Killed an Immortal

"Put on your protective suits. There may be abnormal energy radiation in some areas." Qin Cheng led Wang Xuan to the experimental area of Mutated Herb Field that he was in charge of.

The area is quiet, with several robots standing still and various sophisticated monitoring devices scattered around. Although it references some Ancient Method planting methods, it is full of modern feel.

Qin Cheng explained, "The protective shields above some medicinal fields do not completely block Cosmic Rays, but allow a small amount to penetrate in in order to see if they can induce mutations in the herbs."

Monitoring instruments showed that the levels of some particles in this area were seriously exceeding the standard, making it unsuitable for prolonged stays.

Soon after, Wang Xuan was shocked. The experimental field before him was densely covered with medicinal herbs, just like crops, and was being cultivated on a large scale.

Legend has it that in ancient times, each medicinal herb field of a great religion would be filled with dozens or even hundreds of spiritual herbs.

On the moon, although the medicinal fields here are very large, there are at least tens of thousands of plants in each plot. Wang Xuan had the illusion that he had come to a vegetable greenhouse.

In the medicinal herb field, various herbs are growing vigorously, including the blue-leaved Tengshe Grass, the bright red Fire Ginseng like agate, and the golden Blazing Sun Vine.

"Try these herbs later and see if they work for you," Qin Cheng said.

He explained the situation here: the experiments and research on the moon are mainly aimed at inducing mutations in medicinal herbs, thereby scaling them up and shortening their maturation time.

Some Great Medicine herbs require decades, or even centuries, to grow before their medicinal effects reach their optimal state.

The laboratory here hopes to compress this process to within a few years, or even once a year.

"By referencing various literature and through repeated adjustments, the laboratory has identified the most suitable nutrient soil for each herb and analyzed their preferred environment. Large-scale production and earlier maturity are inevitable trends."

Currently, the experimental results are encouraging, with most nearing success. Once the characteristics of certain herbs have stabilized, the seeds will be taken and cultivated on a larger scale in other locations.

Wang Xuan was lost in thought. If things continued to develop this way, the long-term plans of some conglomerates and large organizations might actually succeed, bringing them close to immortality.

Qin Cheng shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, these are not extraordinary medicinal herbs. It's very difficult to even grow such things, let alone scale them up or make them mature ahead of time."

Wang Xuan was quite surprised to learn that some wealthy tycoons had actually obtained extraordinary medicinal materials.

Qin Cheng sighed, "So, some organizations on the New Star side are quite formidable. In their pursuit of immortality, they've conducted all sorts of experiments, with herbs being just one aspect. I've heard that they've recently made a breakthrough in the Gene Domain. Don't be fooled by their current hype about their New Arts; they might be crushed by a few Life Science Research Institute in the future."

"What's going on?" Wang Xuan asked in surprise.

"They found a piece of flesh-filled, still-active finger in the Underground Palace beneath an ancient temple. After analysis, they believe it may belong to a bodhisattva..."

Some of what Qin Cheng said next was already known to Wang Xuan. Those Life Science Research Institute had once developed Six-armed Bodhisattva Superhuman, which appeared in the Congling Mountains and possessed the strength of a grandmaster, but it was crushed by Old Chen.

Now there has been a new development: the Moonlight Bodhisattva Superhuman, enveloped in white light, as if standing in the full moon, and its power is even more terrifying.

Moreover, this indicates a trend that, through the study of that severed finger, progress can be made continuously, and in the end, there is a high probability that the Ultimate Bodhisattva super-body will emerge.

According to the deduction, this is possible; the so-called Ultimate Bodhisattva super body is the True Body of Bodhisattva!

Wang Xuan gasped. Some of the laboratories at New Star were indeed terrifying. Could they be mass-producing True Body of Bodhisattva in the future?

If things continue to develop this way, the major Life Science Research Institute may indeed crush the emerging New Arts that are gaining momentum!

However, he then thought of the problem of the soul and muttered to himself, "The physical body can be analyzed, but the study of the spiritual level will be a big problem."

Before leaving, Qin Cheng naturally took a large package from a researcher. It was full of herbs, about twenty or thirty of them.

Wang Xuan's eyes looked strange. Was his friend trying to extort or demand bribes?

Qin Cheng shook his head and said, "Don't look at me like that, I didn't solicit any bribes."

This area comprises twelve different medicinal fields, each containing tens of thousands of herbs. The medicinal properties are tested and the degree of variation is analyzed daily, with some loss allowed.

"These herbs were originally meant to be disposed of, but in most cases, everyone takes them in equal shares."

Qin Cheng is good at interpersonal relationships and is quite familiar with the people here. He had given them advance notice and accumulated two days' worth of supplies, which he then gave to them.

Back at their lodgings, the two of them stared blankly at the thirty-odd herbs, some fragrant and others with strange, unpleasant smells, making them hesitant to eat them.

Qin Cheng has a psychological trauma. The previous times he took such Great Medicine, he either couldn't sleep for several days or had nosebleeds for four or five days in a row.

Wang Xuan was worried that these were all mutated drugs that matured prematurely, and wondered if there would be any side effects. In the end, he tried eating a few fragrant petals.

There was indeed a surge of heat within his body, and his metabolism accelerated, but for a master like him, the effect was not Chang Ming.

The main reason is that he has experienced the Inner Scenery Realm and come into contact with Heavenly Medicine, so he is not very satisfied with this kind of herb that requires long-term consumption to be effective.

"For the sake of the future, I should eat a little of everything," he muttered to himself, remembering Old Chen's reminder that ancient secret texts recorded this as a way to accumulate experience for the Supernatural Domain of the Herb Gathering Realm.

Having more exposure to herbs can be beneficial for one's future career path in that field.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Wang Xuan felt that after consuming twelve kinds of herbs in one go, there seemed to be subtle fluctuations deep within his body.

If he hadn't developed a mental domain beforehand, he wouldn't have been able to sense it at all, but it was only a momentary anomaly, and everything quickly returned to normal.

He felt confident that the ancient scriptures of great religions needed to be valued, and that certain experiences of predecessors needed to be carefully studied and analyzed.

"Let's go see what's going on." Qin Cheng received a phone call informing him that someone had gone to explore the Moon Crater again.

That place is indeed shrouded in mystery, and its mystery has remained unsolved for many years, with people still venturing there from time to time.

The Moon Crater is no longer in the base and is no longer covered by the protective layer.

The main reason is that incidents kept happening there, and all parties became somewhat afraid of it, so they separated it from the base.

Its location is not far from the White Horse Temple and the Thousand-Year Ancient Taoist Temple, which are connected to form an equilateral triangle.

Wang Xuan and Qin Cheng arrived and looked at the group of more than twenty people through the protective layer. They were all wearing the latest spacesuits and walked directly into the Moon Crater.

From a distance, the area was pitted and uneven, filled with meteorite craters from early impacts, with a central section covered by an alloy plate.

"That's the Moon Crater, which has been blocked off for years. These people... they're really brave to go to such a dangerous place to explore." Qin Cheng sighed. He couldn't quite understand the mentality of these people. They would go anywhere just to seek thrills.

Someone nearby said, "The backpackers of yesteryear have evolved now, enjoying the dance between life and death."

"Dude, you're from the Old Earth, right?" Qin Cheng asked in surprise. The term "traveler" was a bit old-fashioned; it was a term used in the Old Earth.

"Yeah. Bro, you're probably just using connections to get here at New Moon as a temporary stop, and then you're planning to go to New Star?"

The alloy plate was opened, and then the long-sealed Moon Crater was fully exposed, revealing a pitch-black hole. The group quickly disappeared into the hole.

On the protective layer, there were dozens of people watching. Ordinary people didn't know how terrifying the Moon Crater was, but special organizations like the Dingwu Organization certainly did, and their insiders were all here to watch the spectacle.

The Old Monk from White Horse Temple also arrived, his expression solemn, and in his hand he was actually carrying... Dharma-Subduing Pestle!

There was also an old Daoist priest, holding a charred peach Peachwood Sword, silently staring at the Moon Crater as if facing a formidable enemy.

Wang Xuan was astonished. Both the Dharma-Subduing Pestle in the Old Monk's hand and the Peachwood Sword in the old Daoist's hand possessed some kind of mysterious energy, and his spiritual realm detected strange fluctuations.

He was convinced that some extraordinary artifacts had been left in the ancestral temples of Buddhist and Taoist families.

"Something's wrong. They've become a bit agitated since they went deep underground," someone exclaimed from afar. There were surveillance devices there tracking the underground explorers.

Even legitimate expeditions need to register and carry tracking and monitoring equipment so that people at the base can monitor the situation in real time.

Suddenly, the person watching the monitor screamed, turned pale, and staggered backward. The expedition had gone wrong; the camera lens was covered in blood, and then all the monitoring equipment, just like before, malfunctioned instantly.

The Moon Crater was deathly quiet until a few minutes later, when a dozen people climbed out, covered in blood. Clearly, some of them had died inside, their blood splattered on them.

They ran frantically toward the protective layer.

But behind them, all was quiet; nothing happened. The dozen or so people, as if terrified, scrambled back in panic.

Everything went smoothly. They escaped to the front of the protective layer, first broke into the isolation zone, then entered the buffer zone, then ran into the transition layer, and finally were allowed in to enter the real protective layer.

They quickly removed their special equipment, their faces pale, and collapsed to the ground, as if completely exhausted, panting heavily, their bodies soaked in sweat, their hair as if it had been washed.

"What happened?" Many people waiting here were asking this question. This was their most important purpose in coming here: to find out the real situation in the Moon Crater and then report to their respective organizations.

Pfft! Pfft!

In an instant, eleven of the sixteen people who escaped back exploded simultaneously, their blood splattering several meters away and bone fragments scattered all over the ground.

The scene was too tragic. They had clearly escaped back, but they all died suddenly, and their deaths were extremely gruesome.

"Step back!" shouted the old Daoist priest, who was holding a charred wooden sword. He stood in front and kept swinging his sword, seemingly slashing at something.

The Old Monk at White Horse Temple was doing the same thing, holding Dharma-Subduing Pestle and smashing it wildly in all directions.

"Something really happened. This is the first time in my life I've seen such a bloody scene." Qin Cheng couldn't bear it and felt that these hikers were in a terrible state.

Wang Xuan pulled him back, his expression solemn. Just because others couldn't see him didn't mean he wasn't aware of it. After his spiritual realm was formed, he could see the truth and essence of this world more realistically.

He saw white light rise from each of the eleven exploded bodies, then coalesce into a blurry figure, glowing with white light.

This is a scene that can be truly captured in the spiritual realm!

He immediately realized that something mysterious was indeed emerging from the Moon Crater, and the old Daoist and the Old Monk from the White Horse Temple seemed to sense something, which is why they were frantically wielding their swords and swinging their Dharma-Subduing Pestle, but they hadn't actually seen it.

"There really are immortals... they..."

The twelfth person roared, then exploded with a bang, and a faint white light drifted out and disappeared into the Dao Body in mid-air.

Then, the mysterious creature in mid-air lowered its head, spotted Wang Xuan, and pounced on him.

Is this what is meant by "Transcendent Immortals"? Wang Xuan was horrified. He saw a bloody character on the Dao Body's forehead, the ancient character for "immortal"!

He shoved Qin Cheng aside, then drew a sharp blade resembling an ancient Fish-Gut Sword and swung it out with lightning speed.

Sizzle!

He actually severed the creature's head, a burst of white light erupted, and a terrifying gale swept through the area!

Wang Xuan's heart pounded wildly. He had killed... an immortal?!

Thanks to: Handsome Boss, Sanshengyuan Xiaoxiao, and thank you for your support, Alliance Leader!