All heavens, let's begin with the Divine Elephant's Prison-Suppressing Power!

Chapter 9 Fairy Eyes, Vivi

True Qi is ever-changing. The Dantian rotates between the Qi Sea and the Wheel Sea. Sometimes golden divine power surges to the sky and the Wheel Sea is filled with turbulent waves. Sometimes true Qi condenses and flows through the limbs and bones. It is a process of 'nurturing, circulating, gathering, and refining'.

Yang An benefited greatly from this process, and his physical fitness improved significantly. The final change was recorded at his Qi Sea.

His thoughts were simple: "Qigong is the foundation of my strength; the secret techniques are merely secondary, usable but not relied upon."

Of course, the secret realm method of the Shrouding the Heavens universe also has many merits, and Yang An does not intend to completely give it up. He will cultivate it when needed and gradually develop the five secret realms of the human body.

At that time, he will be both a Qi cultivator of the 'Holy King' and a cultivator of the secret realm, wouldn't he be invincible!
He even possessed the talent to traverse countless heavens, to obtain eternal proof, to gather the myriad paths, and to achieve his own perfection... For a time, Yang An's ambition soared.

Without a doubt, he is a very ambitious person with aspirations and desires, and is by no means the kind of effeminate, indecisive, and saintly type.

With such extraordinary talent and the aid of the marks of the gods, if Yang An were content with the status quo and remained ordinary, he would despise himself.

"what!"

Yang An meditated for a long time, and the air was silent.

A scream woke everyone up.

"My face!!" Li Xiaoman touched her face in horror. Looking at her reflection in the makeup mirror she carried with her, she saw her gray hair and wrinkled skin, looking exactly like an elderly woman!

The others woke up one by one, realized something was wrong, and looked at their aged faces, feeling unbearable pain.

"Youth fades into old age, beauty withers in the blink of an eye..." Lin Jia and other beautiful women wept, sobbing uncontrollably, "Truly, this is an ancient forbidden land, where no one is allowed to set foot."

"But why haven't Ye Fan and Pang Bo changed?!" Zhou Yi couldn't accept it for a moment. The two of them were even younger, as if they had been rejuvenated.

Although they only ate four sacred fruits this time, under the influence of the ancient and strange power, their age still dropped to fifteen or sixteen years old, making them look youthful and energetic, which made others envious.

"Is it because of some fortuitous encounters within the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land?" Zhou Yi asked cautiously, not daring to mention Yang An, but instead looking at Ye Fan and Pang Bo, hoping to get an answer.

"It should be." Ye Fan and Pang Bo were pleasantly surprised to find themselves young again, but they were also heartbroken by their classmate's experience and comforted them.

They now realize just how great the opportunity Yang An spoke of was.

Rejuvenation and immortality have been the desires of the entire Chinese people throughout their five-thousand-year history!
Only when you lose your youth do you realize how precious it is.

Yang An's appearance has also changed slightly. He looks younger, around seventeen or eighteen years old, and has a handsome appearance. Even when he is wearing modern clothes, he cannot hide his otherworldly temperament.

"enough."

He interrupted Zhou Yi, Li Xiaoman, and the others' probing questions, and instead said coldly, "The influence of the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land is not indelible. Beidou is a sacred place for cultivation, with countless opportunities. The lost years can be recovered sooner or later."

"Besides, you're not without benefits either; you'll understand once you get involved in cultivation."

"Continuing on and leaving the forbidden area doesn't mean we can rest easy."

Under Yang An's orders, the group had no choice but to set off again.

This time, they all drank the divine spring water, and their aging was actually not too bad. They did not look like the old people who were about to die as described in the original story. They all still had the strength to walk.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo looked after the group from time to time.

"Whoosh!" Suddenly, a streak of colorful light flashed across the sky, like a rainbow spanning the heavens, carrying a beautiful figure as she flew through the air, though she seemed to have noticed the presence of the people on the ground.

With a swirling rainbow light, the figure floated down.

Yang An's gaze sharpened, a hint of amazement flashing across his eyes. This was a beautiful woman.

"That's... a fairy?!" Everyone was shocked.

Before me stood a young woman of eighteen or nineteen, with a face as beautiful as jade, a slender figure, a slim waist, and straight legs. Her light blue dress flowed naturally, and she possessed an extraordinary and refined air.

She stood amidst the rainbow light, like a fairy descending to earth, like a secluded orchid in a valley, a pure snow lotus on a snow-capped mountain, giving people a feeling of being untouched by worldly affairs.

"Have you entered the Forbidden Ancient Land?" The woman's lips moved softly, her black hair cascading down like a waterfall, her eyes a deep, misty blue, and her skin was snow-white and radiant, sparkling with a subtle glow. She was exceptionally beautiful and otherworldly.

"Is this the same awful place we just visited? We've fallen into it and lost our youth. Are you a fairy? Can you save us?" A female student cried out, her eyes pleading for help as if she were grasping at a last straw.

Li Xiaoman, Zhou Yi, Lin Jia, Liu Yiyi, Zhang Ziling, Kai De, and others all looked at her with hopeful eyes.

"I really went in." She was somewhat moved. "And I even came out alive."

The young girl, Weiwei, was very surprised. The six great grotto heavens of Yan Kingdom were close to the desolate ancient forbidden land, and they were extremely wary and fearful of this infamous place. There were countless warnings within the sect, and people had died because of it throughout the ages.

She never expected to encounter someone who had escaped from there.

"My name is Weiwei. I don't know your name." After asking a few questions, Weiwei changed her tone and looked at Yang An among the crowd with a probing gaze.

Although Ye Fan and Pang Bo were also young, it was obvious that they had no cultivation experience and had only been lucky enough to consume the divine medicine. Yang An, on the other hand, was too calm and his aura was mysterious and unpredictable, making it impossible to see through him.

"My name is Yang An, and these are my fellow villagers."

“We come from a distant place and have fallen into the desolate forbidden land due to an accident. They are all mortals without cultivation, and I am not in a position to take care of them. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Weiwei has a place to settle them.”

Yang An spoke up and explained the origin of the story.

"Judging from your appearance, you must be from the Western Desert. There are some ancient teleportation arrays that can connect to the Five Regions."

"Settling them in is easy. After being baptized in the desolate forbidden land, your fellow villagers are all potential immortal cultivators. All six great grotto heavens of Yan Kingdom are willing to accept them as disciples."

"But Fellow Daoist Yang An's cultivation seems quite peculiar, something I can't see through. Could it be a special cultivation method from the Western Desert?" Weiwei's eyes flashed with curiosity. She possessed the Immortal Spirit Eye, and there was almost nothing she couldn't see through.

However, she couldn't see through Yang An at all. She only felt an aura like that of a savage beast emanating from the person in front of her, giving her a very dangerous feeling.

"Fellow Daoist Weiwei, is this alright?" Yang An chuckled. "If you are curious, I would also like to spar with you and verify what I have learned."

"But for now, let's settle my fellow villagers first, shall we?"

"Then come with me." Weiwei had no reason to disagree. With a flash of rainbow light, she swept everyone away.

Yang An landed on the spot, raised an eyebrow slightly, and tried to circulate his life spring magic power. He was then enveloped in rainbow light and soared into the sky.

It must be said that the Secret Realm Method also has its merits. One can fly in the early stages of cultivation. Although the Qi Gong system is powerful in combat, one can only fly after reaching the Qi Elephant Realm and transforming true Qi into wings.

(End of this chapter)