Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Outside Fushou Mountain, the sea of ​​clouds surged like a tide.

One after another, figures broke through the air from all directions.

Some rode on snow-white cranes, some flew on swords, and some were enveloped in surging divine light, revealing only a blurry outline.

They hovered above the sea of ​​clouds outside Fushou Mountain, maintaining a subtle distance from each other, neither of them rushing to approach the mountain gate even a step.

"That's Mount Fushou? It's indeed as magnificent as the rumors say."

"Bai Qiuhan, that coward, disappeared without a trace ten years ago. Why has he suddenly decided to reappear today?"

"He said he was going to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage and invited many fellow practitioners to attend the ceremony. Humph, a useless person who disappeared for ten years, isn't he afraid of biting off more than he can chew when he says such things?"

"Hehe, you'd better keep your voice down. If that guy really breaks through, what you're saying will just get you into trouble!"

Divine thoughts intertwined, and discussions rose and fell in the sky above the sea of ​​clouds.

Some of the inner disciples who rushed over upon hearing the news had a past with Bai Qiuhan, while others were simply there to watch the spectacle.

Of course, most people had the same idea in mind.

The Seventy-Two Immortal Mountains of the Inner Gate.

Every immortal mountain once had a Foundation Establishment cultivator who served as its mountain lord.

To become the mountain lord, one must also be a Foundation Establisher.

This is an ironclad rule of the Immortal Alliance, which no one can transgress.

But Bai Qiuhan is an exception.

His master was the former lord of Mount Fushou, a Foundation Establishment True Person with extraordinary cultivation.

But ten years ago, the master of Fushou Mountain died unexpectedly for some unknown reason, and Bai Qiuhan, as the master's only true disciple, obtained the right to inherit this sacred mountain.

A Qi Refining cultivator.

They have neither the strength nor the capability.

There is no background either.

It happens to occupy a sacred mountain that only Foundation Establishment cultivators can govern.

To onlookers, this was no different from a child carrying gold in a bustling marketplace.

"It's laughable, really. Bai Qiuhan is just a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator. He has neither the title of mountain lord nor does he concern himself with the affairs of the mountain. He's not even qualified to open the inheritance secret realm of Fushou Mountain. What's the difference between him occupying this mountain and a gatekeeper?"

"But he is ultimately the nominal master, and even those Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot directly attack him due to the ironclad rules of the Immortal Alliance."

"Heh, Foundation Establishment cultivators can't touch him because of their status, but their disciples might be different. Over the years, which of those who sent challenge letters to Mount Fushou wasn't after that immortal mountain?"

"Master Han's eldest disciple visited Fushou Mountain three times, challenging Bai Qiuhan to a duel, but that coward never even showed his face!"

A low chuckle suddenly rose from the crowd.

Before the laughter had even subsided, it was silenced by a cold gaze.

Everyone turned to look.

Deep within the sea of ​​clouds, a hazy figure stood motionless.

She was enveloped in a layer of silvery-white moonlight, the radiance as fine as gauze, making her appear as if she were a celestial being standing in the moon palace.

The moonlight flowed slowly, condensing behind her into a huge, phantom moon, its cool radiance casting a silvery-white glow over half the sea of ​​clouds.

"Chang Yuexian..."

Someone murmured the name, their tone revealing an undisguised apprehension.

This woman is the chief disciple of the Crimson Moon Mountain Master, possessing the cultivation of the ninth level of Qi Refining, just one step away from Foundation Establishment.

Ten years ago, after Bai Qiuhan went into seclusion, she challenged Fu Shoushan three times, each time making a scene known to everyone in the inner sect of the city.

"With Fairy Chang here, today's events are going to be quite interesting!"

"Legend has it that she and Bai Qiuhan fought a fierce battle over the Great Dao, nearly turning half of the Immortal Alliance upside down!"

"She came to observe the ceremony? I think she's here to kill someone!"

"That goes without saying. Whether Bai Qiuhan's breakthrough this time is real or not, she will never allow Bai Qiuhan to successfully seek a foundation!"

"Hey, I've heard that Senior Sister Chang and Bai Qiuhan were originally going to become Daoist partners, but something happened and their families suddenly became enemies, which led to the later Great Dao conflict..."

"Ouch, watch your mouth! Are you out of your mind?"

The person who spoke seemed to realize who he was talking about, his face turned pale, and he quickly shrank back.

Chang Yuexian remained standing silently above the sea of ​​clouds, without any reaction.

The illusory image of the bright moon slowly rotated behind her, and as the moonlight flowed, she slightly raised the fingers that were hanging by her side.

Just once.

Then she moved.

The silvery moonlight shone brightly, like a bolt of moonlight piercing through the void, heading straight towards the gate of Fushou Mountain!

The mountain gate trembled violently.

The silvery moonlight, like a burst dam, crashed violently against the protective array of Fushou Mountain, exploding into a sky full of silver light, illuminating the entire sea of ​​clouds as bright as day.

However, when the light faded, the protective array remained completely unmoved.

The mountain gate stands firm, its array patterns flowing and turning.

It was as if that blow, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, was merely a gentle breeze passing through the mountains.

"Fairy Chang, it's been ten years since we last met, and your temper seems to have intensified even more than before."

A clear voice came from the sea of ​​clouds.

Bai Qiuhan's figure slowly emerged from behind the light screen. His plain white Taoist robe was spotless. He gently waved a folding fan in his hand, a smile on his face, and his calm demeanor made it seem as if the killing intent filling the mountains and valleys had nothing to do with him.

"After ten years of seclusion, I never expected that upon reopening my mountain gates today, an old friend would come to visit. This is truly a good omen."

"Fellow Daoist Bai, you are too kind. We have come to congratulate you on your breakthrough, but we are afraid of disturbing you."

A few voices echoed, mostly offering perfunctory remarks.

Suddenly, someone in the sea of ​​clouds asked, "Bai Qiuhan, you've guarded this Fushou Immortal Mountain for ten years, don't you feel tired?"

"Exactly! You're hogging this treasure mountain without using it properly. You're just a Qi Refining cultivator, not even qualified to inherit the position of mountain lord. Why don't you just hand it over?"

"Fellow Daoist Bai, forgive my bluntness, but if you were more sensible, you would be better off offering up this mountain and joining the sect of another True Person. With this merit, you might be able to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill and have hope of establishing your foundation in the future. It would be better than living in constant fear and anxiety like this now."

"That's absolutely right! It all depends on whether you have the insight to understand it!"

As Bai Qiuhan listened to these words, the smile on her face gradually faded.

He didn't look at anyone, his gaze fixed on the surface of the folding fan in his hand, and he muttered something to himself.

"Offer up the mountain? If I were to truly offer up this mountain and seek refuge under another True Immortal, would I still have even the slightest hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in this lifetime?"

His voice was so low that only he could hear it.

"Bai Qiuhan, stop pretending!"

A sharp sound suddenly exploded from the depths of the sea of ​​clouds.

The sound shifted from left to right.

Unpredictable.

This reveals that the speaker is adept at concealment and unwilling to reveal their true identity.

"When and how did the previous master of Mount Fushou, the Daoist Changsheng, die? Do you have the guts to swear an oath to Heaven in front of everyone?!"

"Everyone says that the Immortal Daoist only passed away ten years ago, but these words all came from your mouth! Perhaps you secretly killed that Immortal Daoist long ago! You merely suppressed the news, keeping it a secret year after year, until you could no longer hide it, and then announced to the world that he had passed away!"

"Bai Qiuhan! You have seized the sacred mountain and betrayed your master and ancestors! If this charge is proven true, you wouldn't be satisfied even if you died a hundred times!"

The words fell.

The sea of ​​clouds suddenly fell silent.

No one echoed the sentiment, but no one refuted it either.

Strange glances met in mid-air, and everyone tacitly remained silent.

Bai Qiuhan betrayed his master and ancestors?

Let's leave that aside.

Is his character really that despicable...?

How could a mere Qi Refining disciple possibly harm a Foundation Establishment True Person with extraordinary cultivation?!

Before a master who can see through the secrets of heaven, he would probably be slapped to death the moment he even had such a thought!

but……

Surprisingly, no one present refuted this.

Because this is indeed a legitimate excuse to seize Fushou Mountain from Bai Qiuhan.

As for the truth...

Ha ha.

Who cares about the truth about a dead person?

Once Bai Qiuhan dies, and Fu Shoushan is taken over by a new master, who would be willing to risk offending a master to seek justice for him?

Bai Qiuhan slowly raised his head, his folding fan snapping shut. His eyes instantly turned cold, a fierce killing intent surging deep within them.

"You all have gathered here today, presumably because you all have some thoughts about Fushou Mountain."

Bai Qiuhan's voice was terrifyingly calm, yet chillingly cold: "If that's the case, why bother with any high-sounding excuses? If you want Fushou Mountain, come and take it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his right hand and gently pressed his five fingers into the air.

Buzz...!

The protective array that enveloped the entire immortal mountain suddenly opened, revealing a wide portal at the mountain gate.

A curtain of light rolled up in layers to both sides, revealing the blue stone path leading to the mountain peak inside the canopy.

"I will be waiting for you in the mountains."

Bai Qiuhan turned around, her robes fluttering, and in a moment she disappeared into the depths of the clouds and mist.

Outside the mountain gate, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Those who had been shouting the loudest moments before were now frozen in place, none of them daring to move first.

No one knows exactly how much control Bai Qiuhan actually holds over Fushou Mountain.

Even if he is only the nominal owner of this sacred mountain.

Ten years of operation.

Who can say for sure how many tricks he has up his sleeve in the mountains?

"This is clearly a trap to lure you in..."

Someone cursed under their breath and didn't dare to take a step forward. Even those who had been shouting the loudest earlier hesitated now.

No one present was a fool.

The first person to enter the mountain is most likely to be paving the way for others; who would be willing to risk their life to pave the way for someone else?

Just as everyone was hesitating, a silvery-white moonlight suddenly moved.

Chang Yuexian remained silent throughout. Her figure, like a beam of bright moonlight, swept across the sea of ​​clouds and disappeared straight into the wide-open mountain gate. Her speed was so fast that everyone only had time to see the afterimage of a bright moon.

"Someone has gone in!"

"Fairy Chang certainly has some nerve!"

"Nonsense! She must have received instructions from Master Chiyue. She possesses the abilities of a master, so she's naturally fearless!"

among the crowd.

Several figures who had exchanged glances also moved.

One after another, streaks of light appeared, some carrying rolling divine light, others wielding incredibly powerful magical artifacts, and disappeared into the mountain gate.

Greed ultimately prevailed over fear.

For these people.

Fortune favors the bold.

The opportunity at Fushou Mountain was enough to make them risk their lives to take a gamble.

However, a considerable number of people remained where they were.

They lacked Chang Yuexian's confidence and dared not risk their lives to pave the way for others. In the end, they simply retreated far away and silently observed from a safe distance.

The mountain gate was wide open.

A burst of light swirled and rolled.

Like a giant maw ready to devour its prey, it swallowed up all the intruders.

……

Inside the alchemy room, Jiang Chuan sat cross-legged, his divine sense enveloping the various spiritual ingredients before him.

He had already memorized the formula for the Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill.

And this moment.

The rare and precious materials needed to refine this elixir were laid out before him one by one.

But the more Jiang Chuan looked at it, the more something seemed off.

The spiritual energy contained in those materials was indeed terrifyingly concentrated; they were all top-grade among top-grade treasures.

But after careful inspection, it still felt like something was missing.

"It seems... to have lost some of its spirituality?"

He muttered to himself.

Spirituality is inexplicable and indescribable, yet it truly exists in all things in the world.

The spiritual materials laid out before him now resembled wax figures sculpted in the likeness of an unparalleled beauty.

Facial features

color,

They are all exactly the same.

But it just lacks that freshness that comes from a living person...

"Could it be that it's been stored for too long, and its spiritual essence has dissipated?"

He was about to investigate further.

suddenly.

Suddenly, everything spun around me!

The sun and moon hang upside down.

The landscape was turned upside down.

The entire alchemy chamber distorted and deformed in his vision. Jiang Chuan felt a chill and almost instinctively activated the Starry Sky Treasure Mirror to protect himself.

But that force came too suddenly and was too domineering.

He felt a sudden lightness in his body, and then he lost consciousness. When he opened his eyes again, the scenery around him had completely changed.

Above their heads was a ball of warm, jade-like light, its cool radiance bathing the entire world in a warm glow.

Surrounded by mountains on all sides, the mountain shadows are like dark eyebrows.

It was a secluded paradise, a place of unparalleled beauty!

As Jiang Chuan was observing, a tall, slender figure came into view.

The woman stood on a blue stone by the lake, dressed in white, her body enveloped in a faint moonlight. Behind her hung a huge, illusory moon, its radiance making her appear like a goddess who had stepped out of the moon palace.

The other party had obviously noticed him long ago.

But she simply stood there quietly, her gaze passing over the shimmering moonlight on the lake, and when it landed on him, there was no hostility in it.

Those eyes were as cold and clear as the moonlight frozen in ice, yet in the instant they gazed at him, a faint trace of dazedness appeared.

……

The moment Chang Yuexian stepped into the mountain gate, a chilling aura swept over her.

The chill came quickly and went quickly.

She ignored it and looked ahead.

What you see is a misty, ethereal mountain world.

The peaks are verdant and the waterfalls cascade down. In the distance, palaces appear and disappear, while nearby medicinal fields are filled with radiant herbs.

None of it was an illusion; every ray of light was as real as could be.

But her body suddenly jolted.

She had been to this place before.

She would never be mistaken.

The drifting clouds in the mountains and the direction of the earth's veins were exactly the same as the place in her memory!

It was in that secret realm that her life was completely changed...

Chang Yuexian stood there in silence for a long time, and a rare ripple appeared in her usually cold and aloof eyes.

"I see……"

A faint, mocking smile played at the corners of her lips. "Is this your plan?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly rose from the ground, transforming into a streak of silvery moonlight, and flew towards the southeast.

Swift as a shooting star.

She seemed to know the terrain of this blessed land like the back of her hand, knowing exactly where the restrictions were and where the way out was.

That is why this secret realm is built upon real memories.

She was not trapped at all; on the contrary, she thrived.

……

Inside the stone chamber, Bai Qiuhan was pale and his life force was waning. A precious mirror floated in front of him, reflecting the entire blessed land perfectly.

One scene shows Jiang Chuan waking up in the blessed land, while another shows Chang Yuexian transforming into moonlight and speeding straight towards the depths of the secret realm.

finally.

The two met by a lake.

He shakily raised his sleeve to wipe the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, a faint smile appearing on his face.

"The sun and moon both enter my jar."