The Taiyin Immortal Body

On the morning of the third day after Xu Xian entered the cauldron.

The weather was beautiful, and Lu Yuan suddenly noticed that the cauldron, which had been vibrating incessantly, had finally quieted down.

The cold chains swayed slowly.

A profound silence fell over everything!

The sudden stillness caused a flicker of panic in his heart.

"What's the situation?"

Staring into the cauldron, he saw the young man still had a breath of life left. Conversely, the girl's soul was bursting with vitality.

Furthermore, the yin qi that had been rampaging for nearly a month was gradually receding.

This was illogical.

Extremely illogical!

When momentum was at its peak, one should strike while the iron was hot. Why was the opposite happening?

While secretly feeling relieved, Lu Yuan didn't forget to quickly weave and flick his fingers under his sleeves. After performing a brief divination, his expression became even more intrigued.

"He possesses such fortune?"

A moment later.

The young man leaped out of the cauldron, carrying a young girl in his arms, wrapped in a piece of azure cloth.

The girl's eyes were closed, appearing to have fainted.

The moment the young man landed.

The grass beneath his feet was instantly frozen, and a layer of ice began to extend outward.

In the blink of an eye, everything within the formation was frozen solid.

Coldness arose without wind, a bone-chilling frost.

Lu Yuan stood up and approached. He first looked at the young man, then at the girl, his Adam's apple bobbing. "It's a success—the Taiyin Immortal Body."

[Taiyin Immortal Body]

One of the ten strongest immortal bodies of the Ancient Desolate Era, renowned for its coldness and exceptional power.

If cultivated to the great ascension stage, it could freeze ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers in an instant, bridge the gap between yin and yang, and even summon the winds of reincarnation to sweep through the mortal realm.

At this moment.

Yao Xiaoxiao's Taiyin Immortal Body was complete. Since she had fainted and was no longer under the suppression of the forbidden secret technique or the cauldron, the aura of the immortal body was leaking out. This was why this hundred-meter area had instantly turned into an icy wasteland.

If not for the Heaven-Sealing Trapping Formation, the effect would likely have been even more severe.

Xu Xian gently placed Yao Xiaoxiao on the ground and gathered spiritual energy to form a barrier, blocking the leaking yin breath.

With a wave of his sleeve, he retracted the cauldron and the iron chains. With a flick of his finger, the formation dissipated, regrouping into eight pieces of yellow paper that vanished into his sleeve in an instant.

A patch of the landscape was once again exposed to the world.

Elder Yao, who had been waiting in the pavilion, noticed immediately. He looked up, stood abruptly, and stepped forward. His afterimage moved like the wind, and within a few breaths, he appeared in the valley.

Looking at the several hundred meters of frozen stream and frosted grass, his expression turned somber. Seeing Yao Xiaoxiao lying motionless on the ground and Xu Xian with a face as white as paper, panic filled his eyes as he asked weakly:

"Xiaoxiao, she..."

Xu Xian struggled to look up and said weakly, "She is fine for now."

Upon hearing this, Yao Luochen could hardly hide his joy, yet he still asked with concern, "And you, Little Friend Xu? Are you alright?"

Xu Xian didn't speak, merely waving his hand.

Elder Yao knelt down and swept his divine sense over Yao Xiaoxiao. After confirming she was indeed fine, most of the worry in his eyes dissipated.

Four years.

It was finally done.

Even though the current scene didn't look optimistic, Xiaoxiao was indeed alive.

Furthermore, her bloodline and physical strength were incredibly powerful.

However, the sight before him inevitably reminded him of the scene when Xiaoxiao was born decades ago.

Although it wasn't as grand as the scene of frost in June, the coldness within it was undeniably more intense.

He tentatively asked, "What is the situation here?"

Before Xu Xian could answer.

Lu Yuan replied indifferently, "The Taiyin Immortal Body is one of the ten great immortal bodies of the Ancient Desolate Era. Its coldness is overbearing. Her immortal body has just formed, and she has fallen unconscious, so she hasn't adapted yet. Some coldness is leaking out, hence this."

Yao Luochen seemed to understand yet remained somewhat skeptical...

Xu Xian said hoarsely, "Xiaoxiao has undergone a complete transformation. After four years, her soul is weak. I must trouble Elder Yao to take her back and use your great ascension power to nourish her. She should wake up in three days at the shortest, or half a month at the longest."

Yao Luochen nodded heavily. "Alright!"

After everything that had happened, he naturally had absolute faith in Xu Xian's words.

"Then what about you, Little Friend Xu?"

Xu Xian said softly, "Don't worry about me. Go."

Yao Luochen didn't hesitate further. He picked up Yao Xiaoxiao, using his true essence to suppress the leaking coldness from her body, and hurried out of the valley, returning to the residence in the Baicao Garden...

Just as Yao Luochen left, Xu Xian's head drooped. His eyelids felt as heavy as lead, and he fell into a deep sleep immediately...

In his daze, he could vaguely hear Lu Yuan's anxious calls.

"Xu Xian..."

"Xu Xian..."

...

Mist shrouded the mountains and the moon shone on the peak. At the Zuiwan Residence, the night was thick.

Hearing that Xu Xian had returned to the peak, Ruan Hao came running, Li Qingshan returned home, and even Ye Xianyu said she just happened to be passing by.

Upon learning that Xu Xian had fallen into a deep sleep...

Li Qingshan remained as calm as usual.

Ye Xianyu was as composed as ever.

However, Ruan Hao grew anxious, jumping up and down as he cursed and complained about Elder Yao...

Fortunately, Xu Xian had merely exhausted too much of his soul and had fallen into a brief slumber; there was no major issue.

In the courtyard.

Lu Yuan crouched in a corner of the eaves, watching the wind and the moon.

Li Qingshan and Ye Xianyu sat opposite each other at a table, playing a game of chess.

You take my piece, I take yours. Word was that the stakes were quite high.

Ruan Hao sat on the steps in front of Xu Xian's room, smoking dry tobacco, puffing one cloud after another. From time to time, he would shout a few curses to vent.

"That old thing Yao Luochen... Fine, it's one thing to use my disciple for free, but he worked him to death!"

"My disciple is so young, already at the sixth stage soul transformation. He can swing the Star-Forging Hammer for three days without tiring, but this time, he actually fainted from exhaustion. The work must have been incredibly taxing..."

Ye Xianyu curled her lip.

Li Qingshan picked his ear.

"Checkmate!"

"No, I can't let this loss go uncompensated..." Ruan Hao was still talking to himself.

Ye Xianyu slowly chimed in, "Elder Ruan, you can put your heart at ease. This Little Junior Brother of mine never suffers a loss."

Li Qingshan, for once, shared a common enemy with this nominal master and agreed:

"Exactly. I agree with that. Don't let it look like he's suffered a bit or spent some effort. Just wait; in the end, not only will Elder Yao lose the girl, but who knows how much more he'll have to pay on top of that."

Ye Xianyu clicked her tongue. "If he doesn't hollow out Elder Yao's family fortune, he wouldn't be Xu Xian."

Li Qingshan continued to chime in, "That's true..."

Ruan Hao naturally understood the subtext of their words.

He immediately became displeased, glaring at them. "How can you say that about my disciple? Is my disciple the kind of person who is greedy for wealth or lustful? Besides, that little girl from the Yao family, does she even have any 'charms' to speak of?"

His manner was somewhat undignified for an elder.

Li Qingshan twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered, "I'm not sure if he's lustful, but he's definitely greedy for wealth."

Ye Xianyu wrinkled her nose, remembering when Xu Xian had asked her to settle her debts, how he had swiped her things, and how he had accepted missions specifically to find her. She emphasized heavily:

"He's mega-greedy!"

Ruan Hao was nearly driven mad by their words. His disciple loved wealth, but surely he wasn't that greedy?

"You two little rascals are really something. Do you look down on my disciple that much?"

Li Qingshan glanced at Ruan Hao and pointed toward the spirit herb fields on the back mountain outside the courtyard. "Master Ruan, I'm not talking nonsense. If you don't believe me, go look at the spirit fields yourself. That girl plucked two acres of immortal plants for your good disciple. Not two plants, but two acres! How much do you think Elder Yao has left for her to pluck?"

Upon hearing this, Ruan Hao's heart skipped a beat. He asked half-skeptically, "Truly?"

"Why don't you go see for yourself?"

The outside was noisy, while inside, the spiritual fire flickered. Xu Xian woke up in a daze, opening his eyes to look at the head of the bed, his gaze somewhat vacant...

The little book spirit swooped over, looking down at the young man, and cried out with wild joy:

"Master, you're awake!"