Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 502: Chapter 25: A Special Generation

”Master, you’re finally back!”

Seeing that familiar figure again,

a weight was lifted from Shen Changchuan’s chest,

and his taut nerves relaxed a little.

The surrounding situation had been turbulent, with hidden dangers brewing just beneath the surface.

It had put him under immense pressure.

At the same time, countless questions had been piling up in his mind,

a lingering fog that refused to dissipate.

Now,

with the return of his master—an expert at the Divine Travel Peak Realm and one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons—his mere presence was enough to alleviate some of the pressure. He didn’t even need to do anything, and perhaps he could even solve some of the mysteries that plagued him.

”I’ve heard all about what you’ve done. Not bad, not bad at all!”

Master Wandering Dragon looked at Shen Changchuan with a gentle gaze, his tone filled with emotion and gratification.

”Xuan Guangdao, the East Sea Wanderer’s disciple, made a name for himself in the Dongping Domain decades ago. He was hailed as a prodigy of the younger generation. The fact that you could defeat him so easily proves I wasn’t wrong about you!”

At this point, Master Wandering Dragon couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion.

After all,

the Shen Changchuan before him had only been on the path of Immortal Cultivation for a mere two or three decades,

yet he had already reached a stage where he could clash with the top prodigies of the Outer Realm Immortal Cultivation Realm!

This was simply an unbelievable miracle!

Moreover,

he knew in his heart that Shen Changchuan’s achievements weren’t the result of relying on resources from the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins, as the outside world speculated,

but were earned through his own talent and hard work!

This meant that Shen Changchuan’s future was bound to be limitless!

Thinking of this,

Master Wandering Dragon couldn’t help but feel a trace of shame.

Two years ago, he had been disappointed when Shen Changchuan had divided his focus to cultivate other Tier Two Top Level Skills. He had thought his disciple was being frivolous and would surely hinder his Cultivation.

’Now it seems geniuses are meant to break the rules.’

’It was I who was too narrow-minded.’

”Master, you flatter me.”

Shen Changchuan cupped his hands in a salute, his tone humble:

”In that battle, Xuan Guangdao was simply too arrogant. Plus, I happened to have mastered a method that surpasses the Soul Emergence Realm, which is why I won so easily. If we had fought head-on and he hadn’t underestimated his enemy, I’m afraid I would have had to go to great lengths just to barely scrape by with a win.”

And that was the truth.

Although the spatial impact unleashed by the Void Escape Gu was incomparably powerful,

it lacked the ability to lock on with Divine Sense,

and could be dodged by someone with the speed of a Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Peak Cultivator.

If Xuan Guangdao hadn’t underestimated him so severely, trying to defeat him in a single move by using his Innate Divine Techniques right from the start, he wouldn’t have been so constrained, and instead, he was crushed by the impact of the higher-level Spatial Power.

Defeating him otherwise would have likely taken a great deal more effort.

After all,

his opponent wasn’t an ordinary Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Peak Cultivator,

but the supreme prodigy of an entire domain.

Just like Shen Changchuan, he was someone who had condensed a Divine Seed and a Spirit Body upon breaking through to the Soul Emergence Realm!

The combat power of such a supreme prodigy was more than a level higher than that of a regular Soul Emergence Eighth Layer Peak Cultivator.

For Shen Changchuan to challenge and defeat someone in a higher realm

was not so easy.

Unfortunately,

there are no ”what ifs” in this world.

His past pride became the very cause of Xuan Guangdao’s disastrous defeat,

allowing him to be utterly vanquished by the impact of the Power of Space before he could even display the full extent of his Cultivation.

But speaking of Xuan Guangdao’s Innate Divine Techniques,

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but recall something. A thought flickered, and his brow twitched imperceptibly.

”The fact that you could defeat him is a testament to your ability. Regardless of how it happened, you defeated him head-on.”

Master Wandering Dragon shook his head slightly.

He saw the change in Shen Changchuan’s expression and asked,

”What is it? Did you run into some kind of problem?”

”You have a discerning eye, Master.”

”There are indeed some things I don’t understand.”

Shen Changchuan’s voice paused,

as he was ultimately unable to suppress the doubt in his heart:

”Um, Master, Xuan Guangdao condensed a Spirit Body and a Divine Seed when he ascended to the Soul Emergence Realm.”

”Afterwards, I could vaguely sense that some of the others watching the fight had a similar foundation... Didn’t you once say that achieving something like that was a one-in-ten-thousand chance? And I’ve rarely seen any of my senior brothers or sisters possess both of those powers at the same time...”

”What’s going on with that?”

As he spoke,

Shen Changchuan’s gaze inconspicuously fell on Master Wandering Dragon.

Among the senior brothers and sisters he knew, it seemed few had condensed a Divine Seed when ascending to Soul Emergence.

’And,’

’if I remember correctly...’

’it seems...’

’my own master didn’t even condense a Divine Seed back in his day!’

’So why,’

’the sudden... hyperinflation?’

”You little rascal, what’s with that look?!”

Seeing Shen Changchuan’s expression, Master Wandering Dragon understood and smacked him on the head.

”This matter... how to put it... it’s a bit complicated... I can only say that your generation is a very lucky one...”

Master Wandering Dragon looked at Shen Changchuan, choosing his words carefully,

and spoke in a complex tone.

....

「Two days passed in the blink of an eye.」

The return of his master, Master Wandering Dragon,

had indeed brought Shen Changchuan many benefits.

Master Wandering Dragon didn’t even need to do anything.

He just had to show his face,

and the powerful deterrent he possessed as one of the Seven Immortal Sect Sons of the Yuqing Immortal Sect

was enough to make all the covetous gazes that had been lingering recently disappear!

The undercurrents in the area

also vanished completely.

As a result, the Xiangshan Sect’s territory, which had previously been in chaos, stabilized immediately.

Of course,

this suppression probably wouldn’t last long.

Once his master left, those hidden in the shadows would resume their activities.

But that was a matter for later.

Shen Changchuan wasn’t too concerned about that, because at this moment, he was facing another pressing matter.

The main reason his master had come

was because of the follow-up to the Lu Haoxuan affair.

Not long ago,

Master Wandering Dragon had left with the captured Lu Haoxuan, stating he was going to demand justice and seek some fortunate opportunities as compensation.

Now,

Master Wandering Dragon had brought it.

He had returned with the compensation he had promised—a spot.

A spot to soak in the Immortal Sect’s Spirit Transformation Pool!

The Spirit Transformation Pool,

was a precious Secret Realm within the Yuqing Immortal Sect.

Soaking in it for a period of time could improve one’s Cultivation Talent to a certain extent and also help Cultivators at the Soul Emergence Late Stage break through their Cultivation Realm!

This spot was extremely precious;

countless people within the Immortal Sect would fight tooth and nail for it and still fail to get one.

But by using the Lu Haoxuan affair as a pretext, Master Wandering Dragon finally managed to get a ”ticket” from someone else.

According to Master Wandering Dragon’s calculations,

with Shen Changchuan’s current Cultivation at the Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Late Stage,

if he took a trip to the Spirit Transformation Pool,

he might just be able to advance to the Soul Emergence Eighth Layer.

For Shen Changchuan,

this was undoubtedly a wonderful opportunity.