Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 177 - 131: Jinghua Prefecture Falls!

After some empty flattery, Shi Cong finally broached the topic of what happened in the courtyard yesterday.

He actually understood everything, but sometimes you still had to play dumb.

"Don’t worry, nothing bad came of it." Lu Chang’sheng was playing dumb as well.

He wasn’t the type who liked making a name for himself, everything had to be weighed and measured.

Obviously, the fewer people know about killing an Immortal, the better.

Nobody knew if Meng Ping, now dead, had any other partners; buying some time was good either way.

Seeing this, Shi Cong knew that getting the truth out of Lu Chang’sheng about that day was almost impossible.

Still, he pretty much had it figured out: Immortal Meng probably really was in trouble.

That made his heart grow heavy, and his assessment of Lu Chang’sheng’s strength climbed to another level.

Watching Shi Cong and the others leave, Lu Chang’sheng turned to Hong Yuan and said, "What worries me now is that Meng the Immortal may still have other accomplices."

Ambushing Immortal Meng had the advantage of surprise.

The target had no idea a trap had been set; otherwise, with Meng Ping’s strength, he might well have slipped away untouched.

The power of an Immortal really was terrifying.

"I’ll get people from other places to keep an eye out. If he’s got accomplices, they probably won’t stay very low-profile."

Hong Yuan nodded.

Meng Ping’s aim was probably the rare items and spirit medicines. If there really were accomplices, it could easily spill over to Martial Artists above the True Qi Realm.

Maybe even the Great Yuan government.

After all, Martial Artists, officials, and the wealthy control over eighty percent of all wealth in the whole Great Yuan world.

In the end, those rare items and spirit medicines would end up in their hands.

"Teacher, do you think Meng the Immortal came from the Spirit Realm?"

"Very likely." Hong Yuan replied.

Otherwise, in all their years of Seeking Immortality, none of them would’ve gone their whole lives without hearing of any Immortals in the Great Yuan world.

The tradition of Seeking Immortality went back thousands of years; you could say these people’s footprints are in every corner of Great Yuan.

"So this fusion came early. I wonder if we’ll be able to find the entrance to the Spirit Realm?"

"That—maybe only Meng the Immortal would know." There was a complicated look in Hong Yuan’s eyes.

He felt differently now about the death of Meng the Immortal.

After that, Hong Yuan and the others started using their connections to dig up news in the other prefectures.

Meanwhile, Lu Chang’sheng took out those twelve Martial Techniques and began to study them.

"Root Source Techniques fall under the Martial Techniques category, and should be the transitional stage between Martial Techniques and Immortal Techniques."

Several days later, he found a preface in one called the Celestial Essence Martial Technique, describing the Root Source Techniques.

Only then did he feel that he had a relatively clear idea about these twelve Martial Techniques.

The source of the Immortal Techniques is Martial Techniques; Immortal Techniques evolved from them.

Maybe the most basic technique started as some Basic Stance Skills, and over countless years was constantly improved and expanded by brilliant minds, slowly becoming True Qi Martial Arts, then evolving into Root Source Techniques, and finally, Immortal Techniques.

"That’s why people say Immortal Techniques are above Martial Dao."

"And Root Source Techniques have one extra perfect realm compared to regular Innate Martial Arts. That’s what sets them above Innate Martial Arts."

Lu Chang’sheng quietly watched.

Mastering one technique means mastering them all.

After grasping the Elephant Armor Skill, his progress through the rest of the Root Source Techniques sped up quite a bit, perhaps because he’d entered the skill itself.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Lu Chang’sheng had finished reading all the Root Source Techniques.

He’d also improved the next three stages of the Root Source Technique he was currently training—Five Elements True Body Skill.

Minor Achievement, Great Success, Perfection.

And the time needed for each stage instantly appeared on the Light Curtain Panel.

"Time needed for Minor Achievement: 20 days"

"Time needed for Great Success: 85 days"

"Time needed for Perfection: 300 days"

"That’s less than what the other Root Source Techniques require."

"Once I reach Perfection, just how strong will I be?"

Lu Chang’sheng was satisfied.

This gave him confidence even against those potential accomplices of Meng Ping, if they existed at all.

Even with just entry-level Elephant Armor Skill, he’d managed to wound Meng the Immortal; if he advanced further, he’d have even more confidence.

"I just hope his old friends hear the news a little late."

The next day, a little-known auction was held in a courtyard.

When Lu Chang’sheng showed up with the items, plenty of True Qi Realm folks breathed a sigh of relief.

Those things really were Immortal Objects. They’d been worried whether Lu Chang’sheng could keep his wits, but with so many people here, Lu Chang’sheng was simply the most trustworthy.

No one wanted anybody else holding onto them—they were even less at ease.

Since there weren’t many things, the auction went easy and quick.

Lu Chang’sheng laid out the items on the table, and whoever wanted to offer a price just raised their hand.

"I’ll bid five rare items!"

"I’ll bid ten!"

"Eleven!"

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Watching all the True Qi Realm Martial Artists shouting out bids, Lu Chang’sheng couldn’t help but sigh—turns out these elite True Qi Realm Martial Artists really did have deep pockets.

All that effort he’d spent searching before hadn’t tempted these folks in the least.

Maybe they were interested, but their sense of the value of rare items was still shrouded in curiosity; what they handed over was only a small portion of their stash.

"A first-grade rare item only gets you one to three Spirit Stones in the Spirit Realm, and these Immortal Objects must be worth a fortune over there."

Lu Chang’sheng didn’t have a solid idea of what the armor or the pendant were worth—he could only guess from the occasional snippets Li Nangua had let slip.

Whether it was a good deal or not, he didn’t know, but what mattered was converting those rare items into strength as soon as possible.