The Young Lady Only Wants to Cultivate Immortality Chapter 67

Hearing the extremely confident “it’s not her,” Shi Qingqian’s calm heart seemed to have a small stone gently tossed into it.
She really wanted to turn her head and glance at the person who had thrown the stone into her heart, wanting to ask her why she was so certain.
Even Shi Qingqian felt that the person in the image was extremely similar to herself. So why was A’Ling so certain it wasn’t her?
Gu Jingyang hadn’t expected that with a moment of inattention, she would accidentally activate the Cosmos Pearl in her hand.
This was given to her by Lan Fushang, who said it was found on the skeleton in the secret chamber, telling her to see if there were any clues for getting out.
Gu Jingyang was very familiar with all sorts of Cosmos Pearls. What she loved doing most in her daily life was using Cosmos Pearls to record interesting things.
Ordinary Cosmos Pearls could be activated with the simplest spells. This Cosmos Pearl also didn’t have any particularly complex key.
She had just been holding this Cosmos Pearl, and in a moment of distraction, she unconsciously broke its key.
Staring at the image on the secret chamber wall, Gu Jingyang initially also thought the person in the image was Shi Qingqian.
She even thought it was one of the Cosmos Pearls she had previously used to record Qingqian wiping the bell, and she had accidentally opened it.
But after the image began to change, Gu Jingyang immediately confirmed that these were not her Cosmos Pearls. She also discovered something was off.
A’Ling was right, that wasn’t Shi Qingqian.
The scenery in the image was Mystic Crane Mountain. The place that had just flashed by, she recognized; it was Mount Panyan. But at the foot of Mount Panyan in the image, there was no Zhenpu Medicine Pavilion belonging to Apothecary Mu Ling.
Also, several other scenes that appeared were quite different from the current Mystic Crane Mountain.
This must be Mystic Crane Mountain from a very long time ago, at least a hundred years ago, when Apothecary Mu Ling hadn’t yet built her medicine pavilion on Mount Panyan.

Suddenly, the image flickered. Inside, waves of shouts could be heard; the clamor of human voices was deafening. And countless heads appeared in the image.
In the secret chamber, everyone except Lan Fushang had their attention drawn by this scene and watched intently.
Lan Fushang’s eyes were solely on A’Ling’s wound. Seeing that A’Ling truly wanted to watch the image on the cave wall, she placed two pillows behind A’Ling so A’Ling could watch comfortably.
A’Ling didn’t notice. Her attention was completely on the image on the wall. That image was truly familiar.
As for Lan Fushang, when Lan Fushang helped her up, she got up. A’Ling didn’t really see what she was doing.
Next, Lan Fushang patted her hand, and she raised her hand; patted her leg, and she raised her leg. She was extremely cooperative.
Lan Fushang’s eyes held a smile. Suddenly, inspiration struck her, and she thought of a good method.
In the medical clinic her parents used to run, whenever a child came for a consultation, she would be called out by her parents to accompany the child and coax them with her parents for a long time; only then would the child coming for treatment cooperate a little.
Now, she thought it was a good idea. All she needed to do was use Cosmos Pearls to record some interesting scenes. Then, when children came for treatment, she could play them for them to see. Wouldn’t that distract them?
Lan Fushang’s eyes shone brightly. Although she had now entered Mystic Crane Mountain and was no longer an itinerant healer or a resident medical cultivator, she could teach this method to other medical cultivators.
A’Ling didn’t know yet that while she was focused on finding out who the person in the image was and whether it was related to Shi Qingqian, Lan Fushang’s thoughts had wandered so far that she was even treating her like a child.
She had just heard someone in the image call out to the woman who looked extremely similar to Shi Qingqian.
Looking at the angle of the image, it must have been the person who recorded this scene.
The woman in the light and shadow seemed to be called Jin Zhuyue.
A’Ling’s brow jumped violently. The surname Jin was quite rare among the Outer Sect. She only knew one person with the surname Jin, and that was Jin Siliu.
And she was a demon, and Shi Qingqian’s mother’s servant.
A’Ling looked at Shi Qingqian, who was turned away from her, watching the back of her head where her hair was spread out. Could this really be Shi Qingqian’s mother?
But wasn’t her mother a demon? The person in this image appeared on Mystic Crane Mountain.
Wouldn’t that be too bold? How did she hide her demonic energy and enter Mystic Crane Mountain?

Shi Qingqian also gazed intently at the person in the image. Her suspicions were similar to A’Ling’s, but she knew one more layer: hiding demonic energy was not difficult for her mother.
Jin Siliu had once said that her mother’s appearance was ordinary. She knew that was a disguise. So the person in the image, did she use her true appearance to enter Mystic Crane Mountain?
Shi Qingqian found this matter extremely unreasonable. There were questions everywhere. She looked at the scene in the image.
She realized. The scene in the image was the Mystic Crane Mountain Cave Abode disciple selection. They had just gone through one not long ago.
On the Immortal Rainbow Platform, Jin Zhuyue laughed wildly and unrestrainedly, pleasantly watching the shocked, stunned, or surprised expressions of the crowd. Her eyes sparkled with confidence, and she raised her chin, looking towards the floating clouds above, at the cultivator sitting right in the center.
That person was extremely tall. Even sitting, he was a head taller than the two people beside him. His brow bones were distinct, his nose bridge straight and high, his cheeks angular and defined, yet his lines were smooth, giving his originally stern and sharp appearance an unexpected, almost Buddha-like quality.
His eyes were also very distinctive. Beneath his sword-like brows, his eye sockets were somewhat deep. When he looked at you seriously, you would feel a sense of being valued.
He was above everyone, looking down at the Immortal Rainbow Platform. Although the corners of his straight lips weren’t upturned, one could still discern a hint of joy.
The smile hidden in his eyes carried a kind of benevolence, an appreciation of a talented junior, akin to one who had experienced all the world’s vicissitudes.

Just looking at the person in the image, A’Ling already felt an inexplicable reverence and an unprovoked sense of goodwill.
Who is this person?
A’Ling looked at the person in the image again. She wondered if it was her imagination, but she felt that person’s bone structure was somewhat similar to Shi Qingqian’s.
They both possessed top-tier bone structures, bone structures that would look beautiful regardless of what skin was placed upon them.
Just like earlier, in the Great Demon Cave outside, when the black mist suddenly rose, even though Shi Qingqian was right before her eyes and her features were somewhat obscured, it didn’t stop A’Ling from knowing that the person in front of her was Shi Qingqian.
That unique beauty, she had actually never seen it on anyone else.
The woman in the image, after clearly seeing the appearance of the person on the floating clouds, also showed a hint of a smile in her eyes.
Quite handsome, indeed, Jin Zhuyue thought. She had originally thought that someone who became a Peak Master at such a young age would definitely have a stern and harsh demeanor. She didn’t expect him to be such a kind person with a seemingly good temper.
Jin Zhuyue felt that coming to Mystic Crane Mountain this time was absolutely the right decision. The people here were all very interesting. It was much more interesting than cultivating alone in an isolated, deep mountain forest.
She tilted her head back and continued to shout at the person above: “Are you mute? I’m asking you a question. Are you Saint Venerable Dao Rong?”
She had already asked once just now, but everyone around was as if mute, not a single person replied.
Even the person at the top merely looked at her and didn’t speak for a long time.

Finally, amidst the silence, a profound, Dao-like sound came from above the floating clouds.
“It is I. Young friend, do you need something?”
Everyone around collectively gasped. They watched this scene nervously. They hadn’t expected Saint Venerable Dao Rong to actually pay attention to such a rude newcomer who had just entered Mystic Crane Mountain.
It wasn’t that Saint Venerable Dao Rong was not benevolent; they just felt that someone like him should be high above, with no place for these common mortals in his eyes.
Jin Zhuyue didn’t know what those grim-faced people around her were conflicted about. After confirming that the person at the top was Saint Venerable Dao Rong, whom she was looking for, she directly conjured a talisman and sent it flying towards the person above the floating clouds.
“Watch out.”
“Be careful.”
“Venerable!”
Everyone around quickly conjured their magic artifacts to stop Jin Zhuyue’s actions. But in just an instant, a powerful pressure arose, forcing the twelve Cave Abode Masters and even the other two Peak Masters back into their seats.
“Don’t be nervous, everyone. It’s just a Dao-Challenge Token.”
Saint Venerable Dao Rong said lightly, his eyes shining brilliantly, illuminated by the golden light ignited by the challenge token.
After hearing this and clearly seeing that the talisman was a challenge token, the Abode Masters on the twelve Peerless Floating Thrones looked at Jin Zhuyue as if she were a brainless fool. The scorn on their lips each had its own unique flavor.
Jin Zhuyue didn’t notice the gazes of these people. She only looked at the person at the top and laughed wildly and heartily: “Saint Venerable Dao Rong, do you dare to accept my challenge token?”
The Abode Master of the Sword Cultivator Cave Abode was the first who couldn’t sit still. He loudly reprimanded: “Audacious! How dare an unknown nobody like you challenge Saint Venerable Dao Rong!”
Jin Zhuyue raised an eyebrow, tilted her head slightly. If one looked closely, her expression held a tiny bit of annoyance.
She gave the person at the top an apologetic smile and shouted, head tilted back: “My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Jin Zhuyue.”
The Sword Cultivator Abode Master’s lips twitched violently. Which brainless fool crawled out of a deep mountain forest? Did she think “unknown nobody” meant she literally didn’t give her name?!
Saint Venerable Dao Rong slightly lowered his head, looking at the person on the Immortal Rainbow Platform. The corners of his straight lips were now pressed together a bit more deeply. Interesting.

The newcomers participating in the Cave Abode selection below the Immortal Rainbow Platform had just been silenced by Jin Zhuyue’s challenge token. Now, seeing that Saint Venerable Dao Rong didn’t seem angry, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and gradually began to discuss.
“Who is this person? How can she challenge Saint Venerable Dao Rong right away? Is she very strong?”
“No idea. She only seemed to have entered Mystic Crane Mountain a few days ago. Does anyone know her background?”
“I just heard her name for the first time, Jin Zhuyue. How can there be someone with the surname Jin? Have you ever heard of any cultivation family named Jin?”
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
The Abode Masters seated on the twelve Peerless Floating Thrones also heard this name for the first time. Among the high-cultivation newcomers, they had received information beforehand, and there was no mention of anyone with the surname Jin.
Moreover, based on their observations, the person on the Immortal Rainbow Platform only had a Core Formation cultivation level. Where did she get the confidence to challenge the strongest being on Mystic Crane Mountain right away?
If Jin Zhuyue were to hear this question, she would probably be very perplexed.
Since she came to Mystic Crane Mountain to cultivate, she naturally had to challenge the strongest person. If even the strongest person wasn’t as strong as her, why would she waste time on Mystic Crane Mountain?
The presiding cultivator spoke at this moment: “Young friend, do you know what happens if you lose when challenging someone of a higher rank?” She always felt this rash newcomer probably didn’t know these rules.
Sure enough, no sooner had she finished speaking, Jin Zhuyue shook her head without hesitation: “No idea.”
The crowd was in an uproar.
The presiding cultivator was glad she had thought of this. She continued: “Young friend, this challenge token cannot be issued lightly. If you lose this, your cultivation will be dissolved.”
She didn’t say that if she won, she could replace Saint Venerable Dao Rong and become a Peak Master, because that was impossible.
Jin Zhuyue nodded after hearing this, indicating her agreement: “If I can’t win, then let it be dissolved. I’ll start over from the beginning.”
Everyone: “……”
What does “let it be dissolved” even mean? Does she think it’s like snow falling in winter, melting in spring, and then reappearing the next winter?!
Is this something you can just ‘let dissolve’? This person isn’t arrogant, she’s brainless!
What does she think cultivation is? Eating and sleeping? She says it far too casually.
The presiding cultivator also felt this was a half-witted person whose brain hadn’t fully developed. To have a challenge token issued by such a person was an insult to all of Mystic Crane Mountain.
She planned to directly order someone to take Jin Zhuyue away. Such an offense to the Venerable meant she could be expelled from Mystic Crane Mountain after this Cave Abode selection ended.
But her words had just reached her lips when a dazzling golden light scared her into swallowing them back.
This, how could this be?!
The presiding cultivator stared wide-eyed at mid-air. The challenge token suspended in mid-air was shattered to dust by a sudden burst of sharp golden light.
Everyone was too shocked to speak. The entire Immortal Rainbow Platform fell silent.

Jin Zhuyue looked at the person who had suddenly appeared in front of her. She glanced up at the floating clouds; the person who had been there was gone.
“How amazing!” She genuinely exclaimed. This kind of instant movement was so fast that she hadn’t even seen the person on the clouds disappear before they had already appeared before her.
Saint Venerable Dao Rong saw that the woman in front of him wasn’t afraid of him at all. Facing her praise, he pursed his lips: “Young friend, you remind me of someone.”
Jin Zhuyue frowned. Her smile faded, looking quite displeased. She often looked in the mirror. After leaving the mountains, she had compared herself in many ways. She had yet to see anyone as beautiful as her.
“Who?” she asked unhappily. Who else is as beautiful as her?
Saint Venerable Dao Rong simply uttered one word: “Me.”
Jin Zhuyue’s eyes widened. She thoroughly scrutinized the person in front of her from head to toe. She admitted the person in front of her was good-looking, but where were the similarities between the two of them?
This person’s eyesight must be problematic. Getting old definitely comes with some issues.
“No, I’m not like you. Your eyes have issues, remember to find a medical cultivator. Alright, stop rambling, let’s fight.” She didn’t want to talk any more nonsense.
Saint Venerable Dao Rong smiled slightly and raised a hand: “Please.”
Jin Zhuyue wasted no courtesy. She conjured a sword made of Taipo Vine and charged towards Saint Venerable Dao Rong.
Everyone originally thought this newcomer was only good with her mouth, waiting to see her defeated in less than a single move. But to their surprise, the fight lasted for almost half an hour.
She actually managed to withstand over a hundred moves under Saint Venerable Dao Rong.
Everyone originally thought Saint Venerable Dao Rong must have intentionally gone easy on her. But the other two Peak Masters observed carefully and discovered that while Saint Venerable Dao Rong might not have used his full strength, he certainly wasn’t going easy.
That Jin Zhuyue was indeed a formidable individual.
A’Ling also thought the same. In her previous life, she had seen many masters, but none had been as precise and decisive in their moves as this woman, who had even formed her own unique style.
Although she was using a ‘sword,’ it was made of Taipo Vine. This Taipo Vine was extremely resilient; swords and blades couldn’t easily cut through it.
But it was indeed very clumsy. It seemed she had merely twisted two Taipo Vines together and added a hilt to make it a sword.
This sword had no blade at all. If it weren’t for its sword shape, it would feel more appropriate to call it a vine whip.

While A’Ling was fully engrossed in watching the splendid competition in the image, Lan Fushang pulled out the fabric scraps embedded deep in her wrist. But she didn’t seem to feel much pain, only slightly furrowing her brow.
Lan Fushang felt both heartache and amusement. So severely injured, yet not even a groan? Was that competition image really so captivating?
She looked up at the magnificent fighting scene on the cave wall and indeed also felt that the woman in the image was a formidable figure.
She had just heard the dialogue in the image. Now she could also confirm that person wasn’t Shi Qingqian.
A cool and detached person like Shi Qingqian was a completely different type from the flamboyant girl in the image.
Lan Fushang glanced once and then withdrew her gaze. She carefully removed the shredded flesh from A’Ling’s wound, then disinfected and bandaged it.
Just as she finished bandaging A’Ling’s most severely injured wrist, the competition on the Immortal Rainbow Platform in the image also concluded.
“I lost. No need for you to act. I’ll dissolve my cultivation myself.”
Jin Zhuyue’s breathing was a bit hurried as she spoke. But there was no frustration of defeat in her expression. On the contrary, she looked quite happy.
As for dissolving her cultivation, she didn’t seem sad about it at all.
This made everyone around the Immortal Rainbow Platform utterly bewildered. In the end, they could only draw one conclusion: this person truly had a problem with her brain.
Jin Zhuyue had never fought so exhilaratingly before. Although she lost, she also learned that there are always greater heavens beyond, and greater people beyond others. Mystic Crane Mountain indeed held some profound things. She would dissolve her cultivation and start over from the beginning.
She was just about to act when suddenly, an invisible pressure pressed down on her hand.
Jin Zhuyue looked up without thinking, concluding it was the person in front of her who did it.
Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s breathing was steady. His high-tied hair had not a single strand out of place. He looked completely as if he hadn’t just gone through an exciting fight. He smiled slightly, looking very benevolent.

“Would you be willing to be my disciple?”
At these words, everyone was shocked. Saint Venerable Dao Rong meant that not only would he not make this newcomer dissolve her cultivation, he even wanted to take her as his disciple!
The gazes of the crowd towards Jin Zhuyue, which had just been schadenfreude, now gleamed with envy or jealousy in everyone’s eyes.
This was a disciple of Saint Venerable Dao Rong. Their status was even higher than that of the twelve Cave Abode Masters. The key point was, that was Saint Venerable Dao Rong, currently the strongest existence in the cultivation world.
Everyone looked at Jin Zhuyue with envy, but saw no hint of flattered surprise on her face.
Jin Zhuyue raised an eyebrow, a bit puzzled: “Why?”
She lost. Why would he take her as a disciple?
Saint Venerable Dao Rong maintained his serene demeanor: “You are strong.”
Jin Zhuyue’s eyes lit up. This person actually has some discernment: “Of course. I’m a genius. But why should I be your disciple?”
Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s smile deepened: “I can make you even stronger.”
Jin Zhuyue raised her eyebrows high. After a momentary pause, she burst into laughter: “Alright then, from now on, you’ll be my Senior Master.”
The image froze on the Immortal Rainbow Platform, on the deep and shallow smiles of the two people. Silence returned to the secret chamber.

Night is always quiet, unless there is wind and rain.
While A’Ling and the others were watching the images projected by the Cosmos Pearl in the secret chamber and healing their injuries and recovering spiritual energy, Zeng Bilan had already departed from the Cave Abode with her people.
The road was full of wind and rain. Traveling at night was already difficult. After not even two hours of sword-flying, everyone started to struggle. Zeng Bilan could only find a mountain cave to temporarily take shelter from the heavy downpour.
One person in the team also took this opportunity to send a message back to Summer Shadow Peak.
When Shan Xinci received the message from her disciple, she was waiting for a reply from Qiongdian Peak; her face was full of anxiety.
After she learned that the Cave Abode was sending people to Zhuoling Mountain, she had already sent a message to Qiongdian Peak, but Saint Venerable Dao Rong only replied with four words: ‘Hold your ground.’
How could they not move? She utterly failed to understand!
The things on Zhuoling Mountain were unspeakable. If the Cave Abode were to find out that there were such mutated demonic beasts within Mystic Crane Mountain, they would certainly take it seriously.
It was likely they would soon trace it back to her. The Moon-Essence Ice Crystals in that Cave Abode were not something found everywhere. And there was the ‘mud wall’ refined by Saint Venerable Dao Rong, mimicking the Sky-Bliss Treasure Cage, that could make mutated beasts revive and be reborn.
If all this was known, what would happen?!
But she didn’t dare to question Saint Venerable Dao Rong. He must have his reasons for doing this. Just like how he mutated these strange demonic beasts, Shan Xinci didn’t know what their purpose was, but he must have his reasons.
She never questioned what Saint Venerable Dao Rong intended to do.
She just wanted to know a bit of Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s plan, which would be better than being clueless and anxious now.
In her anxiety, a floating cloud letter appeared out of thin air before her. She quickly activated a key to unlock its seal.
The floating cloud quickly transformed into four characters amidst a shimmering light: ‘Fan the flames.’
Again, only four words. Shan Xinci gazed at the reply before her, speechless for a long time. She didn’t know what was wrong with Saint Venerable Dao Rong now. Although he had never spoken unnecessary words before, he hadn’t been so terse with his words to this extent.
Until the floating cloud dissipated, Shan Xinci still found it hard to believe that for such a serious matter, the Saint Venerable only replied with four words.
And what did these four words mean? Did Saint Venerable Dao Rong mean that they shouldn’t stop this matter, but just let them investigate?
And she was supposed to ‘fan the flames’ within it?
Shan Xinci wavered indecisively. She looked towards the peak of the mountain. In the night, there was only darkness there. On a rainy day, even the moon couldn’t be seen.
After a moment of thought, Shan Xinci decided to follow Saint Venerable Dao Rong’s instruction to ‘fan the flames’ and make this matter even more complicated.
She entered a secret chamber. She sent a reply to the disciple she had dispatched into Zeng Bilan’s team, instructing him to spread certain words between the sword cultivators and the spiritual arts cultivators.
The wind and rain grew stronger. On Zhuoling Mountain, the mutated demonic beasts seemed to truly believe they were plants and didn’t think of finding shelter from the rain.
The dense raindrops hitting their bodies made various strange sounds.
The sounds made Xing Yanxhi’s scalp tingle. He didn’t dare to look outside, only shrinking into a corner, staring at the tightly closed secret chamber door, waiting for the people inside to emerge.

Inside the secret chamber, the thick door blocked all sounds from outside. After the image on the wall froze, the secret chamber became even quieter.
A’Ling looked at the two smiling faces. The more she looked, the stranger it felt. After putting on the clean clothes Lan Fushang gave her, she withdrew her gaze and looked at the person lying beside her.
Although Shi Qingqian was turned away from her, A’Ling could still sense that the person’s aura was somewhat different. She must have woken up a while ago.
Shi Qingqian must have seen all the images in the Cosmos Pearl, right?
Looking at the similar face on the wall, A’Ling reached out, wanting Shi Qingqian to turn around. She had so many questions to ask.
But as soon as her hand stretched out, the heavily bandaged hand, the size of a grapefruit, startled her severely. She had originally only intended to gently poke Shi Qingqian, but because of this suddenly mutated giant hand, it turned into giving her a punch.
Watching Shi Qingqian slowly turn around, A’Ling quickly hid her enormous fist.
How strong she was just now, A’Ling had seen with her own eyes. How could she dare to hit her?
Seeing Shi Qingqian fully turned around, A’Ling felt a pang of guilt. She averted her gaze, pretending that the punch just now hadn’t been her doing.
A’Ling put her hands behind her back and pointed with her chin at the woman in the frozen image.
“Do you know this person?”
What she actually wanted to ask was, “Is this your mother?”
A’Ling even had a very strange thought. She didn’t know why it popped into her head.
Perhaps it was the similar bone structure?
She also really wanted to ask about the man in the image, the Saint Venerable Dao Rong of Qiongdian Peak now, whether he was her father who wanted to kill her.

Shi Qingqian only fully turned around after confirming A’Ling was properly dressed. Looking at the hand she quickly tried to hide, but couldn’t completely conceal—the layers of gauze on it—made her heart tremble, and her gaze sharpened.
How could she be so severely injured…?
A’Ling noticed Shi Qingqian’s frightening gaze and quickly hid her massive fist even further behind her back.