Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Immediately, they rushed toward the mountain peak.

"Don’t rush!"

Xu City spoke gravely, first using Divine Sense to thoroughly scan inside and outside this mountain peak, but finding nothing. He then waved his hand, allowing the other two experts to delve deeper, flying up to the mountain peak. It was only after a long while that he permitted Xu Yuan and others to proceed toward the peak.

In the blink of an eye, they had already reached the base of the mountain peak.

"There should be a barrier here!"

Mu Gang spoke, "However, we are very close to the Taichu Root. We can run our Immortal Skill here, and surely the Immortal Vine Cave will manifest!"

Immediately, everyone sat down cross-legged on the spot, the Immortal Skill in motion, and beneath the mountain peak, green spiritual energy surged magnificently.

After a long while, in the areas where the green energy reached, indeed around this mountain peak, the void seemed distorted, and the terrain transformed. On the mountain’s mid-waist, there unexpectedly appeared a giant stone cave. Inside the stone cave, there seemed to be a withered vine, and at this moment, a branch extended towards where everyone was breathing Spiritual Qi.

"The Immortal Vine Cave has appeared!"

"This is the Taichu Root!"

"Great, if we nourish this vine with our energy, we can control the Immortal Vine Cave!"

Xu Yuan, Mu Gang, and others were all overjoyed, running their Cultivation Techniques even more vigorously.

"Good!"

Even Xu City was delighted beyond restraint—

The withered vine continuously absorbed the essence of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill exhaled by Xu Yuan and others. Inside, they were all overjoyed, wishing they could control the Taichu Root immediately to obtain the Immortal Vine Cave, so they operated madly without any guard, as the boundless Life Seed energy surged over. Before they realized it, their faces had become somewhat pale, seeming somewhat feeble.

Yet the withered vine showed no change!

"Something’s wrong!"

Xu City had been observing from the side, furrowing his brows at this moment, saying, "This withered vine... something feels amiss!"

Just as his voice fell, Mu Gang, the one with the strongest cultivation, suddenly opened his eyes wide with horror, saying, "No good!"

"This is not the Taichu Root at all; it’s a Demon Vine, seizing our Life Seed material. Stop, stop—"

The other six were also startled awake, hastily reining in their Cultivation Techniques. Yet at this moment, the withered vine was like a parasite clinging to the bones, and they could not escape.

"How dare you!"

Xu City let out a great roar, and his Celestial Immortal level power erupted. Countless rays of light transformed into a Celestial Saber that reached out in an instant, aiming to cut the Demon Vine. Yet at this moment, the arrays around exploded, layers upon layers of immortal light and clouds directly locking the place down!

"No... Qu Jin, it’s you?!"

Xu City looked around and finally thought of someone, shouting loudly, and inside the stone cave, sure enough, an old man had appeared!

The old man, clad in grey, held an Array Plate, controlling the surrounding large array, followed by a cloaked person. The cloaked person was pinching a technique, manipulating a withered vine, continually extracting the Life Seed power of Xu Yuan and others.

"Why, why!!"

Seeing this person, Xu City was even more furious, his old eyes filled with disbelief and heartbreak: "Qu Jin, you’ve actually betrayed the Immortal Rejuvenators?"

Qu Jin replied coldly, "Not so! I am doing this precisely for the Immortal Rejuvenators."

"Only by sacrificing them can we refine a true Life Seed, to save the Immortal Rejuvenators. This is their destiny! But unfortunately, you all wouldn’t understand, so the Palace Master and I had to resort to this!"

"Xu City, you shouldn’t have come. We’ve known each other for years; today, to kill you pains me, but I have no choice—"

As he spoke, he was already driving countless immortal lights to suppress Xu City, who, both shocked and furious, summoned a piece of turtle shell. The turtle shell was dimly lit, yet it could block the immortal light.

But the few experts beside him had no such means or artifacts, and with shrill screams, they were torn apart along with their Primordial Spirits, perishing mournfully on the spot.

"No..."

"Help!"

Xu Yuan, Mu Gang, and others were extremely miserable, their inner Life Seed material being taken away, their bodies gradually shriveling, one by one collapsing to the ground, fainting.

"I will suppress and kill Xu City, you quickly nourish the Life Seed!"

Qu Jin said.

Chi Yilan nodded, then induced various materials, condensing them at the Dantian, operating the flawed Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, achieving boundless creation, the Circulation proceeding, time flying by, and within his Dantian, a small green dot indeed sprouted, gradually budding...

"It’s done!"

Chi Yilan’s eyes widened with joy, saying, "Using the power of the Taichu Root here, the Immortal Seed is sure to be achieved!"

With that, he took out a brown clay pot, and within the pot, there was actually a small segment of withered vine!

That withered vine was precisely the Taichu Immortal Root of this place, which he had already excavated.

Holding the withered vine, he channeled power to refine the Taichu Immortal Root as well, helping him break through the last barrier.

Qu Jin also brought down immense power, exhausting his lifelong cultivation, the grand array burst forth, grinding Xu City’s turtle shell into cracks. Xu City’s hair and beard flew wildly, eyes bulging, Primordial Spirit’s immortal energy and flowers constantly erupting, yet still unable to withstand the array’s power.

"I’ll fight you to the death—"

Xu City let out a great roar, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood, the blood like a silk brocade, piercing through the array’s power, directly slashing toward Qu Jin.

"Blood Saber Skill!"

Qu Jin’s expression changed slightly, and his chest glowed with a jade mirror. It was his life-bound Immortal Artifact, also possessing protective power, blocking the blood silk brocade, yet from the brocade, a Primordial Spirit light emerged, transforming into Xu City’s likeness, suddenly punching toward Qu Jin’s forehead!