Mortal: From a Chaotic Star Sea to a True Immortal

"Hopefully, these words will suffice; after all, nobody knows how inner demons arise, right?"

"Hiss... an inner demon!"

Upon hearing this, the old man Qingyi hissed, thought for a moment, and then chuckled, "Hehehe, I see, I see!"

"No wonder you dared to come to me! Very well, for now you will be my disciple in name only, and come with me to take a look at Hanli Terrace."

Wei Fang was overjoyed upon hearing this.

He quickly clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, senior. If I have any extraordinary encounters or discoveries while I am in this Void Heaven Palace, I will definitely show them to you to repay your kindness in helping me."

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Qing Yi glared at Wei Fang and slowly said, "Why would I covet your little treasure!"

"But then again, what if you end up getting something you don't recognize..."

"Give it to me and let me take a look at it, no problem, hahaha."

The old man laughed again as he spoke, and after laughing, he said seriously to Wei Fang, "Since you've made up your mind, come to me after you've passed this Ice and Fire Path."

"Since you're now a disciple, stop calling me 'senior'..."

Wei Fang quickly changed his address to Master.

The old man stroked his beard and nodded, saying, "The Nascent Soul stage monsters in this place all have strange tempers. Your calling them 'Master' wasn't for nothing; they probably all heard it."

"They'll still give me some face if I run into them again. But you'd better be careful of those righteous guys, lest they ambush you."

"Brother Wu, don't you think so?" The old man said as he communicated with the Yin Divine Sense again.

"Hmph, Brother Qing has finally gotten his wish! He's taken this junior as his disciple. It seems Brother Qing truly wants to carry on his legacy."

"Hehe, I'm already this old. I'll only live another one or two hundred years. I should start preparing for my funeral."

……

"They're here!"

Not long after the two finished their conversation, Wei Fang also felt a long laugh coming from over, it seemed that the bearded man had also arrived.

"Ji Yin, Brother Qing. What's going on with these two juniors, hmm?"

After learning that Ji Yin and Qing Yi had each taken on a disciple, the bearded man's expression changed several times. In a moment of carelessness, he delivered a powerful blow to Wei Fang, unleashing the unique divine sense pressure of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"This guy!" Wei Fang felt the pressure from the Nascent Soul's divine sense and barely managed to withstand it with all his might.

His back was already soaked with sweat. His gaze swept over Han Li, and they were in similar situations.

"Brother Man!"

"Brother Man, what do you mean by this!"

The two old men shielded Wei Fang and Han Li behind them, keeping a watchful eye on the bearded man.

"Hahaha, I just saw that you've taken on disciples here and wanted to see what they're capable of."

"However, these two juniors are quite good at spiritual sense, which makes me want to take on a disciple myself."

After finishing his sentence, the bearded man shouted loudly to the other Core Formation cultivators beside him, "Hey, you over there! Is there anyone who considers themselves to have strong spiritual sense and is willing to become my disciple? Step forward!"

The group of Core Formation cultivators were so frightened they nearly scattered like birds and beasts.

Wei Fang noticed that a few of them had hesitant and vacant eyes, but in the end, they probably gave up because they were afraid of that bastard, the barbarian.

"This bearded man's Heaven-Supporting Demonic Technique requires a strong spiritual sense to cultivate. It's just that this guy's personality is really strange; he always speaks a mix of truth and lies. No wonder these people are afraid of him."

……

When the time came, the Ice and Fire Paths opened up one after another. Wei Xiang clasped his hands in greeting to the three Nascent Soul stage monsters and then entered the Lava Path.

A moment later, Wei Fang entered a fantastical world filled with fiery red light.

Feeling the heat wave hitting him, Wei Fang released the fire-avoiding pearl he had refined earlier.

This bead naturally possesses the ability to ward off fire, so it doesn't consume much spiritual energy.

Although Wei Fang had other treasures and magical artifacts with the same effect, he would save as much spiritual energy as possible.

"The crystals here are rare treasures. We can use them to refine the flying needles, making them indestructible. We need to search carefully."

Wei Fang took out a flying needle and concealed it close to his body inside his embroidered robe, then walked forward step by step.

……

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Wei Fang had covered most of the journey in this area.

The harvest was quite good; in addition to the refining crystals he dug up, he also encountered several Core Formation cultivators who tried to ambush him.

However, he dealt with them all in a convenient way, and he did manage to collect quite a few storage bags and spirit beast bags.

As for those black fire ants that caused him heavy losses, they were no match for the rain of needles he had nurtured with alchemical fire for decades.

Although this insect is indestructible and can withstand most magical attacks, the flying needle magic weapon that Wei Fang painstakingly crafted is not for display.

These low-level spirit insects had no other value, and after Wei Fang collected enough refining crystals, he headed towards the exit.

In the original story, Han Li discovered the refining crystal inside the ant queen's body.

However, Wei Fang knew that these fire ants had been kept in this black desert for many years, but they were only secretly released from underground by the people of the Star Palace this time.

The queen ant's abdomen contained this thing that couldn't be eaten or drunk. Wei Fang carefully sensed it with his divine sense and naturally dug out seven or eight ants, each about half the size of a head, from beneath the desert.

"Phew, I haven't felt this refreshed feeling in a long time. It's like I've just had a sauna."

After putting away the fire-avoiding pearl on his head, Wei Fang quickly walked over to the side of Qingyi Zhenren, the Demonic Daoist Master who had been waiting for a long time, and bowed.

"Indeed, the Ice and Fire Path was full of strange occurrences this time. I didn't expect you to emerge unscathed; I was worried for nothing."

After observing Wei Fang for a moment, Qing Yi said, "Please sit down."

……

After Han Li arrived, the group stuffed him with a lot of protective treasures and watched him walk into the reward pavilion on the second floor.

Wei Fang couldn't help but feel envious. These things were ultimately stolen by the old demon. Where could he go to seek justice?

Although Wei Fang wanted to borrow some Gold-Eating Insects from Han Li to acquire more treasures, it wasn't the right time, so he had to give up.

Qing Yi patted Wei Fang on the shoulder and said, "Don't be envious of this kid, there's more to this than meets the eye..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Fang repeatedly said he dared not.

After bowing to the group, Wei Fang prepared to try his luck.

……

"The wondrous illusion is just ahead. This Soul-Nourishing Wood Ring also has the effect of dispelling inner demons, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Now that my cultivation and spiritual sense have greatly improved, I no longer need to fear this illusion array. Let's take a look."

After leaving Baoguang Pavilion, Wei Fang toyed with a purple-gold alms bowl in his hand for a while before putting it in his bosom and heading towards the so-called wondrous illusion.

Before long, Wei Fang was freed from the illusion.

After a moment of disorientation, his steps ceased.

"This illusion is quite extraordinary; one could easily fall into it if caught off guard. However, based on my previous experience, I managed to get through this illusion safely."

Wei Fang left the corridor in a short while.

Although this illusion wasn't particularly powerful, it reminded him of his first experience, leaving him feeling quite uneasy.

Therefore, realizing that this illusion was not so wondrous, he dared not linger and broke out of the illusion.

……

(If any real people see this work, I hope they will leave valuable comments and opinions. The author is a complete novice and doesn't even know how to get a contract yet. However, there are some drafts and outlines.)

(Also, because the protagonist doesn't use any special abilities in the early stages, he follows the script faithfully until the Fallen Demon Valley. After the Fallen Demon Valley, the plot will change, which is a spoiler.)