Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 893 Obtaining Immortal Fortune Instead of Heavenly Fortune

Deep within the abyss.

As the Milky Way swayed, Guan Xingzi's robes billowed like clouds.

He stood on the celestial axis, his astrolabe reflecting the twenty-eight constellations of the heavens, each step seemingly following the trajectory of falling stars.

When Chen Mu's Water Cauldron clashed with Murong Xi's Cloud and Water Sword Intent, he merely tapped the plate with his finger, and countless points of starlight transformed into dragons, enveloping the two attacks in the vast Milky Way.

Combining one's own star chart Dao Fruit with this star field is exceptionally harmonious.

While they didn't completely suppress Chen Mu and his companion, they certainly handled the situation with ease...

Murong Xi's eyes flashed, realizing that the situation was not good. Their side was gradually falling into a passive position. If they did not find a way to break the deadlock, they would be worn down by Guan Xingzi sooner or later.

However, her breakthrough to the realm of seeking the Dao was only a matter of sixty years, and she was still in the stage of knocking on the gate. How could she compare to Guan Xingzi, who had knocked on all nine gates and had already "forgotten the dust of the world"?
Watch as Guan Xingzi strolls across the starry sky, with thousands of stars shining behind him. Neither his own Life-Giving Cloud and Water Sword nor his junior brother's Water Cauldron can get close to him.

In addition, the illusory images of the Twenty-Eight Constellations formed a net that stretched across the heavens and the earth. With each half-step forward they took, the star field occupied by the two siblings dimmed a little.

Based on this assumption, it's likely that the two of them will leave in disappointment within half an hour...

Murong Xi gritted her teeth, gazing at the composed figure in the distance, her star-studded robes fluttering in the wind, and made up her mind.

The situation is hopeless. There is only one way that still offers a sliver of hope: to sacrifice one person to pave the way for another...

"My junior brother is only at the Nascent Soul stage, how can I let him bear such pressure?"

As the senior student, it's only natural that she would make some contributions...

She silently spoke to herself, then glanced at Chen Mu, before suddenly biting her tongue. The surrounding mist abruptly dissipated, transforming into three thousand raindrops:

"Junior brother, concentrate and prepare. Once I find a weakness in this person, you should decisively seize his star domain!"

These words echoed in Chen Mu's mind. When he finally came to his senses and looked up, Murong Xi was already pressing down with her sword.

The moon-white Taoist robe fluttered like a butterfly in the starlight, cold sweat soaked his temples, and although the emerald light of the Vision Cloud and Water Sword had dimmed, the sword's momentum became even more fierce, clearly intended to block seventy percent of the pressure for him...

Seeing Murong Xi charging towards him, Guan Xingzi knew that the crucial moment of this battle had arrived.

Once they get past this, Chen Mu and his companion will have no chance to gain momentum again. If they fail to stop it, the advantage they previously established will be lost.

He took a deep breath, and his thousand years of cultivation allowed him to quickly figure out a solution.

With a flick of his fingers, he reversed the celestial chart, causing the position of the Greedy Wolf Star to shift. Murong Xi's sword light involuntarily turned with the Big Dipper, shattering a desolate star tens of thousands of feet away.

In that instant, a sharp light flashed in Guan Xingzi's eyes, the star chart suddenly transformed into the size of a millstone, and the killing aura of the White Tiger Seven Mansions condensed into a frost blade, heading straight for Murong Xi's wide-open right hand.

Chen Mu's pupils contracted sharply, and the Ze Ding Dao Fruit stirred up towering waves, but it was too late. The Ice Blue Star Blade had already slashed through the Cloud Water Sword Curtain, blooming into a flower of blood on Murong Xi's shoulder...

"In the end, it still lacked a little bit of refinement..."

Chen Mu's throat bobbed as he swallowed the sigh that welled up to his lips.

His Ze Ding Dao Fruit is essentially no less than anyone else's, but compared to Guan Xingzi's vast starry sky, it is inevitably slightly inferior.

Perhaps if we give him some time, after he breaks through to the True Monarch level and condenses his Dao Fruit again, he can catch up with Guan Xingzi. But the battle is in full swing right now, so where would we find the time to give him a breakthrough?
Moreover, he could clearly sense the rhythm of the other party's Dao Fruit resonating with the entire star field, a Dao Fruit phenomenon that could only manifest after undergoing two rounds of condensation...

A crisp sound of gold and jade shattering came from afar. Murong Xi staggered backward, and the illusory image of the Cloud Water Sword in her hand also rang out with a sound of collapse.

This usually cheerful senior sister now had disheveled black hair, and the jade sword formed from the Life-Generating Cloud and Water Sword Dao Fruit was covered with cracks.

She stubbornly held her sword horizontally in front of her, but the trembling tip of the sword could not escape Chen Mu's eyes.

From the depths of the Milky Way came the hearty laughter of Guan Xingzi: "Fellow Daoist Yunming, please depart..."

At this moment, it seems that everything is already set in stone.

After all, even Murong Xi has lost his fighting ability, so what can he do if he is left alone?
However, Chen Mu's eyes flickered slightly, but he showed no signs of confusion or frustration...

"Why struggle? Fellow Daoist Yunming is still too young..."

Guan Xingzi was still smiling and speaking loudly, looking as if he had already won. But this time, before he could finish speaking, a faint blue light suddenly appeared where Chen Mu was.

The watery hue was initially no bigger than a mustard seed, but in an instant, it shone brightly, the Milky Way rolled, and the world was filled with the brilliance of water, making the entire star field sparkle.

Moreover, the illusory image of the Ze Ding suspended in the starry sky was now resonating melodiously, and dense innate Dao patterns appeared on its body.

"This is……!"

For the first time, Guan Xingzi's expression changed. He spun the star chart in his hand frantically, and the light of the Gouchen Star Official surged by 30%, but it couldn't suppress the ever-spreading, watery sky light.

Chen Mu, on the other hand, rose up on the waves, each step creating ripples in the void. The innate Ren water energy swirled around the Ze Ding, even dyeing the surrounding stars a deep blue.

Murong Xi stared blankly at her junior brother, who always appeared gentle.

At this moment, his long hair moved without wind, and a giant cauldron appeared behind him. The water churning inside the cauldron was not ordinary true water, but innate true water containing an indescribable aura.

With each drop of water that falls, the stars twinkle and fade.

Guan Xingzi frowned, the astrolabe between his fingers emitting a faint tremor: "Is this his backup plan?"

He couldn't figure out what that innate energy was, and subconsciously thought it was the innate Dao embryo energy that Chen Mu had just revealed, but he had just used it flexibly and integrated it into his own Dao fruit.

"The innate Dao embryo is indeed a supreme talent, but when it comes to the Dao fruit, it shouldn't be enough to overturn the heavens and the earth, right?"

Filled with astonishment and doubt at the sight, Guan Xingzi's expression grew increasingly solemn as he fully unleashed the power of the Star Chart Dao Fruit.

The twenty-eight constellations on the star chart lit up simultaneously, and the entire star field suddenly began to collapse, with all the starlight converging into a white rainbow piercing the sky.

Chen Mu neither dodged nor yielded, but raised his hand to guide the Ze Ding to meet it. The innate true water in the cauldron flowed down, and wherever it passed, the starlight was extinguished.

The moment the rainbow collided with the water curtain, time seemed to stand still.

Countless stars shattered and reformed within the water curtain, the aura of primordial true water permeating every inch of space.

Murong Xi's Cloud Water Sword suddenly rang out on its own, and the cracks on the sword blade slowly healed in the water.

A sudden inspiration struck her, and she quickly poured all the remaining sword intent into the overwhelming water.

In an instant, thousands of sword shadows appeared, pressing down along with the endless waves.

"break!"

Chen Mu pointed his fingers like a sword, and roared like a raging torrent, causing the star rainbow to crumble inch by inch!
Guan Xingzi grunted and stumbled back seven steps, spiderweb-like cracks appearing on the illusory star chart in his palm.

He stared blankly at the ever-expanding aquamarine sky, then suddenly shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What a legendary innate Dao embryo, it actually possesses such heaven-defying power..."

Even now, he still believes it's due to Chen Mu's innate Dao embryo.

However, this is not his fault. Although the Floating Cloud Realm has the inheritance of true immortals, it is ultimately not under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court. How could it have detailed records of the innate Ren Water?

In such a situation, it's understandable that he might not be aware of certain things. However, if he were to report this to his own True Immortal Ancestor upon returning to his sect, it might still arouse suspicion...

"Lord Guanxing, what do you have to say now?"

Chen Mu stopped the flow of the real water and asked a question in a loud voice.

Previously, Guan Xingzi had not taken the opportunity to pursue, so he asked his senior sister the same question. It would be a case of reciprocity.

"What can be said when the horoscope is shattered?"

Guan Xingzi was quite carefree. He appeared easygoing but was proud at heart, though not in a way that made him unable to accept his defeat.

In his view, if he was lucky enough to catch a dragon at this dragon-fishing banquet, he would catch a big dragon; if not, he would leave gracefully.

How could a potential true immortal from the Nine Luminaries Star Pivot Palace be so preoccupied with gains and losses?
"Master Chen, the Dao fruits and cauldrons are rare. If there is an opportunity, please come to Lingdu for a chat."

Guan Xingzi smiled and said this, then calmly turned and left, displaying a truly detached attitude of "if I gain it, I am fortunate; if I lose it, it is fate."

As Guan Xingzi's figure completely disappeared into the horizon, Murong Xi breathed a sigh of relief, staggered back half a step, and her white dress rippled among the flowing clouds.

She caught herself against a floating meteorite fragment beside her, her slender fingers unconsciously clutching her sleeve, then suddenly burst into laughter: "Junior brother, today's..."

Before she could finish speaking, Chen Mu's pupils suddenly contracted.

She sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, "Junior brother, what's wrong?"

Chen Mu did not answer, but fixed his gaze like a blade on the law rift that stretched across the starry river.

The wound that pierced through heaven and earth was now emitting chaotic light, with the fine, fragmented traces at its edges resembling struggling fireflies.

"My mind is trembling..."

He frowned, somewhat puzzled.

He had just left the Star Gazing Sect and hadn't even had a chance to gather the star domain to resonate with the Dao traces, so why did he suddenly have this inexplicable feeling?

This sudden resonance was truly strange, especially since what came from the depths of the rift was not the powerful pressure of a fifth-order top-grade Dao mark, but rather a clear, pulsating sound like snow water seeping into bluestone...

Seeing his serious expression, Murong Xi subconsciously held her breath, afraid of disturbing her junior brother.

Just as Chen Mu was pondering, the entire starry sky suddenly emitted a crisp sound of shattering glass, and countless rainbows burst forth from the depths of the law rift!

Countless Dao traces transformed into violent streams of light, surging and splashing in all directions, turning the surrounding nebula into boiling molten gold.

Countless meteorite fragments exploded into dust amidst the tremors, and the rolling waves reflected across the entire starry sky, creating a dazzling display of colors and a surging, boiling atmosphere.

Chen Mu's pupils suddenly contracted. Under his perception, that clear and cold aura was breaking through the waves with a resolute force, like a fish desperately longing to return home, drawing a winding ice line in the chaotic current.

As it traveled through the void, spiderweb-like ripples were torn open, ultimately pointing directly at the illusory image of Ze Ding suspended beneath the starry sky.

No, to be precise, its target is that wisp of innate Ren water energy lurking within the cloud patterns on the cauldron's body...

Chen Mu felt a sense of relief. Although he did not understand the reason for the change, since it involved the innate Ren water, the resonance surging in the cauldron did not alarm him. Instead, it felt as warm as an old friend knocking on the door.

After all, how many unexpected things had the innate Ren water brought him during his hundreds of years of cultivation?

In just a few breaths, that clear aura burst forth from the crack in the laws, like a faint ray of light falling straight towards the illusory image of the Ze Ding.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, Chen Mu did not intervene.

"laugh--"

The sound of something cutting through the air, carrying a frosty mist, swept past my ears. The clear light collapsed the moment it touched the cauldron, turning into a drop of dew hanging on the bronze pattern.

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly and gestured with his fingers. Thousands of water-colored veins emerged from the patterns on the cauldron, holding the dewdrop in the center.

Upon closer inspection, the droplet of water reflected the surging power of the vast ocean, with each ripple evolving the true meaning of water virtue, thus forming a water-related Dao trace.

Chen Mu's eyes flickered, and he naturally noticed the extraordinary nature of this Dao mark.

During this time, the fragrant breeze stirred by Murong Xi's wide sleeves had already reached her side.

Upon seeing the ever-flowing water-attribute Dao trace clearly, her dark brows furrowed suddenly: "Junior brother, why are you in such a hurry? Although this Dao trace has an excellent appearance, it is ultimately not worthy of the Great Dragon of this banquet. It has lost some of the Heavenly Fortune. How can it be worthy of you..."

Her words abruptly stopped, her long eyelashes trembled, and her eyes trembled slightly as if she suddenly realized something. Could it be that her junior brother... actually intended to yield to her?
She naturally didn't know that this Dao trace came on its own. She thought that Chen Mu was deliberately letting her have it, which is why he hurriedly established a connection with it so that he could leave the top-grade Dao trace to her.

Thinking of this, her heart was filled with complicated emotions, and she bit her lip so hard that the rouge on her lips smudged and turned a pale red...

However, this was clearly Murong Xi overthinking things.

Chen Mu, burdened by the grudges of Tai Xuan and forced to come here with bitterness, would never easily relinquish this opportunity...

"If we don't have the fortune to feast here, how do we know there won't be an even better one?"

"Senior sister, let's see what opportunities this world holds..."

Chen Mu flicked his finger lightly at the suspended Dao trace, and a thousand waves bloomed in the water-colored ripples: "It looks like the dew of a jade terrace, but who knows if it is not meant to be given to me as the vast ocean?"

"This drop of pure dew is the key to helping me forge the true essence of the vast ocean..."

That's true. Being able to sense the Dao traces of innate Ren water means one can no longer judge its quality based on its appearance.

He had a premonition that if he used this Dao trace to break through to the Dao Inquiry Realm, he would further condense his Dao Fruit and unleash some of the wondrous uses of the Innate Ren Water...

Murong Xi's eyes reflected the Dao mark, and her crimson lips parted but she ultimately swallowed the words she had left unsaid.

She was unaware of the details, so she didn't believe her junior brother's words. But since things had come to this, she didn't want to act like a child, so she could only hide her gratitude and save it for the future.

While she was pondering, Chen Mu had already accepted the Dao trace.

He looked around, feeling a sense of ease, and waved his hand, laughing, "Senior Sister, you now control all these star fields. I wonder how many tides it will take to catch the great dragon?"

Murong Xi straightened her expression, took a deep breath, and chuckled, "With my junior brother's help, how could it take too long?"

She looked around and said, "It will only take the time it takes to burn three inches of incense. Junior brother, why don't you wait for me a moment until I've finished and we can leave together..."

Chen Mu had no objection; it would be a good opportunity to observe what the "Great Dragon" looked like.

Murong Xi said no more and set off to integrate this star field. Before long, she leaped back to her star wall, picked up her brush, and wrote the last stroke of the Life-Giving Cloud and Water Sword.

In an instant, a thin beam of light, seemingly piercing through an ancient river, shot out and, like a fishing line, probed deep into the rift of laws...

The area fell silent for a moment, but before long, the beam of light suddenly tightened!

……

(End of this chapter)