Shrouding the Heavens: The Ultimate Daoist Venerable

Chapter 566 Reminiscing about the past
The Laurel Elixir of Immortality was an elixir of immortality that Liang Yu obtained when he annihilated the Divine Ruins, and it had been with Liang Yu for many years. During its several evolutions on the Boundless Immortal Mountain, the Laurel Elixir of Immortality had enjoyed immense benefits.

However, unlike other immortal medicines such as the Chaos Green Lotus, the Humanoid Immortal Medicine, the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, and the Ginseng Fruit Tree, it did not have the opportunity to take human form; it was simply that its own origin was more profound.

Although Liang Yu had once explored the Yin-Yang Dao, it was merely a fragment of this Wuji Heavenly Venerable's cultivation path. Therefore, while the Laurel Elixir of Immortality and Liang Yu had a high degree of compatibility, it wasn't the highest.

Those who possess the Yin body and use the power and laws of Yin as the core of their cultivation, constantly evolving them further, are naturally the type most compatible with the laurel elixir of immortality.

It can be said that as long as immortality can lead to enlightenment, the connection between them and the tree will be closer than ever before, perhaps even more so than the connection between the Xuanwu Emperor and the Xuanwu Immortal Elixir, or the White Tiger Emperor and the White Tiger Immortal Elixir.

Therefore, the laurel elixir of immortality naturally desires to follow immortality. And for its former owner, the Supreme Celestial Venerable, this was also a situation he was happy to see. After all, the laurel elixir of immortality being in this place was precisely the result of the Supreme Celestial Venerable's arrangement.

Therefore, the laurel elixir of immortality had no resistance to pursuing immortality.

Of course, as an elixir of immortality, the laurel elixir has little combat power, so whether it wants to or not, it cannot change its fate of falling into the hands of others.

It's just that Changsheng has a tolerant nature, so it only asks for its opinion.

After receiving confirmation, Changsheng uprooted the laurel elixir of immortality. Only then did he realize that there was a ley line deep within this place, but because it was buried underground and in a dormant state, no one had noticed it.

The laurel elixir of immortality takes root here because it can connect with the earth's veins and draw nourishment from them to sustain itself.

Changsheng did not disturb the earth's veins. He simply moved the laurel elixir of immortality into a precious pearl containing a universe within, using the various special soils he had collected over the years as its rooting ground, and watering it with the divine spring water he had once obtained, so that it could stabilize more quickly.

After putting away the laurel elixir of immortality, Changsheng couldn't help but have an idea: perhaps that mysterious person was a figure from mythology.

Even the celestial beings of the mythical era, let alone the ancient emperors of this era, could not have been so generous as to give away the laurel elixir of immortality as a gift.

Throughout human history, there have clearly been very few figures who could disregard even the elixir of immortality.

Such figures either do not belong to the human universe, or they are among those few figures he is familiar with. And the one connected to Ziwei Star is clearly the Wuji Heavenly Venerable.

Changsheng was unable to reproduce the appearance and image of the mysterious person in his memory, but when he recalled the statue with the true face of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable that he had seen in the Lingguan Holy Land and the phantom he saw when he returned to Ziwei Star, he felt a strange sense of familiarity.

Therefore, although there is no evidence, Changsheng still believes that the mysterious person might be the Wuji Heavenly Venerable. As for why the Wuji Heavenly Venerable is still alive, Changsheng does not know for the time being.

However, he firmly believes that these questions will be answered after he attains enlightenment.

After calming his mind, Changsheng headed towards the sacred Lingguan site.

At this moment, the Lingguan Holy Land and even the Ziwei Human Race were in an uproar. Upon Mu Renqing's return, his first priority was to return the belongings of the two deceased individuals from the eight who had left Ziwei Star to their respective factions. This caused a somber atmosphere among the humans, in addition to their grief. After all, only Mu Renqing had returned from those eight; besides the two incomplete skeletons, it was hard not to wonder if the others had also perished.

To prevent them from having wild thoughts, Mu Renqing quickly explained the situation of the few geniuses who had not returned to Ziwei Star, and handed over the items they had entrusted to Mu Renqing to their relatives and friends to the corresponding people.

Six or seven hundred years have passed, and Xie Yurou, who possesses a nine-aperture exquisite heart, has reached the level of Quasi-Emperor, but she is now at the third level of Quasi-Emperor.

This progress is comparable to that of Mo Tian and Xiao Ran, but those two were the result of participating in numerous bloody battles and trials on the Ancient Starry Sky Road and the Ultimate Ancient Road, and obtaining various opportunities, while Xie Yurou did not have such conditions.

However, it would be inappropriate to say that she is much stronger than Mo Tian and Xiao Ran based on this alone. This is because the Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart primarily enhances Xie Yurou's ability to comprehend the Dao, which means that she can gain inspiration from various sources and comprehend the Dao without needing to hone her skills through bloody battles, thereby improving her cultivation.

She chose to stay back then because her path of cultivation did not require bloodshed like others.

Over the years, Xie Yurou unexpectedly obtained the Wuji Dao Jing, a rare text left behind by the first incarnation of the Wuji Heavenly Venerable, which centers on the concept of "all laws connecting heaven and earth."

With the blessing of her Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart, Xie Yurou managed to comprehend the scripture with great difficulty, absorbing some of the essence of the Path to Heaven, and using it to begin reconstructing her own Taoist system, thus making tremendous progress.

Therefore, she also had her own adventures and opportunities, and she was still not far behind the other two. Of course, if we talk about the future, Xie Yurou might go further.

After Mu Renqing explained the whereabouts of the others, she asked, "What about him?"

Mu Renqing sighed, "Chang Sheng is already one of the six strongest on the ultimate ancient path. Among us, he is the only one who truly has the hope of proving himself and becoming the Human Emperor. He returned to Ziwei Star with me, but it seems he had other matters to attend to and did not return immediately."

After learning of Changsheng's feats of slaying the Prince of Light and repelling the Beast God, these people couldn't help but marvel. After all, Changsheng's performance was indeed no less impressive than that of a true ancient emperor before he attained enlightenment.

Although he is still one of the top six seeds, he has indeed become the de facto number one seed. After all, he is the most popular, while the others are still somewhat behind.

Of course, although Mu Renqing humbly refrained from showing off, his achievements have not been forgotten. Ranking seventh among the most outstanding talents of his generation in the human universe is sufficient proof of Mu Renqing's talent.

After learning all this, Xie Yurou couldn't help but smile through her tears. She was happy for Changsheng, but also felt a pang of heartache for the bloodshed he had endured over the years.

But the words that came out of her mouth were: "What could be more important to him than seeing us? We all miss him so much, doesn't he miss us too?"

Mu Renqing said, "His return to Ziwei was his own decision, and I think he should be here soon."

(End of this chapter)