r18novel Chapter 16: The Nine Miraculous Elixir of Immortality Opens the Sea of Bitterness, A Metamorphosis
Chapter 16: The Nine Miraculous Elixir of Immortality Opens the Sea of Bitterness, A Metamorphosis
"With a single vermilion fruit swallowed, my fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven."
Xiao Yan swallowed the crimson fruit in his hand in large gulps, then activated the Burning Technique to temporarily store its medicinal power in his dantian.
There were 13 in total, 4 for each person, which was divided up completely. Ye Fan and Pang Bo refused the last one, and it ended up in Xiao Yan's hands.
Xiao Yan didn't rush to eat it, but put it away first.
Looking at the divine spring beside him, he hesitated for a moment, then took out a jade bottle, took out a little bit, about one cubic meter, and filled a small bottle for each of them.
In the end, he could only take one thing with him. He could keep these for now, and if he couldn't take them, he would leave them behind to give to Ye Pang and the other man.
With the most important task of the trip completed, Xiao Yan was about to have Ye Fan clear the way and head towards the outside of the restricted area when he suddenly remembered something.
If I remember correctly, there are nine sacred mountains...
The Nine Miraculous Elixir of Immortality was divided into nine parts, each with its own magical function. When combined, they form the Divine Elixir of Immortality.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yan decided to take the plunge.
"How about we check out a few other hills? Let's take a look first and then decide..."
A moment later, on another hilltop, there was a spring about two meters in size, with clear water gurgling and sparkling with light, which was incredibly magical.
Beside the spring, eleven plants resembling dwarf pines grew. The dwarf pines were entirely green, like jade trees carved from emeralds, but at the top of each tree grew a golden fruit the size of a longan.
"I don't recommend that we eat this anymore. Four or five per person in a short period of time is already the limit."
After taking a bite, seeing that Ye Fan and the other person wanted to take more, Xiao Yan's lips twitched, and he hurriedly stopped them. He only took a bite of one himself, but he did pick an extra one and put it together with the vermilion fruit from before.
There's another challenge later where they'll turn back into babies, and the three grown men all laughed when they turned into babies.
Even if the foundation-building effect is excellent, it won't be enough.
"That's fine then. You can open the divine springs you just collected and take a look. I only collected 1/9 of the bottle. I don't know if there are any differences between the different divine springs, so you can collect a little from each one." Xiao Yan gestured towards the divine springs and took out his jade bottle to collect a little as well.
He then continued toward the next sacred mountain, not being greedy, taking only one of each.
……
Just as the trio was making a sneak attack on the Nine-Miracle Elixir, the eyes of the creature beneath the Ancient Sacred Ground slowly opened.
The great saint, covered in red hair and with an ominous appearance due to old age, marveled at the sight.
"The Ancient Sacred Body has reappeared in the world."
"The other little guy is interesting too..."
Under these circumstances, the ruthless man remained silent.
The arrival of the nine dragons pulling the coffin briefly revived her.
Her eyes lingered on Ye Fan, somewhat unfocused.
"resemblance."
He uttered two words in a cold voice, then closed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on Xiao Yan once more.
You can clearly see Xiao Yan sneeze.
"interesting."
A ruthless person who has already taken a step towards becoming a mortal immortal can naturally see many things.
Xiao Yan had too many miscellaneous things on him, but they were all integrated by something exceptionally clever.
That fire-devouring technique is somewhat similar to her Heaven-Devouring Demon Art, except that it specializes in the art of fire.
But that's all.
Ignoring the trio who were already heading towards the new holy mountain, the ruthless man closed his eyes again.
However, everything happening in the outside world was within her clear perception.
Although he was supposed to close his eyes and contemplate the profound mysteries, his mind was stirred by a long-lost ripple.
After nearly an incense stick's time had passed, the ruthless man's brow suddenly twitched.
The way of Heaven is to diminish...
This kid...!?
……
As Xiao Yan walked out of the forbidden area, he indeed had nine completely different fruits slowly swirling in his hand.
Surrounding the divine spring that shimmered with light in the center, Xiao Yan gradually extracted the mysterious power from the nine fruits.
As a result, the nine cubic meters of divine spring water were rapidly decreasing.
After a brief hesitation, Xiao Yan even took out the Bodhi wood and tree heartwood he had taken out, and used them as auxiliary materials for refining as well.
After an unknown amount of time, the journey was unimpeded, and the edge of the forbidden zone was in sight. The nine kinds of fruits had completely disappeared from Xiao Yan's hands, and even the divine spring had been completely absorbed. In its place was a succulent plant with nine different leaves.
Xiao Yan was somewhat bewildered.
He used the divine technique he had learned from the method of mending the sky to fuse the nine fruits into one, and it turned out to be a miniature version of the elixir of immortality.
According to the original description, the Nine-Miracle Elixir of Immortality should originally be a plant that is one meter tall, resembling both a tree and grass, with nine branches, each with different leaves, its bark resembling a divine dragon, and its branches resembling a flying phoenix.
But the succulent plant in front of me now is quite strange.
The nine leaves were quite fleshy, as if they contained countless divine liquids, and the branches were even stranger. Although they were only the thickness of a finger, they looked very similar to the ancient Bodhi tree in the Great Thunder Temple.
It is just a small plant, yet it weighs as much as a thousand pounds.
Xiao Yan was willing to bet that, apart from himself, the other two people definitely couldn't lift it.
Is it because they drank so much of the divine spring water?
Xiao Yan dared not delay any longer, suppressing his thoughts for the time being, and instead, with a surge of conviction, he slowly infused a wisp of gray mist into the Nine Wonders of the Succulent.
I hope the Ruthless Great Emperor will spare him for Ye Fan's sake and not slap him!
After confirming that this thing was being continuously converted from reality to reality and stored in the gray mist space, Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief after sensing the progress bar.
He glanced at the hillside in front of him and headed straight ahead. Ahead lay the exit of the desolate forbidden land, the place where one could regain youth.
With each step he took, Xiao Yan felt as if his entire body was on fire.
Ye Fan and Pang Bo are the same.
If one does not eat the sacred fruit, one's youthful hair will turn white in an instant.
However, they had already eaten.
They ate more than one each.
"Ouch—it hurts!" Ye Fan's eyes were bloodshot as he felt excruciating pain, as if his bones were being pulled out. But after the pain subsided, he felt as if he had been reborn.
"I've already said, once I swallow a sacred fruit, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens." Taking a moment to pause, Xiao Yan added, before falling into deep meditation again.
He could still endure such pain. He had self-destructed countless times in the gray fog space, easily shielding himself from the agony.
His focus at this moment was entirely on the transformation within his body.
Compared to Ye Fan and Pang Bo, his transformation was even more radical.
The medicinal power circulated wildly within his body, and the sea of fire in his dantian rapidly expanded. Vast power flowed through his meridians and flesh like a river.
A large amount of life force was rapidly converted, strengthening Xiao Yan's origin. Furthermore, due to the fusion of the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, the increase in one aspect led to the improvement of the other two.
Almost instantly, Xiao Yan's hair grew two feet longer, and he felt like a bouncy ball, sweating profusely and his skin turning red.
As the Burning Technique was activated, a tremendous suction force emanated from the lower abdomen, continuously drawing life essence into the dantian.
Like the sound of surging tides, or the roar of a sea of fire, the divine radiance in his lower abdomen grew larger and larger, like fireflies, like candlelight, like stars, like the bright moon.
In the end, it transformed into a blazing sun, then completely subsided, turning into pure white flames that burned silently on the boundless sea of fire.
The sea of fire gradually faded, turning into pitch black, with only a vortex of flames quietly rotating in the center of the sea of suffering.
With just a rough perception, one could see that the battle qi seemed to be transforming into a peculiar form similar to flames, but at this moment it was perfectly coexisting with the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm.
After a long while, Xiao Yan opened his eyes again and found that he had transformed into a teenager. Just as he was about to look for Ye Fan and the other person, he found that a shadow seemed to have appeared in front of him.
Before he could even investigate, Xiao Yan's mind was immediately filled with alarm, and he almost jumped up.
A red exclamation mark suddenly appeared above his head.
Dangerous!