159: Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Immediately following, the cracking sound continued to ring out.

Ye Ming watched from the side. For the past three months, he had been constantly paying attention to Ling'er.

Everything went smoothly; Ling'er's aura had already reached the Eighth Rank Peak.

Under Ye Ming's gaze, the cocoon quickly shattered, and Ling'er's figure slowly walked out of it.

Ye Ming raised an eyebrow, noticing that Ling'er had grown a little taller, and her body had taken preliminary shape.

“Master!”

The moment Ling'er emerged, she lunged towards Ye Ming, but Ye Ming reached out and pressed down on her small head.

“Put on your clothes first!”

Ye Ming waved his hand, and the set of clothes flew over and dressed Ling'er.

After getting dressed, Ye Ming took Ling'er and walked up the mountain Peak.

At the top of the mountain at this moment.

Cold Beauty was teaching Long Yi and the others. She held a long ruler in her hand, and the nine Little Golden Dragons all tucked their heads in, afraid that Cold Beauty would strike them if they disagreed with her.

When Ye Ming arrived, the eyes of the Little Golden Dragons immediately lit up.

“Master!”

Seeing Ye Ming approach, Cold Beauty put away the ruler in her hand and respectfully greeted Ye Ming.

Ye Ming nodded slightly at her, then looked at the nine Little Golden Dragons obediently staying together.

Feeling Ye Ming watching them, the Little Golden Dragons all raised their Dragon heads.

Ye Ming only glanced at them before turning to Cold Beauty and asking, “How is the training going?”

“They are ready to travel, Master!”

As Cold Beauty spoke, she took out an exquisite Golden Small Chariot and tossed it out casually.

In the blink of an eye, the chariot grew larger in mid-air and landed steadily behind the nine Little Golden Dragons.

The Little Golden Dragons also knew what this meant, and they all condensed a golden rope using Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, attaching it to the chariot.

Seeing this, Ye Ming knew that the nine Little Golden Dragons were ready. He took a step forward, bringing Ling'er onto the chariot compartment.

Seeing that their Master was seated inside, the Little Golden Dragons let out long cries one after another.

A dazzling golden light flashed across the mountain Peak, and instantly, nine Nine-Clawed Golden Dragons spanning ten thousand feet appeared. They carried the similarly enlarged chariot and soared into the sky.

Such a grand display was bound to attract the attention of everyone in the Immortal Sect, and Ye Ming had no intention of hiding this Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Chariot.

However, he reduced the auras of Long Yi and Long Er to the Ninth Rank Low Grade.

When all the Disciples of the Immortal Sect saw the nine golden giant Dragons faintly visible in the clouds, their eyes nearly popped out.

“What is that? Its aura is actually more terrifying than the Elders'!”

“It seems to be the Nine Dragon Golden Chariot that the Dao Child rode before, but didn't those nine brothers go into seclusion?”

“That's not the previous chariot. Look, these Golden Dragons all have nine claws!”

“It looks like the legendary Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon. Unfortunately, history is broken, and information about the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon can no longer be found!”

“Since when did the Immortal Sect have Nine-Clawed Golden Dragons like this?”

...All the Disciples discussed amongst themselves, looking up curiously at the nine giant Dragons in the clouds.

An Elder was alerted and immediately flew up to the clouds, intercepting the nine giant Dragons.

“Which Disciple is inside?”

The Elder asked loudly. He recognized the mark on the chariot behind the giant Dragons immediately; it was the exclusive mark of the Immortal Sect.

Ye Ming slowly walked out and cupped his hands toward the Elder: “Greetings, Fifth Elder!”

Seeing that it was Ye Ming, the Fifth Elder immediately showed a benevolent smile and chuckled as he said to Ye Ming, “So it's the Dao Child. This Elder was just coming to take a look. Dao Child, please continue your journey!”

Ye Ming nodded slightly, politely cupped his hand, and then returned to the chariot, urging the nine Golden Dragons to continue flying.

After Ye Ming wandered around the Jiu Xuan Great State, he returned to the Immortal Sect. Naturally, the process attracted the attention of many powerful experts.

However, upon seeing that he was the Dao Child of the Immortal Sect, they all flatteringly invited Ye Ming to be their guest.

Ye Ming politely declined all of them. He had only come out to test whether the nine Golden Dragons could be used.

Inside the Immortal Sect, the three Grand Elders were also paying attention to Ye Ming. After seeing the terrifying combat power of the Nine-Clawed Golden Dragon Chariot, the first thing they thought of was that this chariot must have been given by Ye Ming's Master!

If such a terrifying chariot was given to Ye Ming, just how powerful was his Master?

The three Grand Elders watched the returning nine giant Dragons while silently pondering over Ye Ming's Master, whom they had never met.

Ye Ming was unaware of all this. After returning to the Immortal Sect, he placed the nine Little Golden Dragons at the entrance of the Immortal Palace, intending to use them whenever he went out in the future.

Inside the Immortal Palace.

As soon as Ye Ming returned, he went into seclusion again.

And so, nine years passed uneventfully.

During these nine years, Ye Ming signed in for Immortal Crystals three more times. The number of Immortal Crystals had already exceeded one hundred million, leaving Ye Ming with nowhere to spend them, so he could only tearfully allow his five Primordial Spirits to absorb them day and night.

He also signed in for two Low Grade Immortal Artifacts. One was the Nine Luminaries Immortal Robe, which remained the strongest defensive Immortal Artifact among the Low Grade, unbreakable by anything less than a Heavenly Immortal, providing Ye Ming with a great sense of security.

Not only that, but the Nine Luminaries Immortal Robe could also reflect all attacks. If the reflection limit was exceeded, the Nine Luminaries Immortal Robe would switch from defense to offense, throwing out all Laws of Major Achievement in one go to self-destruct.

Killing all invading enemies in the explosion.

One must know that the self-destruction of a Law is extremely terrifying. The self-destruction of a single Law of Major Achievement could destroy half of the Spirit Realm, and no living creature within it could survive.

If the Nine Luminaries Immortal Robe self-destructed all its Laws, it could be said that even a Heavenly Immortal would die, and only beings above the True Immortal Rank could withstand it!

As for the other Immortal Artifact, it was a Pill Furnace named the star dipper immortal furnace, which could use the power of the stars for Alchemy.

The Medicinal Pills refined using the star dipper immortal furnace were all Supreme Grade. It could even use Ninth Rank Spirit Medicine to refine Low Grade Immortal Pills, though the Spirit Medicine had to be rare.

This was easy for Ye Ming; simply letting his immortal essence release a wisp of pure immortal essence power was enough to create many Ninth Rank Spirit Medicines.

When Ye Ming received the star dipper immortal furnace, he also received a Compendium of Low Grade Immortal Pills, which came with the furnace itself.

Ye Ming also took that opportunity to refine a Low Grade Immortal Pill named Mortal Transformation. This Immortal Pill could speed up the process of a Loose Immortal's body transforming into an Immortal body.

Relying on it, Ye Ming achieved a Breakthrough from the Loose Immortal Fifth Level to the Loose Immortal Sixth Level in one go. The remaining twenty percent of the medicinal power was all converted into cultivation.

However, refining this Immortal Pill took Ye Ming a full year!

It was also at that time that Ye Ming instantly became a Ninth Rank Immortal Alchemist!

Immortal Alchemists in the Immortal Realm are also divided into Ranks, from lowest to highest: Ninth Rank, Eighth Rank, Seventh Rank, Sixth Rank, Fifth Rank, Fourth Rank, Third Rank, Second Rank, First Rank, and so on.

The First Rank is the most Advanced. Immortal Pills refined by such beings are fought over fiercely even by experts above the Grand Unity Golden Immortal Rank.

For Ye Ming, there was still a long way to go.

The System proactively came out and explained this Immortal Alchemist Rank.

Next were the items from the other four sign-ins, two of which were cultivation levels that he accumulated.

Ye Ming planned to accumulate the signed-in cultivation to achieve a Breakthrough to the Earth Immortal Rank in one go!

The System had said that he needed to accumulate two thousand six hundred years of cultivation to achieve a Breakthrough to the Earth Immortal Rank!