San Qian Mian screamed in agony, looking up at the sky. A blinding golden light erupted from his abdomen, as if a sun had appeared there.
Simultaneously, his skin turned a scorching red, and a burning aura spewed from his mouth. He looked like a pressure cooker venting steam.
As this reaction subsided, a surge of powerful energy burst forth from San Qian Mian's body.
As if losing control of himself, he suddenly punched a large tree in front of him.
In an instant, a cracking sound echoed, and the tree was cleanly snapped in half!
San Qian Mian jolted awake, staring at the severed tree in disbelief. Trembling, he stammered, "Wh-what's going on? Did I do this?"
Wu Tian walked over, smiling. "What else? Of course, it was you. Although your spiritual energy level has never improved, you must have cultivated diligently. All your potential has been stored up."
"Now that your spiritual palace has been opened, that potential has been released all at once, transforming into spiritual energy that fills your spiritual palace. Your strength has now reached that of a sixth-level spirit cultivator."
"What?"
"Six, sixth level!?" Wu Tian's words made San Qian Mian's speech falter.
He had never dreamed of such a thing. He had only been a third-level spirit cultivator before, and no matter how hard he cultivated day and night, he couldn't advance.
Now, his spiritual energy level had soared directly to the sixth level. How could he not be excited?
Wu Tian smiled. "To be honest, your talent is quite good. If it weren't for the blockage of stagnant Qi, you should be at the seventh level by now."
"But it doesn't matter. If you continue to cultivate, you will eventually reach your rightful level."
San Qian Mian looked at his hands, his dazed face filled with disbelief.
He suddenly knelt before Wu Tian, saying gratefully, "Mr. Wu, thank you so much!"
"I thought I would be like this for the rest of my life, but your righteous act today is like giving me a new life!"
"Your kindness is immeasurable, but if you ever need anything in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Seeing San Qian Mian's emotional state, Wu Tian smiled, helped him up, and said, "You don't need to be like this. I've already told you the purpose of my visit."
"So, no need for fire and water. You just need to fulfill my request."
San Qian Mian said earnestly, "No problem! Isn't it just disguise? No matter what appearance you want to achieve, Mr. Wu, I will definitely satisfy you!"
Wu Tian smiled. "No, no, no. My matter isn't that simple. While I can do disguise, I can't achieve perfection."
"I've heard that your disguise skills, Mr. San Qian Mian, are superb. So, I'd like to ask you to disguise me. The condition is that masters at the immortal realm cannot see through it. Can you do that?"
"What did you say!?" Wu Tian's words startled San Qian Mian greatly.
"Immortal, immortal realm? Impossible, does such a realm truly exist?"
Hearing San Qian Mian's words, Wu Tian realized that San Qian Mian had heard of this realm. If that was the case, things would be much easier.
He nodded. "That's right, the immortal realm does exist, and there are many immortal cultivators in this world."
"The person I need to deal with this time is an immortal cultivator, but for certain reasons, I cannot reveal my identity, so I can only rely on you, sir."
San Qian Mian was utterly shocked by Wu Tian's words.
Ordinary spirit cultivators were unaware of immortal cultivation, but he was different. Due to his obsession with cultivation, he knew a lot about spiritual matters, including the immortal realm.
He had always believed the immortal realm to be a legend, but hearing Wu Tian say it today felt like opening a door to a new world.
Seeing his momentary daze, Wu Tian asked again, "Mr. San Qian Mian, can you do it?"
San Qian Mian snapped back to attention and said, "Although I don't know what kind of existence the immortal realm is, if it's me, this should be no problem."
"Really?" San Qian Mian's words filled Wu Tian with pleasant surprise.
He quickly added, "If that's the case, please help me with the disguise as soon as possible!"
He thought the matter was finally settled, but to his surprise, a look of difficulty appeared on San Qian Mian's face.
He said hesitantly, "Although I have the method, but... there's been a problem, and perhaps I can't do it."
"What did you say!?" Wu Tian's smile instantly froze.
He quickly asked, "How could this happen? Since you have the method, what kind of problem could there be?"
San Qian Mian explained, "It's like this. I have an ancient technique that can make a disguise so realistic that it's indistinguishable from the real thing. If the ancient technique isn't used to undo it, one can even maintain the disguised appearance for life, comparable to plastic surgery."
"That ancient technique requires the Yan Guo (颜果). But the problem lies with the Yan Guo."
"Yan Guo?" Wu Tian was slightly taken aback.
He did know of the Yan Guo's existence. It was a fruit that could greatly improve the skin, extremely rare, and usually available only with money but no market.
He then asked, "What's wrong? Don't you have the Yan Guo here?"
"If not, I'll find a way to get it for you right now!"
San Qian Mian shook his head. "No, no, no. I have the Yan Guo, and it's planted on the back mountain. But for some reason, that Yan Guo tree is very strange, often emitting black mist, making it impossible to approach."
"If you can find a way to pick the fruit, then this disguise will definitely be flawless."
"Black mist?" Wu Tian blinked, then became vigilant. "What exactly is going on? Why would there be black mist out of nowhere?"
San Qian Mian said with lingering fear, "I don't know either. I discovered that Yan Guo tree five years ago, but it never bore fruit then, so I kept watch."
"Yan Guo trees usually bear fruit once every eight years, but just as I finally waited for it to bear fruit, the black mist appeared, and I haven't been able to pick a single one."
The more Wu Tian listened, the stranger it seemed.
Knowing that this might not be a trivial matter, he quickly said, "Mr. San Qian Mian, how about you take me there to see it!"
"Perhaps I can find a solution?"