Chapter 26: You Call This Immortality? I

"Yuan'er, no!"

Seeing the lake water part on its own,

Gu Xue Dao's complexion changed, and he immediately blocked in front of Gu Yuan.

"This old monster clearly has no good intentions! Who knows what traps lie in this lake! It's too dangerous!"

In his view, this is a Hongmen Banquet.

The other side must have set a heaven‑and‑earth net on the island, just waiting for Gu Yuan to walk into the trap.

"Third Uncle, why are you panicking."

Gu Yuan, however, wore an indifferent expression and gently pushed aside Gu Xue Dao who was blocking him.

"With you, the Supreme Strong One, here to protect and escort me, what could be dangerous?"

"Besides, you can't get a tiger cub without entering the tiger's den."

He patted Gu Xue Dao's shoulder, looking confident.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Gu Xue Dao looked at his nephew's calm demeanor, opened his mouth, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

Indeed, with me here, who could harm Yuan'er?

Unless an immortal comes personally!

But this desolate place, where even birds don't defecate, how could an immortal possibly be here?

"Then… then you be careful and stick close to me!"

Gu Xue Dao thought for a while and could only say that.

He decided,

If that old monster dares any movement later,

He will strike at once, regardless of whether it's a divine pill or not, and crush its bones to dust first!

"Alright."

Gu Yuan nodded,

and then set his stride,

leisurely stepping onto the passage opened by the lake water.

Gu Xue Dao hurriedly followed, his muscles taut,

the Supreme power raging within his body, ready for a thunderous strike at any moment.

The dark kirin hesitated briefly, then followed.

Now it is like a grasshopper on the same rope as Gu Yuan; if Gu Yuan gets into trouble, it cannot survive either.

Moreover, it is also very curious,

what exactly is hidden in this Undying Mountain,

that even it dared not step on back then.

The party, under the tense gaze of thousands of soldiers of the Heavenly Spear Legion, walked into the depths of the lake.

The moment he stepped onto the passage, Gu Yuan felt,

the surrounding life‑stealing force,

instantly intensify a thousandfold!

as if countless invisible hands were tearing at his soul, trying to pull his life essence out of his body!

But these hands are limited by their master's orders,

only daring to watch from afar,

and not daring to approach.

Gu Yuan gave a rough assessment,

if an ordinary cultivator from a divine path realm came here,

they would probably be sucked dry within three breaths!

Even Gu Yuan could sense,

the source of this power,

and his own immortal body,

seemed to share a faint common origin.

Perhaps that is the familiar yet repulsive feeling at the start.

"Interesting."

Gu Yuan grew even more curious inside.

The passage was short, and soon,

they reached the lake's central island.

The island was tiny,

except for that radiant humanoid immortal medicine sapling,

there was only an azure giant stone.

An old Daoist dressed in a gray Dao robe, with white hair and a gaunt face, sat cross‑legged on the blue stone.

His aura was faint, as if it could dissipate with the wind at any moment.

His eyes were tightly closed,

and his body was wrapped with strands of law chains formed from condensed life‑force energy,

the other ends deeply rooted in the Undying Mountain beneath his feet.

He seemed to merge with the entire Immortal Mountain, becoming one.

He is the mountain, and the mountain is him.

"The supreme one at the peak of the 18th realm..."

Gu Xue Dao, at the moment he saw the old Daoist,

His pupils contracted.

The strength of this old thing,

is actually so powerful!

Wasn't it said that the qilin is the strongest being in this world?

How did another one pop up?

Moreover, the aura on him that merged with the Immortal Mountain made him feel very troublesome.

Even the Heavenly Dao is present!

"You've come."

The old Daoist slowly opened his eyes,

What a pair of cloudy eyes,

inside which no sparkle can be seen,

only endless vicissitudes of time and... deathly stillness.

His gaze swept past Gu Xue Dao and landed directly on Gu Yuan.

"The Immortal Body..."

"Heh, what a nostalgic aura."

The old Daoist looked at Gu Yuan, his face showing a complex expression—nostalgia, envy, and a hint of jealousy.

"Indeed, it's you."

Gu Yuan looked at the old Daoist and also smiled.

"I said it, this power—how familiar it is."

"Let me introduce myself, my Daoist title is Changsheng; I am the first to attain the Dao when this world was first born, in the era before the last."

The old Daoist spoke slowly, his voice carrying a hint of arrogance.

"Oh, Daoist Changsheng."

Gu Yuan nodded,

"The name is not bad, but it's somewhat undeserved."

"You call yourself Changsheng while looking half-dead, relying on stealing others' lifespans to cling to life?"

Gu Yuan mocked him rudely.

"This isn't immortality; it's just suffering alive!"

"You!"

On the calm, waveless face of Daoist Changsheng, a hint of anger finally appeared.

He has lived for several eras, yet this is the first time anyone dares to speak to him like this!

"Junior, how dare you be rude!"

A terrifying pressure emanated from him, crushing toward Gu Yuan!

However, Gu Xue Dao, standing beside Gu Yuan, merely let out a cold snort.

"Hmph!"

The supreme pressure erupted with a boom,

directly scattering Daoist Changsheng's pressure into disarray!

"Old thing, do you dare to act rudely in front of my young master?"

Gu Xue Dao stepped forward, blocking in front of Gu Yuan, staring at Daoist Changsheng with a face full of killing intent.

Daoist Changsheng's expression changed, and he then reevaluated the seemingly ordinary red-haired sturdy man beside Gu Yuan.

"Supreme!"

He felt from Gu Xue Dao's body a terrifying power not inferior to his own!