Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

It turned out that high-level spiritual veins like those in the Chao Yun Sect contained a spiritual seed within them.

This spiritual seed was like a human soul, and could be understood as the spirit of the spiritual vein.

Although this spiritual seed didn't contain any spiritual power, as long as it was returned to its original location, it could continue to gather spiritual power and form a new spiritual vein.

To put it another way, the spiritual seed was like a seed, and the spiritual vein was the fruit that grew from it after sprouting and developing.

As long as the seed remained, it would definitely grow new fruit again, given some time.

Therefore, Daoist Xu Chang wanted the spiritual seed so he could return it to its original location and condense a new spiritual vein.

However, this condensation time could be as long as hundreds, or even thousands of years!

But all of this was nothing; as long as the spiritual seed was there, their Chao Yun Sect would still have a chance to restore its former strength.

"Senior, that's the way things are. For you, this spiritual seed is useless, but for us, the significance is very different. That's why I've plucked up the courage to ask you to return the spiritual seed," Daoist Xu Chang explained to Chen Tian, then suddenly bowed to him, pleading.

After hearing his words, Chen Tian murmured to himself, then looked up at the golden light dragon in the sky. After the spiritual seed was removed, the light dragon appeared much weaker, no longer as agile and lively as before.

However, just as Daoist Xu Chang said, although it no longer had the spiritual seed, the spiritual power contained within the light dragon hadn't diminished much and was still as vast and dense as before.

What Chen Tian valued was only the immense spiritual power contained within it. As for everything else, Chen Tian didn't care at all. So, after hearing Daoist Xu Chang's request, Chen Tian immediately nodded and said, "Alright, this spiritual seed will be returned to you."

With that, Chen Tian waved his sleeve, and the 'dragon-shaped phantom' wrapped in golden light quickly flew back to Daoist Xu Chang's side.

"Thank you, Senior! Thank you, Senior!"

Daoist Xu Chang was overjoyed to see this. Without any hesitation, after taking back the spiritual seed, he hurriedly cast a spell to bury it beneath the plaza.

"Roar!"

Just as the spiritual seed was buried into the ground, an extremely loud 'dragon roar' suddenly came from below. Then, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual power, as if summoned by something, slowly flowed over like water, pouring into the place where the spiritual seed was buried.

A new spiritual vein was gradually forming here!

Feeling all of this, Daoist Xu Chang's worried heart finally calmed down. Then, he bowed to Chen Tian again and said gratefully, "Thank you, Senior, for your accomplishment."

"Haha, you don't need to be so polite. We're just getting what we need!" Chen Tian laughed after hearing this. Then, with a wave of his hand, he compressed the huge light dragon in the sky to the size of a few inches and put it back into his storage ring.

Indeed, as Chen Tian said, he only wanted spiritual power, and he didn't care about anything else. In that case, why not do a favor and return the spiritual seed?

In this way, the matter came to a perfect conclusion in a win-win situation.

Although he had lost the vast spiritual power accumulated over thousands of years, he had managed to save the entire Chao Yun Sect, which was what Daoist Xu Chang was most delighted about.

After smiling, Daoist Xu Chang was about to continue speaking to Chen Tian, but suddenly, at this moment, Daoist Xu Chang felt a dizzy spell in his mind. Then, he spat out a mouthful of black blood, and his whole body fell backward.

"Sect Leader!"

"Brother Xu Chang!"

Seeing Daoist Xu Chang in such a strange state, everyone present, as well as the Sect Leader of the Immortal Crane Sect, were shocked. Then, they all gathered around.

It turned out that after examining Daoist Xu Chang, Chen Tian found that a severe poison was lingering in Daoist Xu Chang's body, blocking most of the spiritual power in his body. Moreover, this poison was extremely tyrannical, destroying Daoist Xu Chang's meridians and corroding his internal organs wherever it passed!

Previously, relying on Daoist Xu Chang's extraordinary willpower, he had been able to persevere until now. However, because he had just used the Zhu Jian Sword, he had consumed a lot of spiritual power in Daoist Xu Chang's body, making him unable to suppress this poison any longer, allowing it to penetrate into Daoist Xu Chang's Eight Extraordinary Meridians and even contaminate Daoist Xu Chang's dantian, making the situation extremely critical.

"As early as half a month ago, I knew that I could no longer restrain this poison, but at that time, it was a critical moment for the survival of the Chao Yun Sect, and I couldn't spare any attention, so I had to let it continue to spread. But now that the crisis has been resolved, I have no regrets, and it's time for me to die in peace." At this time, Daoist Xu Chang's breath was extremely weak, and thick black blood kept flowing down, making him look extremely old and haggard.

It turned out that Daoist Xu Chang had already realized that he would die, but for the sake of the disciples of the Chao Yun Sect, he had persevered until now!

"Senior, please have mercy and save Brother Xu Chang!"

"Yes, Immortal Brother, you are so capable, you can't just watch Uncle Xu die!"

As if they had also realized that the situation was not right, the Sect Leader of the Immortal Crane Sect and Xiao Ling'er looked at Chen Tian with pleading eyes, begging him.

"Brother Fenghe, Niece Ling'er, you don't need to say anymore. I understand my own injuries. Now the poison has attacked my heart, and I'm afraid that even the Great Luo Immortals can't do anything about it! I've already prepared for death, and you don't need to embarrass Senior anymore. Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

Daoist Xu Chang understood his own injuries and knew that his situation was now beyond cure.

If he really had to say it, perhaps only the legendary Old Man of Medicine could save him. But a few years ago, the Old Man of Medicine disappeared strangely, so no one in the world could cure him anymore. He had no hope for Chen Tian either.

"Oh, really? Then what if I said I could cure this poison, would you believe me?"

However, just as everyone was plunged into despair, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Chen Tian's face.