Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 26: Qi Condensation Level
Chen Mu nodded: "That's good."

After saying that, he looked at He Hua, whose head and body were separated on the ground.

Even though he was dead, He Hua still had that snake body. Chen Mu pondered for a moment and walked forward to take out his storage bag.

Looking carefully, the three-foot space was not much bigger than Chen Mu's.

There were some trivial things inside, including spirit stones, clothes, jade slips, and some bottles and jars.

However, one of the particularly conspicuous jade slips caught his attention.

Take out the jade slip and observe it carefully.

It is spotlessly white, emitting a faint glow from time to time, and exudes spiritual energy. Just looking at its appearance, it looks like a precious fairy treasure.

Chen Mu remained expressionless as he looked at the records inside.

The Qingming Immortal Scripture...

After an incense stick of time, Chen Mu regained his composure, handed the jade slip to Han Jing for inspection, then glanced at the corpse on the ground with regret on his face.

According to the jade slips, this scripture was left behind by an ancient immortal named Wang Teng. Regardless of aptitude or resources, once practiced, one can travel thousands of miles and receive the immortal's teachings...

If it weren't for the corpse on the ground, Chen Mu would also be tempted.

But with the lessons learned from the past, we can find the flaws in this method if we think about it carefully.

Wang Teng is not an immortal. He is probably just a transformed snake demon from who knows how many years ago. With good fortune, he created this secret method that seems to make people become immortal. In fact, once practiced, it can give rise to a wisp of his divine consciousness, which slowly takes over the body and achieves regeneration...

The so-called spiritual journey of thousands of miles to receive the teachings of the immortals is probably... the spiritual consciousness is trapped in a beautiful dream that has been woven long ago, so it does not know what it has done during the practice.

He Hua never knew until his death that the female cultivator who was murdered in the city was killed by the snake demon's spirit while he was practicing the secret method...

As for why the snake demon's mind was spreading the three words "as good as a god", and why it didn't go out hunting far away as before, but killed people in the city, Chen Mu didn't understand.

"Perhaps we can't think of the snake demon's divine consciousness with ordinary people's concepts..."

Han Jing had also finished reading the jade slip by this time. She was momentarily speechless, a look of fear in her eyes as she said, "It really could be a transformed snake demon, even though it was only an extremely tiny divine thought..."

Chen Mu nodded and said, "After all, the mission is completed, let's go back..."

He collected He Hua's broken snake body, called upon the Flowing Cloud Crane, and flew towards the mountain gate.

Five days passed by quickly.

After returning to the Fuzhao Hall at the mountain gate, Han Jing found the deacon in the hall and told him about the unexpected events that happened on this trip. He also handed over He Hua's remains and the "Qingming Chengxian Sutra" he left behind.

This mission from the master has been completed, and the subsequent matters have nothing to do with them.

Since it is a required task every year, the rewards are not much.

Chen Mu only got two bottles of Tianling Pills, but these were fine-quality pills made by the sect's worshippers, so they were naturally better than those sold in the market.

Han Jing's reward was better, two bottles of Xuanyuan Dan...

Although it was only a dozen days, Chen Mu and Mu both felt a little tired. After saying goodbye briefly, they returned to their respective residences.

On the cliff of Crossing the Sea, in the Pavilion of Listening to the Sea.

After such a long journey, Chen Mu had no intention of practicing. He lay on the wooden bed, accompanied by the sound of waves hitting the rocks, and soon fell into a deep sleep...

The next day.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and thunder rumbled.

"Crash..."

Bean-sized raindrops began to fall, landing on the cliffs, trees, and roofs, and waves of rain sounds could be heard from far and near.

Suddenly there was a loud noise, "BOOM!!!"

Chen Mu suddenly opened his eyes and then looked out the window with a smile.

The rain continued to fall and the sky and the earth were dark.

"The gods in heaven couldn't stand me being lazy..."

He sat cross-legged and fell into deep thought.

Now that he has completed his master's mission this year, he has more than a year to use.

"I'm almost at the sixth level of Qi Condensation. I need to take advantage of this time to break through..." "Because of my realm, many things have delayed me..."

"Practice! Don't leave the mountain until you reach the sixth level of Qi Condensation!"

After making up his mind, Chen Mu immediately took a Tianling Pill and closed his eyes to practice.

……

Nine months later.

Chen Mu pinched his fingers to retract the magic power surging in his body and slowly opened his eyes.

With a pursed smile, he stood up and walked to the sea-viewing platform, gazing at the mirror-like, peaceful and calm sea in the distance...

"Finally, I've reached the sixth level of Qi Condensation."

More than seven years into my career...

Chen Mu was about to recall the past. This was his habit. Whenever he made a breakthrough, he couldn't help but think about the past. But he was interrupted by an inappropriate laugh.

"Hahahahahaha... Today I'll open your eyes and see what I have learned!" It was Niu Dali, dressed in white, who ran up from the path behind him.

Chen Mu ignored him and continued looking at the sea.

Niu Dali was breathing heavily. In order to show off to Chen Mu, he didn't want to use his magic power to lighten his body, so he ran all the way up.

He calmed down a little and looked at Chen Mu who was standing on the sea-viewing platform. At this time, Chen Mu had just broken through, and some spiritual power fluctuations were still emanating from his body.

"A breakthrough."

Chen Mu nodded lightly, calm and composed.

Niu Dali curled his lips at the sight and said, "You're only at the sixth level of Qi Condensation, and you're pretending to be me. I didn't show off to you when I broke through to the seventh level!"

Chen Mu stopped teasing him and laughed, "Why are you looking for me..."

Niu Dali raised his thick eyebrows and said, "Today I'll show you a powerful guy. I guarantee you'll call me 'Big Brother' the moment you see me!"

"Oh?" Chen Mu was aroused by his curiosity.

Niu Dali swung the Mountain-Shaking Hammer upwards, and it hung in the air.

He then clasped his hands together, muttered something, and shouted loudly.

"Wind Walking Technique!"

As soon as the words fell, the Mountain-Shaking Hammer suddenly lit up with an ochre light. After a moment, the ochre light slightly dispersed, covering Niu Dali.

"rise!"

The light seemed to have received an order, pulling Niu Dali up and off the ground.

He pointed his hand forward, and the Mountain-Shaking Hammer, with its light, flew away around him at an extremely fast speed!

Niu Dali was flying in the air, laughing loudly.

For a moment, his laughter could be heard all over the cliff.

Chen Mu was stunned and fell into deep thought.

If a cultivator in the Qi Condensation Stage wanted to fly like a bird, there were only two ways. One was to ride a spirit beast, or to draw a precious spirit boat with a restriction on flying. The other was to practice the intermediate spell Wind Movement, and then borrow the power of a magic weapon to fly briefly in the air. However, this method consumed a lot of mana and was not suitable for traveling. Unless they were being chased and desperate to escape, few people would use it...

It is obvious that Niu Dali learned this method.

A moment later, Niu Dali, standing on the cliff, looked very proud and said with a smile: "How about it? Are you envious?"

Chen Mu casually agreed with a few words: "I'm so envious... I'm so awesome..."

Although this method is not very practical, Chen Mu is indeed a little enthusiastic.

Soaring into the air, flying against the wind...

Who doesn’t want to fly freely in the sky?
He secretly decided to practice this method, but did not show it on his face.

"Is this what you're looking for me for?"

Niu Dali pretended not to hear this and continued to show off for a while before replying: "Originally, it was, but now that you have made a breakthrough, there is something else..."

(End of this chapter)