"You have condensed the Immortal Green Fate [Longevity Body]. You can use Dao Fruits to solidify it. Would you like to solidify it with Dao Fruits?"
"This process is irreversible!"
A few short lines of text appeared on the Mirror Surface.
Xu Xing nodded in agreement, without any hesitation.
The next moment, the Innate True Essence within his body began to be consumed frantically. This time, the consumption of Innate True Essence was far greater than when solidifying the Immortal Green Destiny [Human King] and the [Bright King Body]. By the time the progress reached only one-quarter, his Innate True Essence was nearly depleted, which was far beyond Xu Xing’s expectations. If he hadn’t quickly taken a few Huangliang Pills and over forty drops of Thousand-Year Stone Dew to replenish his vital energy, this consumption would probably have left him unable to recover for half a month.
The first time, the Bright King Body... My physique wasn’t originally Innate, so solidifying and transforming it wasn’t difficult, and the consumption of vital energy wasn’t much...
The second time, the Human King physique... I already possessed the Bright King Body’s constitution. Consequently, when condensing the Human King physique, the consumption primarily drew upon the Dragon Luck of Fengxi Country. However, even with the aid of Dragon Luck, the expenditure of vital energy was still considerable, wasting some Thousand-Year Stone Dew.
And this time, the third, the Evergreen Body... With the Human King physique and Bright King Body already part of me, adding an Evergreen Body would be more than twice as difficult as the previous two. I’m afraid that if I were to condense another one, the resources consumed would be beyond what my current Realm can bear...
Xu Xing shook his head, dismissing the idea of condensing another physique.
When he was establishing his Immortal Base in the Instance World, his two physiques had nearly allowed him to achieve a Flawless Immortal Base without any external resources. Now, with three powerful physiques and the resources for establishing an Immortal Base gifted by Song Knife and Deng An, he was 99% confident he could establish a Flawless Immortal Base, leaving the remaining 0.1% unspoken as he didn’t want to be overly confident.
These three physiques are already enough for me to embark on the Immortal Journey.
Condensing more would be useless. Right now, what’s more important is condensing an Immortal Fate. With Immortal Fate, I will be favored by the Immortal Path’s Luck. Then, just as I could be in the Mortal World, I can be invincible...
If I hadn’t possessed the Red Fate [Righteous Thief], I would never have escaped Sky Prison. Later, with the Bright Yellow Destiny [Official Thief], my Praying for Rain successfully brought rainfall; this showed I carried the Heavenly Order and possessed the bearing of a Human King, which in turn gained me the support of Xuanji Temple. Then, with the Emperor Purple Fate [Thief Who Stole the Dragon], I broke through Shenjing and killed Emperor Chongming...
With the Immortal Green Destiny [Human King], I was able to join the Immortal Sect.
And Immortal Fate is the guarantee of my Immortal Journey.
Xu Xing made up his mind: after the trip to Purple Magpie Valley, he would choose a day to establish his Immortal Base.
Physiques are temporary; Realm is eternal. To pursue physiques at the expense of one’s Realm is like picking up sesame seeds only to lose the watermelon.
「One and a half months later.」
They were in the Wangchuan Sea, under the jurisdiction of the Flying Feather Immortal Palace. Xu Xing and a group of Outer Sect Disciples had taken a Spirit Boat to the Eastern Sea Area. Standing at the bow, they were now overlooking the scenery below. They saw the magnificent Fengxi River flowing from north to south, merging into the purple Wangchuan Sea. Where the river met the sea, there were many Lu Continents, like yellow jade ornaments on a jade belt.
"This place should be Fengxi Country, right?"
The speaker was not Xu Xing, but a young woman with twin flat buns, appearing to be around twenty years old. Her appearance wasn’t stunning, merely more comely than an ordinary woman’s. However, her large eyes gave her a bright, intelligent look. Combined with her well-chosen attire and cultivated scholarly air, she was quite pleasing to the eye.
The young woman now stood beside Xu Xing. Pointing at the vast Fengxi River with a delicate hand, she smiled at him and spoke.
"It should be..." Xu Xing nodded, casually agreeing.
This comely young woman was none other than Ouyang Pan’an, the daughter of Prime Minister Ouyang Shuda from his own country. This young woman possessed the Butterfly Phoenix Body, which had manifested when she was sixteen—the same year Prime Minister Ouyang Shuda resigned from his post to return to his hometown. An Immortal Messenger had then guided her into the Sect, six years before Xu Xing.
Although the Butterfly Phoenix Body is Innate, such a physique isn’t highly valued. Because the Fengxi River was blessed by the Sky Phoenix, various phoenix-type physiques were born there each year, and the Butterfly Phoenix Body was considered one of the lesser ones. Consequently, Ouyang Pan’an’s cultivation was only at the early stage of the Innate Realm. She had only recently achieved this Innate Realm after renting some Spirit Shells from the Sect to exchange for a Barrier Breaking Pill, which enabled her successful breakthrough. She, too, had come for the opportunity in Purple Magpie Valley.
"The Purple Magpies of Wangchuan Sea migrate annually from the Longzhou Abyss in the Northern Sea Area to the Purple Magpie Valley in the Eastern Sea Area. The Purple Magpie Valley in the Eastern Sea Area is warm and humid, perfect for them to lay eggs and reproduce..."
"These Spiritual Birds also build nests for their offspring. The Purple Magpie Morning Glow is precisely such a nest, made by the Purple Magpies for their young. The Immortal Sect has designated Purple Magpie Valley as a forbidden area and collects these spiritual nests once every thirty years. However, the Sect also refines other Magic Nests to help the Purple Magpies settle, ensuring they do not drain the pond to get all the fish..."
Ouyang Pan’an was clearly trying to find topics to converse with Xu Xing and draw closer to him. After she finished speaking, she looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to respond.
"If you’re merely trying to impress me with these words, you can save your breath."
Xu Xing glanced coldly at Ouyang Pan’an. "I, Xu, am not a man who is easily swayed by women. Mere words are insufficient to make me relinquish any benefits I stand to gain..."
Any so-called gentlemanly conduct is meaningless here.