Yang Hong's [System] underwent further changes after his ascension and modification by the Ascension Primordial Fluid.
The speed of infusing immortal essence into plants slowed down, and the returned immortal qi became slower and less abundant. However, it was no longer tainted with karma, allowing him to use the infusion function without any reservations.
The only drawback was that he could now only perform nine infusions per day.
During his cultivation of the "Pure Yang Immortal Codex," Yang Hong used up his nine daily infusion counts, allowing his cultivation to still advance rapidly. While not as fast as dual cultivation in the Ascension Pool, it was at least ten times the cultivation speed of ordinary immortals.
"Little Brother Yang Hong, you're planting flowers again? What a refined hobby."
Just as he completed his second infusion of the day, a clear voice like colliding ice and jade, that of Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, reached his ears.
"Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, peace be upon you."
He bowed slightly, and the next second, his hand was clasped by Immortal Venerable Xuanyin.
"Oh dear~ Little Brother, no need for such formality. From now on, don't call me Immortal Venerable Xuanyin. Call me by my given name, Caiwei."
"Uh~ Immortal Venerable Caiwei."
Yang Hong bowed again. He dared not omit the title of 'Immortal Venerable.' Who knew if this old woman would use it as an excuse to consume him.
"Little Hong, your talent is truly extraordinary. In just five years, you have already completed the转修 (zhuanxiu - re-cultivation) of the Pure Yang Immortal Codex. You are indeed exceptionally gifted."
"Heh heh~"
Yang Hong merely offered an awkward smile and didn't respond.
He knew this old woman's visit was not without ulterior motives.
"Here~ Sister has brought you several top-grade immortal elixirs that will allow your cultivation to grow rapidly and advance by leaps and bounds."
As she spoke, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin produced several porcelain bottles, opened them directly, and poured the pills into her hand, offering them to Yang Hong's mouth.
"Thank you~ Immortal Venerable Caiwei."
Yang Hong's lips twitched. He opened his mouth to let Immortal Venerable Xuanyin feed him the medicine. Even if he dared to resist, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin would have used her magic power to force his mouth open and stuff it in.
After experiencing one forced feeding, he became obedient.
This old woman was not one to have a good temper.
For the past five years, she would visit every two to three months, and each time, she would feed Yang Hong medicine and then...
"Little Brother, sit down cross-legged. Sister will help you dissolve and absorb the medicinal power."
Before Immortal Venerable Xuanyin could make a move, Yang Hong quickly sat down and began to frantically circulate the Pure Yang Immortal Codex, guiding the surging immortal essence and medicinal power erupting from his stomach to his entire body, commencing his cultivation.
Behind him, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, with practiced ease, placed her hand on his Laogong acupoint. Her pure and potent immortal essence magic power guided the erupting medicinal power, circulating it throughout Yang Hong's body.
The speed was more than a thousand times faster than Yang Hong cultivating on his own.
Yang Hong could only endure the stinging, tearing sensation in his meridians, gritting his teeth and cultivating rapidly.
The process of immortal cultivation was similar to that of cultivator cultivation. From Immortal to True Immortal, there were four stages, cultivating using immortal power, which was in gaseous form as immortal qi. By the Xuan Immortal and Golden Immortal stages, immortal power became liquid immortal essence.
Great Luo Xuan Immortal involved the transformation of liquid immortal essence towards crystalline immortal crystals. The immortal power possessed characteristics of both liquid and solid states, but its power completely crushed that of Golden Immortals. One immortal crystal was equivalent to ten thousand drops of immortal essence.
When a Great Luo Xuan Immortal transformed all their immortal essence into immortal crystals and comprehended sufficient laws, combining these laws with immortal crystals to form undying immortal crystals, they could then advance to Great Luo Golden Immortal, truly achieving incorruptibility and immortality, existing as long as heaven and earth!
Great Luo Golden Immortals were practically immortal beings.
Now, with a mouthful of elixirs and the catalyst of Immortal Venerable Xuanyin's immortal power, the immortal qi in Yang Hong's body began to form its first drop of immortal essence, officially entering the level of Xuan Immortal.
"Damn it! How can there be a heavenly tribulation!"
Just as the first drop of immortal essence appeared in Yang Hong's dantian, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin cursed softly, released her hand from Yang Hong, and flickered away.
Simultaneously, her words entered Yang Hong's ears through the air.
"Little Brother Yang Hong, quickly adjust your state to face the tribulation. Sister will add a few more formations and restrictions to your small courtyard. The rest is up to you."
With Immortal Venerable Xuanyin's departure, Li Sen immediately stood up and walked into the courtyard of his small dwelling. He found a spot where he could easily reach an immortal flower and sat down, continuing to circulate his cultivation.
Rumble~
The tribulation lightning came swiftly and urgently. Yang Hong had only transformed three drops of immortal essence when the first bolt of tribulation lightning descended.
The terrifying blue immortal lightning instantly shredded Yang Hong's clothes.
His entire body was clad in fourth-grade immortal artifacts, all exquisite pieces gifted to him by Immortal Venerable Xuanyin.
This showed how terrifying this immortal lightning was!
A hundred miles away from the small courtyard, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, standing in the void, also saw her expression change drastically.
"Hiss~ What is going on?
Yang Hong is merely advancing from True Immortal to Xuan Immortal. His tribulation should be a True Immortal Tribulation, shouldn't it? Why is he facing a Xuan Immortal Tribulation right from the start?"
Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, with her vast knowledge, immediately recognized the unreasonable difficulty of this immortal tribulation.
"Could it be that I've accelerated his cultivation too quickly, attracting the jealousy of Heaven?
Alas~ I hope he doesn't die, otherwise, it would be a waste of my five years of investment, and further delay my path to immortality."
While lamenting with her words, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin's expression remained impassive. She gazed at Yang Hong coldly, as if he were an inanimate object.
In her opinion, Yang Hong, who had been rapidly matured, was bound to perish in this tribulation lightning.
However, Yang Hong's situation surprised her.
Although the second bolt of tribulation lightning burned off all his hair and the third bolt caused him to spit out a mouthful of blood, he used the [System]'s infusion ability. In just fifteen minutes, he had recovered more than half of his injuries and used the power of the heavenly lightning to accelerate the condensation of his immortal essence.
A total of nine bolts of heavenly lightning, striking for nine hours. Yang Hong only used six infusions to pass the heavenly tribulation.
"You truly surprise me. Such powerful tribulation lightning didn't kill you?"
Standing before Yang Hong, who resembled a boiled egg, Immortal Venerable Xuanyin couldn't help but marvel. She couldn't see Yang Hong recovering from his injuries through infusions. She only saw him spitting blood and falling repeatedly, only to quickly recover after taking pills.
Therefore, she was merely astonished by Yang Hong's vitality and resilience, unaware that Yang Hong possessed the [System].
"Immortal Venerable, do you have any pills to help recover from injuries? My stock has run out."
Slumped on the ground, with skin and flesh torn in multiple places and bones broken, Yang Hong weakly pleaded for help.
Although he could still use infusions to heal his injuries, he had already passed the heavenly tribulation. There was no need for it, at least he didn't want his [System] to be discovered.
As he spoke, he took out his three storage rings, indicating that he was not lying.
Immortal Venerable Xuanyin, without any politeness, took the three storage rings and inspected them carefully. Her divine sense also probed Yang Hong thoroughly, up and down.
She was truly curious how Yang Hong managed to survive a tribulation lightning that spanned an entire level without dying.
Although he was injured in the end, it was an undeniable fact. A miracle.
"Within these...
You truly didn't lie to me. Open your mouth."
Yang Hong honestly opened his mouth and swallowed the pill Immortal Venerable Xuanyin flicked into it. The injuries on his skin rapidly healed, and his internal meridians began to mend.
"Snap~"
Just as he was circulating his cultivation to heal his injuries, he heard a crisp snap. Looking up, he saw Immortal Venerable Xuanyin using her potent magic power to directly crush one of the storage rings.
"You have too many things belonging to female immortals here. I'll help you dispose of them."
Yang Hong could only give a simple, honest smile, indicating his acceptance.
The contents of his storage rings were all from the female immortals of the Frost Snow Sect, so naturally, there were many women's belongings.
From Immortal Venerable Xuanyin's expression, Yang Hong detected a hint of jealousy, akin to that of a young girl.