Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 474: Chapter 472: Level 7 Middle Stage

「Several days later,」

「Broken Soul City.」

In a spacious, dimly lit room,

Master Wandering Dragon stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

Before him,

was a washbasin-sized round mirror. It was made of white jade, its edges engraved with mystical patterns, and it hung from a man-high, black-draped rack.

At this moment,

a spiritual light flickered from the patterns around the White Jade Mirror.

In the center of the mirror,

the reflection was not of the room but of another spacious location, with an unfamiliar, handsome face dominating the view.

”Huh? You want to cancel the deal?”

The man in the mirror’s mouth fell open, his face a mask of astonishment.

”Correct. The deal is off. I have no need for it at the moment.”

Master Wandering Dragon’s expression remained unchanged,

as he spoke calmly.

”You really don’t want it?”

”I recall that ever since the battle three hundred years ago, the Tian Nan Domain’s Immortal Cultivation Realm has lacked the resources to produce opportunities for advancing to the Divine Travel Realm. Am I wrong?”

”I hear you’ve been leading the charge into the Nanyue Territory, even farther south. Don’t tell me you struck it rich there and found your own opportunity to reach the Divine Travel Realm?”

The face in the mirror peered at Master Wandering Dragon through the White Jade Mirror, his expression one of clear suspicion.

At the same time, his gaze was scrutinizing, probing, and filled with curiosity.

The man in the mirror had good reason for his reaction.

Half a year ago,

this very man had contacted him, willing to pay a heavy price for the opportunity to advance to the Divine Travel Realm that he possessed.

The man in the mirror was already in the Divine Travel Realm, so this fortuitously acquired opportunity was of little use to him personally.

On the contrary,

the price Master Wandering Dragon was willing to pay

was immensely beneficial to him.

It was something that could slightly increase the success rate of breaking through from the Divine Travel Realm to the Profound Pill Realm!

So, without much hesitation,

he had agreed to the deal.

But the deal hadn’t even been finalized.

Not even half a year had passed,

and the man was already backing out?

’Did something happen over in the Nanyue Kingdom?’

The face in the mirror stroked his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.

”I truly don’t need it now. I’m sincerely sorry.”

Master Wandering Dragon’s expression remained placid, betraying nothing.

But deep down,

he felt an immense sense of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

Six months ago,

when he saw his most promising disciple, Shen Changchuan, choose the ”wrong” path of biting off more than he could chew,

Master Wandering Dragon couldn’t help but feel disappointed.

As someone with experience,

he knew all too well how absurdly difficult it was to simultaneously cultivate three Tier Two Top Level Skills while also needing to advance one’s Cultivation Realm by three layers within ten years!

Yet, despite his disappointment,

he hadn’t given up on Shen Changchuan.

Instead, he began thinking of how to compensate for this ”mistake” and provide a safety net for his disciple’s future.

In Master Wandering Dragon’s original line of thinking,

by spending what little precious time he had on cultivating Tier Two Top Level Skills,

it was highly unlikely that Shen Changchuan would be able to win the Immortal Sect’s centennial competition and secure the opportunity to advance to the Divine Travel Realm.

He had to prepare a backup plan for his most-favored disciple.

Therefore,

not long ago,

he learned from a close friend within the Sect that this friend had obtained a chance for advancement to the Divine Travel Realm.

He immediately proposed a trade.

The bargaining chip he offered

was something he had collected long ago, an item that could assist a cultivator at the Divine Travel Realm Ninth Layer Peak in breaking through to the Profound Pill Realm...

The price was incredibly steep!

Especially for someone at the Divine Travel Peak Realm, about to attempt a breakthrough to the legendary Profound Pill Realm.

But Master Wandering Dragon ultimately decided to go through with the trade.

Because,

’As long as Shen Changchuan advances to the Divine Travel Realm,’

’then even if I fail my own breakthrough to the Profound Pill Realm,’ 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

’the disciples of my lineage will still have a great tree to shelter under, right?’

This was the justification Master Wandering Dragon used to console himself at the time, a reason for him to make a crippling sacrifice in exchange for that chance at the Divine Travel Realm.

As for whether that was really his true motivation,

Master Wandering Dragon didn’t dwell on it.

In the end, he had agreed to the trade.

But clearly,

now,

none of that was necessary!

After personally witnessing Shen Changchuan unleash a Tier Two Top Level Skill at Perfection during battle, and realizing that his Cultivation Realm progression hadn’t been slowed in the slightest,

Master Wandering Dragon knew he had vastly underestimated the natural talent and Comprehension of this young disciple of his!

At this moment,

he no longer had the slightest doubt that Shen Changchuan would win the Immortal Sect’s centennial competition and earn his own opportunity to ascend to the Divine Travel Realm.

....

「In the blink of an eye, two months passed.」

Now,

within Broken Soul City,

in a temporary rented residence,

Shen Changchuan, who was meditating cross-legged on a White Jade Meditation Mat, suddenly snapped his eyes open.

A tangible beam of brilliant light shot through the air, illuminating the dim room for a moment as if struck by lightning.

’Seventh Layer Middle Stage!’

Shen Changchuan let out a long breath.

He guided his Magical Power through a full Circulation with his Heart Spirit, calming the restless energy within him.

Feeling his Magical Power and Divine Sense become considerably stronger, his heart filled with joy.

’I can’t believe it.’

’In just over half a year, I’ve already reached the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Middle Stage!’

’This rate of progress...’

’Even I find it beyond my own expectations!’

However,

’It’s to be expected, really.’

As Shen Changchuan reflected on the recent events, it all made sense.

He unclenched his fist.

The once-abundant Spiritual Qi within the Top Grade Spirit Stone in his palm was completely depleted, leaving behind nothing but grayish-white ash.

That’s right.

What Shen Changchuan had just used to fuel his Cultivation were Top Grade Spirit Stones!

In the battle of Heaven’s End Valley,

Shen Changchuan had killed four Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Demon Cultivators, including the Mu Lan Brothers.

Furthermore, at the final moment, he had crushed the Jade Talisman that sealed a strike from his master, Master Wandering Dragon, to forcibly kill Patriarch Li Changzun of the Li Family.

The Storage Bags and other possessions of these men

naturally became Shen Changchuan’s spoils of war!

But that wasn’t all.

Afterwards, the disciples of the Ancient Sword Sect seized the Li Family’s assets, and as per their initial agreement, Shen Changchuan received a portion.

Moreover, because Shen Changchuan’s contribution to the battle had been immense, and his sacrifice equally great (having used a Jade Talisman sealing an attack from a Divine Travel Peak Realm expert),

he ended up receiving the largest share of the spoils after everything in and around Heaven’s End Valley was settled.

This series of events and windfalls

had naturally caused Shen Changchuan’s once-empty coffers to swell.

Among the spoils,

there were more than twenty Top Grade Spirit Stones alone!

With so many Top Grade Spirit Stones in his possession,

Shen Changchuan naturally wouldn’t be stingy about using them to advance his Cultivation Realm.