Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

In the impression of the Great Elder, Daoist Non-Speaker being so enthusiastic surely indicated a scheme or conspiracy.

He became vigilant.

The Great Elder believed there was a reason for Daoist Non-Speaker to harm him. Daoist Non-Speaker was brought up the mountain by the third eldest when he was still a baby, becoming the youngest disciple. From the master to the senior brothers and sisters, no one had ever taken care of a baby, so they gradually figured it out on their own.

The Great Elder was skilled in dream magic. When Daoist Non-Speaker was a child and could not sleep restlessly, he used dream magic to make Daoist Non-Speaker sleep soundly.

When Daoist Non-Speaker grew up to the stage of cultivation and always dozed off during practice, the Great Elder used dream magic to startle Daoist Non-Speaker awake. Perhaps he frightened him too much, as Daoist Non-Speaker has been psychologically shadowed to this day.

Seeing the Great Elder being wary of him, the seven elders also greeted the Great Elder together: “Big senior brother, come in quickly, the hot pot is only missing you.”

It can’t just be us who are unlucky, today we must gather the Dao Seeking Sect’s Nine!

Eight people smiled at the entrance of the cave mansion but dared not step beyond the entrance. To others, this scene was particularly eerie.

In the Great Elder’s memory, the seven junior brothers and sisters had never been so enthusiastic.

He bit his tongue sharply.

The Great Elder tried to break the illusion with the blood from his tongue tip, but nothing changed.

Was it not an illusion?

He remembered Lu Yang saying that the ninth was sealed in the cave mansion by Yun Zhi, but the question was how were the second to the eighth sealed?

“How were you all sealed?”

The eighth elder said seriously: “Big senior brother, it’s like this, we heard that the ninth was sealed by Yun Zhi and came to investigate immediately. The ninth said that this seal cannot hold smart people. The seven of us think we are smart and certainly won’t be held by the seal, so we tried to enter in turn, and as you see, we ended up like this.”

The Great Elder raised an eyebrow: “Is it that magical? Let me try.”

The Great Elder walked into the cave mansion, and everyone cheered.

What the eighth elder said was not entirely wrong; what smart person would willingly get sealed?

Thus, the Dao Seeking Sect’s Nine were all captured, a cause for celebration.

The nine people sat around the hot pot, and the entire cave mansion was filled with mist, like a fairyland with the aroma of hot pot.

The ingredients for the hot pot were provided by the third elder. As a body cultivator, one needs to consume treasures of heaven and earth and spiritual flesh of monsters regularly to replenish the body’s consumption.

When the Great Elder heard the full story from everyone, his face darkened.

So, you eight got trapped here and instead of seeking help, you thought of dragging someone else down?

Grandpa Ba stepped forward: “We did think of getting out, but the ninth said that to leave, one must overcome their inner demons. However, the inner demons are too strong, and none of us could overcome them.”

“So we worked together and thought of some other methods.”

“For example, the third proposed using a spoon to dig a tunnel.”

“For example, the fourth proposed shouting for help loudly, calling over niece Yun Zhi.”

“For example, the fifth proposed refining the spoon into a magical tool to dig the tunnel.”

“For example, the sixth, she…”

The Great Elder raised his hand to interrupt the Dao Seeking Sect’s Nine escape plans: “How come I heard from Lu Yang that just sitting in meditation for three days would lift the seal, and he said he told the ninth three days ago, the seal should have been lifted by now.”

The Great Elder was no fool; he confidently entered not because he was deceived but because he knew the real way out.

Eight cold gazes stared gloomily at Daoist Non-Speaker.

Daoist Non-Speaker calmly said, “I have made significant contributions to the sect. Before you take any action, may I write a will first?”

…

While meditating, Lu Yang felt Heaven’s Gate Peak shake slightly. He was surprised, not knowing what had happened.

Who would dare to make a move on Heaven’s Gate Peak?

Fortunately, Heaven’s Gate Peak only shook once and then returned to its usual calm. Lu Yang did not think much of it. He entered the isolation formation left by the Eldest Senior Sister, adjusted his breath, and focused on breaking through to the early stage of foundation building.

The Eldest Senior Sister was not guarding him, as breaking through to the middle stage of foundation building was a natural progression for Lu Yang, with no accidents expected. There was no need for protection.

Moments later, his spirit, energy, and essence all reached their peak. His mind was clear, and he operated the “Enlightenment of Heart and Nature Technique” technique, swallowing the surrounding spiritual qi. A massive amount of spiritual qi continuously washed over his body.

Normally, when breaking through the early, middle, and late stages of foundation building, one would use the opportunity to cleanse the marrow and rebirth, repairing the scars left from cultivation and combat.

But for Lu Yang, this step was completely unnecessary!

He had thoroughly completed the cleansing and marrow-replacing during the Qi training stage, with no impurities left to expel!

After foundation building, Lu Yang’s technique could always keep his body pure, absorbing only the essence and expelling the dross, regardless of what he consumed.

The “Enlightenment of Heart and Nature Technique” technique clarified not just the mind but also the body!

After the foundation building stage, a liquid spiritual power vortex forms in the cultivator’s dantian.

Lu Yang felt a warmth in his dantian. Looking inward, he could clearly feel the liquid vortex in his dantian growing stronger, swallowing the external spiritual qi and exhaling more refined and suitable spiritual power for himself.

He operated the Great Heavenly Circulation, with refined spiritual power continuously circulating inside his body, strengthening every part, not missing any detail.

The vortex spun faster and faster, with spiritual power flowing throughout his body at an incredible speed, eventually feeling a barrier forcibly broken through by the spiritual power.

Lu Yang opened his eyes, his gaze bright and clear.

The middle stage of foundation building, achieved.

Outside the formation, the puppet saw Lu Yang successfully advance to the middle stage of foundation building and stabilize his realm without any hidden dangers, then stood up and left.

“There’s one more thing I haven’t done.” Lu Yang remembered the words from the “Foundation Building Manual.”

The “Foundation Building Manual” is the foundation building experience left by the seventh elder, later supplemented by various senior brothers and sisters. It clearly lists all kinds of issues that might be encountered during the foundation building stage without any omissions.

Lu Yang gathered spiritual qi in his right hand, gently patted the lower right side of his abdomen, and suddenly spat out a chunk of flesh. The flesh, bloody and seemingly a part of Lu Yang’s body.

Lu Yang sent out his sword qi, turning the chunk of flesh into dust.

“What’s that?” The Everlasting Fairy, watching Lu Yang’s advancement in the spiritual world, afraid to speak and distract him from his advancement process, had been silent until now. Finally, she could speak as Lu Yang successfully advanced to the middle stage of foundation building.

She was dying to talk.

Lu Yang explained seriously, “I wonder if the fairy has ever heard the saying that one should not exercise vigorously after eating. Vigorous exercise can cause severe abdominal pain, and in serious cases, one might roll on the ground in pain, forehead covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans, greatly affecting cultivation.”

“The senior brothers and sisters of our Dao Seeking Sect discovered through research that by cutting off a small piece of useless flesh during the advancement to the middle stage of foundation building, such incidents can be avoided, and one can move around as they wish after eating.”

“So what you just did was…”

“Removing the appendix.”

The Everlasting Fairy: “…”

She was somewhat unable to follow the thoughts of cultivators nowadays.

(End of the chapter)