolated here for hundreds of years, and is very closed off.

The village is divided into several major surnames, who intermarry and select disciples with spiritual roots to cultivate the techniques passed down from their ancestors.

Our understanding of Southern Chu still relies on the occasional passing caravans to learn about major events happening in the outside world.

The last time a caravan passed by was six months ago.

All that is known is that the ferocity of the Hundred-Eyed Centipede is growing stronger, and several sects have already suffered heavy losses and fallen victim to the repeated bombardment of its divine light.

This time, their route of advance is close to the Blood Sea Sect, where it is rumored that a Nascent Soul True Monarch will be sent to deal with the Hundred-Eyed Centipede.

In addition, there are more than a dozen oases of varying sizes along the southern route from the desert.

In every oasis, just like here, a group of monks and mortals lived together.

Most of them are cultivators from the two regions who, during their migration, came to this place but were unable to continue forward for various reasons and thus stopped here.

Over hundreds of years of reproduction and growth, a village will develop.

All I know is that, apart from the caravan that passed through this oasis six months ago, only a few scattered cultivators have passed through since.

They all flew away without stopping, clearly having frequently traveled between the two regions and were very familiar with the routes.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Bai Zichen transformed into a sword beam and soared into the sky.

"It's good that he's gone. This person had an extraordinary aura; he's probably a Core Formation cultivator!"

Deep within the oasis, a thatched hut is hidden beneath the canopy of a giant tree, unnoticed by outsiders, where two middle-aged men sit facing each other, drinking tea.

"Yes, back then, Zuoqiu Oasis was poorly treated by a Core Formation cultivator, and he attacked it with a barrage of magical treasures, killing hundreds of people... Places like ours are neither recognized by Dali nor cared for by Nanchu, leaving us in an awkward position in the middle."

"Fortunately, this time it was a kind-hearted cultivator. Seeing that Old Man Qiu looked like a ghost, he didn't make things difficult for him and left immediately."

The yellow-faced Foundation Establishment cultivator on the left sighed, realizing that there was no other way to do things this way.

"Remember to send five spirit stones to Old Qiu's house as a reward for his hard work this time."

"I reckon Old Qiu would love for that master to slap him to death. My senior brother promised his family that if anything went wrong, he would compensate them with two hundred spirit stones."

The cultivator on the right was tall and thin, also at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and he gave a wry smile.

The oasis is barren and has limited access to the outside world, making spirit stones even more precious to the cultivators there.

Those who cultivate at the bottom have their own wisdom for survival.

With Old Man Qiu halfway into his coffin, passing cultivators were unlikely to make things difficult for him when he went to deliver a message, thus reducing many conflicts.

Of course, if you encounter a demonic cultivator who is violent and takes pleasure in killing, then you have no choice but to accept your fate.

Since he doesn't have many years left to live, Old Qiu, being an elderly man in his eighties, is happy to use his life to leave behind a considerable amount of spiritual stones for future generations.

……

The starlight constantly darted and leaped, soaring into the sky the instant it left the sea of ​​sand.

Even on a clear, bright day, a few stars twinkle in the sky, flying by their barely perceptible starlight.

With the third-tier Star Escape technique, perhaps a more obvious way to counter it can be found.

For example, it might obscure the starlight or use a more intense blazing light to overshadow it, preventing the Star Escape technique from displaying its true magical power.

However, in the hands of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, the fourth-order Star Escape technique is clearly no longer subject to external interference.

No matter how things change, whether we can see them or not, the starlight will always exist.

"Who would have thought that the handover of the Taibai Sword Pill would involve such a person..."

Amidst the starlight, Po Jun Xing Jun's brows were furrowed, his previous ease gone.

"They were both at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and their true essence was even less profound than mine, yet they managed to make me show signs of defeat after just a few sword strikes. Even if I didn't use my full strength, it's still quite exaggerated."

“At least a mid-stage Nascent Soul sword cultivator couldn’t do such a thing. Their strength is almost approaching that of the weaker Great True Monarchs. Only such figures can bring such a sense of oppression.”

After flying hundreds of miles, the starlight fell into a desolate valley.

A moment later, a cultivator of medium build with a round face and no beard emerged from the desolate valley. His Taoist robe was magnificent and noble, shaped like the stars in the sky.

"I don't know who that person is. There isn't a True Monarch among the major sword cultivator sects who can match him. When I said he was Gu Chongxuan from the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, he actually admitted it!"

The round-faced cultivator had reliable information that Gu Chongxuan was currently in seclusion, traveling in the Taixu Secret Realm, and could not possibly be traveling in the cultivation world.

This is the most important secret realm of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, which can only be opened once every hundred years, and only one person can enter each time.

As a potential Nascent Soul cultivator for the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Gu Fengzi undoubtedly earned this spot.

But this is a rare opportunity and should not be wasted.

He deliberately mistook the other person for Gu Chongxuan and invited him to join the Star Palace, partly because this person was indeed an unparalleled genius sword cultivator.

Although I don't know his exact age, he doesn't seem too old; he's a sword cultivator with the same potential as Gu Chongxuan.

To reopen the Taibai Sword Sect's secret realm, the Star Palace needs as many talented sword cultivators as possible to have a chance of achieving its goal.

On the other hand, he was also a little scared at the time, fearing that if he continued to fight, he would really lose and would have to use his trump card to save his life.

Throwing out the bait of the Star Palace was incredibly informative and tempting, and sure enough, it made that person forget to continue the fight.

(End of this chapter)