Eternal Tale

As his cultivation level fell, Chen Xun maintained the demeanor of a Dao Ancestor, calm and unruffled on the outside.

However, he knew how much pain and suffering he was enduring inside, even feeling a sense of humility that made him hesitant to speak loudly.

He hurriedly sent away many old friends from various realms, including his third sister and fourth brother, not wanting anyone to see him in such a weakened state... After all, he had always been the one to shield others from the storm.

”Moo...” Black Bull’s gaze towards Chen Xun was filled with the same heartache as that in Crane Spirit’s eyes.

Chen Xun had never been one to seek quick success, yet for that battle, he took a shortcut on the grand path of immortality.

As a result, he had no backup plan for today’s situation and could only monotonously swing his fists to seek physical strength.

Black Bull had followed Chen Xun all the way and had never seen a situation where even Chen Xun had no backup plan. It gradually crouched on the ground, silently guarding Chen Xun.

Under the waterfall.

”Ha, ha! One punch to knock away all your immortal crutches!”

”One punch to make your own fathers not recognize you!””One punch to make spirit stones burst out of you!”

”One punch to bring your distant relatives to mourn and feast!”

...

With each punch, Chen Xun cursed under his breath, the more he cursed, the more vigorous he became, unaware that Black Bull was watching from a distant mountain peak.

Now, without even his divine sense, he could only rely on his years of cultivating immortality to sense the slightest movements within a few miles... Indeed, he had no backup plan.

His main strategy was endurance, and even if others couldn’t stand him and coveted his secrets, they couldn’t kill him!

This was his last trump card and greatest backup plan.

Chen Xun’s mindset was still relatively good, not as bleak as Black Bull and Crane Spirit imagined.

Yet, the huge disparity was bound to exist, which was only human nature; he was no Heavenly Dao sage, devoid of desires and needs.

Immortals were just beings with a slightly higher realm and broader experiences.

As night fell, stars twinkled, and moonlight bathed Chen Xun, making his figure appear even more solitary and resolute under the moonlight, with only the sound of his steady breathing and the whistle of his punches.

...And a black bull blending into the night in the distance.

As the sun rose and set, Chen Xun continued to punch, unchanged, not even altering his stance, stubborn as ever, and his strength remained unchanged.

Black Bull quietly accompanied Chen Xun from afar, not moving an inch.

Suddenly, a shout came: ”Bull!”

It was Chen Xun’s voice. Judging by the time, Black Bull should have returned from the main hall of the sect.

”Moo?!” Black Bull’s eyes widened, jumping to its feet.

A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Xun’s eyes as he looked at the small black dot in the distance, cursing inwardly: Damn... this old bull is truly adept at lying low, crouching there all along.

He used object manipulation to toss out dozens of storage rings, laughing, ”Bull, this is the inheritance your eldest brother left for you. Take it and cultivate, no need to guard me.”

Black Bull transformed into a black whirlwind, hurriedly catching the storage rings, its eyes filled with doubt. Where did Chen Xun get this inheritance... Didn’t hear anything from the third sister and fourth brother.

Could it be secretly stashed away?!

Its divine sense quickly probed inside, shocked to find it was the open-air supreme-grade spirit stone mine! How could there be so much?! At least half of what it originally was!

”Moo moo?!” Black Bull stared at Chen Xun in astonishment. Didn’t you use it when you were there alone, didn’t you use it when you became immortal?!

If so, did Chen Xun only absorb a little over twenty percent of the supreme-grade mine...

It had thought Chen Xun sent it away to forcibly become immortal using these supreme-grade spirit stones, but it turned out it was wrong.

”Haha, with the legacy of the Immortal King Burial, what use are these supreme-grade spirit stones?”

Chen Xun waved dismissively, ”Bull, it’s all free anyway, take it and cultivate. If Little Chi finds out, it’ll go crazy. This is private property left for you by your eldest brother, even the third sister doesn’t have it.”

”Moo...” Black Bull’s voice trembled slightly, taking a few steps towards Chen Xun, realizing that back then, your immortal dao laws and principles weren’t even complete...

Chen Xun had tricked it again!

”What kind of expression is that?” Chen Xun frowned, raising his fist and walking towards Black Bull, ”Don’t play the tragic act in front of your eldest brother, we’ve been together for so many years, damn it... making this Dao Ancestor get goosebumps.”

With that, Chen Xun rubbed his neck with a face full of disdain.

”Moo moo~” Black Bull gently nudged Chen Xun, its eyes carrying an imperceptible fondness, ”Moo moo~~”

”Go and cultivate, your eldest brother will rely on you all in the future.”

Chen Xun laughed heartily, already shirtless, having no choice but to cultivate under the waterfall, revealing his long-lost sixteen-pack abs, ”This is the real reason for sending the third sister and fourth brother away.”

”Moo?”

”Damn it... our whole family are immortals, even if I’m in the Qi cultivation phase, my words should still carry weight, who dares not give me face?!”

Chen Xun sneered, standing with his hands behind his back, full of spirit, ”You all can’t cultivate for shit holed up in the Jade Bamboo Range, in the future, I’ll rely on you to protect your eldest brother.”

”Moo!” Black Bull nodded repeatedly, its eyes growing more determined.

”Hand over those goods from the Milky Way battle to Tai Yu, have Yu Fangshuo and Elder Shi bring people to help, trade them within the Star Pivot, they’re the experts.”

Chen Xun still had some lingering thoughts about those goods, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes, ”After the trade, send the spirit stones directly to the Five Aggregates Sect, of course, we can’t let them work for nothing, one good fruit for each.”

”Moo moo~” Black Bull kept nodding, remembering everything.

”Go on, Bull.” Chen Xun had already turned to leave, ”Don’t disturb your eldest brother’s cultivation, I’ll call you if there’s anything.”

”Moo!”

With a low roar, Black Bull vanished instantly, off to find Tai Yu again.

As for the Chen family members, they wouldn’t be moved for now, the eldest brother probably had big plans, after all, it was by relying on the Chen family members that they earned travel expenses back then, their ability to earn spirit stones was unparalleled.

Now, with the Five Aggregates Sect’s vast resources, the disciples still needed a large amount of spirit stones for cultivation, pills and spiritual herbs were mostly supplementary, spirit stones were the truly purest cultivation resource.

Even a single low-grade spirit stone was considered the essence and treasure of heaven and earth, it was rumored that the immortal dao rose because of spirit stone mines, no cultivator would look down on spirit stones.

...

Within the seventy-ringed mountains.

White Spirit scrutinized the surroundings with sharp eyes, its wings even engraved with the characters ’Five Aggregates Sect, Guardian Beast of the Garden’, a few divine script symbols, quite adept at giving itself an identity.

And exceptionally conspicuous, obviously influenced by that Frog Daoist, in the grand world of cultivating immortality, identities were self-given!

However, Chen Xun and Black Bull actually had a good impression of such an honest and pure silly fierce beast, it suited their tastes.

As for Frog Daoist’s obsession from a bygone era—reviving old friends, an absolutely loyal and righteous person, what Chen Xun valued most about it was this, overlooking its many little schemes.

”Hmph, the Ancient Spiritual Medicine Garden of the Five Aggregates Sect, guarded by this fierce beast, let’s see which petty thieves dare covet it!”

White Spirit boasted to itself, looking around, its eyes suddenly narrowing, ”Halt, which main peak inner disciple are you, what’s your name, if you have no token or pass, stepping within ten thousand miles of the Spiritual Medicine Garden, you can be slain without responsibility!”