Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

207: Chapter 207 That chubby little ice-blue bird... why does it look so familiar?Gu Yan did not ponder for too long.

Since these Disciples and followers of his were destined to face tribulations, he would simply find them a place with tribulations.

The Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, Monster Realm, Ghost Realm, and a host of Middle Thousand Worlds offered stages large enough and tribulations plentiful enough.

Going there, there was no fear of having no tribulations to undergo, only the fear of not being able to finish them.

As for perishing or having their Dao dissipate, there was no need to worry.

Gu Yan remembered that he had previously obtained an orange trait called ”Nine Nether Reincarnation Underworld.”

When he first obtained it, he thought it was useless for the time being and kept it as a backup.

Now, it seemed, was the perfect time to put it to use.

Throwing these restless Disciples out of the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven meant he did not have to fear them dying outside.

He only needed to plant a Divine Soul mark connected to the Underworld.

After death, their souls would not enter the cycle of Reincarnation or the Underworld, but would return directly to his Nine Nether Underworld.

At that time, he could arrange their Reincarnation, and once they recovered their memories from their previous life, it would simply be starting over, with their lives safe.

With this trump card, they could go and Undergo Tribulation without restraint.

Thinking of this, Gu Yan immediately raised his hand and waved it.

Within the Hall of Longevity, space rippled slightly.

Figures appeared out of thin air within the hall, looking around in astonishment.

Shen Qingyi, Little Nezha, Chu Feng, Lin Fan, Ye Chen, Xu Gang, Xu Yue, Ji Canghai, Ji Yingying...

Besides these people, there were also several Disciples from the Taiyi Dao Sect who were similarly carrying tribulation Qi.

As well as several members of the All-Heavens Universe Alliance with extraordinary Luck.

In total, there were over twenty people, all of whom had extraordinary fates and were entangled with tribulation Qi.

Everyone was suddenly teleported to the Hall of Longevity. At first, they were startled, but upon seeing that the person on the seat was Gu Yan, they calmed down and bowed one after another.

”Disciple pays respects to the Dao Lord.”

”Greetings, Longevity Dao Lord.”

Gu Yan sat upright on his meditation cushion, his gaze sweeping over everyone as he got straight to the point.

”I have summoned you all here today because of the matter of tribulation Qi.”

He explained the cause of the tribulation Qi and the harm of internal tribulations, concisely and clearly.

Upon hearing this, everyone had different expressions.

Gu Yan continued, ”I have already prepared destinations for all of you.”

”The Spirit Realm, Demon Realm, Monster Realm, Ghost Realm, and other Middle Thousand Worlds—choose one for yourselves to go to.”

”When you go out to Undergo Tribulation, do not worry about life or death.”

”I have already planted a mark in your Divine Souls. Even if you perish and turn to dust, you will still be able to return to my Underworld, be Reincarnated, and awaken your memories from your previous life again.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyes lit up.

With the Dao Lord personally making arrangements and the guarantee of starting over after death, what else was there to worry about?

Everyone agreed one after another; there was no fear on their faces, but rather an eagerness to try.

Gu Yan nodded slightly and first planted the Divine Soul mark for each of them one by one.

That mark was formless and intangible, yet it was closely connected to the Nine Nether Underworld. Even if they were slapped into dust by someone, their souls could still return by following the mark.

Afterward, he taught them several Mystical Arts and Divine Abilities.

Although not the peak, they were sufficient to walk sideways in the Middle Thousand Worlds.

Finally, Gu Yan raised his hand and beckoned, and dozens of rays of light flew out from the treasure vault of the Hall of Longevity.

Three items for each person, all of which were High Grade Immortal Magical Artifacts.

Such Magical Artifacts were nothing in the Immortal Realm, but in Middle Thousand Worlds like the Spirit Realm or Demon Realm, they were top-tier treasures, sufficient to suppress a Sect.

Everyone accepted the Immortal Magical Artifacts, feeling even more confident.

Gu Yan said no more and activated the haotian mirror.

Light flowed across the mirror’s surface, reflecting the myriad worlds of the heavens.

”Go.”

Chu Feng was the first to cup his fists, then strode into the mirror’s light and disappeared.

Lin Fan followed close behind, his expression calm.

Xu Gang took Xu Yue’s hand, and the two walked in side by side.

Ji Canghai held Ji Yingying’s hand and walked to the front of the mirror.

He looked down at his sister and said seriously, ”Little Ying’er, wherever you go, brother will follow. Brother will protect you well.”

Ji Yingying snorted, raised her chin, and said with a haughty air, ”Stupid brother, my cultivation is higher than yours; it should be me protecting you, right?”

Ji Canghai smiled, did not argue with her, and led her into the mirror.

The rest of the people also chose the worlds they wanted to go to—the Spirit Realm, Monster Realm, Ghost Realm, Demon Realm; each had their own destination.

Either in groups of three or five, or traveling alone to the ends of the earth, they were one by one teleported away by the haotian mirror.

The hall gradually became empty.

Only one person remained at the end.

Ye Chen.

He was still standing in place, hesitating to move forward.

Gu Yan looked at him, not urging him, but only smiling slightly.

Ye Chen hesitated repeatedly, and finally bit the bullet and spoke, ”Dao Lord, I... actually don’t really want to go to the Middle Thousand Worlds anymore.”

”All the fighting and killing, I really don’t want to experience it again.”

He had been to the Spirit Realm once, had experienced too many struggles, and was physically and mentally exhausted.

Now that he had lived a peaceful life in the Xiaoluo Cave Heaven for a while, he really did not want to go out and struggle again.

Gu Yan still looked at him with a smile, saying nothing.

Ye Chen felt his heart crawl with unease under that gaze, and he said sheepishly, ”Dao Lord, look...”

Gu Yan finally spoke, ”You brat, you still don’t want to go? You have to go whether you want to or not. Don’t even think about returning to the Supreme Creation Small Luo Grotto-Heaven until you have used up all your tribulation Qi.”

Ye Chen wanted to cry but had no tears.

He knew the Dao Lord meant what he said; there was no room for negotiation on this matter.

After a moment of silence, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and he cupped his fists and said, ”Dao Lord, since that is the case, I will go to the Spirit Realm.”

”You let me go to that place before, and I am familiar with it.”

”Oh, by the way, please make sure to teleport me into the Azure Wave Sect.”

Gu Yan shook his head and chuckled.

Could he not know what this brat was planning?

The Azure Wave Sect had his External Incarnation’s evil body—Minghe—stationed there.

If Ye Chen went there, he would be under Minghe’s protection and would be safe and worry-free; what need would there be to Undergo Tribulation?

However, Gu Yan did not care.

The Azure Wave Sect was in the Spirit Realm, and the Spirit Realm had its own tribulations.

Once Ye Chen arrived there, he could not hide in the Sect his whole life without stepping out.

As long as he went out and moved about, the tribulation Qi would naturally be consumed.

Moreover, there were those two spirit pets in the Azure Wave Sect.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix Ice Phoenix Bing Chen and the Nine-Tailed Snow Fox Snow Abyss both had a close relationship with Ye Chen.

Letting them reunite was also a good thing.

Gu Yan nodded, ”Granted.”

He raised his hand and pointed at the haotian mirror, and the mirror’s light fell upon Ye Chen.

Ye Chen let out a long sigh of relief and bowed deeply with his hands cupped, ”Thank you, Dao Lord.”

Before his words had faded, his figure had already been enveloped by the mirror’s light and disappeared from the Hall of Longevity.

...

Ye Chen only felt his vision blur, and the world spun around him.

When he stood firm, what met his eyes was already the back mountain of the Azure Wave Sect.

It was still that bamboo forest, that jade-green pool.

The mountain wind blew, the bamboo leaves rustled, and although the Spiritual Qi was not as dense as in the Xiaoluo Cave Heaven, it had its own quiet serenity.

Before he had time to look closely, two shadows had already poked their heads out from behind a rock by the pool.

A small, chubby, ice-blue Phoenix, round and plump, with its wings tucked at its sides, was peeking over this way furtively.

A snow-white Nine-Tailed little fox lay beside it, its nine tails swaying gently in unease.

Ye Chen’s gaze swept over, and the two little beasts simultaneously shrank back behind the rock.

After a moment, they poked their heads out again.

The Nine Nether Ice Phoenix, Ice Phoenix Bing Chen, looked at that familiar figure, and its heart surged.

It recognized Ye Chen, the half-Yao Bloodline youth who had once received its protection under its seat, now a Cultivator at the Integration Stage.

It wanted to go over and talk to Ye Chen to acknowledge him.

But Ice Phoenix Bing Chen looked at its own round, chubby body, and then looked at Ye Chen’s refined and otherworldly demeanor, and it could not take that step forward no matter what.

Losing face.

Too embarrassing.

A dignified Nine Nether Ice Phoenix, now turned into this fat chicken appearance, how could it have the face to meet an old acquaintance?

Snow Abyss was the same.

Ye Chen was her adopted son.

The thin, weak little guy from back then had now grown into a towering, upright man.

She should be happy, she should go forward and acknowledge him.

But in her current appearance, a round, chubby Nine-Tailed Snow Fox, with her body so fat she had no neck, how could she have any dignity as an adopted mother?

The two little beasts looked at each other and simultaneously chose to play dumb.

Ye Chen saw those two little beasts poking their heads out and did not care.

He withdrew his gaze and was about to walk into the bamboo forest when his steps suddenly paused.

That little, chubby ice-blue bird... why does it look somewhat familiar?

He recalled carefully, remembering that year in the Northern Plains, when he was cultivating under that large Nine Nether Ice Phoenix, the ice-blue figure he looked up to every day.

Those wings, that aura, although not exactly the same, had an inexplicable similarity.

Ye Chen turned around and walked toward the rock.

Seeing him walk over, Ice Phoenix Bing Chen panicked and hurriedly turned its head away, pretending to look at the clouds in the sky.

”This little chubby bird...” Ye Chen squatted down and stared at Ice Phoenix Bing Chen, ”I seem to have seen something similar somewhere before.”

Ice Phoenix Bing Chen’s heart skipped a beat, but it feigned ignorance, ”Chi?”

It tilted its head and blinked, looking as if it did not understand what he was saying.

Ye Chen looked at the fluffy white ball of a Snow Fox next to it.

Those nine tails, that fur color—they also felt somewhat familiar.

”You are also...” He reached out his hand, wanting to pet it.

Snow Abyss shrank her body and dodged away.

Ye Chen withdrew his hand, his brows slightly furrowed.

These two little beasts clearly had their spiritual intelligence opened.

Yet they were pretending to be like ordinary wild beasts.

That ”Chi” from the Ice Phoenix just now was as fake as it could be.

His heart was filled with doubts, and just as he was about to ask again, Minghe’s voice came from behind him.

”Yo, you brat, you’ve come to the Spirit Realm again.”

Ye Chen stood up and cupped his fists toward Minghe, ”Greetings, Senior Minghe.”

Minghe glanced at the two little beasts shrinking behind the rock, his mouth twitched slightly, but he did not say anything.

”Since you are here, settle down and stay.”

”I still have a silly Dragon spirit pet here; it is in the back mountain. If you are bored, you can go train it.”

”As for the food for those two spirit pets, A-Ming is responsible for it; you should not interfere.”

Ye Chen acknowledged and looked back one more time.

The two little beasts were still shrinking behind the rock, peeking at him, their gazes complex.

Ye Chen’s heart stirred; he always felt something was not right.

He decided to settle down first and slowly inquire about it in the future.