White Deer Immortal, Struck by Three Heavenly Lightning Bolts

Chen Renfeng carefully savored the overheard conversation, guessing, "Perhaps it's the Eldest Princess and the Great General's Nascent Souls. White Deer Immortal is their master."

Having read hundreds of cultivation fantasy novels, Chen Renfeng gradually came to believe in these fantastical occurrences.

Hearing this, Chen Qing also asked with concern, "Professor, will they kill us?"

Chen Renfeng furrowed his brow, then comforted the two after some thought, "Don't worry. Nascent Souls only flee; their spells can't harm us. You two go find something to eat. I'll go to the edge of the jade pendant again to keep watch."

Chen Qing left, carrying Bai Xue on his back.

At the edge of the grassy area, Chen Renfeng lay on the ground, looking out at the outside world.

Chen Tuan was strolling in the garden when he suddenly pointed to where Qing Shi had left, exclaiming in surprise, "How are there three roses here?"

Ancestor Lu glanced over. The three roses, yellow, purple, and black, were blooming vividly. He had an idea and said, "Qing Shi lost Bai Shi, causing his Primordial Spirit to scatter and his spiritual energy to leak out, giving these three roses an opportunity."

Seeing this, Chen Tuan remarked, "Ancestor Lu, Qing Shi nurtured these three roses, it seems he's sown a karmic connection."

Upon hearing this, White Deer transformed into its beast form and charged forward, about to devour the three roses in one bite. Ancestor Lu retracted his sleeve, and the three roses entered it. He then nodded and said, "Qing Shi and Bai Yu must also pass through the three trials of emotion in their mortal journey. Tunan, make proper arrangements for these three roses."

Chen Tuan agreed. He formed a hand seal with his left hand and waved his Cosmos Jade Brush with his right. Three figures appeared in the painting, connected by threads to Qing Shi. The Karma Value above Qing Shi's head flickered.

White Deer, having lost its chance, lunged at empty air. Annoyed, it lunged at Chen Tuan.

Ancestor Lu stopped her and chuckled, "Alright... alright, put them away!"

Chen Tuan put away his jade brush, formed hand seals with both hands, and shouted, "Done!" With a flash of purple light, the scroll was retracted and fell into his hand. He let out a sigh of relief and said, "This disciple has seized this heavenly opportunity and offers it to Ancestor Lu."

Ancestor Lu smiled in satisfaction, "Wood, fire, water, metal, earth, heaven, earth, yin, yang: nine; plus man makes ten. The number of heaven is complete. These nine scrolls are like thieves who stole the truth of the mortal world, and also mirrors of a chaotic era."

Chen Renfeng listened, utterly bewildered, but he didn't want to miss a single word.

White Deer Immortal asked, "If the Emperor likes it, why not bestow a title?"

Ancestor Lu pondered for a moment and then chuckled, "This matter arose from the case of Qing Shi and Bai Yu undergoing tribulation, and the scrolls subtly allude to the lyrics of 'Qing Yu An.' How about naming it Qing Yu An?"

Chen Tuan was displeased and blurted out, "Does Ancestor Lu favor such a name of disappointment and aloofness?"

Ancestor Lu was furious, "You insolent scoundrel, how dare you mock me!"

Chen Tuan, startled, quickly bowed with clasped hands, but his expression remained neither servile nor overbearing. "The world calls me an insolent scoundrel, but I laugh at the world for being unable to hear the truth."

Ancestor Lu raged, "White Deer, did you tell him my origin?" His tiger-like eyes fixed on her.

White Deer Immortal quickly denied, "Emperor, I didn't..."

Ancestor Lu said with a stern face, "Enough! Since this book was compiled by the insolent scoundrel and White Deer, let's call it White Deer's Unpleasant Records!"

"The Emperor insults people while naming a book!" White Deer Immortal said, a little annoyed, and continued, "Thus, numbers reach ten and end, scrolls are counted by ten, and readers please themselves with ten; all are taken from this. This long scroll, compiled by immortal officials, yet determines the life and death of mortals. Why not call it Ten Scrolls of Immortals and Mortals?"

Chen Renfeng overheard this name and thought it sounded good.

Chen Tuan nodded in satisfaction.

Ancestor Lu did not object and asked again, "Did I revise these scrolls?"

Chen Tuan shook his head.

Ancestor Lu's brow furrowed, "Did Great Brahma revise them?"

Chen Tuan closed his eyes and continued to shake his head. Ancestor Lu waved his hand, and blue flames rose from one end of the scroll. White Deer Immortal hurriedly shouted, "Great Brahma revised it, the Emperor revised it!"

Ancestor Lu laughed heartily, retracted the scroll, turned, and flew away.

After Ancestor Lu left, Chen Tuan stood with his hands behind his back, surprisingly singing:

"My thoughts are on Mount Tai. To go and follow them is difficult, I turn my head east, tears wetting my brush. A beauty gifted me a golden dagger, how shall I repay her with fine jade. ..."

Listening to Chen Tuan's singing, Chen Renfeng thought to himself, "People forget themselves when they are proud. It seems immortals make the same mistake."

With a "crack," a flash of white light, and a massive bolt of lightning struck Chen Tuan, knocking him down without warning. Chen Renfeng, startled, cried out and reached forward with his right hand. The blood flowing from the wound on his hand tore open the barrier.

As soon as Chen Renfeng got out, countless colorful particles flew up from the flower bushes and entered his body. In an instant, he exploded, scattering into particles in the air.

Before Chen Renfeng could feel the pain of his body dissipating, a suction force pulled his soul into Chen Tuan's body.

In that very moment, Chen Tuan's life flashed before him like a movie.

At thirty, he sensed spiritual energy entering his body, permeating his limbs and bones, and began his journey as a cultivator. First, he opened the Ren and Du Channels, then created his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness.

At sixty, he reached Grand Perfection in Qi Condensation, his true qi pure and filling his Dantian. He traveled to dangerous places across the land, finding the five spiritual herbs of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and successfully refined the Foundation Establishment Pill. After taking the pill, the true qi in his Dantian formed a vortex, spinning at high speed, finally condensing into liquid. His Dantian also widened, but unfortunately, it didn't reach the one zhang width mentioned in the books, only three feet three inches. A good-for-nothing Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was dejected for several years.

At eighty, in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, he coincidentally met Ancestor Lu, who bestowed upon him the Purple Gold Pill, expanding his Dantian sea to one zhang wide. The lifespan of a Foundation Establishment cultivator increased to 200 years. Chen Tuan cultivated desperately and finally filled his Dantian sea with liquid spiritual power at the age of one hundred.

At one hundred, he reached Grand Perfection in Foundation Establishment. Ancestor Lu bestowed upon him the Golden Core Pill. After taking it, the spiritual power liquid in his Dantian sea condensed into a golden pill, about the size of an egg, suspended above the Dantian sea. The spiritual power liquid in his Dantian had completely dried up.

At one hundred, being in the Golden Core Stage in a world with scarce spiritual energy like the mortal realm was rare. To enter the Nascent Soul Stage, Chen Tuan refined Gathering Qi Pills and set up spirit gathering formations. Finally, at one hundred and twenty, he filled his Dantian sea with spiritual power liquid.

At one hundred and twenty, he reached Grand Perfection in Golden Core Stage. Ancestor Lu bestowed upon him an immortal peach. After eating it, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth sensed his impending breakthrough and forcibly poured into his body.

The spiritual energy forcibly poured into his body made him incredibly uncomfortable, his meridians were stretched to the point of bursting. Chen Tuan could only desperately refine this spiritual energy. A torrential rain began to fall above the sea in his Dantian.

His Dantian sea was already full, and now seawater was overflowing, even submerging the golden pill suspended above his Dantian sea.

After the Golden Core was submerged, a large amount of spiritual energy poured into it again.

Irregular cracks appeared on the Golden Core.

With a "crack," the cracks grew more numerous and larger, densely covering the entire Golden Core.

"Crack... crack..." The Golden Core shattered completely, falling off and floating in the sea of spiritual energy, slowly melting.

Is it about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?