I seek immortality by chance

Chapter 688 Using the Stone Liquid Again, the Secret to Immortality? The New Heavenly Star Palace?
"Your Majesty, please take a look. The earth veins here have all been explored. A group of demonic sect disciples were selected using the [Heavenly Principle Stele] to atone for their sins and redeem themselves by reshaping the mountains and rivers and forging spiritual veins. Now, all the spiritual veins of this mountain have been extracted to create forty-eight cave dwellings."

"They even built 168 cave dwellings for the spirit pets, warriors, and disciples of all fellow Daoists, so that they could be served."

The sea of ​​clouds churns and the peaks stand in rows.

A strangely shaped island floated in the air. On the highest rock of the island, the Jade Emperor stood behind Gu Yuan, lightly tapping his finger to outline the entire map of the surrounding area, while also informing him of the results of the past few days.

"Not bad, at least we have a place to stay now."

Gu Yuan smiled slightly upon hearing this.

In fact, without even needing to report to the Jade Capital Venerable, he could see through everything within the Nine Stones Sect with just a glance.

Reshaping mountains and rivers and identifying spiritual veins are extremely difficult tasks in the eyes of mortals, but they are nothing more than easy matters in the hands of the Xuanhuang Mahayana Legion!
The Heavenly Principle Stele is a seventh-order Xuan Yuan treasure made by imitating the immortal treasure [Heavenly Principle Stele] within the Hunyuan Dao lineage. Although it has only been refined for a short time, it already possesses considerable power and can detect the merits of demonic cultivators.

Using this stele in place of a celestial treasure to test the merits of demonic cultivators, and then using it to determine the fate of many low-level demonic cultivators, was something that everyone had agreed upon in Xuanhuang.

Gu Yuan didn't bother to ask any questions.

"But there is still one matter that needs to be decided by the Emperor."

"The spiritual veins of the Nine Stones Sect are thick and ancient, and are of the seventh grade. However, it is still too much of a strain to support more than forty Mahayana cultivators of the Xuanhuang Sect. Unless we use the [Severing Vein Method] to forcibly gather the spiritual energy of the earth veins, we can force many fellow cultivators to cultivate. But if we use this method, the spiritual veins here may not last for a hundred years."

The Venerable Jade Capital sighed softly.

Such a profound and ancient spiritual vein, if it were to normally nurture a cultivator, would take at least a thousand or ten thousand years, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

It's truly a pity that a century has passed.

"Let's use this method!"

"We cannot delay the cultivation of our fellow Daoists. The radiance of the heavens is vast, and our goal is not merely this Nine Stones Sect, but also a spiritual vein."

Gu Yuan waved his hand and immediately decided to use the method of cutting off the meridians.

The Nine Stone Sect was merely a stepping stone.

A hundred years, a hundred years is a long time.

The Venerable Jade Capital nodded. He had anticipated that Gu Yuan would use this method, so he had already made preparations. He only needed to give an order to activate the meridian-severing technique.

"One more thing."

"The immortal materials here, as well as the immortal seals, immortal artifacts and spiritual materials left behind after the two demonic cultivators self-destructed, have all been collected. In accordance with what Your Majesty said before, a list has been drawn up according to merit and need. Please take a look, Your Majesty."

The Venerable Jade Emperor then took out another jade book and asked Gu Yuan for instructions.

"We will follow my senior brother's method."

Gu Yuan glanced at it and agreed to the distribution method.

All three lineages and major sects received something, and the most crucial stone magic materials were also bestowed upon those who cultivated the stone magic immortal seal, which was very fair.

"This place is just a place to rest."

"To truly realize my grand ambitions, I need to firstly plan for the position of Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Palace, and secondly, refine the demonic seals for all of you fellow Daoists to enhance your strength."

"These two things need to be done together. I have already ordered each of the three lineages to send a Mahayana practitioner to cultivate in the Heavenly Star Palace to find out the mystery of that Savage Valley. I think it won't be long before they make a discovery. At that time, we can go and explore it first, and then make a decision."

"During this time, Senior Brother can lead all fellow Daoists to exchange methods, find their own ways to refine demonic seals, and find the spiritual materials they need, and then gather them together with me."

"If you don't have enough contribution points, you can come to me to get more. If that's still not enough, I'll trouble you to make another trip, since there are quite a few demonic sects in this Chenhui Realm."

Gu Yuan turned around and, in a few words, decided on the next course of action for the Xuanhuang Mahayana Legion.

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

Accumulate food widely and slowly become king.

First, refine all the demonic seals obtained from the patriarch of the three lineages to obtain the strongest combat power, and then plan the entire Chenhui.

However... Chenhui the Demon is not stupid. If it drags on for too long, he might notice something is wrong and join forces with Chenhui.

However, the alliance of these different Mahayana demons must have been a gradual process.

As long as the actions are not too drastic or overly aggressive, they will definitely buy a lot of time.

It would be good to strengthen our capabilities during this period.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The Venerable Jade Capital bowed and accepted the order.

Gu Yuan's words are mature and insightful; they are unlikely to be wrong.

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……

After Venerable Yujing left, Gu Yuan also turned around and entered the new cave dwelling that had been transformed from Venerable Suigu's cave dwelling.

This is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the area.

As for the Venerable Suigu, a late-stage Mahayana cultivator and the master of the Twin Immortal Seals, even Gu Yuan dared not confront him directly back then. Now, without him even showing his face, with just a single command, this person and the sect behind him were annihilated.

Roots!

This is the power of roots!

Now, this power is entirely under Gu Yuan's control.

This is different from his years of fighting alone; this is real power, capable of unleashing devastating force with just a decree.

This power is meant to conquer Chenhui and amplify the entire Xuanhuang.

As the imperial inspector, he bears a heavy responsibility and naturally cannot act out of personal favoritism or act arbitrarily; he must act justly.

But that doesn't mean... he has to work hard without any reward.

The ideal situation would naturally be to become the Lord of the Heavenly Star Palace. In this way, he would receive a share of all the contribution points earned by the cultivators of the Heavenly Star Palace. He could sit at the center of the great formation and do nothing, yet still "earn a fortune every day." He could then use these points to exchange for immortal materials and pills to cultivate diligently.

This is also the cultivation method of previous Heavenly Star Palace Masters.

But for now, this position is not available, so Gu Yuan can only be patient for the time being.

However, as the Imperial Envoy, he was naturally able to get a share of the spoils from the many campaigns.

This matter was already an unspoken "rule" within Xuanhuang.

However, after destroying the Nine Stones Sect, he did not take any of the immortal materials, but gave them to the other Mahayana cultivators.

After all, he still needs to set an example in this first battle.

Moreover, he also took the opportunity to get revenge.

Taking the treasure again would be undesirable.

But he naturally had his own reasons for wanting to seize this position of supreme ruler.

"This world is vast, and it's quite difficult for me to search for treasures on my own. But if I could command many Mahayana cultivators to fight alongside me, it would be much easier..."

Gu Yuan pondered for a moment, then reached out and flipped his hand, taking out the liquid stone.

When Gu Yuan entered Chenhui, the liquid stone had already cooled down by the end of the month, but he did not use it, intending to use it within the Nine Stone Sect's mountain gate.

"boom!"

As the liquid stone entered his eyes, the world spun around in an instant, turning back into a hazy gray landscape. Then, everything within tens of millions of miles of the Nine Stone Sect's mountain gate came into Gu Yuan's view.

The area is vast, and the Nine Stones Sect practices unorthodox methods, so its mountain gate is not located in a densely populated area, but rather in a semi-wilderness. It has carved out a million-mile territory to raise humans and hunt ferocious beasts. Beyond that million miles, it is still a wild and desolate land with few people and only poisonous insects and miasma.

It's not just the Nine Stones Sect; most sects in this world are like this.

After all, this world has only been established for tens of thousands of years, and many places have not yet been developed.

Strands of white dots, like stars, appeared before Gu Yuan's eyes.

Apart from that, there are almost no other light spots of other colors.

Gu Yuan wasn't in a hurry; he simply turned his gaze to the four directions.

Finally, a pale blue opportunity appeared a million miles away in the northern border.

"Pop!" Not only that, at the moment the azure opportunity manifested, a semi-azure opportunity with a slightly more intense color suddenly leaped up, like a carp, and came into Gu Yuan's view.

Gu Yuan immersed his thoughts into it, and immediately information flowed through him.

"fruit……"

"apricot……"

Then, all the points of light slowly disappeared, as if they had never existed.

"Only a cyan opportunity..."

Gu Yuan recalled the locations of these two opportunities, sighed slightly, but did not insist.

To conquer Chenhui, we must not only slay demons and monsters, but also open up the wilderness and create life for all living beings.

If there is a "heaven-sent opportunity," then Gu Yuan will open up the wilderness and command many Mahayana cultivators.

But if there's only a chance at a blue-green color, then there's no need to make a big fuss.

Such an opportunity is not worthy of his using any underhanded means.

However, Gu Yuan did not give up. Instead, he waved his sleeve, took out the map recorded by the Nine Stone Sect, and looked towards the location of the opportunity.

On the northernmost part of the map, the name of a sect was displayed.

"The Green Serpent Sect..."

Gu Yuan looked at the three small, turquoise characters and pondered.

This sect is also a side sect recorded in Chenhui, and its strength is even weaker than that of the Jiushi Sect. It seems that there is only one Mahayana cultivator in the sect.

After a moment's thought, Gu Yuan didn't call out to anyone. Instead, he simply waved his sleeve and summoned the Heart-Eating Worm.

Since its trip to the Insect Pool of the Ten Thousand Insect Sect that day, the Heart-Eating Insect has advanced to the seventh level, completely refining the soul of the Hidden Dragon Venerable. Coupled with its insect-based cultivation, its strength is definitely not to be underestimated.

"Two million miles north of the border, there is a sect called the Green Serpent Sect. Under the jurisdiction of this sect is a place called the Ancient Serpent Pool. Today, a rare and precious apricot has been born in this pool. You can go there and retrieve the two treasures for me."

Gu Yuan gave instructions to the Heart-Eating Worm.

"Yes, sir!"

Although the Heart-Eating Worm did not know how Gu Yuan could accurately know the opportunities within a two-million-mile radius, it did not ask any questions. Instead, it transformed into a streak of light and flew rapidly toward the Northern Boundary.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

The Realm of Radiant Light was at peace.

The battle that destroyed the Nine Stones Sect was swift and decisive. Gu Yuan and the others did not act excessively. Although some forces learned that several Mahayana cultivators from Xuanhuang had come, things remained calm for the time being.

"call!"

Meanwhile, in the new cave dwelling of the Venerable Suigu, Gu Yuan had consumed two precious apricots and was refining their medicinal power.

Both of these treasures are exotic fruits that can amplify magical power. Although their grade is not very high, they can save one from a hundred years of arduous cultivation, which is quite good.

Gu Yuan is only at the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm, so he still needs such treasures.

"boom!"

As the last wisp of medicinal power was refined, the strange phenomenon of swirling clouds around Gu Yuan disappeared completely, and the cave returned to calm.

"It's still a bit slow..."

"Either you need an extraordinary stroke of luck, or you need to conquer a large demon kingdom; otherwise, it's quite difficult to quickly improve your cultivation level..."

Feeling the slowly increasing magical power within his body, Gu Yuan sighed inwardly.

The destruction of the Nine Stone Sect and the stone liquid opportunity of this month were not significant gains for him.

To break through to the late stage of Mahayana, he needs more resources.

There's no rush, we have plenty of time.

With this thought in mind, he left his cave and summoned the Jade Emperor.

"The methods for transforming demonic seals for all cultivators have been found in the jade book, as all the immortal materials are available. There are also some mysterious demonic seals that we cannot find the methods for at the moment. We can only wait to find them slowly in the future."

Knowing what Gu Yuan wanted to ask, the Supreme Lord of the Jade Capital immediately compiled all the achievements of the past month into a jade book.

Gu Yuan looked at the list of immortal materials on the jade book and sighed inwardly.

These are all rare finds in the world. If we cannot "slay demons and monsters," when will we ever be able to obtain them all?

"As for the Heavenly Star Palace, news has also come."

"This matter is known to almost everyone."

The Jade Capital Venerable suddenly became solemn and said to Gu Yuan in a serious tone, "According to the Mahayana of the Heavenly Star Palace, the reason why the Boundless Venerable wanted to kill the [World-Devouring Stone Dragon] is because this dragon possesses the secret to becoming an immortal!"

Gu Yuan frowned, but wasn't surprised: "The secret to becoming an immortal?"

The behavior of Venerable Wuya that day was already quite obvious.

It's a transaction.

In exchange for slaying the stone dragon, he would gain the position of Palace Master of the Heavenly Star Palace.

What could possibly attract someone like Wuyai Shangzun?
First, it's about upholding true righteousness in the human world; second, it's about becoming an immortal.

Now it seems that it's probably the second one.

"No one knows the specifics, but the desolate valley has been shrouded in mystery recently, attracting many Mahayana practitioners to go and investigate."

"However, Venerable Wuya did not leave the mountain."

"The miasma in that desolate valley is extremely deep and terrifying. Without the cultivation of the late Mahayana stage, it is difficult to even pass through the miasma. The three junior brothers wanted to explore it, but they failed."

The Venerable Jade Capital spoke again in a deep voice, but there was a glint in his eyes, clearly showing that he was also very curious about that place.

The methods to achieve immortality are all found within the Daoist lineage.

Whether or not it can be achieved depends on one's spiritual practice.

If that place truly holds the "secret to immortality," it must be an extremely important treasure that can lend a helping hand to cultivators at the peak of the Mahayana stage.

"If there truly were a secret to becoming an immortal, would it be known to everyone? Wouldn't that just create more complications?"

"Or are you trying to urge us to act quickly, so that others won't take advantage of us?"

Gu Yuan was puzzled.

The Venerable Jade Capital shook his head; he too was quite puzzled by the matter.

However, if this is true, then it's really going to stir up trouble.

Who doesn't want to become an immortal?
Even they, when they conquered the New Territories, weren't they just trying to seize an opportunity?

However, this whole thing seems rather strange no matter how you look at it.

"Wuya is not a fool. He revealed the secret to becoming an immortal, causing the world to change. How could he not know this? Why is he so unrestrained? What is his true intention?"

"Is there anything that can't be said directly?"

Originally, killing the stone dragon in exchange for the position of palace master was mercenary, but not unacceptable. Now, with this secret of becoming an immortal being revealed, things are getting even stranger.

What exactly does the Venerable Wuya want to do?
"Never mind, let's ignore it."

"The Heavenly Star Palace is good, but it's not absolutely necessary. We can always build a new Heavenly Star Palace..."

Gu Yuan hesitated for a moment, then decided to ignore the matter for the time being.

If there truly were a method to become an immortal, the one most anxious would undoubtedly be the Venerable Wuya.

However, this experience led him to decide on the direction of his next campaign.

(End of this chapter)