It was around dawn at that time.
The eastern dawn chased after the remaining stars, illuminating the world with a dim light.
Chen Yun slowly walked out of the quiet room and saw Liuhaichan practicing boxing in the courtyard.
At this moment, Liu Haichuan stood with his feet parallel, shoulder-width apart. His arms were gently raised above his head from his sides in a left-right pattern. His fingers crossed, the palm turned upwards with utmost effort, fully stretching out his arms. It's like stretching a lazy bone.
At the same time, he slowly looked up, with a demeanor of upholding the heavens and the earth, and was also gently inhaling.
Chen Yun stood there watching Liuhaichuan practice boxing, his face expressionless, but he felt strange in his heart.
Because the boxing style that Liu Haichuan was practicing was a form of internal alchemy created by Master and Lǚ Dòngbīn together, but it only had the boxing style and lacked the real cultivation technique.
After a moment, Liu Haichuan finally finished practicing the twelve movements of the outer exercise boxing method.
Only then did he bow and say, "Master."
Chen Yun placed his hands behind his back, slightly nodding and said, "The boxing form is good, but the spirit is not grasped."
Liu Haichuan smiled, "This boxing style was taught to me by the True Immortal Zhengyang. He said that if I practice it consistently, it can extend my lifespan. Perhaps I've even grasped its mysteries."
Chen Yun walked slowly forward and said, "It's not that you haven't grasped the mysteries, but that your teacher intentionally neglected the cultivation method when teaching you this style."
Liu Haichuan nodded in thought.
Suddenly, he looked at Chen Yun with a hint of confusion and said, "Teacher, why do I feel today that there's something different about you?"
Chen Yun smiled slightly and asked, "What's different?"
Liu Haichuan carefully tasted it and said, "Previously, although you gave me a feeling of being easy to approach, standing by your side was like bathing in the spring breeze. But I still felt your presence. Now, I can see you standing in front of me. However, you are like a gentle breeze, a cloud, as if you have been completely integrated into the sky and earth. Looking far away, you are the towering mountains. Observing up close, your virtue is as pure as water."
No wonder you are to be the future grand master of alchemy; your talent truly is astonishing.
Chen Yun spoke confidently, "Just now I have refined out a golden pill."
Liu Haichuan was shocked, quickly knelt on the ground and bowed his head to say, "It turns out that Master has already achieved immortality. The disciple congratulates the Master on achieving immortality."
"Haha," Chen Yun laughed heartily, "You could certainly be a future master too. Alright, don't be so formal. Get up, I still have some matters to instruct you on."
Liu Haichuan stood up and bowed respectfully, "But at the teacher's command."
Chen Yun said, "I sense that there will be many Daoist friends coming to congratulate me on achieving immortality this morning. I'm afraid I might not be able to entertain them well enough, so I've instructed my disciple Jiaodao Ren from Qingcheng Mountain to send some spiritual fruits here. You are to bring him in at the beginning of the ninth hour in the morning and stand at the gate of the observatory. As for me, I have some old grudges to settle now."
Liu Haichuan hesitated for a moment. Handle some grudges?
This sentence left him somewhat confused.
Liu Haichuan could not remember any enmity of Chen Yun in Khitan.
At that moment, as he was puzzled and could not understand.
Chen Yun suddenly looked towards the northwest direction, coldly humming and said, "Old Tiger God, you steal the incense in the human world to become a ghost spirit. You have violated my taboo. Today I will chop you up and make a sacrifice for my achieving immortality!"
After saying this, he seemingly casually extended his right hand to grab in mid-air.
...
On the other side, in the desert.
There are some scattered villages around the Alaas Desert.
Unlike the densely populated central plains.
In this area close to the desert, each village has only about a hundred people.
When added together, the area around the village covers hundreds of miles and only has a few thousand people.
Although these villages are not large, all of them have "Tiger God Temple".
Each thin and emaciated villager, dressed in tattered clothes, presented camel meat with dull eyes, kneeling there to beg the Old Tiger God for rain.
These villagers themselves cannot even afford to eat enough, yet they have to kill camels to offer sacrifices to the Old Tiger God.
To outsiders, it seems that these villagers respect the sacredness very much.
However, in fact, only those who live here know that they have no choice but to do so.
The area close to the desert is naturally rare rain.
The Old Tiger God, in order to steal the incense smoke and strengthen himself, often uses his magic to snatch away the clouds when rainclouds approach.
Only the villages that sincerely and wholeheartedly worship him will be "blessed" with some rain.
For a long time, the villagers have been suffering greatly, but they dare not speak out. They can only endure hunger, even if they kill camels to worship the Old Tiger God.
In the past, whenever the villagers offered their sacrifices, the Old Tiger God would absorb the spiritual qi from the offerings immediately.
However, today he didn't seem to be in a particularly good mood.
The reason was simple.
The reason was that a few days ago, his biggest "patron" was killed by Chen Yun.
There is a god domain inside the temple's god image, which is where the Old Tiger God resides.
At that moment, he was sitting in the palace created by the god domain, gritting his teeth and saying, "How dare you, Chen Yun! You dared to destroy my 'Great God' to ashes. Do you really think I have no temper?"
The Old Tiger God's face was extremely dark, and he pondered to himself, "Although this young man has not yet achieved immortality, according to the heavenly law, I may not attack him. However, as an unknown wild god in the heavens, as long as I am careful and don't commit any major crimes, the heavenly court should not find out and bring trouble."
He thought for a moment and decided to disguise himself as a mortal to infiltrate the capital of the Khitan Empire and find Chen Yun's location, then kill him silently.
The Old Tiger God, as a tiger soul that has attained immortality, and after stealing countless incense smoke, has finally become a ghost spirit. His true strength is far superior to ordinary mortals and much weaker than those who have achieved immortality in Daoism or those who have been converted by ghosts.
For example, in his previous encounter with the "Great God" and Chen Yun, it seemed that he was killed in a single move by the opponent, but in reality, this was because the "Great God" could only contain a limited amount of divine power, which was not enough to unleash his true strength.
Even with this, the Old Tiger God could make the "Great God"'s strength comparable to that of Chen Yun, but later on, he was suppressed by some unknown great power, which led to his easy defeat.
How strong is his real power?
The Old Tiger God can confidently say that ten Chen Yun together may not be his opponent.
That's why the Old Tiger God has enough confidence that as long as he personally arrives in the Khitan capital, he can defeat Chen Yun to oblivion!
However, while the Old Tiger God was contemplating seeking revenge on Chen Yun,
Suddenly, a cold humming sound came from the void and intruded into the god domain.
In the next moment, a youthful male voice boomed in the god domain, "Old Tiger God, you steal the incense smoke from the human world to become a ghost spirit and violate my taboo. Today, I will chop you up and make a sacrifice for my achieving immortality!"
Before the Old Tiger God could even react to what was happening, he saw the god domain collapse with a thunderous explosion.
Then, a golden hand as large as the sky suddenly appeared in front of him, seemingly breaking through the limitations of time and space.
The next moment, the Old Tiger God felt an irresistible force coming at him, and he immediately lost consciousness!
...
Laojun Pavilion, Inner Courtyard.
Liu Haichuan watched as Chen Yun extended his palm and captured the air with his bare hands. Then, a crystal-clear "Qi" was inexplicably absorbed.
He paused and said, "Teacher, what is this?"
Chen Yun reached out and flipped his hand, and the crystal-clear "Qi" disappeared without a trace.
He replied in a calm manner, "This is the essence of the soul of a demon god in the vast desert. Now that he has been slain by my palm, only this ball of soul essence remains."
Liu Haichan was greatly surprised and said, "This place is not just tens of thousands of miles away from the desert. Teacher, you killed a demon god with a single palm from thin air? Such a great feat is unheard of!"
Having killed the Old Tiger God, Chen Yun was in a good mood and smiled as he explained, "I attained immortality by practicing internal alchemy of the Daoist way. My strength is naturally not comparable to those who attain immortality through fortunate circumstances or by following other paths. Demonic gods who rely on mountains and rivers to cultivate their qi, then steal human incense offerings to become weak ghosts, are still weaker than some of the corpse-descending immortals in our Daoist school. My single palm could wipe them out without much effort."
Liu Haichuan exclaimed in astonishment, "The spirit of the immortal is so powerful?"
Chen Yun laughed heartily, "The true immortals are far mightier than I am now. I have just achieved immortality and am not yet at the level of a true immortal. In terms of power and realm, I still need some time to accumulate. After a year, I will reach the peak, at which point I will possess the powerful force that can easily destroy the heavens and earth."
Liu Haichan listened in awe and couldn't help but feel once again in his heart that the power of the immortals is something that ordinary people cannot imagine.
Indeed, the strength of the immortals is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Before achieving immortality, Chen Yun thought he had come very close to the power of an immortal.
However, even though he has just achieved immortality and has not yet reached the peak of his power, he already possesses the ability to kill an immortal like the Old Tiger God from a distance of thousands of mountains and miles.
It can be imagined how powerful the true immortals would be when their power is fully integrated.
Most cultivators may not know how advanced the Old Tiger God's cultivation and realm are.
Chen Yun had previously fought against the opponent's spiritual carrier, and he knew that even if the opponent had not yet appeared in person, their power was still not weaker than his own at that time.
If he had not been a wild god with the title of "Old Tiger" and the golden body that was six cun (a unit of length) in diameter, which possesses immense suppression power over demons and ghosts, he would not have been able to easily kill him.
From this, one can infer that the true power of the Old Tiger God's true form is at least several times stronger than Chen Yun's own before he achieved immortality.
This means that if the current himself were to engage in a life-and-death battle with the Old Tiger God's true form, unless he manifested a golden divine body, he would not have a chance to fight back. Otherwise, he would only be doomed to be killed.
Unfortunately, even this powerful Old Tiger God, in front of Chen Yun's current immortal self, would be no match for him even if there were mountains and rivers between them.
The most critical point is that I have not yet reached the peak of my current cultivation realm. This shows how incredible the realm of immortals truly is.
The most important point is that Chen Yun, while demonstrating his power and killing the Old Tiger God, found that his attacks seemed to be integrated into the world around him.
The sheer might that seemed to wrap the power of the heavens and earth was truly formidable to the extreme.
Only this is the kind of power that immortals should possess!
Chen Yun couldn't help but sigh.
...
At the beginning of the Horse Hour.
Liu Haichan waited outside until the Dragon Immortal arrived.
The Dragon Immortal looked puzzled and asked Liu Haichuan, "Senior Brother, why does the Master urgently summon me to deliver sacred fruits? Is there some important matter?"
Liu Haichan did not dare to be lazy and replied truthfully, "The Master has just achieved immortality and will have many immortals coming to congratulate him shortly. Therefore, he needs some sacred fruits for hospitality."
What?
The Master has achieved immortality?
On hearing this, the Dragon Immortal was so shocked that he stood still in place.
He really could not believe that the Chen Yun who had once needed to rely on his divine weapon to subdue him in the inner cave of the Moon and Snake Lake had already achieved immortality.
(End of this chapter)
