Chapter 111: The Penglai Great Immortal Trial

He was originally refined from a clay-sculpted body and should have long since severed his desire for the worldly smoke and fire, so why did he still feel thirsty?

Su Yuanshan truly could not understand this point.

Su Yuanshan felt his body becoming increasingly weak and heavy; even his footsteps felt somewhat floaty as he walked.

Seeing that his complexion did not look very good, even Sima Wuhen could not help but ask.

That girl in purple, however, remained silent as if she were a mute, though this time she did not look at the sky but instead cast a glance at him.

Cailian even took a small medicine bottle from her bosom, poured out a medicinal pill, and handed it to him, saying.

"Take this Hundred-Spirit Pill first, perhaps you will feel a little better!"

Su Yuanshan said.

"Thank you!"

He hesitated for a moment before taking it, scanned the pill with his divine sense, and after feeling there was no problem, he tilted his head back and swallowed it.

However, he could feel that this type of pill seemed to have no effect on him.

What made him feel even more uncomfortable was Tian Ruoyun, who kept looking at him with a suspicious gaze from time to time.

It was not just Su Yuanshan; the others also felt that their bodies were somewhat unwell, though not as severely as Su Yuanshan.

Compared to Su Yuanshan's physical weakness and listless spirit, the Pine and Plum Immortals walking in Taoyuan felt full of energy, as if there were a special power between heaven and earth nourishing their bodies.

This was the marvelous use of the Weakening God Array: to weaken the gods and benefit oneself!

Just a short while ago, their leader, Taohua Xianren, had already issued them the order to kill the intruders.

Furthermore, he revealed that this was the will of Baiehou; if there were the slightest mistake, none of them would be able to escape. Meixian asked cautiously about the whereabouts of Baiehou.

Taohua Xianren did not hide it, but told them that Baiehou had already gone to another Jinxu and had eaten a human immortal, increasing his cultivation once more.

Su Yuanshan knew nothing of all this. At this moment, he was increasingly worried about his own condition; in his current state, let alone challenging Taohua Xianren, he would likely find it difficult even to protect himself if he encountered that fellow.

Just as he was lost in his wild thoughts, Huang Yang of the Yaoguang Sword Sect said.

"Why are we still waiting here? Let's go into the mountain cave and take a look; perhaps we can find an exit!"

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked toward the cave that Tian Ruoyun had discovered. The others followed one by one upon seeing this, while Su Yuanshan, due to his physical discomfort, walked slowly at the very back.

This cave was very long; fortunately, Xie Lingyu took out a night-luminescent pearl to illuminate the path ahead.

After walking about a hundred meters, Huang Yang suddenly stopped his footsteps, his eyes staring straight ahead.

Su Yuanshan looked over in confusion, only to see a skeleton embedded in the stone wall ahead. What was eerie was that this skeleton would actually bloom with golden light from time to time.

Huang Yang said to Xie Lingyu with a puzzled face.

"Senior Sister, take a look at what is going on here; why is this skeleton so strange?"

The middle-aged scholar from the Taiyuan Academy took a look and said.

"This should be the remains of some cultivator with great cultivation, which is why it can bloom with spiritual light. There is nothing strange about this!"

"The remains of someone with great cultivation?" Huang Yang frowned and said.

"It seems this place is not just ordinarily dangerous, if even such a person with great cultivation has fallen here! We had better be careful."

In fact, there was no need for him to deliberately remind them; everyone understood clearly in their hearts.

Just as Huang Yang was about to call for everyone to continue walking forward, they heard a thud.

Su Yuanshan collapsed to the ground and fainted.

Seeing this, the crowd was greatly shocked and hurriedly gathered around.

Sima Wuhen kept calling out to Su Yuanshan.

"Daoist brother, what is wrong with you? Wake up, wake up!"

Su Yuanshan only felt his vision go black before he fell to the ground. The voices of the crowd at his ears seemed to grow more and more distant. Just as he was confused, he saw golden light flashing before his eyes, and before long, it converged into a human figure.

That person wore long robes and a high cap, with wide clothes and wide sleeves, looking ethereal and immortal.

Seeing Su Yuanshan, he cupped his hands and said.

"Guangyuanzi greets the Chenghuangfu Lord!"

Su Yuanshan was slightly startled and asked with a frown.

"Who are you, sir? Where is this place? How did I end up here?"

The man said with an apologetic face.

"My Daoist name is Guangyuanzi. I was once a human immortal who fell here three hundred years ago, and now I am about to have my soul scattered!"

"Regrettably, I have unfulfilled wishes and am unreconciled. Seeing the Lord arrive, I dared to offend you by drawing the Lord into this dream!

I have no ill intentions; I hope the Lord will forgive my offense!"

Seeing him bowing and saluting, the displeasure in Su Yuanshan's heart faded slightly, and he said indifferently.

"Why did you lure me here?"

Guangyuanzi sighed and said.

"Now the Heavenly Dao is in disorder, great chaos is imminent, monsters are everywhere, and ghosts run rampant. Does the Lord not agree?"

Su Yuanshan nodded slightly.

"What you say is indeed the truth, but we are merely of meager cultivation; in this chaotic world, there is nothing we can do!"

However, Guangyuanzi smiled and said.

"That may be so, but the Lord should not be overly pessimistic. For the Lord, the most important thing now is to improve your own strength so as to remain invincible amidst the great chaos. And the best way to improve your strength is to participate in the Great Immortal Trial of the Penglai Immortal Gathering!

This may be one of the few good opportunities for the Lord!"

Su Yuanshan's eyes lit up, and he asked in confusion.

"Oh, the Great Immortal Trial of the Penglai Immortal Gathering?"

Guangyuanzi nodded and said.

"That's right, to put it plainly, it is a grand competition between immortals!"

"But it is not limited to just competitions, which is why it is called the Penglai Immortal Gathering!"

Guangyuanzi continued to speak.

"Those who win in the Penglai Immortal Gathering competitions can obtain all kinds of rare treasures, among which there is no lack of immortal arts, divine techniques, immortal artifacts, divine artifacts, and it is not even impossible to obtain innate spiritual treasures."

"So it can be said to be a tremendous opportunity."

"Precisely because of such great temptation, the immortals who want to attend naturally break their heads trying to get in."

Su Yuanshan seemed to become interested upon hearing this and could not help but ask, "I wonder how one can participate in this Penglai Immortal Gathering?"

Guangyuanzi shook his head and said.

"The conditions for attending are extremely harsh, so it is not easy to participate. Of course, if an immortal is specially invited, they can enter to attend, but they cannot participate in the competitions, and naturally, they will have no connection to those divine weapons, divine artifacts, immortal arts, or immortal artifacts."

Su Yuanshan raised an eyebrow slightly and said.

"Fellow Daoist, tell me about them."

Guangyuanzi nodded and spoke in detail.

"One of the conditions for attending is that one must hold more than ten divine offices. Moreover, one must hold the title of Peak-Rank Divine Lord to participate in the Great Immortal Trial."

Su Yuanshan was stunned upon hearing this.

He knew very well what this Peak-Rank Divine Lord represented!

Below the Ten Yama Kings are the Four Judges, and the status of a Great Judge is equivalent to that of a Capital City God, whose title is only Mid-Rank Divine Lord; the Ten Yama Kings are High-Rank Divine Lords, and above them are the True Spirits among the Six Heavens of Luofeng, who are High-Rank Divine Lords.

Only by climbing higher and becoming one of the Five Directional Ghost Emperors can one be considered a Peak-Rank Divine Lord.

Therefore, this condition is not just generally harsh.

However, it seemed it was not over yet, as Guangyuanzi continued to speak.

"The third condition is to accumulate incense, requiring the accumulation of incense from three million people."

"The fourth condition is that the cultivation realm cannot be lower than the Great Freedom realm."

"The fifth condition is to find the Creation Divine Stone, seize the Essence of the Mountain Ghost, obtain the Bone of the Flood Dragon Demon, and build the Rainbow Immortal Bridge in order to cross over and attend this gathering!"

Although he was stunned upon hearing this, Guangyuanzi spoke again.

"It is precisely because it is a Great Immortal Fate that it appears so difficult; where in this world are there any examples of success that come easily?"

Su Yuanshan frowned slightly and said.

"I think that you, Fellow Daoist, leading me here is not just to incite me to participate in the Penglai Immortal Gathering, right? What exactly is your purpose?"