Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 713 - 707 Cultivation Technique Foundation, Heavenly Immortal View_1

Chapter 713: Chapter 707 Cultivation Technique Foundation, Heavenly Immortal View_1

"This wretched fox has no gratitude! I’ve given her fine clothes and lavish meals, sought Bizarre Path opportunities for her, and yet she dares to flee!"

"Red Dog, find her for me!"

Three Escape Lights flew above the market. Their bodies were shrouded with Immortal Qi; they were not ordinary Cultivators.

A man in a white robe, his expression dark and shrewd, held a folding fan painted with a Nine-tailed Fox. He was clearly the leader of the three.

Another Cultivator, dressed in a red robe and with red hair on his face, transformed into a slender dog with reddish fur.

The Red Dog’s nostrils twitched as he glanced towards the southwest and southeast.

"Tu Bai Ling was in the market; she fled southwest."

"However, there are two Nine-tailed Fox scents here. One of them left recently."

Two Nine-tailed Fox scents?!

Luo Xian Jun’s eyes lit up. With a snap of his fan, he gently patted his left palm.

"Nine-tailed Foxes are renowned for their stunning beauty. In the Chaotic Immortal Realm, we’ve only encountered one in tens of thousands of years. We absolutely cannot miss this second one!"

"Tu Bai Ling won’t escape my grasp. Let’s capture the new Nine-tailed Fox first and deal with her later."

The Red Dog grinned broadly, quickly assuring, "Young Master, rest assured, neither of them will escape."

Although the other Nine-tailed Fox is male, with the Young Master’s temperament, once captured, he will surely use a forbidden technique to transform it into a female. If I can achieve this feat, perhaps I’ll be bestowed with a Bizarre Path Cultivation Technique.

Luo Xian Jun looked approvingly at Red Dog. "I am always generous; there will be handsome rewards once the deed is done."

The Red Dog ran ahead, like a streak of red lightning dashing towards the southeast.

The other two conjured their Escape Lights and followed at an astonishing speed.

They had chased for 50,000 li when they suddenly stopped, looking at the sky with puzzled expressions.

Although there was nothing visible before them, the Red Dog perceived a peculiar sight, his canine face filled with confusion and disbelief.

"There’s no scent of the Nine-tailed Fox; the Nine-tailed Fox has turned into... a Golden-Winged Peng Bird."

???

How could a Nine-tailed Fox turn into a Golden-Winged Peng Bird? One was from the Fox Clan, the other from the Roc Clan. They had absolutely nothing in common except that both were Divine Beasts.

Facing two skeptical gazes, Red Dog spoke with utmost certainty, "Young Master, I wouldn’t dare deceive you, the Nine-tailed Fox truly turned into a Golden-Winged Peng Bird..."

SLAP!

Red Dog was sent flying by the blow. A green flame ignited upon contact, setting his red fur ablaze and burning a black hole into it.

Luo Xian Jun exuded a sinister, twisted Bizarre Qi. His face was contorted, appearing no longer human.

He glared at the Red Dog, who lay howling on the ground, his own face filled with the rage of being played by his hound. "Do you take me for a fool?!"

"If your dog life wasn’t of some use to me, I would’ve flayed and deboned you long ago!"

"Now go chase Bai Ling."

The Red Dog, enduring the agony of the Bizarre Fire consuming his body, lowered his head in an utterly subservient manner.

Instead of catching the fox, he had only brought more trouble upon himself.

"Young Master, Red Dog will retrieve Bai Ling for you right away. I will not let you down."

Red Dog did not attempt to explain that it was impossible for him to catch up to the Nine-tailed Fox that had turned into a Golden-Winged Peng Bird—he could not prove the truth to Luo Xian Jun.

This time, he could only swallow his bitterness and endure.

The three changed direction and flew southwest.

Millions of li away, Jia Ren experienced a Whim of the Heart. The sense of impending crisis subsided, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This trouble must have been caused by the Nine-tailed Fox. Luckily, I wasn’t dragged into it.

The Jade Slip Tu Bai Ling had given him was destroyed, but the information it contained was now etched in his mind.

He continued to fly, flapping his golden wings. Only when he sensed the danger had passed did he slow his Escape Light and transform back into human form.

It wasn’t that the Golden-Winged Peng Bird’s flying speed was insufficient. Rather, flying in that form in the Immortal Realm, he risked encountering some great Immortal.

’I see your talent is astonishing; you’d make a suitable mount for me...’

Once such a powerful being took an interest, even if one wasn’t a true Divine Beast, they would still be turned into a mount.

Transforming into Magical Beasts or Divine Beasts in the Immortal Realm is too dangerous; he could accept being a bit slower.

It’s a pity my strength is suppressed; otherwise, even if those three were at the True Immortal Realm, I could have put up a fight.

The feeling of suppressed strength was not pleasant; the top priority was to quickly resolve the Mortal Dust Aura.

The Heavenly Immortal View, Demon God Temple, and Demon Source Cave emerged as three possible factions in his mind. The Heavenly Immortal View was an orthodox Immortal Sect. The Demon God Temple leaned towards the Demon Race, while the Demon Source Cave was a faction of Demon Immortals and Bizarre Immortals. Having spent considerable time at the Lingbao Sect, orthodox sects suited Jia Ren best. Thus, he was more inclined to choose the Heavenly Immortal View.

He headed towards the Heavenly Immortal View. As he approached a market, he retracted his Escape Light.

"Fellow Daoist, I’d like to inquire about some information. What can you tell me about the Heavenly Immortal View?"

Jia Ren visited a shop selling Jade Slips containing information on Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Immortal Realm. He casually inquired for information, seeking to confirm the veracity of Tu Bai Ling’s intelligence. The most crucial point was whether the Heavenly Immortal View would honor its promise, allowing him to successfully obtain an Ascension Pill.

"Heavenly Immortal View is quite good. How else could ordinary markets survive without their protection?"

Jia Ren asked several other people and received consistent answers: the Heavenly Immortal View had a good reputation.

In comparison, the Demon God Temple and the Demon Source Cave were significantly less esteemed.

The Devious Path Forces—the Six Desires Treacherous Path Sect and the Seven Emotions Treacherous Demon Sect—were no place for cultivators.

Thanks to its ’peers’ providing such a stark contrast, the Heavenly Immortal View was considered the best sect in the Chaotic Immortal Realm.

Jia Ren was not in a hurry. He continued to visit markets, trading Immortal Artifacts for Immortal Jade. Top-quality Spirit Stones could only be used to purchase ordinary Cultivation Techniques and Jade Slips for cultivators; Immortal Techniques required Immortal Jade.

The Immortal Artifacts he sold included items obtained from Mou Tianyuan, as well as those he had upgraded using the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda. To avoid trouble, he destroyed the Inscriptions that coordinated with the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda before selling them.

Immortal Artifacts were hard currency in the Immortal Realm; as long as the price was right, they weren’t difficult to sell.

Jia Ren visited several shops, carefully comparing prices. His stash of Immortal Jade grew from nothing to tens of thousands.

He toyed with a finger-length piece of green Immortal Jade in his palm, feeling the rich Immortal Spiritual Qi within it. He didn’t plan to use Immortal Jade for cultivation, as tens of thousands of pieces were insignificant compared to the spiritual energy accumulated within the Profound Heaven Suppressing Immortal Demon Pagoda.

He wasn’t in a hurry to cultivate at the moment. Instead, he wanted to break the limits of his Heavenly Treasure Spirit Cultivation Technique to raise its cultivation ceiling. Once he used the Proficiency Panel to break the limits on cultivation techniques and Divine Skills, absorbing the strengths of other methods, his Heavenly Treasure Spirit Cultivation Technique would be entirely new.

The path of a True Immortal in the Immortal Realm was blocked, but breaking its limits with the Proficiency Panel might reveal an alternative approach, allowing him to continue the severed Great Dao of True Immortals. This was also the best solution Jia Ren could think of.

Jia Ren arrived at a shop named Cloud Immortal Tower and got straight to the point. "Shopkeeper, do you have Immortal Techniques for sale?"

The shopkeeper, a Green-Robed Loose Immortal, greeted him with a welcoming smile. "Which path does Fellow Daoist wish to pursue? Cloud Immortal Tower has many Immortal Techniques; surely one will suit you."

"For Loose Immortal Techniques, there are ’Yuan Zhao Immortal Spirit Technique,’ ’Xuan Ming Heavenly Demon Manual’..."

"True Immortal Techniques include ’Cave True Immortal Sutra,’ ’Huang Ting Jade Immortal Sutra,’ and ’True Spirit Immortal Path Chapter’..."

"Profound Immortal Techniques include ’Xuan Tian Jade Net Technique,’ ’True Saint Limitless Body’..."

"Earthly Immortal Techniques include ’Earthly Storage Divine Method,’ ’Divine Net Worship God Scripture’..."

The Immortal Techniques within the shop were far more numerous than he had anticipated; Loose Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, and Earthly Immortal Techniques were all available in significant numbers. It was unclear whether Bizarre Immortal Techniques were undervalued or if it was due to the influence of the Heavenly Immortal View, but no Bizarre Immortal Techniques were for sale in the shop.

Jia Ren inquired about the prices one by one and soon received a peculiar answer: the most expensive Immortal Techniques were for Profound Immortals and Loose Immortals, while True Immortal Techniques were the cheapest.

Before the Great Dao of the Immortal Path collapsed, Loose Immortals were just a transitional stage, and their techniques were not valued highly. True Immortal Techniques were closely guarded secrets of the Great Sects, even harder to acquire than Ascension Pills. With the Power of Laws absent in the Immortal Realm and the path to True Immortality impassable, True Immortal Techniques had plummeted in price because they were uncultivable. Only Loose Immortal and Profound Immortal Techniques remained cultivable, so their prices had skyrocketed. Earthly Immortal Techniques, leaning towards the Bizarre Path, remained in their earlier versions. Their prices were only slightly higher than those of True Immortal Techniques.

This outcome was not surprising. Since True Immortal Techniques and certain Profound Immortal Techniques were not highly valued, they were inexpensive; otherwise, the cost of just five or six Immortal Techniques would have been enough to empty his pockets.

Jia Ren spent all his Immortal Jade in one go, acquiring over a dozen True Immortal, Profound Immortal, and Earthly Immortal Techniques.

After leaving the shop, he discreetly sold a few Immortal Artifacts and entered new shops to purchase Immortal Techniques. The Heavenly Treasure Spirit Cultivation Technique was extremely important to him. The more Immortal Techniques "fed" to it, the easier a qualitative transformation would occur.

After finishing with one market, Jia Ren proceeded to others, continuing to purchase Immortal Techniques.

Considering the strengths of all the Immortal Techniques and breaking limits with the Proficiency Panel, who knows what miracles could be created? It truly was exciting!

He didn’t rush to act on this immediately, instead continuing to seek out more Immortal Techniques to bolster his foundation and deepen his accumulation.

Jia Ren’s extensive selling of Immortal Artifacts and purchasing of Immortal Technique Jade Slips had already drawn unwanted attention. Several covetous gazes swept over him as figures stealthily approached.

It’s time to leave!

Jia Ren left the market, easily shaking off his pursuers, and headed towards the Heavenly Immortal View.

After flying 500,000 li, he was forced to halt his Escape Light.

In the distance, the land bore scars of some great battle. The earth was scorched, permeated by an incredibly intense Bizarre Qi. This corrupting power was even stronger than that of a Void-level Strange Creature, and its influence lingered persistently. It was unknown how long this power had existed, but its remnants still possessed a potent contaminating force. The white bones littering the ground seemed to silently narrate the terrifying might of this bizarre power.

Jia Ren had no desire to be tainted by this unknown Bizarre Qi, nor was he willing to test it on himself.

He made a detour of 300,000 li. As he neared the Heavenly Immortal View’s territory, he observed that the surrounding 300,000 li also contained kingdoms composed of mortals and low-level cultivators.

The Immortal Realm has mortals too?!

Jia Ren descended, his gaze sweeping over these mortals. Although unable to cultivate due to lacking Spiritual Roots, these mortals possessed robust physiques and could live to the natural human lifespan limit. Born in a treasured land like the Immortal Realm, nurtured by Immortal Spiritual Qi, a cultivator’s progress would naturally be incredibly swift. Their birthplace was the destination countless others dreamed of, a truly heaven-blessed existence.

Jia Ren didn’t linger and proceeded directly to the entrance of the Heavenly Immortal View.

The Heavenly Immortal View was built upon a cloud-wreathed immortal mountain. Pavilions and halls were scattered throughout, and auspicious cranes danced among the peaks—a truly magnificent sight.

He retracted his Escape Light and presented his visiting card to the Daoist Boy stationed outside the immortal mountain.