Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 524 The Seven Treasures Mystic Book: No one knows I am a true immortal!
After bidding farewell to old age, you returned to the bamboo grove to wait.

Amidst the swaying bamboo shadows, a graceful figure in pure white stood quietly, waiting.

"Sorry to keep you waiting!"

"No, Senior Brother, Qingxue is willing to wait however long it takes," a slightly panicked voice said.

"Was that sword strike from Senior Brother?" she asked hesitantly, looking at Yunhai.

You emerged from the bamboo forest, smiling and nodding gently.

The moonlight shone on Shen Qingxue's face. Looking at the young man before her, whose brows were unusually relaxed, her senior brother seemed genuinely happy today.

An indescribable feeling began to brew in the young girl's heart.

The moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

The young man leaned against the green bamboo, unfolding a purplish-gold and crimson cocoon in his hand, emanating an extraordinary aura.

"It's getting late."

"These are the larvae of the Purple-Gold Skyhorn Ant. At the beginning, these true spirits are no different from ordinary flying ants."

"Here you go!"

Shen Qingxue was about to speak when she saw the young man in the blue robe disappear into the bamboo forest.

She looked at the cocoon in her hand; such a precious thing, yet her senior brother seemed completely unconcerned.

[I recall that sword strike that cleaved through the sea of ​​clouds today, drawing the attention of all the peaks of Fangcun Mountain.]

The girl gently placed the cocoon in her hand against her chest.

[You returned to your garden and deactivated more than a dozen magic arrays.]

[Sitting cross-legged in the quiet room.]

[Starting with taking stock of today's haul from the storage bag.]

[Ant Master's Big Gift Pack.]

[The gifts from the Ant Immortal are laid out on the table, dazzling and brimming with spiritual light.]

Dozens of ancient spiritual herbs, long extinct in the cultivation world, were displayed silently, their fragrance lingering and faintly shimmering with a rosy glow. Several of them still had soil clinging to their roots, clearly indicating they had been hastily unearthed; the old ant was indeed a practical fellow.

[Another eight or nine pills were contained in a jade box, their patterns resembling dragons; these were clearly longevity elixirs, originating from the same source as the one given to the elderly man.]

[As Ant Master said, if he hadn't been imprisoned for so long and hadn't consumed some spiritual herbs to maintain his magical power, there would definitely be more than this much left.]

[After hearing this, you felt a pang of heartache, not for the old ant, but for these thousand-year-old medicinal herbs and elixirs.]

The second category is spiritual items, the most precious of which is this section of "Thunder Eye Heavenly Thunder Bamboo".

This item would be a rare find even within the Nine Gates of the Righteous Path.

[It looks dark and doesn't resemble ordinary bamboo at all.]

[If you use the Jade Emperor's Qi Observation Method, you will know its secrets. A wisp of life force coils like a dragon, electricity surges between the bamboo veins, and a natural lightning pattern is engraved within, like a "lightning strike treasure technique" written by heaven and earth.]

[It naturally suppresses all evil spirits and malevolent entities, and can also suppress fortune.]

[If this bamboo were used to ward off thunder, its power could be increased fourfold; it's unimaginable.]

This item is a true treasure even within the Nine Gates of the Righteous Path.

This section of Thunder Eye Heavenly Thunder Bamboo is a supreme divine object used to suppress all evil spirits in the world. If it falls into the hands of a cultivator proficient in thunder magic, its power will be immeasurable.

Even the most advanced ordinary lightning techniques, when mastered to their peak, can only cover a distance of a thousand miles.

However, if this bamboo is used as a catalyst, the power of thunder will surge, and a single strike can pierce through four thousand miles of mountains and rivers, sweeping away all demons and monsters!

[The Ant Taoist originally intended to use this item to give to his old, unorthodox lover, hoping to obtain sexual intercourse with her.]

After hearing this, all you can say is, "Old Ant, you're really confused. Big Head has been controlled."

Although Ant-True was an ancient spirit, he ultimately failed to understand the true value of this item in the cultivation world—it was no longer an ordinary magic weapon, but a supreme treasure that would cause major sects to fight tooth and nail for it.

[It should be noted that a magical artifact capable of amplifying a spell's power by even half a percent is already a rare treasure.]

[However, the Thunder Eye Heavenly Thunder Bamboo can double the power of thunder magic, which is simply heaven-defying!]

You ran your fingertips along the rough surface of the bamboo, and couldn't help but chuckle.

By a twist of fate, this divine object ended up in your hands; it seems as if it were destiny.

[Even more remarkably, the "Heavenly Balance Essentials" you previously acquired contains a description of "Divine Thunder for Slaying Evil and Destroying Evil," which requires an extremely yang and powerful thunder-attribute spiritual object to unleash its full power.]

[Now, divine thunder paired with divine bamboo—it's a match made in heaven!]

You lightly stroke the Thunder-Eyed Bamboo with your fingertips, take it down—it's neither too light nor too heavy—and carefully measure it; it's three feet and four inches long, just right for forging a magic sword.

This bamboo already contains the true essence of heavenly thunder; if it is further tempered with spiritual metal and inscribed with thunder patterns, it will surely become an unparalleled divine weapon!

You carefully put it away, already planning the auxiliary materials needed for forging the sword.

Once suitable materials for forging the sword are found, the forging process can begin.

Besides the thunder bamboo, there was another set of array flags—forty-nine in total, each flag subtly embroidered with cloud patterns, and faintly shimmering with iridescent light.

[With a brief examination, you'll know that these are the array flags of the "Mysterious Celestial Image Array." Once deployed, they can conjure countless illusions, making it difficult even for a Dragon Court Realm cultivator to escape once trapped within.]

Even a powerful expert at the Golden Core stage of the Great Dao could be trapped for a short while, demonstrating his ability.

With a flick of your sleeve, divine fire ignited from your fingertips, instantly refining the array flags.

[Then, with a hand seal, sixty-six array flags scattered like streaks of light, silently disappearing into various parts of the courtyard, blending with the terrain to form an invisible illusionary array.]

There was also an egg of the "Purple-Gold Horned Ant".

What remains are scattered and broken magical artifacts and spiritual materials, most of which have lost their spiritual essence and are even covered with teeth marks.

According to Ant Master, these were rare items, but having been imprisoned for so long, they were bored and used them to grind their teeth for amusement...

You're also heartbroken; these are all your treasures.

Your gaze fell upon the last item, which was also the greatest reward of the trip.

Even a true spirit like Ant Immortal felt extreme pain at the thought of handing over this item, only doing so at the last moment with gritted teeth, repeatedly muttering, "What a huge loss, what a huge loss..."

An old, yellowed book lies quietly in my palm, its cover worn and slightly cool to the touch, as if bearing witness to countless years.

Your fingertips gently trace the pages, slowly turning the book open—

【blank.】

Not a single word was written!

Your brow is slightly furrowed; could it be some kind of wordless, cryptic scripture?

【wrong! 】

[You immediately activated the Jade Emperor's Aura Observation Technique, your eyes gleaming with jade light, and then looked at this book again—]

In an instant, dense ancient characters appeared on the pages, flowing like a surging river, so fast that they couldn't stay on the paper!

Even more bizarrely, these characters are twisted like tadpoles, or resemble the trajectory of stars; they are definitely not the inherited script of any lineage in this world, and... they don't even seem to be the script of this era!

Fortunately, the more than 100,000 pages of Daoist scriptures I read in the library over the past two years have finally come in handy.

The first floor of Fangcun Mountain is filled with a vast collection of books, mostly miscellaneous works, which ordinary disciples disdain to peruse.

[Only you have a particular fondness for those obscure ancient books—especially the collection left behind by the "Tianji Wenzong" sect, which was wiped out years ago. This sect specialized in ancient writing, and all its books were moved to the first floor of Fangcun Mountain, where they have been gathering dust for many years and rarely read. Today, however, they have finally come in handy.]

[Your eyes shone with an intense light, and the Jade Emperor's Aura Observation Technique has been directly upgraded to the fourth level!]

The blurry tadpole-like characters before my eyes gradually solidified, the distorted strokes recombining in my vision, finally transforming into five ancient and vigorous characters—

【The Seven Treasures Book of Physiognomy】

[Just five characters, yet they convey a sense of antiquity and vastness.]

[You vaguely sense a familiar feeling, just like the "Jade Emperor's Aura Observation Technique" you obtained in the last trial.]

[A truly unparalleled divine skill!]

[You not only felt a surge of emotion, but also began reading the entire text.]

[After a long pause, you exhaled, a look of shock in your eyes.] [You suppressed your excitement and read on, word by word. Even with your composure, you couldn't help but be shocked after reading the entire text.]

The full text contains 340,000 words and is divided into seven chapters, each of which can stand alone as a complete text. However, all seven chapters ultimately address only one thing:

"Humans are weak and powerless, yet they steal the lives of true spirits!"

The so-called "Seven Treasures and Wondrous Forms" are actually seven supreme and unparalleled true spirits.

[“Zhu Yan”, “Zhen Hai Gui”, “Da Ming Kong Que”, “Zi Jin Tian Jiao Yi”, “Jin Chi Da Peng”, “Wu Zhi Qi”, “Gan Shan Quan”]

The author of this book hunted down hundreds of true spirits, ultimately selecting these seven most powerful and best suited to the human physique.

[By fusing its true blood with its own, it became a primordial true spirit.]

These not only represent ultimate power, but also subtly align with the mysteries of the Five Elements' cycle. Once forged into the body, they can steal true spiritual talent and defy fate!

You stroke the pages of the book. This isn't some kind of cultivation technique; it's clearly a technique that plunders the very essence of heaven and earth.

According to this technique, if one can gather all seven True Spirit bloodlines, even the supreme True Spirit—the True Dragon—can be defeated.

This method not only allows the physical body and innate talents to rival those of a true spirit, but also enables the manifestation of seven true spirit forms, essentially granting the power of seven true spirits simultaneously.

The predecessor who wrote this book used this method to gather the power of the seven true spirits, truly achieving the ability to fight against a true dragon without being defeated.

【But you are in a dilemma. This ancient book is from a very long time ago and difficult to verify. Moreover, in this world, the bloodline of true spirits has almost disappeared.】

The most powerful dragons awaken from the depths of the sea, beings even more terrifying than supreme grandmasters.

However, the aforementioned true spirits, such as "Zhu Yan," "Wu Zhi Qi," and "Da Ming Kong Que," have almost all disappeared from the cultivation world.

[If it weren't for seeing the Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant today, your true spirit would probably only exist in records.]

[What's even more challenging is that cultivating this method not only requires true spiritual essence and blood, but also a nearly complete physical body as a vessel.]

Such stringent conditions, in this world where true spirits have vanished, are practically impossible to meet.

Fortunately!

[You have now unexpectedly gathered all the materials needed for the first type of True Spirit—the Dharma Body material for this "Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant" is ready.]

A purple-gold ant egg lies quietly in your palm.

[This is one of the two insect eggs obtained from Ant Master. One has already been given to Shen Qingxue, and this one happens to remain in your hands.]

You examine the insect egg in your hand; it resembles a dead object, utterly lifeless.

[As the Ant Master once said, these are the eggs of larvae; without external force to awaken them, they will forever remain inanimate.]

A thought flashed through my mind: Could this be... the offspring of the Ant-True Person?

[The thought made you frown. If the Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant in Shen Qingxue's hand were to hatch and mature, eventually becoming an Ant-True Person.]

[These purple-gold horned ants aren't necessarily a must-have for keeping!]

You shook your head and chuckled, regaining your composure. Without further hesitation, you channeled your inner energy to envelop the insect eggs and refined them according to the method for refining the Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant recorded in the "Seven Treasures Mystic Manual."

As for the true spirit essence needed later, we can only hope that it will come from the one that Shen Qingxue has nurtured.

After a whole night of refining, the insect eggs finally transformed into wisps of purplish-gold essence, seeping into your limbs and bones like gossamer threads.

[This essence slowly condensed within the dantian, gradually outlining a miniature "Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant" phantom. Though still somewhat blurry, it already possessed a nascent divine essence.]

[Next, simply continue to infuse your essence and blood, allowing it to interact and harmonize with your own acupoints, and you will gradually master the ability to manifest a true spiritual body.]

This is precisely the most dangerous step; you cannot afford to be careless in the slightest.

The "Seven Treasures of Mysticism" repeatedly warns that the essence of true spirits and blood is vastly different from the human physique; the slightest carelessness can lead to failure and even backfire.

You only have this one insect egg, and you only have one chance.

Surprisingly, the entire process went incredibly smoothly.

[In less than a night, this difficult situation was successfully overcome.]

What's even stranger is that, according to ancient texts, your meridians should have been stagnant for more than ten days at this point, yet you feel no discomfort whatsoever.

[It only takes one day.]

This strange phenomenon is not the first time for you—you seem to have an innate understanding of all martial arts techniques, revealing their mysteries to you.

[A prodigy? Perhaps the so-called prodigy is merely the threshold to your arrival.]

Now that the first step, "Refining the Form," has been completed, the next step is the "Refining the Spirit" method recorded in the *Seven Treasures Mystic Art*—which requires visualizing the true spiritual form described in the text.

Only by grasping its essence can one truly connect with its spirit.

[In that visualization of the Purple-Gold Heavenly Horned Ant, a giant, jet-black ant is supporting a ten-thousand-foot-high mountain, its immense power leaping off the page.]

After several meditations and contemplations, you have grasped seven or eight tenths of its profound mysteries.

As dawn broke and the sky began to lighten with the pale glow of a fish's belly, the first light of day appeared.

You straightened your robes, carefully put away the books, and turned to walk towards the spirit garden.

A new day is about to begin.

As you stroll along the mountain path, many newly initiated disciples greet you.

"Senior Brother Zhou!"

You responded with a smile.

Meanwhile, most of your fellow students who have been with you for a year or more ignore you completely.

Those who are new to the mountain gate are unaware of the depths of Little Green Peak and always hold a natural reverence for their senior brothers and sisters.

In time, they will understand.

Within this immortal sect, who are truly worthy of our acquaintance?

In their eyes, you're just an ordinary senior student with a mild temper and no airs.

[His cultivation level is mediocre, and he possesses no extraordinary abilities.]

[A mere figurehead on Little Green Peak isn't worth their time or effort.]

Today, on Little Green Peak, the disciples were still gathered in small groups, discussing the events of the previous night.

[Now, news has spread throughout Fangcun Mountain that Elder Xiaoqing Peak single-handedly suppressed nine cultivators from other peaks at the Dragon Court Realm.]

[This makes Xiao Qingfeng look incredibly proud; everyone who mentions it feels honored, their faces filled with reverence.]

[Especially that line—"like killing a chicken."]

[It almost became Xiao Qingfeng's catchphrase.]

Shen Qingxue was surrounded by many fellow disciples in the crowd.

As one of the few exceptionally talented disciples in this cohort, she had already been accepted as a student.

Her gaze seemed to drift towards you, but she didn't greet you. This was because you had an agreement that she wouldn't initiate conversation with you in public unless you gave her a signal first.

Unless it is urgent, you must not seek me out without permission.

If Shen Qingxue violated this rule, they would never see each other again, so she never dared to cross that line.

You paid no heed to the discussions and continued walking unhurriedly towards the cemetery.

"Qingxue, do you know? The power of that sword strike yesterday was said to have even alarmed the Sect Master. When I opened the window, the sea of ​​clouds had parted."

"Our Little Green Peak still has a deep foundation, but I wonder which elder from Little Green Peak it is?"

Shen Qingxue only turned around after you disappeared into the distance, listening to the conversations of the surrounding disciples.

A strange sense of joy welled up inside the girl.

You descended the path, pushed open the gates of the mortuary, and there, old age still swayed precariously in his recliner.

The old man tapped his left hand to the beat and hummed, "I idly stroll through the bustling city with my sword; who knows I am a true immortal?"

You chuckled, "Oh, old man, you seem to be in a good mood today, reminiscing."

(End of this chapter)