The Quest for Immortality

The disciple endowed with the Wind Travel Thousand Miles Skill set off on his mission.

Elder Master Xun, his hair white as snow, sat calmly at the table, his gaze gentle but his heart unsettled like a stone causing ripples on the surface of a lake.

He always felt that he would uncover some astonishing truths.

But what were these truths exactly?

For now, Elder Master Xun had no leads...

...

With the permission of Elder Master Xun, Mo Hua was in high spirits and his steps were much lighter.

Upon returning to the Disciple’s Residence, he began planning what to do when he entered the Refining Demon Mountain.

Everything is established with preparation, and without preparation, everything fails.

This is the Monster Hunter’s rule.

A few days later, coinciding with a break, he set off alone for a trip to the Refining Demon Mountain.

The Refining Demon Mountain, located north of the Qianxue State Boundary, is a continuous rolling, deeply forested, cloud-enveloped mountain teeming with miasma and fierce Monster Beasts.

Upon reaching the entrance of Refining Demon Mountain, Mo Hua looked up and saw the intense Monster Qi and the inscrutable depths of the mountain.

Sporadically, monstrous roars and fierce beasts bellowed, the air mingled with a faint scent of blood, exuding a dangerous aura.

Around him, several new disciples stared at the Refining Demon Mountain resembling a dormant beast, most of them looking nervous and showing signs of fear.

Even the experienced ones had solemn expressions, daring not to be careless.

Only Mo Hua appeared relaxed, his eyes slightly bright.

He gazed at the mountain covered in dense clouds and entwined with Monster Qi, reminiscent of Big Black Mountain, and momentarily felt a sense of ’coming home.’

There was even a thrill of nervous excitement close to his hometown.

When learning about formations, Mo Hua was a Formation Master.

But now, Mo Hua felt that his Monster Hunter’s bloodline was beginning to awaken.

He lifted his head and chest, swaggering his way up the mountain, but was stopped at the mountain pass:

”One hundred Merit Points, one Demon Refining Command.”

Mo Hua could afford a hundred Merit Points, yet he still remarked:

”That expensive?”

The disciple guarding the gate, with a cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, likely belonged to a Sect that had already graduated and successfully joined the Inner Gate. He was guarding the gate to earn Sect Merit Points.

He calmly said: ”If you find it too expensive, you don’t have to buy it.”

Left with no choice, Mo Hua took out a Taixu Token, transferred a hundred Merit Points, and bought a ”Demon Refining Command” to enter the mountain.

In each Sect, Merit Points are of equal value, generally usable only within one’s own Sect.

However, to access some common grounds within the Qianxue State Boundary for cultivation, combat, and Monster Hunting by Sect Disciples, spending Merit Points is also possible.

The Refining Demon Mountain is such a place.

Moreover, the Refining Demon Mountain is unique in that only Sect Disciples from within the Qianxue State Boundary possessing a Sect Disciple Token and spending Merit Points are allowed entry.

Cultivators outside the Qianxue State Boundary who don’t belong to any Sect are strictly prohibited from entering.

This is to prevent outsiders from mixing in, causing confusion;

Or someone harboring malicious intentions with ulterior motives;

And also to prevent some rare Monster Beasts of Refining Demon Mountain from being illegally hunted by non-Sect Cultivators.

After purchasing a Demon Refining Command, Mo Hua proceeded alone into the mountain.

Seeing this, the gatekeeping disciple was taken aback and called out to Mo Hua, ”Just you alone?”

Mo Hua, puzzled, replied, ”One Demon Refining Command allows many people to enter?”

The gatekeeper, taken aback, shook his head:

”What are you thinking? There’s no such deal...”

Mo Hua was speechless.

Then you’re asking nonsense.

The gatekeeper was stalled, scrutinized Mo Hua again, frowned, and said, ”Your Blood Qi is so weak, you’re not a Body Cultivation practitioner, and your Spiritual Power is also weak. Going up the mountain alone without any companions?”

”I’m just going to take a look; one person is enough,” Mo Hua said.

The gatekeeper, with a solemn expression, cautioned:

”Refining Demon Mountain is perilous, even just to take a look, it’s still very dangerous.”

”Mhm.” Mo Hua nodded.

Seeing that Mo Hua wasn’t really listening, the gatekeeper helplessly said: ”Forget it, as if I never said anything.”

Having a Demon Refining Command allows entry into the mountain.

Mo Hua insisted on going alone, and there was nothing the gatekeeper could do, only sighing to himself:

”These young disciples really don’t understand the dangers...”

And so, Mo Hua walked into the mountain gate of the Refining Demon Mountain.

A moment later, a handsome man with a leisurely demeanor walked by.

Upon seeing him, the gatekeeper immediately bowed and said:

”Elder Xun.”

The man addressed as ”Elder Xun” nodded slightly and casually said, ”I’m going in to take a look.”

”Yes.”

The gatekeeper respectfully let him pass.

Elder Xun entered the mountain gate, looking up at the winding mountain path.

At that moment, on the mountain path, a young boy dressed in a Taixu Taoist Robe, walked heroically uphill.

Elder Xun slightly shook his head.

”The old ancestor really, if he’s so worried about his safety, should just confine him inside the Sect, and not let him out...”

”Even if he’s let out, he shouldn’t be let into this Refining Demon Mountain, it’s just begging for trouble...”

”This child too, does he not know his own cultivation level and strength? Wandering alone in Refining Demon Mountain, truly he’s not afraid of death...”

While Elder Xun was inwardly criticizing, suddenly he saw Mo Hua’s figure halt and pause mid-step, then turn around and look down the mountain.

Elder Xun instinctively dodged aside, hiding.

Mo Hua stood on the mountain path, looking downwards.

After looking for a long time and seeing no suspicious figures, he tilted his head, his gaze perplexed, and silently muttered:

”Did I sense wrong?”

”Just now, someone was clearly watching me, even probing me with Divine Sense, and seemed to be speaking ill of me in their mind...”

”How come in the blink of an eye, there’s not even a single figure?”

Mo Hua glanced left and right, surveyed his surroundings again, then shook his head, muttering: ”It must be an illusion.”

Afterwards, he turned around and continued walking up the mountain.

After Mo Hua left, Elder Xun slowly appeared, watching Mo Hua who had already disappeared on the mountain path, his gaze somewhat trembling.