Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 262: Chapter 259: Regret and Gains

It’s over!

Mo Lingfeng was sent flying into the distance, smashing a large crater into the ground,

unable to get back up.

And at this very moment,

the tumultuous battle had taken a heaven-defying turn at the last second,

leaving everyone in the vicinity speechless, as if they had lost the ability to talk.

The peerless genius, whose fame shook the Heisei Domain,

the one whose powerful techniques could slay a Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator, had been defeated just like that?

The many onlookers from the Qi Introduction Realm stared at the scene before them, their mouths slightly agape in shock.

The Soul Emergence Realm powerhouses on the high platform were also shaken to their very core.

What they found most outrageous was that

while they had considered Mo Lingfeng’s Three Yang Piercing the Sun dangerous, they were still confident they could have blocked it.

But as for the heaven-shattering sword light Shen Changchuan had unleashed—followed by a second and third in quick succession, with the latter two weaving together to produce an even more terrifying power—

that was a technique even they weren’t confident they could receive!

”That move... it looked like two powerful, Perfection-Level Sword Light Techniques, intertwined via Divine Sense. The way they coordinated unleashed a power that surpassed even Soul Emergence-Level Magic!”

”A technique like that isn’t developed overnight... Perhaps he has an even more terrifying, ultimate killing move he hasn’t used. Could it be... one of the legendary Divine Techniques?”

The Soul Emergence Realm Cultivators from several factions whispered among themselves.

Meanwhile,

the expression on the Song Family Ancestor’s face was completely frozen.

Those around him could clearly see the unnatural awkwardness on his face.

He couldn’t help but react this way.

At this moment, the Song Family Ancestor’s heart was filled with regret. He practically wanted to go back in time and slap the version of himself that made the decision!

If he had known it would come to this,

why would he have bothered trying to curry favor with the Nanyang Sect, deciding to give the spot to Mo Lingfeng, and in doing so, offend the Tian Nan Shen Clan and this even more outstanding young man with far greater potential?

Mo Lingfeng was decent, yes,

but Shen Changchuan was clearly far more exceptional!

Besides, no matter how outstanding Mo Lingfeng was, he was from another domain, and the Nanyang Sect wasn’t an Immortal Cultivation Sect from the Tian Nan Domain.

In contrast,

Shen Changchuan was born and raised in the Tian Nan Domain. And although the Dragon Cloud Sect was newly established,

with Master Wandering Dragon, one of the Yuqing Seven Sons, as its founding patriarch, its prestige was even greater than the Nanyang Sect’s!

’How could I have been so blind back then,’

’to throw away a watermelon just to pick up a sesame seed?’

’I was completely blind,’

’and now I’m filled with regret!’

The Song Family Ancestor was currently consumed by remorse.

’I was wrong!’

’I should have resisted the pressure from Mo Lingfeng and kept the spot.’

’That way,’

’I would have earned a great favor from this young man who is clearly destined for a limitless future.’

’Instead of being like a rat in a bellows, getting squeezed from both sides.’

’I’ve made enemies on both sides.’

’Sigh...’

’I can only hope I can make up for it with some compensation later...’

The Song Family Ancestor sighed deeply in his heart.

In contrast to the Song Family Ancestor’s endless regret,

Shen Tingchu felt a mix of joy and complication.

’I never thought this kid could reach such a level... Once he advances to the Soul Emergence Realm, even if he’s not invincible among his peers, he’ll definitely be a powerhouse... And his future is limitless!’

’This wave of investment in befriending him was the right move!’

’In the future, he’ll be a powerful ally to have... It’s just a pity. For a character like this, I’m afraid the ancestors really misjudged.’

’Sigh, if only he had been brought into the Shen Family’s ”seed program” and received the family’s full support. He might have even had a chance to glimpse the Divine Travel Realm one day, extending the clan’s prosperity for several more centuries...’

While Shen Tingchu was inwardly celebrating and sighing with emotion, he also felt a tinge of regret.

The thoughts of the surrounding spectators were varied and diverse.

Shen Changchuan, however, was unaware of any of this.

At this moment,

he was carefully savoring the feeling of the two sword strikes he had just executed.

’Senluo...’

Shen Changchuan silently repeated that name in his mind.

The final, decisive combination attack—two Cyan Wood Sword Lights—was a move he developed during his clash with Mo Lingfeng. After comprehending the profound way his opponent controlled and even integrated Divine Sense into Magical Power,

he had then drawn inspiration from that application of power, using his own Divine Skill Sanqing Forest Sword Array as a foundation to derive a new attack technique.

And as it turned out,

the attack was a resounding success!

Previously, although his Cyan Wood Sword Light could be cast instantaneously, each strike was independent of the others. Their combined power was a simple 1+1=2 effect.

But when he tried controlling the Cyan Wood Sword Light with his Divine Sense, mimicking the way his Sword Array Divine Techniques operated,

the two attacks complemented and coordinated with each other, creating a synergy like that of heaven and earth.

Their power far exceeded a simple stacking of force!

’Perhaps this is the true mystery of the Forest Array. The Myriad Phenomena of the Universe, formless and traceless...’

Shen Changchuan carefully contemplated the profound mysteries he had experienced during the battle.

And at that moment,

...

[Divine Skill: Sanqing Forest Sword Array (17%)]

On the progress bar panel that Shen Changchuan couldn’t see,

the progress bar for the Divine Skill, the Sanqing Forest Sword Array, had silently increased by seven percentage points!

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

One day prior,

Mo Lingfeng, who had been defeated head-on and knocked unconscious, had already woken up.

However, it was said that after waking, he remained silent for a long time, saying nothing.

He only had someone relay a message to Shen Changchuan:

”In five years, after I have advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm, we will fight again at the Yuqing Immortal Sect’s entry competition!”

After that, he departed gracefully.

To this,

Shen Changchuan simply replied that he understood,

and didn’t give Mo Lingfeng much thought.

Although his opponent’s Three Yang True Skill was indeed impressive,

five years was a long time.

That was a long way off!

He calculated that only three or four years had passed since he’d transmigrated.

However, the Yuqing Immortal Sect entry competition his opponent mentioned

did pique his interest.

The entry competition in five years,

Shen Changchuan knew about it.

As a Major Sect at the apex of the Immortal Cultivation Realm, ruling over the Thirty-Six Small Domains of the Southern Great Domain, the Yuqing Immortal Sect...

...had a number of disciples that, compared to the population of the Thirty-Six Small Domains, was less than a drop in the ocean. It was like scattering a handful of sesame seeds into the Pacific Ocean.

With such numbers, it was practically impossible to recruit all the potential geniuses from the Southern Great Domain under its command.

Their numbers were simply too few to cover the vast and boundless Thirty-Six Domains of the Southern Great Domain.

Therefore,

to absorb more geniuses,

the Yuqing Immortal Sect, aside from the Qi Introduction Realm servant disciples it recruited from all over and trained from a young age,

had a primary method for recruiting new blood: relying on the high-quality, talented members provided by its various subordinate factions, which were founded by its own disciples who had scattered and established their own branches.

Take, for example, the Dragon Cloud Sect, founded by Shen Changchuan’s nominal master, Master Wandering Dragon...