Chapter 682 - 53: Milo Immortal Palace, Starlight Spirit Pool

How vast the Outer Void truly was, not even a Spirit Immortal like Jia Yin could say for certain.

Legend had it that the Milo Immortal Court had lowered an Immortal Mountain from the Upper Realm. On this mountain was a path, and anyone who successfully walked from the base to the summit could ascend to the Immortal Court from its peak.

This was the origin of the Milo Immortal Road.

The guide token in Jia Yin’s hand was merely a marker to step onto this Immortal Road. To truly reach the summit, one had to collect three Milo Talismans of gold, silver, and copper.

On the Immortal Road were three Milo Treasure Halls. Anyone holding an Immortal Road guide token could attempt to enter these halls and obtain a Milo Talisman.

The difficulty of this Immortal Road lay within these three Milo Treasure Halls.

It was rumored that the halls contained trials set by the great powers of the Immortal Court. Failure meant not only forgoing the Milo Talisman, but also facing the danger of death.

Every ten thousand years, the Immortal Court would release Immortal Road guide tokens to the various Spiritual Sky Realms. The Spirit Immortals would then send these tokens back to the Lower Realm to select outstanding individuals to travel the Milo Immortal Road.

Naturally, World Heavens that had lost contact with the Spirit Immortals of the Upper Realm didn’t get this opportunity.

It made sense. Besides major World Heavens like Beiming Heaven and Yuelang Heaven, cultivators from smaller World Heavens would likely just be wasting the opportunity even if they went to the Milo Immortal Road.

This time, the Dongyang Immortal Alliance had obtained over ten Immortal Road guide tokens, four of which were allocated to Yuelang Heaven.

In other words, besides Fang Cheng, three other people would be journeying with him to the Milo Immortal Road.

"Two of the three are my disciples."

As Jia Yin spoke of them, Fang Cheng smiled. He had met all three before.

Back when he and Feng Yan emerged from the Taixu Gate, Beiming Yong had summoned three masters from Yuelang Heaven. Besides Jia Yin’s disciple, Ye Tuo, there had been another man and a woman.

He had left in a hurry back then and paid them little mind. He never expected that after so many years, he would have to travel with them again.

"The three of them couldn’t even withstand my Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation. Isn’t it a waste of guide tokens for them to go?" Fang Cheng teased.

Jia Yin shot him a look and said, "The three of them are the strongest in Yuelang Heaven right now. If they go too late and miss the opportunity, the tokens will be wasted anyway. Fortunately, they are determined, so we can consider it a training expedition for them. Perhaps they’ll find other fortuitous encounters and can return to Yuelang Heaven to ascend later."

Fang Cheng said no more.

The two of them spent several intimate days in the hall before Fang Cheng leisurely departed.

He and Jia Yin agreed on a time: in half a year, they would set off for the Milo Immortal Road.

During that half-year, he would naturally return to the Fang Family to spend quality time with his many Daoist partners.

After this departure, things might be irrevocably different by the time he returned.

According to Jia Yin, there seemed to be a type of Immortal Mansion Treasure within the Milo Immortal Court that could directly bring one’s loved ones from the Lower Realm to the Spiritual Sky Realm.

However, this treasure was exceedingly rare, not a common sight even in the Milo Immortal Court.

Fang Cheng committed this to memory.

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Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

At the peak of a high mountain, within a majestic palace, three Tribulation Realm Cultivators were waiting.

Among the three, one wore golden armor that flashed with light, his aura as heavy as a mountain. It was Jia Yin’s disciple, Ye Tuo.

Beside Ye Tuo was a young woman in yellow, beautiful as an immortal. Dressed in cloud-like robes and a rosy shawl, her every move was graceful. She was adorned with lustrous jewels that shimmered and glowed, her radiance dazzling to behold.

On the other side sat an old man with white hair, a silver beard, and a vermilion-red face. His features were strange and ancient, his figure tall and imposing. He wore a Daoist robe as red as fire, and his presence was astonishing.

Seven days had now passed since the appointed date.

"Fellow Daoist Li from Kunyu Heaven has already gone ahead to the Milo Immortal Road..."

The young woman in yellow frowned and said, "I heard that in the third Milo Treasure Hall on the Immortal Road, there are only three Daluo Geng Gold Talismans."

The Fellow Daoist Li she mentioned was the legendary, mysterious master from Kunyu Heaven who was said to have long been capable of ascending to the Spiritual Sky Realm, yet remained in the Lower Realm, continuously holding the top spot on the Immortal Ascension List.

Ye Tuo’s expression was calm. With a gentle smile, he said, "I’m afraid we won’t even be able to get the Talisman Decrees from the second Treasure Hall. Junior Sister, why are you talking about the third?"

The young woman in yellow said, "I heard Master say that ’that person’ is expected to obtain the three Talisman Decrees and ascend to the Immortal Court. It’s a shame he’s so unreliable, making us wait here for seven days. If he’s any later, even if he has world-shaking Divine Techniques, I’m afraid his trip will be for nothing. Someone else will have snatched those three Golden Talismans first."

Ye Tuo shook his head. "That third Golden Talisman isn’t so easy to get. I’ve heard that every time the Immortal Road opens, it often takes five or six thousand years, or even longer, for all three Talisman Decrees from the third great hall to be claimed."

"The Immortal Road has only been open for a hundred years this time..."

While the two conversed, the red-robed old man remained silent, like a wooden statue.

A short while later, two figures appeared outside the hall, walking in as they chatted and laughed.

It was none other than Fang Cheng and Venerable Jiayin.

Fang Cheng was a few days late, partly because of the women in his family, and partly because of Jia Yin.

At that moment, Ye Tuo and the other two immediately stood up and stepped forward to offer their greetings.

Jia Yin made introductions. Given her current relationship with Fang Cheng, the events of the past were no longer worth mentioning.

Fang Cheng was naturally familiar with Jia Yin’s head disciple, Ye Tuo. He had spoken with, exchanged blows with, and fought against Fang Cheng’s Spiritual Mechanism Incarnation.

He too had now passed the Ninth Celestial Tribulation, but his aura lacked the transcendent Profound Mechanism of someone like Feng Yan or Dragon Elephant Wanderer.

Clearly, he was still some distance from ascension.

Jia Yin’s second disciple was named Yue Lanyin; she was the young woman in yellow.

Her natural talent surpassed even Ye Tuo’s. She had also passed the Nine Tribulations many years before him, and her aura was considerably more powerful than his.