Eternal Life by Daily Divination

He noticed.

The symbol was brighter than before, and it no longer looked as indistinct.

He immediately asked, "Yu’er, do you feel anything unusual?"

Song Yu’er replied, "Senior, I... I seem to have gained some kind of additional power, but I don’t know how to use it."

"Try circulating your Cultivation Technique," he said.

"Yes," she replied.

Song Yu’er was very cooperative and immediately began circulating her Cultivation Technique.

Soon, a look of delighted surprise appeared on her small face.

"Senior, my speed of absorbing Spiritual Power has increased a lot! Has my Spiritual Root improved?"

"It’s not your Spiritual Root. It’s the effect of your Spirit Body."

Li Chang’an sent a wisp of his Evergreen Magical Power into Song Yu’er’s Meridians to briefly gauge the speed at which she absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power.

The speed was astonishing, faintly approaching that of a Celestial Pride with an Earth Spirit Root.

This meant that after Li Chang’an’s stimulation, her Spirit Body had begun its initial awakening.

After a moment of thought, Li Chang’an said to her, "Yu’er, I want you to clear your mind and project a single intention into the depths of your Sea of Consciousness: to cooperate with me."

"Project an intention?"

Song Yu’er was confused. ’Is there another consciousness inside my Sea of Consciousness?’

Out of her trust for Li Chang’an, she didn’t ask any more questions and carefully did as he instructed.

Before long, Li Chang’an faintly sensed something.

The silvery-white symbol’s resistance toward him seemed to have lessened.

Even the light on its surface had grown a bit softer.

’It seems to be working!’

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up.

Back then, when he had explored Mu Xiaoxiao’s symbol, she was in a coma and unable to cooperate with him.

As for Ye Mengxian, she had been conscious but had resisted him the entire time.

That was why Li Chang’an had a sudden flash of inspiration just now.

If he could get the Spirit Body’s owner to cooperate, he might be able to reap even greater benefits.

He took action once more, deploying hundreds of tiny wisps of Divine Sense to cautiously approach the symbol.

This time, the symbol didn’t immediately flee.

Only when his Divine Sense was extremely close did the symbol teleport away.

’It seems she still doesn’t trust me enough, but this method definitely works!’

Li Chang’an was overjoyed.

If this continued, he would sooner or later be able to maintain prolonged contact with the symbol.

Of course, this was all on the premise that nothing happened to Song Yu’er.

’I’ll have to keep a close eye on Yu’er from now on and give her more Protective Treasures.’

Li Chang’an withdrew his Divine Sense, thinking to himself.

「In the following days.」

He tailor-made a set of Protective Treasures for Song Yu’er.

As long as she deployed these Treasures, she could hold her own for a short while even against a Golden Core Master.

Of course, her current strength was still low. If she truly encountered a Golden Core Master, she would be killed before she even had time to use the Treasures.

To prevent any mishaps, Li Chang’an also refined a piece of Tier Three Top Grade Armor for her.

This Armor could accumulate Spiritual Power and would automatically release a Spirit Shield to protect Song Yu’er when attacked.

In addition, Li Chang’an gave her a pendant.

The pendant looked ordinary, but it concealed a Tier Three Middle Grade Puppet that contained a portion of his Divine Sense.

This was a method Li Chang’an had learned from Huang Sha True Monarch.

’This should be safe enough. With all these preparations, she could survive an encounter even with a cultivator at the Late Stage of Golden Core, unless she runs into the Saint Child or Saintess of a Nascent Soul Major Sect.’

Song Yu’er was only at the Qi Refining First Layer; it was unlikely she would provoke a Saint Child or Saintess.

Suddenly receiving so many gifts, the little girl was moved to tears, vowing to care for Li Chang’an in his old age and see to his final rites.

Although she had become a Cultivator, her mindset was still that of the Mortal Realm; she believed that caring for him in his old age was the greatest form of repayment.

’Care for me in my old age?’

A smile touched Li Chang’an’s lips. It was questionable whether the little girl could even outlive him.

His lifespan already exceeded one thousand three hundred years.

Many Nascent Soul True Monarchs didn’t live as long as he had.

「In the days that followed.」

Song Yu’er was extremely diligent in her Cultivation.

Perhaps because she had starved for so long in the Mortal Realm, she developed a great interest in the Skills of Spiritual Cuisine and would occasionally go down the mountain to Changqing Immortal City to seek guidance from Xu Fugui.

Her days were spent almost entirely on Cultivation, learning Spiritual Cuisine, and riding Dahuang.

Li Chang’an, meanwhile, continued to monitor the Ancient Ruins Secret Realm and the war between the two sects.

He was prepared to flee at a moment’s notice.

If the war’s fallout became too widespread, he would escape to a safer location.

「About half a month later.」

Disciples from the Vermilion Bird Sect of the Yuan Country’s Cultivation Immortality Realm arrived.

"The Yuan Country’s Vermilion Bird Sect has allied with the Purple Mist Sect to jointly attack the Yellow Sand Sect."

"The Yellow Sand Sect, in turn, has allied with the Yuan Country’s White Tiger Sect."

"The war between two sects has officially escalated into a war between four, with battlefields now spread across the Cultivation Immortality Realms of both countries..."

Li Chang’an read through the messages, lost in thought.

Years ago, when he obtained the first three volumes of the Evergreen Technique, he’d had a premonition.

The subsequent volumes of the technique were located outside the Zhao Country’s Cultivation Realm.

Now, it seemed their location was precisely within the Yuan Country’s Cultivation Immortality Realm.

’Next, if possible, I should get to know more people from the Yuan Country’s Cultivation Immortality Realm. Expanding my connections will make things easier in the future.’

Li Chang’an set the messages aside and resumed his Cultivation.

「Another half a month passed in the blink of an eye.」

On this day, Qin Hong, the Saint Child of the Yellow Sand Sect, stealthily infiltrated the heart of the Southern Domain and approached Changqing Mountain.

He had promised Gu Yunqi that he would bring him Li Chang’an’s head within a month.

He had come today for the express purpose of killing Li Chang’an.

’A mere Loose Cultivator at the Early Stage of Golden Core somehow caught the attention of Huang Sha True Monarch. He might possess some great fortuitous encounter. If I could obtain it... ’

Just as he was thinking this, a Purple Flying Ship suddenly streaked across the sky and came to a steady halt before him.

Aboard the Flying Ship,

Zi Xi’s eyes were cold as she glanced at him, then waved her hand, unleashing an astonishingly powerful Magic.

"This is bad!"