Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 171 - 128: Gathering to Slay the Immortal

In a blink, more than twenty days had passed.

On this day, after exchanging insights with the other True Qi Realm martial artists, Lu Chang’sheng returned to his courtyard. Suddenly, a feeling rose in his heart, and he began cultivating the Elephant Armor Skill.

No one knew how much time went by, only that the aura around him suddenly grew heavy; wherever he stepped, it was like a weight slamming to the ground, each step making a deep, muffled sound.

The true qi within him was fully activated, causing his blood and energy to burn intensely.

In that instant, Lu Chang’sheng knew he had reached entry level with the Elephant Armor Skill.

"This Elephant Armor Skill must be a root source technique that boosts physical strength."

Lu Chang’sheng glanced back.

The whole courtyard was full of footprints, some deep, some shallow. The deepest were more than a foot, the shallow ones several inches.

Those were the prints he’d left behind during his cultivation.

With his body infused by some mysterious substance, his entire being had become much heavier.

Especially when activating the Elephant Armor Skill.

Lu Chang’sheng moved through the technique, feeling as though he was deeply connected to the earth itself.

Checking the light curtain panel, sure enough, the Elephant Armor Skill was now at entry.

Not only that, but the Five Elements Divine Skill he had already cultivated to the limit gained many new insights as well.

"The Elephant Armor Skill isn’t bad, but for now, my greatest understanding is still with the Five Elements Divine Skill. Maybe I can use the Elephant Armor Skill to derive a new root source technique."

He acted as soon as he thought of it.

Lu Chang’sheng had always been a man of action, so he sat down then and there to deduce the Five Elements Divine Skill.

In the blink of an eye, two days went by.

He was so engrossed in deducing and comprehending that he didn’t even join the daily exchanges, which felt very strange to the other True Qi Realm martial artists.

By the second day, some people wanted to seek him out, but Xu Zhuqing stopped them.

"Scholar Lu must have had some insights and is currently cultivating. Everyone, please don’t disturb him."

Xu Zhuqing and Qin Wan were living right next door to Lu Chang’sheng. Yesterday morning, she’d heard those heavy thuds from the neighboring room, so driven by curiosity, she’d flown onto the roof to peek at Lu Chang’sheng’s place.

One look stunned her.

Lu Chang’sheng’s figure looked practically godlike, even more imposing than usual, every footfall as if to shatter the earth.

The thunderous sounds, obviously, were all from him.

Seeing this, Xu Zhuqing realized Lu Chang’sheng must’ve broken through, so she stayed by the door to keep watch and turned back any curious True Qi Realm martial artists who came because of the noise.

Now, hearing her words, the rest could only go exchange with other True Qi Realm folks.

Too bad, compared to Lu Chang’sheng’s insights, the others were sorely lacking. Naturally, their respect for him only grew.

"I wonder when Scholar Lu will finish his enlightenment?"

"Yeah, Scholar Lu really is amazing."

Their cultivation progress was about the same, so after a bit of exchange, they ran out of things to talk about and simply sat down to chat.

Cultivation needs a balance between work and rest too.

Just then, someone suddenly said, "Scholar Lu is already an Innate Martial Artist with that kind of comprehension. But what about Immortal Meng? If he could explain things to us like Scholar Lu, our progress would be a lot faster, don’t you think?"

"Sigh, too bad we don’t know why Immortal Meng hasn’t done so."

"We wanted to offer rare treasures as payment and ask Immortal Meng to instruct us, but he turned us down."

At these words, everyone’s expressions changed in their own ways.

Still, nobody read too much into it. After all, Immortal Meng had even shared Immortal Techniques with them.

If it were them in his place, there’d be no way they’d give those things away.

With power like an Immortal, he could’ve taken control of the whole Prefecture City’s strength, forced them to do things.

So, no one imagined that so-called Immortal Meng might have any ill intent.

Except for Lu Chang’sheng.

That night, Lu Chang’sheng finally awoke from his enlightened state.

And on the panel, his Five Elements Divine Skill had become a new martial art.

"Martial Art: Five Origins True Body Technique"

"Entry time required: 4 days"

"Time to Minor Achievement: 48 days"

"Time to Great Success: 166 days"

"Time to Perfection: 1.5 years"

"It takes even less time to enter the Five Origins True Body Technique than the Elephant Armor Skill. On the one hand, this technique isn’t as profound as Elephant Armor. On the other, since it’s derived from the Five Elements Divine Skill, it makes sense."

So, Lu Chang’sheng basically had the foundation for this martial art, letting him pick it up fast.

Next, it was back to cultivation.

But before that, Lu Chang’sheng had one more thing to do.

With that in mind, he left the courtyard and found Xu Zhuqing.

As one of the only two Innate Martial Artists here, Lu Chang’sheng felt she should know about this first.

"What! You’re saying what we’ve been comprehending isn’t an Immortal Technique?"

"Yeah, you can’t really call it an Immortal Technique. At best, it’s still in the realm of the Martial Dao."

Xu Zhuqing fell silent for a moment, then said, "Since it’s stronger than your Five Elements Divine Skill, it’s not much different from an Immortal Technique, is it?"

"But this proves Immortal Meng isn’t quite as harmless as we thought," Qin Wan interjected.

Lu Chang’sheng gave her an approving look.

The more he interacted with Qin Wan, the more he found her comprehension really was quite high.

She even reminded him of Nangua sometimes.

Xu Zhuqing couldn’t help but glare at Qin Wan.

Qin Wan just smiled, turned away, and listened quietly.

"Even though the martial arts Immortal Meng traded us are super useful, that doesn’t mean we just sit around and do nothing."

Xu Zhuqing felt Lu Chang’sheng was making a big deal out of nothing.

If she was honest, these techniques were already above Innate Martial Arts. Even if they’re not Immortal Techniques, they’re close enough.