Chapter 756: Longevity

The Star Emperor Daoist did not wish to speak further, merely giving a brief reminder before turning and departing.

At this moment, Zhang Jian held the scroll in his hand, his eyes showing a hint of solemnity.

The place where the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Council assigned him to garrison is a powerful human realm known as the Longevity True Realm.

According to the information provided by the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Council, the Longevity True Realm is a vast celestial realm subdued by them seven or eight derivation epochs ago.

This vast realm lies at the edge of the neutral zone and the Heavenly Court's governed territory.

Although the Longevity True Realm was only recently subdued by the Three Sovereigns and Five Elders Council, it is considered quite important within their ranks, listed among the key realms cultivated by the Three Sovereign Celestial Court.

Zhang Jian's knowledge of this realm was limited; afterward, he purchased some information about the Longevity True Realm in the Three Sovereign City.

After forming a complete impression of this Longevity Celestial Realm, Zhang Jian's face immediately showed a contemplative expression.

Based on the information purchased in the Three Sovereign City, although the Longevity True Realm has been subdued for a short time, it has gradually become part of the inner defense system of the Three Sovereign Holy Court.

The defensive forces are quite complete.

That is to say, this journey does not require him to directly face intense warfare.

This is good news!

Besides this, there is nothing particularly notable as bad news.

What the Star Emperor Daoist said is not wrong; the Three Sovereign Holy Court still takes good care of those like them who have just broken through, or who have hope of breaking through, as powerful human cultivators.

……

Although Zhang Jian had obtained some specific information in the Three Sovereign Celestial Realm, he did not let his guard down; he immediately rushed to the Central Heavenly Court, personally meeting Qingxua Daoist, the master of the LanTai Dao Palace, to carefully verify the specific information about the Longevity True Realm.

However, from the LanTai Dao Palace, he received another answer that surprised him.

Because the Longevity True Realm actually has a special connection with him.

In the Qingxua Immortal Realm, Qingxua Daoist fixed a special gaze upon Zhang Jian, with some unusual color in the depths of his eyes, and then smiled and said.

"You need not stare at me like this; I never speak nonsense!"

"You also need not investigate the origins of this matter; when you enter the Longevity True Realm, you will naturally come to know the truth!"

Zhang Jian gazed at Qingxua Daoist with slightly unusual eyes.

Qingxua Daoist acted mysteriously, causing all kinds of thoughts to arise in his heart.

He clearly remembered that he had absolutely never been to the so-called Longevity True Realm.

Although the fellow disciples of the Tongshan Dao Lineage are spread throughout the heavenly void, none have heard of any foundation established in the Longevity True Realm.

Seeing Qingxua Daoist act mysteriously and unwilling to speak further, Zhang Jian immediately rose to bid farewell and left the Qingxua Immortal Realm.

Although this time he broke through to the other shore and achieved the status of a supreme powerhouse, Zhang Jian did not have the idea of directly taking advantage.

He prepared to accumulate a bit, waiting until after his garrison duty in the Longevity True Realm ended, to find an opportunity to offer sacrifices to his ancestors.

Nowadays, ordinary upper-grade innate spiritual treasures have gradually weakened in their effect on him.

With his cultivation level, only top-grade innate spiritual treasures, or even innate supreme treasures, can cause his strength to leap forward.

……

Central Heavenly Court, after Zhang Jian set out on his journey to the Longevity True Realm.

Qingxua Daoist then departed from the Eighth Layer of the Heavenly Realm, entering the Ninth Layer of the Heavenly Realm.

The Ninth Layer of the Upper Heavenly Realm is the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Central Heavenly Realm, and is second only to the Supreme Three Heavenly Realms.

Here, there are many spiritually blessed mountains and lands.

However, ordinary immortals and deities find it very difficult to obtain the inner spiritually blessed mountains and lands in the Ninth Layer of the Upper Heavenly Realm.

Like Zhang Jian, only after establishing special merits can one be granted an innate blessed land in the Twenty-Seventh Layer of the Heavenly Realm.

The blessed land that Qingxua Daoist found appears to be hidden within the gaps of countless chaotic vapors.

Relying on special perception, Qingxua Daoist swept away strands of chaotic essence with divine light from his hand, and shortly thereafter saw a magnificent immortal palace blessed land appear in the void.

That immortal palace, deep within the blessed land, is unusually unique, covered with countless terrifying chaotic entities resembling mucus, as if capable of swallowing heaven and earth.

This is a magical artifact refined by great divine beings in the vast heavenly void.

Named Mud of Chaos.

If swallowed by the Mud of Chaos, even a great divine being would hardly avoid being sealed with all nine orifices closed and spiritual perception shut off.

Very few powerful beings would arrange so much Mud of Chaos around themselves.

But Qingxua Daoist knows that the powerful being residing in this blessed land before him is very special.

He naturally dislikes being disturbed, which is why he set up the Mud of Chaos to prevent anyone from approaching.

Qingxua Daoist scanned this scene, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his eyes, and then spoke in a clear voice.

"Longevity Senior, Qingxua has brought you the heavenly earthly spiritual seeds!"

That magnificent blessed land was silent and still, but shortly afterward, a magnificent emerald-green divine light flowed forth from within, dyeing the turbid Mud of Chaos with layers of vitality.

A jade-green branch intertwined to form a wooden bridge, floating in the air above the Mud of Chaos.

Qingxua Daoist wore a smile, then stepped onto the wooden bridge formed by the branches, subsequently knocking open the two vermilion gates and entering within.

The interior seemed to be a vast realm.

Where he stood, the surrounding grass was lush and green, the air flowing with a sweet fragrance, as if a layer of rich vitality filled the void.

As far as the eye could see, strange flowers and unusual grasses were everywhere, not lacking some precious heavenly earthly spiritual roots, even descendants of innate spiritual roots.

For example, beside the magnificent long river seen in her gaze, there were sections of magnificent peach forest and pear orchard.

That peach forest is merely the descendant of the heavenly earthly spiritual root flat peach, yet it is likewise filled with spiritual elegance and the appearance of vitality.

Each fruit is large, and inside there are also many kinds of spiritual monkeys, apes existing within.

On the other side are the heavenly earthly spiritual root pear trees.

The immortal fruit pear and jujube are well-known throughout the vast heavenly void.

Further away, a vast bamboo sea came into view.

The bamboo sea was a riot of colors, with all kinds of rare spiritual bamboos from heaven and earth manifesting traces here—for example, the Six Pure Bamboos of the Western Pure Land, the Southern Sea Purple Bamboo on Mount Putuo in the South Sea, the Jade Pillars of the Western Mountains, the Nine Heavens Thunder Bamboo above the Heavenly Court, the Qiankun Golden Bamboo of the Three Sovereigns' Heavenly Realm, the Water Spirit Tear Bamboo, and other famous extraordinary varieties all manifesting from within.

Other spiritual roots were even more numerous.

It seemed like an ocean composed of spiritual roots.

Not only were there other heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, but also many peculiar plant species never before seen in heaven and earth.

It seemed like a garden of life formed by countless strange flowers and exotic herbs gathered together.

Every time Qingxia Daoist Lord arrived, she would feel from the depths of her heart a shock of life and creation.

Passing through the path beneath her feet, weaving through groves of trees and seas of flowers, Qingxia Daoist Lord arrived in an instant upon a plain.

The plain was dotted with peculiar, swaying ancient trees.

These were the Bodhi Treasure Trees.

Their leaves swayed, and between every vein blossomed light—the Bodhi Immortal Light.

On the other side, however, lay vast expanses of tea forests.

This tea forest was composed of multi-attribute ancient spiritual tea trees from heaven and earth, and at its core depths stood an ancestral tree, its trunk soaring into the clouds as if piercing the azure sky, exuding a vigorous life force.

This was the Innate Spiritual Root Enlightenment Tea Tree.

It was also one of the Ten Supreme Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Roots before the Primordial Chaos shattered.

It was hard to imagine that this supreme heavenly and earthly spiritual root, sought by all gods yet never found, would actually manifest here.

At this moment, beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree, stood a stone table and several stone stools, where a white-clad peerless Daoist sat drinking alone, and upon seeing Qingxia Daoist Lord, smiled faintly:

"Little girl, tell me what surprise you have brought me?"

He wore white Daoist robes, his chin adorned with a beautiful beard, his appearance roughly forty!

This was a middle-aged Daoist of quite remarkable appearance!

He exuded an ethereal, unworldly aura, and at all times carried a precious sword on his back, even while within his own self-created cave heaven and blessed land.

Qingxia Daoist Lord heard this and smiled charmingly.

"Senior Changsheng, arriving early is no match for arriving opportunely—surely you would not refuse to let this junior taste a cup of clear tea? This junior has gone a long time without sampling your Enlightenment Spiritual Tea here!"

The white-clad Daoist, upon hearing this, immediately laughed.

"This venerable one knew you would not be missing—help yourself!"

Qingxia Daoist Lord, without ceremony, stepped forward and sat down, raised her hand to grasp the handle of the glazed jade tea pot before her, and poured herself a cup.

She casually took a beautiful sip, and in the depths of her eyes flickered points of spiritual light; she felt as if a phantom immortal heavenly Dao light had merged directly from the tea water into the depths of her primordial spirit.

As her primordial spirit merged with this heavenly Dao light, it instantly became extremely close to the countless heavenly Dao rules in the vast void, forming countless intersections, capable at any moment of producing a peculiar effect.

Qingxia Daoist Lord could not help but sink into it.

But after a moment, she gradually awoke, and in the depths of her eyes appeared layers of lively radiance.

"This tea truly lets one forget worries!"

The white-clad Daoist opposite shook his head and said.

"Alas, these tea leaves are hard to come by, and new sprouts are rare!"

"They are extremely difficult to grow, and moreover incur heaven's envy!"

Qingxia Daoist Lord nodded slightly.

"This object is too heaven-defying—Senior Changsheng being able to let it regrow roots and sprout is truly a great merit!"

The white-clad Daoist smiled faintly.

"Leaving behind these precious innate spiritual seeds for the vast heavenly Dao, and even for ordinary plants, is this venerable one's great aspiration—how much more so for this Enlightenment Tea Tree, a supreme heavenly and earthly spiritual root!"

"How could I idly watch it vanish from heaven and earth?"

Qingxia Daoist Lord slightly inclined her head, then, with a wave of her hand, a small cosmos pouch appeared in her palm.

She handed it to the white-clad Daoist Lord Changsheng, saying.

"This is a portion of spiritual seeds I have collected for you, Senior—among them are also a few seeds of innate spiritual roots, though not direct descendants, possibly already surpassed by dozens of generations..."

Changsheng Daoist Lord, upon hearing this, laughed.

"No matter—so long as it is a plant seed I do not have here, it is welcome, and innate spiritual seeds are especially welcome!"

He casually took the small cosmos pouch, swept it with his divine sense, and instantly a hint of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.

The spiritual seeds within were quite numerous, and a portion of them were indeed absent here.

The information network of Yaochi is indeed capable.

A smile appeared on his expression, and Changsheng Daoist Lord was in excellent spirits, thus casually saying.

"You little girl, always showing up at the Three Treasures Hall for no reason—today you bring me so many spiritual seeds, surely you have another request? Speak directly—what spiritual fruits, what spiritual medicines do you want this time?"

As the Daoist Lord of Longevity of the Heavenly Court, master of the wood-attribute origin, simultaneously overseeing the Heavenly Court's Myriad Spirits Garden, he here possesses all kinds of heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, complete and entire.

Qingxia Daoist Lord smiled brightly and said.

"This junior merely happened to pass by, thinking I still had some spiritual seeds in hand, so I came to offer them to you, Senior—had it not been for your rescue back then, this junior would have already perished in the Zhou Mountain Realm!"

"Expressing this bit of heart is also proper!"

Changsheng Daoist Lord, upon hearing this, glanced at Qingxia Daoist Lord, a hint of amusement in his eyes, but merely continued to let his gaze rest upon her.

Indeed, Qingxia Daoist Lord then laughed and said.

"There is only one small matter I temporarily wish to inquire of you, Senior!"

"I have heard that Senior Changsheng once cultivated for a period in the Longevity True Realm, and even to this day the Longevity True Realm still bears your name, commemorating your merit?"

Upon hearing this, Changsheng Daoist Lord nodded.

"Indeed I stayed there—I recall that long ago, it was not called the Longevity True Realm, and as for that name... well, better not mention it!"

Changsheng Daoist Lord shook his head, a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

That time he had encountered his fated great enemy; though he repelled the opponent, he also suffered considerable injury, to the extent that even now he can only hide here, drawing nourishment from the power of all kinds of heavenly and earthly spiritual roots, gradually restoring his cultivation.

Qingxia Daozun obviously sensed this as well, but a hint of a smile appeared in her eyes as she said.

"I wonder if Senior would like to retrieve some old items left behind in the Changsheng True Realm?"

"You mean...?!"

Changsheng Daozun's eyes flickered slightly, a subtle shift in his gaze.

"Do you have a way?"

Qingxia Daozun nodded.

"Although I don't have much confidence, I can try. But if successful, I still hope Senior Changsheng will lend me a hand!"

Her expression was solemn.

Changsheng Daozun glanced at her, then shook his head.

"Senior, is this transaction inappropriate?"

Changsheng Daozun spoke softly.

"It's not that it's inappropriate, but accomplishing this is too difficult—you simply cannot do it!"

Qingxia Daozun smiled faintly.

"If we don't try, how will we know the outcome?"

"I also believe he can do what others cannot!"

Changsheng Daozun lifted his gaze, his eyes showing something unusual.

"He?"

Qingxia Daozun laughed.

"Exactly—speaking of him, he is still my direct descendant from that lineage of yours, Senior!"