Chapter 996 Onwards to Penglai Island, Could It Possibly Be Him? Immortal Dewdrop
“Lan Yu, get me a pail of water. Your Master is having a headache today……” Chu Kuangren called out again.
He was clearly having a severe hangover.
It seemed like the Godly Awakening Wine was too much for him to handle.
Although it allowed him to create many Immortal Techniques and gain lots of new knowledge, the jars of wine he drank were enough to knock even an Immortal out cold.
“Where is she……”
Chu Kuangren continued calling out but was still greeted with silence.
He was a little puzzled. After a while, he eventually recovered from his hangover and prepared a pail of water to wash his face. “Where is everyone?”
“They’re off to Penglai Island.”
Lil Ai’s voice appeared in his mind. “The what now?”
“Penglai Island, the rumored location of the Jie Sect, the Daoist grounds of the Heavenly Grandmaster?” Chu Kuangren was stunned.
“Yes.”
“So that island has finally appeared.”
He was a little surprised.
“Sheesh, so even Lil Fox has gone there too, huh? I can’t believe she left me back here all alone. How nice of her.” Chu Kuangren sighed.
‘Forget it. I’ll draw from the roulette to make myself feel better.’
‘I’ve been so drunk these few months that I haven’t drawn a single gacha. Let’s hope the luck I’ve accumulated for the past few months will bring me something good,’ Chu Kuangren thought as he opened and drew from the Fantasy Roulette.
“Congratulations, Host! You have obtained a God-tier Enlightenment Card.”
‘A God-tier Enlightenment Card?’
Despite having obtained a similar item before, this was his first time getting a God-tier Enlightenment Card. Based on the item’s description, the effect of this Enlightenment Card was ten times stronger than the Godly Awakening Wine. Furthermore, the effects of that item could last as long as three days.
“Three days long and ten times stronger than the Godly Awakening Wine?”
“Sounds awesome, but it’s not much of a surprise. Then again, it’s been quite some time since I’ve received a God-tier item, so I’ll gladly take this.”
Chu Kuangren pouted.
Although he was not impressed, he was not that disappointed either.
Then, he kept the Godly Awakening Wine away, planning to use it sometime in the future.
For all those years, this was only his fourth time receiving a God-tier item. The probability of obtaining such an item was so rare that even with the Lucky Halo, Chu Kuangren did not bear much hope of getting it.
“Instead of relying on the Fantasy Roulette, I might as well think about getting the Opportunities of Fortune by myself in the real world, like…… Penglai Island, for instance.”
Chu Kuangren was very interested in what Penglai Island could offer.
It was an Immortal island rumored to be a place of pilgrimage for all Buddhas and a travel hub for all Immortals. Moreover, the Heavenly Grandmaster was one of the most powerful Immortals that could rival even the West Ruler Matriarch.
‘What secrets and treasures are inside his Daoist grounds, waiting to be found, I wonder?’
Chu Kuangren was looking forward to it.
Whoosh……
Chu Kuangren suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a few ripples in the void.
Meanwhile, several millions of kilometers away at Penglai Island, the immortal orthodoxies had put up a seal around the island, preventing other cultivators from entering. “How tyrannical of them! This is just too much.”
“These immortal orthodoxies are not letting us in at all. I can’t believe they have claimed Penglai Island for themselves. What despicable people.”
“These b*stards……”
The cultivators outside Penglai Island were enraged.
However, they could not do a single thing in the face of the cultivators from the immortal orthodoxies. The only thing they could do was complain.
It was then that a ray of light suddenly appeared outside Penglai Island.
After the light dispersed, a young man in white robes appeared before everyone.
That young man was extremely handsome and possessed an otherworldly demeanor. As he headed straight towards Penglai Island, he was quickly met with layers of seals and restrictions.
He frowned a little before unleashing a punch.
The void suddenly exploded. The layers upon layers of seals broke like mere twigs!
Upon noticing the commotion, the immortal orthodoxies’ cultivators quickly rushed over. All of them looked at Chu Kuangren with hostility.
“Who are you? How dare you break through the seals we’ve placed here?”. “Do you have a death wish?!” everyone uttered angrily.
However, Chu Kuangren replied to them calmly, “These seals and restrictions were in my way, so I destroyed them. Do you have a problem with that?”
“It looks like you’re itching for some trouble, young man!”
A fight was about to break out.
“Stop!”
At that moment, one of the cultivators stepped forward and yelled. He looked at Chu Kuangren with a serious expression and said, “Please go ahead, Brother Chu.”
Chu Kuangren glanced at him and disappeared in a flash.
After he left, the remaining cultivators quickly looked at each other. Most of them were still puzzled about what just happened. Soon, some of them figured out the situation, and a horrified look appeared on their faces.
“A young man whose first name is Chu…… Could it be that person?”
“Which one?”
“You idiot! Among all the well-known people in this world with the surname Chu who is also a young Immortal Progeny, there can only be one person!”
“Gasps…… The Heaven-Defying, Immortal-Slaying Chu Kuangren!”
“That’s right. That young man just now was the Heaven-Defying and Immortal-Slaying Thirteenth Master of the Hundred Academy. I’m glad we didn’t fight him.”
The cultivator who threatened Chu Kuangren earlier had turned pale with fear by now. He was just one step away from entering the afterlife.
“Phew…… Luckily I arrived here in time. Otherwise, he would’ve wiped out all of you in one move,” said the cultivator who rushed here.
“Isn’t Chu Kuangren now in closed-door meditation, so he can’t come?”
“Beats me. But since he’s here, it looks like something unexpected will surely happen during the expedition to Penglai Island.”
On Penglai Island, there were many seals and restrictions. Although most of their strength had deteriorated, most of the ordinary cultivators could not handle them. Hence, the exploring cultivators were all traversing the area with caution, fearing that they would accidentally trigger any seals.
It was a high-risk but high-reward situation, after all.
The Opportunities of Fortune hidden in Penglai Island were more than one could count.
From supreme elixirs to special items to inheritances of Immortal Techniques, the treasures were countless.
“This is awesome, and it is only a fragment of Penglai Island too. If the complete island were to emerge, imagine the Opportunities of Fortune we could find! Also, how powerful the Jie Sect was in their golden days?!”
“A place of worship for all Buddhas and a hub of travel for all Immortals……”
“Sure enough, this place is loaded with Opportunities of Fortune,” one of the exploring cultivators uttered.
The others with him were very shocked too.
Suddenly, the sounds of fighting at the front soon reached them. Everyone quickly rushed toward it, only to find a group of people fighting over a treasure.
That treasure was a drop of water. Sparks of light glittered on the surface of that water droplet as countless Daoist patterns swirled around it.
The cultivators were all fighting intensely all over that water droplet.
“That’s an Immortal Dewdrop!”
“D*mn, I can’t believe it. That’s a dewdrop that has absorbed the aura of an Immortal. Judging by the energy fluctuations coming from it, even an Immortal will find this dewdrop very useful. Quick, to battle!”
The newly-arrived cultivators soon joined the fight, making the already chaotic battle even worse.
“Hmph! Out of my way!”
At that moment, an indifferent voice rang out.
A green-robed elder arrived at the scene, and a terrifying surge of source energy immediately erupted from him, sending every cultivator there flying
He was a Half-Immortal.
That Half-Immortal reached out toward the Immortal Dewdrop. However, a ray of Buddhist Light suddenly shone as a young monk appeared in front of the green-robed Half-Immortal. The moment he unleashed a punch, terrifying rays of golden Buddhist Light erupted! The green-robed Half-Immortal was forced back several meters.
“An Arhat from the Golden Ridge Temple?!”
The green-robed Half-Immortal looked at the monk grimly.
“Venerable cultivator, that item is fated to be mine. Can I have it?” The Little Arhat smiled.
“No can do!”
The green-robed Half-Immortal snorted.
As soon as he said that, a powerful aura appeared behind the Little Arhat and enveloped him, sending a cold chill down his spine.
When he turned around and looked behind the Little Arhat, he saw an elder monk in a red cassock looking at him indifferently.
It was as if the elder monk was looking at a mere ant.
That elder monk was an Immortal from the Golden Ridge Temple.
Chapter 997 - One Punch Instantly Kills the Little Arhat, Who Can A Monk Blame, I Don’t Mind Sending You to Meet the Buddha Too
Buddhist cultivators that became Immortals were known as Arhats.
The green-robed Half-Immortal could tell that the elderly monk in red cassock before him was indeed an Arhat!
That kind of strength was not something he could handle.
“D*mn it!”
“I can’t believe I met an Arhat here. I’m no match for him, so it’s better that I retreat for
now!”
The green-robed Half-Immortal took a deep breath and fled.
Upon seeing that, the elderly monk said, “Amitabha, being able to let go of your desires, your actions are truly admirable, venerable cultivator.”
The green-robed Half-Immortal became furious when he heard that.
‘Letting go of my desires? F*ck off!’
‘If I were as powerful as you, do you think I’d give up that item so easily?’
Meanwhile, the Little Arhat ignored him. Looking at the Immortal Dewdrop, he reached out to grab it with delight.
However, at that moment, an invisible energy fluctuation suddenly swept over, affecting that Immortal Dewdrop and drawing it towards a certain direction. It was as if an invisible force was pulling it.
The Little Arhat’s gaze turned cold. “How bold of you to snatch this item away before me.”
He stepped forth through the void and immediately reached out for the Immortal Dewdrop once more. Yet, an invisible burst of energy appeared again the next instant, sending him flying into the air. “Well, I’ve got it. What else can you do about it now?”
As a cold and somewhat sleazy voice rang out, the Immortal Dewdrop flew into the palm of a young man in white robes.
The young man looked at the Immortal Dewdrop before opening his mouth and gulping it down in front of everyone.
Everyone’s jaw dropped at that scene.
That single Immortal Dewdrop continued such immense power that even a King Immortal Progeny would have to be careful when absorbing it.
However, that guy swallowed that whole thing in one go!
‘Is he out of his mind?’
‘Isn’t he afraid that he’ll blow up and die?!’
To everyone’s surprise, none of those things happened. It was as if that Immortal Dewdrop was no different than a normal dewdrop — nothing happened to that young man after he swallowed it.
The sight of that made everyone very puzzled.
“It’s him!” Suddenly, one of the cultivators yelled in shock.
Only then did everyone come back to their senses. As they looked at the handsome young man in white robes standing before them, they
gasped.
That young man was none other than Chu Kuangren.
“Why is he here on Penglai Island?!”
“F*ck this. Isn’t he supposed to be in closed-door meditation?!”
“No wonder he has the gall to steal from the Golden Ridge Temple.”
Everyone was shocked.
Even the Little Arhat looked a little fearful, and his expression turned grim. “You’re Chu Kuangren, the one who killed Hui Fa.”
Chu Kuangren was currently absorbing the Immortal Dewdrop’s power with his Universal Cauldron Physique, storing it within every cell inside his body.
That was the ability of his Universal Cauldron Physique. If the amount of energy encountered was within its threshold limit, he could store it for the time being even if he could not absorb all of it in one go.
He, too, had heard what the Little Arhat said. However, he was stunned for a moment. “Hui Fa… Who is that again?”
Everyone’s mouth twitched upon hearing that.
‘Hui Fa was one of the Twelve Kings of Immortal Progenies. D*mn it. You were the one who killed him, yet you don’t remember?’ ‘No matter what, that guy was a King Immortal Progeny!’
“Hmph, cut the act!”
The Little Arhat snorted.
“Now that I think of it… Hui Fa, huh? He was the monk who gifted me the Three-Headed Six-Arms Resentful Buddha, right?” said Chu Kuangren.
His words rendered the crowd speechless.
‘So the King Immortal Progeny, Hui Fa, was just a gift-giver to him?’
“Speaking of the Three-Headed Six-Arms Resentful Buddha, that was an Immortal Weapon my Golden Ridge Temple obtained when we defeated the Wicked Buddha Sect back then. Please return that item to us,” the Little Arhat said.
“What if I don’t?”
Chu Kuangren smiled.
“In that case, you’ll have to forgive me for what I’m about to do next!” The Little Arhat’s gaze turned serious as large amounts of Buddhist Light radiated from his body and intertwined around him. It looked as if his body was coated in a layer of gold paint, exuding an air of holiness.
Then, an even more terrifying surge of energy also erupted from him.
“Unbreakable Golden Body Technique!”
The Little Arhat held his palms together with a very serious expression on his face, and a burst of golden strength qi immediately swept towards his opponent from all directions.
Many Immortal Progenies were swept away by that powerful energy.
“That’s the Golden Ridge Temple’s Golden Body Technique!” “I heard that even Hui Fa the Little Holy Monk did not manage to master this Immortal Technique back then. I can’t believe this Little Arhat has succeeded!”
“It looks like he’s the strongest Immortal Progeny from the Golden Ridge Temple!”
“The Golden Body Technique is an invincible defense technique! With unparalleled offensive and defensive capabilities, it is said to be the most powerful Immortal Technique there is in the Golden Ridge Temple. I bet even Chu Kuangren will find this troublesome to deal with.”
“Tsk tsk. I’ve been hearing about this Immortal Technique for a while now. It seems like I can finally witness its strength today.”
The Immortal Progenies looked at the Little Arhat in shock.
Meanwhile, the Little Arhat also knew that Chu Kuangren was a formidable opponent. Hence, after unleashing the full force of his Golden Body Technique, he took out an Immortal Weapon, the Demon Slaying Mace, and charged toward Chu Kuangren with it.
“Show me that Heaven-Defying and Immortal-Slaying strength of yours!” the Little Arhat uttered.
Then, he struck Chu Kuangren with his mace, which was packed with terrifying bursts of Buddhist Light, its strength powerful enough to shatter planets.
On his spot, Chu Kuangren unleashed a punch in return.
There was no telling how many types of source energies there were within that punch as all everyone could see was Immortal Sparks.
Following that, a crack sounded as if something was broken.
Everyone looked over and saw the Daoist patterns on the Little Arhat’s golden body shattering under Chu Kuangren’s punch!
Along with a loud boom, the Little Arhat, who was stronger than Hui Fa back then, instantly blew up into a mist of blood!
The Demon Slaying Mace fell to the ground, and then its glow gradually dimmed down. Standing in the blood rain, Chu Kuangren snorted and uttered with slight annoyance, “Oops, I accidentally used too much force.”
Silence quickly filled the air.
The Immortal Progenies were all dumbfounded.
‘Did he have to be that rough?!’
‘One punch! ‘A King Immortal Progeny, one who has started on the Immortal Path, blew up just like that. What kind of power is that?!’
The green-robed Half-Immortal gulped in fear. He knew that the same outcome would have happened if it were him taking that punch.
“How powerful has this person gotten?!”
While everyone was still in shock, an Immortal’s Core energy fluctuation suddenly erupted.
The Golden Ridge Temple’s Arhat glared at Chu Kuangren with an inexplicable rage and regret in his eyes.
He thought that the Little Arhat would survive a fight with Chu Kuangren, considering the Little Arhat’s strength. With him around, he could at least rescue the Little Arhat in time if anything bad happened.
However, never did he expect…
It was an instant kill!
The Little Arhat was killed the second he attacked!
The Arhat could not even save him even if he wanted to.
If he knew that would happen, he would have stopped the Little Arhat right away. That Little Arhat was the sole remaining King Immortal Progeny left in the Golden Ridge Temple!
“Chu Kuangren! First, you kill Hui Fa, and now the Little Arhat? It looks like you and the Golden Ridge Temple shall be enemies forever!”
The elderly monk said coldly. One step forward and his terrifying Immortal’s Core energy fluctuation spread outward wave after wave.
The other Immortal Progenies quickly backed off.
The fury of an Immortal was not something they could handle, even though it was just a residual energy wave.
Meanwhile, Chu Kuangren remained in his spot calmly. After a chuckle, he said, “Now let me ask you. Was I the one who decided to go for the kill? Who can a monk blame for not practicing good karma and getting themselves killed?”
“And then there’s you. Despite already being an Arhat, it looks like you have quite the temper. I don’t mind sending you to meet the Buddha too, you know.”
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