Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 270 - 153: Second Shedding

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In front, the terrain was gentle, ancient trees towered into the sky, their branches like the arms of giants stretching high into the verdant canopy, showing no signs of any anomaly.

After advancing more than two hundred meters, Xu Guang bypassed a few ancient trees with diameters of over twenty meters.

Xu Guang climbed onto a tree and looked overhead.

This Lanshan mountain seemed small at first glance, but climbing up, he found that its height exceeded six thousand meters, and its area was truly vast.

Except for the trees, there were no traces of any biological activity, not even insects.

However, there were plenty of treasure medicines here, and Xu Guang had already collected quite a few along the way.

Before him appeared the glow of a treasure; a stalk of Dragon Tongue Grass flashed with a green light, as if carved from jade, almost unworthy of being called grass.

It was about to grow into a green tree, stood about two meters high, its core looked like a small green dragon sticking out its tongue, shimmering with light.

This was already a peak Fifth Grade treasure medicine, almost capable of serving as the main ingredient for a Fourth-grade Elixir!

This gain made Xu Guang delighted.

After walking for a while, Xu Guang suddenly saw a dozen corpses in front of a dead ancient tree.

They were wearing armor that looked like the standard armor of the Great Zhou from several hundred years ago.

Xu Guang was somewhat surprised, but considering that the previously appeared strange person seemed to know Li Ling, it’s not so strange for people from Great Zhou to appear here.

He slowly approached and saw these corpses with sunken eyes and shriveled flesh; Xu Guang lightly reached out, and they crumbled like dust.

This level of decay seemed as though they had traversed history, experienced thousands of years, and instantly turned into ashes, leaving only a skeleton that fell heavily to the ground.

’How did they die?’ 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

At this moment, a strange ripple trembled in the air, and immediately a silhouette shot upward like thunder.

"Ancient God! Die!"

"Is it that madman?"

Xu Guang’s expression froze; were more reckless barbarians entering Lanshan?

Just as he was thinking, he saw that invisible ripple spreading through the air like water, forming ripples.

From where the ripples spread, each giant tree suddenly aged as if experiencing decades in an instant, their crowns thinning visibly.

Xu Guang’s scalp tingled, a chill born from the depths of his heart surged to his mind, and he turned desperately.

A residual wave passed through him, and an icy sense of death exploded on his body.

In just an instant, his face aged dramatically, as if growing decades older in a moment.

Meanwhile, inside him, the True Meaning of Life and Death within the gold attribute continuously resonated, protected by the Innate Qi.

In an instant, the number of strands of the gold attribute in his body increased by dozens!

Xu Guang landed, despite the great gain, his aura was weak, resembling an elderly person on the brink of death.

’What was that? It seemed like... time?’

His face was pale, feeling as if he had faced the rushing river of time; had it lasted a moment longer, he wasn’t sure if the True Meaning of Life and Death could withstand it.

It was truly frightening.

He had a blessing in disguise; although he lost several decades of longevity, his cultivation advanced straight away.

Sitting cross-legged, the talent of a Qi Refiner’s Human Furnace took effect, as the rich Spirit Charm, accompanied by the gathering Power of Heaven and Earth, crazily surged into his body.

The wrinkles and aged skin on his face became smooth and glowing again.

Simultaneously, the Five Elements Cicada Qi within him surged madly towards his five viscera like a wild horse.

His five viscera sparkled, as if five gods were dormant within!

In that moment, his realm truly reached the second shedding Zhenren realm - Five Viscera like God!

Xu Guang rose, sensing his power, ’This time, I should be invincible at Fifth Grade!’

With the corner of his eye glimpsing a strand of conspicuous white at his temple, he frowned and cut it off directly.

This trace of the passage of time, once he catches the Earth Cicada, can be easily restored, so he wasn’t concerned.

He looked up towards the higher part of Lanshan, shrouded in celestial mist, completely obscuring the so-called Immortal Hall.

The previous incidents made him more certain that the secrets within Lanshan were related to Qi Refiners.

’I’ll proceed a bit further; if anything seems off, I’ll retreat immediately!’

He was somewhat unwilling, wanting to see inside.

So he set off again.

After walking for more than half an hour, the path ahead broke off, a cliff appeared before him.

Xu Guang couldn’t help but look down, inhaling sharply, feeling his scalp tingle; below the cliff seemed like an abyss suppressed by celestial realms, filled with countless white skeletons, densely packed, a snow-white expanse.

They...

Were still moving!

"Damn!!"

Seeing this, Xu Guang completely gave up the idea of climbing the mountain and turned to leave.

This Lanshan remains here; once his strength is sufficient, he will continue to explore.

Possessing the inheritance of a Qi Refiner, even he dared not ascend; he believed, probably except for that mysterious Xin Nanyan, no one dared to climb the mountain.

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Going down the mountain to find Ah Wei and the others, Xu Guang looked at a corpse in front of the two of them, "What happened?"

"Shortly after you left, that strange person appeared again, more and more people noticed the presence of the Thunder Pool here, all coming to investigate. This person from the underworld recognized us and wanted to capture us to threaten you."

Jiang Zi Yun explained.

Xu Guang immediately frowned, the bounty from the Dragon Gate on the underworld had never been withdrawn; the people of the underworld really thought Xu Guang’s head was their reward?

"Did Dragon Gate send many people in this time?"