Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

The one being hunted was a young man in his twenties or thirties.

At this moment, his face was a mask of panic as he stumbled through the forest, fleeing for his life.

Behind him,

two figures in black pursued relentlessly.

From time to time, a streak of black light would erupt, shooting through the air toward the young man’s back. The air itself seemed to rip like tearing silk.

The young man scrambled to dodge, darting left and right, narrowly avoiding the attacks from behind.

But this slowed him down.

Seeing the two black-clad figures behind him leap into the air, one to his left and one to his right, they cut off the young man’s escape routes.

At the same time, their withered hands reached out. Black Magical Power gathered into menacing claws that tore through the air, howling with deadly intent!

Fear and despair filled the young man’s eyes!

However,

at that very moment,

BANG!

The two black-clad figures suddenly slammed into an indestructible wall!

With a dull thud, the black claws, powerful enough to shred refined steel, instantly shattered. Even their withered hands were bent back and broken, sending blood flying.

With a piercing scream,

the two figures in black were sent flying by an irresistible force. They flew back like ragdolls for dozens of feet before crashing into the trees behind them.

The sudden turn of events,

filled the young man with the immense relief of having escaped death!

The young man quickly looked around.

To his right,

a figure had appeared out of nowhere.

The figure stood with arms crossed, poised on tiptoe, floating in mid-air as if weightless.

Before him was a handsome and familiar face.

"Senior Brother Shen!"

The young man blurted out the name, overjoyed.

The newcomer,

was, of course, Shen Changchuan!

Just a moment ago,

while flying over the Black Forest, he had spotted someone he knew being hunted.

And since they were both disciples of the Dragon Cloud Sect, he couldn’t just stand by and watch.

So, he had intervened directly.

Shen Changchuan glanced at the disheveled young man, nodded, and said casually,

"It’s you, Junior Brother Tang."

Tang Yuncheng.

That was the young man’s name.

He came from a family of junior Loose Cultivators in Qing City. Six or seven years ago, when the Dragon Cloud Sect was preparing for war against the Nanyue Kingdom, he was able to join the Sect during its expansion and become an Outer Disciple.

Around that same time,

Shen Changchuan had received a Jade Slip from Guo Cheng that described the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu. He was impressed by the Gu’s abilities and developed the idea of refining it himself.

To that end,

he began his preparations back then.

His first step was to practice Gu Technique, needing to raise his Gu Technique Cultivation to the level required to refine the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu.

So, Shen Changchuan asked his grandfather, Han Qinhu, who was in charge of Dawan Village, to help him collect Gu Technique inheritances.

It was then that,

Tang Yuncheng, having heard of this, came to him. He brought a Gu Technique inheritance he had acquired as loot from a mission in the Nanyue Kingdom, using it to get his foot in the door for a meeting with Shen Changchuan.

They met and chatted for an hour,

and it was quite pleasant.

Shen Changchuan had also managed to gather a fair bit of intelligence about the Nanyue Territory from him.

But after that one transaction,

Shen Changchuan hadn’t seen him for six or seven years.

He had almost forgotten about him entirely.

This unexpected encounter

jogged his memory.

’What happened here?’

In the span of a breath, numerous thoughts flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind as he recalled all the details about the young man.

He didn’t pay it much mind, though.

After all, he was merely at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer.

Not worth mentioning.

As someone at the Soul Emergence Sixth Layer, the gap between him and someone in the mere Qi Introduction Realm was immense.

The feuds and dramas of the Qi Introduction Realm were trivial to him.

Thus, he had only asked about the man’s predicament casually.

Now that the man was saved,

Shen Changchuan had no intention of lingering. He planned to offer a few perfunctory words and then leave.

But just then,

Tang Yuncheng’s expression changed. Already short of breath, he began to pant, saying anxiously,

"Senior Brother Shen, something terrible has happened!"

"That Golden Wind Valley is a trap! Senior Sister Wei risked her life to let me and the other Outer Disciples escape, but she was trapped by the encirclement!"

"Please, Senior Brother, contact the Sect immediately! We need reinforcements now!"

"Wait. Catch your breath and calm down. Tell me exactly what happened."

Shen Changchuan frowned slightly, urging him to compose himself first.

But at that moment,

a thought flashed through his mind.

’Senior Sister Wei... could it be Senior Sister Wei Yuting?’

Shen Changchuan suddenly recalled,

a few days ago,

before he left Barbaric City, Wu Tianhao had mentioned that Senior Sister Wei Yuting, who was originally garrisoning the Sect, had come here to provide support. That left only one Senior Brother, who was in year-round secluded Cultivation, to garrison the Sect.

"Yes! It’s Senior Sister Wei Yuting!"

Tang Yuncheng finally caught his breath and quickly recounted what had happened.

About a month ago, a visiting Loose Cultivator noticed unfamiliar Demonic Cultivators coming and going from Golden Wind Valley. Sensing that the atmosphere there was off and that the Demonic Cultivators seemed to be plotting something, the Loose Cultivator reported it to Barbaric City.

It just so happened that the city’s main fighting force had been relocated to garrison Broken Soul Mountain, leaving Barbaric City with very few high-level combatants.

And Senior Sister Wei Yuting had just arrived in Barbaric City,

so the matter fell to her.

She accepted the mission and led some Outer Disciples to investigate.

This was because it had been a year since the victory in the Battle of Broken Soul Mountain, and Golden Wind Valley, being close to Barbaric City and behind the Broken Soul Mountain Range, was considered much more stable.

It was considered a suitable training ground for the Outer Disciples who had joined earlier.

It would make up for the lack of real-world experience for those who had joined the Sect during the war and had spent years running errands.

But no one expected,

that Golden Wind Valley was actually a trap!

Shortly after they entered, they were ambushed and attacked by Demonic Cultivators at the Soul Emergence Late Stage Realm.

Some Demonic Cultivators had even raised an Array on the perimeter, intending to trap them all inside!

In the end, it was Senior Sister Wei Yuting who unleashed some unknown technique, fending off the attacks of several enemies and blasting a hole in the encircling Array, allowing the accompanying Outer Disciples to flee first.

But even escaping the Array,

didn’t mean they were safe.

Soul Emergence Realm Demonic Cultivators who had freed themselves up then attacked them.

With no other choice, the group had to scatter and flee in all directions.

Tang Yuncheng’s luck was decent.

He wasn’t targeted by a Soul Emergence Realm Demon Cultivator.

But his luck wasn’t that good, either,

because two Demon Cultivators at the Qi Introduction Realm Peak latched onto him in a relentless pursuit.

He fled all the way here,

until he ran into Shen Changchuan.

After hearing the whole story,

Shen Changchuan’s brow furrowed, and his expression darkened slightly.

’Golden Wind Valley again?’

’Isn’t that place just a barren wasteland that produces some metallic Spiritual Materials and Minerals?’

’Why there, of all places?’