Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 132 - 111: One Step Away from Immortality

According to the survivors from Liyang Prefecture, that day, a column of incense smoke rose straight to the sky within the Gao Mansion, and afterward, someone heard a series of strange sounds. People were filled with dread, and by midnight, the entire Prefecture City of Liyang seemed to have fallen into silence.

By the second half of the night, screams started ringing out, and when those who had been asleep awoke in alarm, Inner City of Liyang Prefecture had already become what it is now.

Lu Chang’sheng, Xu Zhuqing, and the other True Qi Realm practitioners approached with utmost caution, then discovered that the area was pervaded by a bone-chilling cold, somewhat reminiscent of the aura emitted by evil entities.

Other than that, however, they didn’t find anything particularly out of the ordinary.

Still, there were also some rumors circulating, saying that Hei Wutian had already succeeded in the Immortal Worship Formula, and now had become an Immortal, transcending the mundane world.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhuqing and the others looked utterly contemptuous, simply saying, "Who knows who’s spreading such nonsense. Does this situation look anything like someone attaining immortality?"

Lu Chang’sheng wholeheartedly agreed.

A catastrophe of this magnitude in Liyang Prefecture drew the attention of countless people; it even caused the wars raging across more than a dozen prefectures to show signs of halting.

A few days later, Xu Zhuqing came over looking elated, and said, "Jinghua Prefecture has finally lost patience with this chaos, and has decided to intervene. Several battle-hardened generals have already set out from Jinghua Prefecture with their personal troops, among them Zhou Dingyuan, known as the National Pillar of Great Yuan, who will personally oversee the entire operation."

Lu Chang’sheng had heard of Zhou Dingyuan; this man had garnered distinguished military achievements, quelling the unrest in the region of Lijiang Prefecture for Great Yuan.

Lijiang Prefecture was remote and peculiar, and throughout every dynasty of Great Yuan, it was frequently a hotbed of rebellion. At its worst, it even affected surrounding prefectures, plunging nearly half of Great Yuan into chaos, until Zhou Dingyuan took command there and finally brought true peace to the land.

Previously, with all the other prefectures in rebellion, Zhou Dingyuan was always stationed in Lijiang Prefecture. But for some reason, now he had been dispatched elsewhere.

This proved that Jinghua Prefecture was finally starting to exert its power.

"But no matter how I look at it, this all seems connected to the incident in Liyang Prefecture."

Lu Chang’sheng thought to himself.

"Still, this has nothing to do with me."

Whether or not the people from Jinghua Prefecture were involved in the Liyang incident—this was of no real consequence to him.

"I just wonder when Fu will finally spit out the name of the last material needed for the Immortal Worship Formula!"

Now, Lu Chang’sheng’s heart was set solely on seeking immortality.

But he knew that when the final material for the Immortal Worship Formula appeared, it would mean that his demands of the ’strange entity’ would be fully met.

If things really were as he suspected, and this was a transaction, then what came next would be his time to pay the price.

"Normally, what a malignant entity ultimately demands is the beneficiary’s own life. Once I get the news of the last Immortal Worship Formula material, it’s very likely the entity will find some way to kill me!"

"But with my current Martial Dao cultivation at the Innate Realm, I should be able to stop it!"

Lu Chang’sheng still felt it was unsafe, so he devoted himself to cultivation each day.

At the same time, he used the Martial Artist Council to track down martial arts techniques.

"It seems that the reason there are so few Innate Martial Artists is due to the lack of techniques. Nowadays, the world is short of the methods Innate Martial Artists practice, which is why they have become legends."

Lu Chang’sheng had no techniques specific to Innate Martial Artists, so he could only comprehend them on his own.

Luckily, now that he was a genius, he managed to create the Five Elements Divine Skill—a kind of Innate Technique—otherwise, he’d never have stepped into the level of an Innate Martial Artist. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"But, to further ascend and reach a higher tier of the Early Innate stage, I still need more techniques!"

No two techniques are ever truly alike; even the most basic Pile Skill has its own unique features.

Given Lu Chang’sheng’s current level, it wasn’t difficult to create a Pile Skill himself.

However, everyone thinks differently. The techniques he creates are based on his own methods and inevitably show traces of the Five Elements Divine Skill. To him, such techniques would ultimately converge with the Five Elements Divine Skill, failing to provide new insights to develop it further.

Only by learning techniques others have created can he draw from a hundred streams and deepen his foundation.

In the courtyard, Lu Chang’sheng had just mastered a Pile Skill to perfection. At the same time, by drawing analogies, he gained new insights into the next stage of the Five Elements Divine Skill.

"I wonder, why were the techniques of the Innate Martial Artists lost?"

Lu Chang’sheng had asked Hong Yuan about this—Hong Yuan, after all, was the Dean of Jixia Academy, and even in the Jixia Academy of Jinghua Prefecture, he held considerable status.

But even he didn’t know if there still existed secret techniques for Innate Martial Artists.

Therefore, Lu Chang’sheng guessed that even the Saint Institute in Jinghua Prefecture probably didn’t know, or if anyone did, it was extremely few, treating this as a secret that could not be spoken lightly.

Whatever the case, it proved the deep complexity behind the matter.

"The Martial Artist Council still lacks real influence and strength—collecting Pile Skills is easy enough, but gathering martial arts for the True Qi Realm is far more difficult."

If not for the current chaos in the world providing opportunities for the Martial Artist Council to seek out martial arts, it would have been even harder in normal times.

Therefore, Lu Chang’sheng decided to make use of his teacher Hong Yuan, as well as the networks of several other elders.

"I wonder how they’re progressing in searching for the materials now?"

Lu Chang’sheng interrupted his cultivation, planning to go back and rest, but unexpectedly, a sudden mist rose up all around.

When he looked up, he saw a monster cloaked in a gray robe, sporting a wolf’s head, emerge from the room where Fu was imprisoned.