Meeting the Immortal

Chapter 32 Meeting the Immortal

More than a decade ago.

In a hospital on Wan Island, a woman in labor gave birth to twins amidst heart-wrenching screams. Unfortunately, a massive hemorrhage occurred midway, resulting in one child dying and the other surviving. The girl who survived was born with a strange anomaly—she had Double Vision—and the girl who had died possessed the same.

With the family's consent, the latter was preserved as a specimen and displayed in a specialized jar...

The Mazda came to a stop.

Fang Xiu pushed the door open from the passenger seat, followed closely by Huang Huotu. As a mere mortal with nothing but a unique fate, he had no power to resist the hypnotic control of the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Besides, no one would wish him harm.

Bringing Huang Huotu along was simply an extra layer of insurance.

Assuming the Corpse-Dissection Immortal was troublesome and her cultivation surpassed imagination, and that even if he went all out, he would struggle to even protect himself, let alone capture her—then Fang Xiu would not hesitate to issue a threat—

Immortal, you wouldn't want your sister Xie Yali's years of painstaking effort to vanish into thin air, preventing her from achieving immortality, would you?—After all, if the Sword-Wielding Executor responsible for the liberation of the body met with an accident, then Xie Yali, hiding behind the scenes, would have no path left to cultivate, getting stuck at the final step and falling short of success.

There was no other way.

Better safe than sorry.

Prior to this, Fang Xiu had only encountered an Earth Immortal from the reign of the Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty—Hermit Caolu.

To be more precise, he was a cultivator of techniques related to spiritual practice. Because he was not far from achieving his goal and his cultivation was unfathomable, he was revered as a True Immortal of the Earth.

He was not an immortal in essence.

And right now, what came into view was a desolate hospital, inside which were piled a small number of medical instruments, as well as specimens that had been forgotten over the years, whether actively or passively.

"The Yin Release aura is so heavy."

"It is at a level that surpasses an ordinary Three-Tomoe Sharingan."

His perception expanded infinitely.

Relying on his terrifying mental power, it was no exaggeration to say that Fang Xiu could serve as a sensory ninja in any conventional war within the Naruto World.

And at this moment, he had already given a preliminary definition in his heart: there was a powerhouse lurking here, one not inferior to the Fusang Ghost King!

It made sense; the sister who had already become an immortal did not take a shortcut to pass the Five Hells Tribulation, nor did she need to liberate her body. She belonged to the Grand Perfection of the soul realm, shedding the physical body that had become a burden as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

"Fellow Daoist, since you have come, why not come in and have a chat?" At this moment, a voice suddenly reached Fang Xiu's ears, extremely ethereal.

It could not be called pleasant, nor was it chilling.

It was the kind that held neither sorrow nor joy.

Seeing this, Fang Xiu raised his hand and formed a seal, immediately entering Earth Release Sage Mode, with a khaki rock mark appearing between his brows.

Under the positive influence, the base color of his Mangekyō Sharingan turned slightly golden.

Susanoo could be activated at any time.

Deep Forest Emergence could be activated at any time.

Takemikazuchi and Amenotokotachi were even more like instantaneous ocular techniques...

Hmm, he was also prepared to form a Rasengan, and he could add fire attribute to it.

Besides, the Fang Xiu who had arrived at this abandoned hospital was essentially a Wood Release Clone that had siphoned off a large amount of chakra, with his consciousness temporarily taken over by the main body!!

And this belonged to the replication and innovation of ninjutsu.

One must know that regardless of the form of the Shadow Clone, they all possessed a certain degree of self-awareness and thoughts. Even if they would execute the tasks assigned by the main body one hundred percent and never betray, they would transmit their memories and feelings to the main body upon disappearing.

In order to improve its applicability, during the period of ghost-clearing in Hong Kong Island, Fang Xiu spent a small amount of time modifying it to allow his own will to descend.

As for the train of thought?

Mind Transfer Jutsu.

A secret ninjutsu of the Yamanaka clan in Konoha, C-rank, not difficult to learn, a close-to-mid-range auxiliary type.

The principle was not hard to guess: aim the hand seal at the target, use the soul to focus the spirit on a single point, so as to release one's own spiritual power to seize and manipulate the opponent's body.

Once successful, the outcome would be decided immediately!—The released spirit, in most cases, could only move in a straight line.

—Because it required consuming a large amount of spiritual power, there were great limitations on range and hit rate.

Of course, the risks involved were also significant, such as: if the spirit released by the caster failed to hit the target, it would be unable to return to its own body for a short period, leading to an inability to perform any actions, including defense.

However... a Shadow Clone could not perform rebellious acts; on the contrary, it would be very cooperative.

"Fine."

His tone was indifferent. Controlling Huang Huotu to walk by his side, Fang Xiu stepped inside as if he were visiting a zoo. "In all my lifetimes combined, this is the first time I've seen an immortal."

Not long after.

In a dark corner, a specimen jar was locked onto by the Mangekyō. Inside the formalin soaked the female immortal.

Hmm... it would be more appropriate to call it the old body she had shed.

An infant barely larger than a palm.

Controlled by the illusion and unaware of it, Huang Huotu, who still possessed the ability to think, was incomparably astonished.

So this is the mastermind behind the scenes?

"Show your true form."

Glancing at the grotesque infant corpse, Fang Xiu kept his Mangekyō fixed on the windowsill, the image of Yakushi Kabuto flashing through his mind:

I have shed my snake skin and sublimated into a dragon! Almost at the same moment, a golden halo rippled through the dimly lit specimen room.

The fairy revealed herself.

Wearing a green blouse and a red skirt, she looked thin and bony, her face beautiful and radiating an air of refined elegance.

Only the Double Vision in her eye sockets looked rather eerie, rotating back and forth, reflecting Fang Xiu's figure as if trying to see through his past and future lives.

After a long silence, she sighed:

"Double Vision distinguishes between human and demon, gathering the flow of destiny."

"Entering the army, you could be a hero of the age, leading thousands of troops to vie for supremacy over the world."

"Cultivating the Dao, you could achieve twice the result with half the effort, but alas, this is an age of Dharma decline, the earth's veins are withered, and even the famous mountains and rivers lack spiritual energy. To become an immortal, one must find another path!"

"If you are willing, fellow Daoist, you could abandon the Earth Immortal Method and turn to the Corpse Severance Immortality Method..."

She could not discern Fang Xiu's origins.

But she knew one thing:

This guy in front of her was not cultivating for longevity! He appeared to be following the path of the Earth Immortal Method, but in reality, he had converted everything into combat power, as if living a precarious life, struggling against all things in existence.

What was the point?

Could it be that he wanted to defy the heavens in the end?

Even if his physical body were incomparably strong and well-maintained, if he refrained from any future combat, he could at most survive in the human world for less than two hundred years!

His spirit, however... if he embarked on the path of cultivation in the form of a ghost, even without a proper cultivation method, he could likely stumble upon a way to become a ghost immortal.

"I appreciate your concern, Fairy."

Seeing that the other party was not hostile and was instead showing goodwill, Fang Xiu, who was moving about via a Wood Release Clone, spoke without reservation, getting straight to the point: "Just give me some good treasures, any divine artifacts, immortal weapons, or spiritual tools will do, or perhaps the Heavenly Starlit or Earthly Fiend cultivation methods—the more, the better."

Upon arriving at Wan Island, the Main God announced the triggering of a side quest: Double Vision.

But it did not specify what to do, and the rewards were unknown, as if leaving it to the Reincarnator to explore and choose freely! In that case, Fang Xiu felt that if it could be negotiated, it should be.

He craved battle and was prepared for the worst, but he was not a madman who would rush to attack anyone just because they were strong.

Is it okay to have one update at 9:30 and one at 11:30 from now on? The timing doesn't conflict with work.