Who Let Him Cultivate Immortality

Chapter 392: Astonishing Power

“You can just think of it as a technique I created myself,” Lu Yang said, not bothering to explain further since it would be too complicated to do so.

Seventh Elder didn’t press the matter. After watching Lu Yang perform the technique once, he could easily calculate how to adjust the ingredients for the pill that Lu Yang needed.

With a quick calculation, Seventh Elder nodded. “Give me a moment, and the pill will be ready.”

Seventh Elder, holding a comb-like tool, casually gathered various herbs from the shelves without even needing to weigh them.

He made a single lap around the shelves, and his comb was filled with ingredients, which he divided into five portions based on the order in which they should be used.

Then, he stomped his foot, and a cluster of flames burst forth. The flames connected in a lotus-like shape, blooming brightly.

“Are these all True Fire?” Lu Yang was shocked, suddenly reminded of the wall full of True Fire that the Fifth Elder had collected.

Lu Yang mused, “Fifth Elder once said that all of these True Fires were painstakingly gathered from all over the world. Could it be that the Dao Seeking Sect has a tradition where disciples travel the world to collect True Fire?”

Seventh Elder noticed Lu Yang staring and casually explained, “I snatched these True Fires from Fifth Elder.”

Lu Yang: “…”

Seventh Elder ignited the furnace. Three different flames emerged, flowing under the tripod-shaped cauldron, sparking a fierce fire. The bottom of the cauldron turned red-hot, and even from a distance, Lu Yang could feel the heat waves from the three True Fires.

The five portions of herbs were added to the cauldron in sequence, and within moments, they dissolved into a thick liquid, emitting a fragrant aroma. Inhaling it made Lu Yang feel like he was about to ascend to immortality.

Outside the elixir liquid, a small black glob of liquid floated. As more ingredients were added, the black liquid grew in size, its color shifting from black to green, releasing the same medicinal fragrance.

Seventh Elder clapped his hands together, and with a loud clang, the cauldron’s lid shut tightly. Lu Yang could no longer see the transformation within the elixir liquid, but the scent in the air grew increasingly rich.

“What a remarkable alchemy technique. Even the excess herbal residue can be refined into other pills, and their quality is far from low,” Everlasting Fairy remarked with a hint of surprise. Among the Unity Stage experts she had seen, none had reached Seventh Elder’s level of mastery.

“Open!” Seventh Elder shouted, and the cauldron opened with a bang. A series of pills, surrounded by swirling clouds of medicinal essence, flew out, landing on the prepared golden tray with a crisp clinking sound.

“This is a pill I concocted on the spot based on your physical traits and the way you cast your spells. I’m calling it the Yang Revitalizing Pill. I’m not sure how effective it will be, so why don’t you give it a try?” Seventh Elder flicked a pill over to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang stepped outside, held the Yang Revitalizing Pill in his mouth, and circulated his spiritual power to cast Village in the Palm.

Suddenly, the sky darkened as the massive hand, the size of a village, descended. His spiritual power was rapidly drained, and at this point in the past, the technique would have failed. But this time, the Yang Revitalizing Pill transformed into a warm flow, replenishing his depleted spiritual power just in time, allowing the hand to continue its descent.

Boom—

The enormous hand slammed down, generating a shockwave that sent dust flying. Lu Yang himself was nearly blown away by the force of the aftershock!

And that was just from the residual impact!

Lu Yang couldn’t even imagine what kind of devastation someone standing directly beneath the hand would experience!

The ground was left with a massive imprint of the hand, which slowly began to heal itself thanks to the spiritual nature of the soil on Pellet Cauldron Peak.

Lu Yang was exhausted, his throat dry, but a smile spread across his face.

He had finally been able to execute the full technique, and its power was far beyond what he had imagined.

Seventh Elder, standing nearby, was also pleased with his work. “Just as I predicted, one pill contains exactly enough spiritual power for you to cast that spell once. Any more spiritual power, and your body wouldn’t be able to handle it.”

“The power of that strike… even if I were still at the Golden Core Stage, I wouldn’t have been able to block it.”

Seventh Elder put the remaining Yang Revitalizing Pills into a medicinal gourd. To avoid confusion with the other gourds, he labeled it before tossing it to Lu Yang.

There were still two green pills left in the golden tray. Seventh Elder picked them up and said, “These pills were made from some ingredients that weren’t necessary for your pill. If you take them, within seven days your intestines will rot, and your soul will dissolve. Want to try?”

Lu Yang shook his head vigorously, afraid to even delay his refusal.

He returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak and counted the number of Yang Revitalizing Pills.

“Seven pills, plus the one I just took, that makes eight. Excellent! I’ll rely on these to cast Village in the Palm!”

“Actually, ‘Village in the Palm’ isn’t just an offensive technique,” Everlasting Fairy popped up to remind him.

“What do you mean?”

“Village in the Palm is a spatial technique. It contains a village within it, and can be used for storage or even holding people.”

Universe in the Palm isn’t just a metaphor for the palm becoming as vast as the heavens. It actually contains an endless space.

“Is that really possible?” Lu Yang was surprised. While using it for storage was understandable, after all, many storage rings could do that, using it to hold people was much more difficult. It required specialized storage rings, usually used by cultivators who trained in taming beasts.

“Let’s first test its storage capabilities.”

Lu Yang pulled out the Qingfeng Sword and the Underworld Moon Sword from his identity jade token. With a simple motion of his palm, both legendary swords disappeared.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

He opened his hand, revealing a small space where the two treasured swords had shrunk to an almost imperceptible size, stored safely within his palm.

“To keep items stored, I need to constantly maintain the ‘Village in the Palm’ spell. But the energy consumption is very low. I could easily keep it active for a quarter of an hour without even needing to take a Great Reversion Pill!” Lu Yang assessed the rate of spiritual power consumption, noting it was slower than he had expected.

Lu Yang wandered around Heaven’s Gate Peak, testing his technique. He absorbed large stones, tree branches, and even fruit—anything he touched disappeared into his palm’s space, and he was having a lot of fun with it.

“But how do I test it with people?”

Lu Yang looked around. Heaven’s Gate Peak had many things, but no people.

He couldn’t just grab a senior brother or sister from the lower peaks to test it.

“I’ve got it!”

Lu Yang descended the mountain and went to the Hundred Fragrances Pavilion, where he bought a duck from the kitchen.

“Let’s test it with this duck.”

Lu Yang absorbed the duck into his palm. The duck first pecked at his finger before disappearing into the space within his hand.

Watching the duck hopping around inside the space, Lu Yang pondered, “If the duck can fit, then people can probably fit too… Wait, can I fit myself in here?”

Lu Yang stared at his hand, unable to resist the temptation to try.

“The path to immortality is filled with challenges. As cultivators, we must be brave in our experiments. How could I let fear hold me back?”

Just as Everlasting Fairy was about to warn him, Lu Yang slapped his own forehead with his palm.

…

Yun Zhi had just finished listening to the life story of the Sovereign of Calamities and left the Prison Peak.

She had been away for over half a month and wondered if her junior brother had been diligently cultivating.

With a great era approaching and all the forces stirring, advancing one’s cultivation as quickly as possible was the highest priority.

Her junior brother was sensible and mature, fully aware of the situation. He should have been focused on his cultivation.

But when she returned to Heaven’s Gate Peak, she found that Lu Yang had completely disappeared, leaving only half an arm visible.

The severed arm was being absorbed into a palm, which was struggling to consume it entirely due to the structure of the body.

The palm and arm had formed a spinning ring, rotating rapidly in the air.

Yun Zhi: “?”

What kind of cultivation technique was this?