"I wonder if these Yin-Yang Eyes have any special uses."
Looking at his changed pupils in the mirror, Li Chuan muttered, then began to test the effects of his immortal mode, which was combined with Daoist true essence.
It was largely similar to the immortal mode he understood: the amount of Chakra increased significantly, his physical body was greatly enhanced under the blessing of the immortal mode Chakra, and his five senses became much sharper.
The power of the Ninjutsu and Daoist spells he used was also strengthened.
The only thing still unclear was the eyes that had turned into Yin-Yang Fish; he could feel that his eyes seemed to have some special function, but currently, there were no reference objects, so he couldn't test it.
However, this was already very good; at least in immortal mode, his strength had once again received a comprehensive boost.
Crucially, unlike Naruto, whose accumulated natural energy could only sustain immortal mode for five minutes and required Shadow Clone to absorb natural energy, his Golden Core True Essence was abundant, making it not a big issue to maintain it for two or three hours.
In the future, after breaking through to the nascent soul, he estimated he could maintain it for one or two days.
The attempt at immortal mode went smoothly, exceeding his expectations somewhat, which shows that compared to the natural energy outside, the true essence converted by cultivation techniques within the dantian is indeed more suitable.
After dismissing immortal mode, Li Chuan went into the city to buy some food from this World, packed it up, used Apparition to leave the town, and controlled the Crimson Spirit Fire Pearl to fly towards Xiao Zhu Mountain.
An hour later, Xiao Zhu Mountain, covered by layers of bamboo forests, appeared in his sight.
Xiao Zhu Mountain hadn't produced a nascent soul cultivator in thousands of years, so naturally, it didn't have the ability to keep the entire small mountain floating in the air.
However, the entire mountain had the Heavenly Evolution Thirty-Six Divine Bamboo Restriction set up by the founding patriarch; without the sect's specific Daoist incantation, even a nascent soul cultivator couldn't force their way in, which was considered relatively safe.
"Open!"
Falling into the sea of trees, Li Chuan formed a Daoist incantation according to Li Qingfeng's memory, and soon the sea of trees in front of him shifted, revealing a small path leading into the mountain.
After flying along the path for a while, he saw a small valley covered in flowers and plants.
Within the valley were several exquisite courtyards, and on the lawn in front of the courtyards, several disciples in the early Foundation Establishment stage were practicing basic Five Elements Daoist techniques.
This was where the Xiao Zhu Mountain sect was located.
"The spiritual energy concentration is about double that of the mortal World; as expected, it cannot compare with Mount Emei."
Landing on the lawn and putting away his magic treasure, Li Chuan immediately sensed the concentration of spiritual energy in this small valley and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
One must know that the spiritual energy concentration of Mount Emei is ten times that of the mortal World; even with the same cultivation aptitude, the difference in cultivation between Xiao Zhu Mountain and Mount Emei would be very large.
If Daoist Qingzhu, Li Qingfeng's Master, had been accepted by Mount Emei as a disciple instead of Xiao Zhu Mountain back then, with his aptitude, he likely could have cultivated to the nascent soul stage.
But this kind of thing is hard to complain about, because if Daoist Qingzhu hadn't been accepted as a disciple by Xiao Zhu Mountain, he likely wouldn't have had the chance to cultivate at all and would have died at seventy or eighty years old.
This is perhaps what cultivation refers to as opportunity.
Not many have cultivation aptitude, and even fewer with cultivation aptitude have the opportunity to be discovered and brought into the cultivation World, with very few among them able to enter top cultivation sects.
And even after entering a top sect, there's no guarantee of smooth cultivation; many are killed by demonic cultivators and refined into magic treasures.
Even if they stay within the sect, there are the Four-Nine Heavenly Tribulation and tests of emotions waiting for them.
"Master Brother is back!"
Seeing Li Chuan descend from the sky, the few disciples who were practicing spells all excitedly gathered around.
Including Li Qingfeng, there were a total of ten people in Xiao Zhu Mountain.
The one with the highest cultivation and oldest age was Daoist Qingzhu, who had cultivated for four hundred years, was at the peak Golden Core stage, and was currently the sect master.
Then there were Li Qingfeng's three Martial Uncles, all at the peak Foundation Establishment stage, aged over one hundred and forty, who were basically always in seclusion, seeking to accumulate enough true essence to condense a golden core before their lifespan ran out.
Li Qingfeng had only seen them six times in his twelve years of joining the sect, each time when new disciples joined.
In fact, according to Daoist Qingzhu, Xiao Zhu Mountain originally had two more Martial Uncles at the Core Formation Realm, but they were killed by demonic cultivators while traveling outside.
As for Li Qingfeng's previous generation, they either ran out of lifespan or shed the mortal coil and reincarnated.
Therefore, the remaining six people in the sect were all disciples of Daoist Qingzhu.
Those three Martial Uncles didn't take disciples; they simply didn't have time to teach disciples, spending all their time accumulating true essence for core formation.
Among the six disciples, Li Qingfeng was the eldest disciple, and the rest were Junior Brothers and Shimei younger than him; the youngest Junior Brother was only twelve years old this year.
"Here, take some to eat!"
Distributing the packed snacks and pastries in his hand to the younger Junior Brothers and Shimei, Li Chuan suddenly frowned and asked his second Shimei, Mingyue, who was only two years younger than him:
"Mingyue, is Master not in the sect?"
The small valley wasn't large, and he was also in the Core Formation Realm, so he naturally sensed immediately that apart from the three Martial Uncles in seclusion, his Master's aura was not present in the valley.
"Master Brother, Master saw that you hadn't returned and left a month ago to look for you.
Why, didn't you meet him?"
Shimei Mingyue showed a surprised expression upon hearing Li Chuan's words.
She thought Master Brother had returned because he had met Master, but she didn't expect them to have missed each other.
"It seems he was worried because I exceeded the agreed return time."
Li Chuan nodded, roughly guessing the reason in his heart.
In fact, Daoist Qingzhu's worry was reasonable; after all, his two Junior Brothers were killed by demonic cultivators while traveling, although Li Qingfeng was just returning to his rural hometown to settle karmic ties.
But as the Master Brother, Li Qingfeng had always been steady in his actions; if something hadn't happened, he generally wouldn't exceed the agreed time by a month and still not return to the sect.
This was indeed the case, because the original Li Qingfeng had long been killed by a demonic cultivator, his soul having reincarnated.
"I was delayed by some matters; it's alright, if Master doesn't find me outside, he should return to the sect soon to check, we'll just wait for him to come back to the sect."
Li Chuan comforted his second Shimei with a couple of sentences and went to the small house where the sect's manuals were kept.
When he first came to this World, because he hadn't started cultivating yet, he was afraid that if he returned to the sect, the peak Golden Core Daoist Qingzhu would see through him, so he chose to cultivate in the town for two years before returning to the sect.
Later, he went to Mount Emei, and his cultivation had already surpassed Li Qingfeng's, but because he was focused on breaking through to the Golden Core stage, he was delayed by two months.
Now, his cultivation is the same as Daoist Qingzhu's, both in the Core Formation Realm, and his strength is far superior to Daoist Qingzhu's; instead of being cautious, he can take advantage of Daoist Qingzhu being out looking for him to read more of the sect's ancient texts.
Xiao Zhu Mountain is a small sect, and there aren't many sect manuals; they are all kept in a small wooden house and there are no restrictions or limitations like those in large sects; anyone can go in and read and study them whenever they want.
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