Volume 1: Questioning the Past Chapter 72 Zhou Shoutai's Dream of Immortality
In the Soul-Devouring Sect, which is tens of millions of miles away from the Foundation Establishment Mountain, on the fifth level of the sect's mountain, there is an extremely powerful formation. Even if one wants to break through the formation, it will take some effort. For those below the Nascent Soul stage, there is no way one can even think about entering it.
And this place is where Zhou Shoutai, the leader of the Soul-Devouring Sect, is in seclusion.
There is a cave in this formation, and in the cave there is a secret door. This secret door isolates all spiritual consciousness. Behind the secret door is a passage. On the passage, there is also an extremely powerful formation that cannot be broken by the golden elixir. At the end of the passage is the secret room where Zhou Shoutai really retreats. There are even two secret passages in this secret room, leading to two different places respectively.
It can be said that Zhou Shoutai has played the "backhand" to the fullest.
At this moment in this secret room, Zhou Shoutai's real body was sitting cross-legged on a cushion. It was not like his clone who only had the Qi Condensation cultivation level. This was the true aura of the Great Perfection of the Core Formation. On the ground in front of him, there was a strange blood formation engraved. Suddenly, the blood formation lit up, and the blood light dyed the entire secret room red. Under the shining of the blood light, more blood was condensing, and finally a human figure was condensed. It was the "Zhou Bingding" in the Foundation Establishment Mountain, and also the original magical power of Zhou Shoutai.
The blood light soon dissipated, and the two people in the secret room looked at each other, and then laughed. As they laughed, Zhou Bingding suddenly opened his mouth and sucked, and the returning original magical power immediately shrank and was swallowed by him. At this moment, Zhou Bingding's eyes were full of excitement, a kind of excitement that he had not experienced for many years.
Zhou Shoutai, the leader of the Soul Devouring Sect, seems to be high and mighty, but no one knows how much he has paid for this. He was originally just an ordinary village boy like Gu Xiaoxing. He learned about immortals from the storytellers at the entrance of the village, and from then on he had a yearning for them . For the first time in his muddled life, he had a goal.
Longevity!
He imagined that he could have endless life like the immortals in the books, live forever and be superior to millions of people, so he left the village to look for the immortal. But in the end he did not find the immortal, but found a coffin in a deep mountain. But in the eyes of the young Zhou Shoutai, this was the immortal coffin, because it not only could speak, but also had the means of an immortal.
He tried his best to become the disciple of the Immortal Coffin, but the Immortal Coffin refused to accept him, saying that his aptitude was too poor. However, although he failed to become the disciple, he did learn the method of cultivation from the Immortal Coffin, and was considered to have entered the Tao.
Afterwards, Zhou Shoutai entered the world alone, and mingled in the treacherous world of cultivation for more than ten years. Finally, when he achieved perfection in Qi Condensation, he came to the mountains again and asked the Immortal Coffin to accept him as a disciple.
But the answer he got was still that his aptitude was too poor. Although the Immortal Coffin still did not accept him as a disciple, he did give him some rewards.
Relying on these rewards, Zhou Shoutai successfully built his foundation, but it was just an ordinary foundation. Then he went out of the mountain again. At this time, he was no longer the simple boy who had just walked out of the mountain. Relying on the scheming and means he had learned over the years, after experiencing countless life and death experiences, he managed to reach the perfection of foundation building step by step.
And by this time, a full fifty years had passed!
When he went to the mountains again, the immortal coffin was still there, without any change, but Zhou Shoutai had grown from a young boy into an old man, and still begged to become his disciple.
This time, the Immortal Coffin gave him a chance. If he could form the elixir, he would be accepted as a disciple.
In order to form the elixir, Zhou Shoutai went down the mountain again. Generally speaking, it is basically impossible for those who have established a mortal foundation to form the elixir, but Zhou Shoutai was unwilling to give up. He searched through all the secret ancient books and actually found a way. Although this method was sinister and vicious, he could get to this point with his ordinary talents. The means were no longer important, and what was important was the result.
Longevity!
Later, in order to find the method of forming the elixir, he went to a city and planned for another fifty years in the city. Finally, it took him another ten years to successfully form the elixir. However, when he left the city, no one was left alive.
After a lapse of sixty years, Zhou Shoutai returned to the mountains again and finally got his wish. He successfully became the apprentice of Immortal Coffin, and then with the support of Immortal Coffin, he founded the Soul-Devouring Sect.
But Zhou Shoutai's real wish was never to worship the immortal coffin as his master. What he wanted was only immortality. He knew that he was only building a mortal foundation after all. It was a miracle that he could form a pill. It was basically impossible to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. The life span of forming a pill was only a thousand years. For Zhou Shoutai who wanted to live forever, what did this mean?
It’s not enough!
So he began to plan for his Nascent Soul again. He learned more secret methods of cultivation from his master's immortal coffin and also learned a magical power. At the same time, he continued to study in private. By chance, he got a piece of tortoise shell. It was after getting this piece of tortoise shell that he found a way.
This piece of tortoise shell fragment is engraved with an ancient secret method, called the Origin Divine Power, which can condense a clone. This is not an ordinary clone, but an Origin clone. It can even be said that this clone is the original body!
Zhou Shoutai's method is to rebuild the foundation with this original magical power, and then integrate it with it, and finally change his destiny.
Facts have proved that he has succeeded again. He is no longer building a mortal foundation, or even a spiritual foundation or an immortal foundation, but a Taoist foundation that only the big forces in the Nine Realms would consider!
“I have been planning for this opportunity for decades…” Zhou Shoutai smiled slightly. All he had to do next was wait for the source in his body to complete the construction of the Dao fetus, and then refine and fuse it. His aptitude would undergo earth-shaking changes, and it was very likely that he would step into the Nascent Soul stage in one step!
“I just didn’t expect that the stumbling block is still alive…” Zhou Shoutai frowned slightly, but soon shook his head and laughed, “There is no longer enough foundation-building spiritual fluid for him to build a Dao fetus, and he can’t possibly leave the Foundation-Building Mountain. This time, I guess I won’t see him again…”
Thinking about this lonely junior brother, Zhou Shoutai really felt that he was a bit difficult to deal with. "Forget it, I'd better be on guard..."
Next, he needed to go into seclusion. Although he didn’t know how long this seclusion would take, it would definitely not be short. After thinking for a while, he walked out of the secret room, walked out of the cave, and walked out of the Soul Devouring Sect...
At this moment, in a certain cultivation cave in the Foundation Building Mountain, a large pot was placed in the center. A large fish was being cooked in the pot. A little girl was looking at it with joy, as if she was ready to feast on it. Next to the little girl, an alchemy furnace was jumping up and down. It was unclear whether it was excited or angry...
And on the top of the sect’s mountain, in the magnificent palace, the coffin was still there. In front of the coffin, Taoist incense was burning, emitting curls of green smoke.
"Master, it's almost there..." The coffin was still whispering to itself, seeming even more excited than before.
Apart from these, there seemed to be no changes in the Soul Devouring Sect, everything was the same as before...
Zhuji Mountain, in the round cavity inside the “yellow” pillar.
Gu Xiaoxing pulled his head out of the rock wall and stared at the place where Zhou Shoutai disappeared. He finally understood why the other party had never worried about how to get out, and why he didn't take away his storage magic tools before, because even if he took away those storage magic tools, the other party couldn't take them away.
He never thought that Zhou Shoutai's original magical power could actually allow him to leave the Foundation Establishment Mountain like teleporting. Looking at the empty pool, Gu Xiaoxing fell into a daze.
what to do?
Gu Xiaoxing was speechless and turned his gaze to some things left behind by Zhou Shoutai after he disappeared, including several vermilion talisman papers and a storage bag. The talisman papers were true fire amulets, but their power had been exhausted and they were of no use. He picked up the storage bag and it was quickly refined by Gu Xiaoxing.
As Gu Xiaoxing had expected, since the other party knew they couldn't take it away, they would definitely not leave any good things in it. The only surprising thing was the strange stone used to open up the passage.
Gu Xiaoxing knew that there was a kind of strange stone called the Earth-avoiding Divine Stone. No matter how hard the rock or soil wall was, it would avoid this strange stone on its own. It seemed that this stone was this kind of strange stone.
But it is of no use to Gu Xiaoxing, because what he wants is the foundation-building spiritual liquid.
Tick-tock…
Suddenly, there was a sound of dripping water in the quiet round hole.
Gu Xiaoxing was startled. When he looked over, he found that there was an extra drop of foundation-building spirit liquid in the originally empty pool. Looking up, he remembered that the pool of foundation-building spirit liquid should have been accumulated drop by drop day and night, which means...
Gu Xiaoxing looked at the Earth-avoiding Magic Stone in his hand, his mind turned slightly, and then he used the flying technique to fly up. As he got closer, the originally wet stone wall on the top of the cave slowly opened up, making way for a passage. Without stopping, he continued to rise, and the passage continued to extend.
Gradually, Gu Xiaoxing became excited, because these rock walls carried a strong fragrance of the foundation-building spiritual liquid, which meant that the foundation-building spiritual liquid was seeping down from above!
After learning this, he wanted to rush up and find the source of the spiritual liquid, but the speed of opening the stone wall passage was limited. It was useless for him to be anxious, and he could only continue to ascend patiently.
As they continued to rise, the fragrance of the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid became stronger, and Gu Xiaoxing became more and more excited. But just when Gu Xiaoxing thought he was about to reach the source of the Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.
He hit a wall!
This wall is not a rock wall, it seems to be a special kind of metal, pieces of which are pieced together to form a metal wall. In short, the Earth-avoiding Divine Stone is useless against it.
The foundation-building spiritual liquid flowed out in strands from the tiny cracks in the metal joints.
"If we keep draining it bit by bit, when will we be able to collect 70,000 drops of foundation-building spirit liquid?" Gu Xiaoxing was angry. Since the Earth-avoiding Divine Stone was useless and soft methods didn't work, he would try hard methods.
The next moment, a huge axe appeared in his hand. He swung the axe with all his strength. With a "clang" sound, a deep crack was left on the metal wall.
But that's all...
Gu Xiaoxing widened his eyes and continued to swing the axe hundreds of times, using all his strength in each swing. Finally, he carved out a passage that was half a person's depth.
Gu Xiaoxing was panting and immediately looked bitter. He couldn't help but recall the days when he used to chop firewood in the firewood yard. However, compared to those black woods, these dark metals were similar in color but were many times harder!
But Gu Xiaoxing has no other choice. In order to survive, he must continue...
