Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Evil in the Cultivation World

Chapter 1388: Chapter 641: Li Changsheng’s Fortuitous Encounter, Flowing Years Immortal Isle (Part 2)

Who could have imagined that a Spirit Ruins Secret Realm would suddenly appear near that Demon Cave.

It was the famed Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

It was said that the specific location of this Spirit Ruins was not fixed, and it moved constantly from place to place within the Ruins.

No one could determine when or where it would appear.

This was simply a moving natural disaster.

Whenever it occasionally appeared somewhere, it would suck all local living beings into the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

If that were all, it would already be bad enough, but more importantly, the time flow inside this Spirit Ruins Secret Realm was incomparably fast: one year in the outside world, yet a hundred years would pass within.

In some regions, even a single instant could see ten thousand years slip by.

Thus, if a cultivator who entered the Flowing Years Immortal Continent failed to break through in cultivation, their Lifespan would quickly be exhausted in this Spirit Ruins, and they would die.

Moreover, once one entered this Spirit Ruins Secret Realm, there was basically no escape; one would only end up as layer upon layer of snowy white bones within it.

This Demon Cave had met precisely that fate.

It had likewise been swallowed into the Flowing Years Immortal Continent, countless Demons drawn into this Spirit Ruins.

They were exceedingly unlucky, transported into a perilous region of the Flowing Years Immortal Continent where, in a single instant, ten thousand years of Lifespan were stripped away.

In just a few breaths of time, those Demons’ Lifespans were drained dry and they died.

Whether Void Refining Level Demons or Body Integration Realm Demons, all turned to dust and ash.

One can well imagine how treacherous this Spirit Ruins Secret Realm is.

“A pity. The cultivators who entered with me have basically all died.”

Li Changsheng sighed softly.

He looked around; he was now in a valley of the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

Looking out into the distance, the whole Immortal Continent was lush and verdant, endless green reaching the sky.

Thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruits hung heavy on the branches, their skins glowing with a gentle radiance; Ten-thousand-year-old Purple Ganoderma lay coiled upon blue stone, their canopies breathing out faint wisps of cloud; everywhere strange flowers and rare grasses vied in splendor, red, gold, blue, and violet woven into sheets of color, their fragrance rich as honey, mingled with the fresh clarity of growing wood and grass, slowly flowing in the air.

Spirit streams tinkled through the forest, spring eyes gurgled out mist, and the speed at which plants grew could be seen with the naked eye: in a single breath one could see flowers bloom and fall, leaves sprout and wither, branches and vines wildly extend. The vitality of heaven and earth was infinitely magnified, a scene of prosperity so exuberant it bordered on the uncanny.

Yet amidst these boundless Spirit Medicines, the ground was covered with dried, decayed corpses whose Lifespans had long since run out.

Some leaned slantwise against medicine beds, fingertips still tightly pinching half a freshly picked Spirit Fruit, yet their bodies had long since shriveled like firewood, skin and flesh clinging to the joints, only a layer of dried hide wrapping cold white bones;

Some sat cross-legged on stone platforms, as if seeking to use this place for rapid Seclusion and enlightenment, but before the Dao was comprehended, their Lifespans ended. Their bodies remained stiffly seated, eye sockets sunken into hollows, as though still gazing toward the distant Great Dao;

Some lay fallen amid flower clumps, robes still Immortal Family finery with faintly visible gold-thread patterns, yet wild Spirit Medicine vines gently coiled about them, white bones resting beside bright blossoms, dead remains merging with thriving life.

White bones lay heaped layer upon layer, sitting, lying, standing, or leaning, covering every inch of the Immortal Continent’s soil.

Some had been polished white by the years, some still carried traces of congealed blood, some had half-fused with soil and Spirit Medicine, leaving only a segment of dry bone exposed.

Clearly, all of these had once been living beings who entered the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

But without exception, they had all died due to their Lifespans being exhausted.

Even if male and female cultivators had entered here, they had no way to give birth to any descendants in the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

Thus, to this day, the Flowing Years Immortal Continent could not propagate life.

It was as if an invisible force prevented living beings from reproducing in this Spirit Ruins Secret Realm.

Moreover, where he currently stood was already one of the relatively safe regions of the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.

The time flow here was merely a hundred times that of the outside world.

But there were still some special areas where the time flow reached ten thousand times, or even a million, ten million times.

At times, an instant spanning a hundred million years was nothing unusual.

Those Demons who had previously fallen were precisely transmitted into such danger zones, and then had their Lifespans drained and perished.

“Fortunately, I possess infinite Lifespan.”

“I can withstand the scouring of time and years; otherwise I’d have died here long ago.”

Li Changsheng was filled with emotion.

He did not know whether his luck was good or bad.

But in any case, it was precisely because he possessed the Seven-Colored Life Chart of Everlasting Life and Farseeing, innately gaining endless Lifespan, that he was able to survive until now.

At the same time, thanks to the extremely rapid time flow here, Li Changsheng had cultivated for five thousand years in this place, and his cultivation had smoothly advanced to the Void Refinement Realm.

“In fact, staying here brings me enormous benefits.”

“After all, if I truly returned to the Great Xuan Dynasty, I might be forcibly conscripted as cannon fodder.”

“In the war against Demons, even Integration Great Powers cannot guarantee they won’t die.”

“As for Void Refining Cultivators, they’re just slightly larger cannon fodder, nothing more.”

“It’s better to stay here and cultivate peacefully.”

“Although the time flow is indeed extremely fast here, I happen to be an immortal, undying existence.”

“Even if seas dry up and rocks crumble, it doesn’t matter in the least.”

Li Changsheng rubbed his chin.

At first, he’d felt he had suffered terrible misfortune this time, unexpectedly entering such a dangerous Spirit Ruins Secret Realm, but later he realized that for other cultivators this was a deadly Secret Realm with no hope of survival.

Yet for him, this place was practically a paradise.

An incomparably suitable land for his Cultivation.

The only drawback was that, aside from himself, there were no other living beings in the entire Spirit Ruins Secret Realm.

Even if some living creatures inadvertently entered, their Lifespans would soon be exhausted and they would die.

Over time, this place had become a land completely devoid of living beings.

If one were to remain here alone, then even with infinite Lifespan, one might still die of loneliness and see one’s Dao heart collapse. After all, living alone for endless ages was not so easy.

Fortunately, he was a member of the Mixed Element Alliance.

On ordinary days he could log into the Mixed Element Forum and chat idly with other members of the Mixed Element Alliance.

Otherwise, with no one nearby to talk to, he would certainly go mad.

“More importantly, because the time flow here is so fast, it allows for large-scale Spirit Medicine cultivation. I bet those cultivators on the Mixed Element Forum never imagined that so many Thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines are not wild, but planted by me here in the Flowing Years Immortal Continent.”

“Given enough time, I could even mass-produce Ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines.”

Li Changsheng rubbed his chin.

In the outside world, if one wanted a single Spirit Medicine to reach a thousand, or even ten thousand years of Medicinal Power, who knew how much time it would take; ordinary cultivators simply did not have so much Lifespan to burn.

Many times, countless cultivators reached the end of their Lifespans and still never lived to see a single Spirit Medicine fully mature.

But in the Flowing Years Immortal Continent, it was completely different.

The time flow in this place was fast to an inconceivable degree.

Even to raise a Thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, merely ten years of outside time would be more than enough.

The efficiency was frighteningly high.

Precisely because of this, he could sell large quantities of Thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines at low prices.

When he had stayed in Cloud Crane City, he’d been poor as could be, with almost no chance to amass great wealth.

But now things were different.

With so many Thousand-year-old Spirit Medicines, he had become rich overnight.

With such wealth, he could purchase all manner of Magical Treasures, Talismans, and various Cultivation Techniques.

It was like inheriting billions in wealth, to be squandered at will.

“Perhaps I can stay here and cultivate all the way to Integration, or even Mahayana.”

“Whether it takes tens of thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years, it’s all nothing.”

“My Lifespan is endless, after all.”

Li Changsheng felt he had found a Holy Land for his Cultivation.

By remaining within this Spirit Ruins Secret Realm, outside cultivators wouldn’t dare enter.

This place was purely his own Secret Realm.

Even if outside cultivators did come in, they would likely exhaust their Lifespans and die before long.

And he did not need to leave at all; he could stay here and cultivate steadily until he became invincible in the Mortal World.

Even if he truly left here and returned to the outside, he reckoned he wouldn’t gain much more.

It was better to stay and cultivate honestly.

“I didn’t expect that I would finally find a cultivator who possesses the Seven-Colored Life Chart of Everlasting Life and Farseeing.”

“Heaven truly has not treated me poorly.”

At this moment, a mysterious voice suddenly rang out all around, brimming with boundless joy.