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Chapter 560 Yuanshi Beidi
Chapter 560 Yuanshi Beidi
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Gong, but I still want to give it a try," Chen Beiwu said thoughtfully.
With his current cultivation level, he can afford to spend a day.
If he really can't catch any celestial treasures, he can try to seize the celestial techniques and traces hidden in this lake, even though this place is indeed a bit strange.
"what ever."
Seeing that Chen Beiwu was determined to try, Senior Gong withdrew his gaze and said no more.
"Excellent! Young people should have this kind of drive!"
Senior Wang gave a thumbs-up, casually took out his wine gourd, and tossed the fishing rod to Chen Beiwu: "Kid, I find you pleasing to the eye. If you don't mind, you can borrow this fishing rod."
Chen Beiwu took the fishing rod and felt its warm, smooth texture, which instantly calmed his mind.
"The Dao resides within your heart. When the Dao is in your heart, it will naturally come to you. You only need to close your eyes, concentrate your mind, and carefully comprehend your own fundamental immortal techniques to perceive the existence of the Dao traces of immortal techniques. There is no need to search for them with great effort."
After saying this, Senior Wang closed his eyes, threw the wine gourd into the lake, and continued fishing.
Upon seeing this, Chen Beiwu's mind stirred slightly. He immediately gripped his fishing rod, activated the Primordial Cave True Fundamental Immortal Technique, and cast it towards the lake.
In a short while, Chen Beiwu's breathing gradually calmed down, and his aura visibly receded, causing the Shouyi Bell on his spiritual sea to tremble slightly and emit a soft halo.
Upon seeing this, the five little guys, Jin Dan, Tie Dan, Xue Le, Zhi Ling, and A Ji, suppressed their overwhelming aura and squatted down to watch Chen Bei Wu fish.
Two hours!
Four hours!
Six hours!
As time passed, the ripples on the lake's surface gradually spread, but not a single trace of immortal magic appeared.
Even so, Chen Beiwu remained calm and continued to operate the Primordial Fundamental Immortal Technique within his body.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, ripples spread silently across the lake, and a silver fish quietly appeared.
This silver fish, seemingly both real and illusory, ignored Chen Beiwu's presence and slowly swam towards Senior Gong's location before taking a bite.
Senior Gong lifted his foot, looking at the silver fish that was biting his big toe, his expression neither sad nor happy.
"pity."
Senior Gong shook his head slightly, flicked his right foot, and threw the silver fish back into the lake.
Chen Beiwu opened his eyes and asked curiously, "Senior, what was that silver fish just now?"
"It's just a fragment of an immortal technique, and there's no need for me to study or comprehend it," Senior Gong said succinctly.
"Gurgle, gurgle!"
Just then, the gourd floating on the lake surface began to stir, frantically swallowing the lake water.
The next instant, a glint of silver light surged into the gourd along with the surging lake water, without any energy leaking out.
"It's you again!"
Senior Wang picked up the wine gourd and poured the contents into his palm.
In an instant, the light in Senior Wang's palm subsided, revealing a faint, half-gray, half-green nine-grade lotus.
Deep within the lotus blossoms, the silhouette of a blue fish can be faintly seen, emanating a mysterious Daoist aura, as if it were about to soar into the sky.
Chen Beiwu merely cast a glance, without activating his divine sense, yet he could vaguely hear celestial music, and lines of profound and obscure scriptures appeared deep within his mind.
"Can you sense the essence of this immortal technique?"
Wang Chongyan turned his head to look at Chen Beiwu, and said with great interest.
He cultivates the "Jade Void Azure Lotus Nurturing the Northern Darkness Transforming into the Kunpeng Immortal Scripture," one of the Thirty-Six Primordial Immortal Techniques of Jade Purity.
This immortal technique can be divided into five realms: first, the Azure Lotus Hidden; second, the Lotus Opens in Nine Grades; third, the Lotus Seed Transforms into the Mysterious; fourth, the Mysterious Transforms into the Kunpeng; and fifth, Soaring Through the Jade Void.
These five realms correspond to the initial stage of immortal techniques, minor achievement, major achievement, perfection, and initial transformation, respectively.
As a True Venerable of the Nascent Soul stage, Wang Chongyan had already cultivated the "Jade Void Azure Lotus Nurturing the Northern Darkness Transforming into the Kunpeng Immortal Scripture" to the point of perfection.
Therefore, this immortal technique and Dao trace that did not involve the Xuanhua Kunpeng was almost useless to him.
"I can detect some of it," Chen Beiwu said truthfully.
"It's a pity you cultivate the Primordial Cave True Azure Flower Controlling Myriad Tribulations and Myriad Spirits Immortal Technique, otherwise you could have observed a bit of the Dao traces of this immortal technique."
Wang Chongyan sighed and casually tossed the ninth-grade green lotus back into the lake.
There are not many rules or restrictions within the Celestial Evolution Realm. If cultivators who enter this realm are willing to cooperate and trade, they can share the immortal techniques and Dao traces they have obtained.
However, the immortal techniques and Dao traces that each cultivator can attract when using their fundamental immortal techniques are the most suitable for their own cultivation path. Other cultivators, even if they have the same spiritual roots and cultivation methods, will find it difficult to comprehend the immortal techniques and Dao traces obtained by others, and may even go astray.
Over time, most cultivators who enter the Celestial Evolution Realm become self-reliant and do not rashly seize what others have obtained, unless they encounter immortal spiritual objects left behind by the Refining Void Daoist.
Such treasures are enough to make even Nascent Soul True Venerables fight and move cultivation giants. Once they are comprehended, they may be able to glimpse the path to Void Refinement.
Upon hearing this, Chen Beiwu remained expressionless, continuing to comprehend the fundamental immortal techniques of the Primordial Cave.
Soon, a day passed, and Chen Beiwu had gained nothing, failing to activate any immortal techniques or traces.
"Buzz!"
The sound of a bell cleanses away distracting thoughts.
Chen Beiwu stood up and handed the fishing rod back with both hands.
"What, you're giving up already?"
Wang Chongyan opened his eyes and pointed to the lake in front of him: "This is the core area of the Heavenly Evolution Realm, containing numerous immortal techniques and Dao traces, and even immortal spiritual objects."
"The path is long and arduous. How can you possibly 'fish' for the immortal Dao traces that resonate with the Primordial Chaos in just one day?"
Upon hearing this, Senior Gong shook his head and offered a solution: "Young man, this lake is special and not suitable for you. Travel five hundred miles to the southeast, where there is a wild forest suitable for cultivators who are new to this world to comprehend the Dao."
"No, you two have misunderstood."
Chen Beiwu smiled calmly: "I'm just not used to fishing with a rod, not that I want to leave this place."
The golden-egg dragon nodded slightly, its eyes showing agreement.
Tie Dan, Xue Le, Zhi Ling, and A Ji also support Chen Bei Wu's decision.
They were unaware of the Celestial Evolution Realm and mistakenly believed that obtaining immortal techniques and Dao traces required traveling through this realm to comprehend the heavens and earth, and that they could not waste too much cultivation time.
However, since this lake is the core of the Heavenly Evolution Realm and gathers many immortal techniques and Dao traces, there is no need to continue the one-day trial that was previously discussed. It would be better to fight this lake to the death.
"Rotten wood cannot be carved!" Gong Wuxian closed his eyes slightly.
Although Tianxing Lake is a place where Dao traces converge, its environment is unique, with many immortal spirits and spiritual objects suppressing it.
In this situation, the difficulty for cultivators to activate immortal techniques and Dao traces will increase dramatically.
For these seasoned veterans who frequently enter the Heavenly Evolution Realm, this is undoubtedly a good thing, as it reduces the probability of triggering immortal techniques and Dao traces, and makes it easier to attract immortal spiritual objects.
However, for cultivators who are new to this world, it is definitely a bad thing that does more harm than good, adding many difficulties to their cultivation and enlightenment.
This generation's leader is yet another arrogant and ignorant junior!
Gong Wuxian shook his head inwardly, but he could understand Chen Beiwu's thoughts to some extent.
Who hasn't been young? We've all been there!
Back when he first entered the Heavenly Evolution Realm after attaining the Dao of True Venerable, he was arrogant and proud. He stayed at Tianxing Lake for a full ten years, but only managed to trigger a single trace of immortal Dao. In the end, he could only go to the Wild Forest to comprehend the Dao.
With his precedent, Chen Beiwu's cultivation is currently only at the late Nascent Soul stage, not at the Divine Transformation stage. Even if he can stay at Tianxing Lake for twenty years, it would probably be difficult for him to trigger a single immortal technique or Dao trace.
Moreover, Chen Beiwu's cultivation was shallow, and it was already his limit to stay in the Tianyan Yuan Realm for ten days or half a month.
"Oh, so how do you intend to fish for immortal traces?" Wang Chongyan asked with great interest.
Chen Beiwu smiled and activated the Primordial Cave True Fundamental Immortal Technique, while simultaneously sinking a wisp of his mind into the chaotic world.
"Buzz!"
Looking at the swirling purple aura within the chaotic world, Chen Beiwu's expression turned serious, and he unhesitatingly activated the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Divine Power.
While good fortune is rare and requires him to spend a lot of time accumulating and collecting it, the opportunity to enter the Heavenly Evolution Realm to comprehend the Dao is even more precious.
If it weren't for the grand competition of the grotto-heavens, coupled with the special gift from the sect leader, and with his master in seclusion, Chen Beiwu would almost certainly have no chance of entering the Heavenly Evolution Realm with his current cultivation level.
"This is a rare opportunity!"
"If I cannot master the Primordial Immortal Techniques, I will find it difficult to defeat the chief disciples of the Five Great Grotto-Heavens."
If one cannot surpass the top disciple of the Cave Heaven and win first place in the Cave Heaven Grand Competition, one will miss out on the Heavenly Pill!
Thinking of the Path to Immortality that was so close at hand, Chen Beiwu activated the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Technique, drawing purple energy into his body to form a miniature purple bell.
Unlike the Golden Bell of Fortune, this purple bell exuded a more profound Daoist aura, which instinctively aroused a sense of awe in Chen Beiwu.
"Buzz!"
Chen Beiwu pointed his finger forward, and a purple aura, neither gold nor rosy, quickly entered the Qi Luck Purple Bell.
boom!
The next second, as a deafening Daoist voice boomed, the purple aura vanished into an unknown wonder, and Chen Beiwu's mind withdrew from the chaotic world.
"Great, now's the time!"
Chen Beiwu immediately activated the Myriad Spirits Calamity Transformation Mysterious Power.
Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xue Le, and Zhi Ling also underwent a dramatic transformation, turning into a three-pointed double-edged sword, a purple-patterned divine eye, a five-qi gilded armor, and a flowing light void fur coat, respectively, surrounding Chen Beiwu.
Late Nascent Soul stage!
Peak Nascent Soul stage!
Nascent Soul complete!
Under the perception of Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan, Chen Beiwu's cultivation level surged from the late stage of Nascent Soul to the perfect stage of Nascent Soul.
An ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarch would surely be shocked by what he saw, but for a Divine Transformation True Venerable, this aura was like a gentle breeze and he didn't need to care about it at all.
However, while Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan appeared calm, their hearts were in turmoil.
The reason is simple: even if they could crush Chen Beiwu with a single finger, they cannot deny the latter's exceptional talent, which allowed him to cultivate the Primordial Cave True Immortal Technique to such a high level at such a young age.
"This kid is not far from mastering the immortal arts, no wonder the sect leader made an exception for him!" Wang Chongyan's eyes narrowed slightly.
In his eyes, the geniuses of the Immortal Alliance were not much different from ordinary cultivators.
After all, which of the powerful beings who can prove the Dao and become a True Venerable is not a peerless genius who is extraordinary and shocks the younger generation of the sect?
Therefore, even though Wang Chongyan knew that Chen Beiwu was the current chief of Yuqing and might replace Zixiao Zhenzun as the head of Yuqing in the future, he remained indifferent and even deliberately let the latter comprehend the Dao at Tianxing Lake, wanting to see what the current chief of Yuqing was really like.
In retrospect, he underestimated the younger generation of Yuqing.
A peerless genius like Chen Beiwu, even if born in his own era, would still be a dazzling new star, capable of overshadowing many other geniuses.
Within Tianxing Lake, there is little difference between a Nascent Soul Perfected True Monarch and a Nascent Soul Late Stage Great Cultivator; they are merely slightly larger ants.
Even if Chen Beiwu were to reach the pinnacle of his current level, the probability of triggering immortal techniques and Dao traces would be extremely low, let alone triggering immortal spiritual objects.
"Kid, can you do it?" Wang Chongyan asked expectantly.
Throughout his long years of cultivation, he had only seen a handful of exceptional talents from the Jade Purity Realm.
If Chen Beiwu can truly activate the immortal techniques and Dao traces at Tianxing Lake and achieve great enlightenment, he might very well set a new record for Yuqing, sweeping aside the top five masters of the cave heavens in the cave heaven competition and establishing Yuqing's prestigious reputation in one fell swoop.
"These younger generations are really bold!" Gong Wuxian raised an eyebrow.
With his perspective, he could naturally see how risky Chen Beiwu's extreme ascension was.
Originally, Chen Beiwu could have stayed in the Tianyan Yuanjie for more than ten days, but if he failed to reach the ultimate sublimation and trigger the immortal techniques and Dao traces, his combat power would drop drastically, and he probably wouldn't even be able to stay for two days.
Such eagerness for quick success will make it difficult to undertake great undertakings in the future!
Gong Wuxian withdrew his gaze and made another judgment in his mind.
You don't need to watch anymore!
If a Nascent Soul Perfected True Monarch could easily activate Immortal Laws and Dao Traces at Tianxing Lake, then he and Old Turtle wouldn't have had to sit in vain for five hundred years, just to activate Immortal Spiritual Objects, yet they didn't even see the shadow of the Spiritual Objects.
To put it bluntly, within Tianxing Lake, the difficulty for Chen Beiwu, with his Nascent Soul Perfection cultivation, to activate the Immortal Dao Mark was almost the same as that for a True Venerable Transformation cultivator to activate an Immortal Spiritual Object!
A quarter of an hour!
Half an hour!
45 minutes!
As expected, as Chen Beiwu's aura gradually weakened, no Primordial Dao Traces appeared within Tianxing Lake.
Chen Beiwu's defeat seems inevitable.
Suddenly, Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan sensed a peculiar aura and simultaneously looked up in the direction of Chen Beiwu.
The space above Tianxing Lake was torn apart, as if the world had just been separated, revealing a grayish-white radiance.
"roar!"
As the earth-shaking dragon roar resounded, towering waves surged across the entire Tianxing Lake.
As the waves surged, the light gradually changed and became clearer, turning from grayish-white to pale gold.
Then, the heavenly music swayed in the sky, and a Daoist voice expounded the primordial immortal techniques. Gong Wuxian and Wang Chongyan, the two Nascent Soul True Venerables, exchanged a glance, neither daring to make a move to compete nor daring to utter a word to disturb them.
The next second, the sound of the Dao dissipated, and a dragon's head emerged from the lake.
Its horns are jet black, hanging down like the nine luminaries; its eyes contain the primordial chaos, where yin and yang intertwine; its belly hangs down in a dark yellow, with patterns like the River Chart; its claws and toes are five-pronged, treading on divine thunder; its tail trails a northern aura, sharp as an arrowhead. Its mere existence makes mountains and rivers pale in comparison, and this world falls into utter silence.
The clouds follow it, entrusting its body to roam the vast darkness; the thunder follows it, awing all spirits. Is this the Northern Emperor True Dragon of the Primordial Sovereign position?
"No, that's not right. This is a primordial immortal spirit transformed into a dragon, a primordial immortal spirit left behind by the Dao Venerable in his fellow practice with the Northern Emperor True Dragon!" Gong Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief, a trace of resentment rising in his heart.
On what grounds?
He sat in the Heavenly Evolution Realm for five hundred years without being able to activate the Jade Void Kunpeng True Meaning Spiritual Object, while Chen Beiwu, a mere junior, was able to activate the Primordial Northern Emperor True Dragon in just one day.
Although this Primordial Northern Emperor True Dragon is not the origin of that supreme being, but rather the immortal essence imprinted on this world by the Dao Venerable, it is still an opportunity that countless Nascent Soul True Venerables desire but cannot obtain!
How could a mere Nascent Soul cultivator possibly grasp such an opportunity?
However, Gong Wuxian was still a Nascent Soul True Venerable. With a slight thought, he instantly suppressed the resentment and greed in his heart.
"This works? Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch can summon celestial spirits and spiritual objects!"
Wang Chongyan's expression stiffened slightly, his feelings a mix of emotions.
Ultimately, if it weren't for his strong recommendation, Chen Beiwu wouldn't have been able to arouse the Primordial Northern Emperor True Dragon within Tianxing Lake.