Chapter 948: One Life to Become an Immortal

Shushan Prefecture.

"Senior Sister Wu is truly too enthusiastic..."

Watching that Red Embroidery Tower disappear into the horizon, Aaron wiped away sweat that did not exist.

Originally, they had only agreed to travel a short distance together, but unexpectedly, the two discussed swords and the Dao, becoming more and more congenial until they talked through the night by candlelight.

Even after arriving at Chixian Shenzhou, Senior Sister Wu Mei could not bear to leave, escorting him all the way to Shushan Prefecture.

Of course, even if the other party had escorted him to Fang Family Village, Aaron would not have been afraid.

"Compared to someone like me who arranges their own fortuitous encounters, this is simply too weak..."

Furthermore, although Demonic Dao techniques allow for rapid success, one dies just as quickly; a moment of carelessness could lead to death by Qi deviation!

Squeak, squeak!

Inside the southwest Cave Abode.

Moreover, the Sword Qi was like silk and thread; it was shockingly the peerless swordsmanship of Refining Sword into Silk!

Aaron suddenly frowned.

"A thousand hammers and ten thousand strikes to emerge from the deep mountains, enduring hardships to forge a Golden Core; after two lifetimes of cultivation, the fruit is finally attained, one must become a Sword Immortal one day!"

"If someone asks me, I will say that I refined five strands of Five Elements-attributed baleful Qi into my Hunyuan Profound Light, which is why it is multicolored and exceptionally beautiful... Originally, Hunyuan Profound Light has various color changes depending on the different baleful and Gang Qi refined into it..."

"No fear, no fear, this woman is only at the Innate stage; if she dares to covet this seat's treasure, the Golden Silkworm Gu will swallow her in one bite..."

In that instant, he even wanted to take this woman's life with a single Flying Sword!

At this moment, she was chasing a pitch-black, six-legged leopard.

"Cough, cough... Junior Brother, don't brag too much."

"Can I count this as retrieving my own cultivation? Although... it is not from my previous life."

Accompanied by continuous refining, strands of pure Five Viscera Qi flowed out from the Gu Insect, and since they originated from the same source as his own, there was no rejection.

The next moment, Aaron cast a spell, and the Gu Insect obediently circled around him, resembling a golden Lamp.

At the same time.

Before the Cave Abode that once recorded the Hundred Yang Illustrated Record.

"Furthermore, it is quite normal for a Disciple to go out and encounter a fortuitous breakthrough... I suppose this is a normal standard, right?"

That woman was startled and stopped in her tracks, only looking up to see the figure flying on a sword in mid-air, exclaiming: "A Sword Immortal?!"

Emei.

Thinking about it now: "The Great Tribulation has begun, and it is at its most chaotic; having a sect to protect me is quite good... In the later stages, when the top sects are all falling, at worst I can run to the ends of the earth, or hide in the mortal world?"

Aaron smiled slightly, and a tiny sense of security welled up.

He immediately patted his Magic Treasure Pouch and took out a piece of Blood Skin, upon which was engraved the Demonic technique of the Hundred Birds Temple lineage—the Bloodthirsty Strange Book!

Aaron had only glanced at it roughly before and tossed it aside.

Relying on this swordsmanship, cultivation, and Flying Sword... even if his cultivation was only at the Mysterious Light stage, Aaron was confident he could fight even if he encountered the Golden Core-stage Baimei!

"Although there are many Primordial Spirit experts in this world, if I don't provoke anyone or cause trouble, relying on the Heaven-Acting Gu... living freely and at ease, living for ten thousand years is easy, and it is hard to encounter external tribulations!"

Aaron complained in his heart: "With such astonishing aptitude and flaunting oneself near Emei, isn't she a fated Disciple?"

Upon hearing this, Aaron flew even faster, turning into a streak of Light in the blink of an eye and disappearing into the horizon.

Li Yingyun cupped her hands in a salute, appearing quite spirited.

"What's more, this woman is entangled in tribulation luck, and her karma must be heavy. If I kill her... I will surely have great karma, and the Eight Refining Heaven-Acting Gu might not be able to withstand it. How would I be able to survive then?"

This Six-Refinement Flying Sword, obtained from the Yinshan Sect, was re-refined by him using the Mayfly Nine Transformations Sword Formula, immediately humming slightly and releasing peerless, sharp Sword Qi.

"I am Li Yingyun. Because this demon leopard was ravaging the village and greedily eating people, I decided to eliminate this evil... I couldn't beat it before, but near its lair, I found a Millennium Origin Ginseng. After eating it, my cultivation entered the Innate stage, and I have been chasing it for three days and three nights..."

"Of course, if too much time passes, I cannot guarantee it."

After a long while, Aaron opened his eyes, his bitter smile deepening: "One life to become an Immortal, one life of tribulation? That Li Yingyun is indeed the protagonist of a great tribulation; I have faintly calculated the signs of the future Great Tribulation of Immortals from her!"

Accompanied by the frantic absorption of these Five Viscera powers, Aaron not only felt a faint power of Bone Cleansing and Marrow Washing, but his own Dharma Power was also advancing layer by layer!

He circulated his improved "Hunyuan Profound Light Qi," regulating his five viscera and six bowels, silently practicing his profound arts.

The Qi of his six bowels also condensed, transforming into another Six Ren Strange Gang!

"On the road, Senior Sister Wu thought highly of me and gave me a few strands of baleful Qi... now is the perfect time to break through!"

Aaron gritted his teeth.

He refined the Golden Toad Inner Core, finally penetrating the profound mystery, and the Dharma Power within his body condensed into a small Golden Core, breaking into the realm of a Golden Core Grandmaster in this world!

In the Immortal Cultivation World, strength is respected; what kind of cultivation you have determines what circle you enter and what kind of friends you have—it is quite realistic...

"It's easy to kill, but there's no benefit..."

"It was just a chance meeting, yet the standard was far beyond the last time; could it be that some Immortal Mansion Rare Treasure was used?"

A golden light flashed, and the Five-Refinement Golden Silkworm Gu pounced over directly.

In this regard, Aaron still trusted his own divination results relatively more.

"If I can't afford to provoke them, can't I hide?"

"If I want to immediately increase my combat power, the opportunity seems to be in... the Demonic Dao?"

But at this moment, with every gesture Aaron made, a circle of gray, misty light Qi followed!

This was the Meta-Magnetic Profound Light he had refined himself using the Five Elements! It specialized in capturing all kinds of Magic Tools and Flying Swords belonging to the metal attribute!

It can be said that once the Meta-Magnetic Profound Light is formed, any Flying Sword or Magic Tool below the Six Refinements—unless refined from materials not belonging to the Five Elements—can be captured with a single sweep if they dare to be used in front of Aaron!

Thinking of this, Aaron suddenly remembered that he also had a Demonic Sect technique in his hands.

Time passed, and after an unknown duration, the five viscera within Aaron's body stirred, displaying various colors and condensing into a strand of Small Five Elements Profound Gang!

Aaron's hands continuously formed seals, beginning to calculate: "Even if I have obtained the Taiyi Meta-Magnetic Divine Prohibition, I cannot immediately achieve a Golden Core..."

"Return to the sect and first become a True Disciple?"

'This Cave Abode is guarded by a Golden Silkworm Gu, which is equivalent to having a powerful Mysterious Light Realm guardian; it really shouldn't be a problem for a short time...'

Aaron thought for a moment, his own Meta-Magnetic Profound Light slightly receding and transforming into a multicolored Mysterious Light.

The Mysterious Light realm means something different in every Immortal, Demon, or Side Door sect; from this point on, one's lifespan is long, and one won't die of old age in a few decades!

In the Yinshan Sect, one could directly succeed as the sect leader!

Aaron flicked his finger against the sword, the sword let out a dragon's hum, seemingly hating that it couldn't fly out immediately to hack someone!

Then... the sword light was grabbed by a large hand made of Essence Qi and easily captured.

"Just now... was someone calculating me?"

The six-legged leopard, which was running wildly, suddenly paused, and was then evenly split in two right down the middle.

After thinking about it, Aaron flicked out a thread of Sword Qi.

Aaron muttered to himself and took out the Bishui Sword.

How much trouble would the other party cause, how many enemies would they provoke, and how many times would they be trapped, waiting for him, this Master, to go and save them?

Did he still want his leisurely retirement life in the future or not?

Aaron smiled, sat cross-legged, and began to refine this Gu Insect.

Aaron's thoughts stirred, and it was as if a black hole had been born within his body; it first swallowed the Small Five Elements Profound Gang, directly advancing him to the Outer Gang Realm!

"Damn it... this broken world, it has a catastrophe that sweeps across the entire realm every other day; it is truly too unfriendly to an honest person like me."

"If it were face-to-face, the Eight Refining Heaven-Acting Gu might not even be able to cover it up... This broken Gu Insect really does need an upgrade."

The power of this kind of Mysterious Light is only average; its only benefit lies in how easily it is influenced by magnetic fields, allowing it to be converted into Meta-Magnetic Profound Light!

Aaron arrived at the center of the Cave Abode, beckoned with his hand, and the Magic Treasure Pouch he had discarded that day landed in his palm.

Of course, he would not participate in any catastrophe; he only wanted to run far away.

Baimei Laodao was in high spirits, with ten thousand sword lights dancing across the sky.

'What is called a fortuitous encounter? This is what's called a fortuitous encounter!'

The next moment, his expression changed slightly, and with a Mysterious Light protecting his body, he flew out of the Cave Abode.

His identity as Fang Yu was not fake!

'However, Senior Sister mainly wants to pull me to watch the sword duels; such a thing... would I go watch it? Simply a joke!'

Aaron stood up and shook out his limbs.

"Hmm, besides that, I also need to increase my strength; in any case, increasing one's own strength is never wrong."

"However, refining the Meta-Magnetic Profound Light at this time is too shocking..."

What met his eyes was a stretch of barren mountains and treacherous waters; it seemed he had reached the southwest direction, where the climate was hot and humid and Miasma ran rampant. Aaron did not mind, casually found a mountain peak, let his Sword Qi fall to carve out a Cave Abode, entered it, and began to meditate to restore his Dharma Power, while also calculating the Heavenly Secret.

He channeled his Dharma Power and took a rough scan, immediately seeing that this woman had ice-like skin and Jade Bone, with a natural aptitude for the Immortal gate... she was of top-tier quality for practicing Taoism!

According to the proper Hunyuan Profound Light Qi cultivation, upon reaching the Mysterious Light Realm, the Mysterious Light refined should be the Hunyuan Profound Light!

"This girl... is quite extraordinary!"

"Who are you, and why are you chasing this thing?"

Aaron feigned the demeanor of an expert and asked as if in passing.

This woman was agile and used mundane martial arts, yet her martial prowess had reached the Innate level, which did not match her moves at all; it was clear at a glance that she had received a transmission of power from a predecessor or had eaten some heaven-sent treasure to directly improve.

"Good fellow, this time, it's even more formidable than last time at Emei..."

Aaron dealt with her for half a day, pretended to be unable to stand it any longer, and walked away into the mountain forest...

Now, he had finally re-entered the Mysterious Light Realm!

Many people brought their own sons and daughters, blocking Fang Yu's door, wanting to ask if their children could also follow him to practice immortality.

That Li Yingyun seen today was quite extraordinary!

His calculation technique was limited by his Dharma Power and could only be considered average, but with the help of the Heaven-Acting Gu, he could also see a few clues.

Bragging a little to make himself happy, what was wrong with that?

But with the sect leader present, it was not good to continue, so he immediately left the mountain gate and saw an Innate woman poking her head about, and he immediately smiled: "Who comes there?"

At this moment, he began to seriously contemplate...

And... it was extremely quick to master!

Thinking this, Aaron returned to the Cave Abode where he had dispersed his cultivation that day.

"In this regard... I am familiar!"

"This old Daoist obeys!"

Nine Elders Cave.

Aaron arrived here and saw that the murals on the walls had been wiped away by a surge of Dharma Power. He secretly sneered: "This must have been done by someone from Emei... Could it be that Baimei Laodao has already come out of seclusion and is now a Golden Core Grandmaster?"

The Heaven-Acting Gu inside his body emitted a wave that dispersed into the surrounding void, and then his aura became obscure, concealing everything...

Because the Demonic Dao has nine great Heavenly Demon Inheritances in this world, each one is shocking and possesses ten thousand changes.

This person and beast, one chasing and one fleeing, were heading straight for his Cave Abode!

This was the combined refining of the Five Elements' power, but it had not yet reached the stage of becoming Meta-Magnetic Profound Light.

Holding this thought, Aaron flew for tens of thousands of miles, far beyond the borders of Shushan Prefecture, before he lowered his Sword Light.

Aaron first returned to Fang Family Village. The village did not yet know why the three youths including Fang Yu had disappeared, until later when Fang Jing sent a letter through someone, and they learned the cause and effect. Seeing Fang Yu return, they were all overjoyed.

Alas...

Pushing aside the camouflaging vines, he walked straight into the Cave Abode.

Outside the Cave Abode, at the foot of the Nameless Barren Mountain, a woman had arrived at some unknown time.

Subsequently, he swallowed the Six Ren Strange Gang, refining his own Primordial Mysterious Gang Sha until it was as supple as flowing water, merging the Gang and Sha into a circle of greyish radiance.

At this moment, the opponent was merely at the Innate stage, like an ant before him!

Emei Sect Leader Qi Miaoyi coughed once and said solemnly, "The person who has truly achieved immortality in one lifetime has already arrived outside the mountain gate; go and welcome them..."

"Is it Li Yingyun who has already entered Emei, and is currently investigating my ancestral lineage, as well as me, the Sword Immortal they just met?"

'But why does this Ancestor always feel a sense of trepidation?'

After opening it, the first thing taken out was a Gu Insect!

Furthermore, many Demon Sect techniques do not have the annoying habit of the righteous path of hoarding their treasures, they are completely given away!

That is why so many unofficial transmissions and branch lineages have appeared!

Of course, the Demon Sect spreading techniques far and wide is not out of kindness; they leave backdoors in the techniques, and if one encounters the orthodox version, one will surely wish they were dead, and being captured to be used as materials, mounts, or even various unspeakable purposes is a normal occurrence.

Although that Daoist, even if he has refined a Golden Core, likely has strength on par with Jiuzhen Xianniang...

Aaron felt a headache coming on and ultimately turned and left.

Behind him, Li Yingyun was not having it, chasing with all their might while shouting: "Sword Immortal, Sword Immortal... please take me as your disciple!"

'Damn it, if I had come a few days later, would my Cave Abode have been discovered? Would the opportunities I left for myself have gone to outsiders?'

At Luofu Mountain, this is considered upper-middle cultivation among Inner Sect Disciples, and one could even compete for the position of True Disciple!

At Emei... forget it, Emei would not look twice at such a disciple; they are just the kind of unvalued goods like Baimei Laodao!

"However, returning to Luofu Mountain, I can still be valued."

A pure white Sword Light soared into the sky, and within it appeared a human figure; it was none other than Baimei Laodao.

"Five Viscera and Six Bowels Gu!"

Looking at that woman, Aaron's eyelids twitched, and he sensed the scent of calamity.

Baimei Laodao was also momentarily carried away by his success; after all, he had cultivated for two lifetimes and had only just managed to break through to the Golden Core stage.

Take such a protagonist of a great calamity as a disciple?

Aaron's expression was incomparably grave.

Judging solely from the fact that he had been divined, it was enough to know how much Emei valued Li Yingyun.

The great calamity has already raised its curtain, and he is but a weak, pitiful, and helpless Mysterious Light... before such a catastrophe, what can he do?

(End of this chapter)