Chapter 79: Getting What You Want, Wine Girl Breaks Through
Leaving Little Qiong Peak, Jiu Wu looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand, feeling a wave of admiration deep in his heart.
"Didn't expect Longevity Junior and Elder Wan Linjun, who's the least sociable in the sect, to get so close. This stuff is capable of harming even Heavenly Immortals... Longevity must have some intention behind giving me such precious poison pills for self-defense."
Jiu Wu chuckled lightly, rolling up his sleeves to reveal a pouch where he safely stored the pill. He then continued flying on his cloud towards the direction of Breaking Heaven Peak.
In front of the alchemy room, Li Changshou sat on a reclining chair, still playing with the silver-white small sword in his hand.
The Inner Repository... Hmm, the Inner Repository!
The core inheritance of the Du Immortal Sect, containing high-level spells, magical abilities, alchemy, formations, and precious scriptures; there are also some herbs and materials that one can exchange for with their monthly quota!
Li Changshou felt like he should be grinning like a hungry man who stumbled upon a rich merchant's stash of silver coins...
Coughing twice, he quickly regained his composure.
This matter indeed made him very happy. After crossing the Tribulation and ascending, what he lacked the most were these resources. However, he couldn't rush over immediately. He needed to stabilize for a while, wait for the sect's attention on him to decrease, and then visit the Inner Repository. After all, Breaking Heaven Peak wasn't going anywhere, and there wasn't any urgent danger. Besides, it would be unwise to visit the Inner Repository while his exposure was still fresh.
Giving poison pills to Senior Jiu Wu was also a gesture of gratitude, and they were indeed crafted by Elder Wan Linjun. Each alchemist's high-level elixirs have subtle differences, and Li Changshou's elixirs would have his 'personal mark'. Since he was giving a 'complete elixir' rather than a 'poisonous elixir with curative effects', it had to be the poison pills crafted by Elder Wan Linjun...
It was hard to explain where the suppressive and toxic immortal energy came from during the crafting process if Senior Jiu Wu remained in seclusion for so long... This made Li Changshou a bit worried about Senior Jiu Wu. Constantly running around for the sect would inevitably affect his own cultivation.
Turning up the silver small sword, Li Changshou examined it with his divine sense and found Ling E still diligently copying scriptures by the lake. He sighed softly.
"Good thing my mental fortitude is strong enough not to be disturbed by your presence."
Activating the surrounding array, disguising his figure with a paper person, he turned into a wisp of blue smoke and descended underground into the secret chamber.
On second thought, he had to thank Crown Prince Ao Yi of the Dragon Palace for his mischief and Lord Wan Li's gift...
Even though encountering the Crown Prince of the Dragon Palace was always troublesome, this time the result turned out unexpectedly well. From the Purification of Demons Conference, he obtained the Threefold True Flame cultivation technique. This time, with the arrival of the Daoists from the Ji Sect, he received the access token to the Inner Repository...
It was just a coincidence that he met him last time; considering the previous exposure of his cultivation, it was a bit of a loss. However, this time it seemed like he gained something.
If he encountered the Crown Prince of the Dragon Palace again next time...
Forget it, it's best not to encounter him.
Shaking his head, Li Changshou arrived at the center of the compound array and walked towards the rock layers ahead...
Meanwhile, in the Treasure Pool of Golden Turtle Island.
At the bottom corner of the pool, Ao Yi, who was practicing the "Solidifying Earth into Ice" technique, shivered inexplicably.
This shiver woke him up from his meditative state. Recalling the previous encounters with Li Changshou from the Du Immortal Sect, where he was defeated twice, Ao Yi harbored no resentment. There was no point in holding grudges when his spells were inferior.
"If I can't let go of winning and losing, if I can't admit my own failure, how can I influence matters concerning the Dragon Clan?" Ao Yi felt a hint of enlightenment.
Thinking back to the nights he spent with Changshou, appreciating paintings and composing poems, Ao Yi saw Changshou as a gentlemanly figure, rare among humans.
If there was a chance in the future, he would visit the Du Immortal Sect again.
As for the five senior brothers from Golden Turtle Island who also suffered defeat at the Du Immortal Sect...
On the way back, the eight of them had an agreement. They wouldn't mention this matter when they returned to Golden Turtle Island.
This was to maintain the smooth development of relations between the two sects, not because they felt they lost face!
"Ao Yi, Senior?" A soft call came from the edge of the pool, and Ao Yi, the Blue Dragon, looked up to see Han Zhi standing there.
The dragon's head of the Blue Dragon revealed a faint smile and transformed into human form, swimming up slowly.
Even though his human form didn't grow, it didn't hinder some things.
"Are you not cultivating? Won't I disturb you, Senior?" asked Han Zhi.
"I... was contemplating something just now and didn't practice. Do you want to go to the East Sea today?"
"Is there anything beautiful to see in the East Sea?"
"Well, there are several nice spots, like the Coral Treasure Forest and the Falling Waterfall of the Sea Forest..."
Soon, the young man and the girl flew towards the East Sea on clouds.
At one end of this large island, the giant head of the Golden Turtle and its terrifying eyes opened a slit once again.
But this time, there was a bit of movement inside; it seemed like a smile.
...
Walking on the stone path, Li Changshou's divine sense spread around Little Qiong Peak to prevent anyone from approaching. Next, he would use the large batch of precious materials he bought to refine the array base, update, and expand the array system inside the mountain of Little Qiong Peak.
The precious materials brought by Senior Jiu Wu were considered rewards from the sect and could be used to modify the surface trapping arrays and add some killing formations for intruders...
The surface array had to wait until Senior Jiu Wu came out of seclusion to arrange it. His own master had limited strength and couldn't suppress the surging spiritual power when setting up the continuous formations.
Opening the wooden door, the secret chamber was now filled to the brim; thirty-two neatly arranged jade square grids contained solidified white "tree sap" inside each grid.
This was the "paper" used for making paper people in the form of human immortals. These "tree saps" had undergone dozens of processes and preserved the aura of living beings while being able to contain mana and immortal energy.
When making paper people, although Li Changshou appeared to be randomly cutting a piece of paper, the "paper" itself was considered a kind of treasure...
Acting quickly, Li Changshou neatly stacked the dried paper and then used a piece of animal skin inscribed with special restrictions to press it down before walking to the desk. Making "paper figurines" was indeed paper-intensive, requiring him to make a batch of "paper" every two years. This resulted in the old spirit trees that had been moved earlier visibly shrinking.
"Now, I need to start conserving paper. The paper figurine technique is still unstable, and using too much paper is also wasteful," Li Changshou thought to himself.
Just thinking about being able to access a bunch of advanced formation methods and high-level magical restrictions soon, continuing to improve the paper figurine technique,
Li Changshou couldn't help but chuckle.
"When things go well, spirits are high, and fortune smiles upon you," he thought.
However, he quickly suppressed this joy.
Based on his past life experience, the happier you are, the more likely something bad is about to happen.
For instance, when he graduated from college in his previous life, he had a stable girlfriend.
His family even provided startup capital, and he began planning his future happily, aiming for success in both his career and love life.
But then... his girlfriend broke up with him just before he could reveal his plans, becoming his ex-girlfriend.
Constraining his mood, Li Changshou began managing the precious materials.
Over the next six months, he worked diligently in the secret room, focusing on refining formations and expanding the large array within Mount Xiaoqiong's body.
The "wind chime" hanging outside the alchemy room, made of sensing stones, had not twinkled for two months.
The waves caused by the Qi Refiners from Golden Roar Island gradually settled within the sect.
After waiting for another half-year, Li Changshou emerged from the secret room, changed into a clean robe, and flew on a cloud at an appropriate altitude towards the Daoist Collection Hall behind Poxian Peak.
What is the Daoist Collection Hall?
It's where the collections of the Daoist tradition are stored.
The scriptures here are only a small part created by the Immortals of the Du Xian Sect, with the majority being foreign acquisitions.
Throughout the history of the Du Xian Sect, the Immortals and True Immortals who traveled outside acquired some skills, scriptures, and miscellaneous items that were useless to them, all of which are stored in the Daoist Collection Hall.
Some valuable scriptures or transcriptions of advanced skills are kept in the inner hall.
The scale of the Daoist Collection Hall is quite large, with the outer hall capable of accommodating thousands of people, filled with bookshelves storing scriptures and techniques.
In several corners, there are accumulations of miscellaneous items that have not been tidied up.
Don't underestimate these piles of miscellaneous items; they are the foundation of the Du Xian Sect.
Li Changshou once found the remnants of a witch clan's secret scriptures and a "blood-stained cloth" in one of these piles.
At that time, he was not rashly coming to the outer hall for these; he was assigned the task of cleaning here at the Hundred Paths Hall.
Using several years to carefully search, he received praise from the Hundred Paths Hall and was given double the usual monthly stipend.
Now Li Changshou would not search through these piles of miscellaneous items again.
He had already searched through them all, finding nothing useful.
Unfortunately, the carving knife that contained a little merit power that he found inside had been destroyed during the ascension to Immortality.
However, the "Method of Writing Scriptures" he realized from another piece of animal skin parchment was indestructible during the ascension to Immortality.
At this time, there were also dozens of disciples in the outer hall of the Daoist Collection Hall.
Interestingly, more than a dozen of them were gathered around the bookshelves where the escape methods were stored, studying the previously ignored Five Elements Escape Method and other esoteric escape techniques.
Li Changshou didn't pay much attention, bowing his head and walking to the deepest part of the outer hall, where he found the two doors embedded in the rock wall emitting a faint light...
At the same time, on the other side of Poxian Peak, where the Nine Characters of Alcohol Resided, there was a sudden explosion within a pavilion, and lightning flashed inside.
The peripheral formations were instantly broken, and a slender figure slowly rose into the air.
Several disciples who were always busy and had never finished their tasks looked up, each showing a bit of admiration.
The immortal woman hovering in the air emitted a continuous divine light around her, illuminating her lively and charming face.
Her flowing hair danced in the wind, and her linen short shirt was still stretched tight.
The hem of her skirt swayed gently, and her bare jade feet tapped lightly on the ground.
Soon, she opened her clear and innocent eyes, revealing a confident smile.
True Immortal realm, late stage!
Overtaking Fifth Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Sister!
This time, I didn't expect such a big breakthrough! I've been in a state of enlightenment all along, and I didn't realize it had been so long!
Pinching her waist for a moment, she became proud, but it made her feel uncomfortable!
Hehehe, where's Fifth Senior Brother?
And Little Shoushou?
No one came to welcome me out of seclusion?
Jiujiu casually touched the small gourd at her waist. It's true, I made a major breakthrough this time, and Master had to praise me a few times...
"Oops!"
Jiu Jiuh lowered his head and looked at his beloved little wine gourd, giving it a gentle shake, but there wasn't even the slightest sound of water inside.
"Damn it! I drank all the wine before I went into seclusion, only to find the feeling of breaking through the bottleneck and entering the state of enlightenment!"
Gasping for air, Jiu Jiuh didn't bother to pose anymore, hastily returning to his own attic, where there was immediately a commotion of rummaging through boxes and cabinets...
"Damn, how could I possibly have any stock! Without wine, I can't maintain my state of enlightenment!"
"Five Senior Brother! Help! Quick!"
Jiu Jiuh dashed out of the attic in a rush, hurrying towards Jiu Wu's attic. However, from a distance, he saw that Jiu Wu's attic was surrounded by an activated array, with a wooden sign hanging in front saying 'Out on Business'.
"Oh no! Xiao Shou Shou! Can you advance me some money in advance?"
Jiu Jiuh quickly summoned the big gourd, hugged it, and soared into the sky towards the direction of Xiao Qiong Peak. His flight speed was as fast as a flash of light, startling several fellow disciples passing by...
A moment later, at Xiao Qiong Peak.
Ling E, who was quietly cultivating, suddenly heard the sound of something heavy falling outside her thatched hut. Ling E became alert and extended her spiritual awareness outward, gripping several porcelain bottles.
But just as she was about to get up to check, she noticed that the array outside her thatched hut had been forcibly broken! A gray figure dashed into the room, staggering and falling to the ground, almost causing Ling E to accidentally throw the bottles in her hand...
Something wasn't right. The scale of this was outrageous, and the astonishing elasticity that could bounce the body up...
"Young Junior Uncle? What's wrong with you?"
Ling E hurried forward, calling out anxiously.
Jiu Jiuh, lying weakly on the ground, slowly turned his head, revealing a face... like a mortal about to die of thirst in the desert...
This startled Ling E, leaving her at a loss.
"Young Junior Uncle, don't scare me! My Senior Brother just went to Poxian Peak!"
"Hurry..."
Jiu Jiuh's lips trembled as he reached out a hopeful hand to Ling E.
As if uttering the last breath, using the last bit of strength, he uttered a single word...
"Wine..."