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Tan Shuchang had been cultivating for four years, and it was October 17.

First, I declared I was no alchemist, and then I asked her if crafting a hundred more pills was possible, only to be sent away with a cup of tea! How preposterous, especially since I'd made it clear I was no alchemist!

Demon Cultivators really are beyond reason.

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After making his daily journal entry, Tan Shuchang glanced at the firmly shut gates of the Heavenly Sword Mansion, and two cultivators of a hundred years who, with awkward expressions, bowed and apologized to him, then he left with a visibly good mood.

Because he indeed was in a good mood.

After many failures, a certain young girl had finally succeeded, but this time she managed it because she had sought external help.

The sound of the exploding Alchemy Furnace, Tan Shuchang had heard it from afar.

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Then, he sneakily took a peek.

Learning from his previous lesson, he was very discreet this time, using the Calamity Witnessing Sword Qi transformed by the Ghost Shadow to stealthily approach. Indeed, next to that young girl, he saw a very familiar girl.

With her there, although the Alchemy Furnaces exploded thrice, Tan Shuchang finally got the Life-Extending Pill he needed.

This made Tan Shuchang inwardly glad that he had not overestimated his abilities and attempted learning alchemy himself.

Such specialized tasks, obviously, need to be handled by professionals.

Moments later, after Tan Shuchang finished infusing the pill with vital essence, he then placed it on the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone.

He lost ten years of his lifespan, but fortunately, having previously eaten a Ren Water Peach and due to the completion of "Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture," this loss of ten years did not affect Tan Shuchang in the slightest.

The recklessness typical of eternal kinds, Tan Shuchang now had somewhat of an understanding.

And, having received Tan Shuchang's Life-Extending Pill, the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone suddenly released an aura of aging, but this aura was merely fleeting and was quickly replaced by a robust sense of life.

"Little sister here thanks Tan big brother greatly!" a light-hearted voice came from the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone, and compared to their initial conversation when the agreement was made, this light-hearted voice now carried a slightly mischievous tone.

So, Tan Shuchang, mimicking her tone, said, "Look at sister's words, it makes us seem like strangers, that indeed is my fault."

While saying this, Tan Shuchang also didn't forget to curl a lancet finger.

The person in the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone: "..."

Had it really been just a few years? Had the customs of the Cultivation Realm become so peculiar?

Seeing that his words had completely silenced this "old sister," Tan Shuchang then knocked on the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone, signaling the other party to quickly hand over what they had promised.

Sisters or not, when it comes to benefits, everything else is just a cloud blocking one's vision.

At this time, the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone was also feeling bewildered, so it quickly surrendered the promised item to Tan Shuchang.

A moment later, Tan Shuchang understood how to use another's dreams to gain insights into his own studies, finding this Dream Immortal Path utterly astonishing.

The core principle the Dream Immortal Path espoused was only one—deception.

Deceive all sentient beings, make them reveal their demonic sides, then lead these demonic aspects to transform into calamities in one's dreams. However, the method to transcend these calamities did not rely on brute force to break these demonic aspects but rather on various methods to deceive them.

Once the demonic aspects of all beings were eliminated, that was when one's own Dream Immortal Path was fully accomplished.

The method to use others' dreams to gain insights into one's own cultivation was to directly control that demonic aspect and attempt to cultivate one's own studies.

When that demonic aspect started to cultivate, no matter what kind of bottleneck it encountered, it would relentlessly try to break through using its original master's knowledge.

Through this process, Tan Shuchang could observe from the sidelines, understanding various advantages and disadvantages.

"Truly a worthy cultivation method capable of achieving Immortal Realm..."

Tan Shuchang inwardly was amazed.

His "Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture," compared to this Dream Immortal Path, was truly in a whole different league. But this did not mean that "Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture" was completely outclassed.

Tan Shuchang pondered.

This Dream Immortal Path provided a reliable direction for his future cultivation.

"If only I could gain access to the Tao of the Peach Blossom's cultivation methods..." Tan Shuchang couldn't help but think, considering the Peach Immortal, who also apparently knew some secret matters and thus chose not to ascend completely.

Unfortunately, though the corpse of that Peach Immortal had been placed in his Blood Pool, the intelligence birthed within the corpse was too cunning and sharp, and it quickly escaped the moment anything seemed amiss.

He could only confirm that this individual was still in the Jiawu Realm.

Then, after hesitating for a bit, Tan Shuchang again took the initiative to speak to the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone, "Immortal, in some days, I will give you twenty more years of my lifespan."

Although the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone had previously only promised to teach him how to use others' dreams, in actuality, it had given him the entire Dream Immortal Path cultivation as well.

As the saying goes, what's offered for free often has the highest cost.

Tan Shuchang still did not know what the landscape of the Immortal Realm was really like, so he dared not forge too close a tie with such entities.

"That's now thirty years of lifespan, even if you are the 'Cross Calamity Immortal Scripture' fully accomplished, which only extends life by two hundred, this still represents a significant loss for you," the light-hearted voice from the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone calmly stated, seemingly having anticipated Tan Shuchang's statement.

And hearing the Dream Immortal Sleep Stone say this so calmly, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but be stunned, because if he remembered correctly, the notes supposedly left by the originator of this cultivation technique found by the Master of the Demon Cultivators clearly recorded that, upon completion, this technique could extend a cultivator's life by ten cycles of sixty years each.