My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 391 Origin
Shen Changchuan was somewhat surprised.

The one who appeared before him was not the Nascent Soul cultivator he had expected.
He was merely a cultivator at the Qi Refining stage.

And it was someone I knew.

Guo Cheng!

Ten years ago, not long after Shen Changchuan took office in Dawan Village, the other party was the village chief under Dawan Village.

later,

When the unrest broke out, he disappeared without a trace.

after that,
Several years have passed,

Shen Changchuan unexpectedly rescued the demonic cultivator from the depths of the demonic beast forest.

And later, he also received a reward.

That is the jade slip containing the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu!

"Greetings, Immortal Master! Congratulations on your further advancement in cultivation!"

Seeing Shen Changchuan,
Guo Cheng quickly bowed and clasped his hands in greeting.

They didn't even dare to use the title "Young Master" from three years ago anymore, and instead replaced it with the respectful title "Immortal Master".

no way,
The difference is too big!
Three years ago, Shen Changchuan had only recently entered the Nascent Soul stage, and he could still somewhat build a closer relationship with his former subordinates through their past ties.

But now,
The opponent has already advanced to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

In the Tiannan Region, this is a cultivation level that even the patriarchs and sect leaders of countless Nascent Soul families and sects have failed to reach!

For Guo Cheng

That's practically the level of a legendary figure!

Of course, we dared not be negligent in the slightest.

"No need to be so polite. After all, we've known each other for a long time. It seems you've grown a lot over the years."

Shen Changchuan glanced at the other person from head to toe and nodded.

After several years, the other party's cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Induction.

I'm only half a step away from crossing the threshold of the Out-of-Body stage.

It seems that over the years,
The other party also gained something through some fortuitous opportunity.

However, regarding this,

Shen Changchuan didn't care.

"I owe all of this to the Immortal Master's guidance and support, which has brought me to where I am today!"

After a brief conversation,
Shen Changchuan didn't waste any words.
They went straight to the point, asking about the Gold-Eating Spirit Butterfly.

Guo Cheng dared not be negligent.

So he told them everything.

This is a long story.

Six or seven years ago,

Because of the Biyuan aquatic plant incident, Wujiaji has attracted the covetousness of various forces.

Having spent some time in the cultivation world, he sensed the immense hidden danger beforehand, so he immediately closed his Laoshan Temple.

Pack your things and run away in advance.

Unfortunately, he was too slow and encountered a bandit along the way, forcing him to flee for his life.

after that,

Due to some unforeseen circumstances
He ran all the way to the Southern Yue Kingdom.

During the Nanyue Kingdom,
During an expedition,
He encountered a battle with a powerful opponent on his journey.
The blast waves from the battle reached several miles away.
In a panic, he fled outside without having the energy to investigate.

Perhaps it was a stroke of luck that things turned around.

After fleeing for ten or twenty miles, he encountered a heavily injured and dying young man from the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm, dressed in luxurious clothes.

The tribal youth attacked him as soon as he saw him.

However, due to the severity of his injuries...

Ultimately, they were defeated by the process itself.

After killing the man, Guo Cheng dared not linger. He hastily disposed of the body and the battlefield before leaving in a panic.

It wasn't until they returned to base camp and tallied their spoils that they realized they might have killed a formidable opponent!
The jade slip containing the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu (a type of poison)

It came from the storage bag of that tribal youth!

Other identification items and other objects found in the storage bag
Guo Cheng easily guessed that the young man he had killed was the young master of the Wu clan, one of the four major tribes of the Spirit Clan! This undoubtedly made Guo Cheng extremely flustered.

They kept the secret to themselves and dared not tell anyone.

Not long after that
He learned a piece of information from the black market,
That is, the patriarch of the Wu clan has issued a kill order against the person who killed his son and has put a reward of one thousand mid-grade spirit stones on the black market!

One thousand mid-grade spirit stones is equivalent to one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones!
no doubt,

For him, a powerless and insignificant Qi Refining Realm cultivator, this was absolutely a death sentence!

Fortunately, no outsiders witnessed him committing the murder.

No one knew that the member of the Wu clan had died at his hands.

But precisely because of this,

Guo Cheng dared not sell either the jade slip containing the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu or the other items in his storage bag.

He was terrified that word would spread, and that someone would one day take his head and exchange it for 100,000 spirit stones!
Even in a state of fear and trepidation,
He spent all the spirit stones he had and escaped back to the Southern Region on a flying boat belonging to the Wanling Pavilion Merchant Guild.

Unfortunately, not long after returning to the Southern Region, he saw that the Southern Region had returned to peace with the establishment of the Dragon Sky Sect. Lacking spirit stones and cultivation resources, he went out to explore and obtain supplies.

As a result, he was careless and fell directly into the hands of the demonic cultivators.

He was rescued by Shen Changchuan along the way.

After some twists and turns
After much painful reflection, Guo Cheng decided to exchange everything he had for cultivation resources, hoping to have some ability to cope with threats in the future.

then,

Guo Cheng, who held the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu jade slip in his hand, set his sights on his savior, Shen Changchuan.

This is because I feel I can never repay the life-saving grace.

Another reason was that Shen Changchuan was a very good person and acted generously back then, so he would surely be rewarded handsomely.

The outcome was indeed as predicted.

With the tens of thousands of spirit stones and valuable pills given to him by Shen Changchuan as provisions, plus some fortuitous encounters later on,
Over the past three years, he has made great strides and broken through to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Induction.

At this time, he

Naturally, they also began to plot to seize the true cultivation realm of the Nascent Soul stage, which they had never dared to dream of before.

But Guo Cheng also knew very well that...

His cultivation level was basically built up from elixirs and rare and precious materials.

His entire strength and foundation were extremely unstable.
Even with the help of the Nascent Soul Pill, the success rate of advancement is still not high.

then,

This Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu entered his field of vision.

of course,

He also knew that the existence of such a divine object was beyond his reach.

Even if he manages to gather all the materials, refining the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Gu will still be a major problem.

but,
People always have moments of wishful thinking.

How can you be sure that there's no road ahead when the car reaches the mountain?
Immortal cultivators,
It is inherently a struggle against fate.

Even if there's only a slight chance, you should still give it a try.

then,

He then set his sights on the Wu clan within the Spirit Clan.

Since the Wu clan possessed this method, and given their expertise in Gu techniques, it was impossible for them not to attempt to refine it.

In the half year since he advanced to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, he returned to the Southern Yue Kingdom.

They are basically all working on this.

This,

It really did allow him to learn some information!
More than twenty years ago,
The Wu clan once publicly offered a reward for the purchase of the Gold-Eating Spirit Butterfly.
However, because the Gold-Devouring Spirit Butterfly has such a harsh growing environment and other wondrous uses, it is not common in the cultivation world.

It seems that the Wu clan has never been able to purchase it.

But six months ago,
It turned out that he had actually bought it at a market held by the four major tribes of the Southern Yue Kingdom. I heard that this caused quite a conflict, which led to the news spreading widely.

Of course, these are not important.

The important point is that even if Guo Cheng knew the whereabouts of the Gold-Devouring Spirit Butterfly, it would be meaningless, since he was only at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining and could not possibly pull a tooth from a tiger's mouth.

until,

Not long after returning to the Wilderness City,
I heard the news of Shen Changchuan's extraordinary prowess and found the task information he had issued in the City Lord's Mansion's task list.
(End of this chapter)