Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation

Chapter 895: Chapter 649: Breakthrough to Golden Elixir_2

Yet even so, over the past few decades, the area of influence of the Wind Snow Palace and the number of treasures in its treasury have been rapidly increasing without pause.

There were two Immortal States from which it could not fully control but still secured a small portion of the profits.

And there were two Immortal States fully under its control, which it was slowly assimilating and continuously expanding to provide tremendous benefits for the Wind Snow Palace.

They were already capable of providing the Wind Snow Palace with an immense amount of resource support.

Under the convergence of such an abundance of resources, the power of the Wind Snow Palace naturally swelled swiftly as time passed.

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Meanwhile, within the Wind Snow Palace, all cultivators were improving their cultivation, breaking through various bottlenecks.

An Ning’s cultivation,

experienced significant changes during the thirty years of He Song’s seclusive cultivation.

Back when the Wind Snow Palace convened the Nascent Soul Meeting, An Ning’s cultivation had already reached the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

At that time, He Song couldn’t help but feel that An Ning, being in the Wind Snow Palace, was progressing in her breakthroughs much faster than he had originally anticipated.

In just twenty or thirty short years, she had advanced from the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

But one should know,

that the time of the last Nascent Soul Meeting,

was more than forty years ago.

More than forty years ago, An Ning’s cultivation had already successfully broken through to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

So, after more than forty years, to what level had An Ning’s cultivation advanced?

Being in the Wind Snow Palace, An Ning, whether in regular cultivation or when challenging bottlenecks, had access to a plethora of resources.

Even for the Golden Congealing Elixir Pill, Elder Phantom Snow of the Wind Snow Palace would surely not be stingy with her.

Thus,

when An Ning suddenly sent He Song a message one day during his seclusive cultivation, informing him that she had successfully advanced to the Golden Elixir Realm,

claiming she had successfully broken through to the Golden Elixir Realm and inquiring about He Song’s current lifespan,

He Song was initially surprised,

yet he was not overly shocked.

He was merely quite reflective about the matter in his heart.

One should know that when He Song first met An Ning, she was but a Qi Refining stage young girl following behind Su Qian.

It was also because of Su Qian that He Song offered her the opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Over the years, He Song and An Ning had gradually grown familiar with each other, keeping in contact all along.

Just as Su Qian had done before, An Ning had been continuously passing various messages to He Song, making him more familiar with the affairs of the outside world.

But unexpectedly, after so many years,

the little girl who had been following behind Su Qian now suddenly told him that she had successfully broken through to the Golden Elixir Realm.

And she turned to inquire about He Song’s current lifespan, seeking to know how much was left.

From the look of it,

if He Song claimed that his lifespan was not much,

she would probably really get him a Golden Congealing Elixir Pill to help him step into the Golden Elixir Realm.

Regarding this speculation,

He Song had no doubts in his heart.

Given An Ning’s personality, if she really discovered that her great benefactor He Song had little lifespan left, it was highly likely she would attempt this action.

Nowadays, An Ning, already a Golden Elixir Master, wouldn’t have difficulty accomplishing this if she really had the intention.

At worst, she would just need to plead with Elder Phantom Snow.

With her current status as a Golden Elixir Master, she would likely be able to secure another Golden Congealing Elixir Pill from Elder Phantom Snow.

However, if such a thing truly happened, He Song feared that his life would be unpredictable.

After all, Elder Phantom Snow would not overlook the distribution of a Golden Congealing Elixir Pill.

To procure one, He Song would naturally come to be visible under Elder Phantom Snow’s scrutiny.

Yet, if Elder Phantom Snow truly noticed He Song’s presence, considering what he had done in the Vast Wave Secret Realm,

it was likely he would neither die nor obtain that Golden Congealing Elixir Pill from Elder Phantom Snow’s hands.

In other words,

although An Ning might very well intend to help He Song step into the Golden Elixir Realm,

But if she were actually to carry it out, it would likely be more of a hindrance than help, leading He Song into an impasse.

Of course.

It was highly possible that An Ning would do just that.

However, this was nothing more than speculation in He Song’s mind.

He Song had no intention of using this to test An Ning’s purpose.

Therefore, when An Ning sent a message informing He Song that she had successfully broken through to the Golden Core Realm and hinted at inquiring about He Song’s lifespan,

He Song likewise told her that he had already broken through to the Golden Core Realm a while ago.

However, as for the precise moment when he had achieved the breakthrough to the Golden Elixir Realm, He Song did not mention it; he simply stated that he had long since achieved the breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm.

There was no need for An Ning to worry about his lifespan.

Upon receiving He Song’s reply and learning that he had already broken through to the Golden Core Realm,

An Ning refrained from pursuing the topic of He Song’s lifespan any further, instead, she began to take an interest in when He Song had achieved his breakthrough.

According to An Ning’s claims,

He Song was meeting with her previously, and she had never realized that he was actually a Golden Elixir Master.

However, several decades had passed since they last saw each other, and it was highly possible for He Song to have succeeded in his breakthrough during this period.

Thus, An Ning kept speculating about the year in which He Song had successfully reached the Golden Core Realm.

But for He Song, the exact timing of his own breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm was somewhat confidential.

Even Meng Guan and Wei Fan were not aware of when He Song had specifically achieved the breakthrough.

Naturally, He Song would not reveal the truth to An Ning.

As a result, even though An Ning speculated continuously, He Song never brought it up; he only mentioned that he had successfully achieved the breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm a long time ago.

Beyond that, he did not disclose anything further.

In response, An Ning, after hassling He Song for a while, let it go.

If He Song was unwilling to elaborate, then it was likely a secret of his.

Since it was He Song’s secret, she naturally had no interest in probing further.

Her initial inquiry was purely out of curiosity, without any intention of delving too deeply.

However, as it turned out.

This dispelled An Ning’s idea of helping He Song step into the Golden Core Realm.

Previously, when she subtly inquired about He Song’s lifespan, An Ning indeed intended to assist her benefactor He Song, just as he had guessed.

Otherwise, why would she share the good news of her own breakthrough to the Golden Elixir Realm with He Song right after it happened?

If she hadn’t planned on helping He Song achieve the Golden Core Realm, she could have simply waited for his lifespan to run out and for him to pass away.

Why go through the trouble of informing He Song about her own cultivation breakthrough,

and hinting at the issue of his lifespan?

It could be said that He Song’s understanding of An Ning was quite accurate.

An Ning’s thoughts were almost completely guessed by He Song based on his speculation.

However, He Song did not test An Ning with this information but directly informed her that he had already broken through to the Golden Core Realm a long time ago.

This incident deepened An Ning’s understanding of He Song significantly.

In her eyes, the fact that He Song had not attempted any probing clearly showed that he had a lot of trust in her.

Otherwise, many people would have taken this golden opportunity to probe An Ning’s thoughts.

After all, even after testing, if he then informed An Ning that he had already achieved the breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, she would not have commented further.

With this thought, An Ning’s regard for He Song naturally rose to a new level.

Nowadays,

An Ning had been in the Golden Core Realm for several years already.

At this moment, she was still in Cloud-Foot Prefecture consolidating her strength and quickly developing the combat power of the Golden Elixir Realm.

Besides An Ning,

Meng Guan and Wei Fan also experienced considerable changes over the thirty years of He Song’s seclusive cultivation.

Originally, after the end of the war between the Sun Faction and the God Locking Sect, Meng Guan and Wei Fan quickly returned to the Sect Gate of the Sun Faction.

They continued their cultivation within the Sect Gate, and the mana within their bodies grew rapidly as time went by.