I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Snowflakes flutter and fly; in the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed.

Winter descended; outside Cyan Peak Daoist School’s grand array, white snowflakes fell continuously, the waters of the Great Marsh were chilling cold.

Yet inside the grand array of the Cyan Peak Daoist School, it remained as warm as spring.

Inside Qianyuan Cave, Gu Yuan finished washing the last portion of Spiritual Liquid into his eyes.

"Swish!"

The cold yet warm liquid crossed his eyes, Gu Yuan felt a tingling itch in his eyes, as if something was about to grow out.

This tingling sensation had persisted for forty-eight days.

But today, it was noticeably stronger.

Furthermore, Gu Yuan sensed his eyeballs were heating up, extremely hot, like some hot flow was ready to gush out.

After a while, this peculiar feeling gradually faded away.

The eyes became refreshed again, incomparably cool.

"This is..."

But everything in front of Gu Yuan had changed its appearance.

Numerous strands of white gases densely hovered in the void, slowly flowing, akin to a thick mist enveloping the entire Cave Mansion.

"Spiritual Qi?"

Spiritual Qi pervaded the heavens and earth, but the naked eye couldn’t perceive it; only when abundant enough, did it manifest as Spiritual Mist.

But now, in Gu Yuan’s eyes, Spiritual Qi seemed to transform into raindrops and dew, clearly visible.

Not only that, there were paths of strange trajectories appearing in the air, rising and falling, swaying from side to side.

These were traces of the wind’s passage.

The traces everything — creatures and existences — experienced, transformed into various mysterious colors, manifesting in Gu Yuan’s vision.

Besides, Gu Yuan felt his sight could penetrate barriers and disguises, seeing the essence directly.

He was separated from the Bamboo Courtyard in front of Qianyuan Cave by a cliff, but when Gu Yuan focused and stared, the cliff turned transparent, his sight went straight through and saw everything in the Bamboo Courtyard.

"Chirp! Chirp!!"

It was not over yet; lively blue birds spiraled on the green bamboo of the Bamboo Courtyard, nibbling bamboo leaves.

Gu Yuan’s sight fell directly upon the blue birds from inside the Cave Mansion.

"Ordinary birds, weak in Qi Blood, half full in stomach, swallowing bamboo insects, with a hidden injury in its legs."

Gu Yuan’s gaze penetrated the blue birds’ five viscera, saw through all its information.

He even clearly saw what the blue birds were eating.

Without using any Mana or Dharma Seal, purely through eye power, Gu Yuan saw all of this.

"Indeed, spending nearly seven hundred Spirit Stones on the Spiritual Eye has resulted in some miraculous effect."

Gu Yuan withdrew his gaze, exhaled deeply.

He couldn’t describe the feeling precisely, but having the Heaven-Revealing Spirit Eye, Gu Yuan felt a sense of security within.

Like a form of life level evolution, though only in the eyes.

Seemingly, nothing could disguise in front of him, even if he couldn’t see through the essence through the disguise, he could detect anomalies and be warned.

If he went to Moon Bamboo Market again, when the guide first brought fragrant wind over, Gu Yuan would notice.

And not be ambushed by the Water Ape so easily.

"Having cultivated this eye, it’s certainly a layer of protection."

Gu Yuan feeling joyful, tested the Spiritual Eye once again, then slowly withdrew his gaze.

Afterwards, he sat cross-legged under the Little Giant Divine Wood, took out a Jade Scroll.

"The Heaven-Revealing Spirit Eye has been cultivated, but the Peach Blossom Sword Seal still lacks a bit, need to practice swiftly, a storm is brewing..."

More than a month had passed, Gu Yuan didn’t retreat for arduous practice as before, but continually went out, completing spider collection tasks on Spiritual Crane Island, incidentally taking Spirit Stones from Water Curtain Cave-Heaven.

Going back and forth, Gu Yuan grew familiar with several cultivators on Spiritual Crane Island, and learned a piece of news.

The Daoist School was about to embark on another campaign.

Because Spiritual Crane Island had begun recruiting Spiritual Cranes; this was preparation before war. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Regarding this, Gu Yuan wasn’t surprised.

The prior campaign at Cloud Cliff Shell Field was already the start; Sunset Glow Sect and Thundering Mountain Range’s Purple Gold Six-Winged Carving had fought for just over a year, with mutual heavy casualties, losing three Spirit Mountains, a middle-class Spirit Ore, and a Thousand-Year-Old Medicinal Garden.

By comparison, the Daoist School’s actions had been extremely slow.

Provided ample time for disciples to cultivate and prepare.

Nonetheless, the Daoist School was different from Sunset Glow Sect; Sunset Glow Sect harbored a mortal feud with Purple Gold Six-Winged Carving, resources being irreconcilable, power evenly matched, hence such ferocious conflicts.

Whereas the Daoist School aimed to foster disciples, not merely expand, naturally slower in pace.

But once disciples are summoned, casualties are inevitable; Gu Yuan must make thorough preparations.

Previously, for that golden opportunity, he had left his name on the Red Gold Jade Register; once summoned, those on Red Gold Jade Register were prioritized to respond.

The name on Red Gold Jade Register wasn’t left randomly; it was the choice of the Daoist School’s "Fight" and "Defend" branches.

As this is a summons, an assault against the Demon Race, akin to war, upon response, no easy retreat is allowed.

Gu Yuan actually wasn’t keen to partake in this summon, given he had Spirit Stones from the Golden-backed Ape, he could comfortably practice, even progressing to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, resources should suffice.

But opting out of the summon posed difficulties; hard to execute, Gu Yuan didn’t have full confidence in retracting his name, hence prepared both ways.

First, to successfully cultivate the Peach Blossom Sword Seal.

...

...

Time flew by, and in a blink, another half month passed.

"Buzzing!"

On the transparent Spirit Wood appeared clusters of peach blossoms, thousands in succession, brilliantly colorful, supremely seductive, yet strand upon strand of Dao Patterns glittered radiantly; akin to sharp swords, imbued with intense killing aura!

Just a glance instilled dread.

"Boom!"

The dense Dao Patterns connected in a perilous posture, finally forming a vivid "Peach Blossom."

"Swish!"

Then dense Mana condensed into a semi-solid form, struck the "Peach Blossom."

"Clang!"

A bell-like sound, even resembling a sword’s clang resonated, the peach blossom formed into a seal, Sword Qi coalesced, finally transformed into a red Dharma Seal, landing in Gu Yuan’s palm.

"Finally accomplished!"

"Fortunately, I have the Little Giant God Seal, can barely enhance comprehension; otherwise, it may be difficult to succeed this month."

Under the Little Giant Divine Wood, Gu Yuan looked at the formed Little Giant God Seal, couldn’t help but exhale deeply, his large towering figure slowly shrinking, ultimately reverting to his original form.

The Peach Blossom Seal was the type of Dharma Seal he least favored — not resource-selective but relied extensively on comprehension.

The spiritual materials for the Peach Blossom Seal amounted to merely dozens of Spirit Stones, requiring only a segment of five-hundred-year-old peach blossom wood, yet interpreting the Sword Pattern involved significant difficulty, obscure and complex.

Gu Yuan employed the Little Giant God Seal to enhance himself daily, laboring through nearly two months before just managing to delve into the Sword Pattern and successfully condense.

But fortunately, it finally succeeded.

And the Golden Bell Jade Plate of Daoist School’s summon hadn’t rung, evidently, there was still some time.

Gu Yuan calculated the time, set up the Flying Shuttle, heading once more toward Spiritual Crane Island.