Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Opportunity

Although Master Chang was busy reviewing official business, when he saw Yun Miao approaching him, he put down his work and patiently replied.

Immortal metamorphosis refers to the corpse of an immortal after death. In the myths handed down from ancient times, there are often records about immortals turning into mountains, rivers, boulders, soil, trees, etc. after death.

Therefore, immortal sloughs can take on any form, any form, and cultivators and mortals who don't know how to identify them often pass by them without recognizing them. However, for those who know how to identify them, immortal sloughs imbued with immortal energy shine brightly like the sun in the sky.

A single trace of immortal energy is not only equivalent to thousands of years of arduous cultivation, but also offers countless benefits, such as tempering the body, strengthening aptitude, and prolonging life. A very small number of immortal transformations even contain divine bloodlines, ancient heritage, and other miraculous benefits.

Sect Leader Chang is a good master. Seeing Yun Miao’s curiosity, he emphasized on how to identify the Immortal Shedding, but then expressed regretfully that it was precisely because the Immortal Shedding had so many benefits that everyone wanted it.

The demons plundered the world when they were rampant, and the humans in ancient times plundered it again, almost plundering all the immortal sloughs scattered on the earth. Most of the immortal sloughs in the hands of the Changsheng Sect now were dug out from various ancient ruins by them while studying the materials left by the ancient Changsheng Sect.

Most of these immortal sloughs were stuffed with Buddha fruits by ancient monks. They all looked similar, pink and white greasy meat balls, similar to meat Ganoderma lucidum.

This is because the immortal slough is essentially a dead object, and the Buddha Fruit cannot grow in a dead object, so they used a secret method to make the immortal slough alive. Only a living immortal slough can give birth to life.

However, by the time the ancient Changsheng Sect emerged, spiritual energy had almost completely dwindled. Without sufficient spiritual energy and nutrients, these Buddha Fruits were essentially dead. The Changsheng Sect now dissected them, cleaned the immortal sloughs, and could continue to use them.

When the Buddha Fruit transforms into a baby, the nutrients of the Immortal Shell will be completely absorbed, and it will change from being fat and flexible to being easily broken at the touch. At this time, the Immortal Shell will be completely useless.

Sect Leader Chang spoke with emotion about the various benefits and rarity of Immortal Transformation, but in the end he reminded Yun Miao.

Although immortal transformation is good, Yun Miao must not have the idea of ​​using it to practice cultivation. He must know that what is gained through down-to-earth efforts is real.

Yun Miao: "But Master, the spiritual energy is receding now. No matter how down-to-earth I am, I won't be able to ascend. Haven't many cultivators given up recently? Why should I continue to work so hard?"

Upon hearing this, Sect Leader Chang frowned and sternly warned Yun Miao: "Those people are inherently weak-minded, so they'll give up at the slightest setback. You must not follow their lead, as this will cause years of hard training to go to waste, all your previous efforts to be wasted."

Yun Miao said honestly: [Actually, it wasn't many years, only less than a year.]

Sect Leader Chang choked and said earnestly, "You've broken through from the mortal stage to the Spiritual Transformation stage in less than a year. You must be blessed with such excellent talent. You must not waste it. If you must cultivate to the point of death, then cultivate to the point of death. Only then will you be worthy of such excellent talent!"

"And Xiao Miao, don't forget what you said to Elder Feng Yin when we were ascending the Heavenly Ladder: only seek the Dao, not cultivate immortality. I'll help you remember this. If you didn't care about these things back then, why should you care about them now? Don't lose your original intention."

"And we're not in a desperate situation yet. There's a prophecy. That immortal will definitely appear. We just have to wait."

Yun Miao: [Will the Immortal really appear? ]

Master Chang: [Yes, I will.]

He spoke in a low voice, his eyes swept across the official business on the desk, and he let out a silent sigh. The entire cultivation world is now extremely impetuous and the environment has a great impact on people. It is no wonder that Xiao Miao is anxious.

Not to mention a child, even he, an old man who has practiced for thousands of years, is often feeling upset and unable to calm down.

Ever since the founders of the major sects discovered the truth about the ancient catastrophe and realized that this disaster would befall the human race again, they have been trying to find a solution.

The secret was passed down from generation to generation, and countless brilliant geniuses racked their brains in secret. But for a hundred thousand years... no one could solve this dilemma.

It’s not that these geniuses are not smart enough. They are all the pride of their respective times. The very few who have ascended in the past 100,000 years have their names, but the tide of spiritual energy involves the fundamentals of the avenue and the operation of the world.

However powerful they were, they were just a group of cultivators. Not even immortals, so how could they possibly solve a problem of this magnitude?

It wasn't that Master Chang and the others preferred to do nothing but wait for an immortal to descend from the sky and rescue them from their calamity. It was that they were truly at their wit's end, with nothing else to do but wait. It was like a drowning man clinging to a lifeline.

But he couldn't say this to his child, so he could only repeat it over and over again, "Yes, I will."

However, even though Sect Leader Chang tried his best to conceal it, Yun Miao still heard the anxiety in his voice, and she pulled the big black wolf's ears.

"Master, do you remember what I said before: I came out from a crack in a rock?"

Sect Leader Chang hummed in confusion, not understanding why Yun Miao suddenly brought up this matter.

Yun Miao hesitated and said, "I'm not lying, and this isn't just a rant. I really did spring from a rock. Huo Xin knows this, too."

Upon hearing this, Sect Leader Chang's first reaction was that Yun Miao was joking, after all, how could a person jump out of a stone? But then he stood up abruptly, and the speculations of the peak masters and elders about Yun Miao's identity kept flashing through his mind.

[Xiao Miao, what you mean is... you, you, you're not teasing Master again, are you? I'm old, my mind isn't as sharp as it used to be, but I really do take it seriously!]

Yun Miao sighed: [I don't know if it is true or not. Master, don't get too excited or have too much hope. Just listen to me first.]

Players are always self-centered in the game, so when she first heard the prophecy, she subconsciously put herself in the role of an immortal. Even if this world is a real world, she, an outsider, is special, so it is inevitable that she will overthink it.

She was not interested in the title of savior immortal, but seeing that everyone in the sect was looking forward to the arrival of the immortal in the prophecy, she felt it necessary to verify it.

However, she naturally would not tell her master about these things, so she only said that she jumped out of a stone and looked like a teenager when she was born. She not only knew everything about the world, but could also run and jump, unlike ordinary people.

She hid her background because she was afraid of being treated as an alien.

When Sect Leader Chang heard this, he felt distressed and said that Xiao Miao would always be his good disciple and was definitely not an outlier.

Yun Miao felt warm in her heart: "I knew that Master was the best to me. I have found those stones. Master, please help me identify them."

Sect Leader Chang agreed immediately and said he would rush over right away.

After putting away the disciple order, Yun Miao, who was originally lying on the big black wolf, got down from it, walked into the main hall, and placed a pile of large stones in the storage bag on the table.

The big black wolf lying on the ground opened its eyes and followed out with its tail wagging.

"What kind of stone is this? Why is it on the table?"

Yun Miao didn’t bring Xiao Hei with him when he went out to pick up stones before, so he didn’t know about the stones.

Yun Miao's attitude towards him was more casual, and he just gave a simple explanation.

Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment, then said with certainty: "You have the same aura as me. So you must be."

He took a few steps forward, lowered his wolf head and rubbed Yun Miao's waist, telling her that she didn't have to be afraid of being an alien, because he was also an alien, and they were the same kind of people who should always love each other.

Although Yun Miao really liked Xiao Hei's unreserved intimacy and preference, she still snorted and laughed at Xiao Hei's hidden agenda, rubbing the wolf's head with both hands.

"The Changsheng Cult has produced so many immortal seeds, and there are so many of your kind, why don't I see you being affectionate with them? I heard from my senior brother that when they surrounded and suppressed the Changsheng Cult stronghold, you were the one who killed the most fiercely."

Yesterday, Chu Beiliang and Qi Shubai left the sect again. Now they are either hunting down the members of the Longevity Sect or on their way to hunt down the members of the Longevity Sect.

Xiao Hei calmly continued to rub his wolf head, sniffing the scent of Yun Miao.

"Okay, I was wrong. People of the same kind don't necessarily have to love each other, but as my future Taoist partner, you should of course love me."

Yun Miao paused and grabbed his ear: "What future Taoist partner? I never agreed to that."

"You agreed."

Xiao Hei said that the night before yesterday, after he kissed Yun Miao, he asked her if she was willing to be his Taoist partner, and Yun Miao nodded.

Yun Miao tried hard to recall and finally remembered what happened that night. Because of the temptation of male beauty, she couldn't control herself and kissed Chu Beiliang again. As a result, Chu Beiliang refused to let go like a dog holding a bone. She was dizzy from the kiss and finally pushed Chu Beiliang away and said that she wanted to go to sleep.

Chu Beiliang chased her face and kissed her, asking if she was willing to become his Taoist partner. To end the conversation quickly, she just gave a vague "hmm." Then she quickly closed her eyes and logged off.

After finishing his recollection, Yun Miao's eyes drifted and he said, "Really? Did that happen? When did it happen? Why don't I remember it? Maybe you remembered it wrongly?"

Xiao Hei looked at her calmly: "Yun Miao, you want to cheat again."

Yun Miao resolutely refused to admit that she had cheated. Just then, Sect Leader Chang arrived, and she hurried out to greet him. Xiao Hei had already guessed this outcome and followed him out with a calm expression.

It didn't matter. The storyline said that even though he was just a secret lover now, as long as he stayed by her side, the clouds would eventually clear and the moon would shine. He would have a Taoist companion, a legitimate relationship, and everything would be his.

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Because the matter was of great importance, Master Chang checked the stone on the table over and over again. After a long time, he excitedly gave his conclusion.

He didn't sense any immortal energy from these stones. However, these stones were loose in structure, devoid of spiritual energy. They even seemed to faintly repel spiritual energy. These characteristics mirrored those of immortal molts that had been drained of life after giving birth.

Xiao Hei also confirmed Master Chang's judgment, saying that the texture of the discarded immortal shells in the Changsheng Sect was similar to this.

"This... Xiao Miao, could it be that you are..."

Sect Leader Chang held Yun Miao's shoulders, his beard trembling with excitement.

Sect Leader Chang didn't know whether Chu Beiliang had finally seen the moonlight, but at that moment, he felt a sense of joy, as if the clouds had finally parted and the moonlight had finally appeared. Finally... there was hope of a solution to the dilemma that had plagued humanity for eons!

Yun Miao had only regarded all this as a game before, and had not experienced the long and bitter secret inheritance, so she could not understand the excitement of Master Chang, so she calmly supplemented her master's words.

"Could it be that I am the legendary savior who is clever, heroic, wise, brave, and knowledgeable?"

If it were in the past, no matter how much Sect Leader Chang loved his little disciple, he would inevitably laugh and scold Yun Miao for being too narcissistic and praising himself in all kinds of ways, but at this moment he said with anticipation.

"That's right, Xiao Miao, you are most likely the legendary savior who is smart, heroic, wise, brave, knowledgeable and talented. So how do you feel now?"

"Did any solution to the problem come to mind? Or did a powerful force suddenly emerge from within me, wanting to save the world? Or did I suddenly feel something in my heart, and with a single point of my finger to the sky, I could bring back all the spiritual energy?"

The corner of Yun Miao's eye twitched. Every time at this moment, she would think that her master and Tian Laokou were indeed brothers from the same lineage. They had the same abstract personalities and were both prone to having unrealistic expectations of her.

However, facing the expectant gaze of her master, she closed her eyes and thought for a moment. However, no matter how hard she thought, and even after thinking about her life over the past twenty years over eighteen times, she could not think of any way to break the deadlock.

She could only open her eyes and helplessly express that she had tried her best, but unfortunately nothing happened.

She thought about it. The prophecy clearly stated that the one who would save the world would be an immortal, but she was just a small cultivator in the Spirit Transformation Stage, and had no connection with an immortal. Now that the spiritual energy had faded, the heavenly thunder and the guiding golden light had not appeared for 30,000 years, and it was impossible for her to ascend to become an immortal through normal means.

Perhaps she could imitate the methods of the Changsheng Sect, light the rhino horn of the Tongtian Rhino, go to the immortal tomb, and find the opportunity to become an immortal.

"no!"

"no!"

As soon as Yun Miao put forward his proposal, Sect Leader Chang and Xiao Hei rejected it in unison.

Sect Leader Chang said that this matter was very risky. The children born from the immortal transformation were all extremely talented, and the Holy Sons selected from them by the Changsheng Sect were even more gifted. However, even so, most of them died at this stage, and only a very few survived. It was a life-or-death struggle.

The idea of ​​Changsheng Sect may not be correct, and going to the Immortal Tomb may not necessarily lead to becoming an immortal. As a master, he cannot let his apprentice take this risk.

Chu Beiliang, a former Holy Son of the Changsheng Sect, had a say in this matter. He stated that this stage was definitely more dangerous than Yun Miao had imagined. Sect Leader Chang was right. The Changsheng Sect had never succeeded, and no one could be sure their path was the right one. It would be better to find another way to help Yun Miao achieve immortality.

Yun Miao looked at Xiao Hei and asked, "Have you ever traveled to a fairy tomb? What does a fairy tomb look like? What's in it?"

Chu Beiliang's mood has always been very indifferent, and he only shows obvious disgust when facing the Changsheng Sect, so she had never asked him about the Changsheng Sect before.

Xiao Hei said that he only saw a white mist and a huge shadow standing tall. It was a translucent shadow, vaguely made of bronze, with a heavy base underneath and several nested rings above.

They kept spinning at an extremely fast speed, and the afterimages formed a blurry sphere. At that time, he could only see that one ring was engraved with the twelve zodiac signs, and the other ring was engraved with the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, shaped like a sundial.

The mist must be immortal energy, which had a great attraction to him. It seemed that as long as he walked into the mist, he would be filled with immortal energy and quickly transformed into an immortal. However, he did not move forward, but took a step back.

As he retreated, he felt a sense of falling. When he woke up again, his soul had returned to his body. The long section of rhino horn had been burned.

Xiao Hei: "That immortal energy is not a force that belongs to ordinary people. Only the body and soul of an immortal can withstand the powerful force of immortal energy. If you accept power that does not belong to you before you are strong enough, you will explode and die."

Yun Miao understood what Xiao Hei meant. Just like the time at the Dragon Blood Pool, if it weren't for that phantom that helped her bear most of the force, even though she was gifted, she would have exploded into a pile of rotten meat in the end.

However, following Xiao Hei's description, she knew that she had to visit this immortal tomb.

"Does the shadow you mentioned look like this?"

Yun Miao originally wanted to draw it, but then she remembered that her drawing skills were not good enough, so she took out a blank jade slip from her storage bag and engraved the image of the bronze sundial that she had seen countless times on it.

She had never looked at it carefully before and had only intended to carve a rough outline. However, as her consciousness flowed, a clear and detailed three-dimensional image of the bronze sundial was recorded on the jade slip. Even the tiny inscriptions on the ring were exactly the same.

The more she carved, the more frightened she became, because she knew that she had never paid attention to the inscription at all.

In reality, the bronze sundial in the login animation, death space, and causal space was constantly rotating, so she had no chance to examine the inscriptions. Furthermore, she herself had no idea what Xiao Hei was talking about: the twelve zodiac signs and the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

The master was right, some things really appeared in her mind out of thin air!

Xiao Hei read the contents of the jade slip through his spiritual sense, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Then he nodded seriously to Yun Miao: "This is it."

Sect Leader Chang took the jade slip and read it. He studied it carefully and found that it seemed to be a tool for calculating time by measuring the sun, moon and stars, which was similar to a sundial that determined time by the direction of the sun's projection.

Yun Miao murmured: "Time..."

Her mind immediately flashed to the bronze sundial that appeared every time she replayed and resurrected. If this were a real world, where did her ability to replay come from? Then she thought of the modern Miaomiao Group, whose trademark was the bronze sundial.

Miaomiao Group is a century-old brand. Although Yunmiao's name also contains the word "miao", she had never thought that this group would have any connection with herself. But now... are these really just coincidences?

At this time, Sect Master Chang asked Yun Miao where she had seen the thing in the jade slip. Yun Miao said frankly that when she was almost exploded and died after being irrigated by dragon blood, it was this thing that suddenly appeared and helped her absorb the excessive power.

Sect Leader Chang immediately frowned and said distressedly, "Why didn't you tell Master about this? What on earth did Xiao Hong want to do to you by doing this?"

Xiao Hei nuzzled Yun Miao and asked comfortingly, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. You all know I don't feel pain. And she...it's a blessing in disguise, so it's a good thing."

Yun Miao didn't mention his nickname much, but simply said, "Now that it has come to this, I have no choice but to go to this immortal tomb."

Xiao Hei disapproved of this and, along with Sect Leader Chang, tried to persuade Yun Miao again, but Yun Miao was determined to leave. From Xiao Hei's description, it was clear that the deceased Changsheng Sect saints were likely suffocated by the immense amount of immortal energy.

However, the bronze sundial happened to help her share the power, and the shadow of the bronze sundial happened to appear in the immortal tomb. She also happened to meet the characteristics of the savior immortal in the prophecy.

How could there be so many coincidences in the world? The Immortal Tomb might be the opportunity for her to become an immortal.

The spiritual energy had already begun to recede thirty thousand years ago. According to calculations and the patterns obtained from the ancient disaster, within a hundred years at most, or perhaps as early as tomorrow, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth will experience a terrifying cliff-like drop, and all the tragedies that occurred during the ancient disaster will soon reappear before their eyes.

The higher the level of cultivation, the more abundant spiritual energy a cultivator needs to nourish himself. At that time, the cultivators in the Tribulation Crossing Stage and the Mahayana Stage who were once powerful would be the first to die suddenly of old age due to lack of spiritual energy.

Xinyi died on this back then. Even such a powerful and heroic female cultivator could not escape the fate of decline and death.

Yun Miao doesn't care about other cultivators, but she cares about everyone in Xuantian Sect. She doesn't want to see her master, Tian Laokou, Uncle Ge Yan and other unrestrained peak masters and elders end up as heroes in their twilight years, declining and dying.

He also didn't want to see the situation where all the high-ranking members of Xuantian Sect died, his senior brothers and sisters were in constant fear, and other cultivators besieged the declining sect like flies smelling rotten meat, and finally the once majestic and solemn Xuantian Sect became a ruin like the ancient Xuantian Sect.

After the disaster, another Xuantian Sect was established on the ruins of their sect. These people lamented the history and glory of their sect, and finally sighed: What a pity.

Yun Miao: "Master, tell me...what on earth was Patriarch Feng Yin thinking about during those years he was climbing the Heavenly Ladder?"

Sect Leader Chang felt as if his chest was blocked by a ball of wet cotton, and when he opened his mouth he could not utter a word.

Finally, he stretched out his big hand to ruffle Yun Miao's hair, and said in a low voice: "What do you mean by old Tian? How rude! You should call him Uncle Tian."

Xiao Hei pressed his mouth against Yun Miao's side, with his ears and tail drooping. His original intention was to persuade Yun Miao not to go, but how come he became the motivation that pushed Yun Miao to go?

Yun Miao touched his ear and said, "Xiao Hei, I have to go."

Xiao Hei didn't try to persuade him anymore, but just said, "Okay, I'll go with you. I won't get in your way. I'll just stand at the entrance and watch you, and wait for you to come out before we go back together."

If Yun Miao doesn't come out, he will wait and wait.

Yun Miao was silent for a moment before responding, "...Okay."

She did not reveal her selfish motives. She wanted to go to the Immortal Tomb not only to solve the problem of the decline in spiritual energy, but also because she wanted to look for clues about the bronze sundial. Perhaps she could find the answers to those questions there.

At the same time, she was worried that this matter involved the bronze sundial, which would cause the replay function to malfunction, so before going, she would let her Mahayana vest come out of the secret realm and hide in an absolutely secluded place.

In this way, even if she died in the immortal tomb due to the immortal energy filling her body, she could come back to life through the vest. This was her last trump card.