To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Above the sea of ​​clouds.

A small boat drifted leisurely in the wind.

Su Nanzhi stood at the bow of the boat, her hair fluttering in the breeze, her clothes dancing in the wind.

Gu Fan sat upright in the boat, his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, his body drenched in cold sweat, and his fists clenched tightly.

After a long while, Gu Fan opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them.

He had already consumed the Soul-Gathering Grass. As soon as it entered his mouth, it transformed into spiritual energy and dispersed, like light clouds emerging from a mountain peak and falling into his sea of ​​consciousness.

It was as if a spring had appeared in his sea of ​​consciousness, gushing forth clear water and expanding the boundaries of his sea of ​​consciousness, giving him a personal sense of expansion.

For a period of time after taking the Soul-Gathering Grass, the more one tempers their consciousness, the better the medicinal effect becomes.

Gu Fan didn't delay and immediately tried to temper his divine sense with the Taixu Divine Wind.

Good news, what Chang Yuan said is true.

As his divine sense spread out, countless strands of the ethereal divine wind passed through, and Gu Fan vaguely felt that something was being taken away. His sea of ​​consciousness became more active than ever before, and every strand of his divine sense became more resilient and pure.

The bad news is that the process was like being torn to pieces.

If it weren't for his prior experience with the "Star Evolution Divine Observation Method," he doubted he could have held on.

Even so, each tempering session can only last for one hour, and only after resting for one hour can one dare to proceed to the next one.

As a price for suffering, the growth of consciousness is also significant.

Gu Fan estimated that after fully digesting the Concentration Grass, he could at least advance the "Star Evolution Divine Observation Method" to the level of visualizing seventy stars!

"Fellow Daoist is awake!" Su Nanzhi saw Gu Fan wake up and walk into the cabin, poured a cup of fragrant tea, and handed the teacup to Gu Fan. "Then I'll have to trouble you from now on, Fellow Daoist."

Gu Fan nodded, took the teacup, drank it all in one gulp, and got up to leave the cabin.

After leaving the floating island, the two discussed using the Taixu Divine Wind to temper their divine consciousness before leaving the sea of ​​clouds.

Su Nanzhi had sworn an oath not to reveal Gu Fan's identity, so the two took turns controlling the magic boat while the other person tempered their divine sense.

Although Su Nanzhi almost fainted during her first attempt, Gu Fan was surprised that after experiencing the tempering effect, she gritted her teeth and persevered, even though her clenched fists caused her nails to dig into her flesh and blood to seep from her mouth.

Such strong perseverance truly impressed Gu Fan.

When Gu Fan asked about her background, Su Nanzhi gave a bitter smile on her cold face: "I come from the Su Clan of Jingyue Lake, and I am the only Golden Core True Person from the Su Clan to enter the Liangyi Hall this time."

The Su family's ancestral clan is none other than the Han Tan Huang clan, one of the three great immortal clans.

According to Su Nanzhi, even if there are enough Yin-Yang Tokens, the aristocratic clans will only send at most half of their Golden Core cultivators into the Yin-Yang Hall.

There's no other reason than that the Liangyi Palace is too dangerous for aristocratic families. Sending too many people could lead to the loss of all the family's top leaders overnight. Families like the Su family, which have three Golden Core cultivators, would only send one person.

The immortals are protected by the Yin-Yang Stone, which allows them to mobilize more people and gain more opportunities.

Gu Fan narrowed his eyes in thought, saying, "It seems that the immortal clans of Chu are growing stronger, while the aristocratic clans may disappear overnight."

Of course, the aristocratic families could also choose to abandon the Liangyi Hall.

However, when other families gained opportunities, the families that remained inactive were naturally weakened in a roundabout way.

The struggle wasn't limited to the commoners; the aristocratic clans were also at odds. In such an atmosphere, who would want to miss the once-in-five-hundred-years opportunity at the Liangyi Palace?

......

Su Nanzhi was alone in the cabin, and a muffled groan could be heard from time to time.

Gu Fan sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat and looked at Chang Yuan, asking, "Senior, why don't you use the Divine Wind of the Void to temper your divine sense?"

Chang Yuan also received a piece of Soul-Gathering Grass. After swallowing it, he rested lazily without making a sound.

"Because I don't need it!" Chang Yuan replied lazily.

"Need not?"

Chang Yuan crawled out of his sleeve, raised his head and said, "My divine sense has long been tempered! To reach the Nascent Soul stage, one must travel through heaven and earth to absorb pure Yang energy and refine the remnants of one's soul before advancing to the Void Refinement stage. Although my divine sense has been weakened by countless trials, its essence has not changed and is much more solid than yours."

"I see." Gu Fan nodded.

An hour later, Su Nanzhi slowly woke up, her body trembling slightly.

Gu Fan entered the cabin and met her gaze. There's always a story waiting to be told. Their positions changed once again.

It seemed that their shared experiences led them to develop a sense of mutual appreciation, unrelated to romantic love, but simply an admiration for each other on the path to immortality.

There is no distinction between day and night in the sea of ​​clouds, and three days will pass in the blink of an eye.

After Gu Fan and Su Nanzhi digested the Soul-Gathering Grass, their spiritual senses were greatly enhanced. The light in their eyes was restrained, but if they looked at each other, it was as if they were staring into a deep pool.

Then, the two set off to try to leave the sea of ​​clouds.

Su Nanzhi stood against the wind, her hands forming hand seals, and she suddenly soared upwards, then sped forward, flying hundreds of miles before suddenly descending, passing through several layers of clouds, her movements seemingly without any pattern.

Gu Fan's all-seeing eye could see that Su Nanzhi's every change was caught at the moment of the birth and death of Yin and Yang.

Half a day later.

The two were on their way when they suddenly heard a clap of thunder.

Su Nanzhi and Gu Fan exchanged a glance, both seeing the curiosity in each other's eyes.

Gu Fan nodded, and Su Nanzhi then piloted the magic boat towards the direction from which the thunder came.

Upon closer inspection, the two were pleasantly surprised to discover that it was not a lightning tribulation descending from the sea of ​​clouds, but rather lightning bursting forth from within a golden, shimmering floating island.

Gu Fan was overjoyed.

This scene is so obvious that there must be an opportunity here.

The umbrella suddenly rose into the air, expanding in the wind to cover the two figures.

The floating island was about a hundred feet in size and made of dark gray rocks. There were no mountains on it, but instead a deep, sunken pit from which the lightning burst forth.

The spiritual energy gathered into the deep pit, and after a moment, it seemed to have reached its peak, when a bolt of lightning suddenly exploded.

The thunder they had heard earlier came from this source.

Gu Fan suspended the Cloud-Covering Umbrella above his head, the dark golden clouds resisting the lightning, and approached the bottom of the pit step by step.

Upon closer inspection, several bright yellow crystals, each the size of a human head, were visible on the outside, radiating lightning.

"Thunder Soul Stone!" Gu Fan exclaimed.

This is a material recorded in the jade slip left behind by Meng Guihong for refining artifacts, but it is not recorded in the artifact crafting tradition of the Lingxiao Sect.

Legend has it that meteorites drifting in the void, when swept into thunderstorms and tempered, have the chance to be born as Thunder Soul Stones. Their value lies not only in their ability to refine weapons, but also in the fact that they contain a trace of the true essence of thunder magic.

Similar to the divine fire, there is also divine thunder in the world.

The destructive lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation and the golden lightning released by Changyuan's Divine Firmament Thunder Eye both belong to this category, and are much more precious than the Profound Water Yin Lightning that Chen Suzhen possesses.

If a cultivator who practices thunder magic obtains a Thunder Soul Stone, they can use it to control the Heavenly Meteor Divine Thunder!

"This floating island is actually a meteorite from outer space?"

Gu Fan was immediately surprised.

Su Nanzhi also noticed the Thunder Soul Stone and asked, "Fellow Daoist, do you recognize this spiritual material?"

Gu Fan hesitated for a moment, but did not choose to conceal the information about the Thunder Soul Stone.

Su Nanzhi nodded slightly and tentatively asked, "Thank you for telling me, fellow Daoist. There are four Thunder Soul Stones here. I wonder if I could have one?"

Even though in her eyes Gu Fan still needed her to leave Yunhai, Gu Fan and Chang Yuan together were far stronger than her, so she spoke very carefully and only took one piece.

Gu Fan pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "No problem."

The Thunder Soul Stone was discovered by the two of them together. Although Gu Fan was already able to set up the formation and comprehend the method of passing the level on his own, he had a good impression of Su Nanzhi after spending the past few days with her and was unwilling to keep it all to himself.

Su Nanzhi smiled upon hearing this.

Without delay, the two immediately used their magical artifacts to break open the rock and excavate the Thunder Soul Stone.

Just then, two streaks of light suddenly appeared in the distance and sped towards them.

The light stopped outside the floating island, revealing two middle-aged male cultivators dressed in blue robes, their eyes fixed on the Thunder Soul Stone.

"Haha, luckily I have sharp ears and heard the thunder, otherwise I might have missed such an opportunity!" One of the male cultivators seemed to ignore Gu Fan and Su Nanzhi and laughed loudly at the other person.

At the same time, Su Nanzhi suddenly tensed up and whispered, "It's someone from the Huang family!"

A cold glint flashed in Gu Fan's eyes.