Hermit in the Mountains

"Lingzhen Garden will be handed over to the eldest brother for management."

"The central position is reserved for the core entity to take root."

After saying that, Gu Changsheng descended downwards.

Upon seeing his master's whereabouts, Di Yuanzi glanced at Ling Xuzi and greeted him, "Little Shanzi, you've grown up!"

He transformed into a streak of light and followed closely behind.

One by one, they transformed into streaks of light and fell away.

Ling Xuzi scratched his head, muttering to himself, "Is my senior brother planning to hit me?"

"The Longevity Cave is my territory, what do I have to be afraid of?"

He mentally encouraged himself and nodded vigorously.

Seeing that his surroundings were empty, he instantly appeared next to his fourth senior brother.

Gu Changsheng landed at the entrance of the Hall of Longevity and looked up at the gate.

The jade plaque is carved with three simple and ancient characters.

长生殿

The Hall of Longevity is made entirely of white marble and is supported by thirty-six jade pillars.

The hall is 36 meters high and 100 meters long and wide.

He withdrew his gaze and strode into the main hall.

Upon entering the main hall, a jade wall immediately comes into view, without any patterns on it.

Beneath the jade wall stands a white marble lotus platform, which is ten feet wide and three feet high.

There is a small lotus platform on each side of the white marble lotus platform;

Thirty meters inside the main hall, there are rows of lotus platforms on both the left and right sides. Each lotus platform is about one meter wide and two meters apart.

Gu Changsheng approached the white marble lotus platform directly in front of him step by step, glancing at the smaller lotus platforms on either side out of the corner of his eye.

Beneath each unassuming lotus platform lies a spirit-gathering array pattern. The array is activated whenever someone sits down, releasing spiritual energy.

Gu Changsheng glanced around from left to right and saw that there were no doors leading to or from the rear hall on either side of the jade wall.

He scanned the back hall with his divine sense and found a master bedroom, a study, a spirit pool, and a large door.

Above the spirit pool is a skylight, and beside it are a jade table and a jade stool.

A thin layer of spiritual mist floated on the surface of the spiritual pool.

The partition between the front hall and the back hall is quite good; when he summons his disciples, he can appear in the front hall from the back hall in a flash.

Their entrance was absolutely stunning!!!

Gu Changsheng withdrew his divine sense, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

The next second, he was already sitting cross-legged on the white marble lotus platform.

The blue ox lies prostrate on the right side of the lotus platform;

Big Yellow squatted on the left side of the lotus platform;

Di Yuanzi and the others took their seats on the small lotus platforms on either side of the main hall, one on the left and one on the right.

After everyone was seated, Gu Changsheng brought up the island development again, saying, "You will each decide how to develop your own islands."

"Submit the plan to Lao Wu for implementation."

"Whatever items or spiritual plants the island needs, you can go out and find them yourselves, or refine them yourselves."

"You can also ask the Mortal Affairs Bureau to help you search."

Yin Yue, who was sitting cross-legged on the lotus platform in the second row, bowed and asked, "Master, may Yang Xiaoyu and other disciples who are registered as disciples enter the Realm of Immortality to cultivate?"

Silver Moon's problem caught Big Red's attention.

There are no registered disciples on Ziyang Peak, but Da Hong has a Daoist partner and nine children.

Despite being only four years old, Da Hong already had nine offspring.

"Alright!" Gu Changsheng glanced at Su Xinghe, then turned back to Yin Yue. "Yu Xiaoyu, send her to Lao Si's side to manage the miscellaneous affairs on Xinghe Island."

"Fourth brother, that white tiger and Yang Xiaoshan have both come to your island to cultivate."

From this day forward, you will each manage your own islands.

"Silver Moon, you don't need to take care of the miscellaneous affairs of the Longevity Realm. Just manage Silver Moon Island and focus on your cultivation."

"Yes, Master..." the five replied, bowing their hands in greeting.

With its large red wings folded together, it spoke in human language, "Master, may I... may I bring my Daoist partner and nine children into the Realm of Immortality for cultivation?"

If Da Hong weren't covered in crimson feathers, his face would probably be as red as a monkey's bottom.

"Alright!" Gu Changsheng changed the subject, "Your children are also considered your grand-disciples, so you must properly guide their cultivation."

"Remember, you must never emulate the Golden Crow that soars across the sky nine times in a row."

Da Hong's nine children have all condensed fire-attribute Dao seeds, and there is hope that they will transform into Great Sun Dao seeds in the future.

It cannot compare to the Nine Golden Crows burning the sky and boiling the sea, but if its power is not controlled, it will also cause considerable damage to ordinary living beings, plants, and the earth.

The higher one's cultivation level, the more one should respect the power within one's body.

Gu Changsheng had a deep understanding of the power of his own withering and flourishing magic.

He doesn't use the withering and flourishing magic much, but that doesn't mean it doesn't cause harm.

The forces of decay and flourishing within him were in relative balance, with the forces of decay and flourishing canceling each other out, thus preventing any impact on the outside world.

With his current strength, if he were to unleash his full power of withering, all vegetation within a ten-kilometer radius would wither and die.

The spirituality in the soil will also be assimilated, leaving behind a barren wasteland.

Yin Yue primarily cultivates the Yin Dao, and a faint Yin Qi surrounds her.

If an ordinary person stays near her for too long, the yin energy will enter their body, causing them to catch a cold at best or suffer frostbite at worst.

Only when cultivators can control and release their magical power and Daoist essence at will will they not cause any impact on the outside world.

A story of nine suns soaring into the sky flashed through Da Hong's mind. After a moment of stunned silence, he said, "Disciple will remember Master's teachings!"

Because of the existence of the Spirit Network, although Da Hong and others did not go out, they were familiar with various classics and folk legends.

Ling Xuzi bowed respectfully and explained his predicament, "Master, the Star Tree King, Golden Thunder Bamboo King, Purple Jade Grape, and other spiritual plants are too large."

"Transplanting them all to the realm of immortality wouldn't be enough to accommodate them all."

With a slight thought, Gu Changsheng recalled the details of each of the awakened spiritual plants.

The Green Bamboo, Fire Tree, Golden Thunder Bamboo, and Mysterious Ice Bamboo are all nearly two thousand meters tall.

The hibiscus, peach, laurel, and plum trees are all over 1,000 meters tall.

The Star Tree and the Spirit Orange Tree are considered normal, around thirty meters tall;

The Earth Elemental Plant itself, the Qingjingling Tea Tree, is the shortest, ranging from three to five meters in height;

The Earth Elemental itself is not tall, but its roots are also enormous.

The real heavyweights are the Purple Jade Grapevine and the Five Elements Gourd Vine;

The two vine-like spiritual plants are famous for their length;

The purple grapevines stretch for about 100 kilometers, extending from the sponge of golden thunder bamboo to the road entrance down the mountain 100 kilometers away.

The purple vines resembled a purple dragon crawling on Mount Kurong.

The most outrageous one is the Five Elements Gourd Vine; it's unclear whether it's meant to show loyalty or something else.

Previously, when Changsheng Peak rose to 15,000 meters, its vines stubbornly climbed to the top of the mountain.

It still chooses to climb upwards in a twining manner, and the gourd vine, when straightened, is longer than 15,000 meters.

Several months ago, a surge of spiritual energy descended, and the gourd vine received an epic boost, with its vines growing more than tenfold.

It saw that Changsheng Peak rose 300 kilometers higher and continued to grow upwards.

Reaching the mountaintop seemed to be its ultimate dream.

Gu Changsheng felt that the Five Elements Gourd Vine's desire to climb to the top of the mountain had become an obsession.

Don't be fooled by the fact that these enlightened spiritual plants are only at the Dao Tree Realm; their physical defense and pure strength far surpass those of those at the Dao Tree Realm.

If the purple jade grapevines and the five-element gourd vines were transplanted into the Realm of Immortality, they would truly fill the entire space.

Di Yuanzi suddenly spoke up, offering his solution: "Reporting to Master, this disciple can return to the Dao Seed form."

"It can also be used to absorb the surrounding earth's spiritual energy nodes, thereby enhancing one's foundation."

"The Dao seed that this disciple has transformed into has been replanted on Longevity Island. From now on, its growth will be controlled to avoid affecting the Longevity Realm."

"The risk of transforming into a Dao seed form is relatively high. If there is a master protecting and supporting you, the success rate is higher."

"Agreed!" Gu Changsheng approved the plan proposed by his eldest disciple. He wanted to observe how spiritual roots absorb innate, indestructible source energy to improve their foundation.

If all the enlightened spiritual plants on Mount Kuru successfully transform and improve their root systems;

He could begin to try to enhance the Great Chun Dao Seed within Zhang Yuanfu's body;

To explore whether the Dao Seed within humans and spirit beasts can further enhance their foundation;

It complements the Taoist cultivation system he pioneered.

There are many cases of human beings absorbing ordinary natural treasures, but there are virtually no cases of them absorbing innate, indestructible primordial energy.

The innate, indestructible primordial energy is a secret of heaven and earth, and apart from Gu Changsheng, probably no one knows its secrets.

Is it true that only Gu Changsheng knows about the innate, indestructible primordial energy?

The answer is: not necessarily!

Among the billions of living beings in the world, there will always be one or two chosen ones;

For example, the three siblings Jin Yuanbao were able to obtain three innate spiritual treasure embryos that recognized them as their masters;

Perhaps other beings will accidentally discover the effects of the innate, indestructible primordial energy;

They may not know that spiritual nodes contain innate, indestructible primordial energy, but they do know the abilities of spiritual nodes.

In addition to the native creatures, there are also foreign spirits hidden in various secret realms, which are being nurtured.

Each time the spiritual energy tide descended, Gu Changsheng would fall into a state of unconscious cultivation, and he would miss the scene of the True Spiritual Light Point descending.

When the spiritual energy tide descends, he has a wisp of divine sense that can perceive the outside world;

With his ability of divine insight, he would discover that the falling light contained vitality, fortune, and cause and effect;

Therefore, it can be concluded that the light spot is not a treasure fallen from the sky, but rather a visitor from beyond the realm.