Eternal Immortal Clan: It All Started When I Married My Junior Sister!

49: Dao Xuan CrisisNot long after, Chen Daoxuan’s gaze once again fell on the white bones seated on the white jade throne.

He quickly walked over, about to bow in respect!

After all, receiving a Legacy from someone naturally required expressing gratitude.

”Oh?”

But the next moment, he noticed something was amiss.

After a moment of thought, he quickly stepped forward to observe carefully.

”Brother, what are you looking at?”

Chen Daochu also came closer, a little puzzled.

”Look here.”

Chen Daoxuan said, pointing at the skeleton’s rib cage.

Chen Daochu looked in the direction he was pointing.

He saw that the smooth, jade-like bones were covered with tiny, pinprick-sized holes.

These holes were extremely small; if not observed carefully, they would be hard to spot.

They pierced through the bones!

As if they had been pierced by countless invisible sharp objects.

”This is...”

Chen Daochu’s expression changed slightly.

”This Soul Transformation Senior did not die of old age, nor did he perish in battle.”

Chen Daoxuan’s tone became extremely solemn: ”He was instantly annihilated by someone in an unguarded state, his Divine Soul destroyed. Even his Physical Body and bones were corroded by a strange power, leaving these holes.”

”To be able to secretly assassinate a Soul Transformation Realm mighty figure with such means... the Cultivator’s cultivation level is simply unimaginable.”

Chen Daoxuan’s heart felt a chill.

The ecstasy of just having received an astonishing Legacy was instantly diluted by a wave of coldness.

This world was far more dangerous than they had imagined.

A Soul Transformation Realm mighty figure, possessing such astonishing wealth and Legacy.

Yet, he ultimately met such a silent and tragic end.

This gave him a deeper understanding of the cruelty of the Cultivation World.

”Brother, you mean...”

Chen Daochu also thought of this, and the excitement on his face faded, replaced by a trace of lingering fear.

”Our luck is too good.”

Chen Daoxuan said in a deep voice: ”This Senior’s enemy most likely only took what was useful to him, completely disdaining these Cultivation Techniques and Magic Treasures, and even bothered not to set up a Restriction!”

”That’s why we got such a huge bargain.”

Chen Daochu nodded heavily: ”Brother, you’re right! We need to be more cautious in the future.”

”Mm! Our greatest reliance is the Talismans Father gave us.”

Chen Daoxuan nodded.

He took out a thick stack of Talismans from his Storage Pouch: ”Father can draw Third-Grade Talismans. The Medium and Advanced Talismans he gave us are numerous and powerful.”

”As long as we don’t encounter an old monster in the Late Golden Core Stage, they are enough for us to move freely in the Secret Realm.”

”But these are our trump cards. If we can avoid using them, we should try not to.”

The two brothers made their decision, then thoroughly scoured everything in this Hidden Gloom Hall, including the white jade throne.

After confirming there were no omissions, they cautiously left the place.

In the following days, the two brothers became diligent ”scavengers” in the Secret Realm.

The two strictly followed the plan formulated by Chen Daoxuan.

Using the Vein-Seeking Talisman and various auxiliary Talismans given by their father.

They specifically searched for overlooked corners.

In a cave hidden by a waterfall.

They easily passed through a natural rock barrier with a Third-Grade Low Grade ”Earth Escape Talisman” and discovered a Medicinal Garden with dozens of Earth-Grade Spirit Medicine, ”Golden Jade Ganoderma.”

Beside the Medicinal Garden, an Early Golden Core Stage Iron-Backed Demonic Bear was sound asleep.

Chen Daochu’s eyes burned with eagerness, and just as he was about to act, Chen Daoxuan held him back.

The two activated their Invisibility Talismans, silently snuck in, and harvested all the ganoderma.

Then, amidst the furious roars of the awakened Demonic Bear, they calmly departed.

At the bottom of a mountain range.

They wore a Third-Grade Medium Grade ”Water Evasion Talisman” and found an Immortal Cave that had sunk from an ancient Cultivator.

The Restrictions outside the Immortal Cave had long been mostly eroded by time.

The two broke in without much effort.

They harvested three High Grade Spiritual Artifacts and a large amount of Artifact Refining Materials.

In this way, the two were like locusts passing through; in a few days, their Storage Pouches were packed full.

Various Spirit Medicine, Spiritual Artifacts of different grades, and Magic Treasures were almost piled up like small mountains.

On this day, the two were resting in a valley.

”Brother, our harvest this time is probably richer than the entire treasure vault of the Qingyun Immortal Sect!”

Chen Daochu said with a beaming smile, while counting the items in his Storage Pouch.

Chen Daoxuan looked at the Heaven And Earth Treasure all over the ground, a smile also appearing on his face.

But he quickly shook his head.

”These Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Artifacts, though precious, are ultimately external things.”

He mused, ”For the Family, the most important thing is not these consumables, but the Foundation that can allow our Chen Family to be passed down from generation to generation.”

”Cultivation Techniques are the fundamental.”

Chen Daochu nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this: ”Brother is right. We have the Heavenly Gang War God Art, but other people in the Family also need suitable Cultivation Techniques.”

”Exactly.”

Chen Daoxuan put away the items on the ground and took out the Vein-Seeking Talisman again: ”We have already collected enough Spirit Medicine and Materials. Next, our focus should shift to finding those Cultivation Technique Legacies.”

”Even if it’s just an Earth-Grade Cultivation Technique, its significance to the Family is greater than ten Spiritual Artifacts.”

The two brothers reached a consensus and once again activated the Vein-Seeking Talisman.

This time, the light on the Vein-Seeking Talisman flickered for a long time!

It finally pointed to a low mountain to the east.

The two immediately set off, flying at full speed.

Half an hour later, they found the entrance to an Immortal Cave in a mountain hollow covered by rubble.

The entrance was shrouded by a faint blue light curtain.

Spiritual Qi slowly circulated on it, clearly a Restriction.

”Brother, there’s a Restriction.”

Chen Daochu stopped, his expression becoming vigilant.

Chen Daoxuan went forward and carefully investigated. The Spiritual Qi fluctuations on the light curtain were not particularly strong.

Roughly at the level of Early to Middle Golden Core Stage.

”This Restriction has existed for an unknown number of years, and its power has already been greatly reduced.”

He judged: ”It shouldn’t be difficult to deal with.”

If it were before obtaining the Soul Transformation Legacy, facing a Restriction of this level, the two brothers would most likely have to put in some effort.

They might even have to use several Second-Grade Talismans to wear it down.

But now, their horizons and confidence were no longer what they used to be.

Chen Daoxuan calmly took out a completely crimson Talisman from his Storage Pouch!

A flaming Phoenix with outstretched wings, poised to fly, was drawn on it.

”Use this one, quick battle, quick decision.”

He injected his magical power into the Talisman, muttering incantations.

Buzz!

The Talismanic Incantation instantly burst forth with dazzling red light.

A loud bang echoed through the valley.

A flaming Phoenix with a wingspan of over three zhang soared from the Talisman.

The surrounding air was distorted by the scorching heat.

It dragged its magnificent tail feathers, circled in the air, and then, with an Aura of burning mountains and boiling seas, fiercely crashed into the faint blue light curtain!

”Boom!”

With a loud bang, the earth shook and the mountains swayed.

The Golden Core Realm Restriction that had guarded the Immortal Cave for an unknown number of years.

Under the fiery flames of the Fire Phoenix!

It couldn’t even hold on for a breath.

It shattered inch by inch like fragile glass, turning into countless light particles and dissipating.

Chen Daochu watched, dumbfounded, muttering to himself: ”The Talismans Father drew are too terrifyingly powerful...”

Chen Daoxuan also had a proud look on his face. He retracted his hand and said: ”Let’s go, let’s go in and see.”

The two walked into the Immortal Cave, where the furnishings were very simple!

There was only a stone platform, on which lay a Jade Slip and a Storage Pouch.

Chen Daochu stepped forward, picked up the Jade Slip and Storage Pouch, and probed them with his Divine Sense.

A moment later, a peculiar expression appeared on his face. He turned to Chen Daoxuan and said: ”Brother, it’s an Earth-Grade Low Grade Cultivation Technique called the ’Azure Wave Art,’ two High Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.”

After speaking, his tone carried a hint of unconcealed disappointment: ”Is that all? Compared to the Hidden Gloom Hall, it’s far too little.”

Chen Daoxuan heard this, walked over, patted his shoulder, and laughed.

”Dao Chu, have you forgotten what we were like a few days ago?”

”An Earth-Grade Low Grade Cultivation Technique, two High Grade Spiritual Artifacts—if this were a few days ago, it would be enough to make us so excited we couldn’t sleep. Now you think it’s just average. What does this indicate?”

Chen Daoxuan looked at him and said seriously: ”It’s not that the harvest here is too little; it’s that our horizons have been spoiled by that Soul Transformation Senior’s Legacy.”

Chen Daochu was stunned, then suddenly realized, and scratched his head sheepishly: ”Hehe, Brother is right.”

”Put away the things, let’s go.”

Chen Daoxuan had no intention of lingering: ”This Secret Realm is vast, and there must be many more ruins like this. We don’t have much time, so we must hurry.”

”Alright!”

Chen Daochu put the items into his possession, his spirits re-energized.

The two brothers walked out of the Immortal Cave, identified their direction, and once again transformed into two streaks of light.

They sped towards the next possible ruin.

In their hearts, a fervent belief burned.

To seize more resources for the future of their Family!

...In stark contrast to the Chen Family brothers’ bountiful harvest, most Cultivators in the Secret Realm found nothing.

Inside a thoroughly scoured Spirit Medicine Garden ruin.

Several Inner Sect Disciples were complaining dejectedly.

”It’s been more than ten days since we came in, and we haven’t even found a single hair! Those Legacy Immortal Caves either have too strong Restrictions to open, or they’ve already been emptied!”

”Exactly! I suspect this Secret Realm has already been plowed through by the Sect Elders, leaving us with only scraps.”

Not far away, Yun Zhan and Song Ren’s faces were equally gloomy, capable of dripping water.

”Senior Brother Yun, those Chen Family brothers have vanished as if into thin air; we can’t even find a ghost of them.”

Song Ren said hatefully.

Their main purpose for this trip was to ambush the Chen Family brothers and seize their Opportunity.

But now, they hadn’t found any Opportunity, nor could they find their enemies; it was simply a wasted effort.

”Hmph, two cowardly turtles.”

Yun Zhan irritably kicked a stone at his feet: ”They must be like these useless people, hiding in some corner and not finding anything good. We’ll search for two more days, and if we don’t find them, then so be it.”

He paused, his gaze turning towards the more remote and Spiritual Qi-scarce areas deep within the Secret Realm: ”The central area has no more pickings; let’s try our luck in the peripheral areas.”

Yun Zhan and Song Ren’s decision also represented the thoughts of most Cultivators.

In the following days, a peculiar migration wave appeared in the Secret Realm.

A large number of Cultivators abandoned the central area.

They surged like a tide towards the previously uninhabited remote mountain ranges and swamps.

This caused the once rarely visited areas to become lively instead.

”Brother, it seems like there are more people lately.”

In a hidden valley, Chen Daochu frowned as he watched streaks of escaping light occasionally flash across the sky.

The two brothers were currently inventorying their gains from the past few days.

The Spirit Medicine and Magical Artifacts laid out before them were almost piled into a small mountain.

”Hmm, it’s probably because the resources in the central area have been completely divided, so they can only come to these remote places to try their luck.”

Chen Daoxuan nodded, his expression still calm.

He took out the Vein-Seeking Talisman again, looking at the flickering light on it.

A hint of determination flashed in his eyes: ”Dao Chu, we need to speed up.”

”Alright!” Chen Daochu’s spirit was invigorated.

Following the guidance of the Vein-Seeking Talisman, the two brothers flew at full speed.

Finally, they stopped at the foot of a desolate black mountain.

In front of the mountain was an ancient ruin enveloped by a huge light barrier.

Runes flowed above the light barrier, and the pressure it emitted made the two brothers’ hearts tremble.

”This kind of Restriction...!”

Chen Daoxuan’s tone was incredibly solemn.

This pressure was far beyond any Restriction they had encountered before.

Chen Daochu tentatively conjured a High Grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword.

He fiercely struck it against the light barrier.

”Clang!”

With a crisp sound, the Flying Sword was directly bounced back, and the light barrier only flickered slightly,

not even a ripple was stirred.

”Brother, this Restriction is too strong, we can’t open it.”

Chen Daochu’s face was a little pale.

Chen Daoxuan remained silent, staring at the light barrier in front of him, his brows slightly furrowed.

The next moment, he pulled out thirty identical Talismans from his Storage Pouch in one go.

These Talismans were bright silver all over, and the runes drawn on them were incredibly sharp.

They emitted an indestructible Geng Metal Qi.

Each one was a Geng Metal Barrier-Breaking Talisman personally drawn by Chen Xu!

”Dao Chu, protect me!”

With that, he no longer hesitated, madly injecting his entire Spiritual Qi into the dozens of Talismans in front of him.

”Buzz—”

The Geng Metal Talismans simultaneously erupted with dazzling silver light, and an extremely sharp Aura soared into the sky.

The surrounding air was cut with sizzling sounds.

Chen Daoxuan’s face instantly turned pale; simultaneously controlling dozens of High Grade Talismans

was a huge test for his Divine Sense and Spiritual Qi.

”Rise!”

He roared, pushing his hands forward fiercely.

Countless silver streams of light instantly merged into one!

In mid-air, it transformed into a huge silver sword shadow, a hundred feet long, carrying an Aura as if to cleave the sky, and fiercely struck towards the protective light barrier!

”Boom!!!”

The moment the huge silver sword shadow collided with the light barrier!

The entire black mountain trembled violently.

That Soul Transformation Stage Restriction that had protected the ruins for tens of thousands of years!

Under this one strike, it was actually cut open with a small crack!

”Puff!”

Chen Daoxuan spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body swayed, his Spiritual Qi exhausted, and he almost fell to the ground.

”Brother!”

Chen Daochu quickly supported him.

”I’m fine.”

Chen Daoxuan waved his hand, swallowing a Medicinal Pill.

His gaze fixed on the opened entrance of the ruins, ”Let’s go, enter!”

The two brothers entered the ruins.

They found that it was not a palace as imagined, but a huge natural cave.

In the center of the cave was a huge Pill Furnace constructed from Earth Fire magma!

The furnace fire had long been extinguished.

On the surrounding stone walls, individual stone chambers were carved out.

Inside were stored a large number of Jade Slips and Medicinal Pill bottles.

”It’s the Legacy of an Alchemist!”

Chen Daochu shouted excitedly.

However, the eyes of the two brothers were simultaneously drawn to something in the very center of the cave.

There, a fist-sized, dark golden flame

was quietly suspended in mid-air.

It did not emit any scorching Aura!

Instead, it was like a warm precious jade, just quietly burning.

The surrounding space slightly distorted under its light.

Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fire—Earth Core Flame!

”It’s actually the Earth Core Flame...”

Chen Daoxuan’s breathing became hurried.

This was the legendary Spiritual Fire born from the core of the earth.

It was the supreme treasure that all Alchemists dreamed of!

Its value even surpassed that Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique!

”Brother, how... how do we collect this?”

Chen Daochu looked at the Spiritual Fire, both excited and nervous.

All Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fires have sentience, and the collection process is extremely dangerous; a slight carelessness can lead to being consumed by the Spiritual Fire, turning into ashes.

Just as the two were contemplating a solution, an unexpected change occurred!

The quietly suspended Earth Core Flame, as if sensing some summons, suddenly trembled fiercely.

The next moment, it transformed into a dark golden stream of light.

With lightning speed, it instantly plunged into Chen Daoxuan’s glabella!

”Ugh ah!”

Chen Daoxuan let out a scream, and his entire body fell to the ground fiercely.

His body began to convulse violently.

Beneath his skin, dark golden lines of fire frantically coursed.

As if to completely incinerate his Meridians, bones, and even his Divine Soul.

An unimaginable intense pain instantly engulfed his consciousness.

”Brother!”

Chen Daochu’s eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a shriek.

A burnt smell emanated from Chen Daoxuan’s body.

His body surface even began to emit wisps of smoke.

”Brother! How are you!”

Chen Daochu rushed over, wanting to help his older brother up.

But as soon as his hand touched Chen Daoxuan’s body!

He was scalded by an incredibly hot force and suddenly recoiled.

He looked at his palm; it was already covered in blisters, and the pain was piercing.

This was just a little bit of heat that had escaped!

How terrifying must the pain his older brother was enduring be?

Chen Daochu completely panicked.

His mind was blank, and tears uncontrollably welled up.

A burnt smell emanated from Chen Daoxuan’s body.

His body surface even began to emit wisps of smoke.

”Brother! How are you!”

Chen Daochu rushed over, wanting to help his older brother up.

But as soon as his hand touched Chen Daoxuan’s body!

He was scalded by an incredibly hot force and suddenly recoiled.

He looked at his palm; it was already covered in blisters, and the pain was piercing.

This was just a little bit of heat that had escaped!

How terrifying must the pain his older brother was enduring be?

Chen Daochu completely panicked, his mind was blank, and tears uncontrollably welled up.

He was just a teenager, even if his mind was precocious.

Facing the tragic sight of his older brother on the brink of death, he completely lost his composure.

What to do? What to do?

He wanted to use a water-type Spell to extinguish the flames on his older brother’s body, but reason told him that this was a legendary Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fire; how could ordinary water extinguish it?

Forcibly casting a Spell would probably only enrage the Spiritual Fire, making his older brother die faster.

He wanted to carry his older brother on his back, escape from here, and find someone for help.

But in the Secret Realm, people’s hearts are unpredictable; who would kindly save them?

If it were discovered that his older brother had Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fire within him, it would probably immediately invite a deadly disaster, leaving not even bone dregs.

Despair and helplessness, like a tide, drowned him.

Just then, Chen Daoxuan, who had fallen to the ground and whose consciousness had begun to blur, let out a low growl from his throat.

Intense pain!

Unimaginable intense pain!

Chen Daoxuan felt as if his Divine Soul was placed on a furnace.

Being repeatedly scorched by that dark golden flame.

Every inch of his Meridians, every bone, was being torn, burned, and then reassembled by this overbearing power.

His consciousness floated in the sea of fire, always on the verge of being completely swallowed.

I can’t die!

I can’t die!

Father is still waiting for us to return!

The future of the Family still needs us!

A strong will to survive allowed him to grasp a sliver of clarity in his rapidly dissipating consciousness.

Cultivation Technique!

The ”Heavenly Gang War God Art”!

That Heaven-Grade High Grade Body Refining Cultivation Technique obtained from the Hidden Nether Hall!

A flash of inspiration exploded in his chaotic mind.

The ”Heavenly Gang War God Art” was created by an ancient War God, incredibly overbearing, using heaven and earth as a furnace, and all things as firewood, to temper oneself and forge an indestructible war body.

Although the Earth Core Flame was a Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fire, extremely violent!

But for the ”Heavenly Gang War God Art,” wasn’t it also the best firewood?!

This was a crazy idea, a gamble with nine deaths and one life!

To forcibly circulate a Heaven-Grade Cultivation Technique with his un-Foundation Establishment Physical Body!

To refine a Heaven And Earth Spiritual Fire capable of burning mountains and boiling seas!

This was nothing short of a huge gamble.

If he won the gamble, he would ascend to heaven in one step.

If he lost the gamble, his Divine Soul would be annihilated.

But at this moment, he had no other choice!

”Ah—!”

Chen Daoxuan let out a roar.

He endured the excruciating pain of his Divine Soul being torn apart, using his last shred of will.

He began to guide the violent fiery current within his body according to the method recorded in the ”Heavenly Gang War God Art.”

This process was a hundred times more painful than simply being burned just now.

If before he was passively enduring!

Then now he was actively stabbing himself with a knife.

He actively guided the power of the Earth Core Flame into his fragile Meridians.

Forcibly crushing and compressing it with the Cultivation Technique.

Imprinting it into his flesh and bones.

”Crack... crack...”

The bones within his body emitted sounds of unbearable cracking.

His Meridians snapped inch by inch, and his flesh and blood were burned to charcoal.

But the profoundness of the ”Heavenly Gang War God Art” also manifested at this moment.

A strange vitality was born in destruction.

The burned flesh and blood, under the circulation of the Cultivation Technique!

Actually began to regenerate at an astonishing speed.

The newly formed Meridians were tougher and wider than before!

On the newly formed bones, a faint dark golden luster even appeared.

Destruction and Rebirth, in this extreme pain, achieved a peculiar balance.

Beside him, Chen Daochu, who had been at a loss, was first startled by his older brother’s change.

Then, his eyes erupted with ecstatic joy.

He understood!

His older brother hadn’t given up, he was resisting!

He was trying to refine that Spiritual Fire!

Chen Daochu instantly calmed down.

He wiped away his tears, on his tender face!

A look of determination and ruthlessness appeared.

Father had said that the two brothers, when outside, were one unit.