Chapter 1158

"It's too terrifying. If one were to soak here for ten or a hundred years, wouldn't that be equivalent to thousands of years of cultivation?" Duan Jiude, feeling as if he had found the direction for a breakthrough in his realm, said in great shock.

Mo Junchen shook his head: "No, if you really soaked in here for a long time, this Golden Branch Jade Liquid would only last a few years at most before dissipating completely. This is a type of spirit liquid that requires a balance of activity and rest. Although it loses Immortal Yuan every year, it has self-repairing capabilities. Soaking in it is like a form of exchange."

"Exchange? What do you mean?" Er Gouzi asked.

"This should be similar to us absorbing its Immortal Yuan while it absorbs the impurities in our bodies. However, you are all aware that at our level, there are no longer any impurities in our bodies, but there are still some drug residues!" Mo Junchen explained.

"Oh, I get it. This Golden Branch Jade Liquid is like a street sweeper, specifically eating our trash and converting it back into Immortal Yuan for us!" Xu Que smiled and made a comparison.

"It's somewhat similar, but most of it stems from its own repair. As long as the source isn't completely drained, it can produce two from one, three from two, and recover endlessly!" Mo Junchen nodded.

Duan Jiude asked confusedly: "That doesn't seem right either. If, as you say, the Golden Branch Jade Liquid can slowly recover, why can't this pool of jade liquid achieve the effect used by deities? I've been soaking in it until now, and I only feel my Immortal Yuan power constantly climbing, but my divine soul and Dao essence haven't been purified or perfected!"

"Hmm, this brings us back to what I said earlier; we are engaging in an exchange with it. This exchange isn't just it absorbing the drug residues in our bodies; it's also related to our realm and strength."

Mo Junchen said this, scratched his head, and continued: "How should I put it? In short, the general idea is that if our realm is too low, this Golden Branch Jade Liquid will slowly weaken along with our realm. If a deity were to soak here, the Golden Branch Jade Liquid would gradually become stronger."

"Hmm, I think I understand. So, you mean that now that we are soaking in it, this Golden Branch Jade Liquid has already started to weaken?" Xu Que said.

Mo Junchen nodded: "Exactly. That's why I don't think we can soak here for much longer. At most, we'll have to leave within a year or two. Otherwise, even if the source isn't drained by us, the subsequent effects will likely become weaker and weaker, far from reaching the current level of effectiveness!"

"Holy crap, that's a problem." Upon hearing this, Xu Que immediately widened his eyes and shouted: "Er Gouzi, Duan Jiude, get out quickly! And Guardian Mo, as a Guardian, you should shoulder the responsibility of a Guardian at a time like this. How can you be cultivating here?"

"..." Mo Junchen's mouth twitched instantly. What happened to sharing in the blessings?

"Gang Leader, you've misunderstood. Whether it's just us few here or just you alone, the situation won't change! As long as we remain inside, this Golden Branch Jade Liquid cannot recover. We must all leave for it to enter that state of self-healing and recovery!

Of course, you don't need to worry that too many people will cause the Immortal Yuan to drain too quickly. To some extent, the Immortal Yuan contained within the Golden Branch Jade Liquid is endless. The only thing to note is that we shouldn't soak for too long!" Mo Junchen said helplessly.

If the ancient records are correct, that is indeed how it works!

After hearing this, Xu Que had a general understanding of the Golden Branch Jade Liquid and immediately nodded with a smile: "Haha, I was just joking with you guys. You didn't think I was serious, did you? We members of the Exploding Heaven Gang have always shared in blessings and suffering. Come, absorb the Immortal Yuan to your heart's content, don't be polite with me, just treat this place like your own home!"

Er Gouzi: "Heh!"

Duan Jiude: "Heh!"

Mo Junchen: "Heh... cough, cough, Gang Leader Xu, actually there is one more thing I'd like to ask you!"

"Oh? What is it?" Xu Que was too lazy to even lift his eyelids at this moment. He half-closed his eyes, leaned against the pool wall, and felt incredibly comfortable, feeling even better than soaking in any hot spring.

"The Imperial Physician Heavenly Book you mentioned earlier, have you really become the Chosen One?" Mo Junchen asked. But in reality, this was a redundant question; when Xu Que took out the stele, he had already seen Xu Que's name on it.

It was just out of unease or not knowing how to bring it up that Mo Junchen asked in such a roundabout way.

"Alright, just say what you have to say. I know what this Imperial Physician Heavenly Book implies, but to be honest, I was also helpless at the time... cough, cough, forget it, let's talk about this later." Xu Que was just about to vent his frustrations to Mo Junchen, explaining how he was also helpless when he was chosen by Xuan Yuan Wanrong's true body and written into the Imperial Physician Heavenly Book.

But he had only said half of it when he remembered that Xuan Yuan Wanrong's remnant soul was still here. If she found out the truth, even if they weren't killed, they probably wouldn't be able to continue soaking in this Golden Branch Jade Liquid!

"Fine, let's talk about it later!" Mo Junchen nodded upon hearing this. In fact, he knew clearly in his heart that whether it was said now or not didn't matter, because Xu Que was already the Chosen One. This was a fact that no one could change, so what use was there in saying more? Who could defy the will of Heaven!

"By the way, Old Mo, you mentioned earlier that the Heavenly Palace Academy has over a hundred Great Luo Immortals, three thousand Imperial Physician Immortals, and so on. Why don't you tell me about these realms? Actually, I only know that after the Heavenly Immortal stage comes the Golden Immortal stage, and I don't know much about what comes after that!" At this moment, Xu Que asked.

Although he was only at the Human Immortal stage, he was just chatting and filling in some knowledge gaps.

However, this time Mo Junchen didn't get a chance to speak before Er Gouzi preempted him: "This God Venerable knows this. After the Golden Immortal stage comes the Imperial Physician Golden Immortal stage, after the Imperial Physician Immortal stage comes the Great Luo Immortal stage, and after the Great Luo Immortal stage comes the Immortal King stage, the Immortal Venerable stage, the Immortal Emperor stage, and the final peaks are the Dao Venerable and Dao Emperor stages. Because only after the Immortal Emperor stage can one be considered to have truly touched upon Dao essence, or rather, truly possess the qualification to ask about one's own Dao!"

"Holy crap, there are so many realm divisions? When will I ever finish cultivating to that point!" Xu Que felt a bit dejected, feeling that the road ahead was getting longer and longer.

However, what shocked him even more was Xuan Yuan Wanrong's realm. According to Mo Junchen's previous statement, as a Building Master of the Heavenly Palace Academy, her realm should be at the Immortal Venerable stage, or even infinitely close to the Immortal Emperor stage.

Yet, for such an existence, the Heavenly Palace Academy actually fell to the point of being wiped out overnight? And Xuan Yuan Wanrong had been lying in an ice coffin for tens of thousands of years?

But even more terrifying was that Xu Que had heard Xuan Yuan Wanrong mention with his own ears that she was undergoing a form of Nirvana and would be able to come out in just a few hundred years.

Then, a few hundred years later, when that woman comes out, what kind of realm will she have reached?

Moreover, Xuan Yuan Wanrong had also sent some cultivators who had accidentally traveled from the Xuanhuang Continent to the Four Great Continents to check on other forbidden lands and see if others had awakened.

The amount of information contained within this was a bit terrifying. There was more than one big shot at Xuan Yuan Wanrong's level!

"In terms of major realms, the dog is right, but in terms of details, there are actually more subdivisions!" At this moment, Mo Junchen added.

"Damn it, who are you calling a dog? This God Venerable is a wolf, and the Vice Gang Leader. Do you have any respect for the gang rules?" Er Gouzi immediately clamored and pounced toward Mo Junchen.

Xu Que stopped Er Gouzi and looked at Mo Junchen, asking: "What kind of subdivisions are there?"

"Actually, only the Imperial Physician Immortal and Great Luo Immortal stages are divided in more detail. For example, Imperial Physician Immortals are divided into three tiers, from bottom to top: Imperial Physician Scattered Immortal, Imperial Physician True Immortal, and Imperial Physician Golden Immortal. Above the Imperial Physician Golden Immortal stage is the Great Luo Immortal stage, which is divided into two tiers: Great Luo Scattered Immortal and Great Luo Golden Immortal." Mo Junchen smiled, while also glancing sheepishly at Er Gouzi.

In terms of strength, he felt he wasn't weaker than Er Gouzi and could even slap Er Gouzi to death with one palm. But ever since he was kicked in the knee by Er Gouzi last time, he felt he couldn't see through this dog's strength at all, and he was even quite wary of it!

"Imperial Physician Scattered Immortal, Imperial Physician True Immortal, Imperial Physician Golden Immortal..." Meanwhile, Xu Que was also thoughtfully stroking his chin, reciting the realm divisions Mo Junchen had mentioned, and fell into deep thought.

The three people and one dog gradually stopped chatting. As time slowly passed, they focused on their own cultivation.

Although this Golden Branch Jade Liquid could be introduced into their bodies automatically without the need for their own cultivation, they had already planned to stay here for a year or two to increase their strength as much as possible in the short term.

So, they couldn't spend this year or two just chatting; it would be better to continue comprehending their own Dao essence while cultivating.

Soon, a year passed.

Duan Jiude's cultivation progress was the most obvious, only half a step away from the Earth Immortal Realm.

But logically speaking, the one who should have stepped into the Earth Immortal Realm the fastest was Xu Que. However, he was cultivating the Ancient Five Elements Art, and the Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Root in his body required a massive amount of Immortal Yuan to settle and accumulate.

But this time, the Immortal Yuan he settled and accumulated became extraordinarily vast.

This made it hard for even Xu Que himself to believe. After all, he was cultivating while staying in the Golden Branch Jade Liquid pool. One year of time was comparable to decades of cultivation in the Earth Continent. How could he not have broken through to the Earth Immortal Realm yet?

"Eh, could it be related to this Dominating Body?" Xu Que, sitting cross-legged in the golden pool, suddenly realized something.

His eyes, which had been closed for a year, opened for the first time.

Then, looking down at his own flesh body, Xu Que was stunned on the spot!

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