Longevity Candle

Chapter 56 The Celestial Palace of Immortality (Seeking monthly votes and continued reading)
The flame gradually returned to the green lamp, and the lamp returned to its previous appearance, only it became scalding hot, and Yaoyao could no longer hold it.

Even the immortal master, White Fox, was burned the moment he grasped it.

Yao Yao took out seven swords, which were the newly forged Seven Star Swords. They had no merit, but they were enough to gather the essence of the sun and moon.

Jiang Zhu needed the essence of the sun and moon, and she gave all that she had accumulated over the years to Qingdeng.

As if sensing something, a brilliant flame flew out of the green lamp, landed in her hand, and entered her body.

Yao Yao sensed the flames and looked at the green lamp, but still could not see Jiang Zhu's illusory figure.

"I don't know if I can wait until you wake up, but I will make arrangements. Peach Blossom Village will guard the green lamp for generations, waiting for you to wake up."

Yao Yao sat not far from the green lamp: "I wonder if, after you wake up, a mortal will still be able to hold onto you?"

She waited outside the dim light for a year, practicing her sword for a year, but made little progress.

Having lost her merits, her martial arts talent is clearly insufficient, so she should continue to improve.

She sensed the merit within the Tianxuan Sword but did not use it.

“Jiang Zhu, I have to go. My younger brother says he wants to stay in the mortal world. As his older sister, I have to do something. It’s time to fulfill the promise I made…”

She talked a lot with Qingdeng, and the white foxes listened, wondering what she was going to do.

The next day, she left Peach Blossom Village with the Tianxuan Sword.

Late at night, she arrived at the Fairy Fox Temple.

"How did you get out of the village?" the fairy fox asked in surprise.

"I'm here to draw a fortune stick, I'm hoping for the best one." Yao Yao picked up the fortune stick container.

"You believe in this? Although you haven't entered the path of immortality, you have still come into contact with it. You should know that drawing lots is useless."

Nine-Tailed Fox was very surprised that Yao Yao would come to draw lots.

Yao Yao shook the divination tube: "Whether you believe it or not is not important, I just want to draw the best possible divination."

“Then I’ll get you a different divination box,” Nine-Tailed Fox said.

"no need."

A bamboo skewer fell out. Yao Yao picked it up. On it, crookedly carved, was a line of words: "Great fortune: May the ancestral temple prosper and may descendants embrace their descendants."

"What do you mean?" Yao Yao looked up at the nine-tailed god statue.

"May the ancestral temple enjoy its blessings, and may the descendants preserve it; this is an extremely auspicious omen," said the Nine-Tailed Fox. "You are truly lucky."

"Are you sure you wrote this character correctly?" Yao Yao looked at her in surprise.

The Nine-Tails fell silent, its pink radiance trembling violently.

"You can't possibly be illiterate, can you?" Yao Yao asked in astonishment.

The nine-tailed creature gritted its teeth: "How about you change to another fortune stick?"

Yao Yao looked at the divination tube; the words inside were all a jumbled mess.

She stopped praying and put down the divination tube, saying, "I'll keep it to fool illiterate mortals."

The nine-tailed fox gritted its teeth even louder.

"I'm going north, and I'd like to ask a white fox to come with me and bring some things back for me," Yao Yao said.

"I'll go, I'll go."

The white fox spirit master in the temple hurriedly volunteered.

In the past, he would never have dared to go north and set foot in the territory of the Eternal Heaven, but now, he only wanted to leave the Immortal Fox Temple.

"You go first, I'll catch up with you," Nine-Tailed Fox said in a low voice.

"it is good."

After leaving the temple, Yao Yao couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter: "The nine-tailed elf can't read, hahaha..."

"Hu Yan, where are you going?!"

The sound of clenched teeth rang out, followed by a shrill scream.

"I taught you to read and write, but what books have you read, and what words have you learned!"

"Your Majesty, please spare me! I promise I'll study hard from now on..."

"Where did you learn these characters?"

“I copied it from another temple. We used to be in seclusion in the mountains, practicing cultivation, and we never had the chance to read or write…”

"Are you still aggrieved?"

If they don't do the job she assigned them well, beat them up first.

Yao Yao went north, and the next day she was caught up by a white fox with a bruised and swollen face.

He looked at Yao Yao with a resentful expression. "You've lived for so long, and you still don't know how to read or write?" Yao Yao asked.

"There are no human immortal masters under Her Majesty's command. We don't even have enough time to cultivate, so how can we have time to pay attention to human writing?" Hu Yan muttered.

Yao Yao said, "I think you just look down on ordinary people. You're used to being high and mighty and don't want to learn human writing."

Hu Yan opened his mouth but did not refute it; it was indeed so.

In their eyes, only martial artists like Yao Yao, who have touched the power of heaven and earth, or those with the talent for immortality, are worthy of their attention.

The rest of the ordinary people, even if they kneel to death, would not lower their eyes to look at it, let alone ordinary writing.

Yao Yao, accompanied by the white fox, arrived at the sacred mountain of the grassland.

Inside the palace, Xue sat cross-legged, still looking the same as before, a young and beautiful girl who had never changed.

"Why did you bring the white fox with you? Are you going to take advantage of him to go back on your promise?" Xue frowned.

The white fox bowed and said, "I'm just here to accompany her."

Yao Yao said, "He's seeing me off."

"Where is your sword case?" Xue asked with slight dissatisfaction. The sword containing the merit sword was what she valued most.

Now, Yaoyao only has the Tianxuan Sword in her hands, and her merits are far from enough.

This small act of merit is nothing in today's world.

"You still want merit?" Yao Yao looked at her in surprise: "It was I who promised you, not merit that promised you."

"You dare to mock me?" Xue said angrily.

Yao Yao glanced at Hu Yan: "Immortal Master Hu Yan, you go down the Holy Mountain first, I want to talk to her."

"Okay." Hu Yan didn't hesitate and quickly went down the mountain.

He had no intention of facing the grassland immortal master with Yaoyao; that would only be suicide.

After he left, Yaoyao said, "The merit is not mine, and I cannot waste it here. It should be used by you."

"Then what use are you to me? Although you're troublesome, it's not like I can't create a martial arts master," Xue said coldly.

"How can you create something without enough time?"

Yao Yao said calmly, "Moreover, I also brought a secret technique."

Xue looked at the paper she had taken out, her expression changing slightly: "Blood Burning and Mind Stabilizing Technique? This is a secret technique from the Longevity Path, which will deplete your lifespan. You are already sixty-three."

“I didn’t plan to go back alive,” Yao Yao said.

"Where is the elf behind you?" Xue asked gravely. "He just gave up on you like that?"

“He never interferes in my life, and I’m not doing this for him,” Yao Yao said. “You just need to help me improve my martial arts and give me merit, and I will risk my life to protect the White Wolf King.”

"You're doing this just as a promise?" Xue asked incredulously. "You once dreamed of immortality, and now you're so reckless with your life?"

Yao Yao's achievements are comparable to those of nature; even though she is still a mortal, her lifespan will definitely exceed a hundred years.

Those who sought immortality back then now yearn for death.
She didn't know what had happened over the years to change her so much.

"Will you agree or not?" Yao Yao asked in a deep voice.

"If you are willing to give up your life to fulfill your promise, I will naturally agree."

Xue's anger completely dissipated, and she pondered, "I will ask them for their permission. If they agree, you can go to the Immortal Palace of Longevity to cultivate."

“Okay.” Yao Yao nodded.

A snowflake appeared in Xue's palm and vanished into the void.

A moment later, a golden light arrived and entered Xue's brow.

"They promised that you will have the merit you need in the Hall of Immortal Longevity, but be careful not to use up all your lifespan," Xue said.

"When will the Path of Immortality make its move?" Yao Yao asked.

"At the latest, five years from now; at the earliest, three years from now."

A golden light emerged from the void, distorting the surrounding space and making the palace appear faint.

Yao Yao stepped onto the golden light, ascended into the sky, and entered a magnificent celestial palace.

The hall was empty and dark, but there was a great deal of golden light of merit, dozens of times more than what Jiang Zhu had bestowed.

This is the accumulation of the grassland spirits, which is naturally incomparable to Jiang Zhu.

Yao Yao sat down cross-legged and, with the help of the golden light of merit, activated the Blood Burning and Mind Stabilizing Technique.

At this moment, her mind was infinitely active, her true essence was like boiling water, and she peered into more of the power of heaven and earth.

Suddenly, branches cascaded down from the dark palace, enveloping her and enhancing her comprehension...

(End of this chapter)