Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

Song Ciwan held the lacquered box. She didn’t directly touch the Foundation Establishment Pill, but instead focused her eyesight and extended her Spiritual Sense to observe it carefully.

At the same time, Song Ciwan also cast the Qimen Taoist Skill: Measurement System. She wanted to see if she could use it to fathom the secrets of this Foundation Establishment Pill.

A peculiar divine light flickered in Song Ciwan’s eyes, and an invisible breeze seemed to stir around her. As the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting flowed through her meridians, her entire being—body and mind—sank into an exceptionally subtle state.

The Path of Sitting and Forgetting: first there is the self, then one forgets the self, and then there is the self again.

In this state between self and selflessness, a Cultivator could easily enter a perspective that transcended the ordinary, even transcending the mortal world.

However, this shift in perspective often took a long time to cultivate and wasn’t guaranteed to succeed every time. Therefore, Song Ciwan rarely used it in her daily battles.

But now, with ample time and no distractions, Song Ciwan was able to quickly find the right state of mind after a brief period of preparation.

She felt as if her eyes had suddenly gained a special kind of penetrating power—

She saw the Foundation Establishment Pill in the purple lacquered box. At first glance, it appeared perfectly whole and smooth, shimmering with a lustrous glow as Spiritual Qi coiled around it. Even more remarkably, profound and ancient deep-purple Pill Patterns covered the Elixir’s surface!

Without tasting, smelling, or consuming it, just by looking closely, the Pill Patterns on the Elixir’s surface were enough to fascinate and enthrall the mind.

’Worthy of a Purple Ribbon Level Foundation Establishment Pill!’

Among all the grades of Foundation Establishment Pills, aside from the legendary Immortal Spirit Level—which was rumored to grant instant immortality with a single pill—the Purple Ribbon Level was the highest grade.

The profound mystery of this Pill was evident from a mere glance at its Pill Patterns.

Song Ciwan pondered, when a thought suddenly struck her: ’Wait, these Pill Patterns... these Pill Patterns are in the shape of seal script characters!’

The flowing, curved lines connected head to tail, wrapping around the plump Elixir. Because the patterns were inevitably distorted, they initially looked like strange symbols, which was why Song Ciwan hadn’t noticed the secret within them at first glance.

Now that she saw it clearly, Song Ciwan quickly discerned that the seal script character formed by the Pill Patterns on this Foundation Establishment Pill was precisely the character "Xiu."

Xiu!

What did Xiu mean?

Xiu meant cessation, recovery, and rest, but also stagnation!

Song Ciwan knew a fair number of seal script characters, but so far in this world, the only ones she had successfully manifested as symbols of Dao rhythm were Mu, Lin, Shi, and Forbidden... just those few.

As for other seal script characters, even if she knew their strokes and form by heart, she was always blocked by a strange power, making her unable to write them or manifest their profound mysteries.

Song Ciwan understood that this was likely because she lacked a template, a bridge, or perhaps, a moment of enlightenment...

Now, the character "Xiu" had appeared. After Song Ciwan carefully comprehended it, inspiration suddenly struck.

So, she raised her hand and wrote in the empty air. A moment later, the character "Xiu" was formed, and Song Ciwan pushed it into herself.

In an instant, the "Xiu" character entered her body. Song Ciwan felt a jolt of spiritual energy, and all the exhaustion from her previous ordeals vanished completely.

For restoring physical and mental stamina, this "Xiu" character was far more effective than the Ganlin Spell.

The Ganlin Spell’s primary function was healing injuries, whereas the "Xiu" character focused on restoring energy and stamina. The two could complement each other well.

And compared to Postnatal Magic like the Ganlin Spell, when Song Ciwan used the various seal script characters, she always had the strange feeling that the characters were simpler, yet more subtle, and more capable of pointing directly to the essence of the Dao itself.

Simply put, after learning the Ganlin Spell, Song Ciwan still had to go through a process: from Beginner to Skilled, then to Mastery, then becoming a Master, then achieving Masterful Skill, and finally reaching Mastery... that was the kind of progression it was.

But with the "Xiu" character, once Song Ciwan comprehended it, she seemed to directly reach the realm of Mastery!

You either failed to comprehend it, or if you did, it meant you had fully grasped the principle and understood its profundity.

With this kind of change that pointed almost directly to the essence of things, it was no wonder the Immortal Seekers always proudly claimed that the Golden Core Dao was the true Immortal Dao.

For example, when the fisherman had previously undergone his tribulation, seal script symbols had also appeared on his body.

Song Ciwan’s own comprehension of characters like Mu, Lin, Shi, and Forbidden had come from the "Forbidden" character-symbol on the fisherman’s body.

The Foundation Establishment Pill, the Golden Core—these things were part of the same lineage and seemed to possess a unique, innate Dao rhythm.

’It’s just a shame... there’s something strange and monstrous about the Golden Core Dao.’

Song Ciwan sighed inwardly. After comprehending the "Xiu" character, she felt her Spiritual Sense had become even sharper.

This time, she met no resistance. Her Spiritual Sense followed the "Xiu" Pill Pattern, and before she knew it, it had penetrated the thick layer of Spiritual Qi surrounding the Elixir and seen into the very center of the Foundation Establishment Pill—

There, in the center, was a curled-up red dot as fine as a speck of dust.

And within this red dot, like a Sumeru Mustard Seed, it clearly contained a curled-up life form!

At a single glance, Song Ciwan found it completely impossible to describe the full appearance of that life form. The instant she perceived its existence, she was suddenly struck by a sense of something infinitely ancient and boundlessly vast, yet also incomparably bizarre and terrifying—a horror as stark and severe as the Abyss.

And the words she had never fully spoken aloud back in the Demon Realm finally surfaced in Song Ciwan’s mind: ’The Foundation Establishment Pills, and later the Golden Cores of Immortal Seekers... they really are all wrapped around Insect Eggs!’

A sense of shock, like dust finally settling, rang in Song Ciwan’s ears like the tolling of a colossal, ancient bell.

Her heart hammered in her chest. Having learned her lesson, she didn’t dare speak her thoughts aloud this time. But the instant that colossal bell tolled in her mind, she immediately acted with practiced fluency:

She tossed the Foundation Establishment Pill, along with the purple lacquered box, into the Heaven and Earth Scale!

This all takes a while to describe, but it all happened in an instant. After completing this series of actions as smoothly as flowing water, Song Ciwan immediately took out the Pure Purple Ribbon Level Foundation Establishment Pill she had previously obtained in exchange for the Blood God Seed.

The Pure Foundation Establishment Pill, faintly shimmering with Spiritual Light, rested in her palm as Song Ciwan let out a long breath.

Without delay, she immediately operated the Heaven and Earth Scale and sold the Foundation Establishment Pill she had just placed inside!

[You have sold a Purple Ribbon Level Foundation Establishment Pill parasitized by the Ancient Divine Insect Race and obtained a Five-star Level Marvel: Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton.]

The Foundation Establishment Pill was sold just like that, but Song Ciwan’s attention was immediately fixed on the words "Ancient Divine Insect Race."

Ancient Gods!

’Insect Race is one thing, but the prefix the Heaven and Earth Scale gave was actually Ancient Gods!’

Ancient Divine Insect Race. Those four words were truly thought-provoking.

Song Ciwan silently mulled over them, her heart pounding with a mixture of fear and excitement.

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