Chapter 266

Chapter 266: Elder Ji Takes Action, A Method to Save

After entering the treasure pagoda, Chen Ansheng immediately sat down cross-legged.

He emptied his mind and pretended to meditate.

In reality, he sent his thoughts into the mysterious jade pendant at his waist, relaying a message to Elder Ji.

“Master, something terrible has happened! I’ve been caught by a Peak Immortal King, and he wants to kill me! Hurry and think of a way to save me!”

After the message was sent, there was no response from the pendant for a long time.

Chen Ansheng couldn’t help but feel uneasy. “That old guy wouldn’t be too scared and decided to abandon me, would he?”

It was no joke; a Peak Immortal King! No matter how strong Ji Hongfu was, he could not be his opponent. It’s no wonder Chen Ansheng would have such thoughts.

After a while, Chen Ansheng realized he had underestimated Elder Ji.

“What did you do to get entangled with a Peak Immortal King?” Ji Hongfu asked in surprise.

“It’s not me who provoked him; he took a liking to my Chaos Stone,” Chen Ansheng explained briefly, then added, “Master, why didn’t you respond earlier? You made me think you were so scared you decided to run away.”

“You little brat, do you think so little of me?” Ji Hongfu pretended to scold him, then said, “After I received your message, I concentrated my efforts to set up a secret technique, to prevent that Immortal King from detecting the transmission. That’s why it took a while. What is your current situation?”

“For now, I’ve turned the danger into safety…” Chen Ansheng described the recent events to Ji Hongfu.

Ji Hongfu pondered for a long time before replying.

“You’re in big trouble this time. Even with a spatial passage, I can’t come to you. If that Immortal King discovers me, neither of us will be able to escape.”

“What should we do then, Master? You can’t just leave me to fend for myself.”

“Little brat.”

Ji Hongfu scolded him again and then said, “I have my ways to help you escape. There are two things we need to do. First, I’ll help you create a clone to deceive others. Second, I’ll guide you in opening a mystical palace and teach you the method of spatial concealment to temporarily keep you safe.”

Hearing this, Chen Ansheng was overjoyed.

As expected, Master has a solution!

He then asked, “Master, how do I create a clone? Also, I’m still short a few key medicinal materials to open the mystical palace. Can we manage that?”

Ji Hongfu replied, “Creating a clone isn’t difficult. As for the medicinal materials, you should have already gone to gather them; time is running out. I was planning to summon you back to the island in a few days, but didn’t expect you to run into this incident.”

“That’s great! Master, you’re truly my savior!”

The matter of opening the mystical palace could finally be resolved.

This was what Chen Ansheng had longed for.

“Don’t get too excited! That Immortal King has left a shred of his consciousness to monitor you. Follow my instructions carefully; if you attract his attention, it will surely go awry.”

“Understood, Master.”

Ji Hongfu then instructed Chen Ansheng on the techniques needed to open the mystical palace, along with the preparations required.

With Chen Ansheng’s strong mental prowess, he quickly grasped the technique with Ji Hongfu’s help.

“Master, sending the medicinal bath over will definitely attract that old guy’s attention. It might not be wise.”

Opening the mystical palace required a medicinal bath; otherwise, the consequences would be deadly.

“This is simple. It is quite normal for cultivators to soak in a medicinal bath. Just prepare a large cauldron and randomly mix some herbal concoction to bathe in. I will send the real medicinal liquid through the spatial passage to your cauldron.”

Ji Hongfu said.

“That makes sense!”

Chen Ansheng’s eyes lit up.

He knew that sending something alive through Ji Hongfu’s spatial passage would cause disturbances, alerting the Snow-Haired Elder, which is why Ji Hongfu did not dare to come himself.

However, sending in inanimate objects like medicinal liquids or Stones of Chaos would not cause such disturbances, and even an Immortal Emperor wouldn’t notice, let alone the Snow-Haired Elder, a mere Immortal King.

After discussing the plan, Chen Ansheng prepared the cauldron and haphazardly mixed some herbal concoction.

“Disciple, the process of opening the mystical palace is very painful. You can shout and even go mad. If that old man asks, just say you were deep in thought and harmed your soul. Are you clear?”

“Disciple understands!”

With everything ready, they officially began opening the mystical palace!

Chen Ansheng activated the technique, forming a blade of spell to begin cutting his dantian.

This was not the same as cutting flesh; rather, he had to sever all the intertwined rules of the Immortal Realm present in his dantian, and the pain was comparable to soul torture.

“Ahhhh!”

Chen Ansheng writhed in agony, rolling in the medicinal bath.

Meanwhile, the Snow-Haired Elder noticed everything at once but chose not to intervene immediately.

It wasn’t until half an hour later that the Snow-Haired Elder sent a thought-form into the space.

“What’s going on with you?!”

The Snow-Haired Elder stood beside the cauldron, coldly questioning.

“Respectfully, Master… Disciple… my soul is flooded with unfamiliar memories, causing immense pain. I believe… believe it’s because the memory seal is about to fully unravel. Please, Master, withdraw… don’t disturb me…”

Chen Ansheng’s face contorted in pain, speaking was extremely difficult.

“Alright, alright, disciple, you must hold on! I’ll withdraw!”

The Snow-Haired Elder felt a surge of delight in his heart; what if this fool got lucky and retrieved the memories of an Immortal Sovereign or even an Immortal Emperor? If he could bring that back, it might just provide a breakthrough to become an Immortal Sovereign himself!

After that, Chen Ansheng devoted all his efforts to opening the mystical palace, and the Snow-Haired Elder no longer dared to disturb him.

After a full seven hours.

The dantian, sliced into two halves by Chen Ansheng, transformed into two tadpole-like entities, one black and one white, that chased each other’s tails, biting at them.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

As the two connected, a humming sound resonated in Chen Ansheng’s soul, as if someone was reciting the scriptures of the Dao in the depths of the dark void.

Under the influence of this peculiar humming sound, the two tadpole-like dantian shapes completely merged, forming a disk-like object.

“Success! Too smooth! Disciple, congratulations! Your mystical palace has been successfully opened!”

Ji Hongfu, who had been observing the situation, burst into joyous laughter.

Back when he explored opening the mystical palace himself, he had endured torment for over half a year.

Of course, it wasn’t that Chen Ansheng was inherently more talented than Elder Ji; one was the creator, while the other was an implementer, and the levels of difficulty were not comparable.

“Is this really called smooth? In these few hours, I’ve thought about suicide at least a hundred times; this is freaking torturous. I finally made it through.”

Chen Ansheng slumped in the cauldron, utterly exhausted.

Fortunately, this entire cauldron of medicinal liquid helped Chen Ansheng recover quickly, and after about fifteen minutes, he was full of energy again.

“Master, my mystical palace has been opened. Next, how do I create a clone to conceal myself and save my life?”

“Now that your mystical palace is open, creating a clone is not difficult. You only need to acquire a puppet, and I will tear a shred of your soul and infuse it into him, then change his appearance. But the challenge is how to keep your true self hidden. My spatial concealment technique can last at most a few hours.”

“If we can find propertyless true qi, I could teach you a method of Chaos Concealment. Only then can you be truly safe. Unfortunately, the propertyless true qi I had found before was used up when I was hiding from my enemies.”

Propertyless true qi?

Chaos Concealment technique?

As soon as the word “Chaos” was mentioned, Chen Ansheng blurted out, “Master, is Chaos True Qi considered propertyless true qi? I happen to have a Chaos Stone here, but I’m not sure if it’s useful.”

“You have a Chaos Stone?!”

On the other end of the jade pendant, Ji Hongfu’s voice almost screamed in surprise.