My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 435 Change
"You are the Immortal Master Shen Changchuan?!"

When Shen Changchuan arrived outside the city and was about to enter, he was subjected to the routine inspection by the cultivators stationed outside the city gate.

Shen Changchuan didn't think anything of it and just followed the rules.

Because it wasn't just him.

As a result, everyone else entering or leaving the city gates was also questioned.

According to the passersby and cultivators around, a few days ago, a demonic cultivator used a secret technique to sneak into the city disguised as a human and caused considerable damage to Broken Soul City.

Therefore, the checks have been more thorough these past few days.

However, Shen Changchuan didn't pay any attention to it.

But the cultivators guarding the gate exclaimed in surprise after recognizing Shen Changchuan!

"What?! He's Shen Changchuan?!"

"Yes! I've seen footage of him living abroad, and that's exactly it!"

"Wow! So young! I heard he's only in his early twenties, yet he's already reached the fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm, a level many people can't achieve in their entire lives!"

"Reaching the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in just over twenty years is incredible, but such prodigies are not uncommon in other, more prosperous cultivation worlds. It is said that the blood relatives of those True Ancestors in the Profound Core realm have made even more terrifying progress. But to be able to improve a secret technique at such a young age and with such cultivation, and then change the course of a great battle involving the peak of the Divine Travel realm, is probably only possible for this person!"

"To witness such a peerless genius, a rare sight in the Southern Region, is worth dying for!"

The surrounding crowd became agitated.

All eyes were fixed on Shen Changchuan, filled with respect, envy, and even fear.

A murmur of discussion arose from the surrounding area.

Shen Changchuan: ?

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but feel a series of question marks on his face.

What's going on?
Three years of seclusion

Has he become a big star?
"Fellow Daoist Shen, it's been a long time!"

at this time,

The Nascent Soul stage cultivators, who were stationed at the city gate to guard against any unforeseen events, noticed the commotion.
He quickly walked over, smiling as he cupped his hands in a respectful greeting to Shen Changchuan.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, it's been a long time."

Shen Changchuan also nodded and bowed.
I quickly searched my mind for information about this person.

Bae Yong-an,
That is the name of the cultivator in the Out-of-Body Realm.

We knew each other before and had some interactions.

years ago,
When Shen Changchuan left Tiannan Region to escort a group of outer disciples from a sect to the Southern Yue Kingdom...
I once traveled with this person.

At that time, the other party was hired by Wanling Pavilion to escort two thousand Qi Refining Realm cultivators to the Wilderness City.

We traveled together back then.
The three airships traveled together and worked together for a month.

"It's been several years since I last saw you, Fellow Daoist Shen, and your demeanor is even more impressive than before!"

"In the blink of an eye, he has become famous throughout the world!"

Pei Yong'an said with emotion.

At the same time, he looked at the gatekeepers checking the cultivators and spoke to the captain of the gatekeepers:

"Since it is Immortal Master Shen in person, it is naturally not something that a scoundrel from the demonic path could impersonate. You all do your work well, I will receive Fellow Daoist Shen."

The captain of the gatekeepers subconsciously glanced at a fist-sized, pale golden toad squatting on a nearby table.

The toad sat calmly on the table.
With its eyes closed, it seemed to be fast asleep.

There was no reaction whatsoever.

He then turned to look at Bae Yong-an.
"Yes, Immortal Master Pei!"

The captain bowed respectfully and then withdrew.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, this way please."

Bae Yong-an called out from the front.

Shen Changchuan withdrew his gaze from the pale golden toad and walked over as well. "Fellow Daoist Pei, may I ask what that toad was?"

Following Pei Yong'an one step behind into the city, Shen Changchuan couldn't help but ask a question.

This entry inspection into the city is called an inspection,
It seems they just ask about the origin of the name, then have the person entering the city walk around the pale golden toad, and that's it.

Clearly, the golden toad is the key point.

Shen Changchuan noticed this from the very beginning.

Could that golden toad possess the ability to recognize people?
and,

If Shen Changchuan's perception is not mistaken...

Then that pale golden toad must be a Gu worm!

Moreover, it was a Gu King cultivated in a similar way to how Shen Changchuan cultivated Xiao Jin!

"Ha, speaking of the Golden Toad King, it's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Shen!"

Pei Yong'an chuckled and then began to explain in detail to Shen Changchuan.

To tell you all this,

It is also related to Shen Changchuan's improvement of the secret technique of controlling Gu, which allows cultivators to communicate with Gu worms through simple spiritual thought.

What Shen Changchuan didn't know was that,

His actions had a greater impact on the cultivation world of Tiannan Domain than he had imagined!

The impact of that Gu-controlling secret technique went far beyond simply changing the battle situation at Broken Soul Mountain.

Because of the spread of the secret technique of controlling Gu poison,
This allows cultivators to face demonic cultivators without worrying about the enemy's Gu Dao secret techniques, effectively neutralizing most of the opponent's Gu insect secret techniques!

This allowed cultivators in the Tiannan Region to gain the upper hand when facing the demonic cultivators of the Nanyue Kingdom.

Not only that,

Because the vast majority of lower- and middle-class independent cultivators come from humble backgrounds and lack inherited skills, they do not have many opportunities to come into contact with other secret techniques.
When Shen Changchuan, considering the strategic situation, provided the alliance with this secret technique for controlling Gu and the method of industrialized Gu breeding, and the alliance then issued an exchange offer to the vast number of middle and lower-level cultivators at a very low contribution level,
Basically, all the independent cultivators who didn't have any other skills exchanged for this secret technique.

The existence of the secret technique of controlling Gu poison,
Cultivators are able to communicate directly with Gu worms.

As a result,
The barrier to entry for practicing Gu techniques is greatly lowered.

Furthermore, as long as the Gu worm can be successfully cultivated, it can be controlled through the Gu control secret technique, thereby greatly lowering the entry barrier!
This is for those of humble origins
For low-level, independent cultivators who have nothing of value to offer, the temptation is immense!
As more and more people practice this secret method...
Naturally, some people with ingenious ideas will emerge, and some will even begin to modify the secret techniques of controlling Gu.

Although low- to mid-level cultivators do not have the ability to make major changes.

But they don't need major changes.
Their modification involved referencing industrial centipede farming methods to cultivate other Gu worms, and combining these with corresponding Gu worm refining and breeding techniques to alter the Gu-controlling secret art to a certain extent, making it compatible with and able to communicate with those specific Gu worms.

of course,

Three years is not enough time for the secret art of controlling Gu to undergo significant changes.

Nowadays, most independent cultivators still mainly use the Gu-controlling Secret Technique in conjunction with the Centipede King.

However, with the accumulation of the number of practitioners,
There will always be some geniuses.
Some results have been achieved.

This golden clam king is one of the results!

Its function,

It means being able to sense a person's aura.

Identify the aura of demonic cultivators.

Therefore, he was assigned to the city gate to serve as a biological detector.

"For us independent cultivators, Fellow Daoist Shen's actions back then were truly meritorious!"

Pei Yong'an sighed.

Throughout the entire cultivation world of the Southern Heaven Domain,

Among the hundreds of thousands of cultivators who participated in this battle, most of the lower and middle-level cultivators benefited from Shen Changchuan's secret technique!

And it is precisely for this reason

That's why Shen Changchuan's reputation is so great, and why being recognized caused such a huge reaction from those around him.

(End of this chapter)