Immortal Life: Starting with Daily Last Words

The cave was dark and gloomy. It took about half an incense stick's time to see a glimmer of light.

After turning a few corners, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a stone chamber.

Several bright stones on the ceiling of the stone chamber illuminate the place.

The interior of the stone chamber was simply furnished, with a stone platform and a herbal futon placed in the center.

On the futon, there was a human skeleton with legs crossed, its jade-like body gleaming.

A cultivator's physical body and bones will transform as their strength increases, and a cultivator with profound cultivation will leave behind a jade skeleton after passing away.

Although it was just a skeleton, one could still feel the invisible pressure emanating from it, making Yu Daoxuan feel as if he had thorns in his back.

"There should be at least one Purple Mansion cultivator in front of the other party."

Yu Daoxuan thought to himself.

Arriving in front of the skeleton, I looked at the storage bag between the legs.

With a flick of his magic, he took the storage bag into his hand.

Countless years have passed, and the magical imprint remaining in the storage bag has become negligible.

Yu Daoxuan casually wiped away the remaining mark and opened the storage bag.

Upon probing with divine sense, two jade slips and a jade box were found inside the storage bag.

He took out the three items and probed one of the jade slips with his divine sense, discovering that it contained a complete set of third-order alchemy inheritance.

"I never imagined that the owner of this skeleton was a third-tier alchemist!"

Yu Daoxuan was overjoyed.

In the entire Southern Continent, only the Guizhen Sect possesses a complete third-order alchemy lineage, not even the Qingyuan Sect, which demonstrates the preciousness of this jade slip's inheritance.

Having this set of third-order alchemy inheritance will be of great help to him, whether he submits it to the sect or studies it on his own in the future.

However, his current goal is to establish his foundation. If he were to be distracted by alchemy, it would inevitably delay his cultivation. Therefore, he decided to learn alchemy after he has established his foundation.

He put the jade slip into his storage bag and then used his divine sense to examine the remaining jade slip.

"Soul-Destroying Needle!"

After reading the simplified Chinese text, a hint of undisguised joy flashed across Yu Daoxuan's eyes.

This jade slip contains an extremely rare secret technique for attacking the soul, not an ordinary fighting method.

This method does not require the use of talismans or magical artifacts; it relies purely on the cultivator's own divine consciousness as its foundation, condensing their own divine consciousness into an invisible and intangible soul needle.

When it strikes, there is no fluctuation of power; it is silent and stealthy, yet it can directly strike the enemy's brow and sea of ​​consciousness, severely damaging their soul.

However, while soul-based secret techniques are wondrous, their corresponding limitations are extremely stringent.

Firstly, the entry threshold is extremely high. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators have weak and scattered spiritual senses, making it impossible for them to complete the condensation of spiritual senses. Forcing cultivation will only backfire and cause damage to their soul.

Secondly, it consumes a great deal of energy; a single use requires drawing away most of one's spiritual power, making it extremely easy to exhaust one's spiritual energy.

According to the jade slip, it requires at least the spiritual sense of a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining to barely perform this technique.

As he carefully examined himself, Yu Daoxuan's lips curled up almost imperceptibly.

The stringent conditions that others would find daunting were perfectly suited to him.

Thanks to the transformative effects of the Heaven-Mending Pill, his spiritual sense had already far surpassed that of ordinary Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators, approaching the level of Qi Refining Level 9.

With just a year and a half of dedicated training, one can activate the Soul-Destroying Needle without any hidden dangers.

From then on, he had another trump card that was impossible to counter.

Upon realizing this, he couldn't help but immediately begin cultivating.

But the current situation was inappropriate, so he forced himself to hold back and looked at the jade box next to him.

But just as he was about to reach out and touch it, he suddenly remembered something.

He withdrew his hand and summoned the Xuan Turtle Shield to defend himself, just in case.

Despite the inscription on the golden tablet as a last testament, he remained cautious.

Upon opening the jade box, there were no unexpected circumstances.

Inside the box was a round bead the size of a goose egg, golden in color, with fine golden light flowing across its surface, shimmering in the cave.

Take out the gold bead and hold it in your palm.

The golden beads felt warm to the touch, and a soft golden light emanated from them continuously.

He tentatively channeled a wisp of magic into the bead, and the golden bead instantly shone brightly, illuminating the entire cave in a magnificent golden glow.

The next instant, the golden bead rose into the air on its own, transforming into a beam of golden light that entered his mind's sea between his eyebrows.

Within the sea of ​​consciousness, a golden bead spun in mid-air, with thousands of golden tassels hanging down, but there were no other supernatural phenomena.

"This pearl enters the sea of ​​consciousness instead of the dantian, so it must be a supreme treasure of the soul."

Yu Daoxuan repeatedly probed with his divine sense and confirmed that the golden pearl was docile and harmless. He then felt relieved and prepared to return to the sect to further investigate its secrets.

Then, he sat upright in the cave, circulating his internal energy to calm his mind and regulate his breathing.

The next morning, Yu Daoxuan finished his morning lessons.

Remembering the opportunity that Qi Donglou had privately mentioned the day before, he took out a spirit boat artifact from his storage bag and set off for Yuyang Island.

The boat was entirely dark blue-black, and it was the Wind Escape Boat that he had previously exchanged from the sect.

Although it is only a mid-grade first-order spirit boat with no offensive or defensive capabilities, it is engraved with a travel formation, making it suitable for long-distance sea travel.

Yuyang Island is located south of Linxiang Island, and the two islands are more than 500 li apart.

They propelled the flying boat across the sea for several hours, finally setting foot on Yuyang Island around noon.

Compared to the spiritually barren Linxiang Island, Yuyang Island is home to two first-tier spiritual veins, with its soil and water containing several times more spiritual energy. Two small forces at the Qi Refining level are based on the island.

Yu Daoxuan had no intention of getting involved with the local forces and headed straight for Guihua Mountain in the western part of the island.

When Qi Donglou visited this island in his early years, he accidentally discovered a "Qingwu Lingcha" growing on the back mountain of Guihua Mountain.

This tea takes three years to mature. The tea leaves contain the essence of heaven and earth. Long-term consumption can enhance the spiritual power of cultivators and has the effect of refreshing the mind and increasing enlightenment.

However, Qingwu Lingcha has very demanding growing conditions and cannot be transplanted, so Qi Donglou can only come to pick it every three years.

To prevent the spiritual tea from being stolen by others, he personally set up a fog array on the back mountain.

The formation has no killing restrictions; its main function is to seal off space and block sight. Even if a Qi Refining cultivator breaks in, without the means to break the formation, he will only end up spinning in circles inside and will not be able to enter.

During the journey, Yu Daoxuan released his divine sense and unexpectedly detected five fluctuations of magical power.

The five individuals were at the sixth to seventh level of Qi Refining, and judging from their route, it seemed to be Guihua Mountain.

Yu Daoxuan frowned slightly and followed at a distance, taking advantage of the shielding and aura-concealing effect of the Hidden Dragon Stone Cicada.

A moment later, they overheard the conversation and learned that the group's target was the Qingwu Spirit Tea that Qi Donglou had hidden.

"I never expected that Qingwu Spirit Tea would be targeted by this group of rogue cultivators."

Yu Daoxuan thought to himself.

Although this was unexpected, it makes perfect sense upon reflection.

Although Guihua Mountain cannot be considered a first-order spiritual vein, it still contains spiritual energy year-round, which inevitably attracts the attention of local rogue cultivators over time.

However, the sealing effect of this mist array is extraordinary, and it is difficult for ordinary Qi Refining cultivators to break through it. These five people dared to come here rashly, so they must be relying on a backup plan.

Before long, the six of them arrived at the misty area behind the mountain, where thick white fog churned endlessly.

In the past, cultivators who came here could only return empty-handed, but the one-eyed cultivator among these five people was calm and took out a palm-sized, gray-white spirit tortoise jade pendant.

As he infused a stream of magical power, the jade pendant of the spirit turtle immediately shot out a beam of golden light that struck the thick white mist.