I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 809 Looking for death?
After half a stick of incense.

Inside the courtyard on the main peak.

"You've emerged from seclusion!" Li Miaoxuan smiled sweetly.

Gu Yuanqing nodded: "That's about right. You can't rush your cultivation. You have to enjoy the scenery along the way. If you're too impatient, your foundation will be unstable. In the end, you'll have to stop and consolidate it again. Rather than that, it's better to take each step more steadily."

“I think you’re hinting at me with those words.” Li Miaoxuan glanced at Gu Yuanqing and said, “Don’t worry, I will carefully weigh the pros and cons. After all, the Chaotic Heaven Realm is not the end of cultivation.”

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. I was just expressing my feelings."

The two exchanged a few casual words.

We took our seats in the pavilion by the pond.

Li Miao skillfully brewed the tea.

Gu Yuanqing raised an eyebrow slightly and said in surprise, "Your tea ceremony skills have improved!"

“Of course, in two years, you can learn even a supernatural skill,” Li Miaoxuan said.

Gu Yuanqing laughed and said, "If Cheng Yi heard you say that, he would probably be heartbroken again!"

Just then, Li Chengyi entered the courtyard, approached the two men, and respectfully knelt down.

Then, feeling wronged, she said, "Father, you don't know, Mother said that on purpose for me to hear, because she thinks I'm cultivating my supernatural powers too slowly."

Li Miaoxuan snorted: "This is because your mind is not at peace. If that's the case, I think you should just stop venturing into the Spirit Realm and beyond. If your mind is not at peace, your spirit will be unstable. If you face the Heavenly Demon, wouldn't you be courting death?"

Li Chengyi said, "Mother, it's not as exaggerated as you say. In the extraterrestrial battlefield, there are even Void Heaven Realm cultivators, and most people are at the Heaven Transformation level. Yin Yang cultivators can hold their own in one place. I am at least a Yin Yang Breaking Void Realm cultivator."

Li Miaoxuan said, "The higher your cultivation level, the more dangerous it becomes, because the enemies you may encounter will also be stronger. I said some time ago that if you don't cultivate your escape techniques and swordsmanship to the Yin-Yang Void Breaking level, then we should postpone your entry into the Spirit Realm."

Li Chengyi then looked to Gu Yuanqing for help.

Gu Yuanqing laughed and said, "Why are you looking at me? It's not like I have a problem with it."

Li Chengyi felt helpless. He used to occasionally find his father nagging, but compared to his mother, it seemed insignificant. His father would at most remind him to focus on his cultivation, but his mother seemed to think he could do everything better. "But I'm just an ordinary person," he thought, "how can I compare to the two of you?"
Li Chengyi felt immense pressure.

Seeing this, Gu Yuanqing finally said, "Alright, he's a grown man now. He can weigh things for himself and is long past the point where we have to worry about everything for him."

Li Miaoxuan said, “Yuanqing, I will follow your advice on everything else, but not on this matter. I know you are incredibly powerful, but there are times when you are in deep meditation and have no time for anything else. Moreover, if we were just ordinary people, it wouldn't matter. Cheng Yi's Yin-Yang Void Breaking cultivation level means he can be fine as long as we are careful. But because we are both Huntian cultivators, and he is our son, he might be forced to get involved in trouble at any time, so…”

Gu Yuanqing felt a bit of a headache and gave Li Chengyi a helpless look. Li Miaoxuan seemed to be good at everything, but she rarely made concessions when it came to Li Chengyi's affairs.

Li Chengyi could only helplessly agree, since Li Miaoxuan was his mother's daughter.

Despite his apparent helplessness, he secretly rejoiced, as if he were making up for lost time.

At this moment, the three of them truly looked like a family of three.

……

Beiquan Cave Heaven is located behind the main peak.

The water of the sacred spring flows down into a lotus pond.

A lotus flower emitted a faint glow, within which a divine soul slumbered.

"Who is this person? Judging from his soul, he seems to be a great cultivator of the Chaotic Undying Realm, but although his soul power is weak, it is also exceptionally pure." Li Miaoxuan asked with some surprise.

Gu Yuanqing said, "I don't know, it seems their surname is Yan."

"Don't know? Then why are you here?" Li Miaoxuan asked.

Gu Yuanqing said, "I don't know his name, but I do know his general background. During the battle, he burned his foundation with a secret technique, which caused his physical body to collapse. Only a little bit of his soul remained. I used the spiritual lotus in this pond to nourish his soul. It has only stabilized and has not yet dissipated. But as for him to awaken, I don't know when that will be."

“Yan?” Li Miaoxuan said, “There doesn’t seem to be any Great Immortal cultivator in the Spirit Realm with the surname Yan. Could it be… that this person comes from the Heavenly Demon World?”

Gu Yuanqing nodded slightly and briefly recounted what had happened after Li Miaoxuan went into seclusion.

Li Miaoxuan felt complicated after hearing this: "I didn't expect that my guess was true? This world has really become a pasture for the demons."

Gu Yuanqing sighed softly: "Yes, it has been like this for millions of years. Compared to that, my spirit world is really lucky."

Li Miaoxuan said, "It's indeed fortunate that there are still so many Void Immortals in the Nine Realms Divine Continent, yet they are still no match for the Heavenly Demons. In the Spirit Realm, the highest cultivation level is currently only at the peak of the Chaotic Undying Realm. If these Void Immortal level Heavenly Demons were to cross over, I'm afraid..."

"That's not necessarily true. To be honest, which of the major sects in the Spirit Realm doesn't have some resources? Even if a Void Immortal-level Heavenly Demon came, he might not be able to gain any advantage," Gu Yuanqing said, shaking his head.

Gu Yuanqing also talked about the cultivation situation in that realm.

Li Miaoxuan said, "There are indeed many things worth learning from."

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "Indeed, in the path of the soul, the Nine Domains Divine Continent is stronger than the Spirit Realm. The key to this lies in the visualization method. Major sects all have fundamental diagrams. It is said that the Nine Domains Divine Continent's inheritance focuses on this. However, these are all the foundation of the sects. Unless you forcibly seize them, you will never have the chance to see them."

And now it's even more impossible. Perhaps the Great Hao Dynasty and the sects of the Nine Domains Divine Continent will hate me to the bone.

Li Miaoxuan said, "They shouldn't be that stupid. However, since you haven't shown up for so long, even if they didn't suspect anything before, they'll start to have doubts."

Gu Yuanqing said, "That's true. However, we have no connection with this realm. What they think is not important. We're only going there to hunt demons."

“That’s true!” Li Miaoxuan nodded.

As a spiritual practitioner, if you are always concerned about what others think, you'll probably have to live cautiously every day. As long as you don't go against your own heart, nothing else is worth caring about.

"So what do you plan to do with this person?" Li Miaoxuan pointed to the sleeping soul within the lotus flower.

Gu Yuanqing raised his hand and the lotus flower snapped in two and flew into his hand.

This lotus pond, nourished by the spiritual spring for hundreds of years, has become extraordinary, and the lotus flowers have become a rare and precious treasure, thus possessing the effect of nourishing the soul.

“This soul was already on the verge of collapse, making it impossible to take it out of the mountains. So I simply ignored the Great Hao Dynasty. Now that it has been somewhat stabilized, I might as well return it to them. As for whether they can revive it, that's up to them! There's also another business deal; let's see if they're interested.” Gu Yuanqing said calmly. Li Miaoxuan nodded slightly.

Actually, it's not entirely impossible to revive this divine soul. However, since they have no connection with the Great Hao Divine Dynasty, it would be fine if it were just a small favor. But restoring a nearly collapsed, undying, Hun Tian level divine soul is no easy task.

"Would you like to come with me and take another look at that realm?" Gu Yuanqing asked.

Li Miaoxuan shook her head: "Forget it, let's talk about it later. You escaped from that realm right under the nose of the Xuanyou Demon Lord. If I sense your aura again, I'm afraid I'll use swift and decisive measures. If I'm here, you'll inevitably be distracted. Besides, I'm not suitable to advance any further for at least ten years."

Gu Yuanqing nodded: "Alright!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he flicked his finger, and a drop of essence blood flew out, quickly transforming into a clone. The primordial energy gathered, and the aura rose, reaching the level of the Undying Chaos Realm in a short time.

Li Miaoxuan couldn't help but admire him in her heart; she could see the progress in Gu Yuanqing's cultivation.

"I thought I had made great progress and shortened the distance between us, but now it seems that it hasn't narrowed much. It seems that I have to work harder, otherwise I really won't be able to keep up with him."

Gu Yuanqing's clone raised his hand and took the lotus flower that was wrapped around Yan Beiming into his hand, then quietly waited for the main body to send it away using the Heavenly Fishing Technique.

After a while, there was still no movement, and he asked in surprise, "What happened? Could it be that the coordinates I left behind have been discovered again?"

Gu Yuanqing nodded: "I don't know what method he used. The jade talisman was hidden in a very well concealed place this time. It shouldn't have been discovered by him. But fortunately, I left a mark outside this realm. We can just follow the original path to go in."

Li Miaoxuan couldn't help but interject, "Don't you two find it strange to talk like this? The main body and the clone are one entity. Now that you're so close, you don't even need to speak to know what each other is thinking. What's the difference between this and talking to yourselves?"

Gu Yuanqing himself was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Is that so? I never noticed before."

The clone also said, "Thank you for the reminder, Miaoxuan."

Li Miaoxuan remained expressionless. "Are you kidding me?"
Even if the clone and the original body are separated across two worlds, they can use this as an anchor point to use spatial techniques. This shows that even two worlds cannot sever the connection between the two, so how could there be anything that has not been noticed?

Gu Yuanqing coughed and said, "I'll take you there first, be careful."

The clone opened its mouth, but in the end didn't speak; it just nodded.

Gu Yuanqing used the Heavenly Fishing Technique to send his clone away.

"I'm going to cultivate now." Li Miaoxuan forced a smile and turned to leave.

……

Following the same route, Gu Yuanqing easily entered the other world from outside the boundary.

It was still the same valley. Gu Yuanqing concealed his presence with practiced ease and headed in the right direction.

Coming from this direction again, Gu Yuanqing was no longer as clueless as before. Combining the maps he had seen in the Nine Realms Divine Continent, he could roughly determine the location of this place.

In terms of domains, this place should be considered the border between the realms ruled by the Demon Lord of the Netherworld and the Demon Lord of the Seven Emotions.

It's just that Gu Yuanqing chose to go in the direction of Xuan You back then. Perhaps if he had chosen a different direction when he first arrived, it would have been a completely different story.

He glanced in the direction of the Seven Emotions Demon Lord, but ultimately decided to head towards Xuan You.

Although I am somewhat curious about the Seven Emotions Demon Lord, there is no need to awaken him and increase the threat to the human realm of this world.

At present, his need for the primordial demonic thought of the Heavenly Demon is not as great, after all, there is still a small portion of the primordial demonic thought of the Boundless Demon King that has not been refined. Moreover, his own cultivation status is also outstanding in the divine soul, surpassing other aspects.

I came to this world because our first transaction was based on mutual trust, but unfortunately, we were tricked by the Heavenly Demon and that happened. It has to be settled eventually.

As for what the Great Hao Dynasty will do, that's up to them to choose.

Gu Yuanqing enveloped himself with spatial magic and headed towards the human realm, following the direction he remembered.

Unbeknownst to him, he had once again arrived at the site of the first great battle between the Chaotic Undying Heavenly Demon and the Chaotic Undying Heavenly Demon of this world, and saw the dark blue-black dragon in the lake.

This time, Gu Yuanqing discovered something different about the dragon.

When Gu Yuanqing saw it, it seemed to be suddenly startled, looking around in fear.

"Is it it, or is there some secret hidden beneath the lake where it is?"

However, Gu Yuanqing turned and left without saying much. He wasn't someone who lacked opportunities, so why bother provoking these unknown secrets? He had a vague feeling that fighting the Demon Lord would be safer than dealing with this dragon.

This place is hundreds of millions of miles away from Wangxiang City. Even if Gu Yuanqing used the spatial method to travel straight, it still took him nearly seven days to arrive.

Gu Yuanqing did not enter the city, but instead released his aura from a hundred miles away from Wangxiang City.

For cultivators at the Undying Huntian level, a distance of a hundred miles is merely a step away. Therefore, as soon as Gu Yuanqing released his aura, a roar was heard, and a long halberd pierced through the air and fell down.

"You lackey of the Heavenly Demon, you dare to come again? Prepare to die!"

As he spoke, a towering and imposing figure was forced out of the spatial rift. His entire body exuded a murderous aura that was as solid as a tangible substance. As soon as he drew his halberd, it was as if a thousand troops followed behind him, aiming straight for Gu Yuanqing's head.

Gu Yuanqing merely glanced indifferently at the newcomer before disappearing from his spot and reappearing a hundred miles away.

"Considering that you have a reason to be angry, I will not pursue this matter with you! Before we fight, how about we say a few words first?" Gu Yuanqing said calmly.

Boom!

The halberd landed in empty space, and the sliver of power it released caused half of the mountaintop to vanish into thin air.

But the burly figure didn't respond at all. His face was full of anger, and he seemed to be surging with energy. He raised his hand and swung his halberd at Gu Yuanqing again.

Before the halberd's light arrived, some kind of power suddenly crossed the void and empowered him, causing his aura to instantly break through the limit of the Chaotic Undying Realm and reach the level of a Void Immortal!

What appeared to be merely the light of halberds tearing through the sky actually transformed into a blood-red cage that sealed off the heavens and earth. Hundreds of millions of halberd shadows appeared simultaneously, blocking all possible escape routes for Gu Yuanqing. Even space itself was suppressed and solidified by this power!
"If you want to die, then don't blame me!" Gu Yuanqing's voice remained calm, but with a hint of coldness. Giving you one move was already merciful enough. If you're really a fool, then you deserve to die.

He raised his hand and calmly struck down with his palm, and the majestic sacred mountain descended from the sky...

(End of this chapter)