Immortal Father - Chapter 44.1 - Going East

Decree of the Mortal Affairs Hall:

In recent years, ancient ruins have been appearing on the coast of the East Sea. The immortals have been fighting, and the people have been plunged into misery and suffering. Several great monsters have died on the coast of the East Sea, and their corpses have polluted the seawater, attracting many evil monsters to occupy the shallow sea. Recently, they have been harassing mortal fishing villages and have injured hundreds of mortals.

If the evil monsters are not eliminated, mortals will not be able to live in peace.

Therefore, the Sea Gazing Gate, a righteous immortal sect of the East Sea, has invited the five immortal sects to initiate a training experience for disciples of the six sects. The intention is to eliminate demons, defend the Dao, and hone the disciples.

Our Myriad Cloud Sect has selected a disciple from each peak and will send a total of thirty-six disciples to the East Sea to attend.

Those who receive this jade talisman must arrive at the Mortal Affairs Hall by noon tomorrow.

You must not neglect it.

…

After Li Ping’an finished reading the content of the jade talisman, he immediately called out to the patrolling disciple who was about to leave.

“Senior Brother Ping’an.” The patrolling disciple cupped his hands respectfully. “What instructions do you have?”

Li Ping’an cupped his hands in return with a smile. “Our cultivation levels are similar, so there’s no need to be so polite. May I ask how many people you have given this jade talisman to?”

The patrolling disciple did some calculations and hurriedly said, “You’re the thirty-seventh.”

What? Thirty-six disciples are needed, but thirty-seven jade talismans have been given out? Is Dad forcing me to go?

Because he was from Rosy Cloud Peak, Li Ping’an asked directly, “May I know which senior sister from Rosy Cloud Peak you gave it to?”

The patrolling disciple smiled. “Rosy Cloud Peak chose Senior Sister Lian Ruo, who is at the middle stage of the True Integration realm.”

Li Ping’an knew that he was really the one ‘out of the plan’, so he cupped his hands at this disciple and smiled. “Thank you for telling me.”

“This…” The patrolling disciple looked a little nervous. He lowered his voice and whispered, “When I came, Elder Yan Cheng specially instructed me to tell you that if you ask this question… It was the sect master who personally named you to participate in this trial.”

Li Ping’an was at a loss for words. The sect master…

Two years ago, during the internal sect competition, the sect master had said that he would give him a few treasures if he entered the top ten of the Earth Ranking.

Up until now, he had not even smelled the scent of those treasures!

He was a true master of promising pies in the sky.

The disciple’s eyes were full of envy as he whispered, “Senior Brother, I’ve heard about your deeds. You started cultivating as an adult, reached Light Condensation in three years, and cultivated a hundred immortal techniques. Two years ago, you defeated a number of True Integration disciples in the internal sect competition. At the time, I saw it. Your Spirit Explosion Art has already become the most powerful secret technique below the immortal realm! Everyone is discussing it every day.”

“It’s just rumors. How can it be so exaggerated? The Spirit Explosion Art is only used to destroy magic artifacts.”

Li Ping’an took out a few spirit stones and stuffed them into the patrolling disciple’s hands. “Please go back and tell Elder Yan Cheng that I suffered from qi deviation while cultivating, so it’s not convenient for me to go out.”

“Huh?” The patrolling disciple was confused. He thought Li Ping’an was joking. This senior brother actually wants to reject such an opportunity to become famous?

Li Ping’an said seriously, “That’s it. Thank you.”

“Uh, okay. Then… I’ll go back and report like this!” The patrolling disciple left on his flying sword in a daze.

Li Ping’an watched him leave before closing the cave door and activating the array. His body floated to a corner of the front hall like a fallen leaf blown by the wind.

Over the past two years, his Heavenly Immortal master had spent a lot of time taking care of this cave abode.

There were warm-colored curtains in front of the various walls and some exquisite furniture, calligraphy works, and paintings in the corners. Compared to when they established the cave abode two years ago, it had a much more ‘home’ flavor.

Li Ping’an landed in front of a bookshelf and pushed open the hidden compartment on the shelf, revealing a fist-sized hole.

Then he used his escape technique, turned into clouds, and entered. After floating for a few breaths, he drilled down about seven thousand feet and arrived at the underground hall he had opened last year.

Although it was called a hall, it was actually a cubic cave.

The hall was a little empty, and thick protective arrays were set up on all six stone walls. Even if two Qi Practitioners at the True Integration realm fought here, there would be no movement outside.

This place was naturally for proper use, although Li Ping’an had thought about developing this place into a privacy-focused residence in the future.

There was a wooden sign hanging above the hall with the words:

[New Spirit Explosion Magic Artifact R&D Center.]

What about the trial of the six sects and the competition between the disciples of the six sects? He would have to go out and go to places with many people. He might not be able to obtain any benefits and would have to bear the basic risks of going out for no reason.

It was better to stay in the mountains and continue researching and developing new magic artifacts.

Now, his father was becoming more and more stable in the sect, and the noisy voices from before gradually disappeared. His safety in the sect was completely guaranteed.

My Heavenly Immortal master teaches me the Dao, and my warm and generous father protects me.

I am carefree and leisurely with my immortal family. Why should I strive for superficial fame?

Now, Li Ping’an’s only goal was to achieve the True Integration realm, cross the Bridge of Heaven and Earth, and reach the first other shore of living beings.

Seek the Dao and become an immortal.

Everything else, such as the ‘research and development of new magic artifacts’ that he was currently doing, was just to protect his Dao Fruit after he obtained it in the future.

Li Ping’an took off his robe, threw it onto a hanger in the corner, and took out a ‘suit of armor’ from his storage magic treasure.

This armor indeed looked a little ugly. There were all kinds of patches of various colors all over it, and after wearing it, the body would become bloated, making it very inconvenient to move.

However, after the verification of dozens of experimental accidents, the protective effect of this suit of armor was quite strong.

The more protection, the better.

Li Ping’an activated the restriction on the armor with his spiritual sense and casually made a hand seal. A gap opened in the stone wall in the corner, and a ring-shaped storage magic treasure flew out.

The storage magic treasure shed some light, leaving behind a charred stone table. On the table were a few simple ‘tools’, and in the center was a disk inlaid with dozens of spirit stones of various colors.

Li Ping’an picked up the disk and looked at it carefully. This plan should be feasible. Only by solving the energy storage problem can I truly implement my ‘Immortal Armor Project’.

Li Ping’an took a deep breath, pointed at the photography pearl hidden in the upper left corner of the hall, and said, “Immortal Armor Project D-type energy supply core, thirty-ninth experiment.”

He carefully approached the table and raised his hand with some effort. He pulled out three fingernail-sized golden spirit stones from the ring magic treasure floating above and slowly moved them toward the last three grooves on the disk.

As the three golden spirit stones approached, the various colored spirit stones on the disk were activated, and the disk began to tremble slightly.

The spirit stones were constantly vibrating, and restriction lines ten times thinner than human hair appeared at the base of the disk.

Li Ping’an continued to press down on the spirit stones, his movements became slower and slower. His spiritual sense at the late stage of the Void Refinement realm penetrated deep into the disk and monitored the status of every tiny restriction.

The disk began to vibrate at high speed, as though it were trying to escape to the side. A few beams of immortal light shone from the bottom of the stone table and locked the disk firmly.

The furniture that could survive in this hall was absolutely extraordinary.

The spirit stones were about to enter the grooves!

Li Ping’an took a deep breath.

Indecisiveness leads to trouble. Success or failure depends on this!

“Freeze!” Cyan magic power burst out from his fingertips, and the three spirit stones pressed down hard. With a click, the hall fell silent for a moment, and the disk fell into a strange stillness.

Success?

Are the spiritual power energy channels stable? The simulated meridians constructed inside can maintain spiritual power to… flow…

Something’s wrong!

Just as Li Ping’an’s eyes behind the helmet lit up with joy, a warning signal sounded in his Dao Heart. His body flew backward faster than his brain, and he didn’t have time to retract his spiritual sense that had entered the disk.

Buzz! Boom!

The disc suddenly collapsed inward, and colorful spiritual power gushed out, instantly filling the entire hall.

“Damn it!” Li Ping’an shouted as he slammed against the wall shining with immortal light

In the undamaged iron armor immortal robe, Li Ping’an opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of black smoke. He suddenly grinned, turned his head, and passed out.

Rumble!

The mountain was shaking faintly.

In the rear hall of the cave abode, in the Heavenly Immortal’s bedroom covered with flowers and plants, Qingsu, wearing a white dress, opened her eyes and tilted her head slightly. My disciple is playing with his strange magic artifacts again.

Two years was far from enough to leave any marks of time on the appearance of a Heavenly Immortal.

Qingsu slowly stood up, and the dense immortal light on her skirt flowed like flowing water under her feet. She dived straight into the floor, and not long after, she carried the unconscious Li Ping’an back to the front hall and placed him on his recliner.

Li Ping’an wasn’t seriously injured, but his primordial soul had suffered an impact.

Because his primordial soul had the protection of an immortal treasure, there were no injuries.

Qingsu drew out a stream of water and washed the ashes off Li Ping’an’s face. She stared at her disciple for a while before turning around and leaving to go to Rosy Cloud Peak.