A sacred aura washed over Lunar Essence Shi Yi and seeped into his body, leaving him warm and comfortable from head to toe.
He knew this was the aura of the evil-repelling divine bamboo, a source of opportunity within the Immortal Mound.
With his current physique, only the sap dripping from the oldest evil-repelling divine bamboo might benefit him. None of the others would do.
Lunar Essence Shi Yi activated his double pupils, confirmed the direction, and headed deeper into the Immortal Mound.
Before he had gone far, a black shadow swooped down from a mountain peak. It was the heroic spirit left behind by a divine bird, blotting out the sky and sun, and it was even stronger than the heroic spirits Shi Yi had encountered outside.
He unleashed Heaven-Opening Double Pupils, tearing the divine bird's heroic spirit apart and striking it down before continuing onward.
Just then, an engraving on a stone wall came to life, and an old farmer holding a medicinal herb spade stepped out.
"Has someone else made it here? Go claim whatever opportunities you can," the old farmer said.
Lunar Essence Shi Yi nodded. This old farmer was the Guardian of the Immortal Mound, tasked with guiding those who came after.
"Farther inside, all powerful cultivators are treated equally. No matter how high your realm is, you will face pressure corresponding to it. It is very dangerous. Do you still wish to proceed?" the old farmer asked.
"Of course. I came for the oldest evil-repelling divine bamboo," Lunar Essence Shi Yi answered.
"The oldest one? It only appeared recently. A living being passed every trial and received a baptism in the Divine Pool formed by that oldest evil-repelling divine bamboo. I wonder whether you will have such fortune."
Shi Yi knew the being the