I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

”Clang!”

”Clang!”

Gu Yuan unleashed several sword lights in succession, but all were blocked by the restriction.

This restriction was originally a Tier Two High-grade, with formidable power, sealing a remarkably powerful technique, likely set by a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

With the addition of Gold-Attribute magical power, it became extremely solid. Even with Gu Yuan’s thirty sword lights bombarding it in turns, he could not break through.

If the previous restriction was like a wooden wall, it had now turned into refined iron, more than doubling in strength.

”As expected of Gold-Attribute magical power, truly formidable...”

Gu Yuan exhaled deeply, slowly stopping his actions to begin restoring his mana.

With such forceful use of the Golden Bamboo Sword, even his amount of mana couldn’t endure, necessitating a brief respite.

”Fortunately, it’s not Immortal Golden Nature. My sword light is sharp. With persistent effort, I should be able to wear it down.”

Gu Yuan looked at the slightly dimmed golden light within the restriction’s barrier, his expression slightly shaken.

Although Gold-Attribute magical power is strong, it is ultimately an unowned force. Augmented on a Tier Two restriction, although it significantly boosted its defense, it still didn’t elevate it to a Tier Three restriction.

Under Gu Yuan’s successive bombardments, the Gold-Attribute magical power continually mobilized its strength, gradually consuming itself.

Once this strand of Gold-Attribute magical power is worn to emptiness, this mere Tier Two High-grade restriction will be unable to stop his sword light.

”Again!”

Gu Yuan closed his eyes for a moment. With his mana fully restored, he suddenly opened his eyes and once more wielded the Golden Bamboo Sword, striking at the restriction barrier before him.

”Clang!”

”Clang!”

”Clang!”

For a time, the Cave Mansion rang with the sounds of metal clashing, akin to ironwork.

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”It’s finally about to break through!”

Seven days later.

Gu Yuan looked at the now extremely thin restriction before him, with only a few traces of golden light remaining, feeling invigorated, a smile in his eyes.

”Open for me!”

He roared angrily, surging his mana in a torrent, pouring it entirely into the Golden Bamboo Sword before him.

The thirty sword patterns on the Golden Bamboo Sword glimmered brightly, as if coming alive.

The brilliant Sword Qi erupted violently, with a booming sound, stabbing directly at the golden light restriction in front of him.

”Bang!”

A slight sound of annihilation, almost inaudible, as the last specks of golden light quietly vanished.

”It’s done!”

Seeing this, Gu Yuan’s heart leaped with joy.

With a surge of Sword Qi, he prepared to take advantage of the momentum to directly break through the restriction.

”Clang!”

But at that moment, from behind the stone door beyond the restriction, another beam of golden light quietly flowed out, landing upon the restriction.

Gu Yuan’s Sword Qi fell upon the light barrier, and the sound of metal clashing rang out abruptly. The light barrier rippled, but sturdily withstood the strike.

”There’s more Gold-Attribute magical power?!”

Gu Yuan couldn’t help but frown at the scene before him.

After seven painstaking days, he thought he’d seen the light of dawn, only to find all his efforts were in vain.

The profound mystery of this restriction was beyond his expectations.

”How can this be? How can I possibly break the restriction now?”

Another strand of Gold-Attribute magical power, and yet Gu Yuan was not flustered.

What worried him was, if the Gold-Attribute magical power were endless, wouldn’t he be perpetually trapped outside this restriction?

”Master, I can make a trip to Xiaoye Country to retrieve the Yan Family’s Foundation Establishment for you!”

”Only a few days have passed, and they probably haven’t left yet.”

At this moment, the Heart-devouring Insect, which had been following Gu Yuan like a sculpture, suddenly spoke.

With a trace of bloodthirsty evil in its eyes, it couldn’t help licking its lips.

As a Heaven-Earth Exotic Species, inherently wicked and charming, it had been at peace and idle for those days, and was growing restless.

”It’s not allowed!”

Gu Yuan shook his head, rejecting the proposal.

The Stone Liquid revealed an opportunity concerning a nearly all-silver ”Artifact,” not some golden legend, not worth abandoning his principles.

Besides, he suspected if the Yan Family Foundation Establishment’s Forbidden-breaking Body could even break through this restriction strengthened with Gold-Attribute magical power.

”If that’s the case, then I’ll have to unseal the restriction...”

The Heart-devouring Insect, seeing Gu Yuan shake his head, instantly felt disappointed, muttering to itself.

If Gu Yuan didn’t unseal the restriction, it would also be trapped in this Cave Mansion without being able to leave, a truly tedious state.

”Unseal the restriction?”

Gu Yuan had a thought.

The Heart-devouring Insect, born an exotic species, was extraordinarily uncommon. It could not only reside in a person’s body and control their body, but also devour their memory.

However, the devoured memory was fragmented, and if the memory was restricted, it could not be read.

As the Young Sect Master of the Red Mist Sect, even a fragmented memory significantly benefitted the Heart-devouring Insect.

”To unlock the restriction, there are only two methods. One is to force it open with brute strength, which is the Forbidden Breaking Technique.”

”The other is to comprehend the restriction and dismantle the techniques within, known as the Unsealing Technique.”

”However, the Unsealing Technique is extremely rare. Every restriction is a deadlock, very difficult to unravel.”

”Even if the Unsealing Technique is found, without extraordinary insight, it’s impossible to practice it.”

The Heart-devouring Insect fell into thought, seemingly filtering memories, slowly speaking.

”Do you have an unsealing method?”

Gu Yuan turned to ask.

He had also heard a little about the Unsealing Technique, much rarer than the Realm-Breaking Technique.

After all, every restriction is unique, equivalent to a custom ”password lock.”

Finding the lock’s password out of thin air is incredibly difficult, so much so that forcibly breaking the lock seems simpler.

”The Fire Cloud Sect has a secret technique called Divination Heart Seal, which can break restrictions, but it’s only effective on Tier One restrictions, powerless against Tier Two ones.”

Ruminating for a long while, the Heart-devouring Insect finally sighed lightly.

A useless method, once again stuck to endure this cave dwelling.

”Wait here, keep weakening the restriction with two high-grade spiritual artifacts, and see if you can exhaust the Gold-Attribute magical power. I’ll seek other ways.”

Gu Yuan, though slightly disappointed, quickly controlled his emotions, instructing the Heart-devouring Insect.

”My mana is shallow, even moving two upper-class spiritual artifacts doesn’t compare to your sword light, how can I wear down the Gold-Attribute magical power?”

”Why not let me return to the Daoist Temple, seek aid on your behalf!”

The Heart-devouring Insect quickly suggested.

Gold-Attribute magical power indeed isn’t something that can be worn down by ordinary attacks, the Heart-devouring Insect’s words were not exaggerated.

But Gu Yuan had his own plans, how could he let the Heart-devouring Insect act recklessly.

I knew it merely wanted to return solo to the Daoist School, looking for trouble with all kinds of demon beasts along the way without supervision.

”Do your work properly!”

Gu Yuan reproached, before turning and leaving the Cave Mansion, flying out of the Mirage Forest Sea Mountain Array.

He did not fly far, however.

Instead, he stopped in a secluded woodland not far from the Copper Hammer Mountain.

Finding a cave, he condensed his mana into a cover to shield against prying eyes, and Gu Yuan took out the stone bottle.

When things go awry, one could use Stone Liquid.

If the Stone Liquid didn’t work, he could return to the Daoist Temple, seeking another method.

”Boom!”

Heaven and earth inverted, and the Star River revolved.

One by one, strange points of light appeared in Gu Yuan’s eyes.

Most eye-catching was, of course, the shimmering silver light of the Copper Hammer Mountain.

However, this silver light seemed slightly dimmer.

”Could this Gold-Attribute magical power be related to this opportunity?”

”Is consuming the Gold-Attribute magical power consuming the opportunity?”

Gu Yuan pondered, suddenly having a conjecture.

But with limited Stone Liquid time, he couldn’t ponder more, turning his attention to the four directions, hoping to find a method to solve this opportunity.

At that moment, far in the distance, a light flashing with half-silver light caught his sight.

”A spell...”