Immortal Bodyguard

The phantom of the living being within the true bone revives on its own and then manifests in the mortal world.

Wang Xuan stopped, sensing the life force emanating from the building ahead. Mysterious Matter permeated the air, and powerful, Supernatural Being awaited him within.

"Sword Immortal, please!" Huang Xinghai gestured.

"Don't call me a sword immortal. The Huang Family has a great immortal here. What kind of immortal am I?" Wang Xuan corrected him, then strode into the courtyard and approached the main house of the ancestral hall.

Huang Xinghai was moved. This young man's senses were too sharp. Even from a distance, he could detect that the immortal of the Huang Family was here.

He didn't go with them; he was just a guide, waiting outside.

Wisps of white mist rose from the ancient-style ancestral hall of the Huang Family, and a faint figure appeared in the mist—a middle-aged man.

He was naturally in a spiritual form, dressed in Old Earth -fashioned clothing, his figure slightly blurred, scattering specks of light and rain in the white mist.

This person had an ethereal air about him. He was sizing up Wang Xuan and sighed, "In this barren era, you have managed to reach this point. It's remarkable! You were born in the wrong era. If you had been born a thousand years earlier, you would surely have been another peerless powerhouse."

Then he shook his head and said, "It's not a bad birth. Perhaps you are more fortunate. The immortals are not free, but the human world is more brilliant and vibrant."

"Senior, you flatter me. What am I compared to the sages of the past? I am but a moth on the ground looking up at a Golden-winged Great Peng soaring into the sky. I am far inferior," Wang Xuan said, remaining on high alert.

The man in front of him was an ancient person. In Wang Xuan's current understanding, these monsters were either digging pits or burying people, and they were all very dangerous!

The middle-aged man said, "You are too modest. In the terrifying environment of Correction of the Present World, you are still able to open the Inner Scenery Realm. If this talent were to spread to the Great Curtain, it would astonish Transcendent Immortals."

Wang Xuan knew very well that every step he took would leave a trace, and even if he was very careful, his secrets would inevitably be discovered.

Moreover, recently, in order to obtain the Supreme Scriptures and legendary treasures from ancient times, he made an equivalent exchange with the tycoons to Extend Life.

Once a Supernatural Being is watching him and studying his actions, they will naturally discover clues.

He always went in and out of Daoist temples and Buddhist monasteries. Ordinary people couldn't understand it, but how could the Transcendent Immortals not understand it?

Thousand-Year Ancient Temple and renowned Daoist Ancestral Court are not ordinary places. They have been marked and their territories divided by powerful beings, and they hide true bones and Sarira.

Once the Transcendent Immortals turned their gaze towards him, they would naturally understand that he was stealing the Mysterious Factor.

"When I entered the Lantern Burning Realm, I felt that the extraordinary night sky was pitch black and silent for eternity. I could not see any light and had a sense of oppressive despair. Under the surge of spiritual energy, I unexpectedly opened an Inner Scenery Realm."

Wang Xuan said, looking quite moved.

He opened the Inner Scenery Realm during his mortal stage. This must never be exposed, otherwise, all the beings behind the Great Curtain will hunt him down!

This special Inner Scenery Realm was regarded by the Transcendent Immortals as an escape route and could be effectively utilized!

"You are too wary of me. I am just a wandering ghost and have no hostility towards you. I am not even a celestial being now, just a fragment of a broken spirit."

The middle-aged man chuckled self-deprecatingly, telling him not to worry and that he meant no harm. Then he gestured for Wang Xuan to take a seat.

Inside the ancestral hall, there are old pieces of furniture that have been around for a long time, as if you have returned to the old days, and the blurry figure scattered by the rain of light also sat down.

"I wonder what brings you here, senior?" Wang Xuan replied calmly, without saying much.

After reaching the transcendent realm, this was the first time he had faced the resurrected life form within the true bones at such close range.

Are the Transcendent Immortals destined to enter the mortal world?

Wang Xuan silently assessed the situation. The opponent was very strong, but this fragment of spiritual body was limited by the gradually dissipating extraordinary laws, so its strength was not outrageous.

He glanced again at an Iron Casket in a shrine not far away. His divine eye could see that inside was a bone, wrapped with blood vessels, and teeming with powerful life force.

"I am an ancient person who once aspired to become an immortal, but now I am neither human nor ghost. I am out of touch with the times and my ideas are outdated, so I want to talk to you and these newly emerged Supernatural Practitioner with good intentions and nothing else."

Wang Xuan looked at him and asked, "What kind of world is behind the Great Curtain? What is it like now? When will the Transcendent Immortals return? With the demise of the extraordinary, what reliable countermeasures are there now..."

Since he was going to talk, he didn't hold back and kept throwing out all sorts of questions.

The middle-aged man said bitterly, "The Old Testament... the Word Lock. Although I am a fragment of my spirit stuck in the present world, I cannot say too much."

He frankly stated that the Supernatural Rule are now dissipating, so the Old Testament has loosened; otherwise, he wouldn't be able to speak, and the restrictions would be even more severe.

He said in a deep voice, "The Transcendent Immortals have confirmed that myths will completely decay, and even the most powerful beings will be powerless to escape it, ultimately becoming mortals. It's quite tragic, really. Immortality is nothing but a grand dream; all traces of extraordinary glory will be erased, turning into nothingness!"

Even the Transcendent Immortals couldn't do anything? Wang Xuan frowned. He had originally thought that those people could find some way, and even if they couldn't change the overall trend, they could at least delay or prevent the decline of the extraordinary from disappearing so quickly.

Through conversation, he learned that the middle-aged man was the last member of the Huang Family to become an immortal, named Huang Kun, Ascension to Immortality at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the other immortals of the Huang Family, some died long ago in the Great Curtain, and others have been missing for hundreds of years.

Huang Kun sighed, lamenting the incredibly cruel world behind the Great Curtain, saying, "Becoming an immortal is far from as wonderful as people imagine!"

He then added, "Soon, various traces of the extraordinary will appear in the world, and the chaos of the extraordinary will affect the present world."

This doesn't count as violating the Old Testament. These things can be inferred. Wang Xuan knew long ago that such a situation would occur, and all sorts of monsters and demons would come out.

"The Transcendent Immortals are unwilling to accept this fate. With less than three years remaining, there will definitely be various struggles. Clashes will occur between the Transcendent Immortals and between major factions. Transcendent Immortals will also fear the mortal world and not want to be captured and hunted by large organizations in the mortal world after becoming mortals, so they will naturally take the initiative to act. Once the Transcendent Immortals descend, there will be all sorts of chaos!"

Huang Kun frankly admitted that this timeframe is very close!

"I invited you here because I wanted to forge a good relationship and bestow upon you a great fortune." White mist emanated from Huang Kun's body, obscuring the entire ancestral hall to prevent other extraordinary beings from eavesdropping.

Wang Xuan looked at him but remained silent.

Huang Kun said self-deprecatingly, "Don't think of me as some kind of immortal. The reality is that I'm just a fragment of my primordial spirit. I don't have a physical body; I'm more like a ghost immortal. I can't participate in the struggle for that destiny right now. If you obtain it, I hope you can share a part with me to help me rebuild my physical body."

Wang Xuan was moved. What incredible fortune this must be to be able to reshape one's physical body?

"Soon, the two Higher Mental World will merge and collide during their movement, revealing some traces in the present world," Huang Kun explained.

"When Higher Mental World merge, there is a high probability that a celestial medicine will appear and manifest in the mortal world. If we seize the opportunity, we might be able to harvest it!"

Wang Xuan thought that the appearance of the Heavenly Medicine was too predictable. The Transcendent Immortals's methods were too powerful, after all, the opponent was only a fragmented spiritual body.

Huang Kun shook his head and said, "Don't overestimate me. This was calculated by the Transcendent Immortals behind the Great Curtain. In fact, when the two Higher Mental World converged this time, the powerful figures behind the Great Curtain got the opportunity first. If they couldn't harvest it, the Heavenly Medicine would only appear in the mortal world for a fleeting moment."

He admitted that it is not extremely difficult for the extraordinary beings behind the Great Curtain to transmit certain messages to the world.

Wang Xuan said helplessly, "Transcendent Immortals can't gather this celestial medicine, what can I do?"

Huang Kun said, "There is a great chance, because there are rare divine objects in the world. Things that could not be brought into the behind the Great Curtain back then can be used to harvest celestial medicines."

He sighed again, "There are so many rare treasures in the world now, but unfortunately, they are not very friendly to the shattered primordial spirit. There is Killing Intent everywhere."

At this point, he stood up and took out a stone box from the wall of the ancestral hall. When he opened it, there was a ball of silk thread inside, crystal clear and no more than two meters long.

"What is this?" Wang Xuan asked with a surprised expression.

"This is a thread left behind by the Oath Keeper before his death. It can be used to fish in the Mental World. This material is extremely precious. Even the more famous rare treasure, the Immortal Binding Rope, is made from this material."

Wang Xuan was on guard. What if this thing really was Immortal Binding Rope that could bind him? That would be dangerous. He secretly prepared a short sword, ready to strike if things went wrong.

"Of course, what we're missing now is the most important hook—the fish that can catch things from the Mental World, which are quite precious," Huang Kun said with longing.

He told Wang Xuan the Zhong family, a super-rich conglomerate, had a fishing hook that was left behind by a man who kept his promise 1,800 years ago.

He smiled wryly and said, "I did want to just take the fishing hook, but there's something strange about that place. There's a grayish pool that looks a lot like the legendary Pool of Rebirth, which is said to send Soul Body to the afterlife. But who knows if it sends people away or swallows them up!"

Huang Kun sighed and said, "Even if I get that hook, I wouldn't dare to easily try to touch the Higher Mental World, because spiritual Heavenly Fire will fall down, which is quite terrifying, and it would be very dangerous for people without a physical body."

"That scary? Forget it, I'm too weak to participate in such a big event." Wang Xuan shook his head.

Huang Kun said, "Don't underestimate yourself. This is an incredible opportunity. Besides, I am far inferior to you at this stage. We will join forces then. However, since you have a physical body, you will be the one to fish for the Heavenly Medicine."

"But I still feel uneasy." Wang Xuan felt that he was too weak to "shoulder great responsibilities", so he asked Huang Kun to wait for him for a while while he went into seclusion.

"There's not enough time," Huang Kun shook his head.

"Does the senior have any secret techniques or Ancient Method that can quickly improve one's strength?" Wang Xuan asked.

Huang Kun remained silent, then shook his head firmly and said, "I cannot harm you. Some quick-fix secret techniques will ultimately ruin a cultivator's foundation."

"Is there really no harmless secret method?" Wang Xuan asked earnestly.

"Inner landscape, celestial medicine, lost land... these are all fine. Our goal now is to fish for the celestial medicine." Huang Kun told him not to be impatient, that cultivation must be done step by step, and besides, the celestial medicine was in sight.

When will a glimpse of the Higher Mental World appear in reality?

"Late at night three days from now!" Huang Kun informed him.

"So fast, without adequate preparation, I'm afraid I'll die a horrible death under the Spiritual Heavenly Fire." Wang Xuan shook his head.

Huang Kun sighed, "Since that's the case, I can't force you, but it is indeed a great opportunity."

He added, "We'll see how things go then. I think there might be an extremely grand spectacle. Maybe we won't even need to fish for the Heavenly Medicine; it will just fly out on its own."

Wang Xuan was puzzled and looked at him strangely, asking him why he could do that.

"I've received word that several peerless experts will be making their move behind the Great Curtain to compete for the celestial medicine from the advanced world. What if we manage to force it out? Or even if it comes running to us on its own? That would be wonderful." Huang Kun's face lit up with hope.

Wang Xuan became interested and asked, "Can we witness a great battle Transcendent Immortals?" He wanted to watch the battle; such a grand spectacle was truly a wonder he had never seen before.

Huang Kun nodded and said, "There's a high probability we'll see the Great War of the Transcendent Immortals, with forces from several factions clashing—it will be terrifying!"

"Alright, we'll see what opportunity arises in three days." Wang Xuan nodded, acknowledging his agreement.

Then, he hesitated, thinking of something, and said, "I feel that a very powerful supernatural being has been following me recently. I'm afraid something bad will happen to me. Please, senior, help me get rid of this deadly danger!"

Huang Xinghai, who was guarding outside the ancestral hall, heard Wang Xuan's words and his face twitched. This young man... wanted the Huang Family's True Immortal to be his bodyguard?!