I attained immortality in the real world.

Chapter 99 Sunlight Shines on Purple Gold
When an ordinary person sees a fully grown tiger, they will either faint from fright or scream in terror.

Tigers are considered a threat to humans as long as they are present in human activity areas, and must be driven away and killed.

If it starts speaking, then it's a monster. We need to gather the relevant personnel to exorcise it, or capture it and present it to the emperor as an auspicious omen.

Following someone can still be frightening, but having someone explain things can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble, enhance the other person's reputation for subduing tigers, and prevent chaos.

However, there are not many people who can interact with tigers, and it is necessary to carefully select out the extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with them using physiognomy.

Xu Wu has a big heart, is curious and fun-loving, and is undoubtedly a genius that is one in ten.

Xu Wu led Chen Jing up the steps toward the summit of Zijin Mountain, asking curiously, "Tiger Master, what are you going up Zijin Mountain for? Is it for the immortal techniques of the Illusion Realm? But Tiger Master, don't be fooled. The Illusion Realm only teaches health and wellness techniques; you can't become an immortal at all."

Chen Jing paused and then asked in return, "What kind of person do you think qualifies as an immortal? What kind of cultivation technique is worth practicing?"

Xu Wu answered without the slightest hesitation: "Living as long as the heavens, or at the very least, immortality! Even if cultivation techniques can't make one an immortal, they should at least allow one to live easily for several hundred years."

Chen Jing couldn't help but smile: "You're not even willing to bend down and pick up the things you're supposed to live to the fullest, yet you want to ask for a lifespan beyond that."

"To obtain a lifespan beyond human lifespan is a hundred times more difficult than to maintain health and longevity. The difficulty is like climbing to the sky, the hardship required is like filling the sea, and the price paid is like being slowly sliced ​​to death. Even if you were given the method to achieve immortality, you still wouldn't practice it."

Zhou Shu from Mingtan Village chose to study, enjoy worldly riches, and even have the opportunity to become a cultivator and ascend to godhood through the support of the state. This was indeed the most cost-effective path.

"This... seems to contradict my impression of immortals?" Xu Wu sighed after a long pause.

"Have you ever heard a story about a guy who was handsome, eloquent, young and rich, and won the favor of beautiful women?" Chen Jing asked.

"No!" Xu Wu shook his head.

"Have you ever heard a story about someone who was quick-witted, worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, and became rich by risking their life?" Chen Jing continued to ask.

"No, not either!" Xu Wu shook his head again.

"It's only satisfying to get something that doesn't belong to you without working for it. Cultivating immortality is the same principle. If you cultivate to immortality, you won't experience the joy of unexpected wealth. You'll only have one thought: 'This is all what I deserve.'" Chen Jing said bluntly.

"........."

Purple Mountain is a bald mountain.

The closer they got to the mountaintop, the sparser the vegetation became. The low shrubs couldn't hide Chen Jing's figure, and he had to explain to everyone he met, "He doesn't bite, he really doesn't bite. How could a Taoist temple like ours tolerate a wild beast eating people?"

Chen Jing didn't need to do anything; he just needed to follow Xu Wu closely. As long as no one was actually hurt, these people, out of fear of those who turned back down the mountain, would only boast about having a young man who could control tigers.

At the summit of Zijin Mountain is a natural stone platform.

In the center stands a stone statue, about ten feet tall, resembling a human figure, with a round hole in its chest.

There were more than a dozen people on the stone platform who had not come down the mountain. Half of them were healers from Medicine King City, and the other half were strong and powerful martial artists.

Seeing Xu Wu arrive with a tiger, all eyes turned to him, some with surprise, some with fear, their hearts pounding uncontrollably. Xu Wu's otherworldly demeanor was so striking that some might have immediately bowed down in worship.

Chen Jing slowly walked up the man-made stone steps, found a place on the stone platform to lie down, and quietly waited for the sunrise in the east.

Xu Wu, having accepted the public relations outsourcing, quickly waved his hand to signal people to calm down, and explained again: "Tiger Lord is intelligent and doesn't bite, so please rest assured! It's just that I admire the style of the patriarch and am imitating him."

"It won't bite! You think you can just say it won't bite and then not bite? Do you think you're Sun Yaowang (the legendary physician)?" The tiger lay on the stone platform without making any extra movements, but its breathing sounded like muffled thunder, causing a sudden tremor in my heart.

The three of them slowly retreated to the edge of the stone platform and chose to go down the mountain. The other twelve people also moved away from Chen Jing, leaving half of the stone platform to one person and one tiger.

Whether a tiger can harm people is not important; what is important is whether it has the ability to harm people.

One of the martial artists whispered to his companion, who was nearly two meters tall, "Brother Zhou, didn't you say you had the strength to fight a tiger? Why did you retreat?"

The man surnamed Zhou, his face flushed with embarrassment, tried to defend himself: "Wild beasts don't understand human nature. What if they suddenly attack without any sense of martial ethics? They'd end up covered in bruises."

"........."

The sky turned white.

A red sun rises from the east.

The human-shaped stone on the stone platform was tinged with a layer of brilliant gold, which gradually spread to the entire stone platform of Zijin Mountain.

The Purple Mountain Illusion was activated, and the surrounding scenery began to change. White clouds appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the stone platform, making it impossible to see any grass or trees outside, or hear the chirping of insects and birds in the mountains and forests.

Including the human and the tiger, a total of fourteen beings were drawn into the illusion.

Knowing beforehand that the illusion existed, they were not alarmed. Xu Wu looked around in surprise and said, "This is the Purple Gold Mountain Illusion, completely different from a mirage."

The remaining twelve people temporarily forgot about the tiger beside them and exclaimed, "To be there in person is truly the work of an immortal."

"........."

A loud "boom!" was heard.

The surrounding white clouds churned violently and quickly filled the entire stone platform.

The human-shaped stone in the center of the stone platform was also enveloped by white clouds. When the white clouds dissipated with the wind, the human-shaped stone came to life and turned into a middle-aged Taoist priest with black hair and a long beard, wearing a loose Taoist robe and looking sleepy.

He opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping over everyone, ignoring their reactions, and began to mutter to himself:
"The greatest physician treats illness before it occurs; no matter how skillful the repair techniques are, they are not as good as things not breaking in the first place."

"As a doctor, if you don't know what health is, you won't know how to maintain it. A doctor should cultivate himself and be a role model for others, so that he can live a long and healthy life and be free from all diseases."

“Humans inevitably suffer damage from birth, but some damage can be reduced and some can be recovered. The secrets of nourishing the body and maintaining health arise from this.”

"Food and sleep require hygiene, and the eyes, ears, teeth, face, hair, heart, liver, gallbladder, stomach and intestines all need to be maintained."

"I am an old Taoist priest who is naturally fond of sleeping. My Taoist name is Shen Bu Ye. I have some experience with sleeping, and today I will teach you how to sleep."

After saying this, the middle-aged Taoist stretched, put his hand on his neck, and fell asleep without mentioning any so-called secrets to nourishing the body.

Silence, stillness. The sound of the middle-aged Taoist priest's breathing echoed clearly in the white cloud illusion. The strange rhythm of his breathing had a hypnotic effect, quickly inducing drowsiness.

Even knowing there was a tiger nearby, some people couldn't stop their eyelids from drooping and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Jing shook Xu Wu, who was about to fall asleep, awake and instructed him, "Don't sleep. Pay attention to what you see, hear, and feel, but don't get too absorbed in it."

(End of this chapter)