Immortality Starts With Investment

Hearing her master’s words, Su Yuxuan smiled softly and replied in her heart, ”This woman keeps mentioning Senior Brother’s favor. Clearly, she has received benefits from him and has no intention of dual cultivating with him.

”That makes things easier. I am Senior Brother’s Dao companion, after all. If there is any power of new life, I’ll ask for it in Senior Brother’s name. If she gives it, that would be best. If she doesn’t, she will definitely feel even more guilty toward Senior Brother. Who knows, she might end up letting Senior Brother have his way.

”And since I helped Senior Brother, I can justifiably ask him for help afterward. Master, you won’t have to feel embarrassed anymore… With Senior Brother’s help, we might even be able to flip the entire Land of Fallen Immortals upside down and find the most suitable physical body for you, Master.”

Manjusaka: ”…”

After all these years, she still could not keep up with her disciple’s way of thinking. In truth, her disciple had always wanted to ask Ye Chen for help.

But Manjusaka felt too embarrassed. After all, during the Heavenly Intention Holy Son incident, Ye Chen had already helped her obtain the materials to reshape her body. And what had she done in return?

Because of her aversion to male cultivators, she had always spoken coldly to Ye Chen and said many unpleasant things. Asking Ye Chen for help again really made her feel ashamed.

But now the matter concerned her physical body and had reached the final step. Even though Manjusaka still felt a bit awkward, she had no choice but to lower her head and remain silent.

On Yan Ruyu’s side, she raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Yuxuan. She said nothing more. With a gentle wave of her hand, she condensed a massive hand from seven-colored divine light and reached for the golden coffin.

Divine patterns flowed across the surface of the golden coffin, and faint immortal might leaked out, attempting to resist the seven-colored hand. However, it had decayed for far too long. Even its immortal might had dissipated greatly over time.

In just a few moments, the seven-colored hand suppressed it completely, gripped the coffin lid, and lifted it off in one swift motion.

The moment the lid flew away, all three pairs of eyes shot toward the interior. They were all startled.

Inside lay a golden-haired woman. Her hair shone brilliantly like cast gold. Her features were breathtakingly beautiful, with a high nose bridge and deep-set eyes that gave her face a striking three-dimensional quality, like a work of art.

Her body was covered only in tattered immortal armor. Even after the passage of time, faint traces of immortal might still lingered, shielding the most critical areas. The exposed skin around the armor was exceptionally fair, in no way inferior to Yan Ruyu’s.

She was undoubtedly an incomparably beautiful woman. But the most peculiar thing about her was the six wings on her back. They were pure white and flawless, with every feather extraordinary.

Most importantly, even after falling for so long, the feathers showed no signs of decay. These wings proved her identity. The Heavenly Human Clan was born with wings on their backs.

Ordinary clansmen had two wings. Only top geniuses possessed four wings, and in ancient times, they were almost guaranteed to become immortals. Six wings were even rarer—only a handful existed in the entire Heavenly Human Clan. It was a talent that could rival existences like Celestial Prince and the Exiled Immortal.

The woman’s eyes were tightly shut, her expression gentle. She did not look dead, but rather as if she were merely sleeping. A penetrating wound could be seen on her abdomen, slightly above the navel. It looked as though it had been punched straight through. Faint traces of immortal blood could still be seen flowing within the wound.

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Manjusaka had long been eyeing the immortal corpses in the Land of Fallen Immortals and had consulted countless ancient records. She immediately guessed the woman’s identity.

”The Heavenly Human Clan’s True Immortal from back then, the one who once hunted down the Heavenly Emperor! Later, after the Heavenly Emperor attained immortality, he killed her and nearly wiped out her entire clan. I never expected her to be buried here as well.”

Manjusaka spoke while staring at the wound. Traces of reincarnation power that had yet to completely fade could still be felt there. This left Manjusaka filled with deep emotion. The Heavenly Emperor of that era had truly been terrifying.

Yet in her mind, Ye Chen’s figure involuntarily appeared. Ye Chen’s current performance was even more terrifying than the Heavenly Emperor of that era. The enemies he had faced also far surpassed what the Heavenly Emperor had encountered back then.

For example, Celestial Prince was already an upgraded version of the opponents from that time. If Ye Chen attained immortality, just how invincible would he become?

Manjusaka quickly cast aside these distracting thoughts and stared fixedly at the chest of the Heavenly Human Clan immortal corpse. It was not for any improper reason.

At the chest of the Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal, a faint green aura was constantly circulating. Within the thick death qi enveloping the immortal corpse, it stood out conspicuously. Although the faint green aura was weak, it was exceptionally tenacious.

Clearly, it was fighting for resurrection. Once the power of new life overwhelmed the death qi, the immortal corpse would resurrect.

However, whether the resurrected being would still be the original Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal was uncertain. It could also be the corpse developing its own sentience.

Regardless, the presence of new life qi was the best news. If the corpse had been filled with nothing but death qi, she would have no way to suppress it to condense her new physical body.

But with new life qi, things were different. She could use this strand of new life qi as the source and gradually refine its essence, bit by bit, until it completely belonged to her.

…

In front of her, a trace of excitement appeared in Yan Ruyu’s usually calm eyes. There really was new life qi. Once she obtained this strand, she could use it as the foundation to gradually comprehend it, condense the ninth tail feather, and control the ninth divine light. At that point, she would be truly flawless.

Yan Ruyu immediately raised her hand. seven-colored divine light condensed into a jade disk, preparing to extract the new life qi within.

But at this moment, Su Yuxuan, seeing that opening the coffin had brought no danger and that the immortal corpse showed no abnormalities, drifted closer. ”Fellow Daoist, please wait…”

Yan Ruyu frowned slightly. She heard Su Yuxuan continue, ”I am Senior Brother’s Dao companion. I see that you feel pressured because you owe Senior Brother a favor. Since that’s the case, I’ll give you a chance to clear that debt completely. Hand over this entire immortal corpse to me. From then on, you and Senior Brother will be even, with no more karmic entanglement between you…”

Su Yuxuan knew that Yan Ruyu had publicly rejected Senior Brother in front of everyone, so she went straight for the vital point with her first words.

Yan Ruyu’s eyes flickered slightly. But she still shook her head. ”If Ye Chen personally asks me in front of me, I will naturally yield. But you are merely one of his Dao companions. That is not enough to bear this favor.”

The corners of Su Yuxuan’s mouth lifted. ”Senior Brother and I grew up together. My heart was personally dug out by Senior Brother and given to me. I naturally have the qualifications to settle this favor on his behalf. If, under such circumstances, you still refuse! Then are you only grateful with your mouth, yet unwilling to give up any actual benefits?

”Or are you saying one thing but meaning another—pretending to distance yourself and maintain your dignity, when in reality you don’t want to settle the karma with Senior Brother and truly become even?”

Su Yuxuan attacked with full force. This woman could have refused Senior Brother in private. Instead, she had chosen to reject him publicly, letting him be ridiculed and gossiped about. She was definitely not a good person. Of course, Su Yuxuan had to vent some anger for her Senior Brother.

However, Yan Ruyu’s temperament was extraordinarily profound. She merely glanced indifferently at Su Yuxuan, neither speaking nor showing any anger. In the next moment, she controlled the jade disk and prepared to extract the power of new life.

Su Yuxuan did not make a move. She and her master could fight ordinary Great Emperors, but against someone like Yan Ruyu, they had no chance. Scolding her a few times was enough. Once they left this place, she would immediately go find Senior Brother and cry to him…