My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 92 Even if you have a hundred years, you still won't be able to catch up with me (Part 2)

With Bai Chijing's cultivation level, he could naturally see very far. However, the current situation in Yaotian Realm made Bai Chijing ponder carefully.

"It took me forty years to create this technique, and a full sixty years to condense the Human Heart Demon and the Six Desires Qi. My subsequent cultivation took only a year and a half... To be precise, that's not a long time."

Bai Chijing was somewhat surprised.

"How could things have changed so much?"

Currently, terrestrial immortals cannot manifest themselves in the mortal realm. The external appearance realm is the limit that cultivators can display, so don't be fooled by the fact that he thinks these mortal demons are far inferior to himself. In reality, the three mortal demons he saw were all more powerful than ever before.

That being, half old woman and half beautiful woman, should be a kind of demon. The reason it appeared to him as a normal cultivator was probably due to the soaring sword energy above its head.

That sword energy is very powerful!
Although it cannot compare to Bai Chijing's signature attack methods from back then, it can grant these human demons with soaring sword energy the power to kill enemies across realms.

This human demon, half old woman and half beautiful woman, may be powerful, but its cultivation level is only at the initial stage of the Outer Appearance realm. Ordinary people at the middle stage of the Outer Appearance realm would not last more than a few rounds against it, and might even be killed by it with a single blow if they are not careful.

The skeleton riding the white bone horse was the same; although it was only at the middle stage of the Outer Aspect realm, its true combat power could rival that of the upper stage of the Outer Aspect realm.

That is to say, his mindset is similar to that of Huai Jin a hundred years ago.

And just as these mortal demons can receive the amplification from these soaring sword energies, so too can the immortal cultivators and dynasty members who also possess soaring sword energies above their heads receive similar amplification.

"Over the past century, the global landscape seems to have begun to change..."

Bai Chijing couldn't help but think this way.

A hundred years ago, the six great immortal sects were supreme, followed by the five great dynasties, and then various other immortal sects, large and small. As for rogue cultivators, before the young Taoist disciples began to preach and the Chanxin Buddhist sect spread Buddhist teachings, they didn't even have the right to be mentioned.

Because all methods of spiritual practice are monopolized.

If Bai Chijing had been just a rogue cultivator at the beginning, the first thing he would have had to do if he wanted to cultivate normally was to learn how to scheme and plot.

Don't assume that independent cultivators are united; in reality, they can easily turn against each other for petty gains.

The fact that major immortal sects allow independent cultivators to develop freely is not only due to the monopoly of cultivation methods, but also related to the need for these independent cultivators to collect rare and precious materials.

After all, with a large number of them, there's bound to be a few exceptionally lucky rogue cultivators.

These independent cultivators, upon acquiring such rare and precious treasures, often try every means to monetize them. The major immortal sects and the five great dynasties only need to pay the minimal price for this.

For example, Zhou Yin.

Moreover, these lucky rogue cultivators, after successfully converting what they had obtained through their fortuitous encounters, often chose to transform the Zhou Seal into their own strength.

Purchase secret techniques for breakthroughs, magical artifacts that directly enhance strength, or elixirs.

After this process, even if the other party obtains tens of thousands of Zhou Seals in one day, these Zhou Seals will eventually return to the hands of the five great dynasties and the six great immortal sects.

In short, the state of affairs in this world could be described as stagnant.

From the secular world to the cultivation world, all social strata have become rigid. Even if a few occasionally break through these strata, it's merely a matter of transforming from a rogue cultivator into a disciple of a certain sect.

Now, this entrenched pattern has undergone a significant change, because the three human demons that Bai Chijing saw were enough to claim territory and gain the right to directly communicate with the five great dynasties.

This is unprecedented.

Although there was a dynasty where a human demon occupied the court, it was not only because the human demon was special, but also because of the tacit approval of the Wuxin Sect.

The disciple of Wuxin Sect named "Xu Jiexin" discovered this human demon that had been lurking in the Chu Dynasty for a long time as soon as he came down the mountain, and then suppressed and killed it with great momentum. Doesn't all of this seem too coincidental?

A hundred years ago, it would have been impossible for any purely wild demons to reach the Outer Appearance Realm. But now, in this Yao Tian mortal realm, the number of demons who have reached the Outer Appearance Realm is extraordinary.

"Is it related to that Descending Immortal Sword?"

Bai Chijing recalled that scene from back then. After the strange phenomenon during the battle for the famous sword reappeared, some things were knocked out by Tai'a's immortal sword. The soaring sword energy at this moment was very likely formed from those things.

Unfortunately, these things were originally also in the place where he cultivated, but he did not collect them at the time, and after a hundred years, they have all disappeared.

I don't know if it was taken by someone or flew away on its own.

This prevented Bai Chijing from verifying his guess.

Then, Bai Chijing followed the guidance of the calamity energy.

With his current cultivation level of the eighth tribulation of the Outer Appearance Realm, even without the sword rainbow for transportation, his flight speed wouldn't be much slower. It's just that flying like this makes him easily detectable.

So, not long after, a voice came: "It's been a hundred years, Fellow Daoist Bai, your demeanor is still as elegant as ever."

This is a woman's voice.

Her voice was charming and beautiful; even without seeing her, just hearing her voice was enough to make one's heart burn with desire.

Of course, Shiraike Kei is not affected by this.

He thought about it carefully before remembering who this person was, and then smiled and clasped his hands in a salute: "Congratulations, Senior Sister Long, on reaching the middle stage of the Outer Aspect. Senior Sister, you entered the middle stage with the twenty-nine Dharma Aspects. I think you will be able to become a terrestrial immortal in a hundred years at most."

Demon Lord's Palace, Long Nian'an.

More than a hundred years ago, Bai Chijing met this person once outside the Sword Immortal Realm and exchanged greetings.

Among the six major immortal sects, Tu Jian Mountain and the Demon Lord's Palace have a very good relationship, especially since the two disciples are both at the outer realm and are Daoist partners. Therefore, if the disciples of the two sects are familiar with each other, they can address each other as "Senior Brother" or "Senior Sister".

At this moment, Long Nian'an felt a chill in her heart when she heard Bai Chijing reveal all her secrets with just one sentence.

However, at the same time, she also developed a sense of admiration for Bai Chijing.

To be precise, her initial surprise at discovering it was Bai Chijing, coupled with her initiative to greet him, was also a test. She wanted to see if Bai Chijing was sacrificing his own lifespan to display his supernatural powers, or if he had already regained his full cultivation.

The result of this test was naturally the latter.

After his cultivation was almost destroyed and his sword talent was cut off, Bai Chijing actually managed to cultivate back to the Upper Realm of External Appearance on his own!
No wonder he's the one who wrote the poem for the Heavenly Official...

Long Nian'an was filled with emotion, so he took the initiative to invite, "Junior Brother Bai, I just obtained a thousand-year-old spiritual fruit. I wonder if you would like to come and taste some?"

Since Bai Chijing called her Senior Sister Long, Long Nian'an naturally wouldn't be ungrateful.

She didn't shout it before simply because she felt she wasn't qualified.

After a century apart, who knows if Bai Chijing will still care about Tu Jianshan?
"A thousand-year-old spiritual fruit?"

When Bai Chijing heard Long Nian'an say this, his heart stirred. However, it wasn't because he coveted the spiritual fruit, but because he remembered that he had a decent magic weapon that needed repair. He had originally planned to do this, but it had been delayed.

Right now, it's a good time to go down and collect the materials needed for the repairs.

Given Long Nian'an's background and her strength in wielding the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, she must possess a considerable amount of treasures.

Bai Chijing descended.

Aside from sword escape, he had not cultivated any other escape techniques, and the ability to traverse clouds was exclusive to those at the Outer Heaven Realm. Therefore, at this moment, he was simply using spiritual energy beneath his feet and his powerful cultivation to forcibly traverse the sky.

This is not a very high mountain.

At the foot of the mountain stands a three-zhang (approximately 10 meters) stone tablet with four large golden characters on it – Xiaokongsang Mountain.

Out of courtesy, Bai Chijing did not go directly to the mountain.

Instead, they arrived at the foot of this mountain.

From the foot of this mountain, you can just see the outline of this small Kongsang Mountain, which is faintly visible in the clouds and mist on the horizon.

However, such cloud cover and fog are no challenge for someone with Bai Chijing's cultivation level.

In that instant, he had seen the entire Xiaokongsang Mountain in one glance.

So he climbed the steps.

From the summit of this small Kongsang Mountain, layers of stone steps wind their way down to the foot of the mountain.

This is somewhat similar to the road leading down from the foot of Tujian Mountain to Fenghuan Pavilion.

Bai Chijing took a step, and by the time his foot landed, he had already gone from the foot of the mountain to the summit. After all, going to the foot of the mountain was just a formality.

At that moment, some purple vines on both sides of the stone steps had just begun to bloom into thousands of ice-crystal-like flowers as they swayed gently. This must be the "welcoming gift" of this little Kongsang Mountain.

However, it wasn't a complete waste of time to manifest.

After all, Bai Chijing was able to sense it. When he saw this strange phenomenon, he was not very surprised. Although Long Nian'an was holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, it did not mean that he was a wild monster who ate raw meat and drank blood and liked to use human skin to cover the ground or human skulls as decorations.

Upon reaching the mountain peak, Bai Chijing saw graceful young women descending in a daze, then lining up on either side and bowing in unison: "Welcome, Uncle Bai!"

The girl's voice was light and melodious, very pleasant to hear.

Bai Chijing glanced at them, his gaze showing a hint of surprise, because the techniques these girls were practicing were not the introductory cultivation methods of the Demon Lord's Palace. Just like the third level of the Sword Heart Breathing Technique of Tu Jian Mountain, the Demon Lord's Palace, being one of the six great immortal sects, was similar to Tu Jian Mountain in its methods of foundation building for its disciples.

That was a scroll of demonic cultivation techniques called "Three Chapters of Self-Refined Demonic Cultivation," which consisted of three chapters: beginner, intermediate, and advanced, corresponding exactly to the advanced level of external objects.

Therefore, this scroll of demonic arts is quite unique.

However, if it were just these girls who called him "Uncle Bai" and were not cultivating the "Three Chapters of Self-Refining Demonic Cultivation", Bai Chijing would not have reacted this way. He only sensed that these girls all possessed a sharp and unleashed power within them!

It's somewhat like that soaring sword energy.

"Junior Brother Bai, this is the sword energy of the Immortal Sword that descended to earth. After it scattered among the mortals, a newly promoted elder in our sect, after much deduction and referencing the sword energy of that Immortal Sword, created the three chapters of the 'Hall of Swordsmanship.' The purpose is to enable these disciples, once they have achieved success in their cultivation, to try to draw upon the sword energy of an Immortal Sword into their bodies. Of course, this is the ideal state. In reality, as long as one can generate a certain degree of resonance with the sword energy of that Immortal Sword, and thus begin to interact with the aura of the sword energy, forming a pseudo-spiritual connection, that is sufficient."

Long Nian'an's voice came through, specifically to answer Bai Chijing's question.

Her words confirmed Bai Chijing's earlier guess, so he asked, "Are the introductory techniques of all the immortal sects in the world now based on the sword energy of these immortal swords?"

"exactly……"

Long Nian'an appeared. More than a hundred years had passed, but she still looked the same as before. However, her cultivation level was much stronger than before. She had not only condensed twenty-nine Dharma Apertures, but most of them were also filled with cultivation.

In just over a hundred years, Long Nian'an has cultivated to this level. This cultivator from the Demon Lord's Palace can be said to have extraordinary talent.

Although it wasn't the best cultivation talent, "Dao Body," it was still much better than Ling Yuxian's.

He was able to go toe-to-toe with Su Chengwu, who had a flawed Dao body.

However, at this moment, the Demon Lord's Palace disciple, who possessed remarkable talent and cultivation, had a complicated expression after responding to that call.

There is also a great deal of melancholy in it.

"After the Immortal Sword of Descending Heaven scattered throughout the world, its impact on the cultivation world was immense. I imagine Junior Brother Bai has already encountered those mortal demons. Don't underestimate those mortal demons just because some are only at the initial stage of the Outer Manifestation Realm; when faced with a life-or-death crisis, they can borrow the power of a wisp of sword energy from the Immortal Sword..."

At this point, Long Nian'an didn't continue, but Bai Chijing already understood her meaning. So he asked with some curiosity, "Can a mortal demon at the initial stage of the Outer Appearance realm escape from a cultivator at the upper stage of the Outer Appearance realm just by using that?"

“If it’s just about escaping, then that’s fine…” Long Nian’an looked helpless. “Unless someone like me has refined the Myriad Soul Banner, the other Outer Realm cultivators in the hall, even the older generation, could be severely injured in a life-or-death struggle against those Outer Realm beginner demons!”

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing couldn't help but ask, "Then how about using your spiritual perception to set up an array to trap and kill these mortal monsters?"

Upon hearing Bai Chijing's question, Long Nian'an hesitated, then finally asked in a subtle tone, "Junior Brother Bai, have you successfully overcome the Five Inner Tribulations again?"

Although Bai Chijing didn't need to cross over again because his own immortal cave was still intact, he still nodded and didn't tell the truth.

"This trip is for the Three Tribulations," Bai Chijing said.

Long Nian'an really wanted to complain because there was a pervert here, but because he admired Bai Chijing too much at the moment, what came out of his mouth was - "Even if he suffered the Heavenly Slash, Junior Brother Bai is still Junior Brother Bai! People like Xu Jiexin and Shi Chengyu are not even worthy of carrying Junior Brother Bai's shoes."

Then, Long Nian'an clapped his hands, and immediately several beautiful young women came over carrying a few spiritual fruits in various treasures.

These are seven spirit fruits that look like gourds.

These spiritual fruits come in various colors: green, orange, red, yellow, blue, and purple.

"Seven Immortals Gourd Fruit?"

Bai Chijing was also surprised when he saw the seven spiritual fruits.

Because this is a spiritual fruit that is very close to a celestial fruit! And coincidentally, these seven spiritual fruits are also one of the best materials for him to repair the Celestial Furnace.

However, Bai Chijing had not originally considered the Seven Immortal Gourd Fruit because it was too difficult to find, so he planned to use a substitute to temporarily repair the Immortal Heaven Furnace.

"Senior Sister Long, what a wonderful opportunity!"

Bai Chijing gave a thumbs-up.

This might not have been Long Nian'an's good fortune, but now that it's in her hands, it's hers.

This is something that everyone in the cultivation world knows but doesn't tacitly agree on.

After all, all the rare and precious materials in this world are ultimately ownerless. And since they are ownerless, it's only natural that everyone has to rely on their own abilities to acquire them.

If anyone were to say that this item was found by their ancestor, who then set up an array to encircle it and has carefully cared for it ever since, thus making it a family heirloom...

Even demonic cultivators would feel that this was just sophistry.

"It's not exactly a great opportunity, but if you like them, junior brother, you can take them all!" Long Nian'an seemed very generous at this moment.

"Is there any more trouble with these Seven Immortals Gourd Fruits?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Chijing immediately realized the point.
However, even before he finished speaking, he had already raised his hand and swept the seven spiritual fruits, which were second only to immortal fruits, into his pocket.

Even if Long Nian'an hadn't said those words, Bai Chijing had already decided to take the seven spiritual fruits.

He didn't take the spiritual fruit for nothing.

“Senior Sister Long, I will take on the karma of the Immortal Vine on your behalf,” Bai Chijing promised.

Besides the seven spiritual fruits, the Seven Immortals Gourd Fruit also includes a gourd vine, which is the strongest wood-type natural treasure in the human world, hence it is also called the Immortal Vine.

Even without being refined, a casual flick of the wrist could easily kill a cultivator at the initial stage of the Outer Aspect realm.

Because this treasure can shatter the external appearance of a cultivator!

The strongest aspect of an Outer Appearance Realm cultivator is naturally their outward appearance.

It is no exaggeration to say that, apart from Bai Chijing, whose inner nature is manifest and whose outward appearance is devoid of any unusual phenomena, the outward appearances of all other cultivators would shatter under the pull of this immortal vine.

"Thank you very much, Junior Brother Bai!" Upon hearing this, Long Nian'an was overjoyed and thanked him. Then she told him all about her troubles.

It turns out that the Seven Immortals Gourd Fruit was discovered by several disciples of the Demon Lord's Palace. Knowing that they could not keep such a treasure, these disciples decided to exchange information with Long Nian'an for benefits.

Unexpectedly, after the Demon Lord's Palace disciples left the place where the Seven Immortal Gourd Fruit was found, it was discovered by the disciples of the Wuxin Sect.

So, in the end, it turned into Long Nian'an and Xu Jiexin facing off.

“Xu Jiexin recently broke through to the Upper Realm of External Ministers…” Long Nian’an revealed the root of her troubles.

“The method of cultivating the mind is indeed quite profound…” Bai Chijing said, then looked out of the mountain. A moment later, figures arrived stepping through the air.

These figures, enveloped in golden light, seemed to arrive through the void, landing directly on the mountaintop without climbing the mountain.

“Long Nian’an, the Seven Immortals Gourd Fruit was first discovered by Senior Brother Xu. By all accounts, it should belong to Senior Brother Xu! Out of consideration for our past relationship, he gave you three days to consider. Now that the three days have passed, don’t force Senior Brother Xu to be ruthless!” A figure spoke directly.

Long Nian'an held a prominent position in the Demon Lord's Palace and had even forged the Demonic Treasure, the Myriad Soul Banner, yet the visitors showed her absolutely no respect.

Bai Chijing had already received the benefits, and he had important business to attend to, so he didn't want to linger. He took the initiative to say, "Please go back, and then let Xu Jiexin come and talk..."

"Who are you?" The man who had spoken earlier frowned slightly after realizing he couldn't sense the cultivation level of the person in front of him.

"White Pond Scenery".

"Bai Chijing? It's you!" This person reacted quickly and soon remembered who the person in front of him was. After all, more than a hundred years ago, the name "Bai Chijing" was famous throughout the world.

Before the man could speak further, a slightly arrogant voice came from outside the mountain: "Bai Chijing, do you intend to use your own lifespan to help Long Nian'an bear this karma? Don't forget, your cultivation has long since become a rootless duckweed! The five thousand years of lifespan of the initial stage of the Outer Heaven Realm may not be enough for you to use more than a few times!"

"I did agree to accept Senior Sister Long's karma... However, why should I use my lifespan?" Bai Chijing said, his gaze turning to the outside of the mountain. His spiritual reflection instantly manifested, and he directly slapped down the one who was showing off outside the mountain.

Then, Bai Chijing's voice rang out: "Even if you were given a hundred years, Fellow Daoist Xu, you still couldn't catch up with me..."

(End of this chapter)