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Chapter 3718 Changes in the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele

"Fellow Daoist Ming!"

Shen Changqing returned the greeting with a cupped hand.

Mingxin glanced at the numerous cultivators following behind Shen Changqing, her expression shifting slightly.

"I have long heard that the Xuantian Dao Sect has many geniuses, and seeing it today, I can confirm it is true. Fellow Daoist Shen, you must have come here for the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele!"

"good."

Shen Changqing nodded, then changed the subject.

"However, I am new to the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, so I have come to the Taiyi Holy Land to rent a corresponding immortal residence..."

"Renting a celestial abode is simple; this humble Daoist can make the decision. This time, all celestial abodes will be offered at a 10% discount, as a token of my sincerity!"

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Ming."

Shen Changqing did not reject Mingxin's good intentions. The other party clearly wanted to get closer to him, and he would not turn people away.

soon.

Mingxin means to have all the formalities completed properly.

For cultivators at the Immortal King Realm, Shen Changqing rented Yellow-Rank Immortal Mansions for them, while cultivators at the Ancient Immortal Realm all rented Profound-Rank Immortal Mansions.

of course.

Shen Changqing himself is also a Xuan-rank Immortal Abode.

the reason is simple.

Both Earth-rank and Heaven-rank Immortal Abodes are judged by the quality of top-grade immortal stones.

Shen Changqing currently possesses so many top-grade immortal stones that he would gladly split each one in two, so naturally he would never be willing to rent an immortal residence of this caliber.

There is another reason.

That means that for Shen Changqing, his cultivation level has now reached the peak of the Immortal Emperor realm, and he has also comprehended the path to immortality.

As long as the great calamity arrives, one can attain semi-sainthood on the spot.

At times like this.

Whether you rent a Xuan-rank immortal abode or a Di-rank immortal abode, it doesn't really make much sense.

Instead of wasting these immortal stones, it would be better to simply rent a Xuan-level immortal mansion.

of course.

Even Yellow-rank and Profound-rank Immortal Abodes are quite expensive.

The former yields ten top-grade immortal stones over a hundred years, while the latter yields one hundred top-grade immortal stones over a hundred years.

Such rental prices are astronomical figures for most monks.

However, Shen Changqing had many high-grade immortal stones, so he didn't care about such a small amount.

Moreover.

They are all the most outstanding talents of their respective sects.

As the sect leader, I can't be too stingy.

Then.

Shen Changqing then led many disciples from various sects to move into the Immortal Abode.

……

"Hiss, this is a Yellow-Rank Immortal Abode. No wonder it's worth ten high-grade immortal stones for a hundred years. Such a cultivation environment is indeed unmatched by any other place!"

Inside a Yellow-Rank Immortal Abode, Xiao Ling felt the terrifying immortal energy permeating the entire abode. With a casual breath, he could faintly sense the signs of breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm.

but.

Xiao Ling forcefully suppressed the urge to break through.

If I were to actually break through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, I would lose the greatest opportunity of this trip.

after all.

Once you ascend to the Ancient Immortal realm.

Xiao Ling was not naive enough to think that with his cultivation at the initial stage of Ancient Immortal, he would be qualified to compete for a spot on the Ancient Immortal Stele.

For other cultivators, breaking through to a higher realm is considered a fortunate event.

Xiao Ling knew very well that if he broke through to the Ancient Immortal Realm now, he would probably only be able to break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm in the future. It would be impossible for him to go further and step into the Half-Saint Realm, but the probability would be much lower.

The strong will always get stronger!

Only by seizing opportunities step by step can we have the chance to go further.

To seek momentary pleasure is to destroy one's own foundation.

Moreover, for Xiao Ling, breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm has never been difficult.

If he wanted to break through, he could have done so a million years ago.

The reason Xiao Ling hadn't made a breakthrough was that he was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to further enhance his foundation.

now.

He had already arrived at the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, and everything was right before his eyes. Why would Xiao Ling break through at this time?

and so.

Seeing that his cultivation was about to break through, Xiao Ling suppressed his cultivation to the greatest extent possible to prevent him from truly breaking through.

Under such full suppression, he felt that his own immortal power was also undergoing some transformation.

This discovery.

This brought Xiao Ling another surge of joy.

"I thought I had reached the limit of my immortal power condensation, but now it seems there is still room for further improvement."

However, in the past, when cultivating within the sect, the environment of immortal energy was not as good as that of the immortal abode before me. Once the immortal energy was condensed to a certain level, it became difficult to make any further progress.

Being able to cultivate in the Yellow-Rank Immortal Abode is an immense stroke of luck.

If I could truly compress and condense my immortal power to its extreme, my chances of ascending to the Immortal King's Stele would be even greater!

Xiao Ling pondered to himself.

He was actually quite confident that he could ascend the Immortal King Stele.

Now that I'm condensing my immortal power, I'll have a better chance of success.

Another point.

When ascending the Immortal King's Stele, ranking is also crucial.

As far as he knew, the current Danfeng Peak Master had once reached the top three of the Immortal King Stele and obtained unparalleled fortune. He had now become the most outstanding among the many geniuses of the sect.

Even against other innate immortal bodies, they were all weaker than the opponent.

visible.

The higher the ranking on the Immortal King Stele, the greater the fortune one receives.

Xiao Ling asked himself if he was necessarily inferior to others.

Even if I don't have a natural immortal body, so what?

The one from Danfeng named Ye Yun also ascended the Immortal King Stele in his mortal form, and his ranking was extremely high.

With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Ling seized the opportunity to continue refining his immortal power, so as to truly step into the limit of the Immortal King Realm and strive for a higher ranking on the Immortal King Stele.

the other side.

The other disciples of the Xuantian Dao Sect were also cultivating with all their might.

The Yellow Rank Immortal Abode is incredibly rich in immortal energy; cultivating in such a place allows one's cultivation to progress by leaps and bounds.

Almost all the disciples at the Immortal King Realm did not choose to break through to the Ancient Immortal Realm at this moment. Instead, they followed Xiao Ling's example and condensed their own immortal power in preparation for the subsequent attempt to break through to the Immortal King Stele.

As fellow prodigies of their respective sects, and both possessing cultivation at the peak of the Immortal King realm, neither believed they would fall behind.

and so.

Even though they knew that climbing the Immortal King's Stele was very difficult, they still put in their best efforts to improve their strength.

As for breaking through to the Ancient Immortal Realm at this critical juncture, that would be the most foolish thing to do.

To be honest...

Even if one truly wants to break through to the Ancient Immortal Realm, one must first make a trip to the Immortal King Stele.

But the disciples in the Ancient Immortal Realm are different.

Even for cultivators like Ji Yang and Gu Qingyang who have already broken through to the half-step Immortal Emperor realm, truly reaching the Immortal Emperor realm is not something that can be done in an instant.

Indeed.

The immortal energy in the Xuan-rank immortal abode is abundant, many times stronger than that in the Huang-rank immortal abode.

However, the breakthrough from the Ancient Immortal to the Immortal Emperor realm is by no means something that can be achieved simply by having enough immortal energy.

and so.

At this time, they did not have the trouble of breaking through to a higher realm. Instead, they used the immortal energy of the Xuan-rank Immortal Mansion to cultivate silently in order to improve their strength.

It can be said.

Now that they have entered the Heavenly Dao Immortal City, no one is in a hurry to go to the location of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele. Instead, they all go into seclusion to cultivate and improve their strength.

Shen Changqing had seen this for himself.

In fact.

Before moving into the Immortal Abode, he had already instructed the other sect disciples to cultivate with all their might until they could no longer suppress their cultivation or when they had enough confidence, before heading to the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele to compete for ranking opportunities.

Before that.

All you need to do is cultivate in seclusion in your immortal abode.

As for the immortal stones needed to cultivate the immortal abode, Shen Changqing covered all of them.

The disciples rented more than a hundred immortal mansions, and over the course of a hundred years, the total cost of renting them was at most two or three thousand high-grade immortal stones.

This was naturally insignificant to Shen Changqing.

Even if you live there for ten thousand years, it will only cost you two or three hundred thousand high-grade immortal stones.

Putting everything else aside, just the high-grade immortal stones from the dividends from the Longevity Immortal Mine alone would be enough for Shen Changqing to allow this group of disciples to live in the Heavenly Dao Immortal City until the end of time.

and so.

Shen Changqing had never considered the issue of high-grade immortal stones.

A month later.

Mingxin paid a visit.

Upon learning this news, Shen Changqing invited the other party into his immortal abode.

Inside the Immortal Mansion.

The two sat facing each other. Shen Changqing flicked his sleeve, and tea set appeared. He then began to brew immortal tea for the other person.

In each cup of celestial tea, only a single tea leaf floated forlornly on top, appearing rather monotonous.

But when Mingxin looked at the tea leaf in the cup, her pupils suddenly contracted, as if she were both shocked and incredulous.

"A hazy aura of Buddha...the Great Dao manifests...this is the Bodhi Tea of ​​No Mind!!"

Shen Changqing smiled faintly: "Fellow Daoist Ming is very knowledgeable. Indeed, this is the Bodhi Heartless Tea!"

Upon hearing this...

Mingxin took a deep breath, but the shock in her voice did not diminish much.

"Ordinary Bodhi Heartless Tea does not possess such power of rules and Daoist rhyme. Fellow Daoist, the grade of this Bodhi Heartless Tea must be extraordinary."

May I ask, which powerful Buddhist or Taoist master's aura transformed from this?

"I do not know the name of that senior, but I do know that he is a Great Sage!"

Shen Changqing shook his head, not revealing anything about the Great Sage of Crossing Calamity.

The latter perished, his body transforming into a Great Sage Immortal Mine; naturally, the fewer people who know about this, the better.

As for taking out a Bodhi Heartless Tea, Shen Changqing didn't care much.

After all, while there aren't many powerful Buddhist and Taoist figures in the world, there are still quite a few, and countless great Buddhist and Taoist saints have emerged throughout history.

Most of these beings have perished over countless ages, so it's not surprising that some Bodhi Heartless Tea, imbued with their Daoist essence, has been passed down through generations.

as predicted.

Mingxin had no doubts about what Shen Changqing said. She saw the other party solemnly taste it, his face showing a kind of intoxication, as if he was comprehending the supreme Daoist essence within.

It was unclear how much time had passed before Mingxin finally snapped out of his reverie.

"What a wonderful immortal tea formed from the Daoist essence of the Great Sage! Fellow Daoist Shen has brought out such a precious treasure; I am unworthy to accept it!"

Mingxin looked at the half-cup of immortal tea remaining in her cup, her gratitude evident.

Shen Changqing smiled faintly: "Fellow Daoist, there's no need for such politeness."

Speaking of which...

He paused, then changed the subject and asked again.

"Fellow Daoist has been staying in the Divine Sun Domain for many years. I wonder how much you know about the current situation of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele?"

"The Heavenly Dao Divine Stele?"

Mingxin was slightly taken aback, but then he understood the meaning behind Shen Changqing's words, and his expression immediately became serious.

"Speaking of the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele, the number of geniuses in the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm has been increasing in recent years."

In particular, the intervention of forces from the Three Thousand Great Universes has intensified the competition for the Heavenly Dao Divine Stele.

Judging from the Immortal King Stele, in most of the past, the geniuses who were able to survive the eternal Immortal King Tribulation could leave their names on it.

But now, it's different—" (End of Chapter)