I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

It’s just that over the years, Gu Yuan has stolen the spotlight.

But after all, he’s a fellow disciple, so he doesn’t care.

Fame is but a fleeting cloud to him.

However, he is a pragmatic person, valuing profit above all, acting without being "restrained by rules," as long as it benefits the dao.

After changing sects, the Thousand Waves Sect, aside from not opening the sect’s true scripture to outsiders, has made all kinds of mysterious techniques accessible, which is a great opportunity.

Moreover, this is the East Mountain Realm, vast and prosperous. Practicing here for a hundred years will surely lead to great advancement in cultivation.

He does not want to miss out.

Although aware of Gu Yuan’s extraordinary means, he dared to invite him to a duel directly, to compete.

Gu Yuan heard this and sighed slightly but had no reason to avoid it.

With the Thousand Waves Sect’s change in cultivation, many dharma gates are open. Who would want to miss that?

Furthermore, for Gu Yuan, he needs a broader and more fertile land to practice than anyone else.

The Stone Liquid hasn’t detected an opportunity in a long, long time.

Gu Yuan urgently needs an undeveloped "virgin land" to increase the chances of finding opportunities.

"Since senior brother invites, how can junior brother dare refuse? So..."

Gu Yuan reached out with a polite bow, prepared to take on the challenge.

But at this moment, Master Xuan Guang suddenly spoke up, interrupting Gu Yuan: "Why are the two junior brothers in such a hurry?"

"In seven days, the juniors have a competition. As Golden Cores, don’t you two need to be the final act? How can you be so reckless?"

"In my opinion, why not rest for a while, and in half a month, it will be an auspicious day, suitable for magical combat!"

Master Xuan Guang said with a smile, looking at Gu Yuan without leaving a trace.

"Senior Brother Tiandou makes sense. I think it should be in half a month!"

Su Family’s Master Biyun suddenly smiled slightly, agreeing with Master Tiandou’s words.

"Since that’s the case, let it be as Senior Brother Tiandou says!"

Upon hearing this, Master of Mount Jing hesitated slightly, then agreed.

Gu Yuan saw this, and although a bit puzzled, he agreed as well.

"Then it shall be settled!"

"Seven days later, we’ll contend for the Tribulation Fruit; in half a month, we’ll compete for the sect change quota!"

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Master Tiandou waved his sleeve and decided.

Then everyone saluted and disappeared into escape light.

Gu Yuan did not return to Purple Sun Peak but nodded slightly to Sword Fox Immortal, and then, at the invitation of Master Xuan Guang, he went to Cyan Flame Peak.

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Cyan Flame Peak, Underground Silver Furnace Hall.

Master Xuan Guang happily took out his treasured Spirit Tea and brewed a cup for Gu Yuan.

"Junior brother, are you puzzled why I interrupted the competition and delayed the time?"

The two drank a cup of tea, and then Master Xuan Guang spoke directly.

"Senior brother must have a reason for this, and I hope you can enlighten me!"

Gu Yuan smiled and asked for guidance.

"It’s nothing more than three meanings!"

Master Xuan Guang put down his tea, looked at his own form transformed by firelight, and couldn’t help but sigh.

"Thanks to junior brother’s timely rescue the other day, I managed to retain this incarnation. Otherwise, I would have long been annihilated."

"This is a life-saving grace, how can I not repay it?"

"I stopped you to offer you an opportunity, to help you win the competition with greater certainty."

"Secondly, if you were to win right then, of course, it would be open and undisputed, but how should Junior Brother Feng handle it?"

"After all, this quota, if you, junior brother, do not soar to the top, ten out of ten times it would fall into Junior Brother Feng’s hands, an enemy due to the Stealing Fate Technique."

"Though brothers in the same sect, being outmatched should be due, yet it would inevitably create a thorn in his heart."

"But if it’s after half a month, with my assistance, then if you defeat Junior Brother Feng, he will vent his resentment on both of us. I’m willing to share this fate and karma with you."

"Moreover, I foresee that within this half-month period, Junior Brother Su will definitely assist Junior Brother Feng. With Junior Brother Su’s help, if Junior Brother Feng still loses, he can only accept it."

Master Xuan Guang boasted, but Gu Yuan furrowed his brow.

What fate, what thorn, in the end, it still falls on me, as I am the one using the Stealing Fate Technique.

This matter can only be let go by the Master of Mount Jing or if I am powerful enough to be indisputable, otherwise, it would always be uncomfortable.

Dao struggle, this is an inevitable matter.

To strive, one must offend people.

This matter is unsolvable unless I become extremely strong quickly, to repay and resolve this karma.

Conversely, delaying half a month, who knows what help the Su Family will provide?

Needlessly adding variables.

Gu Yuan slightly shook his head, feeling he was still too agreeable.

Today, why should I still look at the faces of these mid-stage Golden Core seniors?

If I truly boldly stood up to fight in the hall, who would dare stop me?

Schemes and plotting only delay the path of the dao.

If the Master of Mount Jing immediately challenged, and I rose to meet it, perhaps at this moment I would be calmly sitting in the mountain, just waiting to go to the East Mountain Realm.

Why wait for this half-month period?

As he pondered, Gu Yuan’s mindset subtly changed.

This change was imperceptible, yet when his eyes opened and closed, a unique aura emerged, and his entire presence seemed to change.

The previously gentle and casual aura now seemed to have a trace of coldness and chill, like a bright moon on a mountaintop, feeling detached from the world.

This change was subtle, but Master Xuan Guang caught it. He immediately dropped all his previous justifications and urgently said:

"Junior brother, I have a way to help your Star Spirit reach Tier Three!"

Gu Yuan’s cold and detached aura suddenly fell back to the mundane.

"Really? Does senior brother truly have a way?"

Gu Yuan’s heart stirred, and he spoke eagerly.

Star Spirit, nurtured by heaven and earth, inherently bearing a profound divine seal, its power indescribable once it attains Great Success.

The only pity is that it’s too hard to cultivate.

Often taking thousands of years; excluding great power cultivators, no one else can endure it.

One Spirit passing through three generations, with people dying yet the Spirit living.

This phrase is no joke; many cultivators have obtained Star Spirits, but they all died before they could cultivate them to the Great Success Realm.

The further along, the harder the cultivation becomes for Star Spirits.

When Gu Yuan was in Qi Refining, he obtained a Star Spirit from Lan Tianlu, but even after becoming Golden Core for decades, he hasn’t found an opportunity to advance the Star Spirit another tier.

It is imaginable how difficult it is for a Star Spirit to advance.

The Master of Mount Jing is highly anticipated, not only for his youth but also for the Tier Three Star Spirit he possesses.

This miraculous entity allows him to contend with two opponents without losing ground.

"Very likely, otherwise why would I delay your day of magical combat?"

Master Xuan Guang said with determination.

"I wonder what mysterious technique senior brother has?"

Gu Yuan asked curiously.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust Master Xuan Guang, but when he crossed the tribulation that day, although everyone knew he had a Star Spirit companion, the Star Spirit is mysterious, each one unique and never repeated.

Aside from himself, no one knows how to nurture the Star Spirit.

And the method to cultivate the Cold Rhinoceros Dragon Elephant, he only told Sword Fox Immortal, not Master Xuan Guang.

Not knowing how to nurture the Cold Rhinoceros Dragon Elephant Star Spirit, how can he be so sure that he can help me cultivate the Star Spirit to Tier Three?

"Rest easy, junior brother, I have a plan!"

"Just tell me directly what your Star Spirit needs!"

Master Xuan Guang said with a smile.

"My Star Spirit is called the Cold Rhinoceros Dragon Elephant Star Spirit. To cultivate it to Tier Three, we need a Dragon Elephant Fruit over a thousand years old and a Tier Four quality Ice Soul Cold Rhinoceros Jade!"

"These two are not born from ordinary spirit wood or spirit ore. Without a specific type of wood or mine, they are rarely born, only occasionally in places where ice cold qi and earth spirit qi merge, so they are scarce and rare!"

Gu Yuan sighed slightly, somewhat helplessly.

He has the Stone Liquid to assist him, having traveled through the South Mountain Domain and the Western Sea Realm, but found nothing, which shows how scarce these two items are in the world.

"The things needed by Star Spirits are unique, only born in places of creation, naturally rare."

"However, in this world, there are countless mysterious techniques. Having cultivated until now, it’s not necessarily impossible to artificially create a ’place of creation.’"

Master Xuan Guang suddenly smiled mysteriously.

"Artificially create a place of creation?"

Gu Yuan was immediately intrigued.