Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 383 - 211. Mysterious Clear Palace, Review, Undercurrents, Taoist Companion (Subscribe Please)_3
Chapter 383: 211. Mysterious Clear Palace, Review, Undercurrents, Taoist Companion (Subscribe Please)_3
Elder Chen was startled, a flicker of obscure strangeness flashed in his eyes, then he shifted his gaze toward the pot and said, "It’s ready."
As he spoke, he reached into the pot, his fingers twitched, and the fish that had been stewed until it turned gray flew up in pieces of flesh.
The pieces of fish were as light as feathers, flying to Song Cheng’s mouth.
Song Cheng opened his mouth to inhale.
The fish was genuinely "fragrant and melted in the mouth."
Along with it came a growth of strength inside his body, a growth that didn’t manifest as "an increase in the data of strength," but it gave Song Cheng a feeling that "as long as he continued to eat, his strength would truly increase."
Elder Chen then ate the remaining half of the Mourning Fish and said, "Song, let’s begin the evaluation now."
Song Cheng stood up, first thanking Elder Chen for the fish, then asked, "I don’t know how to be evaluated?"
Elder Chen casually said, "All those mundane Dharma Methods are meaningless. Conjure your Mountains and Rivers Seal, circulate your power here, and let me see your level."
As his words fell, the atmosphere that was present during the fish-eating had vanished, and the air turned solemn.
Elder Chen’s face also turned serious, watching intently.
Song Cheng nodded, took a few steps back, moved to the center of the ink-black and white courtyard, glanced at the data above Old Man Chen’s head, then lifted his hand, condensation, the Mountains and Rivers Seal of the Earthfire Sea solidified extremely fast, clutched tightly in his five fingers, and then he flipped it over and pressed it down.
Boom...
The courtyard of black and white qi suddenly shook, as if a giant wind-blown hand slapped down, the normally quiet Reappear World also resonated with a strange sound of a tsunami at this slap, carrying heavenly might.
Elder Chen’s pupils widened, he gasped with a cold breath.
"You..."
"You have completely mastered the Mountains and Rivers Seal, you have reached the Perfection Realm of Master of Mountains and Rivers! You... you..."
He was somewhat stammering as he spoke.
The Reappear World has its rules; no matter what changes in the outside, once inside the Reappear World, one’s appearance would largely reflect their "remaining lifespan."
Those with little lifespan left appear as old people.
Conversely, they appear young.
At the very least, they are young.
Normally speaking, those who reach the Perfection Realm of Master of Mountains and Rivers, aren’t they all middle-aged?
Even Lian Chanxi, who received many resources, appeared as a thirty-something beautiful woman.
But the youth before him was clearly in his mid-teens...
This was the youngest appearance possible in the Reappear World.
The power displayed by Song Cheng was not his full strength, but rather close to the strength Yang Teng had just displayed; Lian Chanxi’s remark, "If your evaluation is below excellent, then from now on just drop your intentions and call me senior sister, and don’t bring up the matter of being Taoist Companions," clarifying the rules of Mysterious Clear Palace.
In a place like this, showcasing your talent and strength benefits you far more than hiding it.
Therefore, he had used this level of power, then retracted the Seal, and politely asked Old Man Chen with a clasped fist, "May I ask Elder Chen, could my evaluation possibly reach excellent?"
"Not only is it excellent..." Elder Chen looked at the youth before him, his expression suddenly showed a bit of exhaustion, then he let out a long sigh, "Old man has toiled for over five thousand years, sought fate to its end, just to barely master the Mountains and Rivers Seal completely... how old are you? Are you two thousand years old yet?"
Without waiting for Song Cheng’s response, he mumbled to himself, "No, with your appearance, at most one thousand five or six hundred years old... a one thousand five or six hundred years old Perfection Realm of Master of Mountains and Rivers... How is this possible?"
Song Cheng replied, "It was just luck."
Elder Chen heaved a sigh, then took out a strange stone token and handed it to him.
Song Cheng took it, only to see that the token had the words "top level" on it.
Just as he was about to say something else, Elder Chen listlessly waved his hand and said, "You wait outside the palace for Lian Chanxi, don’t stay here with me."
Song Cheng said "Thank you," and then left.
After he had left, Elder Chen looked down for a long time, glanced at the withered white hair falling on both sides, then stroked his crinkled, bark-like skin, his expression alternating between light and dark, it was unclear what he was thinking.
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With the token in hand, Song Cheng stood in front of the main hall of the Mysterious Clear Palace.
If it were a mundane force, the move he just performed would probably have attracted a crowd, but obviously... there were few people in the Mysterious Clear Palace, and even though he had achieved a "top level" evaluation and displayed genius-level strength, it still hadn’t caused much of a stir.
It was unknown how long he waited before the great doors of the Mysterious Clear Palace finally opened.
Lian Chanxi walked out from inside, her pretty face furrowed with obvious anger, which was slightly suppressed upon seeing Song Cheng, she asked, "Done with the evaluation?"
"Yes," Song Cheng replied, then handed her the stone token.
Previously, he had always followed behind Lian Chanxi; now, standing face to face, close to her, he took a careful look.
Lian Chanxi’s appearance was not that of a young girl, but of an exquisitely beautiful woman.
And he still had the appearance of a youth.
If they were to become Taoist Companions, it would rather be like a small horse pulling a heavy cart...
A sudden surge of emotions welled up, which Song Cheng quickly reined in; it was just a fleeting thought after all.
Lian Chanxi, looking at the "top level" etched on the stone token, was also stunned for a long moment, disbelief spreading slowly in her eyes, then she looked at the youth before her and said, "Song, from now on, you and I are Taoist Companions."
Having said that, she took Song Cheng’s hand and said, "Come, let’s go see the master."
