Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After entering the cave, Su Xingchen left Liu Xing aside and closed his eyes to meditate.

As soon as Liu Xing stopped, he quickly pulled out a series of jade slips and copied the profound and difficult martial arts manuals he had memorized into them, saving them for later contemplation. He also reviewed all the other contents, such as travel notes, anecdotes, and cultivation experiences, in his mind to deepen his memory.

In this way, reviewing the old to learn the new, Liu Xing spent a full three months to complete his review. When all the knowledge had gone through his mind, Liu Xing's energy was exhausted to the extreme. He rolled over and fell to the ground, snoring.

Su Xingchen raised his eyes, a flash of worry in his eyes, glanced at Liu Xing, and then he continued to meditate with his eyes closed with peace of mind.

After sleeping for three days and three nights, Liu Xing finally woke up, yawned loudly, stood up and stretched. Using magic to shake off the dust on his body, the tired look on his face was swept away, and he became energetic again.

"What did you gain?" Su Xingchen asked when he saw Liu Xing wake up from meditation and tidy up his appearance and return to normal.

"I've gained so much! Thank you, Master, for your gift." Liu Xing immediately knelt on the ground and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to his Master, who had paid a huge price to secure this opportunity for him to study.

"Okay, as long as we have some gains." Su Xingchen helped Liu Xing up and took him to the next sect.

Just as Master Su Xingchen and his disciples left Guanghan Palace, the elder of the Guanghan Palace Sutra Library came to report to Fan Suzhen.

"Your Excellency, Palace Master, Liu Xing is truly an extraordinary person. He has read eighty to ninety percent of the books in the Sutra Library in just one and a half years. His reading speed is ten times faster than that of an ordinary person. Even my consciousness at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage cannot keep up with his speed." The elder said in amazement.

"Old Ghost Su is indeed cunning. Although what he shared with me was indeed his own insights into the Spirit Transformation Realm, and although it was somewhat inspiring to me, it was far from enough to help me in practice. I didn't expect that his disciple really had such an ability of being knowledgeable and having a good memory. We suffered a loss in this transaction. Humph!" Palace Master Fan said angrily.

"Don't worry, Palace Master. I see that Liu Xing reads superficially and swallows everything without thinking. Even with a strong consciousness, he may not be able to remember much. He may not be able to learn the essence of our sect this time." The elder comforted hurriedly.

"Don't underestimate him! According to Qianji Sect's spies, Qianji Sect's Liu Xing has been presiding over affairs in the sect's Economic Hall and has not been out. However, the real Liu Xing is clearly studying in our sect, so it can be judged that Qianji Sect's Liu Xing is his substitute. According to the spies' description, the substitute is exactly the same as the real Liu Xing in all aspects except for his cultivation level being in the early stage of Jindan. It is so rare that it can be mistaken for the real thing. If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that the real Liu Xing's cultivation level had broken through to the middle stage of Jindan, I would have been kept in the dark without knowing it." Fan Suzhen said quietly, as if she was thinking of something else. As for Qianji Sect's fake Liu Xing, she subconsciously thought that he was a substitute prepared by Qianji Sect for him, and didn't dare to think that it was Liu Xing's incarnation.

"Ah, Liu Xing has reached the middle stage of Jindan? I didn't realize it at all. This boy's skills are so powerful and his mind is so deep. Should we notify other sects? Let them take some precautions." Elder Shoujing was shocked. If the Palace Master hadn't told him, he would not have been able to see Liu Xing's true level of cultivation.

"No need. The prosperity of Qianji Sect is unstoppable. His sect is in the south and my sect is in the north. We are far away from each other and have no conflicts of interest on a daily basis. We should not be enemies with them. Instead, we should take the opportunity to make friends with them. This time, we should do Liu Xing a favor. If Liu Xing successfully enters the Nascent Soul stage in the future, the good relationship we have formed this time may help us avoid a disaster in the later stage. If he dies prematurely, the knowledge we have learned will also disappear with him. Therefore, we should not do anything and let everything take its course." Palace Master Fan seemed to have a countermeasure in mind and decided to keep the matter of Liu Xing secret.

"The Palace Master is wise. I am grateful for your guidance." Elder Shoujing bowed in admiration.

Time flies. Visiting and studying at each of the ten major sects took Liu Xing and his disciple a full twenty years. Aside from the intricate secrets of the Spiritual Transformation stage, held by the Grand Elder, Liu Xing was able to access nearly everything accessible to the other Nascent Soul elders. Of course, the access to rival sects like the Demon Sect and the Corpse Refining Sect was somewhat limited. Even so, Liu Xing was still able to broaden his horizons and gain a great deal.

Su Xingchen always used the exchange of his Divine Transformation experience as a condition to secure reading opportunities for his disciples. When these sects first heard this condition, they thought they were getting a great deal. However, after witnessing Liu Xing's strong reading ability and the depth of Su Xingchen's Divine Transformation experience, they often beat their chests and stamped their feet, cursing: "How could old ghost Su deceive me like this!"

However, the strange thing was that after these sects suffered losses, they kept it a secret and did not inform other sects of the situation. This allowed Liu Xing and his disciples to pretend and deceive others along the way. Liu Xing successfully completed his study abroad plan under the attitude of each sect to take care of its own business.

During his study abroad, there was one thing that still puzzled Liu Xing when he thought about it.

It was in the Soul Spring Sect's Sutra Library. Liu Xing encountered a skinny old man next to a bookshelf on the top floor. The old man's face was full of wrinkles, his hair and beard were all white, and he had no magical power at all. He looked like an ordinary person.

The old man glanced up at Liu Xing, and in that instant, Liu Xing felt a shudder of fear, as if he were already dead. He had seen several late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators before, and he'd grown somewhat immune to their imposing presence. But this time, the feeling was completely different. It felt like an indescribable threat of death, like the insignificance of an ant encountering an elephant. He was horrified, and when he felt it again, it had vanished, like a fleeting trance, utterly unreal. He briefly wondered if exhaustion had led to an illusion.

When he passed by the old man, he bowed slightly as a greeting. The old man smiled and nodded without saying much. Liu Xing then went back to reading his book.

Liu Xing remembered this chance encounter deeply, but he didn't mention it to his master. For some reason, he subconsciously decided not to tell anyone about the skinny old man. He suspected it was a divine being, so he had to be extremely careful.

Summarizing this study tour, Liu Xing learned from the book the power of Guanghan Palace's ice magic, the miraculous effect of Buddhism's Vajra Body Refining, the domineering and righteous spirit of Zhenyang Sect, the mysterious methods of Liuji Sect, the might of the Demon Sect's Qiankun Daluoyi, the horror of the Xuesha Sect's monstrous blood waves, the wonder of the Hunquan Sect's soul-splitting and ghost-raising, the magic of the Lianshi Sect's corpse-cultivating skills, and the charm of the Hehuan Sect's yin and yang dual cultivation.

For the past twenty years, Liu Xing has been immersed in the ocean of knowledge, happily swimming in it.