Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

On the steps below the Seeking Immortal Tower, Song Ciwan was suddenly hit by a perplexing surge of energy. The interference almost made her stumble and fall to her knees.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and composed herself.

’At this time and place, who else could be a Second Transformation Martial Artist close enough to me, other than the one who received the White Jade Level Foundation Establishment Pill earlier?’

’Greed, anger, delusion?’

Song Ciwan gave a sardonic smile. With the Power of Six Mountains weighing down on her, she steadied her body and took a firm step forward.

Looking up, she saw that Old Jin had already reached the seventy-second step. Meanwhile, high above, the figure of the Great Zhou Martial Artist had just vanished through a portal.

Song Ciwan looked away, stepping past the fifty-ninth and sixtieth steps before moving onto the sixty-first.

WHOOSH—

The pressure shot up, bearing down on her from all sides like a hurricane. On the sixty-first step, the oppressive weight had reached the Power of Seven Mountains!

Cracks began to appear on Song Ciwan’s Body of Impermanence. Her internal organs were the first to fail, and the metallic taste of blood instantly flooded her throat.

With a muffled grunt, Song Ciwan forced the blood back down, swallowing it.

At the same time, she directly accessed the Heaven and Earth Scale and swallowed a handful of Red Sun Pills.

Climbing the tower was one thing, but no rule said she couldn’t take Elixirs. Song Ciwan never considered herself one to be so scrupulous.

She was also wearing the Hundred Transformations Ruyi Mixed Element Robe, a Magical Robe at the Lower Grade Treasure Level. Its defensive power was unquestionable, capable of warding off many direct attacks.

Unfortunately, what Song Ciwan faced now wasn’t a direct Attack, but an omnipresent pressure.

The Mixed Element Robe was far less effective against this kind of bone-deep, all-pervasive pressure.

It was like the technique of striking a cow through a mountain: the mountain remains intact, but the cow’s bones are shattered.

Her current predicament was remarkably similar.

Her Flesh and Blood Slaughter technique had not yet reached Great Success, so she was incapable of Limb Regeneration. However, at the Master Level, it already granted her a significant self-healing ability.

After downing the handful of Red Sun Pills, Song Ciwan paused on the sixty-first step. She waited until her body had completely adapted to the pressure and her internal injuries had begun to heal on their own before she started moving again.

Facing the invisible hurricane and the unseen mountain, Song Ciwan used her Divine Technique of Infinite Power to step onto the sixty-second step.

Sixty-two, sixty-three... all the way to seventy!

On the distant street, the chattering crowd fell silent. The once-bustling thoroughfare seemed to have been frozen in time by some strange power.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, staring blankly at the figure on the high platform as she continued her ascent.

The entire area was silent.

Until, at one point, a Paper Crane from an unknown source flew down and landed on the hand of the Riding Crane Daoist.

The Daoist unfolded the Paper Crane. A faint glimmer of light—a message—flew into his ear. He blurted out in astonishment, "What? Someone in Yun Mountain Town is also ascending the tower while standing? They’ve already reached the eighty-ninth step?"

There are ninety-nine steps in total below the Seeking Immortal Tower.

The first eighty-nine steps are one level of difficulty, and the final ten are another entirely.

That was why the Riding Crane Daoist had said at the beginning, so what if someone managed to climb seventy, eighty, or even eighty-nine steps?

Could she possibly climb the ninetieth, the ninety-first... all the way to the ninety-ninth and final step?

’It’s impossible!’

That was the categorical conclusion the Daoist had made before all his fellow Daoists.

At this, the quiet street came alive again. The crowd was surprised, confused, and even a little indignant.

"Someone from Yun Mountain Town is ascending while standing, too?"

"Who... who are these people? So arrogant!"

"We Immortal Seekers all know that one must kowtow with every step, seeking immortality with piety and humility! By what right do these... these people do this? How dare they?"

"The one from Yun Mountain Town reached the eighty-ninth step, but what about the ninetieth? Did they make it up that one, too?"

"Even Master He wouldn’t know! The message only mentioned the eighty-ninth step, didn’t it? What’s the rush?"

"Hmph! So what if they reach the ninetieth step? It’s impossible to walk all ninety-nine! Throughout history, no one has ever accomplished it!"

"If they won’t bow, by what right do they seek immortality?"

"If people like that truly achieve Foundation Establishment, I’d be ashamed to be counted among their peers!"

...

The crowd was abuzz, their words verging on a furious uproar. Amid the chatter, the Riding Crane Daoist’s expression flickered. Suddenly, he shouted, "Everyone!"

His sharp cry echoed down the street.

Like a cleansing wind, the undeniable pressure of a Golden Core Stage Great Perfection cultivator swept over them.

All the clamor on the street ceased once more.

The Riding Crane Daoist let out a long sigh. "My fellow Daoists, we must guard against arrogance and impatience, against resentment and fury, against haste; we must embrace forbearance. We are Immortal Seekers. How can we be like common mortals, consumed by anger and hatred?"

Everyone stared at him, stunned. Some even lowered their heads in shame.

The Riding Crane Daoist continued, "There are countless paths to Seeking Immortality. Whether one ascends while standing to surpass their limits, or kowtows with every step to show their piety, if it is a path acknowledged by the Seeking Immortal Tower and someone can walk it to the end, then it is a valid path. A true gentleman seeks harmony, not conformity. We must not criticize others simply because their path is different. How could such behavior be part of the Immortal Dao?"

Compared to his earlier, categorical declaration of "impossible," this speech was a complete reversal.

The Riding Crane Daoist was eating his own words, but his pivot was so smooth that everyone overlooked it. They only felt that every word he spoke was incredibly profound, a truly eye-opening revelation.

Some on the street grew even more ashamed. A few stood respectfully with their hands at their sides, saying, "Master He is right. We should indeed reflect on our behavior."

"If the woman currently ascending the tower can truly walk all ninety-nine steps, she will have forged her very own path to immortality. As long as the Seeking Immortal Tower acknowledges her, she is a fellow Daoist!"

Master He stroked his beard and smiled. "Well said! Truly well said!"

The people looked at one another, smiling and nodding. For a time, harmony returned to the street. Everyone seemed to exude an immortal aura—the very picture of a gathering of the Immortal Family.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Look! The woman has reached the eighty-first step!"

Song Ciwan had crossed the steps from seventy to eighty, and with another breakthrough, she set foot on the eighty-first.

At this moment, Old Jin, who was ahead of her, was prostrated on the ninety-first step, unable to rise for a long time.

The method of one kowtow per step seemed pressure-free, as if one only had to complete ninety-nine bows. But in truth, advancing on one’s knees was not so easy.

Having knelt this far, Old Jin’s stamina was failing, causing his pace to slow. In contrast, Song Ciwan’s speed remained steady, and she even looked poised to overtake him.

Song Ciwan’s mind was stretched taut. Ever since she had set foot on the seventy-first step, her Body of Impermanence had been in a constant state of shattering and reforming.

Her Dharma Body’s self-healing couldn’t keep pace with the rate of injury. Although her Infinite Divine Power allowed her to withstand the immense pressure of the Giant Power, her physical endurance was failing!

It was only now that Song Ciwan truly understood the importance of a Body Refining Technique.

Finally, as she reached her limit once more, Song Ciwan silently chanted a word in her mind: ’Observe.’

Xuanwu Mountain Observation Seal!

She used the protective blessing of the Xuanwu Mountain Observation Seal to traverse from the seventy-first to the eightieth step.

All the while, the Heaven and Earth Scale flickered into existence beside her, and wisps of energy—human desires—drifted into it.

For instance: [Human Desires: The shock, fury, and rage of Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Seekers. Weight: one catty and three taels. Barterable.]

[Human Desires: The joy, shock, and rage of a Golden Core Stage Immortal Seeker. Weight: two catties and three taels. Barterable.]

[Human Desires: The fury, shock, and rage of a Golden Core Stage Immortal Seeker. Weight: one catty and one tael. Barterable.]

...

Song Ciwan couldn’t keep up with the influx of these desires; she had no time to spare them a glance.

Of course, this sudden windfall of energy invigorated her.

’Cultivating in seclusion is no way to live,’ she thought. ’The moment I step out, there are rewards to be found everywhere.’

Her resolve strengthened. Protected by the Xuanwu Mountain Observation Seal, she pushed through from the eighty-first to the ninetieth step in one go.

Until she set foot on the ninety-first step. BOOM!

A terrifying pressure descended. It jumped from the Power of Nine Mountains to the Power of Ten Mountains. It came with a deafening roar like a tsunami, the surge of colossal waves, a power that seemed to hang from the very heavens.

Song Ciwan’s body swayed violently, and she nearly fell backward, threatening to tumble down the high staircase.

Old Jin was kneeling on that very same ninety-first step. He turned to look at the unsteadily standing Song Ciwan who had just caught up, and his mind went completely blank.

[Human Desires: The astonishment and utter confusion of a mortal. Weight: five catties and nine taels. Barterable.]

Song Ciwan’s body swayed, and several times she looked as though she would fall from the steps.

From a distance, she looked like a slender mast amidst the churning waves. The winds howled and the sea surged, leaving her on the brink of collapse. Yet after each wave passed, one would look again to find her still standing, refusing to fall.

No one knew what Song Ciwan was experiencing at that moment.

Every bone and sinew in her body was breaking apart, and within her Sea of Consciousness, her very spirit was in turmoil.

In a daze, she thought she heard a piercing shriek in her ear—a command to fall silent, to submit, to bow her head and never stand straight again!

The terrifying pressure was like an endless mountain range, like a bottomless Abyss.

Within Song Ciwan’s Sea of Consciousness, her spirit even seemed to be cracking.

She was struck by the impulse to immediately use the Heaven and Earth Scale, to barter away a portion of the human desires she had collected. She could gain cultivation time and a massive amount of Vitality, allowing her to quickly level up her Thunder Fire Body Devouring Technique.

But Song Ciwan suppressed the urge. The Heaven and Earth Scale existed outside the Three Realms and beyond the Five Elements; no one should be able to detect it. The use of "cultivation time," however, would leave traces.

Song Ciwan quickly sold off a large number of the Elixirs left behind by Zi Shan and the other two. [You have sold one hundred Bloodthirsty Pills and obtained one Blizzard Pill.]

Blizzard Pill: A Five-star Elixir. A single pill is equivalent to ten years of Cultivation for a Divinity Transformation Cultivator.

’What kind of Divine Pill is this?’

Song Ciwan immediately retrieved the Elixir from the Heaven and Earth Scale and swallowed it.

The moment the pill entered her system, it was like a scorching sun melting snow; it dissolved instantly.

Then, a potent wave of Vitality, as immense as an avalanche, came crashing into her system.

Song Ciwan rapidly absorbed the Vitality, simultaneously casting the Wind and Thunder Technique and the Blazing Flame Technique to convert it into Thunder and Fire Power.

The combined power of thunder and fire surged, tempering her body.

With a stoic expression, she straightened her back and took another step forward.

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