The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 570: Chapter 570 Fairy-like beauty_1

Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Zhao Lingyin, sharing every morning and night with Shen Mo, did not seem to notice his changes.

It was only when Ami pointed it out that she came to a realization, ”My lord, have you mastered the Tianshan Longevity Magic? You look even more extraordinary than you did yesterday.”

”What nonsense are you spouting?” Shen Mo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. ”This cultivation method can only be practiced by women. If I were to practice it, wouldn’t I just be your sister?”

After receiving the Tianshan Longevity Magic from Jiang Lingfeng, he had passed it to Zhao Lingyin, Chen Mengze, Ming Yu, and others. They had been practicing it for some time now and could feel its benefits to their appearances.

Only his disciple, Qian Xiaofeng, had not been taught this method.

It was not that Shen Mo was biased, but Qian Xiaofeng had only recently entered the Qi Gathering Realm. She needed to focus her spare time and energy on her main cultivation method and other magic and martial arts. Distracting herself by cultivating such a method, which offered no benefit to her cultivation base or strength, would only be a waste of time.

Wasting time like that, she might even struggle to open her Spirit Sea!

However, this spiritual-level cultivation method was only suitable for women. Its unique characteristic was to cultivate a breath of immortal energy through a yielding, feminine body, thereby maintaining a youthful appearance and jade-like skin.

If a man were to forcefully cultivate it, his temperament and Dao Body would likely shift towards femininity.

”However, I did indeed cultivate a secret technique and have reaped some rewards from it!”

Shen Mo could not explicitly state that this was the effect of his enhanced Basic Destiny. He had to pass it off as the result of cultivating a secret technique. Considering the precedent of the Tianshan Longevity Magic, this explanation was plausible.

”My husband is so handsome...” Zhao Lingyin’s gaze was as gentle as water, as if she were speaking to an outsider, or perhaps to herself.

If not for the Grade IV Elixir she was currently refining and Flower Fairy Ami being in the bedchamber, she probably would have thrown herself at him by now.

”It seems the enhancement to the ’Appearance’ aspect of my Destiny is not without effect,” Shen Mo rubbed his face and chuckled helplessly.

He still did not know that the advancement of this Basic Destiny was not merely about improving his looks and aura. It also included an ethereal charm and an increased affinity and goodwill from other creatures.

His appearance was like clouds and the moon, beautiful as the clouds in the sky and the bright moon in the night.

It was not just among human immortals and mortals, nor was it limited to the fairer sex...

Any sentient creature in the world, even outer realm demons whose forms and aesthetics were vastly different from human immortals and mortals, would find him exceptionally handsome and thus feel an urge to draw near!

This could be partly glimpsed from Flower Fairy Ami.

The Flower Fairy clan had encountered many human mortals and cultivators, yet several Flower Fairies had shown a particular fondness for Shen Mo.

Furthermore, Ami, despite her different aesthetic sense, also found Shen Mo ”a bit more handsome.”

That being said, if Shen Mo were to solely focus on enhancing this Destiny, he might be forcefully abducted by some Immortal Path magnate or peerless demoness with peculiar tastes.

Ultimately, he would suffer a beauty’s tragic end!

「...」

”Moro Shen, next time you go traveling, remember to take me with you.”

”Moro Zhao, Moro Ming, come visit Ami when you’re free. I’ll treat you to delicious things...”

The Heaven Patrolling Boat House slowly came to a halt, hovering in mid-air fifty miles from the Fairy Flower Valley. Ami flapped her wings, reluctantly bidding farewell to Shen Mo and the others.

Shen Mo’s Moon-like characteristic naturally possessed an inherent affinity, Zhao Lingyin possessed a Green Wood Spirit Body, and Ming Yu, like Ami, was an ”outsider.” Being with them, Ami felt comfortable and happy every day, naturally making her reluctant to leave!

”Chong’a Mountain isn’t far from the Fairy Flower Valley. If you miss us, you’re welcome to come and stay at our sect for a few days,” Shen Mo said with a smile, sending a telepathic message.

After watching Ami transform into a speck of light and fly into the Fairy Flower Valley, the Heaven Patrolling Boat House set sail again, heading towards Chong’a Mountain, three hundred miles away.

The arrival of such a colossal vessel, especially one of an unfamiliar, foreign style, naturally caused a stir within the Riverside Sect. They feared that their recently stabilized mountain gate had encountered another powerful entity or a force from a Foreign Zone!

Instantly, Shen Mo’s terrifying sense spread out, conveying his intentions and calming the unrest.

As they neared Chong’a Mountain, with a thought, he shrank the Heaven Patrolling Boat House to the size of a baby’s palm and handed it to Zhao Lingyin.

Such large vehicle-type magic artifacts, unlike ordinary magic treasures, could be freely controlled by others with the owner’s consent.

Shen Mo had gone to great lengths to exterminate the evil spirits and set up numerous formations and prohibitions on the boat house, largely for the sake of Zhao Lingyin and other close members of the sect!

Currently, this treasured ship’s escape speed was comparable to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, and the formations on board could even withstand a full-force attack from a late-stage Golden Core Realm expert.

Once Shen Mo’s Array Path attainments advanced further, and he perfected its formations and prohibitions, it would be able to withstand an offensive from even a peak Golden Core Realm expert.

In the future, if they faced an unstoppable sect-annihilation crisis, Zhao Lingyin and her disciple, Chen Mengze and his daughter, Ming Yu, Qian Xiaofeng, and the others could all use this Heaven Patrolling Boat House to escape with their lives...

Of course, if they were to encounter a catastrophe like the Soaring Serpent and the Bizarre Dragon again, that would be a different matter entirely.

Even someone as powerful as Shen Mo would only have a slim chance of avoiding such a natural disaster, and only then by disregarding the severe trauma to his soul and forcibly executing his Sword Escape technique multiple times over long distances!

This journey had lasted a full year.

Apart from the search for the entrance to the Vacuous Realm, which had yielded no progress, Shen Mo had completed most of his other official duties.

Additionally, he had fulfilled part of his agreement with the Flower Fairies, collecting many rare flowers and exotic plants for Ami to take back to the Fairy Flower Valley.

At the same time, he had also taken a rare trip with Zhao Lingyin, traveling to nearly every corner of the Red Flame Zone and admiring all sorts of strange and wonderful sights.

Thanks to the relative peace in the Red Flame Zone at present, Shen Mo and his party had not encountered any fatal dangers along the way.

Shen Mo possessed the ”Danger Perception” Destiny, making his awareness of danger far sharper and clearer than cultivators of the same realm.

If he sensed an insurmountable peril, he would do his best to avoid it from a great distance.

With the Protectors of the forbidden lands in seclusion, and Shen Mo’s group deliberately avoiding such areas and any evil spirits to prevent trouble, the greatest threat they faced was a sudden encounter with a Class IV Great Demon, which Shen Mo quickly handled.

But then again, the current Red Flame Zone was several times more dangerous than it had been before the invasion of the Foreign Realm Demons.

Even though Shen Mo stood at the apex of cultivators in the Red Flame Country, a sense of unease always lingered in his heart.

One could only imagine how dire the situation was for other ordinary humans and cultivators.

Even with the protection of Immortal Arrays, city strongholds, and benevolent foreign creatures from the moderate faction, a sense of impending doom always lingered deep in their hearts!

However, facing such a situation, Shen Mo could do little more than offer what meager help he could.

Amidst the drastic changes in the world, under the shadow of terrifying existences like the Soaring Serpent and the Four-eyed Giant, what could a mere early-stage Golden Core Realm cultivator possibly do to change the state of the world?

Only by continuously cultivating, relentlessly increasing his strength, and one day reaching the same level as the Soaring Serpent could he hope to impose his will upon this world.

Upon returning to the sect, Shen Mo quickly fell back into his usual routine of daily cultivation: improving his cultivation level, deepening his understanding of cultivation methods, accumulating various resources, and advancing his secondary professions.

Only, this time, his newly renovated Guanyun Mansion held an additional touch of fairy-like elegance!