The First Immortal of Destiny

After considerable effort, Shen Mo and his group finally wore down the prohibition outside the Alchemy Hall!

However, upon entering the hall, they found it completely empty. Not to mention finished Elixirs, there wasn’t even any of the raw materials, elixir recipes, cauldrons, or furnace fire.

This situation was not unprecedented; several times before, they encountered hall and tower defenses, broke through excitedly, only to gain nothing!

Just as the silver-haired child, Kang Haoxiu, and Qin Zhen left the hall somewhat disappointed, preparing to head to the next location, Shen Mo halted and pondered deeply.

Owing to the silver-haired child’s inaccurate information, the actual situation veered significantly from what he expected...

Originally, with the silver-haired child leading the way, Shen Mo thought that finding the corpse relics of their previous life bodies, Immortal Master Cizi, and others wouldn’t be difficult; the challenge was the dangers on the road. In reality, aside from Fulong Immortal Master’s remains, the corpses of the other four showed no trace!

They had initially thought they would struggle reaching the Immortal Mansion’s depths, yet the latter part of the journey was relatively smooth.

The celestial treasures he had conceived of as being placed somewhere in the Celestial Palace, requiring passage through numerous challenges and bloody battles to seize, though confrontations were plentiful, finding the treasures’ location proved impossible for various reasons!

In such circumstances, if the Spirit Storage Rat was by his side, utilizing its treasure-finding instincts, perhaps he wouldn’t have to wander aimlessly like a headless fly.

Currently, the Spirit Storage Rat was accompanying his false body, Zhao Lingyin, and the others, practicing throughout Jade Spring Mountain.

Thinking it over, Shen Mo finally decided to use the "Reverse Yin and Yang" Skill, switch his true and fake body, and personally return to Jade Spring Mountain to bring the Spirit Storage Rat directly into the Moon Palace!

Though his fake body, manifested from the Gecko Divine Skill, could also perform the Fairyland sword style, creating a temporary Sword Zone; unfortunately, this space was independent and not connected to the Sword Zone space his true body had established.

Moreover, the independent small space opened by magic, uses the spellcaster as an anchor point and the power of spells as a space barrier... not only were Shen Mo’s true and false bodies separated by millions of miles, even face-to-face, the two Sword Zone spaces were obstructed by two layers of space barriers, remaining unconnected!

Otherwise, dealing with many troublesome situations would be incomparably easy.

For instance, when he was trapped by the Evil Spirit of Zuoli Country, he could have directly used the Demon-Suppressing Tower to imprison the creatures here, and then through the Sword Zone space, let his false body at Yuquan Mountain retrieve the Demon-Suppressing Tower, potentially directly disrupting the balance that maintained the Evil Spirit’s existence;

Or now, the false body could store the Spirit Storage Rat in the Sword Zone space, and Shen Mo’s true body could open the Sword Zone space to release the Spirit Storage Rat, saving him from personally returning to Jade Spring Mountain!

Determined in his heart, Shen Mo instructed the silver-haired child and the others to wait outside the hall for half a day. Without further explanation, he closed the door with a "creak."

Thereafter, Shen Mo pasted talismans on the hall door, erecting layered prohibitions.

His fake body was no stronger than the peak of the Golden Core, and weakened further under the mysterious suppression in the Immortal Mansion Dungeon. If an accident occurred, he couldn’t instantly move back to the Celestial Palace, naturally requiring heavy protection.

"Creak!"

Shen Mo then raised the Soul Refining Flag, shook the blood flag, and summoned Fairy Pei Yu, the Ghost Bride, and several middle-stage Class V Demon Soul Generals, ordering them to guard him well.

Subsequently, he activated the "Reverse Yin and Yang" Skill with a single thought!

"Buzz!"

The spirit light on Shen Mo’s body flickered slightly, faintly visible, with Yin and Yang Qi entwining within the light, forming a Tai Chi Diagram.

The next instant, his figure became somewhat illusory, his aura weakened considerably, seemingly transforming instantly from a Divine Bridge Realm powerhouse into a Spirit Sea Realm cultivator, needless to say, inside the hall had turned into his Gecko False Body!

Simultaneously, Fairy Pei Yu, the Ghost Bride, and the other Class V Demon Soul Generals, discerned Shen Mo’s anomaly, their eyes flashing with ferocious light, all becoming restless.

Evil Spirit artifacts are just like this, unlike normal magic treasures loyal to their owner; no matter how long they are refined and nurtured, once given a chance, they continuously think about rebelling!

"Humph!"

Shen Mo’s false body snorted coldly, starting to form seals, constantly inserting them into the Soul Refining Flag before him.

The most intense aura marks on the flag flickered back and forth, using Blood Sacrifice and control methods to suppress these eager Class V Demon Soul Generals, silencing them in fear, daring not make any rash moves!

Seeing this, Shen Mo’s false body smiled slightly, closing his eyes.

As the true body switched to the false body, the false body situated at Jade Spring Mountain also instantly became the true body!

On the Heaven Patrolling Boat House, Shen Mo’s figure became more real, and he revealed an immensely profound and terrifying aura... Currently, the Heaven Patrolling Boat House was parked on a "mountain stream" broader than ordinary large rivers and streams, and he, along with Zhao Lingyin, Lu Taorui, Qian Xiaofeng, and other people, were sitting by the ship’s side, fishing for fish and shrimp from the stream.

The false body is part of Shen Mo; what the false body experiences and perceives is what he himself experiences and perceives.

Shen Mo naturally shook the fishing rod and hooked a huge, over-hundred-pound, crystal-clear and plump fish from the stream.

"Master (Senior Uncle)!" Qian Xiaofeng, Lu Taorui, and others noticed Shen Mo’s aura changes, hurriedly put down their fishing rods, respectfully greeting him.

On the nearby deck, Flower Fairy Ami was playfully teasing with a child carved like jade.

Ami wasn’t part of the training group outside, but feeling bored within Green Cloud Cave, she left the mountain gate six months ago to catch up to Zhao Lingyin and her party. As for the cute figure, hair red as blood topped by a tuft of golden hair of the little taoist boy, it was none other than the Spirit Storage Rat having cultivated a human form!

"Master! Master!"

Spirit Storage Rat also perceived Shen Mo’s aura changes, immediately shook off Flower Fairy Ami, and with its short chubby legs made a shadow as it dashed into Shen Mo’s embrace, its face full of fondness.

"Moro Shen..." Ami also flew to perch on Shen Mo’s shoulder, chirping cheerfully and constantly nudging Shen Mo’s cheek with her wings.

Seeing this, the little taoist’s eyes twinkled, and immediately rolled on the ground, transforming into the Spirit Storage Rat’s body form, crawling up to Shen Mo’s other shoulder, nuzzling his face affectionately.

Although Shen Mo’s Gecko False Body appeared identical to his true body, they all knew; a false body was merely a magical illusion and naturally wouldn’t receive affectionate cuddling from a wizardly entity.

"My lord hasn’t you been exploring treasures in the Immortal Mansion? Why return at this time? Encountered some difficult danger perhaps?" Dressed in a soft smoky gauze, Zhao Lingyin rose and walked gracefully toward Shen Mo, her expression both joyful and concerned.