Chapter 346: Immortality of Gold?
"I see!"

Zhang Qian understood instantly that Hanhaizhou was a large state in the west close to Tianluozhou. The whole state was filled with desert and boundless sea of ​​sand. It was not an exaggeration to say that there was no grass growing there. However, Hanhaizhou was not a simple state in the ancient times.

In the ancient times, Hanhaizhou was still a land of green mountains and clear waters, with many towering sacred mountains thousands of feet high and extremely rich spiritual energy. There was also an almighty sect that controlled the entire west. Unfortunately, this almighty sect encountered a powerful enemy during the ancient chaos and was directly destroyed. Moreover, that war directly turned the entire Hanhaizhou and several nearby states into extremely desolate places. Hanhaizhou directly became a large desert.

However, the great desert also buried everything from the ancient times. People often found relics from the ancient times in the great desert and got amazing opportunities. Therefore, Hanhaizhou was also a place that the world's cultivators and powerful men yearned for.

Dugu Sheng's father, Dugu Batian, rose to power in Hanhaizhou through an ancient relic, and has now become the overlord who controls 30% of Hanhaizhou's territory!

It is easy to imagine how this kind of person who achieved overlordship among the grassroots killings would educate Dugu Sheng. It is inevitable that Dugu Sheng's world views are somewhat abnormal now.

Zhang Qian felt that Dugu Sheng was a person who could be a close friend except that his values ​​were a little abnormal. Although he was a bit bad, he was not so scheming. He was similar to the Peacock King. Otherwise, the two of them would not have been together.

"Dugu Sheng, didn't you say you were going back to Hanhaizhou some time ago? Why are you here?"

The Peacock King was sulky for a while and asked curiously.

Dugu Sheng shook his head and said, "Forget it. What's fun in Hanhaizhou? It's desert everywhere. If I go back, I will be under the control of my father. When the news of Ni's Tomb spread, I sent a message back and said I would not go back for the time being. How could I be absent from such a lively event? My father agreed very much and told me a lot of secrets of Ni's Tomb."

"Secret? What secret? Tell me quickly?"

The Peacock King asked anxiously,

Dugu Sheng chuckled and said, "If it is a secret, how can I tell it so easily? If you want to hear it, you can give me 10,000 innate spirit stones and I will tell you! The same goes for this brother."

Zhang Qian was stunned. He no longer had any innate spirit stones as he had used them all up when he broke through the Jindan realm.

But Zhang Qian was very interested in the secret told by Dugu Sheng. This was a secret told to Dugu Sheng by the overlord of Hanhaizhou, so it must be not simple.

Peacock Xiao Mingwan shouted in annoyance: "You only know how to count my spirit stones!"

"Then do you want to listen?"

Dugu Sheng seemed very confident. Sure enough, the next moment, Peacock King rummaged in his storage bag for a while and said with some hesitation: "Of course I want to listen, but there are too many people here, so let's go to another place."

Zhang Qian had no objection and followed the two into the boundless wilderness.

The boundless wilderness was covered with dense mountains, ancient forests everywhere, and clouds of mist and miasma were floating around. When the three of them came to a somewhat hidden valley, Zhang Qian took out a mirage mask and said, "I don't have any spirit stones, but this mirage mask is also valuable. How about exchanging it for your information?"

"Mirage mask?"

Dugu Sheng's eyes lit up. After the promotion by Tianji Pavilion, the Mirage Mask was very popular in Zu Shenzhou. However, the quantity was too small so many people couldn't buy it. Dugu Sheng was still envious of the Mirage Mask. He took it directly and said, "Deal!"

The Peacock King was puzzled and asked, "Why do you have another mask? Together with the one you gave me, there are three mirage masks now. How many did you buy?" Dugu Sheng rolled his eyes and said with a chuckle, "My dear brother, you are not the one who can refine the mirage magic weapon in the legend, are you? We are not outsiders, why are you still wearing a mask on your face?"

Zhang Qian's mind moved. He knew that Dugu Sheng was not easy to fool, so he also wanted to make friends with these two people. So he took off the mirage mask and revealed his true face.

"Brother Dugu is smart. That's good. You two brothers are both upright people. I won't hide it. I am Zhang Qian, a monk from Jianhu Palace. I did refine those mirage masks in Tianji Pavilion. But please keep it a secret and don't tell anyone, otherwise I will be in danger."

Dugu Sheng's eyes lit up: "Of course, I, Dugu Sheng, am not the kind of person who would betray my friends. I never thought that you, Zhang Qian, could refine a mirage magic weapon at the Jindan level. The mirage is such a strange existence that it has stumped countless weapon refining masters. They all wanted to use the mirage to refine weapons but no one succeeded. Yet, you were able to refine it."

"So you can refine weapons, can you use the mirage to refine some fun things for me?"

The Little Peacock King was not paying attention to anything else, but was determined to get Zhang Qian to make some good things for him.

"Of course, but let's listen to Brother Dugu's secrets first."

The Little Peacock King was very excited after receiving Zhang Qian's promise. He directly took out 10,000 innate spirit stones and gave them to Dugu Sheng. Seeing Dugu Sheng count the spirit stones with great satisfaction, the Little Peacock King said dissatisfiedly: "You are a money-grubber. Stop counting. I won't miss you. Tell me now!"

"Humph, what do you know, little brat? This is the only hobby of your uncle Dugu. Do you know that lying in the pile of spiritual stones you have accumulated is a feeling that you would not trade even for a fairy?"

"vulgar!"

Dugu Sheng narrowed his eyes, put away the spirit stone, carefully arranged a magic array, and then said: "The secret my father told me is incredible. In the past, my father plundered an ancient sect in Tianluozhou and obtained some jade books from the ancient times. According to those jade books, the Qing Emperor led hundreds of millions of soldiers to attack the underground abyss. He saw extremely terrifying things in the depths of the underground abyss, and also obtained a terrible secret method. It is said that this secret method can steal the power of the sky, nourish oneself with the power of heaven and earth, and extend one's lifespan to the limit.

Qing Huang had passed this secret method to several of his most trusted generals, one of whom was General Ni. But later, Qing Huang seemed to have made some shocking decision, which made General Ni very dissatisfied. He gradually became resentful and finally boldly led his troops to rebel, wanting to resist Qing Huang. Naturally, he was easily suppressed by Qing Huang. After Ni's death, Qing Huang buried him in the boundless wilderness, and because of his rebellion, he was posthumously named "Ni"!
According to the records in the Jade Book, the terrifying secret method of stealing the power of heaven and earth is likely in Ni's tomb. This news should not only be known by my father, but also by the Qing Emperor Clan, Yaochi Holy Land and other major forces. For these truly major forces, there are not many secrets in this world. "

"Stealing the power of heaven and earth to prolong life? What kind of supreme secret method is this? The holy leaders of those major forces are all powerful people in the Golden Immortal Realm. They have long had infinite lifespans. Why do they covet this secret method?"

Zhang Qian was a little puzzled. The secret method of stealing the power of heaven and earth looked scary, but what use was it to immortals and gods in prolonging their lifespan?

However, after Zhang Qian finished speaking, he found that Peacock King and Dugu Sheng were looking at him strangely.

"What's wrong? Am I wrong?"

Dugu Sheng asked curiously: "Brother Zhang Qian, who told you that the lifespan of a golden immortal is endless? That's just a legend. Even the supreme golden immortal will grow old and die, and will decay!"

"impossible!"

Zhang Qian's face changed, with a look of disbelief. You know, the reason why the Golden Immortal is called the Golden Immortal is because the Golden Immortal can be immortal with the golden nature. Although the Golden Immortal still cannot live forever, after reaching the Golden Immortal realm, the lifespan skyrocketed to a very scary level. Moreover, the Golden Immortal's soul is immortal, only the physical body will decay. But for the Golden Immortal, the decay of the physical body is no big deal, as long as they use some means to regenerate a physical body, which is not difficult. The real immortality is only in the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. After achieving the Daluo Golden Immortal, the cultivator is immortal both in soul and body.

But now Dugu Sheng said that the Golden Immortal would also grow old and die. This old age and death obviously did not refer to the old age and death of the physical body, but that even the soul would decay. How could this be possible? This was beyond Zhang Qian's cognition!

(End of this chapter)