Step by Step Ascend to Immortality - Chapter 111 - 101 Shocking
Chapter 111: Chapter 101 Shocking
Relying on Shen Yaqin’s support behind him, Liu Suiyun didn’t even stand up. Instead, he sat carelessly on the stone bench and said, “Disciple Liu Suiyun, also known as Xing Ruyu!”
Master Yunpeng finally managed to force a smile. As soon as he heard Liu Suiyun introduce himself, his face almost darkened. The nearby Master Zongyun was even more exaggerated. “Xing Ruyu? Xing Ruyu? Are you Xing Ruyu from the Tianji Gu family?”
Master Yunpeng couldn’t help but glare fiercely at Master Zongyun. Would you die if you didn’t make a fuss!
Now he really felt in a dilemma. Looking at Shen Yaqin holding the Fenjing Sword in her hand, cold sweat ran down his back. After a long time, he finally found a way out. “Congratulations to Fairy Shen for accepting a beloved disciple. Your disciple’s character is excellent…”
Liu Suiyun finally gave some face. “I am now a disciple under my teacher’s wife. Thinking about it carefully, it’s really like a dream.”
This was regarding himself as a disciple of Chonghua Peak and no longer the wolf of the Tianji Gu family. Thinking of Xing Ruyu’s fierceness, a small Qi Refining cultivator actually killed hundreds of powerful people from the Pang family. He also didn’t want to provoke such a fierce person.
More importantly, he was very interested in the topic mentioned by Shen Yaqin. After nearly a hundred years of painstaking exploration, he finally found a glimmer of hope to break through to the middle stage of Golden Core in the darkness. After repeated deductions, he only felt that there was roughly a seventy to eighty percent chance.
He regarded this glimmer of hope as his greatest secret and trump card. Even his bedmate and his most beloved disciple were never told a single word. He was just waiting for a moment to astonish everyone. Unexpectedly, today Shen Yaqin would actually expose it with a single word.
He only felt that compared to their meeting thirteen years ago, this Fairy Shen was even more unfathomable, faintly having the demeanor of a true Nascent Soul cultivator. Just by her seeing through this glimmer of hope of his at a glance, he knew that Fairy Shen’s cultivation was beyond comparison to his own.
“Good! Good! Good!” Master Yunpeng repeatedly praised. “Although I had some misunderstandings with Fairy Shen’s disciple, I knew early on that Xing Ruyu is a wise, brave, loyal, and courageous good man. Congratulations to Fairy Shen for accepting a satisfactory disciple. By the way, could it be that this Liu Suiyun still has some connection with my breakthrough to the later stage of Golden Core?”
Shen Yaqin pointed at Liu Suiyun with her slender hand. “Master, take a closer look. Look at what cultivation technique my disciple is practicing?”
Master Yunpeng had calmed down. He took a careful look at Liu Suiyun, and his eyes immediately became surprised. After confirming several times, he exclaimed, “How is this possible? Fairy Shen, why is it that your beloved disciple is not practicing the Shenxiao cultivation technique but my Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record?”
“Master has a discerning eye!” Shen Yaqin also said with a smile. “My disciple joined with prior skills. What he is practicing is Master’s Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record.”
Although this Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record is not as mysterious as the Shenxiao sect’s cultivation techniques, it is after all a cultivation technique that Master Yunpeng has practiced for nearly four hundred years. He had to ask with concern, “I don’t know where your disciple obtained this Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record?”
Beside him, Master Zongyun quickly interjected, “Could it be that you stole it from Yunpeng? Boy, stealing cultivation techniques will result in the loss of cultivation!”
Before Liu Suiyun could speak, Master Yunpeng had already slapped the table and shouted angrily, “Zongyun, shut up. Just come with your ears! Nephew Liu, I don’t know where your cultivation technique comes from?”
He knew that if he could break through to the middle stage of Golden Core, a major plan that Master Zongyun had been plotting for a hundred years would become an illusion. But tonight was related to whether he could break through to the later stage of Golden Core. Naturally, he couldn’t allow Master Zongyun to fan the flames on the side.
Master Zongyun looked disappointed, and Liu Suiyun also told the truth. “My Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record comes from Pang Tianming. Without Master’s permission, I killed so many people from the Pang family. I am really very sorry!”
Master Yunpeng was originally the biggest backer of the entire Pang family. But now he shamelessly applauded for Liu Suiyun. “Killed well, killed wonderfully, killed superbly! I’ve long disliked these boys from the Pang family. Fortunately, Nephew Liu eliminated them for me. What? You got this Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record from Pang Tianming. Then it’s even better killed, more wonderfully killed, and superbly killed!”
He completely distanced himself from the Pang family. “The reason I have dealings with the Pang family is only because they are still respectful to me. I didn’t expect that they would dare to spy on my Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record. Nephew Liu killed well, killed wonderfully, killed superbly! Nephew Liu, when I return to Guihu Cave, I will thoroughly rectify and definitely catch that traitor. I will definitely give an explanation to my nephew!”
He really didn’t expect such a person under his door. Somehow, at some point, this cultivation technique, the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record, was stolen and given to Pang Tianming. Shen Yaqin said calmly beside him, “Master, if you act, it’s better to be more decisive. I also don’t like the Pang family in Tianji very much. Why don’t Master do me a favor?”
Master Yunpeng already had a bitter face and said, “The Pang family is unjust to me, but I can’t be unkind to the Pang family! Moreover, Fairy Shen probably doesn’t know the background of the Pang family. Although they seem very respectful to your sect on the surface, in fact, they have long defected to the Tianhe Sect. Now they have even invited cultivators from the Tianhe Sect to sit in. Old Peng dare not interfere. Fairy Shen must also be careful!”
“The mere Pang family in Tianji dares to oppose our Shenxiao sect and defect to the Supreme Demon Sect!” Shen Yaqin was slightly angry. “I think the Pang family is tired of living!”
This Supreme Demon Sect originally called itself the Tianhe Sect. But after being overthrown by the three major sects, the three major sects renamed it the Supreme Demon Sect. However, if Master Yunpeng hadn’t casually betrayed the Pang family, Shen Yaqin really wouldn’t have known that the Tianji Pang family was colluding with the Supreme Demon Sect.
“Fairy Shen, don’t be angry!” Master Yunpeng said with a smiling face. “I don’t know if the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record obtained by your disciple is a complete copy? When I teach my disciples, I usually hold back a bit. No matter how they practice, it’s difficult to break through to the later stage of Foundation Establishment. Only my two most beloved disciples have obtained the complete copy. If it’s an incomplete copy, I have the complete copy here.”
“Unexpectedly, Master also knows how to love disciples!” Shen Yaqin smiled and said. “I thought only us women would love little disciples. What do you think of my little disciple?”
When Master Yunpeng took a closer look again, he saw something else. “Extraordinary, extraordinary. Your disciple must have had a period of immortal fate. Although practicing the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record, his qi and blood are extremely pure. Even if practicing the incomplete copy I passed on, there may be a chance to break through to the later stage of Foundation Establishment…”
“My disciple, Shen Yaqin, can’t limit his vision to just the Foundation Establishment stage!” Shen Yaqin said meaningfully. “Surely Master has the same thought, right?”
Master Yunpeng was a clever person. “Fairy Shen means that if I teach the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record and help your disciple break through to the Golden Core stage or even the middle stage of Golden Core, Fairy will also help me break through to the later stage of Golden Core?”
The later stage of Golden Core had infinite allure for Master Yunpeng. But Master Yunpeng shook his head with difficulty. “The cultivation method of the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record after reaching great success in Foundation Establishment was something I explored at great cost. If Fairy Shen wants to exchange it with just a few words, it’s too cheap, right?”
Master Yunpeng continued to shake his head and said, “Besides, even if I can break through to the middle stage of Golden Core, the remaining lifespan is at most only one hundred and twenty years. In just one hundred and twenty years, ordinary Golden Core cultivators still find it difficult to break through to the middle stage of Golden Core. Moreover, I am practicing the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record. Even with Fairy Shen’s help, there is only a one or two percent chance…”
Master Yunpeng kept talking to himself. “Just a one or two percent chance. Just a one or two percent chance. Just a one or two percent chance!”
But Shen Yaqin said calmly, “If I can help you, there is at least a three percent chance of breaking through to the later stage of Golden Core within one hundred and twenty years. Moreover, Master’s lifespan should be more than one hundred and twenty years!”
“Treasures that prolong life are not so easy to find!” Master Yunpeng shook his head with difficulty and said, “Even if we can find treasures that prolong life, it’s just to let old Peng live for another five or ten years. What good can it do?”
There was a faint smile at the corner of Shen Yaqin’s mouth, but her words almost made Master Yunpeng kneel down. “Recently, our sect has an auction. The finale treasure is a supreme treasure that can prolong life by fifty years. Isn’t Master interested?”
Fifty years? When Master Yunpeng broke through to the middle stage of Golden Core, his lifespan only increased by fifty years. He didn’t know what kind of life-prolonging treasure it was, but it had such miraculous effects. It had infinite allure for someone as old as him.
The longer one lives, the less one wants to die. Not to mention someone like Master Yunpeng, a loose cultivator who has blazed a trail with his own great wisdom and courage. He cherishes his life even more. Thinking that after his fall, everything will go to Master Zongyun, he secretly feels heartache.
Not to mention the additional fifty years of lifespan. Perhaps there is really hope to break through to the later stage of Golden Core. Shen Yaqin personally promised that there is at least a three percent chance within one hundred years. With an additional fifty years, that’s at least a five percent chance. After breaking through to the later stage of Golden Core, there is an additional eighty years of lifespan.
In other words, as long as he obtains this life-prolonging treasure, Master Yunpeng can live an entire one hundred and thirty years more. One hundred and thirty years! Perhaps by then, Master Zongyun might even pass away before him!
So now Master Yunpeng shook his head very reluctantly. “Such a supreme treasure is not something an old man like me can expect. An old man like me can’t raise so many spirit stones.”
But Shen Yaqin told Master Yunpeng, “As long as Master makes preparations early, naturally there will be more chances of success. Moreover, this life-prolonging treasure has many defects. After taking it, although one’s lifespan can be increased by fifty years, in the future, taking those ordinary life-prolonging treasures will have no effect anymore. Naturally, the price will drop by thirty to forty percent…”
After hearing these words, Master Yunpeng clenched his teeth and didn’t utter a single word. The veins on his hand bulged. After a long time, he slapped the stone table. “Go for it. Go for it. As long as I can achieve the later stage of Golden Core and live an additional one hundred and thirty years, what does the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record count for? What does it count for!”
He turned around and said to Liu Suiyun, “Liu Suiyun, right? From today on, old Peng will impart all my three hundred years of experience in cultivating the Extreme Yuan Huanglei Forging Divine Record without holding back a single bit. As for whether you can break through to the Golden Core or even the later stage of Golden Core, that depends on your fate. I can’t guarantee it, and presumably your teacher’s wife can’t guarantee it either. Finally, old Peng has one more request!”