Yang Hong was now so nervous he felt close to death. He found that all his five senses except hearing were sealed, but his immortal body had already completed its transformation and was indeed different from before.
This could easily be discovered and lead to suspicion from these high-level cultivators, making his death a normal consequence.
"Sister, what are you doing? This man is a gem. Even if he wakes up, he can be trained. Don't kill him, it's too wasteful."
Lou Xue, the female immortal, likely had some suspicions too, but her thoughts were simpler and more direct.
"This person is very strange. After a thousand years, he didn't starve to death. And just through our dual cultivation, he could live for a thousand years without eating or drinking.
You must know that even I, a Xuan Immortal, need to eat and replenish nutrients at least once every hundred years to survive. Only by cultivating to Da Luo Golden Immortal can one truly live without eating or drinking."
"Sister, what you said is indeed a bit strange, but we all verified it ourselves. He truly went a thousand years without eating or drinking and maintained a cultivation at the Immortal realm."
"No! Just now, under the nourishment of my immortal essence, his immortal body has reached the Earth Immortal level."
Lan Shuang, the female immortal, shook her head and corrected her. She then struck Yang Hong's head with another palm, though with much less force this time.
*Bang*
There was a muffled sound, and Yang Hong's cultivation aura re-coalesced.
It turned out that this palm strike was to heal Yang Hong's injuries, leaving behind her palm force.
"This fellow is very peculiar. His consciousness should be clear, but because his immortal body was not immersed in the Ascension Fluid for long enough, his consciousness was sealed within his body. Later, some operations by those disciples might have also sealed his divine sense,
rendering him like a puppet, yet possessing many miraculous qualities."
Lan Shuang, the female immortal, examined Yang Hong inch by inch from head to toe. Finally, she dismissed her junior sister who was circulating her cultivation and took over herself, beginning to feel him.
Lou Xue, the female immortal, could only glare with her beautiful eyes, filled with anger but unable to speak.
After all, her sect leader sister was a Xuan Immortal, while she was merely a True Immortal.
In the face of cultivation suppression, those with lower cultivation had no rights.
Yang Hong, with his five senses sealed, didn't know how long had passed before he heard another meaningful sentence.
"Sister, go and issue an order. Have the disciples build a palace on the Ascension Pool of Black Ant Wasteland. I want to establish a sect branch on the Ascension Pool."
"Building a branch on the Ascension Pool? Sister, are you crazy!
Ascension Fluid can damage the immortal bodies of immortals. Once the immortal body transformation is complete, further contact with Ascension Fluid is like a mortal encountering strong acid; it will corrode the immortal body."
"Moreover, Ascension Fluid is volatile. Building a palace on the Ascension Pool is like constructing a death trap."
"Don't ask. As sect leader, I only make sense. Go."
"Yes!"
Despite her many reservations, Lou Xue, the female immortal, personally went to deliver the order and supervise it.
Immortals moved swiftly. In just three days, with the combined efforts of over a hundred immortals, a white, flowing palace covering over an acre and standing ten zhang tall was constructed.
On the fourth day, Yang Hong was transferred to this palace.
When he was submerged in the Ascension Fluid again, the comfortable sensation caused his five senses to automatically return, and his eyes opened.
"Awake.
Tell me about your identity in the lower realm, where you are from, and what your skills are."
Yang Hong opened his mouth, and a hoarse, unpleasant voice emerged, "Where is this? Didn't I just ascend?
Greetings, fairy!"
"Heh heh~ Stop playing coy. I also ascended from the lower realm and know the feeling of entering the Ascension Pool. You know what happened over the past thousand years.
Your body felt nothing, but your divine sense remained conscious."
*Splash*
Lan Shuang, the female immortal, said, releasing a powerful aura that pressed Yang Hong into the Ascension Pool. After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, she pulled Yang Hong out again.
"Speak. Confess truthfully, or this Venerable will not hesitate to kill you."
You wouldn't dare to kill me!
Yang Hong thought to himself, but outwardly, he promptly stated his identity.
"My name is Yang Hong, from the Taiyuan Realm. I am considered the founding ancestor of the Clear Wind Manor below. My specialty is spiritual plant cultivation."
Yang Hong attempted to stand up but found himself completely unable to move. Even speaking was stiff, and he had to exert great effort to blink.
It turned out that although he was awake, he had not been immersed in enough Ascension Fluid, and his body was not a complete immortal body.
"Yang Hong, spiritual plant cultivation. Not very useful. You'll be my cauldron instead!
We are both cultivators, so I don't think I need to explain anything, do I?"
"No, I agree."
Yang Hong nodded helplessly. He dared not speak any nonsense at this point.
This female immortal, with her pure appearance, hot figure, and unconcealed aura of killing intent, was immensely powerful.
He was also witnessing the might of a Xuan Immortal for the first time. In just a few words, the Ascension Fluid around him had frozen into a three-inch-thick layer of ice.
Lan Shuang nodded with satisfaction, lightly lifting her round, delicate chin and commanded, "Very good. Come out."
"I wish I could come out, but I can't. I can't even move a finger right now."
"Is that so?" Lan Shuang asked doubtfully. With a wave of her jade hand, she summoned a stream of magical power to lift Yang Hong and place him by the edge of the Ascension Pool.
However, she placed him standing on the ground. As soon as her magical power dissipated, Yang Hong collapsed.
He truly was too weak to stand.
"You didn't soak in enough Ascension Fluid, and it has indeed left you with significant after-effects.
However..."
Lan Shuang seemed to think of something amusing, and a strange smile appeared on her pure face.
Then, the disciples who had been watching the commotion in the palace were swept out by her magical power. Subsequently, all doors and windows were closed, and formations were activated.
In the palace, isolated from the outside world, Yang Hong was once again subjected to harvesting.
However, as his body was contorted, Yang Hong discovered a great benefit here. When he circulated the "Su Nu Cai Yang" cultivation technique, thin wisps of Ascension Fluid from the air entered his body through the pillars.
Nourished by the Ascension Fluid, his body quickly recovered its stamina. The speed of his immortal essence circulation was more than triple that of before, and he could even draw in the immortal essence of the Xuan Immortal, Lan Shuang.
"Huh~ This thing is amazing! It can actually neutralize the corrosive effects of Ascension Fluid on a normal immortal body!"
While Yang Hong reaped benefits, Lan Shuang, the female immortal, also exclaimed in surprise after circulating the technique for a while.
This benefit was definitely something she hadn't anticipated before.
It must be known that the higher the cultivation, the stronger the immortal body, and the stronger the corrosive effect of Ascension Fluid, leading to greater harm.
Even an Immortal Emperor, if forced into the Ascension Pool, would be rendered powerless and unable to resist.
The Ascension Pool thus became the only, most potent, and most effective place to seal an Immortal Emperor.
Most ordinary immortals did not know this. It was only after she became a sect leader and controlled the Ascension Pool of Black Ant Wasteland that she learned this secret.
Her eyes, as she looked at Yang Hong, sparkled, as if she were looking at a peerless treasure.
Lan Shuang was contemplating how to 'use' Yang Hong, unaware that Yang Hong was already considering how to 'drain' Lan Shuang.