Immortality Starts With Investment

Ye Chen’s shock was genuine. Immortal roots, though all miraculous treasures, varied greatly in value by function. Among the twelve, those extending lifespan were most precious—every cultivator, even immortals, faced mortality’s end. For Lan Nuo’s single longevity medicine fruit to yield three lifespan-extending immortal roots was staggering.

He eagerly read their descriptions:

Ginseng Fruit Tree: Blooms, fruits, and matures every century, yielding 30 fruits every 300 years. Each extends life by 360 years, usable up to ten times for a total of 2,000 years, with diminishing effects.

Black Tortoise Undying Herb: Shaped like a tortoise, fruits every millennium, granting a new life span. Effect varies by realm, up to 5,000 years at Mahayana. One-time use.

Nine Wonders Undying Herb: Fruits every century, nine differently colored fruits with unique effects. White fruit adds 500 years; all nine together add 1,000 years and revive from death. One-time use.

Ye Chen’s mood soared. Each root had distinct strengths: Black Tortoise for high-realm cultivators nearing death, offering near a full life; Ginseng Fruit for lower realms, with multiple uses up to 2,000 years; Nine Wonders, a dual-purpose healing and longevity root, restoring body, origin, or soul when all nine are consumed, or 500 years per single fruit.

As before, he sent them to his small world. With more immortal roots, their divine effects—rooted beyond the world, absorbing external energies—nourished it, turning it into an immortal paradise. Spiritual energy was so dense it nearly liquefied. The new roots enhanced its grandeur.

Ye Chen examined them:

The Ginseng Fruit Tree, massive like the Enlightenment Tea Tree, brimmed with life, its branches swaying, tiny elf-like fruits gleaming like jade.

The Black Tortoise Undying Herb, a modest shrub, bore a single fruit etched with ancient divine patterns, exuding mystery.

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The Nine Wonders Undying Herb, with nine roots in the earth, held nine varied fruits—red like cherries, white like ginseng, silver like a moon, blue like blueberries—each uniquely potent.

A truly versatile immortal root.

Ye Chen was thrilled with his haul. Counting carefully, he now had eleven of the twelve immortal roots. Just one more to complete the set, fully restoring Senior An’s Seven Extremes Immortal Body. This would counter the Seven Extremes Heavenly Maiden’s devouring while boosting Senior An’s multiplier immensely.

The Seven Extremes Immortal Body, unknown in the cultivation world, hailed from a higher realm, rivaling the Heavenly Emperor. Once complete, its multiplier might hit 10,000. If 4,000x was this potent and 7,000x overwhelmed, what would 10,000x bring?

Ye Chen buzzed with anticipation. He even speculated that a female cultivator hitting 10,000x and becoming his Dao partner might unlock new system functions, perhaps enabling critical hits from partners. Senior An, guiltless and long awaiting a child, deserved better than endless waiting. Child or not, Ye Chen was driven to collect all immortal roots.

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Feng Baiyu, knowing Ye Chen well, grew suspicious. Staring in shock, he said, ”You’ve fallen for that Heavy Pupil Lan Nuo, haven’t you?”

Ye Chen shook his head, denying it. But Feng Baiyu, unconvinced, pressed, ”You hyped her up, even at your own expense, and gave her a 300-year longevity medicine! That’s too much!”

Even with his vast experience and familiarity with Ye Chen’s womanizing, this felt absurd. He trailed off, speechless.

Ye Chen, unfazed, produced a jade box and handed it to Feng Baiyu. ”Please have someone deliver this to Green Cloud Sect’s old Sect Master.”

With longevity medicines secured, he’d focus on cultivation. No need to personally deliver—the Eldest Senior Sister and Master were gone, and meeting the old Sect Master would just mean hearing sentimental tales. He’d visit later.

Feng Baiyu, interrupted, eyed the box curiously. Ye Chen had asked about Holy Land longevity medicines, mentioning the old Sect Master’s nearing death. That’s why gifting Lan Nuo a longevity medicine for ”romance” shocked him. Saving the old Sect Master didn’t justify such extravagance. Curious if this was another longevity item, he asked to open it, got Ye Chen’s nod, and peeked inside.

Seeing an elf-like fruit, he raised an eyebrow—Ginseng Fruit, extending life by 360 years? Does Ye Chen have the Ginseng Fruit Tree? So secretive. With Ginseng Fruit and a Sacred Body, you still dare claim you’re not the Heavenly Emperor’s heir?