Eternal Life by Daily Divination

"Hmm, it is indeed a bit troublesome." Li Chang’an frowned slightly as he read the message in his hand.

Logically speaking, it was nearly impossible for a Golden Core Cultivator to master a Tier Four Spiritual Poison. Yet, Ye Qiuling had not only mastered it but wielded it with ease, suffering no backlash from the poison.

"In an era where capable individuals emerge in droves and Celestial Prides rise together, to think there’d actually be such a freak," Li Chang’an murmured. He suspected that this woman possessed not only the Tier Four Spiritual Poison but also a Tier Four Poisonous Insect.

If he were a Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Five Poisons Valley, he would definitely bestow upon her a Tier Four Poisonous Insect to prevent such a rare genius from dying prematurely.

If he wanted to snatch the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade from this woman’s hands, it would be best to evolve the Ten Thousand Poison Gu to Tier Four to resist that pervasive Tier Four Spiritual Poison. Of course, unless it was absolutely necessary, Li Chang’an did not want to risk his life.

"Qiantong, help me keep an eye out for news regarding the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade. I want information from both the Righteous Dao and the Demonic Dao, and let it be known that I am willing to trade," he instructed Luo Qiantong.

If they could trade directly without resorting to violence, that would naturally be for the best. However, Li Chang’an did not pin his hopes on a peaceful transaction.

"Demonic Cultivators have never had any integrity. I’m afraid I’ll still have to fight in the end."

A while later, Li Chang’an left the Black Market and set off for the Northern Domain of Zhao Country.

The next day.

He arrived in the Northern Domain. Beneath him lay the endless, rolling Northern Domain Mountains.

"The location where the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade was previously discovered was right around here," he noted.

This place was very close to a Demonic Dao stronghold. Several months ago, a group of Righteous Cultivators had come here to eradicate demons and accidentally discovered the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade deep within a fissure. What happened next was roughly identical to what the intelligence reported.

Looking around, the mountains were devastated. Traces of the previous great battle between the Righteous and Demonic factions could be seen everywhere. Li Chang’an had come here simply to try his luck; after all, his luck had always been quite good.

"Could there be more undiscovered Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade here?" he wondered.

He spread out his Divine Sense, sensing the area meticulously. A moment later, his figure flickered as he entered a fissure, searching carefully in its depths. For the next few hours, Li Chang’an searched through almost the entire subterranean area of this mountain range, but found absolutely nothing.

"Could it be that I’ve used up all my luck by acquiring treasures successively in recent times?" Li Chang’an pondered for a moment, deciding to check out other regions. The Northern Domain was vast and covered in ice and snow year-round, so the possibility of such a treasure being born here was not low.

Right at that moment, the Ten Thousand Poison Gu in his sleeve suddenly spoke up.

"Master, it’s so cold."

"A High Tier Gu Insect like you is actually afraid of the cold?" Li Chang’an was somewhat speechless. He took out a piece of Fire Cloud Crystal and tossed it to him for warmth.

Long before they went to the Cyan Wood Divine Pagoda in the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty, the Ten Thousand Poison Gu had already advanced to Quasi-Tier Four. Over the years, he had consumed a large number of Poison Dao Treasures, his strength steadily rising. He was no longer far from a true Tier Four.

The Ten Thousand Poison Gu said in an aggrieved voice, "Master, the reason I’m afraid of the cold is that I scattered all my power to search for treasures. I just want to help you as much as possible."

"Have you found any Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade?"

"No, but I detected another kind of treasure. Master, continue deeper along this icy fissure."

"Alright!" Li Chang’an did not doubt him and immediately executed an Escape Technique.

In the blink of an eye, he plunged tens of thousands of feet deep underground. Guided by the Ten Thousand Poison Gu, he constantly changed directions, eventually arriving at a rather bizarre nest. The nest was exceedingly narrow, less than half a person tall. There were no treasures left behind, only a faint lingering aura of a Gu Insect.

"This place seems to be the nest of a High Tier Gu Insect." Li Chang’an observed it carefully.

The Ten Thousand Poison Gu crawled out of his sleeve, his face filled with bewilderment. "Strange. I clearly sensed the aura of an ’Insect Monarch’s Exuvia.’ Why is the exuvia missing?"

"Insect Monarch’s Exuvia?"

"Yes, Master. This is a treasure that can help me withstand the Tier Four Thunder Tribulation," the Ten Thousand Poison Gu explained to Li Chang’an.

For insects like him, every time they crossed a Major Realm, they would form a cocoon and metamorphose. Inside the insect cocoon, they would leave behind their old bodies. These old bodies were the exuviae. The exuvia left behind by a Tier Four insect breaking through to Tier Five was known as the "Insect Monarch’s Exuvia."

If he could obtain such an exuvia, he could use it to withstand the Tier Four Celestial Tribulation and successfully pass his Thunder Tribulation.

Li Chang’an found this a bit strange. "Even I don’t know about this. Where did you hear it from? You couldn’t have been tricked, could you?"

"I wouldn’t be, Master. That Dream Soul Silkworm told me."

"You two actually communicated?"

"We didn’t chat. He unilaterally used Sound Transmission to tell me. The reason he was able to survive the Celestial Tribulation was because there was an Insect Monarch’s Exuvia in the Treasure Vault of the Cyan Dragon Sect."

The Ten Thousand Poison Gu relayed everything the Dream Soul Silkworm had told him to Li Chang’an in its entirety. It was almost exclusively insights on a Tier Three insect advancing to Tier Four.

After hearing this, Li Chang’an pondered for a moment.

"That Dream Soul Silkworm shouldn’t have any reason to deceive the Ten Thousand Poison Gu. After all, I know Zhuo Wanshuang and the others; a simple inquiry would reveal the process of his Crossing the Tribulation.

"Furthermore, tricking the Ten Thousand Poison Gu wouldn’t benefit him in the slightest."

In other words, that so-called Insect Monarch’s Exuvia truly could help the Ten Thousand Poison Gu in Crossing the Tribulation. There was originally one in this nest, but it had been taken away by someone unknown.

"Master, the aura of that Insect Monarch’s Exuvia is still very rich. It should have been taken away recently."

"Don’t panic, let me divine it." Li Chang’an took out a Tier Four Turtle Shell, intending to calculate the current location of that Insect Monarch’s Exuvia based on the lingering aura.

Right at that moment, the aura of a Nascent Soul True Monarch suddenly descended upon Changqing Mountain.

"Cyan Dragon True Monarch?" Li Chang’an immediately halted his Divination.

He mobilized the clone he had left on Changqing Mountain and went out to welcome the Cyan Dragon True Monarch.

The Cyan Dragon True Monarch stood in the courtyard with his hands clasped behind his back, his cold gaze sweeping over Li Chang’an’s body.

"Li Chang’an, not only did you persuade my disciple and my daughter, but you also convinced my Dao companion. What great capability you have!"