The Immortal Cultivation World Is Too Dangerous: I Return to Earth as a Divine Sage
Chapter 30 - Gains and Losses, Acquired Longevity Physique Achieved

Chapter 30: Gains and Losses, Acquired Longevity Physique Achieved

“What a timely rain after a long drought. A top-tier spiritual medicine without spiritual energy suddenly infused with it produces such remarkable effects,” Ye Yang murmured as he looked at the Longevity Flower. “But I can’t let you waste spiritual energy like this, scent of medicine to extend lifespan. That’s the least of your uses.”

After speaking, Ye Yang took out a white jade porcelain bottle from his storage ring. The bottle contained dew specially collected for the Longevity Flower, nurtured with the pure spiritual energy from his pills, making it spiritual dew.

“Drip …”

After opening the bottle, Ye Yang carefully dripped the spiritual dew onto the ninety-nine leaves of the Longevity Flower. Once all the dew had been applied, the flower, which had been recklessly expending spiritual energy to emit its medicinal fragrance, immediately stopped. It redirected all its spiritual energy into the dew.

Dozens of minutes later, the Longevity Flower’s spiritual energy was depleted, reverting to its state before being infused with spiritual energy. At that moment, the ninety-nine drops of spiritual dew began to flow down the flower’s leaves. Ye Yang quickly took out the porcelain bottle and carefully collected each of the ninety-nine drops.

“I wonder how much the effect of this spiritual dew, catalyzed by pill’s spiritual energy, differs from the spiritual dew naturally produced by the Longevity Flower in the cultivation world, which absorbs heaven and earth’s spiritual energy,” Ye Yang mused.

After collecting the dew, he opened the bottle, poured a single drop into his mouth, and began testing its medicinal properties.

“Ten years of extended lifespan,” Ye Yang concluded after a few breaths, having rapidly refined the dew’s medicinal power with his spiritual energy.

“In the cultivation world, each drop of spiritual dew produced by the Longevity Flower has half the efficacy of consuming one of its leaves,” he reflected. “One leaf of the Longevity Flower extends life by a thousand years, so half is five hundred years. On Earth, the Longevity Flower only extends life by ten years. The gap is indeed significant.”

“But this is a case of losing something to gain something else,” he continued. “Although the Longevity Flower’s medicinal power is greatly diminished on Earth due to the lack of heaven and earth’s spiritual energy, the advantage is that Earth has no spiritual energy or Heavenly Dao.

“A heaven-defying treasure like the Longevity Flower won’t face divine tribulation and can exist indefinitely. With an indefinitely existing Longevity Flower, I essentially possess an acquired Longevity Physique. Over endless years, even a pig could become an immortal. Moreover, I can cultivate the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Record. Becoming an immortal is practically destined to be me.”

Looking at the Longevity Flower before him, a faint smile appeared on Ye Yang’s face as he thought to himself.

…

Time passed quickly, and soon it was evening.

At this moment, Yao Lai had brought Yao Zi’er back to the Medicine family in Xuanling, thousands of miles away from Tianhai. Upon returning, Yao Lai immediately issued the Patriarch’s Order, summoning the ten most influential elders of the Medicine family for a meeting.

A few hours later, all ten elders had arrived.

“Patriarch, weren’t you in Tianhai negotiating the sale of divine medicines with the Zhao family? Why are you back so soon and urgently summoning us?” the Great Elder, Yao Xuan, asked immediately upon arriving at the meeting hall.

“Could it be that the Zhao family was unreasonable?” the Second Elder, Yao Weng, asked curiously, looking at Yao Lai.

“It’s not that the Zhao family was unreasonable,” Yao Lai said gravely, addressing the elders. “I’ve called you here to discuss a matter concerning the life and death of our Medicine family.”

“A matter concerning the life and death of our Medicine family? Patriarch, isn’t that a bit alarmist?” Yao Xuan replied. “Our Medicine family has a legacy of thousands of years, established almost alongside the Great Xia Dynasty. With such a foundation, who in the world could destroy us? Even the imperial family couldn’t.”

“Indeed, Patriarch, that sounds a bit exaggerated,” the other elders nodded in agreement.

“The imperial family may not be capable, but what about immortals and gods?” Yao Lai said heavily.

“Immortals and gods?”

“Patriarch, what’s gotten into you?”

“Why are you talking about such fantastical things like immortals and gods?”

“And how could immortals and gods be related to the life and death of our Medicine family? That’s impossible.”

Hearing Yao Lai’s words, Yao Xuan and the other elders looked at him with confusion and disbelief.

“Before going to Tianhai, I was like you, dismissive of talk about immortals and gods,” Yao Lai said. “After all, our Medicine family has existed for thousands of years. If immortals and gods existed, how could we not know? But do you know what I saw? Zhao Qingzhi of the Zhao family appeared before me, looking as if he had reversed aging, and with a casual gesture, he displayed the strength of a martial arts grandmaster.

“My first thought was whether the Zhao family had found some divine medicine capable of transforming a person,” he continued. “But how could any divine medicine have such a dramatic effect, especially in just a few days? Even the most potent divine medicines require time to gradually take effect. Just days ago, our Medicine family’s master physician examined Zhao Qingzhi and confirmed he was nearing the end of his life. Back then, let alone possessing the strength of a martial arts grandmaster, he was weaker than a ten-year-old child. Yet, in just a few days, he had reversed aging and gained grandmaster-level strength.

“I initially planned to return from Tianhai and mobilize the family’s forces to seize the Zhao family and uncover the secret behind Zhao Qingzhi’s transformation. But the moment I had this thought, Zhao Qingzhi revealed his secret to me. Everything he has comes from a person named Mr. Ye …”

Yao Lai spoke for dozens of minutes, recounting everything Zhao Qingzhi had told him.

When he finished, the meeting hall fell into an eerie silence. The faces of all the elders were filled with solemnity and shock.

To be honest, if the person speaking wasn’t their patriarch—and not just any patriarch, but one of the top ten in the Medicine family’s history—they wouldn’t have believed it. It was simply too unbelievable. Their Medicine family had existed on Earth for thousands of years without encountering immortals or gods. Yet, after one trip, Yao Lai was claiming their existence was confirmed? How could that be possible?

But because it was Yao Lai, a patriarch known for his shrewdness and strong character, they believed him. They knew he would never speak nonsense or make baseless claims. If he said it, it must be true.

…

Standing nearby, Yao Zi’er’s face was equally filled with shock. On the way back with Yao Lai, she had been curious about what the Zhao family had told her grandfather to make him willing to offer so many of the Medicine family’s treasured divine medicines. Now she understood—the Zhao family had connected with immortals and gods, and they were willing to help the Medicine family build a bridge to establish that connection as well.