Chapter 147: The Five Ancient Immortals

The Immortal Fairy bristled, for "Immortal" was a title she wore with utmost pride, and she would not brook defilement from a mere practitioner of the Integration Stage.

"This immortal shall freeze you into ten-thousand-year ice marrow, coat you in batter, and fry you in a wok!" she threatened viciously.

Did they truly believe immortals were so easily bullied?

Even that fellow called the True Monarch of Demon-Slaying was poked to death with a single finger by this immortal; she refused to believe he could withstand her touch!

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive." Within the spiritual space, Lu Yang held the Immortal Fairy back, urging her to roll her sleeves back down.

That Integration Stage cultivator was known as True Monarch Sanli, and the information he subsequently confessed differed little from what the True Monarch of Demon-Slaying had said, the only thing of value being the location of a grotto-heaven.

"The grotto-heaven lies right there, concealing the wealth of my entire lifetime. If you do not believe me, you may go and see for yourselves, and you will know my words are true."

"However, I have placed restrictions upon that grotto-heaven, allowing only those below the Foundation Establishment Stage to enter. Yet, it is absolutely impossible for someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage to gain control of it. As long as you swear not to refine me, I shall bestow that grotto-heaven upon you!" True Monarch Sanli threatened.

Yun Zhi did not agree, showing not the slightest inclination to deal falsely with him.

Although the Central Sect refined souls and possessed an unrighteous atmosphere—even recruiting the likes of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou—it was, by all accounts, an orthodox sect with bottom lines that forbade lying.

Yun Zhi then led Lu Yang away from the prison, encountering her grandmaster and Meng Jingzhou, who had also just finished their interrogation.

Yun Zhi and her grandmaster compared their respective confessions and found them basically identical, the only difference being that the Integration Stage cultivator on the grandmaster's side knew of someone named Yingtian Immortal.

"Yingtian Immortal is within the vast Eastern Sea, though he does not know the exact location."

Yun Zhi nodded; this was no new intelligence, for after capturing so many ancient Integration Stage cultivators and examining ancient texts, they had long known that Yingtian Immortal, one of the five ancient immortals, resided in the Eastern Sea.

"Yingtian Immortal?" This was not the first time Lu Yang had heard the name, as the Immortal Fairy had muttered it several times.

According to the Immortal Fairy's words, Yingtian Immortal was a cultivator of equal strength to herself.

Considering the Immortal Fairy's power and temperament, Lu Yang temporarily lacked an accurate perception of Yingtian Immortal.

"Yingtian Immortal is in the Eastern Sea? Go, go, go, take this immortal to find him! If this immortal steps forward, surely by my title alone, I can guarantee you will eat well, drink well, and have whatever you desire!" within the spiritual space, the Immortal Fairy spoke excitedly, painting a grand illusion for Lu Yang.

Lu Yang reminded her, "Do not forget how you died. To this day, we still do not know who killed you. Excluding yourself, there are four immortals, and it must have been one of them. Are you not afraid it was Yingtian Immortal?"

Doused by Lu Yang's cold water, the Immortal Fairy calmed down and murmured, "Th-that shouldn't be the case. Yingtian Immortal is quite a good person, he doesn't seem like he would have bad intentions..."

"Then who among the four immortals do you think was most likely to kill you?"

The Immortal Fairy fell silent, feeling that none of them would kill her, as everyone normally acted harmoniously and treated her with great courtesy.

Yet she had to admit that her death was inevitably connected to one of the four immortals.

"Then who do you think could accomplish refining the stars across the sky into a continent?" Lu Yang asked, feeling this was a clue that could narrow down the scope of the ancient anonymous figure.

The Immortal Fairy did not catch his meaning: "All five of us could do that."

Lu Yang: "...Holy crap?!"

Fairy, were you originally this powerful? Was my past attitude toward you far too casual?

Lu Yang finally realized that an immortal was not merely a realm; the word immortal represented the ultimate pursuit of cultivators, signifying that one had reached the pinnacle of cultivation and mastered boundless, mighty power, covering the heavens with a single hand, where refining stars was but a trivial matter!

The Immortal Fairy had simply lacked opportunities to display her power because she was still recovering!

At this moment, Yun Zhi said to Lu Yang, "The ancient immortals are Yingtian Immortal, Qilin Immortal, Age Immortal, and Nine-Layered Immortal."

To the world, immortals stood high above, inscrutable, and it was even uncertain whether they existed; for instance, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou only learned of the Immortal Fairy through the Immortal Sect.

Yet standing in Yun Zhi's position, she knew far more than the common populace, and the titles of the four immortals were no secret to her.

"The exact locations of the four immortals remain unclear, but it is certain that Yingtian Immortal is in the vast Eastern Sea, Qilin Immortal is in the Southern Demon Realm, and the whereabouts of Age Immortal and Nine-Layered Immortal are unknown."

Lu Yang noticed the title of one of the immortals and shuddered: "Qilin?"

He recalled the young medicine kings in the medicine garden, among which was a Qilin undying medicine.

Legend held that the Qilin did not exist, and what the ancients saw were all actually Qilin undying medicines.

Since the counterpart was called "Qilin Immortal," did it mean his true form was a Qilin?

Seeing Lu Yang's interest, the Immortal Fairy explained, "Qilin Immortal's true name is Shihe."

"His true form is indeed a Qilin. According to him, he is a unique existence in the world, an incredible creature born only by gathering the fortune of the realm. In any case, there was only one Qilin in my era. I do not know much about the present era, but a second Qilin should not appear."

In fact, before the Immortal Fairy appeared, Yun Zhi had always believed there were only four immortals in antiquity; to be more precise, everyone thought so.

The Integration Stage cultivators imprisoned in the Prisoner Peak could be traced back furthest to the Great Qian era, over two hundred thousand years ago, and according to them, there were only four immortals in ancient times.

Not only the prisoners of Prisoner Peak, but ancient texts recorded the same: there were four immortals in antiquity, namely Yingtian Immortal, Qilin Immortal, Age Immortal, and Nine-Layered Immortal.

Before the emergence of the Immortal Sect, there was absolutely no record of the "Immortal Fairy" in history!

After the Immortal Sect appeared, some cultivators believed this was an immortal concocted out of thin air, one who never existed in the ancient period.

"This immortal was illustriously famous in antiquity, and even Tribulation Transcendence cultivators trembled with fear upon seeing me. How could my immortal name be missing?" The Immortal Fairy expressed great fury upon learning this news.

The person who killed her was familiar with the characteristics of her Dao Fruit and had specifically erased her existence from history.

"That's not right. According to the naming style of the four ancient immortals, you should be called the Immortal Xian, Fairy," Lu Yang said.

"That was all proposed by that fellow Yingtian Immortal, saying three characters carried imposing aura, so everyone should choose a three-character immortal name, and he even suggested I be called 'Immortal Xian'."

"I was unwilling to be called 'Immortal Xian,' it sounds so terrible, and one cannot distinguish gender, making me seem like a man. How could it sound as pleasant as Immortal Fairy?"

Lu Yang thought Huang Doudou sounded better, but these words could not be spoken, otherwise the Immortal Fairy would surely bristle.

The Eldest Senior Sister ensured the two prisoners were securely locked away, greeted her grandmaster, and then led Lu Yang and the other away from Prisoner Peak.

"Eldest Senior Sister, are we going to the ruin grotto-heaven mentioned by True Monarch Sanli?" Lu Yang discovered that his senior sister still had no intention of returning to Tianmen Peak, flying directly out of the Central Sect.

The cloud controlled by Yun Zhi was very large, obscuring the view below, so Lu Yang did not feel his fear of heights.

Yun Zhi nodded.

The lifetime wealth of an Integration Stage cultivator was well worth investigating.