Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

In the 5,740th year of the Jiuyang calendar, on the fifth day of the fifth month, the weather was clear.

In this year, Yulan was ninety-four years old.

Since she was sixteen years old and followed Yu Xian, she had been practicing cultivation for seventy-eight years, finally reaching the Gold Core stage.

She had great affection for the True Monarch's mansion.

Thunderclouds gathered in the sky.

A five-colored canopy opened above Yulan's head, and various strange flowers and plants were planted around her, faintly forming a mysterious formation.

In her hand, she held a pink silk handkerchief, which was her own Spiritual Weapon refined through the cultivation of the Red Peach Blossom Scripture. Its name was Peach Blossom Handkerchief.

Using the silk produced by a special kind of silkworm that fed on peach blossom petals as the main material, mixed with various refined gold essences, the prototype of the Peach Blossom Handkerchief was refined.

Then, various types of peach blossom miasma were collected and refined into it.

The more types and quantity of peach blossom miasma, the greater the power of the Peach Blossom Handkerchief.

Ordinary cultivators who wanted to refine this treasure had to travel to the Three Mountains and Five Peaks, experiencing dangers before successfully refining the Spiritual Weapon.

But Yulan was different, she had Yu Xian.

After all, Yu Xian also cultivated the Red Peach Blossom Scripture and was familiar with the Peach Blossom Handkerchief.

So, after Yu Xian broke through the Nascent Soul Realm, he spent several months personally traveling to various peach blossom scenic spots, collecting miasma and refining it himself.

Yulan was responsible for providing Blood Essence to establish a connection, as well as the final refining process.

With the intervention of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, once the Peach Blossom Handkerchief was successfully refined, it had the potential to become a Magic Treasure. However, considering Yulan's cultivation base, it was suppressed to the level of a top-grade Spiritual Weapon.

Only by experiencing the tribulation together with Yulan could it smoothly ascend to the ranks of Magic Treasures.

The five-colored canopy on her head was the Transcend Tribulation item used by Luo Han during his Transcend Tribulation - the Five-Colored Heavenly Net Umbrella.

This umbrella had the effect of reducing the power of the tribulation, and it was purchased at a high price by Yu Xian.

Then, there was a true Magic Treasure inner armor, which could protect Yulan's physical body from collapsing due to the strong power of the tribulation.

Finally, there was a top-grade Gold Core Formation Pill worth millions of Spirit Stones, responsible for condensing the Gold Core.

The Gold Core Formation Pill was the first spiritual pill for Foundation Establishment cultivators to break through to the Gold Core stage. It was divided into five grades: inferior, low, medium, high, and top-grade.

The inferior grade could only increase the success rate by ten percent.

The low-grade could increase the success rate by thirty percent, and then each subsequent rank increase would add another ten percent to the success rate. With a top-grade Gold Core Formation Pill, there was a sixty percent chance of success.

In addition to the cultivator's inherent twenty to thirty percent success rate, the chance of successfully breaking through with a top-grade Gold Core Formation Pill was basically guaranteed.

However, inferior grade Gold Core Formation Pills could be bought for only two to three hundred thousand Spirit Stones, while low-grade ones required four to five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and medium-grade ones required around eight hundred thousand to one million.

The Gold Core Formation Pills commonly circulated in the market were mostly of low and medium grades.

Pill refining masters who are able to refine high-grade and top-grade Gold Core pills are already considered strategic talents of the sect, and are basically treasured assets.

The appearance of even one such pill would alarm even a Nascent Soul True Monarch, because Gold Core cultivators already belong to the backbone strength of the sect and cannot be underestimated by anyone.

Therefore, high-grade and top-grade Gold Core pills on the market are extremely rare and expensive, and are considered hard to come by.

The top-grade Gold Core pill in Yu Lan's hand was obtained by Yu Xian through Chu Fu's channels from the Profound Yang Sect's sect treasury, and it cost Chu Fu a lot of sect merits.

Because of this, Yu Xian not only owes a favor, but also promised to help supplement Duan Hong's cultivation foundation, and the price of the pill itself is extremely high, reaching millions of Spirit Stones.

It should be noted that occasionally appearing high-grade and top-grade Gold Core pills on the market are priced between three to five million Spirit Stones.

Fortunately, his beloved project is now running again, and with the newly released hopeful project, it continuously absorbs funds.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to come up with such a large sum of Spirit Stones for a while.

After all, in the past few years, he has spent a lot of money to restore the reputation of the beloved project.

Then there are things like the top-grade Return Spirit Pill responsible for quickly recovering spiritual energy, and the Heart Protection Pill responsible for protecting the mind from being disturbed and dispersed by thunder tribulation, which need not be mentioned.

After all, they are just small things worth two to three hundred thousand.

In order for Yu Lan to successfully break through this time, Yu Xian has spared no effort.

When he broke through the Gold Core stage himself, he just trembled a bit, and he had never experienced such a fun thing.

So when the thunder tribulation arrived, Yu Xian felt even more nervous than Yu Lan herself.

If it weren't for the fact that thunder tribulation cannot be interfered with by external forces, he would have wanted to go up and help with the Transcend Tribulation himself.

Boom!

The first thunder tribulation descended.

Yu Lan calmly activated the Five-Colored Heavenly Net Umbrella to absorb the thunder, and when the thunder tribulation passed through the umbrella, its power visibly decreased by about twenty to thirty percent, and the violent feeling contained in the thunder also greatly diminished.

Then, the spiritual herbs arranged in advance around her released their essence together, gathering on her body, and a faint green shield suddenly rose up.

When the shield was shattered, the thunder tribulation that truly fell on Yu Lan's body had its power reduced to almost half.

At this point, Yu Lan allowed the thunder to pass through her body, letting the destructive power contained in the thunder tribulation temper her physical body and solidify her foundation.

Sure enough.

When the power of the thunder tribulation dissipated, Yu Lan clearly felt that the magic power she had cultivated through pill consumption had become much more solid.

She casually took a healing pill to repair the damaged flesh and blood on her body with its cool medicinal power.

The next thunder tribulation.

Magnolia follows the procedure meticulously.

After each thunder tribulation, when the 18th thunder tribulation arrives, Magnolia gradually begins to feel the sensation of Core Condensation.

Most cultivators fail at this step.

Once Core Condensation fails, unable to break through to the next realm, their vitality is instantly greatly damaged, and then they have to endure the final nine thunder tribulations, with almost no chance of survival.

This is also the precious aspect of forming a Gold Core, allowing cultivators to quickly condense a Gold Core, unaffected by external factors, and retain their maximum strength to deal with the subsequent thunder tribulations.

Magnolia is very self-aware. Even though she has already undergone the rebirth of a Mysterious Core and transformed her physique into a certain kind of spiritual body, she is confident in forming a Golden Core on her own.

However, she decisively takes out a dazzling and radiant Medicine Pill the size of a dragon eye and swallows it in one gulp.

Then, an endless Spiritual Qi sweeps through her body, and a golden Gold Core shadow slowly appears from her Dantian.

An exceptional Gold Core formation, terrifying!

Boom!

The final nine thunder tribulations arrive as scheduled.

A golden and round Gold Core rises, enveloping Magnolia's body in golden light.

The pink peach blossom cloth bathes in the thunder, and cloud-like characters flash and intertwine on the cloth, giving rise to a mysterious aura.

Magnolia allows the thunder to flicker around her, occasionally emitting a muffled groan, but she remains unmoving like a mountain, rapidly transforming her Magic power into Gold Core Magic power.

Suddenly.

Magnolia utters a low shout, pointing her finger towards the sky, exuding a domineering aura.

The five-colored Tianluo umbrella above her head folds up, and the pink peach blossom cloth spins and rises into the air, catching the final thunder tribulation.

The peach blossom cloth instantly radiates a bright light, as if it were an ever-expanding giant net shrouding the heavens.

Pink miasma emanates from the cloth, transforming into a pink serpent that intertwines with the thunder serpent formed by the thunder tribulation.

Crackling sounds fill the air.

The pink serpent and the thunder serpent disperse in a burst of intense light.

The peach blossom cloth shrinks in size, with a charred surface and several holes appearing at the edges, but its aura has suddenly soared to another level.

At this moment, the tribulation finally dissipates.

A corner of the thunderclouds tears open, revealing a burst of white light, and a dense Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi descends.

Compared to the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi that False Dan True Immortals obtain when transcending tribulation, Magnolia's Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi is two or three times stronger.

From this perspective, Yulan's accumulation is actually very solid.

After all, the heavens have always been fair. The stronger you are, the more they give you.

Yulan has surpassed the ordinary Gold Core cultivator by more than a bit.

However, considering that Yulan has been practicing with a certain Nascent Soul True Monarch as a Human Cauldron in these years leading up to her breakthrough, the high-quality essence she obtains is comparable to the finest elixirs. It would be difficult for her not to accumulate.

Yu Xian watched as Yulan calmly comprehended the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi, and his anxious heart calmed down.

Although he was 90% certain that Yulan would successfully break through, who knows if there would be any unexpected events along the way.

Now that Yulan has successfully broken through and her lifespan has skyrocketed, there is no need to worry about her dying for at least three to four hundred years.

As he thought about it, Yu Xian rubbed his chin and had even greater expectations for Yulan.

"I originally thought that Yulan would at most turn to ashes and enter Samsara with me in five to six hundred years. But now it seems that Yulan has a great chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Before, I underestimated the Gold Core and Nascent Soul levels because of my low level. Now, when I think about it, it all comes down to whether one is willing to make sacrifices.

I have not yet encountered the God Transformation Realm, so I can't guarantee anything, but for Yulan, the Nascent Soul Realm is ultimately just a matter of accumulating resources.

It is difficult to cultivate a Nascent Soul from a Gold Core, but it is not so difficult to cultivate a Nascent Soul from a Divine Transformation.

After I break through to the Divine Transformation, I will have control over resources in the same realm. By then, the resources for Nascent Soul cultivation will not be a problem for me, and I can use them to cultivate Yulan.

Her talent has already surpassed the Mysterious Core and the transformation of my domain. It is no longer mediocre like in the past. Maybe she can really succeed.

Tsk..."

Yu Xian blinked his eyes and a thought suddenly popped into his mind.

"Why do I feel like I am Yulan's Gold Finger?

Even if I have to calculate the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi, it exhausts all my brainpower. I have become accustomed to running away. But Yulan, on the other hand, broke through effortlessly. The key is that she has always been content and indifferent, not caring about anything. It's like the heavens are constantly feeding her.

The key is that I am quite willing."

Yu Xian tapped his head and dismissed this absurd idea.

"I can't think about it anymore. If I keep thinking, I'll start to think of Yulan as the mastermind behind the scenes. Which mastermind behind the scenes would be willing to serve alongside others, unless I am even more cunning than her."

He looked at Yulan, who was quietly comprehending the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, and a peaceful smile appeared on his face.

"Yulan, you must not disappoint your husband's sincere feelings."

Two days later.

Amiao underwent tribulation and transformed into a large loli with the appearance of a 15 or 16-year-old.

Silver hair that reaches the waist, fair skin like snow, and a pair of innocent, watery eyes.

Yu Xian suddenly felt that it might not be impossible.

Don't be so strict about race, after all, it is our duty to promote the peaceful coexistence of humans and demons.

But she's still a bit too young, she needs more time to grow.

...

Time flies like water, flowing endlessly.

According to Yu Lan's breakthrough, it has been three years since Gold Core.

During this period, Zhao Shiwen tried to break through Gold Core. Even though Yu Xian pitied her hard work and specially transformed her physique with the power of the Law Domain, and even found a high-quality Gold Core for her.

She still unfortunately failed.

At a critical moment, she had to resort to a backup plan and use the method of the demonic Gold Core to achieve a false pill, just to save her life.

Although it can be considered a breakthrough, it also cut off her future path.

As for the cultivation method that is not bound by the restrictions of the false pill, Zhao Shiwen can't even touch the threshold for now.

This extremely niche and special profession requires extremely high personal aptitude.

Even for someone as determined as Gui Shou, it took a hundred years of cultivation and a lucky opportunity to barely enter the realm of Entering Spirit.

However, Yu Xian has not decided to give up on Zhao Shiwen. Instead, he intends to use the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi to deduce the method of the demonic Nascent Soul.

But this thing consumes too much Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi. After deducing it once, he found that there was not even one percent progress, so he temporarily put it aside.

At this stage, he still needs to focus on his personal cultivation.

So he plans to wait until he breaks through the God Transformation Realm and his vision expands, perhaps more solutions will become available.

And in these years, Yu Xian has been lying in his True Monarch Mansion, continuing to be a homebody.

After practicing so hard for such a long time, isn't the goal to be able to lie down all the time?

Now that the progress of the project is stable, with more and more cultivators influenced by his True Monarch's domain, there is no need for much publicity. All the members are walking billboards.

And the auction for the three spiritual body slots each year is reaching new highs.

Last year, it even attracted a Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivator from another heavenly city territory, who spent a whopping five million Spirit Stones to secure a spiritual body slot for their beloved offspring to improve their aptitude.

And this price is probably the highest price for a spiritual body slot.

Although a spiritual body slot is worth as much as a Rank Four Transcendent Mysterious Core, worth billions of Spirit Stones, cultivators who can afford this price are not lacking in talented disciples and offspring.

The Spirit Stones of a Nascent Soul True Monarch are not obtained easily, and it is impossible to use their entire fortune just to obtain a spiritual body.

A few million Spirit Stones can still be considered.

Furthermore, if there are more, it means that one's mind is not clear.

Even if it is a descendant that one likes, it is much better to have a Gold Core of an external path than a spiritual body with inferior aptitude.

After all, even a spiritual body cannot guarantee a hundred percent breakthrough to the Gold Core.

With the arrival of Nascent Soul Rogue Cultivators, the reputation of the Great Love Law Domain has reached new heights.

Every Nascent Soul True Monarch's presence is like a platform, acknowledging the miraculous effect of the Great Love Law Domain time and time again.

Many elderly cultivators who are nearing their limit have heard of the wonderful effects of the Great Love Law Domain in prolonging their lives and are willing to spend a lot of money to become members, just to stay in the Great Love Law Domain for one more day.

On this day, Yu Xian suddenly had a whim and a green panel unfolded in front of his eyes.

[Name: Yu Xian]

[Cultivation Base: Nascent Soul Preceding Entry Stage (5.43 million out of 60 million)]

[Dao Companion: Yulan, Luo Han (2 out of 4)]

"It has been almost six years since my breakthrough, and I have only accumulated over five million cultivation points. Although the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi in the past two years was used to deduce cultivation techniques.

But with less than two million cultivation points per year, when will I be able to break through to the Divine Transformation stage? I can't spend over thirty years just at the Nascent Soul Preceding Entry Stage.

Now that my cultivation base is strong, as long as I don't absorb too many fragments of will in the Heavenly Dao Spiritual Qi in a short period of time, it won't have much impact on me. It's time to speed up."

"And I hope that the project will attract batches of cultivators to come to the Great Love City. With more cultivators from other places, the smooth operation of the Great Love project will allow me to be bolder in my plans."

"But it doesn't matter if I speed up, where will I get the Spirit Stones for this acceleration?"

Yu Xian frowned.

The Great Love project spends twenty to thirty million Spirit Stones each year to support over ten Foundation Establishment cultivators in breaking through to the Gold Core stage.

However, the probability is high that these ten-plus breakthrough False Core True Immortals cannot repay their debts.

Because there are too many cultivators sponsored by the Great Unity Society, not to mention the Great Love City, even the Ba Li Wang Shu Mansion, which is eight hundred miles away, cannot afford to support so many cultivators.

Previously, the Great Unity Society was able to sustain itself thanks to the appearance of the beast tide, which greatly eased the conflicts between cultivators.

So many False Core cultivators have migrated to neighboring cities, or even other heavenly cities.

Those with a conscience work elsewhere and return to the Great Love City every year to repay their debts.

Those without a conscience, even at the risk of backlash from their vows, do not come back.

In recent years, thirty percent of the False Core cultivators who fled have occupied the city.

Those False Core cultivators who previously owed huge debts and signed life and death contracts have now become debt collection teams, chasing and killing while spreading the reputation of the Great Unity Society outward.

We have to find something for them to do.

Otherwise, this Hundred Year will be too easy.

But resources cannot appear out of thin air. If we want to obtain a large amount of resources in a short period of time, we can only plunder from outside.

Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range is the best target.

But the lessons from the past are still vivid. Even if he secretly kills a few Demon Kings, it would be insignificant.

If things escalate, the Golden Peng Demon Emperor is not incapable of flying anymore.

"All matters regarding money and expenses are nothing more than the four words: increase income, reduce expenditure."

"I hope we can divert some of the membership fees from the project. As long as we ensure a balance between income and expenditure, we don't have to worry about the risk of a financial crisis.

But as the losses continue to increase, it is not a long-term solution."

"I still have to find a long-term way to make money. I also need to find a place for all these fake pill cultivators..."

"If I can deduce a formation that can gather the power of many fake pill cultivators.

For example, a formation like the Dao Soldier Formation, and then lease these fake pill cultivators as a package, it would solve the problem of bad debts and provide a new source of income.

War mercenaries, just like the Demon Suppression Army back then.

If I'm a little more ruthless, I can earn more compensation."

"As for reducing expenditure, the biggest expense every year now is Monster Cores. If we can ensure the self-production and self-sale of Monster Cores, the cost will definitely decrease significantly.

If only I could find a way to invite the Demon Emperors to my domain."

"Or maybe I can find a way to cultivate Speedy Demon Kings, establish a large-scale cultivation system for Demon Kings, and extract Monster Cores through assembly line operations. That would be very promising."

Yu Xian's mind was filled with inspiration, but none of them could be achieved in a short period of time.

...

Mingyue Heavenly City.

Mingyue Mountain.

"Pfft!"

September True Monarch, who was taking care of the Moon Dew Tea Tree, suddenly changed his expression. He turned his head and spewed out a mouthful of black blood, corroding countless small holes in the ground like sulfuric acid.

"Miss!"

The maid who was serving behind her was shocked and was about to come forward, but was stopped by September True Monarch.

"Don't come over."

The maid stopped and saw the black blood on the ground rising up as black gas, gathering in the air to form a fragmented ghost face, as if it was still laughing at people, very eerie.

She couldn't help but take a step back, rubbing her eyes again. The ghostly face from earlier had disappeared, but there was a lingering coldness in the air.

She swallowed her saliva, afraid to move forward or retreat.

A voice flashed through the mind of September True Monarch.

"September, I gave up everything to integrate with you. The more you reject me, the more harm you do to your own body. Haven't you noticed that your own cultivation base has been gradually regressing?

Stop resisting and fully integrate with me. Then the problems in your body can be completely resolved. Breaking through the Nascent Soul late stage is not a problem, and there may even be a chance to glimpse the scenery of Divine Transformation."

September True Monarch's expression changed, and she coldly snorted.

"Ghost Consort, do you really think I don't know? Once I give up resistance and let your power occupy my True Monarch's body, I will become your puppet and help you break free from the restrictions of your ghostly form."

She never expected that the injury she thought was an accident was actually a carefully planned conspiracy by the Ghost Consort.

Unable to escape, she abandoned all her power and infiltrated a bit of her divine soul into the Ghost Qi.

At first, she didn't notice and let the Ghost Consort devour too much power.

Now, in a desperate situation, the Ghost Consort, who already surpassed her in realm, wanted to take over her body with the support of power.

Once her power couldn't resist the Ghost Consort, she would truly become the Ghost Consort's Human Cauldron.

She originally wanted to seek help from her sect.

But now that the Ghost Consort was almost one with her, if she wanted to eliminate the Ghost Consort, she would have to destroy her own body and divine soul.

In a last resort, she didn't plan to do that.

The voice in her mind no longer sounded.

September True Monarch touched the tea leaves of the moon dew tea in front of her.

When she obtained this spiritual plant, she was so happy, but now she felt so sad.

"Fortune depends on misfortune. I was careless."

September True Monarch sighed.

"Miss, I heard that there is someone called Compassionate True Monarch who has recently emerged. He is very skilled in treating injuries, and even the Nascent Soul True Monarch has praised him. Why don't you go and give it a try?"

The maid remembered the recent rumors in the city and suggested trying it out.

Although she didn't know why Miss didn't seek help from the sect, Miss must have her own reasons.

"Compassionate True Monarch?"

September True Monarch muttered to herself. (End of this chapter)