I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Gu Yuan took everything in, but he didn’t say much, only looked up at the stone gate before him.

The stone gate was heavy, towering several dozen feet high, engraved with mysterious and ancient patterns, on which were gray array patterns. These seemed to invoke the spirit meridian of the island, glimmering with a faint gray light.

However, at this moment, a crack appeared at the node of the array pattern on the stone gate, as if something sharp forcibly cut through the array pattern, breaking the grand array.

Although the grand array still had a slight glimmer of spiritual light, its power had greatly diminished.

"This is my father’s doing; he must have entered the stone gate."

Cen Qingqing looked up at the broken array pattern with a hint of delight in her voice.

As she spoke, her mana gently rose, transforming into a light and nimble large hand, pushing at the node of the broken array pattern towards the stone gate.

"Boom!"

The stone gate roared with sound, the array patterns flickering, as if resisting the large hand.

But the node of the array pattern was broken, and the grand array’s power had waned considerably, unable to resist the push of the mana. Finally, with a rumble, a gap the width of a person appeared.

Seeing this, Cen Qingqing’s bright eyes showed joy. She then flicked her hand, sending a streak of red firelight, like a swimming snake, swiftly through the gap.

"Sizzle!"

The firelight was bright, dispersing the darkness, vaguely revealing an expansive grand hall, majestic, profound, and mysterious, as if the entire mountain’s belly had been hollowed out to build this hall.

"Bang!"

Yet at this moment, in the darkness, something seemed to be moving. The crimson fire snake had no time to react before it was engulfed and vanished.

Cen Qingqing’s expression remained unchanged. She flicked her hand again, sending a lightning-like streak, resembling a flood dragon, abruptly into the gap, charging into the hall.

"Bang!"

The creature in the darkness moved again, attacking the thunder flood dragon.

"Boom!"

But the lightning roared, blasting dominantly. Unlike the fire snake, it did not vanish but instead ferociously whipped its tail, forcing the attacker back.

Through the illumination of the lightning, Gu Yuan and Cen Qingqing saw the form of the attacker.

It was a peculiar gray serpent composed entirely of Yin Qi, hissing gray, moving about like a cloud of mist, lunging towards the thunder flood dragon.

Moreover, as the stone gate opened, countless strange shadows seemed to awaken silently in the darkness, moving about in the hall.

"Hiss!"

The strange hissing and roaring were endless, and the thunder flood dragon that entered the hall was soon entangled by masses of Yin Qi. The lightning extinguished and disappeared from sight.

Cen Qingqing’s expression changed slightly. Her mana surged, as if she wanted to test again, but the stone gate began to rumble shut.

The broken array patterns, though significantly weakening the grand array’s power, still held residual strength. The stone gate could not remain open for long.

"Daoist Brother!"

Cen Qingqing couldn’t help but turn around and call out to Gu Yuan.

The rune path can avoid the attacks of the demon beasts on the island, which means her father and companions did not get into trouble because of the demon beasts. The real danger must be behind the stone gate.

And what’s behind the stone gate is clearly no good place.

She was somewhat worried that Gu Yuan might retreat in the face of difficulties.

This person had exceptional skills; without his assistance, the task of rescuing her father would probably be difficult to accomplish.

"I’m here!"

Gu Yuan looked at the dark depths beyond the stone gate without flinching, only smiling as he spoke.

Seeing this, Cen Qingqing felt slightly relieved. Then, in the palm of her hand, a red Dharma seal with floating clouds above and Dao seals below quietly shone, creating a cloud of crimson mist around her body.

With the protection of the Dharma seal, Cen Qingqing hesitated no longer, quickly stepping into the hall through the gap of the stone gate before it closed.

He watched Cen Qingqing’s back, Gu Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. He clasped his hands behind him and discreetly flicked his fingers, casting a dark droplet to the ground outside the stone gate.

Profound Nether Heavy Water.

Gu Yuan possessed three Dao Foundations: the Golden Rainbow Dao Foundation, swift in escape and seamlessly adept in cultivating the Sword Seal.

The Cyan Ginseng Dao Foundation, capable of accelerating the growth of spirit plants and transforming spirit wood.

The Vast Ocean Dao Foundation, naturally controlling water and capable of condensing Profound Nether Heavy Water.

Profound Nether Heavy Water—a single drop weighed as much as ten thousand catties. When unleashed in hundreds and thousands, it could reverse water flows, alter river courses.

However, condensing this water required day and night ritually refining and inhaling vast water Qi. Since Gu Yuan’s recent breakthrough, he had barely managed to condense a small droplet, which, strictly speaking, couldn’t yet be considered true Profound Nether Heavy Water, making it difficult to use for magical combat.

But this was no ordinary water. When Gu Yuan cast it upon the ground outside the stone gate, it immediately spread into a small pool of water, glimmering for a thousand days.

Having cast the water beyond the stone gate, Gu Yuan felt slightly relieved. But still uneasy, he waved his sleeve, summoning a spirit phantom with cyan hair and golden eyes. The phantom subtly emerged from a jade tower, settling beyond the stone gate.

Only then did Gu Yuan feel reassured. He followed behind Cen Qingqing, wielding the Leaving Realm Clarity Seal, entering the hall before the stone gate closed.

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As soon as they stepped into the hall, countless gray mists rushed at them with peculiar sounds.

The gray mists coalesced into serpents and lizards, tigers and leopards, foxes and wolves, armored soldiers wielding swords, a grand army of gray mists threatening to engulf the two.

"Phoosh!"

The crimson cloud surrounding Cen Qingqing moved continuously, every gray mist that approached was incinerated by the fire within the cloud.

This appeared to be a Dharma seal prepared for both offense and defense, yet it greatly consumed mana. Within mere breaths, a third of Cen Qingqing’s mana was depleted.

Meanwhile, Gu Yuan upheld the Leaving Realm Clarity Seal, seemingly walking leisurely through the hall. The gray mists howled towards him but merely passed through, making him appear to vanish momentarily from this realm.

Yet in the hall, the Yin Qi was extremely dense, the gray mists seemingly endless, never dissipating.

The most critical aspect was that the Yin Qi, like mist, obscured vision and divine sense, making it impossible to see the path ahead. Continuing in this way, they would eventually be exhausted.

However, within Gu Yuan’s sea of consciousness, the third eye of the Three-Eyed Thunder Flood Dragon suddenly opened. Not only that, but the Heaven-Revealing Spirit Eye was also exerted to its limit, attempting to see through the Yin mist before him.

Ahead of the Yin mist stood a tall Daoist statue, its appearance ancient and its eyes electrifying, lifelike.

On either side of the statue were Dao couplets written with eerie text.

"Swallow the universe to refine all!"

"Absorb Extreme Yin to achieve Pure Yang!"

Beneath the statue lay a jade altar.

The jade altar glimmered with brilliance, containing countless flickers of spiritual light, not only that, but a slight void force permeated it continuously.

The jade altar was the array hub!

Gu Yuan’s eyes focused. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

At this moment, Cen Qingqing’s voice suddenly echoed:

"Daoist Brother, I’ve found a way!"

With that, she waved her hand, and a silver jade talisman soared up, exploding in mid-air, scattering countless silver radiances.

The silver radiance, seemingly with a revealing effect, wherever it scattered, hidden array patterns began to permeate the air, eventually sketching an incredibly complex grand array diagram.

At the very center of the array diagram was precisely the jade altar’s location.

Although Cen Qingqing could not see the jade altar, she understood that the center of the diagram was indeed the array hub.