Chapter 21: The Strife for the Immortal Mansion

  Rumble! The yellowish cloud color began to fade slowly, but the falling thunder was getting denser and denser, and the dust on the ground flew up.

  Ishikawa looked at all this in an incredible way. Why did the stone mother stone undergo such a strange change? Ishikawa couldn't figure it out either.

  After a half-hour bombardment, the tawny clouds in the sky finally disappeared, and the sky turned blue.

  But on the ground that huge crack, was emitting an even more massive sound, a yellowish-brown rock, from beneath the surface of the earth, slowly rose up.

  This was actually a very regular stone monument, as if it had been carved.

  Ishikawa hurried over to take a look and found that on this yellowish-brown stone monument, there were lines of golden characters.

  Memorial to the Emperor

  "Mystic Heaven Immortal Mansion"

  Governor: Ishikawa

  The master of the house lives to be 128 years old.

  The words above only appeared for a moment before disappearing.

  Ishikawa couldn't believe his eyes, rubbing them with his hands, and then touching the stone monument. A kind of message, like a voice or a divine thought, was transmitted directly to Ishikawa's mind through his arm.

  It wasn't until much later that Ishikawa realized that the Earth Mother Stone was just a name given by Lin Lao, and in reality, it was the Earth Palace, the first of the Five Palaces of Xuantian. The earth is the foundation of all things, and the source of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

  At that time, Lin Lao fought for this immortal mansion and destroyed his physical body, but unfortunately, after destroying his physical body, he could no longer control the immortal mansion.

  The Xianfu was obtained by Ishikawa, although it can play a certain role in returning to the earth, but in the hands of a cultivator who has not reached the prenatal stage, it is fundamentally useless.

  So when Ishikawa broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, he became a true cultivator and was the first to enter the Xianfu. The Xianfu instantly recognized Ishikawa as the master of the Earth Mansion, until his lifespan was exhausted or he died.

  This is just basic information Ishikawa got from the Senpu.

  Looking at the Xianfu that was several hundred feet in circumference, Shi Chuan felt very satisfied, but he still had some worries and didn't know if the Xianfu could still decompose those scrap artifacts after such a huge change.

  Ishikawa left the Xianfu and planned to go to Lianqi Workshop for a walk, it had been some days since he last went.

  Just as he left the immortal mansion, Ishikawa noticed a faint shadow in the air, staring at him with intense anger.

  "What have you done to Tǔmǔ Shí? Why can't I go back again?" Lín Lǎo was furious as soon as Ishikawa came out.

  The Earth Mother Stone has become the immortal mansion of Ishikawa, and now Ishikawa is the true master of the mansion. All other miscellaneous people have been cleared out, including Lin Lao who exists only in spirit.

  Although Lin Lao helped Ishikawa a lot, from the very beginning, Ishikawa could sense that Lin Lao would never wholeheartedly help him.

  Tu Mu Shi, now the Xian Fu, is a treasure that any cultivator would go crazy for, Lin Lao sacrificed his physical body for it. If he knew that it had been taken by Ishikawa, he wouldn't be angry to death, that's strange.

  It's possible that at a critical moment, he would join forces with Ishikawa to achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. However, for the time being, Ishikawa was unsure of what to do next, and Lin Lao was a Golden Elixir cultivator, so even if only his soul remained, Ishikawa didn't dare underestimate him, after all, his hundreds of years of experience were not just empty words.

  So Ishikawa thought of first bringing Lin back and then slowly thinking about a countermeasure.

  As the master of the mansion, the Xianfu seemed to be a part of Ishikawa's body. Ishikawa directly opened the seal of the Tu Fu and said: "Lin Lao, I don't know what happened either, but just now, something did change in the Xianfu. It should be fine now."

  "Hmph, if I find out you've made any moves, I won't let you off." Lin Lao coldly snorted and completely forgot about his appointment with Shi Chuan, entering the immortal mansion instead.

  Ishikawa's face changed color, Lin Lao's words just now were clearly treating the Xianfu as his own thing, although Lin Lao had helped Ishikawa a lot, it was also based on exploitation.

  But as long as the two of them haven't torn their faces apart, Ishikawa will absolutely not take the initiative to lay hands on Old Lin. However, it's always good to be prepared and have a preventive heart, there's no harm in being ready early.

  Ishikawa's divine thought flashed, and he appeared in the immortal mansion again. Lin Lao was seen circling around the earth-colored stone monument, looking left and right, as if trying to discover something. However, the words on it had long been hidden, no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find anything.

  "How did this stone monument come here?" Lin Lao asked.

  "Suddenly appeared from the ground." Ishikawa naturally couldn't tell him that in such detail.

  "What about the spiritual soil on that land? Where did it come from again? You were just in the Earth Mother Stone, you must know."

  Ishikawa couldn't help but smile "Lin Lao, I didn't understand what happened just now. Besides, we're in a cooperative relationship, you help me get out of this current predicament and I'll help you find the predecessor of Wuling Gate, right?"

  "Cooperation?" Lin's face suddenly turned ferocious: "You, a little brat, dare to discuss cooperation with me? The Earth Mother Stone has undergone such a huge change, and I still haven't figured out what happened. You're talking about cooperation? Tell me exactly what happened, and I'll let you live for a few more days."

  Ishikawa's expression changed slightly, it seemed that Lin Lao attached great importance to the Xianfu, which was not surprising, after all, Lin Lao had paid too much for this Xianfu. The more so, the more Ishikawa couldn't say that he was now the master of the Xianfu, otherwise, Lin Lao would definitely not let it go if he knew.

  "We were a group of over thirty people, but more than half of us died for the sake of this Earth Mother Stone. When we came out from the ancient ruins, only my master brother and I were left. It wasn't until we arrived at your Shi Family Village that I severely injured my master brother and then killed him. Finally, I managed to get my hands on this Earth Mother Stone. However, my injuries were too severe to be healed, so I had no choice but to abandon my physical body and wait for someone to come and rescue me."

  Lin Lao closed his eyes slightly, seemingly muttering to himself, yet also as if speaking to Ishikawa.

  "I've paid such a great price, the Earth Mother Stone must belong to me, Lin Feng." Lin's eyes widened and his face revealed a fierce aura. He even mentioned his own name: "You're just a Qi Refining stage disciple, yet you dare to compete with me for the Earth Mother Stone. Tell me what exactly happened, otherwise, today you'll die here."

  Ishikawa looked at Lin Lao's ferocious face, and his heart became even more turbulent. The kindly appearance of Lin Lao from a few days ago was gone, leaving only a ruthless cultivator who would stop at nothing for treasure.

  "Tell me! Otherwise I don't mind using Soul Searching Technique!" Lin Lao darted towards Ishikawa like a shadow.

  "Soul Searching Technique?" Ishikawa's face turned pale, Ishikawa had heard of this evil technique, by using it one could obtain a portion of the opponent's memories, but the opponent's consciousness would be completely destroyed, turning them into a mindless zombie.

  Ishikawa's divine thought flashed, and he retreated from the earth mansion, cutting off the connection between the earth mansion and the outside world. In this way, Lin Feng could not escape either.

  Things have developed to this point, which is also beyond Ishikawa's expectation.

  At this time, Ishikawa suddenly heard a golden sound, which was a function of the forbidden law array. If someone came to visit, it would make such a sound.

  Ishikawa's formation opened, and a young girl was standing outside. Seeing Ishikawa, she ran over excitedly.

  "Stone Brother, you've become an inner disciple, I knew you could do it."

  This is not Qingchuan, who else can it be?

  "Come on in, Haruka." Ishikawa was relieved that he had thrown away the dirty bathrobe, otherwise Haruka would have seen it and insisted on washing it for him.

  "Stone Brother, you've already reached the first level of Qi Refining!" Qingchuan walked along and said: "This location is pretty good, quiet and peaceful, not like my place, it's so annoying."

  "What's going on here?" Ishikawa asked curiously, as Harukawa was a disciple of the strict elder, and normally, no one would dare to cause trouble in his territory.

  "It's still not that Huang Shu Lang and Hua Xiong. But I heard that Huang Shu Lang was driven away to open up a mine, whereas this Hua Xiong is getting more and more annoying every day."

  "Hua Xiong?" Ishikawa's expression changed slightly, he had always regarded Qingchuan as his own younger sister. Now that his younger sister was being harassed, this was something Ishikawa could not tolerate, especially since this person had repeatedly come to find trouble with him.

  "It's this guy, he's so annoying. The most important thing is that my master doesn't care and still wants me to get along with him. Just looking at his face makes me want to die. And I'm supposed to get along with him!" Qingchuan said while helping Ishikawa wipe the table: "Forget it, let's not talk about this today. Stone brother, you're now a celebrity in our Water Spirit Gate."

  Ishikawa asked in surprise, "I'm just an ordinary inner disciple, even if I were to become Yun's entry-level disciple, it wouldn't cause a stir throughout the entire sect, would it?"

  "Isn't it exciting that you're Yun Lao's new disciple? You know, the lowest level of Yun Lao's disciples is at least Qi Refining stage 7 or 8, and there are even a few who have reached the peak of Qi Refining stage 10. As long as they can get their hands on the Foundation Establishment Pill, they'll become seniors in the Foundation Establishment stage. And you, Shi Tou Ge, were taken in as Yun Lao's disciple at just Qi Refining stage 1 - that's absolutely incredible talent and aptitude! Isn't it enviable?" Qing Chuan looked at Shi Tou with a face full of reverence.

  Ishikawa smiled wryly and shook his head, thinking to himself: My talent is indeed not bad, but this good talent almost cost me my life.

  But still said: "What's the matter, maybe Cloud Elder saw me practicing hard at the outer gate, so he took a liking to me and accepted me as his apprentice. It's all thanks to your elixir."

  Ishikawa thought for a moment, took out a bottle of dan medicine and a dozen or so ling stones to hand over to Harukawa: "You take these first and use them, when you've used them up come find me again."

  Before, Ishikawa had a lot of elixirs and spirit stones on him, but he didn't dare take them out. Now it's different, Ishikawa is Yun Changlao's entry-level disciple. Taking out some spirit stones and elixirs doesn't count as anything. Even if someone finds out, no one dares to confront Yun Changlao about it.