My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 139 The Tribulation of the Forty-Nine, the Casual White Old Monster

The Human Realm Palace has its own system, with Palace Master Lu Zheyuan as the most respected, followed by the three Grand Elders and a group of steward elders.

Those three senior elders were all Lu Zheyuan's confidantes!

Not only are they all peerless beauties, but each also possesses unique talents, displaying astonishing abilities in alchemy, weapon crafting, and formations. Furthermore, they all admire Lu Zheyuan, and thus, when Lu Zheyuan established the Human Realm Palace, they abandoned their original husbands, children, and fiancés to help Lu Zheyuan build this Human Realm Palace.

Therefore, these three elders were not qualified for these three positions because their cultivation was strong enough.

Ultimately, this was actually Lu Zheyuan's way of making amends to them.

Because Lu Zheyuan never agreed to their request.

As for the subordinate elders, there's no need to elaborate here. Apart from two who could barely be considered to have reached their positions through their own cultivation, the rest all relied on Lu Zheyuan's True Immortal methods.

An incomplete version of the Outer Heaven Realm, or rather, it can only be called the Initial Realm of the Outer Heaven, and cannot be revered as a terrestrial immortal.

After all, the Human Realm Palace was only recently established, and it would be difficult for it to produce such a large number of Outer Heaven Realm warriors without the help of True Immortals.

Below the deacons and elders, there are naturally some other positions.

Those who cultivate in the three realms of external appearance and the three realms of external objects also need a system of advancement to accommodate them all.

After all, a qualified force needs a complete promotion system to make everyone feel that they have room for advancement! Otherwise, it will be stagnant and the force will eventually perish.

Besides these positions, there is actually a hidden position in the Human Palace, which is the "First Venerable" position, equivalent to that of Palace Master Lu Zheyuan. It is said to have been prepared for one of Palace Master Lu Zheyuan's closest friends.

Rumor has it that this close friend was of great help to Lu Zheyuan, so after the establishment of the Human Realm Palace, Palace Master Lu Zheyuan repeatedly invited him to take up the position. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, this close friend not only refused the position but also never appeared in the Human Realm Palace.

At this moment, within this human city, the sudden lethargy of the elders did not cause any commotion, as everyone subconsciously ignored it.

Or perhaps they all think it's not a big deal and doesn't need to be taken seriously.

Compared to this, Zhou Shuyue's "natural" breakthrough in cultivation was what concerned them more. They all believed Zhou Shuyue was a promising talent, representing the growing strength of the Human Realm Palace, and was good news worth reporting to Palace Master Lu Zheyuan!

If you have no merit, you must create one.

Although this is the way of being an official, it is also very applicable to this human city.

No boss dislikes credit.

Moreover, this is actually part of the power of all living beings.

Others might not understand this, but Bai Chijing, who came to this human city because of Huai Qiaoqiao's words a dozen days ago, understood it at first glance.

Huai Qiaoqiao remained tight-lipped about both Yan Zhaotian of the Immortal Alliance and Lu Zheyuan of the Human Realm Palace. But that was only to Huai Qiaoqiao; to Bai Chijing, they were merely two juniors with somewhat mysterious backgrounds.

While we cannot let our guard down, we also don't need to be overly wary.

So he came to this human city, intending to have a good talk with Lu Zheyuan of the Human Palace.

Unfortunately, Bai Chijing has been trying to meet the Lord of the Human Realm for over ten days, but he still hasn't been able to do so in this human city.

……

Today, in the City of Mortals, you used the combined fortune of a group of "living puppets" as fuel to refine a batch of Human Profound Pills, producing 108 pills. Your alchemy skills are now close to the Dao.

[Search and obtain an extremely refined amount of Human Profound Power +1]

As his aura surged and the eye-like object in the bead in his palm moved slightly, Bai Chijing naturally arrived at the time for today's harvest.

However, this time, although he refined a lot of Human Profound Pills, Bai Chijing was unable to obtain the Human Profound Qi he needed in the past.

What they found this time was—the power of the human realm.

One of them is Qi, which transforms into a symbol resembling an exclamation mark and lands on Bai Chijing's head. Once touched, it will directly form a poem by the Heavenly Official that resonates with heaven and earth, based on Bai Chijing's experiences and some future traces.

While creating this unusual phenomenon, it also directly brought a large amount of good fortune to Bai Chijing.

This power of the human realm is used differently from the energy of the human realm. Bai Chijing has already attained immortality and can see the universe below the dust motes. The uses and effects of this power of the human realm are fully reflected in his understanding.

"It enhances one's own Human Profound Qi, and has a certain chance to allow it to take root, causing the Flower of Life Source to bloom within one's cultivation. Once this flower is born, the calamity of death that pulls a True Immortal to the afterlife will be greatly prolonged and weakened. Ordinary immortals experience a minor calamity every four hundred years and a major calamity every nine hundred years. Once their immortal karma touches upon death, it will directly destroy the foundation of their immortal path..."

"The 49th Man's Calamity?"

Bai Chijing's gaze sharpened slightly. Once one embarks on the path of cultivation, one's lifespan will increase day by day, and after attaining immortality, there will be virtually no more worries about lifespan.

Unexpectedly, one's own immortal karma would be affected by something called "the pull of death." Once successfully pulled by this thing, the first thing to be destroyed is the foundation of one's immortal path, then one-tenth of one's true immortal achievements will be lost, and finally one will have to disappear completely from the world.

This Flower of Life Source can prolong the time one is bound to suffer from "the pull of death" and weaken by half the force that pulls one's karmic ties to immortality.

"Is this why the refinement of the Human Profound Pill has become so widely known?" Bai Chijing pondered. He originally thought that after he attained immortality, the only thing he could covet was the Heavenly Profound Qi.

As for the remaining human and earthly mystic energies, at most they can only be used for experimentation.

However, it now seems that although his previous speculation was wrong and the Human Profound Qi is unlikely to be obtained repeatedly, the Human Profound Power corresponding to the Human Profound Qi is an extremely precious item!
Therefore, Bai Chijing couldn't help but look at the human city where he was currently located.

He is currently standing in the heart of this human palace.

After more than ten days, Bai Chijing had already visited every part of this human city.

Naturally, no one could discover him.

The power of the outer realm and the spiritual platform heaven of the "Ten Greedy and Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture" was only initially achieved when it was added to the mental landscape of the "emotions change with the environment" realm in the Shu Mountain Realm. At that time, even the celestial immortals could not find Bai Chijing's whereabouts.

Not to mention the current state of affairs in this world.

The mortal realm of Yaotian is naturally incomparable to the Shu Mountain Realm. And today, Bai Chijing's cultivation level is far beyond what it was back then.

It has become increasingly unfathomable.

After traveling around for the past ten days or so, Bai Chijing has begun to suspect that Lu Zheyuan, the master of the Human Palace, is probably a very problematic person, even though he has never met him before.

This is because Bai Chijing saw some traces of the "Puppet Show Classic"!
What Bai Chijing learned today, that those "outer world initial realms of the Human Palace" were essentially "living puppets," immediately confirmed his suspicions. True immortals are like this; before being exposed, their ability to perceive the universe from the smallest speck of dust, derived from the foundation of their immortal path, is suppressed or affected, preventing them from seeing the truth and recognizing its true essence.

But once the other party's identity is known, the previous concealment can no longer deceive this ability to see the universe in the smallest dust.

At this moment, Bai Chijing was taking in this human city.

The reason is that if he fails to establish his own human essence this time, he will have to rely on the help of some fellow Daoists in this human city...

In any case, he would never touch his own destiny.

Then, without delay, Bai Chijing immediately began to channel these "incomparably condensed human profound energy" into his own body. What was originally only a certain probability of human profound energy taking root, under the nourishment of this "incomparably condensed human profound energy," naturally became one hundred percent.

Therefore, when Bai Chijing completely absorbed the power of these people into himself and turned it into nourishment, he immediately sensed that a flower was blooming within his body.

This flower is colorless, resembling an ice crystal flower, with six petals, round and translucent.

When the flower fully bloomed, Bai Chijing keenly noticed that a protective layer suddenly appeared on his immortal soul, pushing away some subtle "dark roots" that were originally far away from him even further.

These "dark roots" were something Bai Chijing had never sensed before. It wasn't until this flower of life origin, born from the human Xuan Qi, bloomed that Bai Chijing was able to glimpse them.

However, because the name of this thing was not revealed, even Bai Chijing's ability to see the universe in the smallest dust particles could not glean anything from it. He could only vaguely sense that this thing was related to the "Death Pull".

"That's true. I've been an immortal for over a hundred years. Calculating the time, there are still about three hundred years until the first minor influence. As for now... if this thing wants to influence my immortal karma, it will be three thousand nine hundred years from now..."

Once Bai Chijing understood this, even his eyes lit up slightly.

Because this kind of delay is not a one-time event.

Instead, the time for each of these "49 Calamities" was extended to ten times the original amount.

"If the flowers blooming from the human Xuan Qi are so incredibly wondrous, then what about the earth Xuan Qi?" Bai Chijing thought to himself, and his heart couldn't help but feel expectant.

After all, this kind of "49 Calamity" is only delayed, not suppressed, which means that he will continue to encounter it in the future.

Perhaps there is a way to resolve the calamity of these forty-nine people in heaven, but that would require going to heaven.

This is something he, currently living in the mortal world, is powerless to reach.

"In that case, I need to speed up the refining of the Earth Profound Pill and the Heaven Profound Pill..." Bai Chijing pondered. He was confident that he could refine the Earth Profound Pill using the luck of others, but he was a little unsure about the Heaven Profound Pill.

Because it has never been refined.

Moreover, what he needs is not the Heavenly Profound Pill, but the Heavenly Profound Qi equivalent to the Heavenly Profound Pill! And the Heavenly Profound Power required afterward!
However, it is unknown whether Bai Chijing was lucky or not, because as soon as he arrived in this human city, he unexpectedly encountered a little girl who not only discovered him but also had the potential to refine the Heavenly Profound Pill!

It was Zhou Shuyue!
Otherwise, even if Bai Chijing, a true immortal, didn't have such arrogant and flamboyant thoughts, he wouldn't have paid any attention to a little girl.

At Bai Chijing's level, even if he doesn't diligently cultivate the "Greed Chapter" of the "Puppet Show Scripture," he normally has no desires.

If they act on it, it's probably out of greed or murderous intent.

Bai Chijing is currently in the former category.

However, he was not the kind of person who would bully others without reason, so Bai Chijing planned to teach him the Dharma for three years, using the methods of a true immortal to meet all of Zhou Shuyue's cultivation needs without affecting her own potential.

In exchange for this.

For example, Bai Chijing could tell at a glance that although Zhou Shuyue was quite talented in swordsmanship, she actually had even greater talent. However, facing Zhou Shuyue, who was wholeheartedly in love with swordsmanship, Bai Chijing chose to help her. He directly "borrowed" the swordsmanship talent of the demon monk, which made Zhou Shuyue make rapid progress in swordsmanship.

Although the demon monk's talent is not as great as that of the Three Heroes of Shu Mountain, he is a rare all-rounder with top-notch aptitude in all aspects of cultivation.

The demon monk thought his swordsmanship talent was only average, but in reality, after Bai Chijing attained immortality, he discovered that the demon monk's swordsmanship talent had been severed by a single sword strike.

Therefore, as a reward for "borrowing" talent, Bai Chijing built a bridge for the demon monk's swordsmanship talent, restoring it to its original state.

Of course, this restoration is not permanent, because the bridge can be destroyed or removed by Shirochi Kei.

Then, this demon monk truly lived up to his reputation as an "angel investor" on Bai Chijing's path to immortality, because after Bai Chijing completed the demon monk's swordsmanship talent, he unexpectedly allowed his own divine possession to "find" a conceptual power called "existence even when it doesn't exist".

This power is so subtle that it cannot be described in words or language, just like its name.

It truly exists even when it doesn't exist.

Although it's unknown where this demonic monk came from, perhaps he encountered the ferocious "Sui Jin" from the Shu Mountain realm, it doesn't matter.

Because it has nothing to do with Shirachi Kei.

Since no one else is in the Shu Mountain Realm, let this demon monk do whatever he wants!

"However, this borrowed swordsmanship talent is ultimately unsustainable..." Bai Chijing would not bully the weak for no reason, nor would he want to take advantage of the weak.

If Zhou Shuyue knew the "Ten Greedy and Desireless Suffering Immortal Scripture" this week, then the matter of borrowing someone else's cultivation talent would naturally be unimpeded. But now it is completely affected by his power.

"The Immortal Sword Qingluo hasn't been born yet, but its sword energy seems to be able to enhance a person's sword talent..." Bai Chijing thought for a moment and decided to give it a try.

And so, in this world of Yao and the mortal realm, a long-lost giant hand appeared.

It was a slender, jade-like hand with five fingers that emerged from the sky. The demon from the mortal realm, who had experienced this once a hundred years ago, was immediately filled with fear.

That time, several monsters, notorious among human demons, completely disappeared without a trace.

One of them was even one of the Twelve Heavenly Demon Kings from back then!

Therefore, since that day, a terrifying rumor began to circulate among the demons in the human world—there is a "demon-gathering immortal" in this world who specializes in gathering demons to replenish human health!

Fortunately, these human monsters soon stopped being afraid.

Because that slender, jade-like hand with five fingers simply drew away strands of terrifying sword energy from various parts of this world.

(End of this chapter)