The Daily Life of the Immortal King - Chapter 421

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"Why is it . . . a mosaic?" Old Tang asked confusedly .

"At first I also wondered whether something had gone wrong, but then I discovered that no matter what material I used, it would become mosaic tiles once it came into my hands . So now I suspect that this senior has cast some sort of spell," said General Yi .

"What kind of spell?"

"I don't know yet . " General Yi shook his head . "At first, I thought it was just a smokescreen or a hallucination spell . At my current realm, as long as I open my Heavenly Eye, theoretically there should be no spell that can be hidden from me . . . unless, the spell used exceeds my level . "

Old Tang gasped . "A spell beyond True Immortal level?"

"That's right . " General Yi nodded . "Soul Formation cultivators can at most use fifth-grade spells, Perfected Beings sixth-grade, Itinerant Immortals seventh-grade and True Immortals can use eighth-grade spells . . . Of course, this old man has also heard that grade eight isn't the limit for True Immortals, and a small number of them can discharge ninth-grade spells beyond that . The spell this Senior Ling cast is very likely a ninth-grade spell . "

Old Tang understood immediately . "If even General Yi is unable to determine the deception spell this senior is using, then it's very likely as you've said: he's probably a great expert who can use ninth-grade spells . But has General Yi ever thought that there might be another possibility?"

"I know what you want to say . "

General Yi smiled and pinched his moustache . "You think this Senior Ling might be a Venerated Immortal, right?"

"Mm . " Old Tang nodded . "To be honest, I did think so . "

"But this old man feels that you're thinking too much . It's absolutely impossible . " General Yi lowered his voice .

"Can General Yi tell me why?"

"It's true that there are indeed Venerated Immortals in this world since they did exist before . . . But our Huaxiu nation has been working together with dozens of major powers for so many years to search for them, and we have yet to find any clues .

"Even if our nation has historical records of Immortal Zhenyuan, who stepped into the Venerated Immortal realm, it's only a legend . Until now, there's no proof that anyone has ever seen with their own eyes a living senior with this realm in this world .

"We cultivate realms to live long lives . While the concept of the Dao path of immortality has been spoken of since a long time ago, the reality is that there's no substance to it; it's impossible . Even seniors at Venerated Immortal level would now just be bones in the ground . . . What's more, no one in our time will ever reach Venerated Immortal level at all . "

"Why's that?" Old Tang was confused .

General Yi said meaningfully, "The rumor is that if you want to reach Venerated Immortal level, you have to go through the Samsara Spirit Tribulation . But it consumes a tremendous amount of spirit energy from heaven and earth to get through it . In this era, cultivation rates have sped up, but the spirit energy of heaven and earth is not as abundant as before; it will be exhausted sooner or later, maybe in several thousand years, or ten thousand years later . . . "

When he heard this, Old Tang understood this . This was the "Theory of the Degenerate Age" that had been put forward in the present .

A singer had specially written a song on this "Degenerate Age," and the memory of it was still fresh in Old Tang's mind .

The lyrics were:

When the world loses its ridges

When spirit energy no longer flows

When time stops and night and day become indistinguishable

When the Spirit Energy era ceases to be . . .



. . .

Furthermore, the most important was that this "Theory of the Degenerate Age" wasn't complete nonsense; it was already supported by many leading experts in the world .

The subject, which was a little heavy and sad, caused the two old men in Elegant Little Pavilion to fall silent for a moment .

Although they held different positions, both of them had experienced many historical moments themselves, and had witnessed countless sagas in the cultivation world; they were people who had seen Huaxiu nation built one step at a time, spanning the ages up to the present .

The end was not what they wanted to see . . .

After a few minutes, General Yi's tense face finally relaxed .

He sipped his tea, composed his thoughts, and couldn't help laughing . "Old Tang, this topic is too heavy . We shouldn't discuss it . Who knows what will happen in the future . . . Maybe something will change . "

"What General Yi says is correct . " Old Tang nodded .

"Mm . . . on the topic of Senior Ling, there's something this old man has yet to mention," General Yi said . "There is actually a very simple reason for why I don't think this Senior Ling is a Venerated Immortal . . . Old Tang, you should know that Venerated Immortals are supreme beings who have something called 'vision' in their hearts . . . This kind of seniors have great ken, and if they really did get through that era, they basically wouldn't join chat groups . "

Old Tang: " . . . "

"Old Tang, can you imagine a Venerated Immortal senior chatting online at home and eating cheap snacks like latiao and crispy noodle snacks everyday?" asked General Yi .

Old Tang shook his head weakly . "Indeed I can't . . . "



"So there's no way this Ling Zhenren can be a Venerated Immortal . " General Yi was actually a bit depressed as he grabbed his phone . "If he is a Venerated Immortal with this kind of mentality . . . this old man would have gone through the Samsara Spirit Tribulation a thousand years ago!"

Old Tang: " . . . "

"If there is an opportunity, this old man will definitely find this Ling Zhenren and personally challenge him to a duel . "

Deep in thought, General Yi quickly waved his hand after that . "Let's stop talking about it . . . it's so frustrating . "

Old Tang smiled . "How about we play chess?"

"No, no . . . "

General Yi tapped open a music app on his phone . "Come, let's listen to a song and calm down! This is a song that my foster son Nine Times Man sang himself some time ago; it expresses his dream of pursuing a career in show business!"

"Alright! I'm all ears!" Old Tang nodded earnestly .

General Yi pressed the play button, and after a couple of seconds, the prelude started to play . . .

Then, a voice directly pierced Old Tang's eardrums like a thunderclap: Chase dreams, chase dreams, chase dreams in show business ness ness ness ness ness . . . We are pure pure pure pure youngsters . . .

. . .

Old Tang was directly dumbstruck . " . . . "



General Yi: "How is it, Old Tang?"

Old Tang: " . . . "

General Yi: "Tell me the truth! Or I'll get angry!"

After calming down from his astonishment, Old Tang rubbed his temples . "Well . . . the prelude is very passionate, the song's not bad . . . "

General Yi laughed . "Ha ha ha! I knew that you and I have the same taste!"

Old Tang: " . . . "

General Yi: "The song is very popular now online! And even you, Old Tang, think it sounds good! But do you know what its score is on Douban?"

" . . . " Old Tang shook his head, a little scared .

General Yi held up two fingers . "Only 2 . 0!"

Old Tang: " . . . "

"This old man was angry at that time! If my foster son hadn't stopped me . . . This Douban would have long become bean paste!"

General Yi sighed deeply . "Nowadays in society . . . when their own songs aren't as popular, they'll criticise other people's songs . When professional gamers can't win, they'll say the other party used cheats . . . This old man is very disappointed . . . "

Old Tang: " . . . "This is the third age of the Three Ages of Buddhism following Buddha's decline, in which it is believed that people will be unable to gain enlightenment . Adapted from the song "Dang" by Power Station Season . There is a movie called "Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz" and its score on the Douban review site is only 2 . 2 . It's worth noting that the 'dou' used here is 逗, which is slang for silly, instead of 豆 in the actual website's name . The actual name for the Douban website, 豆瓣, literally translates to 'bean halves . '