Immortal Life: Starting with Daily Last Words

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

At dawn, just as the first rays of light began to appear on the horizon.

Yu Daoxuan sat cross-legged on the bamboo couch, with his palms facing upwards, and began his daily morning meditation.

Only when the sun was high in the sky and the morning light shone on Mount Jiulan did he slowly withdraw his magical power and step out of the bamboo courtyard.

As was his usual practice, he went to inspect the medicinal herb garden. Before he even got close, he heard Liu Chongchang angrily shouting at him.

"How could that century-old purple star orchid have vanished into thin air? Who were the guards of the medicinal garden yesterday? Report back immediately!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Daoxuan frowned slightly and strode towards the herb garden.

Liu Chongchang was standing beside the herb garden, sternly reprimanding four terrified servant disciples with their heads bowed.

One of them whispered a defense, seemingly mentioning that a demonic beast had infiltrated and was causing trouble.

"Senior Brother Liu, what happened?"

Yu Daoxuan entered the garden and questioned Liu Chongchang.

Upon seeing the arrival of the garrison commander, Liu Chongchang's tense expression eased slightly. He pointed to an open space in the center of the herb garden and replied in a deep voice.

"Guardian, that century-old purple star orchid in the garden has probably been eaten by a monster."

"It was intact when we checked it yesterday, but it disappeared overnight."

Yu Daoxuan looked in the direction he was pointing.

Only a broken section of purple root remained on the spot, with clear bite marks from animal teeth covering the edges of the rootstock, while the other medicinal herbs around it were intact.

Seeing this, Yu Daoxuan's expression darkened.

The Spirit Herb Garden is protected by a mid-grade first-tier array called the "Earthly Elemental Sealing Array" year-round. Only those who hold the array token can freely enter and exit. Ordinary first-tier demonic beasts cannot enter at all. How could this situation occur?

The Spirit Herb Garden on Slanting Star Island is classified as Grade C, and it is planted with spiritual herbs suitable for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage. There are dozens of kinds of spiritual herbs planted in the garden.

The most precious of these is this hundred-year-old Purple Star Orchid, which can be used to refine several kinds of first-grade high-quality pills and is also a key auxiliary material for some second-grade spiritual pills, making it quite valuable.

With the elixir stolen, he, as the guardian of Xiexing Island, has an inescapable responsibility.

However, I am going to Qiaojia Island today, so this matter can only be dealt with when he returns.

Yu Daoxuan immediately instructed Liu Chongchang: "Senior Brother Liu, I need to go to Qiaojia Island today for an appointment, and I will be able to return to the island this afternoon."

"You now lead your disciples to search carefully to confirm if there are any traces of demonic beasts, and to find out what kind of demonic beast was responsible."

"Rest assured, garrison commander, I will investigate thoroughly. You can simply keep your appointment without worry."

Liu Chongchang said solemnly.

Yu Daoxuan nodded slightly, then took out the Wind-Escape Boat and soared into the air, heading straight for Qiao Family Island in the northwest.

Qiaojia Island is only a hundred miles away from Xiexing Island, and the Wind-Taming Boat quickly arrived above the island.

This island is slightly larger than Xiexing Island, and it also has a first-order spiritual vein.

Upon arriving at Green Pine Mountain on the island, four pretty female servants were already waiting outside at the foot of the mountain.

Yu Daoxuan put away the spirit boat and landed on the ground. Four female servants quickly stepped forward and bowed.

"Greetings, senior..."

Before he finished speaking, one of the female servants looked up and saw his face clearly. Her body stiffened abruptly, and a complex and incomprehensible emotion welled up in her eyes.

"Brother Yu...?"

Yu Daoxuan looked over upon hearing the voice and discovered it was someone he knew.

It was Xiao Fangfang, who had joined the sect with her from Changping Island in the past.

He hadn't seen his friend since that reunion ten years ago.

I only occasionally heard bits and pieces of information about the other party from Xu Runshan.

In the past, Josephine Siao was determined to curry favor with Lu Zitai, and she even borrowed spirit stones to give to him, hoping that he would help her get ahead.

However, after Lü Zitai broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, he did not keep his promise, resulting in all the debts falling on Xiao Fangfang's shoulders.

As a result, Xiao Fangfang fell behind in her cultivation and ultimately failed to advance to the fourth level of Qi Refining as scheduled, becoming a menial disciple.

"Junior Sister Xiao!"

Yu Daoxuan nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

Then, led by another female servant, they arrived at a magnificent palace with gilded and carved jade on the mountaintop.

As soon as they stepped into the hall, a young cultivator in a golden robe with a square face stood up with a smile to greet them.

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who has come is Junior Brother Yu Daoxuan, isn't he?"

"Greetings, Senior Brother Cui, it is indeed I."

Yu Daoxuan bowed respectfully.

This person is Cui Chengze, the garrison commander of Qiaojia Island, who has the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"Junior brother, there's no need for such formalities. Please take a seat and have some tea."

Cui Chengze warmly invited him to sit down, and then introduced the other two men and two women in the hall to his fellow disciples.

After exchanging pleasantries, Yu Daoxuan finally learned that everyone in the hall was a garrison officer stationed on various islands.

Of the four, Yu Daoxuan already knew one of his female fellow disciples.

The other party was none other than Wei Lanzhi, who had studied at the Talisman Academy with her back then.

After several years, she had already broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining and entered the inner sect.

"Senior Sister Wei."

Yu Daoxuan sat down beside her and took the initiative to greet her.

Wei Lanzhi raised her eyes and smiled: "So it's Junior Brother Yu. I didn't expect you to be sent out to guard an outer island as well, becoming a local garrison commander."

As the two were catching up in hushed tones, a fellow disciple surnamed Yu, unable to contain his curiosity, asked, "Senior Brother Cui, now that Junior Brother Yu has also arrived, what is the purpose of your gathering us here? Please speak frankly."

Cui Chengze picked up the spirit tea and took a sip, then smiled slightly: "Junior Brother Yu, please be patient. Junior Brother Yang is still not here. Once everyone has arrived, I will explain the reason in detail."

When Choi Seung-taek asked everyone to wait a little longer, many people became impatient.

Yu Daoxuan, on the other hand, calmly sipped the spiritual tea on the table.

Recalling his last words at midnight yesterday, he roughly understood what it was about.

After a short while, the last fellow disciple surnamed Yang arrived in a hurry.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Cui Chengze put down his teacup and finally revealed the truth behind the invitation.

It turned out that a few days ago, while searching for the cultivators who had been robbed by the Asura Hall, he inadvertently came to the nearby Bitter Bamboo Island and discovered that the Foundation Establishment cultivator on the island, "Bitter Bamboo Hermit," had already passed away.

Currently, the three disciples under his command are in charge of Bitter Bamboo Island, one of whom is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the other two are at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Bitter Bamboo Island is a second-tier spiritual island, rich in spiritual energy. Before his death, Bitter Bamboo Hermit cultivated a medicinal garden, planting many rare spiritual herbs.

It is unknown how Cui Chengze obtained the information that there was a Spirit Nourishing Grass and several other rare spiritual herbs in this herb garden.

The Spirit-Nourishing Grass is a foundation-building elixir; consuming it can nourish the spirit and enhance the power of divine consciousness, making it invaluable.

His purpose in inviting everyone was to unite them in an attempt to break into the Bitter Bamboo Island Herb Garden and divide up all the medicinal herbs within.

As soon as she finished speaking, Wei Lanzhi frowned: "Senior Brother Cui, that herb garden was left behind by the hermit of bitter bamboo and belongs to his three disciples. It would be against the rules of the sect for us to forcibly break in and seize the treasure."

Cui Chengze seemed to have prepared his explanation beforehand, adopting a righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor: "Junior Sister Wei has misunderstood me. I, Cui Chengze, act with integrity and uprightness; how could I be the kind of person who would resort to force and robbery?"

"However, after the death of the hermit of Kuzhu, his three disciples were left unchecked and committed all sorts of evil deeds on the island, causing untold suffering to the ordinary people on the island."

"Our journey here is truly to rid the people of a scourge and rescue the common people of Bitter Bamboo Island from their suffering!"

"I see!"

"If it were just about stealing spiritual herbs, I wouldn't do it. However, since Senior Brother Cui said that the three disciples of Bitter Bamboo Island have committed many evils, I, Yang Mude, as a cultivator of the Qingyuan Sect, have a duty to do so."

As soon as Cui Chengze finished speaking, Yang Mude, the last disciple to arrive, seemed to believe him completely and echoed him with a righteous expression.