Immortal cultivation starts with copying.

Improving one's alchemy, weapon crafting, or other cultivation skills requires years of accumulation; it's not something that can be fully mastered in just thirty or fifty years.

Even though Chen Yunhao had been a master alchemist for a period of time when he was in the lower realm.

However, his skills are far from being able to refine real elixirs, so he is not considering earning elixir stones through his craft at the moment.

Only after the ancient mirror left did Chen Yunhao realize how deeply he had become dependent on it.

Right now, all we can do is slowly sell off the supplies we have, minimize the disruption, and wait for the spirit to return safely.

Time flies like an arrow, especially in the eyes of immortals who have no concept of time; ten or twenty years are but a fleeting moment.

In about ten days, Chen Yunhao will sell a batch of low-grade spiritual materials in the city, and also take the opportunity to wander around the city and get to know some other immortals.

As time went on, he obtained a lot of information that was not recorded in the classics.

There were inquiries about the northern border of Yunhuang, as well as about the southern region of Xuhai. The southern region of Xuhai was the focus of his research, as it was a place he longed to visit.

As long as he has the ancient mirror, he will naturally yearn for places with richer resources. Only when he gets there will he have unlimited resources to build up his cultivation.

These are conditions that others do not possess, which are precisely his advantages. He knows that he is not a genius, nor does he have any great opportunities.

But as long as I have the ancient mirror, that's enough. One shouldn't be too greedy in this life.

Gu Jing has been gone from Chen Yunhao for over twenty years. At first, Chen Yunhao was a little worried, but there was no use in worrying. Now he has calmed down.

In particular, he and the ancient mirror had long been one, so he would sense if something happened to the ancient mirror.

There haven't been any problems so far, which means the ancient mirror is still in good condition.

However, the time when that great merchant guild crossed the two immortal realms has already passed. Several years ago, that great merchant guild had already left with a group of immortals.

Anyway, Chen Yunhao missed it. As long as the ancient mirror doesn't return, he'll have to keep waiting. He can wait another twenty years if necessary.

Over the years, Chen Yunhao has never given up on cultivation, but he is no longer as extravagant as before, and he no longer dares to consume elixirs like sugar pills.

Most of the time, he meditates and comprehends the laws of the Tao, hoping to use this shortcut to achieve a breakthrough.

After all, relying on consuming elixirs to absorb immortal energy for cultivation is a visible but much longer path, and he doesn't have that much patience.

As Chen Yunhao learned more about the immortal realm, he gradually integrated into it and is now more like a local immortal.

Leaving the northern border of Yunhuang does not mean he will not return in the future.

This is where he ascended to heaven, and it also represents the place where his relatives, friends, and descendants who he will care about in the mortal world will ascend to heaven in the future.

So there are still some lingering feelings here, but the timeframe is uncertain, perhaps thousands or even tens of thousands of years from now.

Of course, he doesn't have to worry about everything like he does in the lower realm.

Everyone's path is different, and their future encounters will also be different. He can't worry about things forever, so let's talk about the future later. If we're destined to meet again, we will.

Another thing is that Chen Yunhao has not yet raised one million immortal stones over the years, and is still short of more than one hundred thousand.

The low-grade spiritual materials inside the mustard seed have been emptied, which should be about right according to the original plan.

However, he didn't sell them all at once. Including his expenses in the city and his use for cultivation, he has only accumulated a little over 800,000 so far.

There's nothing we can do but wait for the spirit to return before we can think of a solution.

Since that big business association left last time, another twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Chen Yunhao stood outside Yunhuang Immortal City and shook his head with another sigh.

He watched once again as the enormous celestial ship, like a vast cloud, gently rose and then transformed into a streak of light, disappearing in a flash.

This was the second time he had personally experienced this, and this time he still couldn't leave.

The ancient mirror did not return, and even if he had enough immortal stones, he would not leave.

Life returned to normal once again, and he made more than a dozen like-minded immortal friends in the city.

Many people had invited him to try his luck in the Chaotic Void Sea, to kill a few Chaotic Beasts in exchange for cultivation resources.

Chen Yunhao shook his head and refused. He was only temporarily short of resources and there was no need for him to take the risk.

Especially before the ancient mirror returns, he doesn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.

Chen Yunhao's decision to live a life of compromise is not without its drawbacks.

Two of the people he knew had disappeared and never returned.

Immortals hunt Chaos Beasts as resources, while Chaos Beasts can devour immortals as powerful tonics; this is fair.

Having lived in the city for so many years, Chen Yunhao had naturally seen Chaos Beasts, as there were many shops in the city that specialized in buying them.

However, these Chaos Beasts do not have a unified standard of appearance; some are like large fish, some are like yakshas, ​​and some are like a puddle of mud.

Some chaotic beasts are as small as mosquitoes or flies, while others are as large as celestial ships, ranging in size from hundreds to thousands of feet.

In short, they each have their own appearance; some are useful, while others are simply useless. Not every Chaos Beast can be sold for Immortal Stones.

Not just anyone can go to the Chaotic Void Sea. Anyone below the Immortal Realm is simply going there to their death. Only those above the Immortal Realm can stay in the Chaotic Void Sea for a period of time.

The dangers in the Chaotic Void Sea are not limited to these Chaotic Beasts.

Any immortal who has entered the Chaotic Void Sea knows that the time one can stay in the Chaotic Void Sea is limited and one cannot stay too long.

Because that chaotic void sea is a place devoid of spiritual energy, devoid of any spiritual or immortal energy. Even immortal cultivators who enter it can feel the immortal energy slowly overflowing from their bodies.

If one could stay in the Chaotic Void Sea for ten or twenty years without needing a Chaotic Beast, the immortal energy within the immortal's body would be completely consumed on its own.

Without the immortal energy, even the immortal could no longer cross the chaotic void sea.

These are all digressions, but Chen Yunhao also needs to know them, because if he wants to travel all over the Immortal Realm in the future, he cannot bypass the Chaotic Void Sea.

The entire Immortal Realm consists of thirty-six Immortal Domains, which are like lotus leaves floating on water, with the largest area being the Chaotic Void Sea.

The decades Chen Yunhao spent in Yunhuang Immortal City were the most leisurely time of his life.

He took a hands-off approach to cultivation, never forcing anything.

Because he had other uses for the immortal stones he possessed, he eventually stopped taking the elixir altogether.

He simply focused on comprehending the Great Dao of Space, and over the decades, he made some progress, feeling as if his cultivation had loosened slightly.

It's like a wall that's been pried open; when the time comes, with just a gentle push, the whole wall will collapse, and his cultivation will naturally advance from the early stage of Earth Immortal to the middle stage.