Cultivating Immortality Through a Hundred Lifetimes: I Possess the Heavenly Book of Merit

In the following days, Yu Yan raised his comprehension to fifteen and secluded himself to practice talismans.

Luo Cheng visited several times during this period, and they agreed to find the lair of the monsters five days later and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Yu Yan outwardly agreed, but secretly he was working harder to complete the concealment talisman.

Hard work pays off. After three days of seclusion, he successfully drew a finished concealment talisman.

After thinking for a moment, Yu Yan knocked on Li Lingying's door.

"Who is it? What's the matter?"

The other party opened the door a crack, so you could hear them talking but couldn't see them.

However, with the blessing of his divine soul and being so close, Yu Yan could clearly "see" the other person standing behind the door, making hand seals, ready to unleash a spell at the slightest sign of trouble.

"It seems she's taken everything I said to her to heart and is on guard; that's better than anything else."

With that thought in mind, Yu Yan handed over several talismans.

"It's me, Yu Yan. I don't know if you've used up the talismans I gave you when you left the sect, so I've been in seclusion recently and made some more to carry around for self-defense."

Li Lingying remained silent for a moment, then opened the door, looked at the talisman in Yu Yan's hand, took it without hesitation, and then took out several jade porcelain bottles from her storage bag.

"I won't take yours for nothing; I'll give you a few pills. The largest porcelain bottle contains antidote pills, made by my master. The middle-sized ones are spirit-restoring pills, which can quickly restore spiritual power. The smallest porcelain bottle is full of rejuvenating pills."

As she finished speaking, she blushed slightly, seemingly a little embarrassed.

"The Rejuvenation Pill can heal injuries. It's the first batch of pills I've refined. I'll trouble Junior Brother Yu to help me test it out."

Before she could finish speaking, she quickly covered her mouth.

"No, no, no, it's better not to need it."

Yu Yan nodded expressionlessly, accepted the pills, and gave instructions:

"I'll go explore again. I have a limited number of spirit talismans, so I won't take you with me this time. Stay here and don't wander off. As I said before, safety is the priority. Stay vigilant."

Li Lingying nodded, but it was unclear whether she had actually taken it to heart.

Although Martial Aunt Qingyao instructed that Yu Yan should be in charge of this mission, Li Lingying believed that her cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining was far superior to Yu Yan's. Although she usually appeared quite quiet, she was somewhat unconvinced.

Moreover, this guy is a bit fearless, thinking that his cultivation level is high enough, and that the people outside the sect are at most at the third level of Qi Refining, so how could they be his match in a fight?

The worst-case scenario is that this guy might suddenly have a bright idea and go looking for trouble with Luo Cheng and his group on his own.

"However, judging from the reactions of those two spirit farmers last time, their focus should be on Bai Xian Village. I'll go investigate and then remove the concealment talisman to avoid diverting their attention to Li Lingying."

With his talisman array plate, various talismans and spells, and the assistance of his divine soul, Yu Yan was difficult for even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator to capture. Even if there was danger, he could escape quickly, so there was no need to worry too much about him.

With everything prepared, he turned around and seemed to transform into a gust of wind, drifting towards Baixian Village.

After passing the stone tablet at the village entrance, continue walking towards the villagers' houses.

He had only walked along the country path for a while when he suddenly stopped.

"White Fairy Village, why am I back again?"

The stone tablet by the roadside is clearly engraved with the three large characters "Bai Xian Village".

With the talisman array disc resting in his hand, ready to be unleashed, Yu Yan narrowed his eyes, released his divine sense, and slowly extended it outwards.

The surrounding scenery seemed to shatter like mirrors as he continued forward along the path his divine sense had revealed until it reached its end.

He didn't see any villagers' houses, but instead saw a black hedgehog stand up in front of him, stretching out its two small, short arms and bowing repeatedly.

As Yu Yan slowly approached, he discovered that there was more than one hedgehog; there were several smaller ones, appearing out of nowhere, also bowing.

"White Fairy?"

He asked.

The hedgehogs nodded repeatedly, as if they could understand human speech.

"This man-eating monster, is it in such a hurry for me to deal with it?"

Yu Yan tentatively said something, which immediately made them shake their heads like rattles.

Then several small hedgehogs placed an arrow on the ground. The large hedgehog came to the arrow, raised its head at Yu Yan, presumably signaling him to follow.

Seeing the hedgehog ahead anxiously wiggling its rear end, Yu Yan thought for a moment and finally followed it.

Instead of heading into the village, they walked towards Baijing Mountain.

The scenery along the way finally stopped repeating itself, but Yu Yan wasn't sure if he had escaped the illusion.

We could only follow behind the hedgehog, crawling through one bush after another, until we finally stopped in front of a cave at the foot of the mountain.

The hedgehog leading the way parted the weeds at the entrance of the cave, pointed to the cave which was only the size of a watermelon, and gestured for Yu Yan to go inside.

Me? Go inside?

Are you serious?

Yu Yan pointed to himself and slowly walked to the front of the cave, trying to make it understand with a very obvious contrast that drilling was completely impossible.

But the other person seemed not to see it, ran to his heels, and pushed Yu Yan inside with all their might.

Could there be a hidden secret here?

Yu Yan was starting to lose confidence because of it, and his mind started to waver. Just as he was thinking of lying down to try it out, he heard someone call his name from behind.

"Young friend Yu Yan."

He turned around, his gaze shifting slightly downwards, and saw a white hedgehog leaning on a cane, looking up at him and waving.

"White Fairy?"

The white hedgehog nodded.

"Did you eat someone?"

Bai Xian shook her head.

"I have protected this village for over a hundred years, how could I possibly do such a thing?"

"I recognize you. You're the Yu family's child who almost starved to death, and the Tian family's child. You were taken away by cultivators back then. Now that you've returned, have you come back in glory?"

Faced with its elder-like question, Yu Yan did not let his guard down, keeping the talisman array disc in his hand in a state of near activation.

"Since you didn't do these things, then what does Luo Cheng mean? Is he lying to me?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xian sighed.

"All of this was a lie told to you by the Taoist cultivators on Baijing Mountain. In fact, they were the ones using the villagers' blood and qi to cultivate evil arts. I tried to stop them, but I didn't expect that the leader of the group was so powerful that he severely injured me."

"Cultivating the Tao, cultivating the Tao, yet unexpectedly the immortal path has been bestowed upon mortals. What is this if not an evil path?"

"They sought help from the outside world in order to completely eliminate me, but who would have thought that it would be you, young friend, who took on the task."

Bai Xian seemed somewhat agitated; her hand, which was holding a cane, was trembling.

"With your help, young friend, the people of Baixian Village can also be saved."

Yu Yan listened quietly to his story, and thinking about Luo Cheng and the others' actions, he was already mostly convinced, but he still asked:

How do I know if what you're saying is true or false?

"Young friend, why test me? Don't you also distrust Luo Cheng and have been searching for the truth?"

"In that case, I'll lend you a hand. We'll go to the village and take a look before making a decision, shall we?"

As she spoke, Bai Xian offered Yu Yan a leaf of clear water.

"Drop it into your eyes, and you will see the truth."

Despite his doubts, Yu Yan still took the leaf of clear water and followed Bai Xian's guidance into the village.

The invisibility spell was still active, and this time no one stopped him.

Yu Yan hesitated for a moment, then dripped water into his eyes, climbed over the wall, and silently entered the villager's room.

A figure, so thin as to be skin and bones, almost unrecognizable, lay on the bed, breathing weakly, his blood and energy depleted, like a candle flickering in the wind, about to breathe his last at any moment.

He slowly approached, and everything seemed like an illusion again. The person on the bed was breathing steadily, and although there was fear on their face, their complexion was rosy.

Yu Yan reached out his hand and slowly approached...

"Senior Brother Yu, what are you doing here so late?"

The sudden voice from behind made him stop abruptly.