Grandpa, times have changed.

Another month passed.

Heavenly Realm.

Fuyue City is the location of a branch of the Myriad Races Academy.

Inside the city, in a small restaurant, two figures dressed in black robes with the Nine-Trace Heavenly Decree hanging from their waists sat facing each other.

"How have you been feeling this past month?"

One of them lowered the hood that covered his entire head and placed the Heavenly Decree hanging from his waist on the table.

Judging from its appearance, it was indeed a swan!
"Unprecedented..."

The other person sighed softly, put down his hood, and followed Hong's example by taking off the Heavenly Decree from his waist and placing it on the table.

It was Xu Xing.

Looking around at the classical and elegant decorations, he couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Although I hate to say it, this celestial realm is indeed suitable for us."

If there are no other motives behind this.

As he spoke, he picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

A gentle and abundant spiritual energy flows from the abdomen to the limbs and bones, giving one a sense of ethereal lightness.

In any other major region, not to mention the Tai Region, which is the most stringent towards foreign races, or even the most peaceful Xuan Region, he would not be sitting in this restaurant.

After all, the human race is too weak now.

Besides being cooked and served on the dining table, or being placed in the arena for the Cang tribe's amusement, like cricket fighting, they are also used for other purposes.

It would be impossible for him to appear on any formal occasions again.

Although he had reached the peak of his cultivation, he could only live like a rat in a ditch, hiding all day long, afraid of being discovered.

Not to mention walking openly into a restaurant run by the Cang tribe, like this.

He put down his wine glass and said seriously:
"I have already passed on the cultivation methods in the Ancient Domain. Now, only the Heavenly Domain, the Profound Domain, and the Radiant World Domain remain."

There may be some omissions.

However, he was not capable of searching for them one by one, and could only hope that once the human settlements in the ancient domain developed, he could help those settlements that had not obtained cultivation methods.

"You're more familiar with the Heavenly Domain, so I'll leave this to you."

Because he also practiced the "Refining Spirit Method" and had an abundant foundation, Hong had only been promoted to Yangwu two months ago.

Of course, with two hundred years of accumulation, he no longer needed to stay in the early stages for a long time like the geniuses of later immortal sects when they transformed into gods.

Just practice your spiritual cultivation normally.

“Okay.” Hong nodded slightly.

As far as he knew, the majority of the human race in the Heavenly Realm lived in cities, except for a small number who still formed settlements in the wild.

After all, the Heavenly Realm has a relatively complete order, with the Heavenly Decree providing protection in addition to the difference in cultivation level...

If you're careful, you can still survive in some small towns.

"I will go to the Xuan Domain, as for the Huang Shi Domain..."

"Whoever finishes first goes," Hong said directly.

"it is good!"

Xu Xing had no objections.

Afterwards, Hong told Xu Xing some things that needed to be noted.

The two chatted for a while about their experiences along the way and exchanged their cultivation insights before leaving the restaurant and heading towards the branch of the Myriad Races Academy in Fuyue City.

The Nine-Trace Heavenly Decree has a very high level of authority within the Myriad Races Academy, allowing one to exchange it for cultivation resources that are not normally accessible.

Xu Xing planned to exchange some for his own use, and also to prepare for spreading the Dharma later.

After all, he only had some spiritual plant essences, and their effects were too limited.

Previously, I was worried about what schemes might be behind the Heavenly Domain, so I didn't even dare to ask Hong to help me exchange cultivation resources.

But now that everyone else is here, naturally we'll just exchange whatever we have.

……

……

night.

Somewhere in the city.

Xu Xing lay on the soft bed, his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling with a somewhat dazed look in his eyes.

He couldn't remember how many years it had been since he had rested on such a soft bed.

The hometown that I once longed to return to, the hometown I wanted to go back to all the time, is now just a blurry shadow.

If I don't specifically think about it, I can't even remember it clearly.

Two hundred years...

Immortality, which so many emperors sought but could not attain, I have obtained it, yet... why am I not happy at all?

half an hour...

"How pretentious," Xu Xing said with a self-deprecating tone.

He then slowly sat up, his whole body revealing deep exhaustion.

Close your eyes and gently exhale.

When I opened my eyes again, the fatigue had disappeared, and I was back to my normal self.

He picked up the longsword from the side and placed it flat on his knees.

He then took out an exquisite jade bottle from his storage bag, poured out a pill the size of a longan, which looked like it was carved from red jade and surrounded by a circle of golden patterns, and swallowed it.

He closed his eyes again, activated the "Refining Spirit Technique," and began his cultivation.

aside.

Chi Jiuyu stood by the window, watching Xu Xing who had already entered a meditative state, and muttered to himself.

"My current senior uncle is really diligent."

When he first started cultivating, he always tried to find ways to be lazy.

but now……

I've hardly ever seen him rest!
Even when he was injured several times, he would still find time to practice the "Refining Spirit Method".

"No wonder it took so long to wake up after that coma."

Perhaps he's just too tired...

Thinking about it, Chi Jiuyu looked out the window.

But then I saw a full moon hanging high in the night sky, and countless stars twinkling.

The city was brightly lit, with carriages coming and going, their lights weaving like a tapestry, a scene of bustling prosperity.

She suddenly recalled that when she was a child, she would go to the top of the Sword Sect many times and see a similar night view.

It was far more prosperous and stable than it appears now...

But as I grew older and saw more of it, I stopped caring.

But looking back tonight, the night view feels especially precious, and even the lights in my memory seem much brighter than usual.

I've been here in the 'past' for a while now.

She's a little homesick too...

……

……

The next morning.

The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the entire city of Fuyue was shrouded in a hazy mist.

inside the house.

Xu Xing, sitting upright on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

Call ~
He exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes sparkling, as if a flash of crimson fire had appeared and disappeared.

As he opened his hand, a wisp of crimson, fiery magic flowed out, transforming into a burst of blazing golden flames.

But there was no burning sensation at all; instead, as the flames danced, they revealed a chilling sharpness.

"This alchemy pill..."

After taking the Refining Pill, his practice of the Refining God Technique was equivalent to a week of hard work in just one night!
Elixir...

It is indeed much, much better than a single plant essence.

His eyes flashed, and with a flick of his wrist, the golden flames burning fiercely in his palm were extinguished.

He then got out of bed, went to the window, and glanced into the distance.

Even in this thick fog, the location of the Myriad Races Academy can still be clearly seen.

I lightly tapped the windowsill with my fingertips.

"Let's try some different ones..."

The effects of the elixir far exceeded his expectations.

I wonder if humans can learn the Cang Clan's alchemy techniques...

Thinking it over, he took out a specially made black robe from his storage bag, put it on, turned around, opened the door, and went outside.

In short, get a different one first.

Even if you can't learn it by then, you can still take it back as a reference for others.

Now, there's no time to worry about whether the Azure Ancestral Heaven has other schemes! (End of Chapter)