My talent is 1.

"Congratulations, Senior Shiraha!"

When Bai Yu was undergoing his tribulation, most of the scattered immortals from Tianlin Mountain came to a place not far from the cave.

Only after entering the formation did they realize that there was an unfathomable immortal present.

Guan Xiangzi's aura was concealed, making it impossible to gauge his strength.

But when they saw Bai Yu's respectful demeanor, they were all stunned.

Who is this person? ...Senior Bai Yu is so humble in front of this person...

"Thank you all for your kindness, but I have just completed my tribulation and still need to consolidate my strength, so I will not entertain you any longer."

For wandering immortals, especially at lower stages, the act of dissolving their bodies and starting over is not a choice they make, but a helpless act.

The Nine Tribulations of a Loose Immortal are a matter of life and death, and very few Loose Immortals in the entire Immortal Realm can survive the seventh tribulation and obtain the Taiyi Dao Fruit.

Surviving the ninth tribulation and attaining the Great Luo Dao Fruit to become a Great Luo is extremely rare. Among the Great Luo Golden Immortals in the Immortal Realm, less than one-tenth of them achieved the Great Luo from the status of a Loose Immortal.

Having survived the sixth tribulation, Bai Yu is considered a top expert within a radius of ten thousand miles around Tianlin Mountain.

So who is this unfathomable fellow? And why does he have such influence over Senior Bai Yu? ...

But Bai Yu's order to leave left all the wandering immortals with no choice but to depart.

But one of them recognized Guan Xiangzi's identity.

"Xiuyu, when you have time in the future, go and bother Senior Baiyu more often."

"Master, why is this? Senior Bai Yu just now..."

"You don't understand. If I were in the past, I would most likely be scolded and kicked out. But you juniors, as long as you are of good character, Bai Yu will give you some guidance. For the past few thousand years, it's just because of the Heavenly Tribulation that we've closed our doors to guests. But now, everything has changed."

"Because Senior Bai Yu survived his sixth tribulation?"

Daoist Haosong smiled faintly: "After ten thousand years, I never expected to see that senior again."

"Master, which one are you referring to?"

Xi Yu was somewhat surprised. His master was a fifth-level loose immortal, and had been on equal footing with Bai Yu for countless years in Tianlin Mountain.

The "senior" he mentioned... wouldn't that mean... someone who surpassed Senior Bai Yu?

"You'll understand in time."...

Lu Zifan and Zhong Wuyai discussed their next plans in private messages.

Guan Xiangzi had already explained the situation to them, and they would settle down here on Tianlin Mountain for the time being.

With Bai Yu's protection, a lot of trouble will be saved, and I can cultivate in peace.

Guan Xiangzi gave Bai Yu some instructions and then left. What the Eight Tribulation Loose Immortal was going to do was beyond their knowledge.

Bai Yu was very polite to the two of them, after all, Zhong Wuyai's brilliant move had allowed him to safely pass through the sixth tribulation.

Although they are only newly ascended immortals, Bai Yu knows that these two will definitely surpass his achievements in the future.

Putting everything else aside, Bai Yu couldn't see through their paths at all.

Lu Zifan's name can be summed up in one word from top to bottom: "water".

But the aura of water within him is almost on par with that of a sixth-level immortal.

If Bai Yu hadn't been able to genuinely sense that Lu Zifan was a person, he would have thought Lu Zifan was a water spirit transformed from the essence of heaven and earth.

Zhong Wuyai, on the other hand, couldn't understand it at all.

It feels very complex, yet very solid, with absolutely no signs of conflicting Daoist principles.

Water and fire, wind and thunder, metal and wood, yin and yang...

Could this be a spirit from a small world transformed into something else?

Looking at the two people in front of him, it seemed like they were communicating, but he couldn't sense any fluctuations at all; their primordial spirits didn't move in the slightest.

"Strange, what kind of telepathic technique is this?"

After discussing it for a long time, Zhong Wuyai and Lu Zifan decided to continue with the path taken by cultivators.

Zhong Wuyai frantically improved his cultivation level, while Lu Zifan continued to be stuck at his current cultivation level.

Lu Zifan, who is in the mid-stage of the Human Immortal realm, doesn't have much immortal essence, but it's enough to activate immortal artifacts.

It's time to upgrade Starlight.

As for the Divine Fire Annihilation Cannon... those should all be phased out.

After all, in the Immortal Realm, if one's power increases too drastically, one will directly clash with the Heavenly Dao.

The first step now is to acquire the Immortal Stones.

With the White Feather, killing low-level demons in the early stages is not a problem.

I wonder if Bai Yu will incur karmic retribution if he takes action against those transformed demon immortals.

Then there's the Starry Sky Immortal Light, currently the only mid-grade immortal artifact.

However, in the immortal realm, all sorts of methods emerge endlessly.

Cultivators in the lower realms cannot control fate and karma, but there are plenty of powerful figures in the immortal realm.

Without some good magic weapon to protect you, if you encounter someone who uses underhanded tricks, you might not even know how you died.

The Yin-Yang Fate Wheel is something I could consider working on, but I don't know how those 4 points of intelligence will change.

"You should first improve your weapon crafting and alchemy skills, especially alchemy. The immortal realm has the lowest regard for alchemy, but it can be of great use to us."

Lu Zifan's message made Zhong Wuyai think of many things.

Ordinary celestial objects, once elevated to a certain level, will naturally attract heavenly tribulations.

Either you fail and vanish into nothingness, or you survive the tribulation and successfully transform into human form.

The problem is this: if a magical herb transforms into human form, how can I eat it?

But the elixir is different. The moment the elixir is refined, the true spirit will dissipate, either returning to heaven and earth, or the true spirit will remain and be reincarnated.

Therefore, alchemy remains the fastest way to improve one's skills.

There are no problems with the cultivation techniques; the Book of Changes far surpasses the Immortal Techniques.

They've all become immortals, yet they haven't even begun to understand the basics.

Having made up his mind, Lu Zifan looked at Bai Yu.

"Do you have any secret techniques for alchemy?"

"Forehead?……"

This left Bai Yu speechless.

If you ask about spiritual practice and enlightenment, I can offer some guidance.

Alchemy? ...This thing...requires immortal techniques?

"Pills are not very useful. If you want to refine pills, you can just extract the essence and the origin of immortal herbs and fruits and refine them. But if you want to refine pills, it is better to absorb them directly."

Zhong Wuyai shook his head; there was no hope.

Looking at the perfect Cloud Sea Pill Manual on the panel, Zhong Wuyai thought for a moment and decided to just refine the immortal pill directly.

It would be best if it could be refined; if it can't, then there would be some minor trouble.

"Well, surely you can give me some immortal stones or immortal fruits?"

Without wasting any words, Bai Yu casually waved his hand, and more than ten immortal stones, several spiritual fruits, and two immortal herbs appeared in front of Zhong Wuyai.

Zhong Wuyai immediately began refining pills.

Although the properties of the elixir are unclear, it is still mainly about extracting the essence.

Zhong Wuyai extracted the three spiritual fruits and one immortal herb directly, skipping the tedious steps... The consumption of immortal essence increased instantly.

"Quickly use the immortal stones to restore your immortal essence; you're being too reckless."

With only 55 points of immortal essence, Zhong Wuyai was consuming them at an average rate of 5 points per second.

In just two breaths, Zhong Wuyai felt that most of his immortal energy had been drained away.

Without much thought, he immediately put a piece of immortal stone in his mouth and began to extract it while breathing in and out.

Lu Zifan quickly upgraded the immortal stone, while Zhong Wuyai used his primordial spirit to control the extraction and added 1 to the immortal stone.

The surrounding immortal energy instantly converged on the immortal stone in Zhong Wuyai's hand. Bai Yu's mouth gaped open, staring dumbfounded at the two's amazing actions.

What on earth did these two guys do...? In that instant, did they carve the Immortal Essence Array onto the Immortal Stone?

"You're being ridiculous. You've only just met Bai Yu, and you already trust him so much?"

"There's no point in hiding it. Senior Guan Xiangzi knows about my cheat, but he doesn't understand how. Besides, although he left, he left behind a primordial spirit clone. Do you think I'm stupid?"

Lu Zifan wanted to say something, but Zhong Wuyai closed the chat window.

He handed the immortal stone, which had been upgraded twice, to Bai Yu.

"Take this and use it to protect me."

Before Bai Yu could react, a celestial stone with an extremely rich aura appeared in front of him.

My goodness... who is this kid?

Having cultivated for tens of thousands of years, this is the first time I've encountered such a method that defies the laws of nature.

Secretly, Guan Xiangzi's primordial spirit clone subconsciously moved away from Zhong Wuyai.

Bai Yu was unaware of the consequences that would ensue if Zhong Wuyai used this ability.

When they were in the Chaos realm, they were extracting the essence of the gods, but this is in the celestial realm.

It's fine for now that he's just extracting immortal energy, but what if... what if this kid extracts the very essence of the immortal realm? Would the Heavenly Dao let him go?

This kid's a madman; when he goes crazy, he doesn't care about the consequences. Otherwise, wouldn't this precious thing's original form protect itself? ...

After exchanging it for a celestial stone with over two thousand immortal energy, Zhong Wuyai spat out the celestial stone from his mouth. It had already become an ordinary rock, instantly shattering and turning into dust.

Judging from the extraction speed, Zhong Wuyai felt it was sufficient, so he stopped worrying about the immortal stones and focused on extracting the essence...

After all the essence was extracted, Zhong Wuyai began to condense it into one.

The immortal essence was being consumed even faster, but the condensation speed was quick, since they were all low-level items and there was no difficulty in obtaining them.

Finally, all the essence condensed into a smooth, round little bead...

【Life-Generating Pill】

Residual Elixir

Immortal Essence +20

Wood Aura +1

Wind Aura +3

"It's alright, barely passable."

The combined immortal essence of immortal fruits and immortal herbs is only 18 points, and even after being refined into pills, it is only 16 points, which is an increase of 4 points.

It consumes a lot of immortal energy... so it seems like a loss no matter how you look at it.

It's just that these things are of relatively low level; otherwise, I might not have been able to refine them successfully.

Without a second thought, Zhong Wuyai added 1 to his immortal essence.

Although wind and wood energy are more cost-effective, immortal essence is really scarce right now.

The Cloud Sea Pill Scripture remained unchanged, which was within Zhong Wuyai's expectations, since it was only a damaged immortal pill.

continue……

When the second pill was formed, it was still a defective product, which made Zhong Wuyai somewhat annoyed.

There were no mistakes from beginning to end, so how come they are all defective?

Bai Yu was secretly alarmed.

This Zhong Wuyai has such high comprehension. There are people who can refine pills at the Human Immortal realm, but the success rate of those who can refine pills is outrageous. The pills they refine are basically useless, not much different from directly absorbing materials.

Moreover, the alchemists in the Immortal Realm are all trained by top sects with countless resources.

Low-grade elixirs may not be very useful, but once you reach the Taiyi realm and can refine elixirs, that becomes quite remarkable.

Aside from rare and precious herbs, ordinary medicinal herbs are of little use, and most of the ones that are effective are no longer usable.

Even ordinary immortal herbs, when they grow to a certain level, can undergo tribulation and become celestial immortals.

Cultivation relies primarily on enlightenment, and external aids are necessary. Even if one obliterates the primordial spirit while preserving the physical body, the conflict of Daoist principles cannot be resolved.

On the contrary, if not handled properly, it can have the opposite effect, affecting one's spiritual cultivation or even one's spiritual attainment. In more unfortunate cases, it can increase one's karma.

However, alchemy can refine the Daoist essence or Daoist fruit into its original source, so that it can be absorbed with peace of mind.

This Zhong Wuyai, anywhere he is, would attract attention. Just his alchemy skills alone are enough to make countless sects extend olive branches to him...

Looking at the properties of the pill, Zhong Wuyai pondered for a moment and decided to try a different approach.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change...

"Um... do you still have any immortal herbs and fruits?"

Without saying a word, Bai Yu grabbed a handful of immortal herbs and fruits, as well as two that looked like tree roots.

Zhong Wuyai didn't care about that and kept adding 1 to the elixir and giving it to Lu Zifan to upgrade.

After going back and forth several times, Bai Yu looked at his cave dwelling and couldn't help but laugh and cry.

It's almost become the place with the weakest immortal energy in the immortal realm; if you didn't know better, you'd think you'd stumbled into some forbidden area.

"Wait a minute."

Lu Zifan interrupted Zhong Wuyai's actions.

"Don't rush to add more. Find another place, but make sure there's enough immortal energy. If that doesn't work, you should cultivate and improve your cultivation level first."

Zhong Wuyai thought about it and agreed. As long as there was enough immortal energy, it wouldn't disturb the origin of the immortal realm, and the Heavenly Dao wouldn't care about the consumption of immortal energy.

Putting everything else aside, a single breath from a Great Luo Golden Immortal is enough for them to cultivate to the level of a Celestial Immortal.

"Thirty thousand miles north of Tianlin Mountain lies the edge of the Undying Volcano, where the power of the Earth's core fire permeates the area. If you cultivate fire-based techniques, becoming an Earth Immortal within a hundred years is not a problem."

Bai Yu spoke slowly.

He couldn't fathom Zhong Wuyai's Daoist aura; it seemed like the Dao but wasn't quite the Dao. Perhaps the Venerable One knew something, but the fact that the two of them openly displayed it before him clearly meant that the Venerable One had given him some instructions.

Bai Yu felt uneasy, as if something bad was going to happen after she finished speaking...

When Lu Zifan and Zhong Wuyai heard that there was a volcano, and an immortal volcano at that, they almost burst out laughing.

This is like sending a pillow when you're sleepy...

What could be more energetic than a volcano?

Bai Yu was only talking about the periphery; what about the central area...?

Even if Starlight Immortal Light were upgraded to a high-grade immortal artifact, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.

However, now is not the time. Let's find a place with abundant immortal energy and add the immortal essence of these two elixirs first.

The area around Tianlin Mountain suffered a disaster. When the two immortal pills were added to 20,000 to 30,000 immortal essence, Zhong Wuyai put 1 on it, which almost scared away Guan Xiangzi's primordial spirit clone.

Bai Yu nearly lost his balance and fell from the sky when he saw the bare ground.

"What, what did you do?... So much ethereal energy, don't tell me it's all gone?"

"Don't worry, everything is under control!"

Although he spoke casually, Zhong Wuyai was actually quite frightened inside.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and I now have a rough idea of ​​the ratio between the growth of immortal essence and the demand for immortal energy.

As for that immortal pill with over 30,000 immortal essences, Zhong Wuyai doesn't plan to upgrade it; it's not a safe bet.

The immortals of Tianlin Mountain were all like startled birds, not knowing what had happened, and some went directly to Zhujuke.

"Senior, do you know what happened? Why did this immortal aura suddenly disappear?"

For a moment, Zhu Juke didn't know how to explain.

Bai Yu led the two immortals around Tianlin Mountain for a stroll, and then the immortal aura disappeared. What a coincidence!

But this incident was clearly orchestrated by that person.

Bai Yu doesn't have that ability.

"Please go back, everyone. Nothing's wrong. Your immortal energy will be restored in a few days."

"This..." The immortals looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhu Juke clearly knew the reason, but his attitude was also very clear: he didn't want others to know.

Seeing that even the bamboo forest of the Bamboo Hermit was filled with extremely thin immortal energy, the immortals guessed what was going on.

Clearly, Zhu Juke was also a victim. If even a Fifth Tribulation Loose Immortal dared not say anything, what could he do even if he knew? It might only bring more trouble.

"Perhaps some powerful being passed by and drew upon his immortal energy to recover."

"How high a level of attainment would that be?"

"The Celestial Immortal of the Mysterious Heaven?...No, it might be the Golden Immortal of the Supreme Unity!"

"Hiss~... Fellow Daoists, I have some matters to attend to at home, so I will not keep you company any longer."

All the wandering immortals departed one after another.

Regardless of whether they are Taiyi Golden Immortals or not, the ability to completely extinguish the immortal energy around Tianlin Mountain indicates that they are an extraordinary being, someone they cannot afford to offend.

Since Zhu Juke said there was nothing wrong, he must have just passed by. He can continue his cultivation in a few days.