I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 96 Golden Armored General
Sangun-myo Temple is naturally a tiny temple!
Small temples are mostly small huts that are carved out of a flat cliff face, or built by piling up a few stones and covering them with a few blue tiles, barely providing shelter from the wind and rain.

Mingtan Village is located at the foot of Ye'er Mountain. They selected a gray-white stone cliff, and the village stonemasons set up bamboo frames to chisel the stone. In less than half a day, they chiseled out the temple niche. Then they placed a palm-sized, somewhat abstract stone tiger on it so that people could pay their respects when they passed by on their way to the mountain. The temple was then considered complete!

As soon as the temple was completed, the village elders gathered the villagers together, lit three sticks of incense, and led the villagers in a prayer. The ceremony was then completed by inserting the incense sticks into the mud bricks.

"A ritual! The smell of incense..."

As the villagers of Mingtan Village kowtowed in worship, a strange sound came from the mountain god temple not far away.

A tiny figure, invisible to the naked eye, floated out from the statue and landed on the tiger statue in the small temple. It took a deep breath of the murky incense smoke and exclaimed, "I can't go on living anymore, I can't care about anything else!"

The little man's body quickly filled up, a wisp of gray-black energy wrapped around his brow, and his face inexplicably became much more ferocious. He turned his head and looked at the mountain god temple with beams and pillars not far away, revealing a disdainful expression.

Jingmen City, City God Temple.

The City God awoke from his slumber, sensing something in the darkness, and channeled a stream of magical power into the City God Seal, projecting a map of the Jingmen region before his eyes.

On the map, the area around Mingtan Village changes from bright to dark, with gray areas like Mingtan Village scattered densely throughout the map.

The judge, holding a pen and book, also appeared and asked, "Your Majesty, shall we send a divine general to investigate?"

The City God took a deep breath, shook his head, and sighed, "Anyway, they either vanish into thin air or they give up their pardon and become evil gods. As long as the evil spirits of the state are not eliminated, such things are destined to keep happening."

"........."

South of Mingtan Village, there is the official road.

Due to the mountainous terrain, the official road was rugged and difficult to travel, making it impossible for horse-drawn carriages to pass and transport goods. This section of the road relied entirely on human labor to carry goods up the mountain step by step.

Early in the morning, a caravan of dozens of people passed by on the official road. They carried goods taller than themselves, leaned on a cane to support their baskets and rest, and many of them also carried weapons.

Immediately afterwards, two martial arts practitioners carrying knives walked by. They were muscular and had powerful strides, making it impossible to estimate their exact fighting strength.

Finally, there were two scholars carrying luggage. Although they were not sickly young masters, they were not strong at all.

"Gulu..."

Chen Jing hid in the woods not far from the official road.

The third eye between his eyebrows gleamed faintly, observing the passersby on the official road.

Upon meeting the two scholars, I finally understood why monsters liked to associate with scholars; I felt incredibly safe.

He jumped out of the jungle and politely asked, "Gentlemen, please wait! Could you please tell me the way to Medicine King City?"

A scholar turned around to answer, but when he saw a large, striped tiger just two meters behind him, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

The other scholar, who hadn't fainted, was trembling uncontrollably and stammered, "A monster?"

Chen Jing smiled and replied in as soft a voice as possible, "I suppose so! May I ask how to get to Medicine King City, young master?"

The scholar replied in a trembling voice, “Go straight along this official road, cross the Qingshui River, then take the wide road on your left. It will take an hour to reach Sishui County. From Sishui County, it will take another half a day to reach Yaowang City. Or… should I draw it for Shanjun?”

Chen Jing nodded quickly: "That would be perfect, thank you very much, young master."

The scholar wanted to slap himself, but forced himself to suppress his fear and took out paper and pen from his bag, drawing a rough map of the route to Medicine King City. Chen Jing's tiger-like eyes swept over the map, memorized it, and then disappeared into the mountains and forests, traversing the thickets not far from the road, heading towards Medicine King City.

For beings of other species, the pursuit of immortality is far more difficult than for ordinary humans.

A monkey can even disguise itself as a human. If it's discovered, it'll just be a spectacle, or at worst, it'll be caught and made into a monkey show.

Tigers possess a strength advantage over individual humans, which also translates to a threat. Even against a group of well-equipped ordinary humans, a tiger is nothing more than a wild beast at the mercy of its prey. If it unfortunately encounters a powerful cultivator like 'Xin Bu Xiu', it might even be easily killed!
Chen Jing dared not walk on the human path during the day, and quickly traversed through the mountains and forests until he left the Jingmen City area.

A river appeared before them, the very same clear water river the scholar had painted. Ahead lay a plain devoid of mountains and forests; they could only continue their journey after nightfall.

Two scholars also took the opportunity to catch up. Chen Jing extended a tiger claw to greet them politely, but the two scholars rudely fled quickly.

"........."

It was dark and quiet.

Chen Jing plunged into the Qingshui River and swam across.

After walking along the main road on the left for half an hour, we indeed found a small county town ahead.

Although the scholar was not very polite, his directions were very accurate. It would only take another half a day to reach Medicine King City, and from there, one could find Purple Gold Mountain—the Cultivation Temple.

"Boom!!" a sound.

Chen Jinggang walked to the city gate of Sishui County, intending to circle around the city wall and return to the official road.

Two golden-armored deities descended from the sky, hovering a few feet above the ground. Each held an ancient halberd in their hands. One of them roared, "You beast! Ahead lies a human city. Hurry back into the mountains to avoid further suffering!"

Another golden-armored god-like figure swung his halberd, not expecting the tiger to understand human speech at all.

[Appearance: Martial Emperor Bi'an - Tiger Demon.]

Chen Jing let out a roar from his lungs, and his divine transformation technique briefly broke through to the Manifestation of Sainthood, revealing a flame-shaped Bixie Dharma form on his body.

Instead of unleashing its tiger's might to roar and attack, its eyes lowered and fixed on the two men. The powerful life force emanating from it naturally made the two golden-armored gods feel like prey being targeted by their natural enemy.

Without a second's hesitation, they withdrew their weapons and retreated, not daring to treat Chen Jing like a wild beast.

Chen Jinghu's eyes also scrutinized the two golden-armored deities. Their auras were somewhat similar to those of the relic spirits, but they also seemed different, lacking the ignorant and chaotic feeling of the spirits.

He paused for a moment before speaking, "I never said I wasn't leaving. It's not very nice of you two to attack before I can even speak! May I ask how you two generals are addressed?"

He spoke!
Upon hearing Chen Jing speak in human language, the golden-armored deity was so shocked that he took two steps back.

A piercing golden light flashed in their eyes, and after scrutinizing Chen Jing from head to toe, one of them exclaimed in surprise, "It really is a tiger?"

In the world of cultivation, extraordinary beings manifest themselves, while demons remain only found in stories. If demons truly exist, it's merely a trick played by cultivators. But this tiger-like creature before him shattered the golden-armored deity's understanding, prompting him to warily ask, "Are you a demon? Or are you a senior from the immortal sect toying with us?"

After Chen Jinglin became a tiger, he got used to the other party replying randomly after reading his message, so the first question was basically a waste of time.

He continued, "I suppose so! But I mean no harm. A year ago, Master Xinbuxiu of Xiuren Temple saved my life. I am just passing through Sishui City on my way to Zijin Mountain to seek immortality. If it is convenient for you two generals, you may tell me some information about Xiuren Temple."

(End of this chapter)