Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 305 Ten Extreme Martial Arts
"Today's Burial Sword Abyss..."

He frowned slightly, his voice low, "The malevolent energy is unusually agitated. We clearly observed before that today's tides should be at their lowest."

Cui Yu stared at the malevolent energy twisting and rising like a dragon from the bottom of the abyss, and pondered, "Perhaps it is the awakening of a divine weapon of swords that has been dormant for many years, which has caused the malevolent energy at the bottom of the abyss to boil."

Bi Yuan unconsciously stroked the sect master's jade token at his waist, feeling somewhat uneasy.

He shook his head slightly; perhaps he was overthinking things.

Bottom of the abyss.

The surging, powerful sword intent within Dugu Jiu's body suddenly froze, and a barely perceptible fluctuation flashed in his turbid eyes.

The sword intent that had spread like a raging tide slowly receded, returning to its dormant state within the withered body.

Xu Yunfan's tense muscles relaxed slightly, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. This old monster actually stopped at the crucial moment?

His gaze swept over Dugu Jiubu's withered, bony hands, and he suddenly realized something.

Three hundred years of lingering on the verge of death had already eroded this body, leaving it riddled with holes. The unexpected release of the sword just now must have caused cracks in the secret techniques that sustained its life.

Spiderweb-like bluish-black patterns appeared on the back of Dugu Jiu's hand, clearly indicating that her body was somewhat unable to withstand the flow of sword energy.

Dugu Jiu didn't seem to care about Xu Yunfan's gaze. He raised his hand, looked at the bluish-black veins slowly fading on the back of his hand, and suddenly sighed.

"Humans are destined to be born, grow old, get sick, and die. Where is immortality then?"

He looked up at Xu Yunfan and said in a low voice, "I've heard of you. You've become quite famous in the Dao Sect these past few days. Since you were chosen by that kid Bi Yuan, you must have some extraordinary abilities. When the Heavenly Demon descends, we will have a sliver of hope."

Xu Yunfan's expression changed slightly.

This Dugu Jiu seems to know everything.

Dugu Jiu looked at Xu Yunfan's wary posture, and a meaningful smile appeared on his withered lips: "Go, choose your divine weapon. In the endless abyss below, there are three divine weapons that have the hope of becoming eighth-tier divine weapons..."

Before he finished speaking, his cloudy eyes suddenly became deep and unfathomable, and his voice, hoarse with the weight of years, said, "The Nine Luminaries Sect's *Nine Luminaries Qi Devouring Technique*, the Sword Pavilion's *Empty Clarity Sword Cleansing Technique*, the Amitabha Temple's *I Ching Marrow Cleansing Technique*, the Xuanzhen Sect's *Dragon Tiger Elixir Technique*, the Daoist Sect's *Pure Yang Qi Technique*... I have complete copies of all of these."

Dugu Jiu's slightly hunched body slowly straightened up.

"Back then, I wanted to follow the path of the return of all laws to the source. I sat in the Sword Tomb for a hundred years, melting all the scriptures into one furnace, finally achieving a flawless body, reaching the state of perfection, and attaining the formless state of the universe..."

Dugu Jiu's voice was like the friction of a rusty sword, aged and withered, yet it carried a sacred quality that transcended the years.

"Are you willing to learn the Formless Heaven, the Return of All Laws to Nothingness, and the Ten Extremes of Martial Arts?"

"How does it compare to the Twelve Secrets of the Golden Gate and Jade Lock of the Daoist School?"

His Adam's apple bobbed, and his heart pounded.

"The Twelve Secrets of Golden Gate and Jade Lock?" Dugu Jiu's face showed disdain. "A mere method of locking life and prolonging life is not worthy of being compared with the martial arts that I have refined through the fusion of hundreds of scriptures."
My martial arts have reached the pinnacle of human martial arts, forged through the fusion of hundreds of scriptures and comprehended through a century of practice, thus touching upon the ultimate essence of martial arts.

After a pause, Dugu Jiu's eyes were burning, and he continued, "If you condense your true qi with the Ten Extremes Martial Arts, you will have a chance to break through the limits of the Ninth Realm and enter the Land Immortal Realm."

"boom!"

The ground stones exploded with spiderweb-like cracks, and Xu Yunfan slammed his knees to the ground, kicking up three feet of dust.

This kneeling came without warning, even causing Dugu Jiu's cloudy pupils to tremble slightly. Xu Yunfan's forehead was pressed against the ground marked with sword scars, yet his spine remained as straight as a javelin.

"Senior, this humble one is willing to learn!"

"……Hahaha"

Dugu Jiu was stunned for a moment, then his laughter shook the abyss, causing the murderous aura to surge. "Good! Good! Good!"

Dugu Jiu looked at Xu Yunfan with admiration.

"Most martial artists in the world care a lot about their reputation, but you have given me a different feeling."

As Xu Yunfan finished speaking, he looked up and Dugu Jiu's figure vanished like a sword light, and the evil aura at the bottom of the abyss subsided, leaving only the scroll of strange beast skin with dark gold patterns in front of Xu Yunfan.

Xu Yunfan stood up and called out a few times.

"Senior? Senior!"

Seeing that there was no further response, Xu Yunfan felt a slight sense of relief, but his emotions did not seem particularly high.

Dugu Jiu is a capricious person, but judging from his life trajectory, he is an extremely selfish person. It is definitely not without reason that he would so generously give him the Ten Extremes Martial Arts that he has worked so hard to comprehend.

pity……

Xu Yunfan couldn't help but glance at his attribute panel.

Without the attribute panel, no matter how eloquently Dugu Jiu described this Ten Extremes Martial Arts, he wouldn't touch it in the slightest.

He unfolded it and saw that the scroll contained ten diagrams of the human body's meridians outlined in cinnabar. Each diagram was accompanied by obscure ancient seal script, recording the key points of each of the ten extreme martial arts realms, from "Body Tempering Ultimate Realm" to "Zhou Tian Wu Xiang". The last page was even marked with the four characters "Land Immortal", with sharp strokes like sword carving, clearly a later addition by Dugu Jiu.

However, this idea of ​​a terrestrial immortal is merely Dugu Jiu's conjecture, and whether it is true or not remains to be seen.

'You have obtained the Ten Extreme Martial Arts (Gold)'

Upon seeing the message floating in his field of vision, Xu Yunfan was overjoyed. He truly hadn't expected Dugu Jiu to be so honest as to actually give him this peerless divine skill.

But the more this was the case, the more cautious Xu Yunfan became. He would be even more careful when he encountered Dugu Jiu in the future, for the other party's intentions were far-reaching.

He couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking.

Xu Yunfan subconsciously touched his chest.

Unfortunately, Yu Congling's ultimate remains have not reacted since they entered the White Jade Palace in the small world secret realm and said a few words. Otherwise, we could have found an opportunity to ask about this matter.

After a quick scan of "Ten Extremes Martial Arts", another message popped up on the attribute panel in the field of vision.

'You skimmed through the Ten Extremes Martial Arts without understanding anything.'

Sure enough!

But now is not the time to practice this technique; obtaining a divine weapon is the priority.

Xu Yunfan sped down into the bottomless abyss, vaguely hearing Dugu Jiu's sigh coming from the depths of the murderous aura: "The Heavenly Demon devours martial artists like chewing wax; only those who have reached the pinnacle of cultivation can reciprocate by consuming their marrow. Kid, practice more, lest the Heavenly Demon descends and you become its prey..."

These words sent a chill down his spine, further confirming his belief that Dugu Jiu probably knew more secrets about the Heavenly Demon.

Xu Yunfan moved like lightning, passing through layers of surging malevolent energy, and finally reached the deepest part of the abyss.

The sight before him made him gasp for breath. Four divine weapons floated in a dark purple vortex of malevolent energy, each radiating a completely different kind of pressure, as if waiting for the right person to possess them.

A long, dark purple staff, its body wrapped in fine lightning patterns, moved slowly as if it were alive.

The top of the staff is carved with a ferocious dragon's head, its mouth slightly open, as if it could swallow and spit out thunder.

The end of the stick is engraved with the ancient seal characters “雷殛” (lei ji), with faint traces of electric arcs jumping around.

(More to come later)
(End of this chapter)