Immortal Demonic Path

Chapter 1 The Demonic Path to Immortality

Lingxu Cave Heaven, Lingjian Peak, halfway up the mountain.

Library.

The young Taoist priest Li Changsheng is organizing the books inside.

It contains all sorts of books, including cultivation manuals, anecdotes, and books on medicinal herbs...

The Spirit Sword Technique of Spirit Sword Peak is also here, but unfortunately, it requires the sect leader's token, otherwise no one can access it.

The books here were originally categorized and arranged very well.

However, there are always some disciples who don't follow the rules and take things randomly, increasing his workload.

Li Changsheng didn't care; it was just a casual matter anyway.

It's quite relaxing here every day, and it's nice to have something to do.

After organizing all the books, Li Changsheng finally sat down to catch his breath.

A young Taoist priest walked in.

"Senior Brother Changshou?"

Li Changsheng quickly stood up to greet him and asked, "What book are you looking for today?"

The young Taoist priest, named Lu Changshou, is a genius disciple of Lingjian Peak in Lingxu Cave Heaven. At a young age, he has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Lingxu Cave Heaven has three branches: the Sword Branch, the Medicine Branch, and the Weapon Branch.

The disciples of Lingxu Cave Heaven all have auspicious names. His name is Changsheng, his senior brother is Changshou, and there are also words like Changjiu and Changming.

Of course, there aren't many who actually live very long lives.

"Just browsing." Lu Changshou frowned, then gave a perfunctory reply before turning to his book.

Seeing this, Li Changsheng sat down to rest.

Before long, several more Taoist priests entered without saying hello and immersed themselves in the medicinal herb section and the collection of anecdotes and tales.

The Taoists flipped through the books haphazardly, seemingly searching for something.

Seeing that their expressions were not quite right, Li Changsheng wisely kept quiet.

A few moments later, several more Taoist priests arrived.

Li Changsheng sensed something was wrong. Although people came every day before, it had never been as lively as it was today.

These senior brothers are all inner disciples of Lingjian Peak. They are usually busy slaying demons and monsters, and would not come here to read books.

Moreover, he mostly read books on medicinal herbs and miscellaneous books.

Curious, he shifted his position, getting closer to them.

  

The Taoists were still flipping through their books when Lu Changshou, who had entered first, put down his book and asked, "Any clues?"

"The essence of the spiritual wood can extend one's life by one or two years," a young Taoist replied.

Lu Changshou said, "It's useless. Who here hasn't consumed spirit wood essence?"

"The sect possesses several longevity-promoting medicinal herbs recorded in the herbal medicine book."

Another Taoist priest chimed in, "I've taken almost all of these longevity elixirs."

Prolonging life?

Li Changsheng understood; they were searching for longevity-promoting medicinal herbs.

It's probably some senior figure from a sect whose lifespan is running out, who has ordered his disciples to find a way to prolong his life.

He had seen this happen twice before.

The final result, naturally, was that no useful information was found.

"Has the sect not acquired any new longevity-promoting medicinal herbs recently?"

Lu Changshou's voice rang out, this was a question to Li Changsheng, who was in charge of organizing the information of the library.

Upon hearing this, Li Changsheng replied, "No, they are all the medicinal herbs from before."

"The medicinal herbs near the sect have basically been recorded long ago, unless you go to a more distant place."

A young Taoist priest said, "Or, try looking in other sects."

"Hey, this Great Wilderness Scripture records a method for prolonging life."

A young Taoist priest, holding a book, said.

"Oh? What method?" The other Taoist priests quickly gathered around.

Li Changsheng's heart skipped a beat. He took a deep breath and tried to remain calm.

The young Taoist priest recited: "The first mountain of the Southern Mountains is called Zhaoyao Mountain. There is a grass there, which looks like chives but has a fine flower. It is called Zhuyu, and eating it will prevent hunger."

"What's the use of not being hungry? It's just a mere fast."

"Furthermore, north of Kaiming there are the Shirou, Zhushu, Wenyushu, Yuqishu, and Busishu. Phoenixes and Luan birds all wear tassels. There are also Lizhu, Muhe, Baishu, Ganshui, and Shengmumandui, also called Tingmu Yajiao."

According to the Classic of the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain called Yuanqiu, on which grows an immortal tree; eating it grants longevity. There is also a red spring, from which drinking it grants immortality.

Sweetwood is also known as the immortal tree; consuming it prevents aging. It can grant immortality and is also called the "tree of longevity."

Li Changsheng carefully moved his chair away from the group of people.

"There's no need to read the Great Wilderness Scripture." Lu Changshou's voice rang out: "The Great Wilderness is fraught with danger. Not to mention our Lingxu Cave Heaven, even those top sects wouldn't dare to venture there easily."

Within the Great Wilderness, countless rare and exotic beasts dwell, and legend has it that countless immortal herbs grow there.

However, it is also home to many ferocious beasts, and there are even suspicions that some are from ancient times, making people afraid to set foot inside.

"Let's go, there's no information, let's ask somewhere else."

Lu Changshou put down the books and left the library.

Li Changsheng watched them leave, cautiously shrinking his neck.

He began to tidy up the books that the Taoists had messed up, and after looking at the Great Wilderness Scripture, he had an urge to burn it.

I wonder which expert went to the Southern Wilderness for no reason and wrote about the Immortal Tree.

Did the author of this book eat the immortal tree?

Otherwise, how would we know that the immortal tree can live forever?

Thinking of this, he quickly placed the Great Wilderness Scripture at the bottom, praying that no one would pay attention to it in the future.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be the immortal tree described in the book!

Looking back, when I first came into this world, I was just a small sapling full of vitality, right at the foot of Lingxu Cave Mountain.

At that time, he only had the ability to transform into human form, so he became a child.

Just then, Lingxu Cave Heaven was recruiting disciples. With nowhere to go and no time to wander around, he was spotted by the people of Lingxu Cave Heaven and was fortunate enough to be selected.

Unfortunately, he was too untalented. After thirteen years of cultivating the Lingxu Xuan Gong, he had only reached the late stage of the second level of Qi Refining.

His cultivation speed was unusually slow. The sect elders said that his affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was too poor, and his spiritual root was also mediocre.

So he was assigned to the library to organize information.

In the past thirteen years, he had met the people of Lingxu Cave twice, who were searching everywhere for longevity-extending herbs because of their lifespan problems.

Of course, it failed.

The Lingxu Grotto-heaven has three main methods for prolonging life. One of them is the essence of spiritual wood, which is the life essence extracted from herbs and medicinal plants.

The second type is the essence of the demon race, extracted from the bodies of demons.

The third method is to extend lifespan through cultivation techniques. For example, the Lingxu Xuan Gong he is currently cultivating, once he reaches the ninth level of Qi Refining, will allow him to live for about 120 years.

With the combined essence of spirit wood and demon race, it's possible to live to be 130 years old.

However, these life-extending medicinal herbs are limited in number; each type can only be taken once.

As for whether his immortal tree could grant immortality, he didn't know, nor dared to try.

As for himself, he stopped growing after turning eighteen, and endless vitality kept him at his peak.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he should not die of old age.

As for whether he would be killed, he didn't want to try it. Who would seek death for no reason?

The elders of Lingxu Cave Heaven are at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, and they should be able to live to be two hundred years old without any problem.

There is much fighting in the cultivation world. Fighting with others can leave hidden injuries or other problems, and most people won't live past two hundred.

Li Changsheng sighed softly. This was the third person to seek a method to prolong life. In just thirteen years, he had already lived three short years.

This is just a Lingxu Cave Heaven; there are hundreds, if not thousands, of sects in the cultivation world.

You'd better hide well and live a peaceful life as a Taoist immortal!

No, it's the Eternal Immortality Demonic Path!

If it were discovered, even if people didn't recognize it as an immortal tree, they would probably still want to use it to refine the essence of the demon race.

Most people who seek immortality through cultivation perish as soon as they step into the realm of cultivation. What's the point of seeking immortality then?

Focus on your cultivation, and once you have enough strength, go and live in the Great Wilderness?

Forget it, the Great Wilderness is more dangerous!

(End of this chapter)