The Fate of Eternal Life

Chapter 2: Quasi-Emperor's Inheritance at the Foot of Luofu Mountain
The Luofu Mountain Records states: "In the morning, I saw clouds and mist at the foot of the mountain. The peaks of the mountains were exposed as if in the sea. The clouds moved back and forth, and the mountains seemed to be moving. It was a wonder of the world."

Luofu Mountain, also known as Dongqiao Mountain, is one of the four famous mountains in Guangdong, along with Xiqiao Mountain, Danxia Mountain, and Dinghu Mountain. It was praised as the "Yueyue" by Sima Qian. It is known as the "No. 1 Mountain in Lingnan" and one of the ten famous Taoist mountains. It is famous for its unique peaks, waterfalls, and caves. Among them, the Baili and Huanglong Cave Waterfalls and the Zhuoxi Spring praised by Su Shi are particularly well-known. There are also 18 major caves and 72 minor secret caves.

Huanglong Ancient Temple, originally built during the Five Dynasties period, was the site of the Tianhua Palace, which was constructed after a dream by a divine being, according to the Southern Han ruler. Later, during the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Miaosheng of Laoshan chose this site and founded Huanglong Temple. Today, it remains a popular destination, attracting numerous visitors.

Ning Qingyi lit a stick of incense, looked at the bustling tourists in the square, and then went down the mountain.

He has been staying in a B&B near Luofu Mountain for almost a week, and more than three months have passed since he opened up the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

Over the past three months, with the help of the Earth Spirit Milk and the small stone Buddha, the Sea of ​​Bitterness had gradually expanded from a single point of light, and his divine power had gradually increased, even allowing him to easily absorb the small stone Buddha into the Sea of ​​Bitterness. However, due to insufficient energy and the lack of scriptures from the ancient sages, improving his cultivation gradually became difficult, so he turned to studying the strange phenomena in the Wheel Sea.

He still remembered that before he traveled through time, for fun and nostalgia, he bought some immortality peripherals on Taobao, a small pendant of the door to immortality. Not long after he received it, he had an accident and came to this world.

He suspected that due to various coincidences during the journey, the pendant of the Gate of Immortality might have turned from fake to real, but it ultimately failed and ended up turning into a phantom that seemed real but not real. The evidence was the small fatalistic magic that came from the Gate of Immortality.

In immortality, the Minor Fate Technique is the key to the door to immortality. And because the door to immortality is the pinnacle of that great world, burning one's lifespan and using the Minor Fate Technique can achieve all sorts of incredible things.

The small destiny technique transmitted from the shadow also has the same effect, but the life span in the world of Shrouding the Sky is more precious than that in the Gate of Immortality, so Ning Qingyi does not dare to burn his life span casually.

Finally, Ning Qingyi repeatedly followed the clues in the original novel and the intuition from the mysterious destiny technique, and he came to the foot of Luofu Mountain.

This famous mountain has been surrounded by countless legends since ancient times, but "a mountain is famous not because of its height, but because of the immortals living there; a river is magical not because of its depth, but because of the dragons living there." The reason why Luofu Mountain has occupied Ning Qingyi's mind is only because of Ge Hong.

Among the Qigong practitioners of the pre-Qin period, this person was the most accomplished. Even before Emperor Ye Tian entered the Immortal Realm, he specifically mentioned Ge Hong, a uniquely accomplished person. It wouldn't be surprising if such a person left something behind in Luofu Mountain, where he was cultivating.

But after a week in Luofu Mountain, Ning Qingyi was not sure whether his perception was true. After all, this was the Maoshan residence, and there were tourists coming and going. Perhaps the opportunity had already been obtained, or perhaps there was no opportunity left at all.

But after some hesitation, he finally made up his mind.

The inheritance of the sects on Earth has long since withered away, and it is a pity to eat them and throw them away. However, the practice of Zhatian is all about competition. Only by taking every step quickly can you make a difference in the future. Otherwise, why bother embarking on the path of practice? Wouldn't it be better to just make money and become a rich man?
In that case, let’s burn our life!

As dusk falls, a thin mist rises from the Luofu peaks.

Ning Qingyi walked forward on the remote mountain road, stepping on the pine needles on the steps. He chanted the small destiny spell, and the sea of ​​suffering rumbled. The wheel of life hidden in it began to rotate, one, two, three. In a blink of an eye, several marks were drawn on the wheel of life.

He continued to move forward while burning his divine power. His black hair began to turn white at some point, but the shadow of the Gate of Immortality above the Wheel of Life trembled slightly, and the word "immortality" shone brightly, stopping the feeling of a hero in his twilight years and a beauty with gray hair. But although his appearance remained unchanged, the burning of his lifespan brought him waves of pain, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

A moment, two moments. He suddenly stopped. He didn't know where he was in the mountains, surrounded by vines and ancient trees. Walking forward, he came to a steep cliff. A small tree with green wild fruits on its top took root on the rock wall, and a faint fragrance wafted towards him.

This is?

Ning Qing's eyes flashed with surprise. He climbed over carefully and picked the green fruit. The next moment, the whole tree turned into ashes.

A warning flashed through his mind, and he exerted force on his feet to jump up ten meters, suddenly inserting himself into the crack in the rock wall. Then he saw the cliff below turn into mud, and then fell down with a rumble, revealing a cave entrance.

He let go of his hands and fell onto a small protrusion outside the cave entrance. The cave was dark.

Ning Qing calmed himself down and walked forward, but after a few steps, excitement flashed in his eyes. He rushed forward quickly, and suddenly a bright light appeared in front of his eyes. In the next step, he entered a pure land.

The vital energy here is so rich, almost tangible, that above the Pure Land, a vibrant radiance emanates, auspicious colors emanating. Not far away lies a pool, ablaze with radiant light and filled with an extremely rich divine fluid. Surrounding the pool are ancient temples. In the age of the Dharma Ending on Earth, this is undoubtedly a paradise for immortals.

As Ning Qing approached the sacred pool, he saw a stone tablet next to it with three ancient characters "Medicine Washing Pool" written on it. He was excited and walked into the ancient hall in the middle.

The main hall was empty except for a Taoist platform in the center. On the platform was suspended a stone scripture with the three characters "Baopuzi" engraved on the cover.

"It is indeed Ge Hong's inheritance!"

Ning Qing was overjoyed and rushed forward to retrieve the scripture. However, as soon as he touched it, he felt a sudden buzz in his mind, flooded with information. It took him a moment to process the information, and then his face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

He rushed to one of the side halls and saw a bronze tripod placed in the main hall. There were tables around the main hall with several jade boxes on them.

Ning Qingyi followed the instructions in his memory and carefully opened the jade box on the far right. As soon as it was opened, a strange fragrance wafted through the air, revealing six golden pills within.

"It's actually a first-level Golden Elixir! It hasn't lost its effectiveness yet! Then the remaining seven boxes are from the second to the eighth-level Golden Elixir!"

He suppressed his joy and closed the jade box solemnly. His fiery eyes swept over the remaining jade boxes and then looked at the bronze tripod in the center of the hall.

According to the information left in "Baopuzi", more than a thousand years ago, after the last group of Qi-refiners in the pre-Qin period confirmed that there was no hope of practicing on the ancient star of the wilderness - Earth, they followed the decision of the quasi-emperor Rong Cheng and headed towards the depths of the universe along the ancient starry road to pursue the path to immortality.

At that time, Ge Hong, as the leader of the Lingbao Tianzun lineage, had already survived the quasi-emperor catastrophe. Although he wanted to make another effort, after learning that a quasi-emperor was trapped in the depths of Kunlun and Rong Cheng had escaped death, he gave up the idea and turned to integrate the Lingbao lineage and traveled to the starry sky.

But before leaving, perhaps because he was reluctant to leave his hometown or because he felt he had to leave behind a legacy of Taoism, he arranged his own inheritance in Luofu Mountain.

Regarding the texts, the first is the Quasi-Emperor text from the Baopuzi. According to Ge Hong's messages, this is the highest text he cultivated and compiled throughout his life after surviving the Quasi-Emperor catastrophe. He stated that he had studied numerous texts in his lifetime, and within the Imperial Scriptures alone, he found fragments of texts from Lingbao, Daode, and Fuxi. He also met Rong Chengshi and Guang Chengzi, and discussed Taoism with the Yan and Huang Emperors, Laozi, and Sakyamuni. His learning was profound and diverse, integrating the essence of numerous schools of thought. Such a Quasi-Emperor text is naturally magnificent, and it's no wonder that he later achieved enlightenment in a unique way.

Secondly, he also left behind five volumes of "Tao Te Ching", three volumes of "Ling Bao Jing", two volumes of "Fuxi Ancient Classic", two volumes of "Tai Yang Ancient Classic", and three volumes of "Tai Yin Ancient Classic". In addition, he also left behind two kinds of nine secret magical powers: the secret of numbers and the secret of word combination.

In terms of resources, several treasures were left behind.

First came the elixirs, from the first to the eighth level, with a few remaining. Next came a piece of Dao-Tribulation Gold the size of a head. Finally, the Luofu Ding, the great sacred weapon from the Alchemy Hall.

In addition to these, there are also nearly one million jin of resources, a magical spring, talismans and other resources left behind.

Ge Hong admitted that according to his calculations, these resources could only sustain him to Xiantai at most, so he also warned him that if he encountered difficulties, he could seek Kunlun or leave from Hangu Pass with the token.

At the same time, he also emphasized that future generations can practice in the complete version of "Tao Te Ching" or "Baopuzi" on their own, but based on his conversations with Lao Tzu, Sakyamuni and others, he believed that the Emperor's Scripture was "poisonous" and that if one was not extremely talented, it would be very easy to cut off one's path to becoming an emperor by practicing the complete version. Even the quasi-emperor scriptures would be an obstacle. The Great Scripture was the best method of practice, and if one had no intention of becoming an emperor, then the "Tao Te Ching" was the best method of practice. However, all of this would be left for later.

Ning Qingyi looked at the Luofu Ding in front of him, and according to the secret method left in the Baopuzi scriptures, he transferred the divine power into it. Then he peeked into the treasures left in the body of the Ding, and found that only the divine source had been consumed. He then breathed a sigh of relief.

Ge Hong predicted that the destined person might appear in ten thousand years, so in order to ensure that the spirituality of the Luofu Ding was not lost, he maintained a minimum supply of divine power. Ning Qingyi, who came to obtain the inheritance a thousand years later, obviously did not come too late.

"Then what we need to do next is to break through a certain realm before the Nine Dragons pull the coffin!"

Ning Qingyi, feeling that time was running out, began to practice.

(End of this chapter)