In the secret underground chamber of the Little Qiong Peak, he lit up two Dharma treasure lamps refined from the Night Pearls of the East Ocean, making the narrow room, where he could not see if it was day nor night, seem more ethereal.
He threw out a paper effigy and asked it to play the Erhu. Then, he played the melodious and soothing song, āTwo Springs Reflect the Moonā.
There were a few immortal peaches on the table that were filled with spiritual energy.
He picked up a dagger and slowly rotated it on the immortal peach, making the thin peach skin turn into the shape of peaches that ordinary Golden Immortals could not eat.
The reason he decided to peel the skin of the immortal peach was not because he felt that the skin of the immortal peach was not nutritious. He just wanted the paper effigies beside him to know that his peachā¦ was juicy.
The boring diary of Li Changshou.
Li Changshou took a bite of the tender and juicy peach flesh, and experienced the comfort of the spiritual energy slowly spreading in his mouth. He could not help but let out a few soft moans.
As expected of a Connate Spirit Fruit. This mouth-feel, this taste!
Indeed, it was a little less interesting than when the paper effigy ate the immortal peach on the Three-Immortal Islandā¦
At that thought, Li Changshou recalled the scene of the fairy peeling the peach. It was gentle and exquisite. A ray of sunlight shone on her hand. The flesh of the immortal peach was far less crystalline than her fingertipsā¦
Crack!
Li Changshou raised his hand to hit his forehead and shook his head hard.
Karma, Iām just going to eat the peach, yes, Iāll eat the peach. After slowly nibbling a peach, Li Changshou put away the core and carefully experienced it. One could tell what a Spirit Fruit was as soon as they ate an immortal peach. The mysterious Dao runes within it seemed to contain the remnant charm of the Great Dao when the world was first born.
Li Changshou quickly came to a conclusion.
The immortal peach would benefit his masterās cultivation level if his master ate it. It could also increase his masterās lifespan by hundreds to thousands of years. It would not cause any harm to his master.
It was not a problem for Lingāe to have two of them either. It could increase her lifespan and raise her cultivation level. It could purify her immortal power, make her immortal body free of impurities, and make it become graceful. It could also make her skin fair, smooth, and more lustrousā¦
There were indeed many benefits.
Li Changshou had already transported the immortal peaches back to the sect for three months. Today, after confirming that the matter of him tampering with the immortal peaches had not been exposed, he prepared to distribute them.
Calculating the time, the ālongevity wineā that he had refined previously could be released from the cellar.
Li Changshou looked at the remaining three immortal peaches on the table.
He had originally planned to eat a few more of them himself, but he realized that they did not have any obvious effects on him apart from being delicious. He decided to leave some for Lingāe and the others.
The so-called longevity wine was naturally the fruit wine brewed from the immortal peach. With Li Changshouās efforts, he could seal 80% of the immortal peachās spiritual energy. He had refined two jars of this fruit wine. He would give one to Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu, and one to Uncle-Master Jiu Wu, Grandmaster Jiang Lināer, and Exalted Wang Qing. After careful calculation, he realized that Aunt-Master Jiu had already enjoyed three immortal peachesā¦
Yes, this is very necessary. If I donāt give them more nutrients, what should I do if I cause my Little Aunt-Master, whom I have ābenefited greatly fromā to lose weight!?!
Li Changshou went straight to the hidden wine cellar outside the Pill Chamber and took out two jars of fruit wine.
He got to work.
He dipped his finger in some wine and analyzed it carefully. He realized that the medicinal properties and spiritual energy were much stronger than he had expected. It did not lose too many ānutrientsā. Li Changshou took out a few small wine jars and divided one of the two large jars of wine into three portions. He took out a messenger paper crane and invited Uncle-Master Jiu Wu over. He sent the three jars of longevity wine out and reminded Uncle-Master Jiu Wu repeatedly to give the other two jars to his master and masterās wife. āWhat wine is this? Look at how nervous you are.ā
The short Daoist carried the three jars of wine and sniffed them curiously. He smiled and said, āMaster and his wife donāt usually drink much. Why donāt you keep them for Little Jiu?ā
āIāve already prepared a portion for Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu.ā Li Changshou smiled and said, āThis wine can increase oneās lifespan. I accidentally refined it with some spirit herbs. Uncle-Master, donāt ask further. This is just a token of my filial piety to Grandmaster and Uncle-Grandmaster. It will probably be difficult to have another one in the future.ā
āAh, okay!ā
Uncle-Master Jiu Wu smiled and agreed. He did not ask further.
Although the spirit herbs that could increase oneās lifespan were very precious, for some reason, even if Li Changshou took out two bottles of pills and said that they were the Nine Revolutions Golden Pills of the Grand Supreme Elder, Jiu Wu would not be surprisedā¦
He had gotten used to it. It could not be helped.
After watching Jiu Wu leave on a cloud, Li Changshou used his immortal senses to carefully observe for a while. When he saw Uncle-Master Jiu Wu send the two jars of longevity-enhancing wine to the Wang Qing Residence, he felt relieved.
I wonder when Aunt-Master Jiu will come out of seclusionā¦
Before Li Changshou could finish making up his mind, the mountain breeze brought about a faint yawn from afar. He scanned with his immortal senses and saw a window on the second floor of the chess room being pushed open. A beautiful figure was stretching her back.
Before her eyes could open, she had already twitched the tip of her nose. She seemed to have smelled something and smacked her lipsā¦ āGive me wineā¦ā
There was no one else with such a nose.
Li Changshou laughed and placed the remaining wine inside a silver wine pot before floating away.
In the chess room, the old woman, who was in charge of taking care of Jiu Yushi, used Earth Escape and disappeared.
Jiu Yushi had just stepped onto the path of cultivation. The spiritual energy of the Immortality Peach was too strong, so she could not take a single sip. She could only miss this opportunityā¦
Li Changshou rode a cloud and flew near the chess room.
āAunt-Master, are you out of wine again?ā Jiu Jiu, who was lying weakly on the window sill on the second floor, suddenly stood up and looked outside. Her gaze quickly locked onto the wine jar in Li Changshouās hand.
āLittle Shoushou!ā
Jiu Jiu cheered and jumped out of the window, looking very touched. She reached her hands out and started to eat.
Li Changshou felt like teasing her. He took half a step back and put the wine pot back into his storage Dharma treasure.
Jiu Jiu pounced too quickly. With a cry, she fell onto the grass behind Li Changshou. She slid forward by half a meter and crushed the grass, causing the region to suffer from severe disasters.
For some reason, Jiu Jiu remained motionless and pretended to be dead silent.
It was extremely similarā¦ She would lie down for a while after falling.
āWhatās wrong?ā
Li Changshou said warmly. He tapped a white cloud and lifted Jiu Jiu up.
āAhā¦ā
Jiu Jiu faced downwards, her body sinking into the white cloud. Her limbs stiffened, and she started a lifeless speech.
āIām clearly an elder, but I have to rely on a junior like you to support me. Ah, Iāve failed as an immortalā¦ Iāve been cultivating for so many years, but compared to you, Iām completely useless. Ah, Iāve failed as an immortalā¦ Senior Brother and Senior Sister are clearly a pair. Little Junior Sister reincarnated with karma. Look at me. Ah, I failed as an immortal.ā
Li Changshou sighed in his heart. He felt that his Aunt-Master was indeed under too much pressure.
Just as he was about to comfort her, a small hand reached out from the cloud.
āSo, quickly give me wine to drink and let me be drunk!ā
Li Changshou was rendered speechless.
Aunt-Masterās Thousand-layer Trap. āAunt-Master, letās talk about serious matters.ā
āHuh?ā
Jiu Jiu tried her best to raise her head and look at Li Changshou. When she saw Li Changshouās serious expression, she quickly put away her dejected and useless expression. She jumped up from the white cloud and sat cross-legged. āWhat serious matter?ā
Li Changshou took out the wine jar and handed it to Jiu Jiu. He smiled and said, āSo far, this is the best fruit wine that I can brew. I originally brewed two jars but I sent one to his Grandmaster and Aunt-Master. That jar was meant to be a token of filial piety. Remember, donāt drink it like ordinary immortal wine. Its effects are extraordinary. Itās best if you take it on three separate occasions. Every time you drink it, you will enter seclusion.ā
āUmā¦ā
Jiu Jiu blinked and pursed her lips. Her face looked a little unnatural.
She suddenly looked away from the wine jar and stared at Li Changshou. She asked softly, āLittle Changshou, tell me the truth. Do you haveā¦ any designs on me?ā
Li Changshou was also caught off guard. He smiled and said, āAunt-Master, what nonsense are you talking about?ā.
āYou donāt harbor any designs on me?ā
āAunt-Master, what are you disappointed about?ā
āHehehe.ā Jiu Jiu pursed her lips and chuckled. Then, she cleared her throat and said seriously, āI was thinking that if you had any ulterior motives, I would give in to you. Anyway, I feel that youāre not bad. In the future, I can still get wine from you openly. My Dao heart is about to develop an inner demon from eating and drinking for nothing! Or you can find something for me to do and help you with planting all kinds of beans!ā.
Li Changshou thought for a while and said, āAunt-Master, you donāt have to feel bad. However, since you have mentioned it, I happen to be lacking some help. Thereās no need for you to do the physical work of planting beans. Aunt-Master, youāre also beautiful. Youāre one of the few fairies in the sect. You canāt work with a hoe. In that caseā¦ Aunt-Master, help me collect some thousand-year-old spiritual tree sap. Iāll make paper effigies. However, Aunt-Master, please keep this matter a secret. Do not mention it to anyone else.ā
Jiu Jiu pouted and suddenly complained aggrievedly, āYouāre really willing to let me work!ā
āWellā¦ā
āHehe, Iām just joking.ā Jiu Jiu quickly calmed down and patted her chest. āDonāt worry, Disciple-Nephew. In the future, making tree sap will be my main job! Is a thousand-year-old tree enough? I know that some of the old trees on some peaks are about to become spirits!ā
Li Changshou silently shifted his gaze away and recited the painting of the Empress of the Hundred Beauties in his heart to clear his thoughts.
āAunt-Master, remember to drink it on three separate occasions. There are three other types of wine here.ā
āYes, yes! Let me try it firstā¦ Oh my, what wine is this? It tastes so different. Did you add medicine inside?ā
Li Changshou was rendered speechless.
He did not have any medicine. He only had a few immortal peaches, the kind that was formed from Connate Spirit Roots.
Li Changshou did not expect that the effects of the immortal peach would be so outstanding for cultivators who were not at the Golden Immortal realm!
Jiu Jiu, who had just finished her seclusion, drank the wine that was equivalent to the effect of an immortal peach and entered a meditative state again. The immortal power in her body was extremely abundant and allowed Jiu Jiu to advance one small realm after another.
After Jiu Jiu went into seclusion, Li Changshou invited his master to eat another one.
Qi Yuan was originally half a step away from the Perfected Immortal realm. However, after consuming the immortal peach, he advanced on the spot and officially reached the end of the Earth Immortal realm- the Perfected Immortal realm. The path ended just like that. He had reached the peak of his Immortal Life!
Qi Yuan sat there and was not happy. Instead, he felt empty and helpless. He looked down at his hands.
He was already at the Perfected Immortal realm, but his strength was equivalent to the late-stage Essence Immortal realm of the Heaven Immortal Daoā¦
His lifespan had not increased much. It seemed to be the same as when he had just entered the Turbid Immortal realm.
The increase in lifespan from advancing to the next realm was not as good as the bonus in lifespan from consuming the Immortality Peach. The latter had increased his lifespan by about six to seven hundred yearsā¦
Is this the entirety of my life?
Li Changshou did not expect that the advancement of a Turbid Immortal would not increase his lifespan.
He hurriedly asked his master to consume another pill. The effect of raising his cultivation level was not very obvious, but his lifespan was increased by another hundreds of years.
The effect of the immortal peach was quite good.
Hence, Li Changshou silently took out the third peachā¦
Qi Yuan waved his hand and hurriedly said, āChangshou, donāt give it to me! Enough, enough! Keep this treasure for your junior sister!ā
āMaster, I still have some,ā Li Changshou said seriously. āThis item comes from the Heavenly Courts. Master, donāt mention it to anyone. I had put in a lot of effort to obtain it. Iāll leave this one with you first. You can use it after digesting the other two peaches.ā
Qi Yuan sighed and said, āThe only two things that Iāve done right in my life are to accept you and your junior sisterā¦ā
āMaster, donāt think too much.ā Li Changshou smiled and said, āThere are still many days to come. Master, if you go to the Heavenly Courts to gain some merit, your lifespan will increase again. In that case, Master, you will report to the Heavenly Courts in another decade or so. āI will help you secretly make arrangements to see if you can become a mountain god or land god. Then, I will place your territory in the Immortal Du Sect. In that case, Master, you can cultivate in the mountains while receiving merit to increase your lifespan.ā
Qi Yuan was stunned. āYou can do that?ā
āOf course.ā Li Changshou smiled and said, āLet me make the arrangements. Master, donāt worry. If you need to cultivate, go look for Masterās wife. Ahem, find Aunt-Master Jiu Yushi to chat.ā
Li Changshou did not finish his sentence.
If the immortals do not have enough money, we can start from scratch. At most, we can give Meng Po more benefits. When Meng Po scoops up the soup, we can give her more spoons.
After comforting his master, Li Changshou walked around Lingleās straw hut.
When he realized that Lingāe still did not show any signs of coming out of seclusion, he placed the treasure pouch containing the three immortal peaches on her hand and left a note.
After that, Li Changshou went to the spiritual beast enclosure and called Xiong Lingli, who was reminiscing about her friendship with the spiritual beast that was waiting to be slaughtered. He casually threw a peach over. Xiong Lingli giggled. She wiped the peach and took two bites.
āThank you, Cousin. Wow, this peach is so sweet!ā
āYes, eat them all.ā
Li Changshou said and began to observe openly. Soon, Li Changshou discovered something strange in Xiong Lingliās body. The spiritual energy that should have turned into Dharma powers in the young girlās tower-like body had turned into blood energy!
Psht!
Chi
Xiong Lingliās body expanded at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. She tore her battle dress!
Under her bulging muscles, a boundless aura surgedā¦ āCousin!ā
Xiong Lingli widened her eyes and said anxiously, āLingli has become stronger again!ā
āYes.ā Li Changshou smiled and nodded. āThe world is dangerous. Itās not bad to be strong.ā
Xiong Lingli pursed her lips. Her cute face was filled with grievance. She raised her head and cried. She looked like a child who weighed 250 to 300 kilogramsā¦ Li Changshou comforted her and rode a cloud back to the Pill Chamber.
He took out another messenger paper crane. This time, he wanted to invite Youqin Xuanya over for a chatā¦
At the same time, on Three-Immortal Island, in the warm pavilion that was covered in clouds and curtains, the fairy, who was meditating and cultivating, slowly opened her eyes. She looked at the portrait hanging on the wall for a while before pursing her lips and smilingā¦
Then, she sighed.
She did not understand why her mental state was so complicated.
Could it be that Eldest Uncle-Master is plotting something?
She kept thinking about it and felt that she should not have done that. Yet, she felt that she should have done so.
After much deliberation, she found that her mind was in a mess. That figure became clearer in her heart.
Forget it. Iāll ask Teacher to explain my doubts to prevent any mistakes.
If I have that intention, I will not avoid it.
However, if someone else is plotting against me, wouldnāt he be happy for nothing?
As he thought about it, the fairyās figure disappeared. A gentle breeze brushed past her, and she sighed softly.