"Master Brother, he's already gone, why are you still looking?"
After Li Chuan flew away, Qin Ruohua came up behind Shangguan Qian, leaning in close to her ear and teasing her.
Shangguan Qian, who had been in a daze, jumped in surprise, then her face flushed:
"Who was looking? I was just thinking."
"Junior Sister, you haven't truly fallen for Junior Brother Qingfeng, have you?"
Qin Ruohua's expression turned serious.
As someone deeply entangled in a love tribulation, she could tell from Shangguan Qian's recent behavior that something was off.
Shangguan Qian's face turned red, but she didn't deny it:
"I just feel that Junior Brother Qingfeng is very special, different from all the other Master Brothers and Junior Brothers on the mountain."
"Junior Sister, then you must think clearly. Once you fall into a love tribulation, it will be difficult to ascend to immortality."
At this moment, Cheng Xuanfeng also walked over.
He and Qin Ruohua were already deeply caught in a love tribulation and couldn't extricate themselves, but for cultivators, this was not a good thing.
"So what? Among so many cultivators from various sects, how many can achieve immortal ascension? Rather than pursuing immortality, I envy you, Master Brother and Master Sister."
Shangguan Qian said indifferently.
At this point, Chu Yuxiang, the most meticulous of the group, spoke up to remind her:
"Junior Sister, many cultivators find it hard to escape love tribulations, so there's no need to worry too much. And Junior Brother Qingfeng is indeed very outstanding, a good choice.
It's just that Master Brother must remind you, Junior Brother Qingfeng seems very dedicated to the Dao of cultivation. You should be mentally prepared."
Since Shangguan Qian had already developed feelings, there was no need to persuade her further. Such matters couldn't be stopped; stopping them would only backfire.
The key was, this might be a one-sided love.
"Master Brother, I know. I only have a good impression; I'm not deeply entangled. If there's no mutual affection, then how can we spend the rest of our lives together? There's no need to force it. Junior Sister is not someone who likes to pester!"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Qian replied decisively.
As an Emei Sword Cultivator, she naturally possessed pride; she was not some delicate woman.
Meanwhile, after Li Chuan flew out of the Mount Emei region on the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl, he quickly landed in a forest, took out the Teleportation Book.
As the pages fluttered, his figure also traversed space, returning to the small courtyard he had bought in a mortal town previously.
Before returning to Xiao Zhu Mountain, he still had one more thing to do.
That was to try Sage Mode!
Actually, he had planned to try this after cultivating a portion of his true essence, but he was experimenting with the newly refined Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl when an Elder from the Xuan Yin Sect came for revenge.
After killing the Xuan Yin Sect Elder, he encountered the Yun Zhong Seven, and then immediately went to Drunken Immortal Cliff, and then to Mount Emei.
Mount Emei had experts like clouds, and even existences like Zhenren (Immortal) White Eyebrows, who was at the peak of Earth Immortal. He didn't dare to experiment with Sage Mode there. If something went wrong, being mistaken for an evil demon would not be good.
Now that he had left Mount Emei, it was a good opportunity to try it.
Regarding Sage Mode, it all started from the World of Hokage.
The World where Hokage was located was actually not flat and square, but a Planet. Outside that Planet, there was also a Universe, and other life forms existed.
Among them, the most powerful alien life form was the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Members of this race were born with powerful abilities and didn't need to cultivate like mortals. They used "Karma" for reincarnation and resurrection, existing beyond death.
They searched for Planets with life in the Universe, then sent members to plant the Ten-Tails' young on the Planet, turning them into God Tree that absorbed the entire Planet's energy, finally bearing fruit. They would then consume the fruit to complete their evolution.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya was one of the members sent by the Ōtsutsuki Clan to Earth after discovering it to carry out this mission, but she fell in love with a human on Earth during this process.
And Chakra was created by Ōtsutsuki Kaguya's son, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, also known as the Six Paths Sage. He saw that humans couldn't use techniques and, inspired by the God Tree's use of natural energy, he developed Chakra.
By combining physical and spiritual energy, Chakra energy was produced, and then released through hand seals.
In fact, before Ōtsutsuki Kaguya brought the God Tree to Earth, there were already people on Earth who could use spells, though they were few.
For example, priestesses, cults, the Three Great Blessed Lands, and various gods.
However, after Chakra appeared, it became more convenient and widespread, gradually replacing some more difficult cultivation methods that used natural energy to cast spells.
But the Three Great Blessed Lands—Mount Myōboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest—discovered that combining the natural energy they cultivated with Chakra would produce even more powerful energy, which was the so-called Sage Mode.
Absorbing different types of natural energy would result in different Sage Mode characteristics and functions.
In Mount Myōboku's Sage Mode, the eyes become horizontal pupils with yellow eye shadow, resembling toad eyes.
In Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode, the eyes become vertical pupils with purple eye shadow, and horns grow on the head, resembling snake eyes.
In Shikkotsu Forest's Sage Mode, black stripes appear around the corners of the eyes, the forehead resembles a black target, and the pupils are yellow on the outside and black on the inside.
The common characteristics of the three Sage Modes are: a significant increase in Chakra, a substantial enhancement of all Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu used, a significant improvement in sensory perception, and a substantial increase in the body's recovery ability.
Li Chuan didn't know the details of how the Three Great Blessed Lands cultivated Sage Mode, but the Immortal Clan Talent cultivated at his Fire Temple was actually a super simplified version of Sage Mode.
This is because Immortal Clan Talent also produces special Chakra by combining Chakra with a tiny bit of natural energy.
However, the Three Great Blessed Lands integrate a lot of Chakra, and if Sage Mode cultivation fails, it can be fatal.
Whereas Immortal Clan Talent only integrates a tiny bit of natural energy, greatly increasing safety, but it loses the power of Sage Mode, only adding the effect of strengthening Taijutsu.
As for the natural energy of the Three Great Blessed Lands, he used the purest Daoist true essence condensed from his own absorption of spiritual energy, which would have the same effect.
The main thing was that the true essence belonged to him and was completely under his control, unlike natural energy which was so volatile. He could try to fuse it with Chakra in large quantities, and even if it failed, there would be no danger.
He had the method, he had the energy, now all that was left was to try it.
Sitting cross-legged in the room, Li Chuan first extracted his physical and mental strength using the Fire Temple's method, then slowly guided the golden core in his dantian to release Daoist true essence, and began to try to fuse with it.
"Boom!"
A moment later, a powerful aura suddenly emanated from Li Chuan's body.
"It worked!"
Feeling the drastic changes in his body instantly, he knew that this attempt must have been successful.
He casually took out a mirror. His appearance in the mirror hadn't changed, but the pupils of his two eyes, originally pure black, had turned into the shape of a yin-yang fish.
"Could it be that this is the legendary Yin-Yang Eye?"
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