Chapter 307 Myriad Years in the Fusion Realm

As Zhu Yuyan made her declaration, accompanied by the appearance of the treasure mirror hanging high in the sky, the rumors of Yang Hong killing immortals first exploded, then quickly subsided. The eight major immortal sects, led by the Tianji Sect and the Qianyuan Sword Sect, personally inspected Yang Hong's cultivation at Qingfeng Villa. While they marveled at his cultivation reaching the late stage of Body Integration at the age of 180-odd, they did not believe he was capable of killing an immortal. However, recalling Yang Hong's previous soul suppression of the Five Directions Seal and his immense merit, they became even more convinced of his innocence. After all, numerous cultivators had directly ascended in the past year due to their efforts in saving people in the Five Regions. Yang Hong's Body Integration realm seemed reasonable. As for the Five Elements Chaotic Origin Formation? The power of the transformed ninth-grade spiritual plants was greatly reduced once he stored them in his scale space, so no one believed Yang Hong could kill an immortal. Even killing a ninth-tier cultivator seemed like a far-fetched fantasy. After a thorough inspection, Yang Hong invited the investigating cultivators from the eight major immortal sects for tea and discussion. After three rounds of tea, the Supreme Elder of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, a fourth-tribulation Loose Immortal, suddenly changed the subject. "Fellow Daoist Yang, I believe you were framed. You must be very displeased with being slandered by the Buddhist sects, am I right?" "Of course. If I get the chance, I will definitely retaliate," Yang Hong said with feigned indignation, as if he hadn't already. "Ahem, fellow daoist, we all know you possess special abilities that can help other cultivators break through quickly. Therefore, we hope you can lend us a hand." "Help? Help with what?" Yang Hong picked up his teacup and brought it to his lips, but he didn't drink for a long time, feigning ignorance. A ninth-tier elder from the Blazing Flame Sect, unable to bear it any longer, directly stated their purpose. "Fellow Daoist, we know you have researched the inverse of the 'Immovable Joyful Buddha.' We ask you not to keep it to yourself. Please tell us what price you require to help us." "Heh heh, Senior Wang is joking. I only studied the 'Immovable Joyful Buddha,' but I absolutely did not cultivate it. You can inspect me thoroughly on this point." Yang Hong refused to admit it, even with Xi Miaohua as a successful case. He did not want to be captured by Buddhas descending from the upper realm tomorrow and forced to become a monk. "Fellow Daoist, let's assume you haven't cultivated the Immovable Joyful Buddha. Can you help us improve our cultivation through dual cultivation?" The elder Wang from the Qianyuan Sword Sect was more direct, interrupting Yang Hong's attempt to evade. "Wait, you said 'us'?" Yang Hong's face twitched rapidly. Did this 'us' refer to the eight elderly cultivators who were like grandmothers? No wonder he felt the investigation team from the eight major immortal sects was a bit strange. "Yes, it is us." Elder Wang then stood up and turned around twice, showcasing her perfect figure. However, such a move almost made Yang Hong vomit. He could not bear it! These great cultivators, the lowest at the mid-ninth tier, with five of them being Loose Immortals, were all at least 3,000 years old. "Don't make that face. I have eight Dao companions now, and we are living in harmony!" The Loose Immortal from the Qianyuan Sword Sect was not good-tempered either. A sharp sword intent immediately locked onto Yang Hong. Feeling the sword intent, Yang Hong shrugged helplessly. Although he was confident he could annihilate them instantly, there were eight of them, and he would likely be buried with them. "Alright, alright. Let's begin then. One in the morning and one in the afternoon." "Now? Here?" The Loose Immortal was stunned. Could dual cultivation really happen in broad daylight? And with so many fellow Daoists present. "Of course, here. The other seniors can watch and help protect the dharma," Yang Hong said as a matter of course. "You are truly shameless! I'll go first." Elder Wang, the Loose Immortal from the Qianyuan Sword Sect, said, about to disarm herself. Yang Hong quickly stopped her. "Hey, hey, what are you doing?" "Aren't we going to dual cultivate?" "Dual cultivation doesn't require taking off clothes. We just need to place our palms together to exchange true essence and mana! What were you thinking?" Yang Hong rolled his eyes and sat down cross-legged in the center of the tea-making courtyard. "Hmph, you didn't explain it clearly." Elder Wang gave Yang Hong a sideways glance but still sat in front of him and extended her hands. Yang Hong wasted no time, directly activating the 'Immovable Joyful Buddha' and transmitting his mana through his right hand, circulating it nine times within the other party's body, and then returning it through his left hand. However, within Yang Hong's body, the mana only circulated three times before being sent back to Elder Wang's body. The 'Immovable Joyful Buddha,' corrected by the system, no longer required deep intimacy for dual cultivation, although the effect was somewhat reduced. However, this was better for both parties, and he wouldn't have to disgust himself. As the technique continued to circulate, Yang Hong's Body Integration cultivation, which had risen to millions of years, began to decrease. When it dropped to 100,000 years of Body Integration, Yang Hong stopped circulating the technique. "All right, I need to go back and rest for a while. We'll continue in the afternoon." With that, Yang Hong deliberately staggered as he walked towards the backyard. The young and beautiful grandmothers surrounded Wang Elder, whose cultivation had clearly increased significantly. "Wang Yue, how was it? How much did your cultivation improve?" "Very good, very powerful. Although my cultivation didn't increase, my true essence has been purified by a full fold after this dual cultivation. This means I can unleash twice the attack power with the same amount of true essence." "Let me try. Unleash a spell at me with your full strength." A tall female cultivator from the Yuxu Sect stood opposite Elder Wang and continuously cast defensive spells on herself. "Be careful, Hundred Sword Art!" Elder Wang was not pretentious. She waved her right hand, bringing her middle and index fingers together, and sharp sword energies shot up into the sky, then crashed down on the tall female cultivator. "It's indeed potent. Elder Wang's sword art has become significantly more powerful." "The young fellow's dual cultivation technique is indeed effective for us." "It's definitely effective. It can even assist a fourth-tribulation Loose Immortal. This is incredible." "I want to stay until my cultivation breaks through." "I can dual cultivate until I ascend." The eight grandmothers, with a combined age of tens of thousands of years, all had golden light in their eyes, feeling they had struck a great bargain. While they might have gained an advantage, Yang Hong certainly didn't lose. After the dual cultivation, he clearly felt that the bottleneck of his Body Integration cultivation of millions of years had significantly loosened. He returned to the backyard and used spiritual plants for baptism to restore his cultivation. As Yang Hong had predicted, his cultivation bottleneck broke through after only three days of dual cultivation. In the subsequent dual cultivation sessions, he deliberately conserved his strength while continuously purifying his cultivation. He even proactively invited these "grandmothers" to invite cultivators of the same cultivation level for dual cultivation. Three months later, in just three months, Yang Hong's cultivation soared to tens of millions of years of Body Integration. From then on, dual cultivation could no longer further increase his cultivation. Feeling the new bottleneck, Yang Hong murmured to himself, "It's time to try a new method."