I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

"Greetings to Master Qiansui!"

Gu Yuan extended his hand in salute and bowed.

Master Qiansui also smiled and returned the gesture, acknowledging their meeting.

"Dummy, why are you not brewing the tea yet!"

Master Qiansui led Gu Yuan to a jade table in the Pill Hall and sat them down, then called out to the young girl.

The young girl obediently answered and went into the hall. In no time, she returned with a few cups of spirit tea.

The spirit tea was sweet and refreshing, making Gu Yuan involuntarily exclaim in praise.

Master Xuan Guang sighed helplessly, inhaling open-heartedly, directly absorbing the spirit tea into his stomach, vaporizing it before it even touched his lips.

"Fellow Daoist, in such a condition, can you not enjoy gastronomic pleasures?"

Master Qiansui observed and immediately commented with a laugh.

"To have narrowly escaped with my life and not have my cultivation diminished is already fortunate; how can I seek more?"

Master Xuan Guang shook his head helplessly.

The Primordial Fire Body was originally created for the purposes of self-preservation and magical combat, not considering matters of desire and emotion. Even upon achieving great success in cultivation, it is ultimately not a human body and cannot partake in regular dining.

"So, have you come today to use the opportunity to reforge your human body?"

Master Qiansui put down his teacup and asked Master Xuan Guang.

He was nine hundred years old and had numerous dealings with the Cyan Peak Daoist School, well-versed in their major true seals, knowing that the Primordial Fire Body Seal required a significant amount of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to reforge a human body.

And as Master Xuan Guang was a Golden Core Refining Master with extraordinary methods, the Primordial Cauldron Sect had once owed him a great debt, likely seeking to repay this favor with this opportunity.

"To be frank, this visit is indeed to utilize that opportunity, but not for myself, rather for Junior Brother Gu!"

Master Xuan Guang nodded slightly, but the words he spoke left Master Qiansui astonished.

"Such opportunities are rare to come by even in several centuries, and yet you choose not to use it to remake your own body?"

Master Qiansui did not hide his thoughts, directly voicing his doubts even with Gu Yuan present.

"The Primordial Spirit Golden Core is intact and does not affect cultivation, delaying the remaking of a human body is of no concern, but Junior Brother Gu cannot afford the delay!"

Master Xuan Guang waved his hand, seemingly indifferent.

Gu Yuan’s eyes flickered, recalling previous actions of Master Xuan Guang, and he felt a stirring in his heart yet did not refuse the opportunity.

"Oh, what request does Master Donghua have? Please speak without reservation!"

Seeing that the two seemed to have already decided, Master Qiansui held back from asking more and turned directly to Gu Yuan.

"As my Senior Brother said, your sect has a Treasure Land of Creation which can assist the advancement of the Star Spirit, so I boldly come to seek this opportunity!"

Gu Yuan cupped his hands and smiled as he spoke.

"Star Spirit?!"

"Master Donghua is truly fortunate!"

Master Qiansui was visibly shaken, looking at Gu Yuan with surprise, then couldn’t help but remark, "Fellow Daoist Xuan Guang had previously graced our Primordial Cauldron Sect with great kindness, a gratitude deeply felt by our sect, and thus promised that should Fellow Daoist Xuan Guang ask, we would certainly provide our utmost support."

"What kind of Star Spirit do you possess, Fellow Daoist, and what spiritual materials are required for its advancement?"

"A Dragon Elephant Fruit over a thousand years old, and Tier Four quality Ice Soul Cold Rhinoceros Jade!"

Gu Yuan replied solemnly.

"Dragon Elephant Fruit, Ice Soul Cold Rhinoceros Jade!"

Master Qiansui contemplated briefly, then instructed the young girl standing nearby, "Go to the treasure vault and fetch a Dragon Elephant Fruit and a jade seed."

"Yes, Master!"

The young girl crisply answered, then chanted a technique and quickly proceeded to the back of the Pill Hall.

Before long, the young girl returned carrying a jade disc, on which lay two items.

One was a fruit radiating a chill, seemingly interwoven with the illusory shadows of dragons and elephants in an icy blue hue.

Another was a transparent jade seed, crystal clear and the size of a pellet.

"Moo!"

Apparently sensing the aura of the Dragon Elephant Fruit, the Star Spirit long dormant within Gu Yuan’s body began to stir, yearning to take shape and pounce upon the fruit.

But Gu Yuan restrained it.

The Dragon Elephant Fruit, at most a century old, was far from sufficient to aid the Star Spirit’s advancement.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, for your Star Spirit’s advancement, must you have both items, or can you proceed with just one?"

Gazing at the two items on the jade disc, Master Qiansui inquired solemnly.

"Having both is best."

"With only one item, the required age and quality must significantly increase."

Gu Yuan replied.

"If it’s just one Dragon Elephant Fruit, how many years would it take?"

Master Qiansui asked again.

"Two thousand years!"

Gu Yuan pondered slightly, his mind linking with the Star Spirit, then answered.

A two-thousand-year-old spiritual object is a treasure no matter where it’s placed, not to mention a Dragon Elephant Fruit, a mystical object born from ’a fortuitous coincidence’.

But Master Qiansui breathed a sigh of relief: "Two thousand years is still within our sect’s capabilities, otherwise, I’m afraid I would have disappointed you, Fellow Daoist!"

Hearing these words, Gu Yuan became even more curious.

What kind of secret technique treasure land does the Primordial Cauldron Sect have that makes two-thousand-year-old heavenly materials and earthly treasures seem trivial?

"This matter is our sect’s greatest secret, never publicized outside, but since Fellow Daoist Xuan Guang has already witnessed it, I will not hide it from you, Fellow Daoist Gu. But please, do not spread it!"

Master Qiansui solemnly said.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist, I will not speak of this to anyone!"

Gu Yuan nodded earnestly.

Perhaps out of consideration for Master Xuan Guang, Master Qiansui did not require Gu Yuan to make an oath of restriction, just received a promise and smiled, nodding, before standing up directly.

"Fellow Daoists, please follow me!"

Master Qiansui, leading a young girl, strode forward, heading toward the back of the hall first.

Behind the Pill Hall, there was a path paved with jade, flanked by tall, lush Spiritual Bamboo, the atmosphere serene and tranquil.

Yet, within Gu Yuan’s heart and spirit, he felt a shiver.

This bamboo grove was filled with lethal intent!

A top-tier Tier Three Array was hidden among it, Gu Yuan felt as if every stalk of Spiritual Bamboo was like a sharp sword, ready to unleash a heart-piercing array should anyone intrude.

But with Master Qiansui leading the way, everything was safe.

The jade path was not long; after about ten breaths, they reached the end.

And at the end of the path, there was a stone pond.

On either side of the stone pond, there were neat, seal-like peculiar objects stacked up, forming the outline of the stone pond.

"Is this... a Dharma Seal?!"

Upon getting closer, Gu Yuan realized that the stone-like structures forming the pond were none other than peculiar Dharma Seals!

Hundreds upon thousands of Dharma Seals, like cobblestones, piled together to form the stone pond’s rocky walls.

And within the pond, there was a clear stream of water, not deep, but an aura of mystical air floated out, forming seven-color patterns, resembling landscapes, rivers, stars, and the Great Sun, just hovering, flowing slowly, an ultimate marvel.

Through the clear stream, a patch of dark soil could be seen lying beneath.

"Land of the Spirit?!"

With a sweep of his divine thought, Gu Yuan immediately recognized the origin of this spiritual soil.

And at the center of the spiritual soil, a golden Dharma Seal shone brilliantly, drawing in countless Earth Spirit Qi and mountain essences, gathering into a cloud of ethereal radiance, sparkling restlessly.

It was this Golden Seal’s presence that allowed the Dharma Seals stacked around the pond to remain coherent and continuously gathered.

The Golden Seal, spiritual soil, Dharma Seals, along with some mystical methods that Gu Yuan could not quite comprehend, collectively formed this unique Spiritual Pond.

"This pond is the foundation left by our founding ancestor, and also the greatest heritage upon which our sect stands to this day."

"The Creation and Breathing Pond!"

Looking at the spiritual pond before them, Master Qiansui’s eyes were filled with memories and emotion.

And at this moment, Gu Yuan also saw the seal patterns on that Golden Seal clearly.

"Four Seasons Age Seal!"

"A two-thousand-year Dragon Elephant Fruit, although rare, is not impossible in our Creation and Breathing Pond, Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment!"

After a slight sigh of emotion, Master Qiansui took out the less than a century-old Dragon Elephant Fruit from the jade disc held by the young girl.

"Go!"

He muttered a strange incantation under his breath, then reached out and tossed the Dragon Elephant Fruit into the Spiritual Pond.

"Pop!"

The Dragon Elephant Fruit entered the pond and was instantly split by the pond water, the fruit flesh separating, leaving only a seed deeply embedded in the spiritual soil.

Immediately, the Golden Seal radiated brilliantly, countless ethereal lights rising up, and in an instant, the accumulated Earth Spirit Qi and mountain essences of hundreds of years moved together.

Within the pond, the Earth Vein abruptly changed, instantly becoming icy cold, with chilling air spreading everywhere.

"Boom!"

The spiritual soil was nudged open, and a sprout broke through the ground, growing with the wind, turning into a verdant sapling in the blink of an eye, then growing ever taller, transforming into a ten-zhang tall towering tree in just a few breaths of time.

Below the giant tree, an ice-blue, large fruit bloomed and bore fruit, its age and Spiritual Qi continuously increasing.

In the shocked eyes of Gu Yuan, quietly, two thousand years passed by!