Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation

Until now.

He Song had already mastered the Guard One Talisman and the Thousand Sword Talisman, and had been drawing the Golden Core Talisman for nearly ten years.

In such a situation, the opportunity He Song had predicted for himself to try crafting the White Rainbow Mountain Opening Talisman was naturally within reach.

After a decade of seclusive cultivation, having completely mastered the Guard One Talisman and the Thousand Sword Talisman, He Song had also set his sights on the White Rainbow Mountain Opening Talisman.

Next.

All He Song needed to do was to gather the materials required for crafting the White Rainbow Mountain Opening Talisman.

Then he would need to repeatedly simulate all the precautions of crafting the White Rainbow Mountain Opening Talisman in his mind, until he was thoroughly familiar with them.

Only then could he begin the actual crafting of the White Rainbow Mountain Opening Talisman.

However, there was still plenty of time, and He Song did not immediately leave the cave mansion to collect these materials right after emerging from his retreat.

Beyond the improvement of his cultivation base and skills.

During these ten years, He Song also continuously heard lots of news from the outside world through Meng Guan and Master Luo Jing.

It’s worth mentioning that.

During these ten years, An Ning had still been sending He Song messages every month, informing him of various things happening around Jinsha Immortal Lane where she was stationed.

Although many of the things mentioned during this period were not of much use to He Song,

From time to time, he could find something in An Ning’s messages that would catch his eye.

For example, as early as ten years ago, He Song had wondered how True Monarch Youyun, who resided in the Main Pavilion of Treasure Pavilion within Hu Prefecture, could manage one main pavilion of Jubaoge with only a Golden Elixir Early Stage cultivation level.

Back then, He Song did not inquire because he was not familiar with True Monarch Youyun,

And he didn’t even speculate much.

However, later on, An Ning mentioned the deeds of True Monarch Youyun to him during one of their monthly message exchanges.

True Monarch Youyun was a newly-promoted Golden Elixir Master at the Treasure Pavilion.

Based on the timeline, True Monarch Youyun had stepped into the Golden Core Realm just a few years after Master Luo Jing did.

And this should also be the reason why Master Luo Jing could refer to True Monarch Youyun as her junior sister.

As for why True Monarch Youyun managed one main pavilion of Jubaoge with only an early stage Golden Elixir cultivation level, He Song got the answer from An Ning’s messages.

Actually, True Monarch Youyun was not managing the Main Pavilion of the Treasure Pavilion within Hu Prefecture.

It was just that her master, a later stage Golden Elixir cultivator of the Treasure Pavilion, happened to be visiting elsewhere during He Song’s visit.

Therefore, when He Song visited the Main Pavilion of the Treasure Pavilion within Hu Prefecture, he did not detect the aura of any other Golden Elixir Masters.

True Monarch Youyun’s current situation is probably very similar to that of her two senior sisters, Luo Jing and True Monarch Yun Jing.

They had successfully broken through to the Golden Core Realm, but due to their low cultivation level, they had not yet been assigned to sit as guardians in other state mansions of Immortal State.

However, once their cultivation made a breakthrough, it was likely they would soon be sent elsewhere to take up such positions.

Just like the Foundation Establishment True Persons within Golden Core Sects.

Within the first ten years of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, they were bound to be kept at the Sect’s Mountain Gate to enhance their power level.

When their power has increased sufficiently, they would naturally be sent to guard the Immortal Pavilions.

An Ning, who had joined the Wind Snow Palace, was now in such a position.

And after occasionally receiving some enlightening news from An Ning,

He Song was quite satisfied with his decision to have sent An Ning to Wind Snow Palace.

If he had not taken An Ning away from Flying Cloud Immortal Mansion and bestowed upon her the Foundation Establishment Elixir back then, he might not have known any of this information.

Even now, though the news from Purple Cloud Sect felt a bit distant to He Song,

Having a better understanding was still not without its benefits.

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Perhaps, in the future, there would be many more benefits.

He Song was naturally satisfied with An Ning’s presence.

Moreover, He Song could hear about the war between the Sun Faction and the God Locking Sect from An Ning.

The confrontation between the two Nascent Soul Upper Sects had widespread implications.

Even An Ning, who was far away in the Purple Cloud Sect, could continuously bring He Song some updates on the battle she heard.

However, He Song took the various war updates from An Ning as merely a source of entertainment.

Because who knew whether the rumors would change as they were passed along.

Anyway, every time He Song heard news from An Ning, it almost always significantly differed from what he heard from Meng Guan and True Monarch Luo Jing.

For example, during these ten years, the Sun Faction had successfully recaptured the Cloud State Mansion from the hands of the God Locking Sect.

According to the information from Meng Guan and True Monarch Luo Jing, the battle was costly for the Sun Faction, and they narrowly won, finally snatching back the Cloud State Mansion.

Subsequently, the two sides fought even fiercer battles in the Cloud State Mansion.

A series of tug-of-war battles unfolded within the Cloud State Mansion.

The once scenic outskirts of the Cloud State Mansion became ravaged after the repeated battles.

If not for the Great Array enveloping the state mansion, the insides would probably have suffered the same fate.

In such a situation, the incessant battles between the two sides continued for a long time before the Sun Faction finally reoccupied the Cloud State Mansion and drove out the cultivators of the God Locking Sect.

However, the God Locking Sect still eyed the Cloud State Mansion hungrily, ready to launch another attack at any moment to recapture it.

In this great war, Meng Guan and Wei Fan gained a lot but also faced many crises, which they all managed to avoid.

The two also found significant opportunities during the battle.

However,

When the news of this battle reached He Song once again from An Ning, the version had changed quite a bit.

According to the news An Ning heard, in the war between the Sun Faction and the God Locking Sect, the Sun Faction easily drove the God Locking Sect out of the Cloud State Mansion.

They even pursued them for thousands of miles, causing countless Locking God Sect cultivators to flee in utter disarray.

Afterward, the Sun Faction swept through the entire Cloud State territory with unstoppable momentum, completely driving the God Locking Sect’s cultivators out of their borders.

Following such a resounding victory, the Sun Faction had already begun preparations to counter-attack the God Locking Sect’s homeland.

At first,

Upon hearing this from An Ning, He Song had a strange expression on his face.

But after some thought, he ultimately decided not to reveal the truth.

He Song guessed that the news An Ning heard from elsewhere must have been deliberately spread by someone from the Sun Faction.

The purpose was naturally to proclaim the Sun Faction’s strength.

As for any future turnarounds, the Sun Faction could simply claim that the previous rumors were, indeed, rumors and outrightly deny them.

After all, with the story being passed around, it was unlikely that anyone would know that it originated from someone within the Sun Faction.

Moreover, perhaps when the Sun Faction initially spread this message, it wasn’t so exaggerated.

Maybe, later on, those who received this news added their exaggerations before passing it on, resulting in the version He Song heard.

However, although the updates on the war between the Sun Faction and the God Locking Sect that came from An Ning were not very accurate, He Song still placed considerable trust in the other news he received from her.

The war between the Sun Faction and the God Locking Sect was far from where An Ning was in Hu State.

For her, a cultivator who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, it was quite normal to only hear distorted rumors.

Some inaccuracies were understandable in her case.

However, the various updates about the Purple Cloud Sect that she was able to gather should not encounter this kind of disparity.

She was already within the area of influence of the Purple Cloud Sect. If she could not even grasp the accuracy of such information, then her role as the guardian of the Immortal Pavilion would be rather incompetent.