I seek immortality by chance

Chapter 460: Cleansing the Magical Power, the Self-Purification of the Nascent Soul Fruit?

How could Wei Xingyuan's mere golden elixir resist the devouring of the heart-eating worm?

But in the blink of an eye, the soul was devoured and all the memories fell into the hands of the heart-eating worm.

All the secrets of the past appeared before Gu Yuan.

Things are not complicated.

The story of a lucky and cunning disciple of a small sect, who explores the deep mountains with his companions, accidentally enters a secret realm, discovers the inheritance of a domineering immortal, and eventually kills his companions and obtains the inheritance.

When Badao Zhenren was about to die, in order to prolong his life, he set his sights on the ancient demon king Cheng Huang in the Queshan Mountains.

There is no real Chenghuang in the Dongshan area, but the one in the Queshan Mountains has pure blood, the ability to prolong life, and is extremely powerful.

The Badao Master thought he could subdue the beast, but unexpectedly, he was defeated by the beast in the end and died from his injuries, which eventually benefited Wei Xingyuan.

After Wei Xingyuan inherited the legacy of Tyrannical Master, his cultivation naturally improved by leaps and bounds, and it didn't take long for him to break through to the Golden Core stage.

However, the inheritance of Tyrannical Master is different from that of others. His [Seal of Honoring Life] has both advantages and disadvantages. After Wei Xingyuan obtained the inheritance, he could only keep looking for people to fight with. However, he was unlucky and met Gu Yuan, and everything went down the drain.

After the battle with Gu Yuan, all the spiritual food and treasures he inherited were used up, and only the [Seal of Honoring Life] and a [Seal of Sea Oath and Covenant] remained.

[Sea Oath Seal] is the seal of the oath made by Tyrant Master and the Fenyun Crab Clan when he traveled to Tianzhuo Mountain. If one day, Tyrant Master holds this seal and can pay a price, he can get the protection of this clan. Both of them must not break their oath.

It was thanks to this seal that Wei Xingyuan was able to recuperate and become the cheap son-in-law of this clan.

But it is not without cost.

The price is yellow.

Wei Xingyuan discovered from the clues left behind by Tyrant Master that the Yellow Demon King was probably at the end of his rope and was not feeling well.

The most important thing is that Master Badao also left behind a secret treasure for finding Cheng Huang.

After breaking through the golden elixir stage, he held the treasure in his hand and began to look for the trace of the monster.

Hard work pays off.

On the shore of the East China Sea, on a hidden spiritual island, he indeed found traces of Cheng Huang.

However, there was an extremely strong restriction on the spiritual island that he could not break.

He originally wanted to keep this secret hidden and wait until he broke through the Daotai stage and had enough strength before going to the island to look for the monster.

But he never expected that all his plans would be disrupted after meeting Gu Yuan. In order to seek the protection of the Burning Cloud Crab clan, he had no choice but to reveal this secret.

Upon learning of Cheng Huang's whereabouts, Fenyun Spotted Crab was naturally overjoyed, and immediately led his people to kill him in a mighty force.

Although that spiritual island was hidden and had extremely strong restrictions, there was no one in charge of it. It was just a dead object. Under the unremitting attacks of the Burning Cloud Crab Clan, it was eventually shattered.

The situation on the island was the same as Wei Xingyuan had guessed.

Cheng Huang was dead, and only his remains remained. The large array of restrictions was only set up before his death to prevent others from breaking in.

Although this beast was dead, its body did not decay and still had the powerful ability to increase longevity. It was immediately taken back by the Burning Cloud Crab clan and hidden in the treasure house.

How could such a rare item that increases longevity be used lightly? He was now in his prime, so naturally he would use it at the most critical moment, so this relic was locked in the treasury for emergency use.

However, Wei Xingyuan's cheap father-in-law would never have imagined that the cheap son-in-law who brought "longevity" to his family was actually an ultimate bomb.

When it exploded, the entire Burning Cloud Crab was buried with it.

Everything in the clan belonged to Gu Yuan.

"It looks like a fox, is dark yellow in color, and has horns on its back. It is indeed a strange beast..."

In the Jiyin Palace, Gu Yuan looked at the stone-like corpse of the strange beast in front of him, which was about ten feet in size and had its eyes closed long ago. He couldn't help but sigh.

This beast is definitely considered an alien species in the Dongshan area. It is such a pity that it died like this.

Zhenren Zi Yang who was standing aside was looking at the jade-colored sharp horns on the yellow corpse in the hall with an eager gaze.

"Riding on the yellow tree can increase your lifespan by two thousand years."

This is an ancient record, which records the true exotic beast Cheng Huang, who has pure blood and a profound realm.

This is far inferior to what we have now.

And you don't have to multiply it to increase your lifespan.

Riding on yellow to increase longevity is the magical power of the horn on its back. This horn is connected to the wonders of heaven and earth. Anything touched will be transformed. The life span will be like water, flowing. The Taoist monk can increase his life span by 400 years!

A yellow vehicle with two horns.

If Cheng Huang is not dead, and lets a Taoist monk ride on him, the two horns will transform together and can increase the Taoist monk's life span by 800 years!

So horrible!
This is also the reason why Master Badao wants to subdue the beast at all costs.

But at this time, Cheng Huang had already died. One jiao could at most extend his lifespan by three hundred years. Moreover, a person could only get one jiao in this life, and could not get both jiaos.

Seeing Master Ziyang's eager eyes, Gu Yuan chuckled: "Master, you have come a long way, regardless of danger, to save me. You have also made great efforts to eradicate the Burning Cloud Spotted Crab under the order of the Dean, so you deserve a beast horn."

After saying that, Gu Yuan waved his sleeves, and a jade-colored sharp horn on Cheng Huang's corpse fell off out of thin air and hung in front of Master Zi Yang.

The dean personally arranged for Master Zi Yang to come and find him, and to help him find Wei Xingyuan's whereabouts, which hinted at Cheng Huang's location.

This plan was to tell himself to find a yellow horn for Master Zi Yang.

Gu Yuan didn't know the reason behind the dean's plan, but he thought there must be some hidden meaning behind it, and he didn't mind doing a favor.

"I will always remember your kindness and your love, and will never forget it!"

Master Zi Yang took the jade horn, bowed deeply to Gu Yuan, performed a salute, and spoke carefully.

"Master, why should you be so polite? When I was insignificant, you were my benefactor. Today, I am merely repaying you."

Gu Yuan quickly helped him up.

"Yes, that's right!"

Zi Yang did not insist on conventional etiquette and stood up immediately, but his tone remained firm.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan was satisfied and stopped nagging about it. Instead, he smiled and said:

"I have something important to do, so I need to go into the mountains to borrow some water from the Zhuotian Spring. If you have nothing else to do, you can go into the Sea Palace to look for some treasures. This clan has a lot of heritage, so feel free to take them."

Master Ziyang immediately shook his head: "The Daoist Academy has crossed the sea and just achieved such a victory. How can I take it lightly?"

"Fellow Daoist, please go ahead. I will wait here."

Seeing this, Gu Yuan said no more. After nodding slightly, his figure turned into a ray of light and fell directly into Tianzhuo Mountain.

The turbid magic power in his body has been bothering him for a long time. It is time to eliminate this hidden danger.

……

……

"Wow!"

From the crystal clear cave, which looked like it was carved out of crystal, came the sound of rushing water.

In a bathtub made of jade, there was a young Taoist with loose black hair and a face as if carved by a knife and an axe. He was standing cross-legged in the bathtub with his eyes closed and not saying a word.

In the bathtub, there is a layer of glittering water light. The water light is extremely clear, and reveals a strange Taoist charm. It seems that even if millions of pounds of dust are poured into it, the water light can purify it in an instant.

"call!"

At this time, as the Taoist continued to breathe in and out, the water light continued to rotate, and strange spiritual light from it poured into the Taoist's body.

Gray and black "mud and sand" continued to seep out of the Taoist's skin.

This "mud and sand" was not a physical entity, but it exuded a gloomy and dirty smell that was disgusting. In the blink of an eye, it made a bucket of clear spring water polluted and dyed it black.

But beside the bathtub, there was a small jade-colored spring gurgling, continuously gushing out clear spring water.

As soon as the spring water gushed out, it was lifted up by an invisible force and fell into the bathtub. The black turbid water quietly dissipated, and the clear spring water once again enveloped the Taoist.

But as the Taoist breathed, the water in the bucket turned black again.

Fortunately, water from the small spring gurgled and filled the bathtub again.

After going back and forth like this three times, the spring water in the bathtub was no longer as black as ink. There was only a layer of faint "ghost light" that fell into it, and was then quickly purified by the spring water and disappeared without a trace.

At this time, the Taoist finally opened his eyes.

The void turned white, illuminating the entire cave.

"It is finally completely purified, without any trace of impurity."

Feeling the magic power in his body as pure as water without any impurities, Gu Yuan finally smiled.

But all this is not without cost.

Originally, with the help of the Nascent Soul Fruit, his magic power had reached 27,000 strands. However, after today's "cleansing", his magic power decreased instead of increased, shrinking by 2,000 strands in one breath to only 25,000 strands.

As the filth is removed, the level of mana will drop.

But Gu Yuan didn't care.

Two thousand strands of mana would normally require a long period of hard training, but the resources he controls now are no longer comparable. The increase of several thousand strands of mana is just a piece of cake for him.

Before the conquest of Liuyang Mountain, he wanted to practice vigorously, but his magic power was turbid, and practicing was harmful rather than beneficial, so he could only delay it.

Today, I have obtained the spiritual food that the Burning Cloud Crab clan has accumulated over the years, and my cultivation will definitely be greatly improved.

"It's time to leave."

After circulating his magic power again and confirming that it was pure and unobstructed, Gu Yuan prepared to get up and leave.

After all, this is the East China Sea and one cannot stay here for long. The reason why he stayed here to cleanse his magic power instead of waiting until he returned to the Taoist temple was because it would take time to count the spoils of the Burning Cloud Crab clan.

To defeat such a powerful clan, we naturally have to plunder it, and a moment will definitely not be enough.

I might as well take advantage of this time to cleanse my magic power.

"Um?!"

But just when Gu Yuan was about to get up, the Nascent Soul Fruit in his Dantian, which had been keeping its eyes closed and motionless, suddenly opened its eyes, moved its mouth and nose, and took a light breath into the void.

"Wow!"

In the jade-colored spring, the remaining Zhuotian Spring water rose up without wind and flew towards Gu Yuan's dantian, and was sucked into his stomach by the Yuanying Fruit.

"laugh!!"

In an instant, wisps of green smoke emerged from the Nascent Soul Fruit. A faint trace of gray could be seen in the smoke, which dissipated between heaven and earth with Gu Yuan's breathing.

"This is……"

This scene was unexpected and completely out of Gu Yuan's control.

"call!"

After the wisp of green smoke dissipated, the size of the Yuanying Fruit seemed to have shrunk slightly, but there seemed to be a hint of spirituality between its eyebrows.

But after completing this action, he once again sat cross-legged in Gu Yuan's dantian, without any further movement or response to Gu Yuan's call.

"This fruit can actually wash and purify itself?"

Upon seeing this, Gu Yuan was silent for a moment.

The most secret thing on him, whose effect is unknown, is none other than the Nascent Soul Fruit.

This is a rare fruit cultivated in the cave residence of a Mahayana cultivator. It seems that no one has tried it before, and its effect is unknown. Originally, Gu Yuan would have gotten a hint of the truth ten years later, but because of Chai Yangbo's fight, the progress of this fruit was interrupted, resulting in Gu Yuan still not knowing the effect of this fruit.

"Increase mana?"

Gu Yuan had some guesses in his mind.

But he always felt that this result was not that simple.

"Practice is the only criterion..."

Simply thinking is useless. Gu Yuan knows that the best way is practice.

"It seems that we need to find a demonic cultivator..."

In Liuyang Mountain, because he was afraid that the turbid magic power would affect the result, he polluted the magic power again. The final blow to kill the evil cultivator was not done by Gu Yuan himself.

This fruit also did not show any signs of the demon absorbing the Taoist fetus.

The fourth-level demon king, the Burning Cloud Spotted Crab, died, and this fruit was nothing unusual.

But now, it has revealed its own mystery, cleansed itself, and seems to have gone a step further.

Gu Yuan was eager to know whether this fruit could absorb the Taoist fetus again.

But the demon fetus is not an easy thing to find. Gu Yuan can only put the matter in his heart for the time being and prepare to find a suitable opportunity.

With a wave of his magic power, Gu Yuan dressed neatly, left the cave and returned to the Jiyin Palace.

At this time, a full day and a half had passed.

The seas are still calm, with no demon kings roaming around or spying.

Master Zi Yang sat in the hall, practicing on his own, and did not leave the hall.

Ma Wu took an overall view of the overall situation and commanded many "guides" from the Jindan and Fenyun Spotted Crab clans to continuously plunder and transport many spiritual objects.

Just various fourth-level spiritual objects filled two Qiankun bags.

There were also numerous bulk items such as various types of ores, which were too numerous to count. The Jiyin Palace was unable to hold them all, so the sea treasure ship of the Burning Cloud Crab clan was used to load them all.

Gu Yuan finally decided to leave behind a fourth-order demon king, the Burning Cloud Spotted Crab, who had offered his heart and blood, to handle the rest of the trivial matters. The rest of the demons who were willing to surrender and had excellent spirituality would follow him and return directly to Liuyang Mountain.

When it came, it was a palace that spanned the sky; when it left, it was even more majestic, covering the sky and the sun, and its power was even greater.

Whether in the sea or on land, those who occasionally encountered them would tremble in fear and retreat as quickly as possible, for fear of provoking Gu Yuan and others.

Just over a month later, the group returned to Liuyang Mountain in a mighty procession.

Liuyang Mountain is no longer filled with evil spirits.

Cranes are flying together, auspicious clouds are floating, waterfalls are flowing across the sky, it is a fairyland scene.

But in the prison in the corner of the cliff, one could still see chains tying up the embarrassed demon cultivators. The Taoist foundation-building cultivators, followed by their disciples, held files in their hands and wrote with red pens, sentencing these demon cultivators on life and death.

The red brush wrote the word "cross", and immediately a Taoist disciple came with a jade seal to execute the person. All the valuables on his body were taken away, even his clothes.

With a red pen, he drew a circle and immediately entered the mineral vein, becoming a miner, but all his wealth was still confiscated.

Only a few demon cultivators were able to escape, but they still had to work hard to gain their freedom.

For a moment, the entire Liuyang Mountain was filled with joy, and all the Taoist disciples held their heads high and were extremely confident.

But when they saw the great palace towering above the sky, they all bowed their heads, revealing expressions of extreme respect and admiration.

Faintly, there were whispers of rumors.

"It is said that the head of the academy once said at the Pass of Questioning Conscience that he would defeat all the surrounding sects and make the world's largest sect. Hehe, he is now on the road to fulfilling his promise."

Gu Yuan naturally didn't know about these rumors.

The first thing he did when he returned to Liuyang Mountain was to check the command sword sent by the dean.

"The battle of Tongtian River will be started one year in advance. Quickly gather materials and set up the battle formation. No delay!"

(End of this chapter)