The Eleventh Life! [Seeking Recommendation Tickets!]

The third day.

Qian Yu returned as scheduled, bringing a few more treasures--

Earth-Piercing Shuttle.

Azure Dragon Bottle.

Hundred Spirits Jade Liquid.

"The 'Earth-Piercing Shuttle' can travel underground. It's not ideal for long journeys, but it's top-notch for drilling through mountains and earth."

"The 'Azure Dragon Bottle' can release twelve flags to set up the 'Azure Dragon Great Formation.' This formation can neither attack nor defend; it's purely an illusion formation. Once set up, even True Essence can hardly penetrate it."

Meng Nan accepted the two magical artifacts, a smile spreading across his face.

He had used both magical artifacts in his tenth life and knew their functions and power, trusting them implicitly.

With these two magical artifacts by his side on this trip, his travel safety would be increased by a degree.

As for the 'Hundred Spirits Jade Liquid'--

"What are its effects?"

Meng Nan looked at Qian Yu.

"Very good."

"One drop in each eye, and another drop taken orally. Clouds and miasma will no longer obscure your vision. If you ascend to a high place, you can see the texture of tree leaves from tens of miles away."

Qian Yu blinked, her eyes clear and bright.

This 'Hundred Spirits Jade Liquid' was brewed by two rogue Qi Refining cultivators using the juices of over eighty kinds of fruits, melons, and spiritual herbs transplanted from various regions. Its texture was similar to lapis lazuli, and its function was to improve vision. A small amount taken orally, along with one or two drops placed in the eyes, would allow one to see through clouds and mist, seeing things a hundred miles away as if they were in the palm of one's hand.

This was its dry, practical effect.

However, when combined with Meng Nan's 'Heavenly Eye Technique' learned in his sixth life, its efficacy would be even greater, and it would also boost the power of the 'Heavenly Eye Technique.'

It was of considerable value.

Those two rogue Qi Refining cultivators had long since passed away, leaving behind the two magical artifacts and the brewed 'Hundred Spirits Jade Liquid.' It was obtained by someone in the ninth life, and Meng Nan knew about it, which happened to benefit him.

Meng Nan accepted the two magical artifacts, then divided the 'Hundred Spirits Jade Liquid' into three portions, one for himself, Zhao Xiaoshuang, and Qian Yu. He then said to Qian Yu, "Senior Sister, you've worked hard during this time. In a month, Xiaoshuang and I will be going out for a trip. It will take about four months round trip. I'll have to trouble you to stay at Angming Mountain and look after things then."

"You're going out?"

"For four months?"

"Taking Xiaoshuang with you?"

Qian Yu, just like Zhao Xiaoshuang, was indeed surprised.

Unbelievable!

This timid Meng Nan is actually going on a long journey?

Qian Yu was surprised and astonished, then smiled and said, "Alright. I'll take care of Angming Mountain. After toiling for over a year, it's time for me to rest."

Leaving the mountain, longing for the mountain.

One month passed.

Meng Nan still hadn't truly left the mountain. He only took the opportunity to go down the mountain and kill a True Essence Stage cultivator.

He also tested out [Dispossess]--

[Dispossess: Elephant Armor Skill]

[Elephant Armor Skill: A body-refining technique that makes one as if clad in precious armor, impervious to blades and spears, resistant to water and fire, and possessing immense strength.]

This True Essence Stage cultivator practiced a body-refining path, and his mastery of the Elephant Armor Skill was considerable, making him tough and resilient.

However, he had too few techniques.

Meng Nan easily killed him.

Targeted beforehand.

Stripped afterward.

The Elephant Armor Skill was successfully acquired.

Testing it again, he immediately understood its nature--

"Abilities obtained through Dispossess cannot be further cultivated; their mastery remains the same as the original owner's."

"Dispossess."

"Replicate."

If Meng Nan could obtain an ability from a Qi Refining Immortal Master, given the Immortal Master's research and mastery of sorcery and cultivation methods, the power would undoubtedly be considerable.

Meng Nan would reap the rewards without effort, wouldn't that be wonderful?

When he eventually became a Qi Refiner himself, this ability would be unable to grow and would gradually become outdated. At that time, he could simply replace it.

Continuously Dispossess.

Constantly updating.

This is equivalent to Meng Nan always having three sorceries beyond his current level.

What's even more monstrous is--

"Elephant Armor Skill!"

Meng Nan activated the 'Elephant Armor Skill', circulating True Qi within his body, building layer by layer, as if truly forming elephant armor to protect himself.

And at this moment.

Meng Nan calmed his mind and carefully experienced it.

The intricate details of the Elephant Armor Skill were all imprinted in his mind.

As long as he was willing to put in hard work, he could completely strip away its cultivation and application methods, forming a secret manual.

At that time, he could cultivate it himself, no longer restricted by [Dispossess].

"This is great!"

Meng Nan then discovered that the greatest function of [Dispossess] was not to strip and copy others' abilities, but rather, based on that, the subsequent 'stealing of knowledge'!

"With this one technique, any sorcery in the future can be learned!"

Meng Nan was overjoyed.

After killing people.

After testing the [Dispossess] talent.

Meng Nan quickly returned to Angming Mountain.

Before setting out this time, he had to go to the future timeline again to ensure there were no mistakes on this trip.

[Progress Unlocked--]

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[Sacrifice: 1/1][Choose One]

When the night was deep and quiet, and Zhao Xiaoshuang was sound asleep, Meng Nan injected the last bit of True Qi--

Progress complete.

The eleventh life has begun!

The Southern Border is vast.

Boundless.

Traveling southwest from [Chashan], [Ghost Mother Mountain], [Xuanwu Mountain], and [Blood Lotus Mountain], the deeper one goes, the more wild it becomes.

Further on to [Jade Ring Mountain] and [Dragon Ridge Mountain], humans are rarely seen here; Yao are more common.

Great Yao take form and claim mountains as their own.

Below them, hundreds of smaller Yao gather in roaring packs.

Scattered human villages exist, living precarious lives, always on the verge of becoming food for the great Yao.

This was the case for [Jade Ring Mountain].

It was even more so for [Dragon Ridge Mountain].

But everything began to change starting from Immortal Calendar Year 135.

The 'Star Picking Sect' and the 'Mountain Quelling Divine Palace', two of the six great sects of the Central Plains, moved south, causing upheaval in the Southern Border.

The landscape changed rapidly.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

It is now Immortal Calendar Year 140.

Within the territory of Dragon Ridge Mountain, at Cangshan Cave Mansion.

Meng Nan opened his eyes.

[Death Log]--

[Name: Meng Nan]

[Age: 140 years]

[Cause of Death: Red Robe Nightmare Suppression, Soul Loss and Spirit Scattering]

[Cultivation Before Death: Qi Gathering Level 3]

[Reversal: Six Months]

"Red Robe Nightmare Suppression, Soul Loss and Spirit Scattering?"

Meng Nan summoned his [Death Log], and a scene of his death six months later flashed through his mind--

In a camp, with the moon high in the sky, a general in red robes led three hundred and thirty cavalrymen, all in red robes and with red flags. They circled the camp three times, beating gongs and drums, shouting, and waving flags, before shooting three arrows at a wooden effigy erected at the camp gate.

Eighty-one days, eighty-one times.

This was repeated again and again.

The wooden effigy became more lifelike with each passing day.

By the last day, it was clearly recognizable--

Wearing a Taoist robe, holding a sword box, and appearing as a youth, the wooden effigy was unmistakably Meng Nan!

Whoosh!

As the last three arrows were shot on the final day, gongs and drums sounded, and firecrackers blazed.

With a boom.

The wooden effigy shattered into pieces.

Far away in Cang Mountain, Meng Nan's eyes widened, smoke rose from his head, and he breathed his last.

"Cursing me?"

Meng Nan finished reading and blinked.

This was clearly a curse. Eighty-one days, and once the curse was complete, he died on the spot.

"Do they need to go through all this trouble to kill me?"

"Am I this powerful in this life?"

Meng Nan looked at the playback of his death, then glanced at his [Death Log] with surprise and delight--

"Died at 140?"

"Qi Gathering Level 3?"

He had actually succeeded in cultivating to the Qi Gathering stage in this life?

And at level 3?

"I've struck it rich?"

Meng Nan's heart filled with anticipation, and he quickly took down the Storage Bag from his waist.

Peeking inside, he found many jade slips arranged within.

In the center: [Chashan], [Sky-Scraping Cliff], [Shepherd Ridge], [Ghost Mother Mountain].

To the north: [Undercurrent Mountain], [Ten Thousand Horns Cave], [Three Bays Mountain], [Curved Cloud Mountain], [Talisman Show Mountain], [Taishan East Mountain].

To the south: [Xuanwu Mountain], [Blood Lotus Mountain], [Jade Ring Mountain], [Dragon Ridge Mountain], [Guangming Mountain], [Bone Chasing Mountain].

The first ten lives.

Plus this life.

Meng Nan's knowledge of the map expanded again. Exploring north and delving south, he had personally visited sixteen mountain ranges.

Each mountain range spanned hundreds of thousands of miles.

In his previous ten lives, for example, in the fifth life, the furthest Meng Nan had ever traveled in his entire life was to [Blood Lotus Mountain] in the south.

In later lives, Meng Nan had explored other directions, opening up more of the map.

But it was still limited.

Until this life.

Meng Nan had explored nine new mountain ranges in one go: [Undercurrent Mountain], [Ten Thousand Horns Cave], [Three Bays Mountain], [Curved Cloud Mountain], [Talisman Show Mountain], [Taishan East Mountain], [Dragon Ridge Mountain], [Guangming Mountain], and [Bone Chasing Mountain].

These mountain ranges were organized by region and time, outlining general trends. Major events were recorded, minor events were categorized, and everything was noted down, whether useful or not.

These jade slips were like a thick history book for these sixteen mountain ranges, containing chapters on 'People', 'Events', 'Geography and Mountains', 'Treasures', and so on.

All-encompassing.

They were even divided into several versions--

Fifth Life.

Sixth Life.

Seventh Life.

Eighth Life.

Ninth life.

Tenth life.

Including the current eleventh life.

Each life had roughly the same framework, but with small differences in detail.

Meng Nan organized them all and placed them in one location, constantly checking for omissions and making comparisons.

Now gathered, the materials were substantial.

This was an overall record, from an objective perspective.

There was also a considerable portion of jade slips from a personal perspective—

From Zhao Xiaoshuang.

From Qian Yu.

From Meng Santan.

From Meng Xingzhe.

And a group of disciples, such as Qin Zhongjie, Xu Rong, and others.

Of course, a greater part of these were records from Meng Nan's own perspective on various aspects—

Cultivation.

Experiences.

Observations.

Sorcery.

And many other areas.

"This is going to take a while!"

Meng Nan looked at the mountain of jade slips and took a deep breath, starting with the compiled records.

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