Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

Chu Lingguang’s Spiritual Sense followed the vines, penetrating deep underground. He discovered that the vine’s root system was everywhere within the earth, like blood vessels in a human body.

But not every vine could help people awaken a response.

What that Immortal Vine buried in the earth actually looked like, Chu Lingguang had no way of knowing.

He wrapped his fingers around a vine, but it had no reaction. The vessel-like vines underground also remained completely still.

The scene he imagined—a mass of vines bursting from the ground and dragging him under, just as they had swallowed Qin Yu and Yun Hong—did not happen.

On that day, Chu Lingguang discovered hundreds of vines sprouting from the ground in West Warehouse. Unfortunately, none of them could currently help people awaken a response.

Perhaps they had to evolve before they became uncanny and gained the ability to help people awaken a response.

「In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.」

A layer of green now covered the mountainsides of the snow-capped range that stretched for over fifteen hundred miles.

In just half a month, the desolate lands of West Warehouse were enveloped in green. Although it was only a carpet of small vines, the common folk who had lived in West Warehouse their whole lives had never seen such a sight.

They thought the earth was reviving, that the heavens had opened their eyes, and that West Warehouse was finally becoming a fertile land where everyone could cultivate the soil.

Some farmers took out their hoes and other tools and began to till the land.

Chu Lingguang did not stop them. ’It’s better to hold on to hope for the future than to be forced to face reality.’

’So far, I still haven’t found a second uncanny vine in West Warehouse capable of awakening a response. A Reincarnation Node comes once every three hundred years. Just how much time is left?’

Chu Lingguang hoped that every vine that emerged from the ground would possess the power to help people awaken a response.

’The Seventh Prince’s letter said that the Skill to help everyone merge with the uncanny objects is on Yuanchu Mountain. If the number of people who can successfully bond with an uncanny object doesn’t meet the standard by then, trying to overthrow Yuanchu Mountain won’t be so easy.’

Chu Lingguang sighed.

Lately, he had been searching for a second uncanny vine, hoping to merge with it himself. By doing so, he could grasp the key to the fusion process and help every master at the peak of the True Martial Realm merge with an uncanny object.

He had discussed this with Yan Zhen.

Although Yan Zhen was able to help Guo Wei awaken a power response and plant an uncanny object within his body, it was only by chance that someone like Guo Wei could have his response awakened by him.

Yan Zhen’s power was not yet enough to help everyone awaken a response. Even he himself had only a vague understanding of how to merge with uncanny objects.

「Soon, another half a month went by.」

The desolate lands of West Warehouse had transformed into a grassland.

Chu Lingguang sped through the night, releasing his powerful Spiritual Power to scan the grassland for uncanny vines. Unfortunately, after many days of searching, he still hadn’t found a second vine capable of helping people awaken a response. He could sense the network of stems covering the grassland, all growing from the vines deep within the earth, but nothing more.

On that very day, a letter arrived from Xuanyuan Jinkang.

"Chu Lingguang, I’m leaving for Yuanchu Mountain. Don’t forget what you said to my master."

The letter contained only that short message.

Xuanyuan Jinkang had heard the news of Chu Lingguang’s demotion to Captain in West Warehouse a week after it happened. Although he resented Chu Lingguang, believing he was inextricably linked to Eunuch Liu’s death, he still felt it was an injustice upon learning of Chu Lingguang’s fate. He had even approached Liu Ziyun and used his connections, trying to clear Chu Lingguang’s name.

Unfortunately, the matter was orchestrated by Yuanchu Mountain, and Xuanyuan Jinkang was helpless to do anything.

Just six days ago, an order had arrived from the Court, instructing him to travel to Divine Land Mansion and undergo the entrance examination for Yuanchu Mountain at Divine Valley Mountain.

He had been losing sleep over it.

Thinking of Chu Lingguang still stuck in West Warehouse, he had written the letter, hoping Chu Lingguang could find some way to break free from his current situation and go with him to Divine Valley Mountain for the examination.

"Divine Valley Mountain!"

Chu Lingguang sat inside his tent. Before him lay not just the letter from Xuanyuan Jinkang, but two others from Qin Yu and Yan Zhen. All of them mentioned Divine Valley Mountain.

A three-hundred-year reincarnation cycle, and the node was imminent. Yuanchu Mountain urgently needed manpower to stop people from merging with uncanny objects.

To this end, nearly everyone recorded by the Court who had reached the True Martial Realm and was capable of merging with uncanny objects had received an invitation from Yuanchu Mountain.

They were to gather at Divine Valley Mountain in half a month to take the Yuanchu Mountain examination; those who passed would become disciples of Yuanchu Mountain. This news had sent tremors through the Martial Arts world. Countless True Martial Realm experts were now heading to Divine Land Mansion, preparing to prove their mettle at Divine Valley Mountain.

Everyone was filled with anticipation for Yuanchu Mountain, eager to enter and uncover its secrets.

Chu Lingguang’s heart also stirred with excitement. This was the perfect opportunity for him to infiltrate Yuanchu Mountain and cultivate there. However, Zhang Xuan had made his demand clear: Chu Lingguang had to find Guo Wei and hand him over to Yuanchu Mountain before he would be qualified to enter.

So, it was impossible for him to go to Divine Valley Mountain.

"Sir, a letter for you!"

Just then, however, Zhaxi ran in, holding a letter.

Chu Lingguang gestured with his hand, and the envelope flew into his palm.

He opened it and saw the Court’s official seal. It, too, contained a single, simple sentence.

"As Yuanchu Mountain is opening its gates to accept disciples, a once-in-a-century opportunity, We, being aware of Our beloved subject’s great toil and merit, grant you special permission to proceed to Divine Valley Mountain for the examination!"

"It’s from the Emperor of Great Yuan!"