Chapter 116: Condensing the Immortal Body
Seeing the blessed land open, Li Changsheng no longer hid himself.
He stepped out of the void and appeared beside Lin Yan.
With a flick of his finger—
Boom!
An invisible sword qi shot out. Before Lin Yan and the others could comprehend what had happened, over a dozen black-clad figures exploded in midair, their souls utterly destroyed.
"Manager!"
Lin Yan looked at the figure before him in disbelief.
The person in front of him was all too familiar. After all, he was now a first-grade alchemist at the Hundred Herbs Pavilion and received over a dozen spirit stones each month from the pavilion. The person before him was none other than the manager of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion in Ten Thousand Beasts City.
What he couldn't understand was why such a prominent figure would appear in the Blackwater Swamp.
The manager of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion in Ten Thousand Beasts City was someone even the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had to treat with utmost respect. Moreover, there were rumors that Manager Li was a disciple of the Human Immortal powerhouse within the Hundred Herbs Pavilion.
He couldn't believe that such a figure would personally come to the Blackwater Swamp to collect herbs and conveniently show up to save him. It was even possible that everything that had happened recently was orchestrated by Manager Li.
The only thing on him that Manager Li might be after was the sudden surge of power within his body.
Thinking this, Lin Yan's face revealed a bitter smile.
He didn't know how strong Manager Li was, but the managers of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion in other major cities were at least at the Great Ascension stage. Even if he cultivated for several hundred more years, he wouldn't be a match for a single finger of a Great Ascension cultivator.
Regardless of what Manager Li was scheming, as long as he survived, there was still hope.
"Thank you for saving my life, Manager!"
Lin Yan quickly approached Li Changsheng and spoke respectfully.
Li Changsheng didn't respond. Instead, he reached out and made a grasping motion.
Boom!
A terrifying ripple of energy appeared, and two figures were forcibly pulled out of the void and thrown to the ground.
"This is the mastermind behind the plot against you. I've already crippled him."
"Decide how you want to deal with him. After that, come with me to a place!"
Li Changsheng's voice was cold and detached. He didn't care what Lin Yan was thinking. All he wanted was to quietly condense his Immortal Spirit Body without any disruptions.
In fact, if he hadn't suspected that the blessed land was left by someone with the same bloodline as Lin Yan, and that bringing Lin Yan inside might prevent any unforeseen events, he wouldn't have brought him along.
Lin Yan was momentarily stunned. He turned to look at the pale-faced old man and young man lying on the ground, confusion evident on his face.
He had never seen these two before, nor had he offended them in the past.
But since the manager had spoken, he wouldn't lie about something like this.
"You… you dare cripple me?"
"My family's experts will not let you go!" Qi Xuan looked at Li Changsheng in terror.
Just moments ago, he and Old Fu had been observing the situation through the Heavenly Mirror. Then, they saw a mysterious figure in green robes appear, and they were pulled out of the void by an irresistible force.
Old Fu was trembling.
Having lived for hundreds of years, he knew far more than Qi Xuan. The ability to pull them out of the void from dozens of miles away, without harming them with spatial energy, was something even the Great Ascension cultivator from their Qi family couldn't achieve.
If they had known that Lin Yan was protected by such a powerhouse…
Li Changsheng's expression remained unchanged.
In the entire Cangqing World, apart from the enigmatic beings in the forbidden lands of the South Heaven Domain, only the Holy Demon Prince caught his attention. He had never even heard of the Qi family.
"You're Qi Xuan?"
Lin Yan's face darkened. Not long ago, Xun'er had visited him in Ten Thousand Beasts City and left him a Thunderfire Pearl. She had also mentioned that someone named Qi Xuan was being a nuisance. He hadn't expected that Qi Xuan was behind this whole scheme.
"My Qi family has a Great Ascension cultivator—"
Before he could finish—
Li Changsheng flicked his finger.
Boom!
Qi Xuan and Old Fu's bodies turned to dust, leaving no trace of their existence.
"Whoosh!"
After tossing a few pills to Lin Yan's companions, Li Changsheng grabbed Lin Yan and transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for the void a thousand meters away.
As the two passed through an ancient stone gate hidden in the void, a vast expanse of immortal land, bathed in endless divine light and spanning thousands of miles, unfolded before them.
Not far from where they landed, immortal cranes danced gracefully, and two exotic beasts with traces of qilin bloodline frolicked nearby. The land was dotted with spirit springs, which converged into streams that meandered freely across the land. Towering immortal mountains rose in the distance, arranged in a harmonious pattern.
From within the mountains, spirit beasts occasionally flew in and out, their forms flickering in and out of sight.
Every spirit spring here was at least ten times more powerful than the spirit vein Li Changsheng had at his Misty Mountain base in the South Heaven Domain.
"Is this… the Immortal Realm?"
Staring at the scene before him, Lin Yan's eyes were filled with disbelief.
Not only were the spirit beasts in the distance dozens of meters long, but even the dancing cranes before him exuded a powerful aura, likely at least at the Nascent Soul stage.
From the two frolicking beasts, he sensed a pressure comparable to that of the integration-stage elders in his sect.
Only an immortal would casually keep so many powerful beasts, right?
After saying this, Lin Yan instinctively turned to look at Li Changsheng.
Li Changsheng's face carried a faint smile.
The blessed land—he had finally entered it!
"Let's go!"
Without hesitation, Li Changsheng summoned a jade boat and, with Lin Yan in tow, sped toward the area with the brightest divine light.
The two of them passed through a transparent barrier without any resistance.
Where they landed was a pool filled with rising immortal energy.
It was more like a small lake, spanning about a mile in width. The lake was teeming with life, and the immortal energy rising from it indicated its extraordinary nature.
It was as if this place had been prepared specifically for visitors.
"Boom!"
Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the ground, and an inexplicable aura began to rise from within him.
A few breaths later—
Lin Yan opened his eyes.
His face filled with shock, he looked at Li Changsheng and asked in a low voice:
"Manager, what exactly is this place?"
After just one breath here, he had broken through two minor realms, reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment—just one step away from forming his Golden Core.
A single breath here was equivalent to ten years of hard cultivation outside!
"Although this isn't the Immortal Realm, it's not far from it."
Li Changsheng's eyes were also filled with astonishment.
The outer regions of the blessed land weren't much different from the outside world, but the density of spiritual energy here far surpassed even the secret realms of top-tier sects.
However, this Immortal Condensation Pool was filled with spiritual energy laced with immortal qi. Even a Great Ascension cultivator's cultivation speed would significantly increase here.
Moreover, the immortal spring in this lake was enough for at least ten people to condense their immortal bodies.
For him to condense his Immortal Spirit Body alone, this was more than enough.
Who could have left such a blessed land?
"Stay here and cultivate. It will benefit you greatly."
After leaving these words, Li Changsheng found a spot to sit down, adjusted his state, and prepared to condense his Immortal Spirit Body!