Mortal Transformation into Immortal

"Let's go deeper after we reach the second level of Qi Refining."

Yu Ling gently stroked the weight and gazed at the distant mountains that stretched to the horizon.

To find a elixir that would satisfy it, it would have to go to a more distant place. It planned to wait until it reached the second level of Qi Refining before making a decision.

After packing up the medicinal herbs, Yu Ling looked at the medicine basket, which was already half full, and thought to herself, "I'll go back to Jingzhe Peak for now and see how many more medicinal herbs I need this month."

He puts three medicinal herbs into it every day, three herbs a day, which should be enough.

Most of the other herb-gathering laborers thought the same way, and they didn't only go to the laborer's peak once a month.

Yu Ling rolled up his pants and waded along the stream, heading downstream.

"There are more handyman disciples."

As the stream flowed through a thorny area, he saw a slender figure with a medicine basket around his waist wading in the stream at the corner ahead. The figure was walking along, looking around at the ground as it searched carefully.

Yu Ling continued onward. The miscellaneous disciples mostly operated in these areas, and he would see several of them every day.

Hearing the sound of treading water ahead, the servant looked up warily.

Upon seeing who it was, he immediately waved and called out to him with delight, "Senior Brother Yu, Senior Brother Yu!"

"Chu Tao, it's you."

Yu Ling was quite surprised; this person was actually Chu Tao, whom she had met half a month ago.

She was crouching down looking for the medicinal herb and didn't recognize it.

"Senior Brother Yu, what a coincidence," Chu Tao said with a smile.

Yu Ling walked forward, and as she approached, asked, "Chu Tao, how's your income this month?"

Chu Tao looked at her medicine basket and said, "I can sense spiritual energy now, which makes finding spiritual herbs much easier. This month's harvest is pretty good."

"Congratulations on breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm," Yu Ling congratulated you.

I learned from a conversation two weeks ago that Chu Tao had actually come to Ziyang Sect four months ago, but she was twelve years old when she entered. Yu Ling is almost thirteen years old now, so although she entered later, she is still half a year older than Chu Tao.

"If I don't break through soon, I'll be too ashamed to face anyone," Chu Tao said, scratching her head.

"Senior Brother Yu, are you going down there to find medicinal herbs?" she asked.

Yu Ling shook her head and said, "I plan to go back to Jingzhe Peak, hand over the spiritual herbs I found, and see how much I still need to complete this month's tasks."

"Is Senior Brother going back?"

Chu Tao lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.

"Junior sister, please be careful," Yu Ling warned before preparing to leave.

"Senior Brother Yu, wait a moment."

Chu Tao looked up and called out to him.

"Is there anything else?" Yu Ling asked, puzzled.

Chu Tao looked around warily and whispered, "Senior Brother Yu, I found some spirit fish in a cave, but they swim too fast for me to catch. I'd like to ask Senior Brother Yu to come and try."

"Spirit Fish".

Yu Ling was greatly surprised. Spiritual creatures like spirit fish and spirit insects could be eaten directly, with far fewer side effects than spiritual medicines, making them very precious and rare.

"There are several of them. I found them more than ten days ago, but I don't know if they're still there now."

"Come on, take me to see it. If we catch it, we'll split the spoils." Yu Ling was naturally happy to go, as it was still early and they had time.

"Very good."

Chu Tao was also very happy; she trusted Yu Ling.

If you look for other menial disciples, you probably won't get anything, and you won't know anyone there either.

"Senior Brother Yu, come with me."

Chu Tao immediately led the way.

The two continued their journey deeper into the mountains.

......

Two hours passed.

We crossed five or six mountains.

"Junior Sister Chu, are you not here yet?"

"It's already noon," Yu Ling asked, frowning.

"Senior Brother Yu, it's just a quarter of an hour away. It's in that valley."

Chu Tao was covered in sweat from exhaustion. Pointing ahead, she said that she had only just entered the Qi Refining stage and didn't have much immortal blood in her body. She was extremely tired after trekking through mountains and rivers.

Yu Ling was much better off; because Chu Tao was leading the way at a slow pace, he didn't feel tired.

"Why did you come all this way?"

Yu Ling frowned in confusion. This was already considered a relatively deep part of the mountains, and there was a risk of encountering monsters in such places. He had never been to such a deep location many times.

Chu Tao said, "Last month, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to complete the mission, so I went further inside."

The deeper you go, the fewer people come, and the greater your chances of finding the elixir.

Yu Ling became extremely alert, paying close attention to her surroundings.

I thought to myself, if only I could fly, I probably wouldn't even need half a quarter of an hour.

"There's someone there."

Not long after they started walking, Yu Ling suddenly noticed a figure on the cliff next to them. The figure was quite tall and was also a herb-gathering handyman.

The man also saw them, but after exchanging a glance, he went off to search for the medicinal herbs.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, the two finally arrived at the valley.

There is a ravine here, about two zhang wide, with high stone walls on both sides covered with big trees. A stream flows through it, and the water is very clear, but not deep, just up to the calves. There are also many water cattails growing in it.

The two walked upstream along the stream, one after the other, as the water widened.

"Senior Brother Yu, it's inside that cave."

Chu Tao pointed to the stone cave in front of her and said.

Yu Ling looked over and saw that the cave was right next to the stream, and some of the water flowed out from inside it.

He also saw that outside the cave, there was a ring of stones surrounding the entrance.

"Did you put those stones there?" Yu Ling asked her.

Chu Tao nodded and said, "Yes, I tried to catch them a few days ago, but I still couldn't. As soon as I got close, they would burrow into the spring in the cave. I blocked the spring with stones to prevent them from escaping outside."

"Senior Brother Yu, let's approach quietly."

The two walked forward quietly, trying to make as little noise as possible.

They clung to the stone wall, walking along the stones beside the stream.

The stone walls on both sides were covered with a thick layer of dripping moss.

"It really is a spirit fish."

Upon reaching the edge of the cave, Yu Ling peered inside.

There is a clear pool of water inside, where you can see five silver fish swimming slowly.

"The spirit fish is still here."

Chu Tao also breathed a long sigh of relief. After all, it would be too unfair to Yu Ling if she had made him travel such a long way and then received nothing in return.

Chu Tao pulled him aside to discuss countermeasures: "Senior Brother Yu, these spirit fish are too fast in the water, it's impossible to catch them. I tried using spirit herbs to fish for them, but they ate the herbs and then wouldn't bite the hook."

She tried every method she could think of, but she couldn't get rid of these spirit fish.

"It's really not easy to handle."

Yu Ling frowned.

"Should we do this: put another row of stones inside, leaving an opening, and then block the opening after they come out, and then surround and trap them from the outside?"

Chu Tao shook her head and said, "No, I've tried. If there's something in the water, they'll hide in the spring and won't come out."

"I wonder if the Cold Nether Force would work."

Yu Ling looked at her palm. If she could lure the silver fish to her side and then release her Cold Nether Qi, even if it didn't freeze into Xuanbing, its movement speed should be slowed down due to the cold Qi.

He knew the power of the cold, dark energy; it could quickly spread and freeze upon contact with water.

So he came to the stream and stood on a rock.

He wanted to test the range of the Cold Nether Qi.