Chapter 533
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Chapter 533 The Appearance of an Immortal
Immortal Shadow!?
Fang Yu’s eyes flickered slightly as he asked, “Are you sure?”
“…Not certain, but one of my men sent me a photo. I’m sending it to you now,” Qin Lang said.
A few seconds after hanging up, Fang Yu received a text message from Qin Lang containing a photo.
In the image was a tall and wide mountain. The photographer must have taken this picture from quite a distance.
At the peak of the mountain, waves of light were emanating.
And above the light was a humanoid shadow.
Judging by the surrounding reference points, this shadow was enormous, almost the same size as the entire mountain below it!
But in the photo, the shadow was quite blurry. Apart from making out its human shape, it was difficult to discern any other features.
Just looking at this shadow, one could only say it was a very large humanoid silhouette, impossible to connect with immortals.
“Mr. Fang, do you have something urgent? We can take you back to your residence first,” Ji Rumei said softly, seeing Fang Yu intently focused on his phone.
“Yes, let’s head back directly,” Fang Yu replied.
A moment later, he called Qin Lang back.
“Why do you say this is an immortal’s shadow? Is that your instinctive judgment, or did someone tell you that?” Fang Yu asked.
“After this news spread, the martial arts community in Xiang City went crazy. The claim about it being an immortal’s shadow came from those martial artists,” Qin Lang said. “There should be large groups of martial artists heading to Qiankun Mountain now.”
Fang Yu frowned slightly.
It was known that cultivators could only become immortals after passing the tribulation and ascending.
And after becoming immortals, they would leave Earth.
This meant that nobody in this world should have seen a true immortal in person, not even Fang Yu who had lived for nearly five thousand years.
Looking at the shadow in this photo, Fang Yu wouldn’t connect it with immortals at all. At most, it was just an enlarged human silhouette.
“Why do these martial artists believe it’s an immortal’s shadow? What characteristic led them to that conclusion?” Fang Yu asked.
Qin Lang was silent for a moment, seemingly pondering the question.
“I don’t quite understand either. Perhaps it’s because the shadow is so large, and it’s surrounded by white light. Thinking about it, it does somewhat resemble the immortals described in legends,” Qin Lang explained.
“Where did these legends come from?” Fang Yu asked.
“Just some folk novels, historical books, and such…” Qin Lang said.
Fang Yu didn’t say anything more.
What exactly was on Qiankun Mountain? He would know once he went to see for himself.
Fang Yu also hoped that some treasure might appear on Qiankun Mountain, preferably a spiritual vein.
After all, since that time in the Far North, Fang Yu hadn’t absorbed even a trace of spiritual energy.
At his current level, minor efforts were no longer useful for breakthrough.
He needed to find something like a spiritual vein that could quickly provide large amounts of spiritual energy to break through to the ten-thousandth layer of Qi Condensation.
Arriving at his apartment building, Fang Yu was about to push the door open to exit the car.
“Mr. Fang, I’ll be staying in Nan City for a few days. When you’re free, would you mind if I visit your home?” Ji Rumei asked.
“Of course. You can come anytime when I’m home,” Fang Yu replied.
“Thank you,” Ji Rumei smiled, then added, “I’m truly grateful for your help today, Mr. Fang.”
Tang Mingde looked at Fang Yu, his eyes also full of gratitude.
If not for Fang Yu, they would not only have suffered humiliation today but might not have even made it out of that building! But now, they had achieved the best possible outcome.
Gu Rong had signed the agreement, and in the next five years, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce’s profits would multiply several times compared to the previous five years!
“Divine Doctor Fang, I…” Tang Mingde wanted to say something.
“That’s enough. I’m leaving now,” Fang Yu pushed the door open, got out of the car, and walked toward the apartment building.
Ji Rumei and Tang Mingde watched Fang Yu’s departing figure, their eyes reflecting different emotions.
After a long while, Tang Mingde finally looked away, sighed deeply, and said with feeling, “Being able to know someone like Divine Doctor Fang is truly a blessing for my entire Tang family.”
Ji Rumei looked at Tang Mingde and smiled gently, “Yes, we are all very fortunate.”
…
Back in his apartment, Fang Yu found Ye Shengxue cultivating in her room.
It was now noon, twelve o’clock.
“Immortal shadow…” Fang Yu sat in the chair at his desk, his eyes reminiscing.
He knew clearly that the shadow on Qiankun Mountain was most likely unrelated to immortals.
But the mention of immortals had triggered a buried memory.
In the past cultivation world, though immortals were rare, powerful cultivators would ascend from time to time.
Back then, immortals weren’t as unreachable as they are now.
Almost every cultivator who embarked on the path of cultivation harbored a dream of ascending to immortality.
When Fang Yu first joined the Heavenly Dao Sect, he had asked his master what kind of beings immortals were.
“In your mind, what do you think immortals are like?” his master had asked in return.
“I don’t know, just very powerful people, I guess,” Fang Yu, who was young at the time, truly had no concept of immortals.
“Then immortals are very powerful people,” his master had said. “Whatever immortals look like in your mind, that’s what they are. What others say about immortals reflects what immortals look like in their minds.”
“So what do immortals actually look like?” Fang Yu had persisted.
“Foolish,” his master had tapped Fang Yu’s head and walked away.
Even today, Fang Yu still hadn’t fully understood his master’s meaning, or rather, he had only a vague understanding.
But over all these years, Fang Yu had remained at the Qi Condensation stage, causing him to lose his aspiration for immortality.
Rather than pondering what immortals looked like, he was more inclined to think about what he would be like after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
After some thought, Fang Yu picked up a pen, spread a blank sheet of paper on the desk, and began to draw.
A few minutes later, the paper depicted a figure in flowing white robes.
The figure had an otherworldly aura, with immortal energy contained within, appearing outwardly no different from ordinary people.
This was probably what an immortal looked like in Fang Yu’s mind.
Fang Yu looked at the figure on the paper, sighed, crumpled the paper, and tossed it into the nearby trash bin.
Then he got up and left the room.
After checking the location of Qiankun Mountain on his phone map, Fang Yu initially wanted to activate his Void Ring to teleport there.
But after some consideration, he walked to Ye Shengxue’s door and knocked.
Ye Shengxue was startled out of her cultivation state and quickly got up to open the door.
“Mr. Fang, you…”
“How about I take you to Qiankun Mountain in western Xiang City for a visit?” Fang Yu asked.
“Yes!” Ye Shengxue nodded excitedly.
She hadn’t expected Fang Yu to take her out voluntarily!
This was absolutely a rare opportunity for training!
“There will be some pulling force in the spatial tunnel. Hold onto my arm and don’t let go,” Fang Yu said.
“I understand,” Ye Shengxue stood beside Fang Yu, head lowered, and wrapped both hands around his arm.
Fang Yu raised his right hand, and the Void Ring on his index finger emitted a burst of light.
“Whoosh!”
The next second, he and Ye Shengxue vanished from the living room.
…
Western Xiang City, Qiankun Mountain.
This mountain was a well-known three-star scenic area in western Xiang City, with many tourists coming to climb it on normal days.
It was named Qiankun because of its majestic and spectacular shape and scenery.
Today was Monday, a workday, and it was noon, which should have been the quietest time for the scenic area.
But the situation was the opposite.
At this moment, around the Qiankun Mountain scenic area, a dense crowd had gathered! There were at least thousands of people! And the number was increasing rapidly.
These people held phones or cameras, looking up at the shadow appearing on Qiankun Mountain, frantically taking photos.
Such a spectacle was rare to see even once in a hundred years, so they had to capture it!
Besides these ordinary people who came to witness the marvel, some martial artists had also arrived at the foot of Qiankun Mountain.
They looked up at the large patch of light at the mountain top, their faces showing the same amazement as the ordinary people.
The humanoid shadow on Qiankun Mountain was truly enormous!
It was indeed an immortal’s shadow, just as the rumors said!
“I never thought I would witness an immortal phenomenon in my lifetime…”
“This shadow is so large, I can even feel waves of pressure from it!”
“At the mountain top, or inside the mountain, there must be some immortal treasure emerging! Otherwise, such a phenomenon wouldn’t occur!”
A group of martial artists excitedly discussed among themselves.
