First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 192: Departure to Tian Shan!

Zhao Lingyin's focused posture while refining pills was as beautiful as a painting.

Gu Pan's graceful and elegant demeanor was like a fairy.

...

In Shen Mo's opinion,

Zhao Lingyin's pill refining, especially the other pills she broke the pill monument records for,

was already infinitely close to the level of "reaching the peak and creating the ultimate"!

But she didn't have the destiny panel.

Just that slight difference was enough to prevent her from catching up to his pill refining speed.

And this barely noticeable gap,

perhaps she could gain some insights from thousands of attempts, and thus make further progress.

But there was a high probability of getting stuck.

No matter how hard she tried, not only would there be no progress, it would also affect her Dao heart, making it impossible to maintain her current level of pill refinement!

Shen Mo was straightforward about this.

Zhao Lingyin couldn't even be persuaded by her master, Wu Gong, which showed her stubbornness.

But Shen Mo was different. He was the only alchemist in the entire Pill Domain who broke her pill refining records.

Therefore, Zhao Lingyin was more willing to listen to him.

In fact, after meeting Shen Mo and having many conversations with him, Zhao Lingyin's obsession had diminished a lot. Otherwise, she wouldn't have reached the fourth-grade level.

"I understand. Junior Brother, rest assured, I won't hinder my cultivation in pill refinement."

...

Two days later,

Shen Mo changed his appearance using the "Three Heads and Six Arms True Immortal Technique".

He walked out of the Bamboo Pill Refining Room and headed straight for the inner sect's cave mansion.

As for Zhao Lingyin, she waited for him to leave and then returned to the Spirit Gathering Peak in a low-key manner, wearing a long robe and a veil.

For the remaining three days, Shen Mo didn't leave his cave mansion.

He cultivated diligently while waiting for the Tian Shan Grand Ceremony.

"Buzz!"

The sound transmission talisman trembled frantically.

Shen Mo glanced at the message on it and then got up and left the cave mansion.

"Senior Brother Lu, I know the way to Purple Cloud Palace. There's no need for you to come and pick me up."

At the entrance of the cave mansion stood a person.

It was Lu Ming, who was going to the Tian Shan Grand Ceremony together with Shen Mo.

After not seeing each other for a while, Lu Ming's aura had become even deeper, giving people the feeling that he held thunder in his hands but didn't release it.

"I'm just afraid that you'll miss the appointed time," Lu Ming explained, then looked Shen Mo up and down, appearing quite surprised. "You've also reached the Triple Heaven? Your speed is no different from mine."

Lu Ming wasn't underestimating Shen Mo.

With his Thunder Spirit Body and the care of the Lu Clan Immortal Clan and the Peak Master,

he was able to make rapid progress after reaching the Qi Gathering Realm. In just half a year, he had advanced to the Triple Heaven Realm.

And Shen Mo had no family to rely on and no Peak Master Zhou Shili to support him.

Yet, in terms of cultivation progress, he hadn't fallen behind at all.

"I just broke through recently, so I can't compare to Senior Brother Lu. I see that Senior Brother's eyes contain thunderlight, so you must have mastered another profound thunder-based immortal technique."

As the two spoke, they summoned their flying swords and turned into streaks of light, flying towards Purple Cloud Palace.

Upon landing, Shen Mo was somewhat surprised.

There were quite a few people standing in front of Purple Cloud Palace.

In addition to Zhou Shili, the Peak Master of Star Peak, there was also Huang Changqing, an elder of Star Peak, as well as two other elders in the Spiritual Sea Realm.

It could be discerned from their robes.

One of them should be an elder of Sunrise Peak, and the other should be an elder of Moonlight Peak.

In addition, there were many disciples in the Qi Gathering Realm waiting in the front square, representing all three major peaks.

Among the disciples of Xingchen Peak, Shen Mo also discovered several familiar senior brothers and sisters, all of them looking like they were rushing to Tian Shan.

"Senior Brother Lu, why are they making such a big fuss?" Shen Mo asked.

"Isn't it just the two of us from Linqiang Sect participating in the Tian Shan ceremony?" Lu Ming shook his head, also feeling puzzled. "My master didn't tell me in detail either."

"But he did mention that every time there is a Tian Shan ceremony, one Peak Master will personally attend," Lu Ming continued.

"We are both disciples of Xingchen Peak, so it's not strange for my master to go to the ceremony this time," Shen Mo replied. "As for the others, I'm not sure."

Upon hearing this, Shen Mo nodded slightly.

After careful consideration, he could understand.

The Tian Shan ceremony was related to the distribution of benefits for the sect in the coming year, and now that the traces of the Heavenly Demon had appeared, this matter became even more important.

No matter how much the Peak Masters valued it, it was not excessive.

As for the elite disciples of each peak, it should be the sect's intention to take them out during this ceremony and exchange experiences with elite disciples from other immortal sects, in order to better deal with the invasion of the Heavenly Demon in the future.

But with Peak Master Zhou Shili personally attending, along with other main peak elders and disciples, to witness his competition with Lu Ming for the ranking in Tian Shan, Shen Mo felt a lot of pressure.

It wasn't that he was afraid of his own lack of strength and losing face, but rather he was worried that when he exerted all his strength under the watchful eyes of everyone, many of his little secrets would be exposed.

For example, the "Thunderous Steps" and "Immortal Wind Cloud Body" that were obtained through improper means.

Both of these immortal techniques were obtained from Lingyun Sect.

One was obtained through a trade with a discarded disciple of Lingyun Sect, and the other was obtained by killing a disciple of Lingyun Sect and looting their body.

Once they were used, it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't be seen through.

As for the evil cultivation artifact, the Soul Refining Banner, there was no need to bring it out at all.

But with the growth of his strength, Shen Mo's confidence was also completely different from half a year ago.

He believed that even if he didn't use the Soul Refining Banner and other hidden cards, he could still compete with the newly rising geniuses from the other four immortal sects.

Shen Mo and Lu Ming approached and greeted Peak Master Zhou Shili, the three elders, and others.

"Not bad, kid! In the past six months, not only has your cultivation not fallen behind, but your body cultivation technique has also reached a very advanced level," Peak Master Zhou Shili looked Shen Mo up and down and showed a look of appreciation.

"Do well at the Tian Shan ceremony, and if you achieve good results, I won't be stingy with rewards."

Compared to the benefits obtained from the competition, even if the rewards for Shen Mo and Lu Ming were generous, they were still just a drop in the bucket.

It seemed that Zhou Shili had already encouraged Lu Ming beforehand and was now making a promise to Shen Mo.

"Disciple will do his best and not disappoint the sect's nurturing," Shen Mo replied.

Although Shen Mo had made up his mind not to reveal all his hidden cards during the competition for rankings, it didn't affect his determination.

Under certain conditions, he would indeed do his best, even if it was just for the sect's rewards.

After Shen Mo and Lu Ming arrived, they didn't immediately set off, but waited for a while in the square in front of the hall.

After another stick of incense, two streaks of light flew over and landed one after another.

When Shen Mo saw the faces of the people who arrived, his mouth twitched.

The people who arrived were none other than Zhao Lingyin and her master, Wu Gong.

Obviously, they also planned to go to Central Plains Tian Shan with Shen Mo and the others through the teleportation array.

But a few days ago, when they were exchanging alchemy techniques in the Bamboo Pill Refining Room, Zhao Lingyin didn't even mention a word to him.

It seemed that she noticed Shen Mo's strange expression when their gazes met, and she blinked at him playfully.

"So you and Senior Wu are also going to Central Plains? Why didn't you tell me before?" Shen Mo communicated with Zhao Lingyin through his divine sense.

Unless it was an Alchemy Ancestor, it was difficult for even a Qi Gathering cultivator to intercept the divine sense communication of a Concentrated Qi cultivator.

Therefore, Shen Mo talked to Zhao Lingyin in front of Peak Master Zhou, Elder Huang, and Senior Wu.

(End of this chapter)