The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 1033: Chapter 1003: Thunder Peach, Beauty Bathing

Shen Mo carefully put away the eighth-order Dragon Scale and then took out a celestial peach with a bluish-red hue!

This celestial peach, which looked as if it hadn’t fully ripened, just like the Dragon Scale, originated from Su Qingtao, the master of the Dragon Rearing Pool. However, the former was willingly given by Su Qingtao to Shen Mo, while the latter was forcibly taken by Shen Mo from her hands.

According to the feedback from ”Insight into All Beings,” this type of celestial peach has the effect of enhancing a cultivator’s flesh and vitality. Even after achieving True Immortal status, Su Qingtao would often consume it.

”Clang!”

A flash of Sword Light flickered at Shen Mo’s fingertips, and the celestial peach was instantly divided into five parts, with its skin and pit removed, leaving only the slices of translucent peach flesh.

The peach flesh was white, resembling the color of pearls, emitting a faint radiance with lightning-like patterns subtly flowing within. Touching it brought a numbing sensation to the fingers, with its nectar slowly seeping out, exuding an incredibly enticing fragrance!

Shen Mo picked up a slice and placed it in his mouth, his brow involuntarily furrowed. The celestial peach looked excellent, but the taste was not praiseworthy.

As soon as it entered his mouth, his tongue felt as if it was struck by lightning, an indescribable sourness lingered that couldn’t be ignored, even with the sense of taste among the closed five senses. The sourness spread with the mana from the peach flesh, permeating his entire body, even causing his soul to tremble slightly.

However, this sourness was rather short-lived, like a summer thunderstorm, coming and going swiftly.

Just as the sourness faded, a warm sweetness spread through his mouth, and then there was a sound of thunder from his Dao Body and soul. An overwhelming vitality rose up from every part, sweeping away the previous discomfort, as if the freshness after a thunderstorm replaced the prior heaviness!

[You consumed a Thunder Peach, and the medicinal power begins to flow into your whole body.]

[You continue running your cultivation method, greedily absorbing the pure medicinal power with your organs, flesh, and tendons, while your qi and blood strength improve with the absorption of the medicinal power.]

[In the process, you unexpectedly gained a chance opportunity, Destiny Point +1.]

Shen Mo then swallowed the remaining four slices of peach flesh.

When the sound of thunder within his Dao Body and soul dissipated, he carefully sensed that although his physical vitality was enhanced, the overall increase was minimal as his body was already exceedingly strong!

However, each slice of peach flesh had the same enhancing effect without any signs of diminishing returns.

”Su Qingtao has cultivated to the True Immortal realm and continues to consume Thunder Peaches to enhance her vitality, indicating that the effectiveness of the peaches does not weaken with overconsumption.”

”But a single peach provides limited enhancement. Su Qingtao has been nurturing an ancient peach tree and ate an unknown number of peaches over her cultivation, accumulating bit by bit to develop such formidable vitality, making her a top figure among Human Immortals!”

”My physical body is already powerful enough. Unless I, like Su Qingtao, frequently consume such celestial peaches for tens of thousands of years, otherwise, it’d be better to cultivate external magic techniques more often.”

Shen Mo did not continue to consume the remaining two Thunder Peaches. With a thought, he appeared outside the Green Cloud Cave and then flew toward the northern mountainside of Five Dragon Mountain.

Before long, he arrived outside an unremarkable cave.

This place goes about a thousand miles deep into the mountain, filled with ice jade even colder than ancient Dark Ice and hundreds of types of Ice-type spiritual materials. Under the natural craftsmanship, it formed a natural prohibition, nurturing over millions of years in such an extreme environment, creating an Icy Blessed Land!

For Ice-type constitution cultivators, it is considered a sacred place for cultivation, even for ordinary cultivators practicing Ice-type cultivation methods here, achieving twice the results with half the effort.

This ice cave was discovered a few years ago by disciples of the Red Flame Sect during an exploration of underground gold and stone veins. The original plan was to mine the ice jade and other spiritual materials to supplement the sect’s Treasure Hall. However, doing so would completely destroy this Icy Blessed Land, akin to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, which was deemed too wasteful!

Moreover, over the past few decades, Shen Mo adjusted Five Dragon Mountain’s development strategy, forbidding the indiscriminate mining of underground gold and stone resources by the Red Flame Sect and other forces to avoid damaging the earth vein and spiritual vein. Therefore, the ice cave has remained undeveloped.

A couple of years ago, Chen Mengze used sect merit and a large amount of spiritual material resources to lease the Icy Blessed Land for a thousand years from the sect, developing it into a cultivation cave mansion.

Before setting up the Earth Yuan Array’s prototype, due to having offended many powerful True Immortals, it was unsafe to cultivate elsewhere in Five Dragon Mountain, but now there was no longer any concern. So, nowadays, Chen Mengze spends more than half of the year cultivating in the Cold Jade Grotto!

The entrance to the Cold Jade Grotto is protected by Formation prohibitions, but Shen Mo has a spiritual key given by Chen Mengze. He opened a passage and entered inside.

After traversing a long and winding path, Shen Mo reached the depths of the cave mansion.

On a massive cold jade mineral bed spanning several acres, there lay an icy spring, with water dripping from stalactites, producing a crisp and pleasant ringing sound.

Amidst the shrouding frost-white cold air, Shen Mo vaguely saw an ethereal and stunningly beautiful silhouette. She was clad in gauzy robes woven from ice silk, her form barely perceptible, like a snow lotus of immaculate purity. Her long black hair hung naturally, her brows and eyes were like a painting, and her eyes sparkled, breathtakingly vivid.

Shen Mo seemed to have come at the right time, as Chen Mengze appeared to be preparing to bathe in the icy pool...

Although, upon reaching profound cultivation, the Dao Body becomes clean and spotless, habits formed during mortal times are difficult to change. Many female cultivators, even after achieving Immortality, retain the habit of bathing.

According to what Shen Mo knew, Jade Spring Fairy especially loved using Tribulation Crossing Jade Water, Nine Phoenix Filth Removal Liquid, and other celestial spring waters to cleanse her body.

Shen Mo did not interrupt, quietly admiring from the side.

Soon, he saw Chen Mengze step into the icy spring. The water was crystal clear and chilling, yet she seemed entirely at ease. Her jade feet lightly tread the water, creating layers of splashes that resonated like celestial music, flawless as white jade, starkly contrasting with the surrounding dim environment and swirling white mist.

Soon, Chen Mengze reached the center of the icy pool, slowly removing her gauzy robe, revealing her translucent skin, glistening as if surpassing frost and snow, making the surrounding cold air feel even chillier.

However, she immensely enjoyed this cold, standing quietly with closed eyes, letting the icy spring water wash over her body and mind.

As time passed, she began to stretch her graceful form in the spring, the water flowing around her serpentine movements, mesmerizingly beautiful, animating the surrounding scenery with her presence. The white mist rolled, and the cold air spread, yet could not conceal her peerless beauty.

When she finished cleansing her body and stepped out of the water, tendrils of cold air seemed to drift out with her, making everything around feel even more ethereal.

However, her visage became increasingly vivid, cool and noble, standing apart from the world, leaving an unforgettable impression!