Yangquan Mountain. A thousand miles away from the Di family's salt mine.
Ye Kong sat on a small hill with a withered piece of firewood in his mouth. If everything in the Immortal World contained Immortal Qi, then this piece of firewood could be considered an immortal herb.
However, immortal herbs were also divided into different grades. This immortal herb was like trash to him.
In fact, Ye Kong felt that he was somewhat similar to this withered piece of firewood. Although he had come to the Immortal World and was tainted with Immortal Qi, his situation was not much better than the ordinary people here. He had been in the village for half a month and had completely adapted to the environment of the Immortal World. However, his immortal consciousness had yet to appear. It did not seem to be an easy thing to turn his consciousness into immortal consciousness.
He already knew. There were two ways for people in the Immortal World to become a Golden Immortal. One was to enter the Dao through martial arts. One would start from ordinary immortal martial arts. Practice in the summer and winter. After a few hundred years, one might suddenly feel the power of Heavenly Dao. The other was to cultivate immortal consciousness. Once it reached a certain level, one would immediately become a Golden Immortal.
This was a shortcut. However, the cultivation method had long been lost.
Fortunately, the ancient scroll that Hu Ke had thrown to him actually contained the method to cultivate immortal consciousness! That ancient scroll had been written by an erudite person in the mortal world. It recorded all sorts of strange things. The method to cultivate immortal consciousness was only one of them.
After reading the ancient scroll, Ye Kong finally understood why Hu Ke had said that it was impossible to cultivate in the lower realm. This was because cultivating immortal consciousness required not only immortal jade, but also an immortal herb that did not exist in the mortal world! It was called the Nether Soul Immortal Herb!
Moreover, the method of using it was very special. It was not to dig it out and eat it or refine it into pills. Instead, it required special immortal soil to cultivate it so that the immortal herb would bloom into small flowers. Then, one would smell the fragrance emitted by the small flowers every day. The fragrance would enter the body and condense into immortal consciousness.
This kind of herb was also rare in the Immortal World.
Most importantly, Ye Kong could not tell Gao Wenpeng about this.
This was because Gao Wenpeng believed that he was someone who had ascended from the lower realm and that becoming a Golden Immortal was just around the corner. Gao Wenpeng believed that what Ye Kong needed to do now was to eat his fill every day and wait. Wait until he became a Golden Immortal. That would be enough.
Sitting around and waiting to become an immortal was laughable, but for those who didn't receive the guiding immortal light, it was very normal. But Ye Kong was an exception.
Fortunately, Gao Wenpeng and his wife never suspected anything. They didn't expect it. It was possible for someone from the Immortal World to break through space and descend to the Mortal World. But for someone from the Lower Realm to tear through space and sneak into the Immortal Realm, that was a little inconceivable. Speaking of which, if you're that capable, why did you sneak in? You can just ascend and come up openly.
Therefore, Gao Wenpeng and his wife had always been very polite to Ye Kong. They were waiting for him to become a Golden Immortal so that the strength of the village would greatly increase.
But Ye Kong could only smile bitterly in his heart. Not every ugly duckling could turn into a swan, and it was quite possible for one to turn into Donald Duck.
Just as Ye Kong was lost in thought, the little girl, Cai Xin, ran over. She came to the village and became Ye Kong's maid. Gao Wenpeng and his wife even gave her a high-grade immortal martial cultivation technique for her to cultivate.
Ye Kong also read that immortal martial cultivation technique, but he still gave up on the idea of cultivating immortal martial arts. That thing was too time-consuming and exhausting. If he had to spend hundreds of years cultivating it, he might as well not sneak in!
"Big Brother Ye." Cai Xin shouted and walked over. Although it had been half a month, she still felt a little embarrassed to see Ye Kong now.
"Oh, Sister Cai Xin, what's the matter?" Ye Kong didn't mind. He had no choice back then, and he didn't take the final step.
Cai Xin said, "Big Brother Ye, Stockade Master Gao wants you to go over. He has something to discuss with you."
"Oh, what is it?" Ye Kong's heart tightened. Why was Gao Wenpeng looking for him? Was he suspicious of him?
Actually, Ye Kong had a guilty conscience. He was afraid that Gao Wenpeng would find out that he, an ugly duckling, could not become a swan.
However, how could Cai Xin know what was going on? She only shook her head.
"Let's go then." Ye Kong spat out the withered grass in his mouth. He got up and brushed off the dust before he followed Cai Xin to the village.
Although it was called a village, it was not small. It was like a small town with hundreds of households and close to 2,000 people.
It was no wonder Gao Wenpeng did not treat ordinary people as humans. In the Celestial World, ordinary immortals had an even lower status. Gao Wenpeng and his wife, two Golden Immortals, could rule 2,000 people, let alone Great Overarching Golden Immortals and Overarching Heavenly Supreme Immortals.
Not all of the 2,000 people went to rob the salt caravans. Some of them cooked, some refined pills, and some others. However, they were all low-grade grade-one immortal pills that could temper one's body and heal one's injuries. Ye Kong basically had no use for them.
Ye Kong had been here for half a month. Gao Wenpeng kept his promise and did not ask him to help. Ye Kong wanted to join in the fun, but he did not say anything.
Could it be that Gao Wenpeng wanted him to participate in robbing the salt caravans? Ye Kong muttered to himself as he walked into the village.
"Third Boss, this way please. The First Boss and Second Boss are waiting for you," a soldier said respectfully.
Although Gao Wenpeng didn't announce it, everyone knew that Ye Kong would become a Golden Immortal sooner or later and sit firmly in the third position. Therefore, the soldiers under him were extremely courteous and called him Third Leader in advance.
Ye Kong could only accept it. It could not be helped. He could not explain it even if he could not. However, Ye Kong knew that this kind of respect was very dangerous!
If the soldiers knew that he was the same as them, they would probably swarm him if Gao Wenpeng did not make a move. Why was a mortal from the Celestial World pretending to be a wolf?
They walked into a big house in the center of the village. This was the so-called Assembly Hall. It was a little shabby, but it could not be helped. Bandits could not live in palaces.
The soldier led Ye Kong to the door and did not enter. Ye Kong walked in with Cai Xin.
In the hall, Gao Wenpeng and Ni Yuqing were waiting. At the same time, it was unknown what they were whispering. Seeing Ye Kong enter, Gao Wenpeng immediately stood up and said, "Brother Ye, sit."
Cai Xin should not have been brought in but Gao Wenpeng could not say anything. However, there was no seat. The little girl did not say much and stood behind Ye Kong's chair.
"I wonder why Brother Gao is looking for me?" Ye Kong sat down and asked.
Gao Wenpeng said with a smile, "Brother Ye, you have been in the village for half a month. I see that you have a lot on your mind all day. I guess you are still worried about when to become a Golden Immortal …"
Ye Kong did not speak and only smiled bitterly. Actually, his preoccupied look was half real and half fake. Half of it was an act. After all, he had been struggling all day. Gao Wenpeng could not urge him anymore. He had no choice. He did not have the strength, so he could only gain sympathy.
Gao Wenpeng said again, "My wife and I were thinking that since Brother Ye has been in the Celestial World for so long, you haven't gone out to see. Maybe you will be enlightened and gain immortal consciousness to become a Golden Immortal."
Hearing that he was going out to see, Ye Kong was overjoyed. Indeed, he had been in the Celestial World for so long and had not seen the grand occasion of the Celestial World.
But … Salt Five Stars was very barren. Other than producing salt, it only produced black Africans. There was probably nothing to see.
But then he heard Gao Wenpeng say, "We are going to Salt Head Planet soon and would like to bring Brother Ye with us. I wonder if you are willing to go with us."
The planets in the White Hair Region did not have proper names. Because their specialty was salt, they were all called Salt Something Star. Some were like Salt Five Stars and only had a number as a code. What Eight Star Salt, Nine Star Salt … I wonder if there's a Two Star Salt, Two Star Salt? Ye Kong once thought to himself evilly.
Salt Bandits mainly stole salt. But they still had to trade the salt. They had to exchange it for immortal jade, food, immortal refining materials, and immortal armor.
So trading was inevitable. But Ye Kong vaguely felt that Gao Wenpeng and Ni Yuqing had something important to do. Otherwise, they would not have left the village to trade. But this had nothing to do with Ye Kong, so he didn't ask.
Ye Kong nodded in agreement. Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Gao Wenpeng.
He raised his hand and swept his sleeve on the table. Then, a white immortal sword and a neatly folded silk robe appeared on the table. The white sword pressed down on the robe and placed it on the table.
Gao Wenpeng said, "Brother Ye, you have not become a Golden Immortal. So even if I give you a higher grade immortal artifact, you can't use it … Here is a first-grade immortal sword and a first-grade armor. You have cultivated your divine sense for thousands of years in the lower realm, so you can use it. So I'm giving it to you to protect yourself. When your divine sense becomes immortal, I'll give you a second-grade item!"
Immortal swords needed immortal sense to control. Actually, divine sense could be controlled too. It just couldn't unleash its full power. Gao Wenpeng's words were tactful. You haven't become a Golden Immortal, so why would he give you a second-grade immortal sword?
But since they gave him a first-grade immortal sword and armor for free, Ye Kong could only thank them very much. These days, bandits weren't that rich. Gao Wenpeng and his wife only used second-grade immortal swords.
"Then I'll have to thank Brother Gao and Fairy Yu Qing for your kindness." Ye Kong raised his hand and wanted to put away the immortal sword and armor.
But Ni Yu Qing said, "Brother Ye, why don't you try it after getting the immortal sword?"
Ye Kong's heart sank. He knew that they were already suspecting him. They wanted him to try it out on the spot to see if he had divine sense!
If Ye Kong wasn't someone who ascended from the lower realm, he wouldn't even have divine sense, let alone immortal sense. If that was the case, Ye Kong wouldn't be able to use the immortal sword. At best, he could only use it to hack around.
Fortunately, Ye Kong didn't lie to them about this.
"Alright." Ye Kong raised his hand to take the immortal sword. He realized that the previous user's immortal sense had been erased from the sword. He easily refined it and infused it with his own divine sense. Then, he raised his hand. The first-grade immortal sword turned into a white light and flew out of the hall. It drew a circle in the courtyard before flying back and being put away by Ye Kong.
Gao Wenpeng nodded and smiled. "I didn't expect Brother Ye's divine sense to be so powerful. It's only a matter of time before you become a Golden Immortal."
Ye Kong cupped his hands. "Then I'll go back and prepare."
Ye Kong left with Cai Xin. Gao Wenpeng smiled. "Madam, you can rest assured now. I can see that this person's intelligence and means are definitely someone who ascended from the lower realm."
Ni Yu Qing nodded and said, "Brother Gao, we're far from the Southern Immortal Emperor Residence. What's Fairy Zhi Ning's purpose in wanting to see us?"
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