147: Bai Yujing, start over again?
When they saw three streaks of Qi appear above Yan Poshan's head, everyone retreated.
Streaks of red light gushed from Yan Poshan's Baihui acupoint, transforming into a swirling cloud of Qi that enveloped his body.
His robes billowed as if by an invisible Immortal wind, and stars seemed to twinkle in his hair and beard; suddenly, an Immortal crane cried out, and auspicious clouds spread like a carpet beneath his feet.
The Cultivators were overjoyed at the sight.
“We have another Blood Cultivator who has achieved Ascension to the Upper Realm.”
“Even Blood Cultivators can achieve Immortal Ascension and ascend to White Jade Capital.”
“Look at this Immortal Qi, listen to these bird calls—we must congratulate Sect Leader Yan!”
Amidst everyone’s congratulations, although Yan Poshan was very happy, he still felt a trace of reluctance when he looked at his daughter.
Ascending to White Jade Capital was the dream of countless Cultivators.
Weren't these Blood Cultivators pursuing eternal life? Wasn't it to live as long as the heavens and earth?
It was just that the Breakthrough came too quickly and unexpectedly, simply because the Saint bestowed the Blood Law, allowing Yan Poshan to have an Epiphany ahead of time.
Yan Poshan hadn't prepared himself mentally for Ascension, nor had he prepared to bid farewell to everyone.
But now he was about to achieve Immortal Ascension, and everything happened so fast that he could only hastily entrust everything to Li Yan.
He hoped that the Saint would treat the Blood Servant Sect and his precious daughter well.
Li Yan stood by, watching Yan Poshan gradually achieve Immortal Ascension.
He pondered many questions; if one could achieve Immortal Ascension just by achieving Immortal Ascension, then ascending to the Upper Realm was far too easy.
Was it because Blood Cultivators could take shortcuts and ascend to the Upper Realm earlier?
Amidst the crowd, Li Yan squinted, staring at Yan Poshan, a spiritual light appearing in his eyes.
He was using his Divine Sense to observe Yan Poshan's Ascension.
He saw Yan Poshan enveloped by a surge of Immortal Qi, his body beginning to float upward.
Even though he was a Blood Cultivator, Holy Light descended from the sky, and surrounded by Immortal Qi, Yan Poshan began his Immortal Ascension.
Amidst everyone's blessings, Yan Poshan waved goodbye to his daughter.
Although he felt some reluctance, he had entrusted his precious daughter to Li Yan, so he could depart with peace of mind.
“Everyone, we’ll meet in White Jade Capital!”
Leaving behind this blessing, Yan Poshan transformed into a white light, soaring directly towards the Upper Realm.
And the curious Li Yan activated the Blood Dao Pattern on Yan Poshan's body.
He wanted to use this Dao Pattern to see what White Jade Capital was truly like.
Closing his eyes, Li Yan's Divine Sense attached itself to the ascending Yan Poshan.
Old Yan passed through dark clouds all the way, arriving above the cloud layer.
In a vast and azure sky, he continued to fly upward.
After an unknown period, a magnificent palace appeared before his eyes.
This was White Jade Capital, a celestial palace situated above the clouds.
Li Yan's actions at this moment were a form of peeking into heavenly secrets, gaining foreknowledge of the situation in White Jade Capital.
After all, he would also achieve Ascension in the future, and Li Yan was somewhat curious about what it looked like up there.
At this moment, Yan Poshan looked around.
He noticed hundreds of other lights also flying towards White Jade Capital, and Old Yan couldn't help but sigh.
“I didn't expect the world to have so many powerful individuals, like carps crossing a river; as I ascend, hundreds of others are also achieving Immortal Ascension from various places.”
And Yan Poshan didn't need to fly; a force was guiding him into White Jade Capital.
Looking around, this Immortal palace constructed from white jade stones made one yearn to be there.
“From now on, I, Yan Poshan, am also an Immortal in the Upper Realm!”
“I never imagined that I, a bandit who robbed on the roads, would become the Sect Master of the Blood Servant Sect, and ultimately achieve Immortal Ascension by relying on the Blood Law!”
This life was like a fleeting glimpse, with scenes flashing through Yan Poshan’s mind.
That year, when he was fifteen, bandits ransacked their village, leaving his family ruined and dead.
Under duress, Yan Poshan became a bandit, robbing on the roads with a few fellow villagers; although he became aBandits, he was still righteous, only robbing the rich and not bullying the poor.
Thus, more and more poor people gathered under Yan Poshan's banner.
By chance, they stopped an old Daoist priest; seeing that the old Daoist had no money, Yan Poshan gave him some travel expenses.
The old Daoist, seeing that Yan Poshan and his group were not vicious bandits, kindly bestowed the Blood Law, leading Yan Poshan and his group to become Cultivators.
By a stroke of luck, this bandit transformed into a blood magic Cultivator.
Later, he rescued a beautiful woman from human traffickers, and Yan Poshan, smitten, brought her back to be his bandit chief's wife.
And later, he had his precious daughter, Yan Qingqing.
Thinking of his life in the Lower Realm, the first half was impoverished, but the second half was a successful comeback.
There were joys and sorrows, and many regrets.
But now, he had achieved Immortal Ascension, and everything had become a fleeting memory.
“I can't say whether this life was a success or a failure.”
“Although my village was destroyed and my clansmen were killed, at least I survived.”
“Although my wife passed away early, she left me a precious daughter.”
“Life, ah, how can it be perfect?”
Just as he was lamenting his life, Yan Poshan suddenly laughed.
“What's wrong with me? I'm achieving Immortal Ascension, yet I'm acting like someone who's about to die.”
He chuckled as he stepped onto the platform of White Jade Capital; at this moment, hundreds of other ascenders stood with him in the square.
And all of this, Li Yan was observing the situation in the heavens through the Dao Pattern left on Yan Poshan's body.
Looking at this ethereal White Jade Capital, Li Yan always felt that something was off, something strange.
The hundreds of ascenders looked around and soon saw a grand archway constructed of white jade stone ahead.
Three large characters were inscribed on the archway—South Heaven Gate.
Beneath the South Heaven Gate sat a strange person.
It was a white-haired One-Eyed Old Man; he wasn't blind, nor was he a cyclops.
The old man's eye was located on his nose bridge, which was quite eerie.
But among these Cultivators who had achieved Immortal Ascension, who wasn't well-traveled and experienced?
An One-Eyed Old Man was nothing unusual to them.
The old man held a white jade bamboo slip in his left hand and a brush in his right, speaking in an emotionless voice.
“Ascenders, come forward to register.”
“All stand in line, and those whose names are called step forward.”
These ascenders were almost all the cream of the crop from the Lower Realm.
But upon arriving at White Jade Capital, everyone obediently lined up, and no one dared to cause trouble.
Those who could ascend were all intelligent people; they naturally knew that as newcomers, they should not cause trouble arbitrarily.
Yan Poshan arrived late and was at the very end of the line.
The One-Eyed Old Man beneath the South Heaven Gate dipped his brush in saliva and began to read: “Li Huacheng, Zhang Daobao, Xiu Buwei, Liu Laotao…”
“You fifty, go to the Pill Refining Room.”
Upon hearing this, everyone began to discuss.
“Just ascended to the Upper Realm, and we can only be Pill Refining apprentices?”
“In the Lower Realm, we were at least sect leaders, powerful figures, but we didn't expect to become mere laborers up here?”
“Ascending to the Upper Realm and starting over is a common occurrence.”
“Everyone, say no more; for the sake of eternal life, what is a little hardship?”
The One-Eyed Old Man heard the discussions among the group, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile, revealing a set of fangs.
“Who told you that you are going to be laborers?”
“You are merely consumables, just Materials for the Immortals to refine pills.”
As soon as these words were uttered, the newly ascended crowd was in an uproar.
Even Li Yan in the Lower Realm gasped.
Ascend to the Upper Realm, only to become Alchemy Materials!?