Eternal Life by Daily Divination

That senior had probably truly left.

However, the static, unchanging image still offered Li Chang’an profound benefits.

’Just what era is this Senior Master Dancheng from?’

In his past life set in the Ancient Times, Li Chang’an had also heard legends about Master Dancheng.

To the Cultivators of the Ancient Times, Master Dancheng was already an ancient figure.

And now, he was actually still alive!

’How many years has he lived?’

Li Chang’an marveled internally. What kind of Cultivator could live for so long?

’Could it be that this senior has touched upon the legendary Path of Longevity?’

Li Chang’an couldn’t help but feel a sense of yearning. Longevity was the very thing he sought in this life.

Unfortunately, all of that was too far in the future.

He pulled his thoughts back and stepped away from the Memory Stone.

Next.

Following the map Master Dancheng had given him, he found a hidden cave dwelling within this space.

The inside of the cave dwelling was spartan, containing only a skeleton sitting cross-legged and a Jade Scroll placed beside it.

’This senior must be the “unworthy disciple” Master Dancheng spoke of.’

Li Chang’an bowed respectfully to the skeleton.

“Senior, this junior was guided by Senior Master Dancheng to retrieve your inheritance.”

After speaking, he walked forward, picked up the Jade Scroll, and extended his Divine Sense into it.

The contents of the Jade Scroll were indeed a Tier Three Middle Grade alchemy inheritance!

A smile appeared on Li Chang’an’s face.

’Now that I have the Tier Three inheritance, I won’t have to find an outsider to refine the Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill when I break through to the Golden Core realm!’

The Five Elements Golden Condensation Pill was crucial to the Golden Core Dao.

He couldn’t trust someone else to perform the alchemy for him.

If the Pill Master was of poor character, two-faced, they might secretly embezzle his Alchemy Materials.

Such things were not uncommon throughout the long history of the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

At this moment.

Li Chang’an noticed something.

Before the skeleton, there was a line of very small text.

“Master, your disciple was unworthy. I could not survive this great calamity and have disappointed you.”

’A great calamity?’

Li Chang’an was lost in thought.

’This great calamity probably doesn’t refer to the one that destroyed the Nine Great Immortal Sects. After all, Master Dancheng and his disciple were from a much earlier era.’

’It seems there has been more than one great calamity in the Cultivation Immortality Realm.’

Perhaps that’s why.

So many inheritances have disappeared, destroyed or buried by one calamity after another.

’I hope I don’t encounter a great calamity in my lifetime.’

Li Chang’an thought to himself.

He just wanted to grow slowly and live a peaceful life.

A mere Beast Tide had already felt so chaotic to him; what would a world-destroying cataclysm be like?

’Time to go back.’

Li Chang’an walked out of the cave dwelling and glanced at the thirteen Memory Stones.

After watching them repeatedly over this period, he had already committed the images within the Memory Stones to heart.

If he needed to, he could just come back in the future.

The Secret Realm was not a place to linger, after all.

Not long after.

Li Chang’an and Xiao Wantang left the small dimension together.

Xiao Wantang didn’t ask about what Li Chang’an had gained inside the cave dwelling.

「Half a month later.」

The two left the Secret Realm and returned to the Huanghe Alliance stronghold.

“Daoist Li, you’re finally back!”

Ye Hao breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the two of them.

During this time.

News of Yan Feng’s death had long since spread.

The Five Poison Wanderer was furious and had personally entered the Black Dragon Mountain Range, vowing to avenge his disciple.

However, most people knew full well that this old poison master had no affection even for his own children, let alone a disciple.

He had entered the Black Dragon Mountain Range merely to retrieve the Tier Two Poisonous Insect he had been cultivating on Yan Feng.

“Daoist Li, you were gone for so long, I thought you might have run into that old poison master in the Black Dragon Mountain Range.”

“I was lucky. I didn’t run into him.”

Li Chang’an smiled.

With his Divination for warnings and Dahuang on reconnaissance, it was practically impossible for him to run into the Five Poison Wanderer.

“Daoist Ye, please help me keep an eye on the movements of the Five Poison Wanderer and his disciples from now on.”

“Of course. Don’t worry, Daoist Li, you can leave it to me!”

After talking for a moment.

Li Chang’an departed and returned to Changqing Mountain.

…

For more than half a year after that.

Li Chang’an dedicated most of his energy to the Alchemy Dao.

He spent long periods in the Alchemy Room, slowly absorbing and internalizing the insights he had gained from the Memory Stones through repeated alchemy sessions.

As time passed, his Alchemy Skill skyrocketed.

Before he knew it, he could refine High-quality Tier Two Top Grade Elixir Pills, leaving him just one step away from becoming a Tier Three Alchemist.

Having reached this level.

Li Chang’an realized.

What now constrained him was not his Alchemy Skill, but his own Magical Power and Divine Sense.

’My Alchemy Skill should have already crossed the Tier Three threshold. The only reason I can’t refine Tier Three Elixirs is purely because my Magical Power and Divine Sense can’t support it.’

Li Chang’an sat before his Pill Furnace, pondering to himself.

Magical Power at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, plus a Divine Sense at the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, was fine for refining Tier Two Elixirs.

But refining Tier Three Elixirs was truly difficult.

Even merging with the Profound Water Turtle wasn’t enough.

’Forget it. I can’t force it. There’s still room for my power and Divine Sense to improve. Once I reach the Foundation Establishment Peak, I might be able to refine Tier Three Elixirs.’

Li Chang’an understood that haste makes waste.

His current alchemy realm could be considered that of a Quasi-Tier Three Alchemist, which was more than enough to meet his needs during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

’Next, I should focus my energy on the Great Yi Wood Sword Array.’

…

「One year later.」

Li Chang’an had reached Minor Achievement with his Sword Array.

Using the Divine Splitting Technique, he could now perfectly control twenty-seven streams of Sword Qi.

Each stream of Sword Qi was enough to pose a lethal threat to a Late Stage of Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the Sword Array formed by all twenty-seven was practically invincible below the Golden Core realm.

Even the Celestial Prides and Golden Core Seeds from the great sects would likely be unable to withstand this move.

’From now on, there should be few Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage who can threaten me. But I can’t let my guard down.’