Eternal Tale

”Bull, let’s head home first.”

Chen Xun took out his suona, rubbed it a few times, and whispered, ”Call Little Chi, prepare to leave the Mengmu Sea Region. If we ever encounter that Chi family Venerable in the Wild Heaven Region, we’ll prepare an ascension ceremony for her.”

”Moo moo!” Black Bull snorted heavily, thinking about who would have better luck then—whether they would run into that female Venerable, or if she would never find them.

Chen Xun let out a cold smile, colder than the snow around them. In about five hundred years, he could reach the mid-Great Ascension stage, mastering four thousand rules of power, and with a flip of his hand, he could suppress a Great Ascension Venerable!

Whoosh—

The small, shabby boat sailed swiftly through the snowy sky, heading towards the Immaculate Immortal Ridge, its shadow growing smaller until it disappeared.

Inside the Immaculate Immortal Ridge.

Little Chi squatted, draped in a large quilt, growling, ”Fatty, Gu Chuiniu, I can’t fit anymore, why did you bring me another quilt?!”

Song Heng laughed, patting his belly, ”Brother Dog, this quilt is no ordinary quilt. I’ve blessed it myself, found it in a trash heap.”

”Fatty, really?!””Truer than true spirits. When you sleep, it can even fend off sneak attacks from ’Foundation Establishment experts’!”

Song Heng boasted, ”This is the ultimate treasure for traveling the world incognito. Even a Divine Transformation expert would shake his head at such a tattered quilt!”

”Roar~ Makes sense, Fat Song, no wonder you’ve survived till now!”

Little Chi’s eyes gleamed mischievously, placing a paw on Song Heng’s shoulder, ”This Trash Island is full of treasures for cultivators, they just can’t see it.”

”Indeed, Brother Dog, I quite agree with you.”

Gu Lisheng, with one hand behind his back and holding a fish bucket in the other, quickly chimed in, ”This item has been blessed by my mouth. One bucket, and a myriad of fish obey. If you’re ever hungry while traveling the world, just summon this bucket, and you’ll never starve!”

Song Heng was dumbfounded, nearly dropping his Treasure-Seeking Compass: ”...”

Little Chi’s eyes sparkled with belief: ”...”

”Brother Dog, how about it? If you don’t want it, I’ve never gifted a Dao artifact to anyone before! You know, this was used in a peak battle with the Fishing Emperor, it’s quite significant!”

”I want it! Haha!”

Little Chi quickly snatched it up, fearing Gu Chuiniu might change his mind, shouting, ”You gave it to me, you can’t take it back.”

”Hehe, it’s just a Dao artifact, Brother Dog, you can have it.”

Gu Lisheng looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle and sighed, ”But I can’t give you the All-Heavens Fishing Rod, I need it for another battle with the Fishing Emperor!”

”Lisheng... wasn’t that rod broken?”

Suddenly, a light voice came from the side. Song Heng looked at him with a half-smile, ”What’s the big deal, can’t afford to gift it, looking down on my Brother Dog?”

”Fatty, you’re being presumptuous! How dare you!” Gu Lisheng’s expression changed, shouting angrily at Song Heng, startling him so much that he trembled all over.

”Gu Chuiniu, you dare scold your Master Dao?”

”Get lost, Brother Dog is about to leave, what, no old dog in the mountain, so the monkey becomes king?”

”Damn it...”

Song Heng’s eyes widened in rage, every bit of his fat trembling, while Gu Lisheng was not backing down, the two starting a verbal duel on the spot, saliva flying.

But Gu Lisheng’s superior attitude was full of mockery, no wonder he almost got beaten to death on Trash Island before, he really had something about him.

What was supposed to be a good farewell, Little Chi glared and quickly went to mediate.

These two never stopped bickering, it was a verbal duel every three days, a physical one every five, and no one could stop them.

Chen Xun and Black Bull flew overhead, just shaking their heads with a smile, not bothering them.

Deep in the mountains.

A giant was quietly cultivating immortality, surrounded by the qi of the Five Elements. He was quite capable of enduring the solitude of the immortal path, his pursuit was the supreme immortal path, even if it meant dying without regret.

Unlike Chen Xun and Black Bull, who found cultivation rather tedious and often indulged in the pleasures of the world of immortals.

Perhaps longevity subtly influenced their Dao hearts, with no worries about lifespan, they preferred freedom and leisure, never caring about the outcome of the immortal path, just slowly exploring.

”The qi of the Five Elements is endless, as is flesh and blood...”

The giant murmured, slowly opening his eyes, each acupoint within him circulating, ”In the end, spells rely on external things, it’s better to cultivate the body with the Five Elements, just like using spiritual qi to cultivate the body...”

His eyes brightened, realizing that his Nine Heavens Shadow Clan’s physical talent had never disappeared due to changing immortal paths, but had grown stronger with the cultivation of the Five Elements immortal path!

”Immortal Absolute.”

As he pondered, a calm voice reached him, even causing the surrounding qi of the Five Elements to become lively, its concentration instantly increasing with just that one sentence!

Immortal Absolute’s eyelid twitched, standing up with a bow, sincerely saying, ”Dao Ancestor!”

Chen Xun and Black Bull descended from the sky, walking step by step, the surrounding flowers and grass rejoicing as if they had encountered rain after a long drought, just like the surrounding qi of the Five Elements.

”No need for formalities, how goes your cultivation?”

”I’ve entered the Divine Transformation phase, without any bottlenecks. Immortal Absolute believes the Five Elements immortal path is definitely above the Spiritual Qi Immortal Path, even...”

”No need to compare.”

Chen Xun seemed to know what he wanted to say, speaking calmly, ”The Spiritual Qi Immortal Path benefits billions of cultivators. To go further on the Five Elements immortal path, one must embrace the heavens and earth, all beings, all paths within, and encompass the universe, accepting all rivers.”

”...Yes.”

Immortal Absolute’s eyes were a bit dazed, why did every meeting with the Dao Ancestor feel different, unlike his father, who was always domineering, ”Immortal Absolute is enlightened.”

He took a deep breath, his gaze gradually calming. The ”Five Elements Immortal Scripture” was more about insights into the state of mind, the Five Elements immortal path was somewhat too simple to cultivate.

The main issue was that the qi of the Five Elements in the grand world was too abundant, and there were even some strange things he couldn’t understand within it, making him feel the technique wasn’t too perfect.

Though his mind wasn’t great in other areas, when it came to cultivation talent, he was quite confident, even starting to draw analogies, wanting to create a Five Elements body immortal path.

But currently, he couldn’t balance and harmonize the acupoints, so he felt this immortal path was somewhat imperfect.

Chen Xun, seeing his contemplative look, spoke softly, ”The Five Elements immortal path has been comprehended by me, but creating the technique will take some time, I’m still perfecting it.”

The Yin-Yang Grand Dao alone was a huge hurdle for the Five Elements immortal path, if not for relying on the third sister, he and Black Bull wouldn’t have comprehended it, lacking such supreme aptitude.

”Dao Ancestor, if I want to create a Five Elements body grand path, do you think it’s feasible?”

”Oh? You have ideas too?”

”Ah? Dao Ancestor, who else has such ideas!”

”Not just you, Old Mo wants to create a Five Elements puppet grand path, but you all have quite the ideas, hehe.”

Chen Xun’s eyes showed a gratified smile, feeling they were stronger than him, ”I never thought of so much before, but the Spiritual Qi Immortal Path is vast, and so can the Five Elements immortal path be.”

Hearing this, Immortal Absolute’s eyes showed joy, ”Then Dao Ancestor, I’ll give it a try!”

”Don’t hurt yourself.”

”Haha, it’s fine!” Immortal Absolute laughed heartily, shaking the surrounding leaves, ”Following you is definitely the best decision of my life!”

”Take these three longevity fruits, we’re going on a journey for a while.” Chen Xun smiled gently, looking at Black Bull, who mooed softly, taking out three Taiwei Purple Immortal Fruits from the storage ring.

”Dao Ancestor, Ancestor Bull... this?!”

Immortal Absolute hesitated, suspecting even his father couldn’t afford these, one for three thousand years, five for fifteen thousand years, only the top thousand clans in the grand world might have them.

”Moo moo~~!”

”Old Bull says take them, no need to be polite with us. Since you’ve cultivated the Five Elements immortal path, we’re naturally a unique branch of the heavens and earth. Though we don’t have many of these, it’s enough to support a few people.”

Chen Xun sighed softly, looking up at the sky, ”The preciousness of these, I’m sure you understand, just eat them and forget.”

Hearing the Dao Ancestor’s words, Immortal Absolute was moved to tears, his massive body almost bowing to the ground. Living another life, he couldn’t resist such temptation, he needed the lifespan.

”Hmm... Immortal Absolute owes fifty thousand top-grade spirit stones, Old Bull, note it down.”

”Moo moo!”

Black Bull quickly took out a small ledger, snorting as he began to write, nearly turning fifty thousand into five hundred thousand.

Hearing this, Immortal Absolute’s body stiffened instantly, his grateful expression changing rapidly, his face showing a myriad of emotions, like a giant tree frozen in place.

Chen Xun laughed heartily, leaving with Black Bull, but from afar came a loud voice:

”Immortal Absolute, cultivate well, a long life means a long time to repay debts~ hahaha...”

Hearing this, Immortal Absolute plopped down, powerless, legs stretched out, dust swirling around.

His eyes widened, heart shocked, it’s over, he’s fallen into the Dao Ancestor’s grand scheme, the longer he lives, the more debt he accumulates!!!