A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

After shaking off the eerie white wolf, Zhou Ping changed his flight path again. The dark, blurry jungle in the distance made him feel deeply uneasy.

During the rest of the journey, he took out two more brand-new spirit stones and absorbed them without hesitation. Compared to his own life and fortune, these spirit stones, no matter how precious, could no longer be hidden away.

.......

Three days later, as the first rays of morning sunlight pierced through the dense forest and illuminated the lush valley, a disheveled young man finally landed from the airship.

He immediately found a secluded spot, took out two spirit stones, and sat cross-legged to meditate. This down-on-his-luck youth was none other than Zhou Ping, who had gotten rid of the white demon wolf a few days ago.

At this moment, he was disheveled, with only one-tenth of his magical power remaining, and his spiritual energy was extremely weak. Clearly, he had experienced something terrible before fleeing here.

About half an hour later, Zhou Ping felt that his magical power had recovered to about 70-80%, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

However, a deep sense of fear still lingered in his eyes, an expression I had never seen on his face before.

He glanced back in the direction he had come from for a moment, and when he saw that nothing was following, he let out a long sigh of relief, then flipped over and jumped onto the flying boat, soaring away once more.

It turned out that after getting rid of the demon wolf a few days ago, Zhou Ping had completely veered his flight path to the other side of the official road in order to avoid other demonic beasts that might be hiding in the dark.

This is the shady side of the Yin-Yang Forest. There are also dense trees here, but because it is shady, it is not as dense as the side with the demon wolf.

Zhou Ping thought that after flying for so long, from one side to the other, he could finally get rid of the hidden monsters completely.

But who could have imagined that this time, escaping one wolf's den only to fall into another?

At night, just as he was about to approach the other side of the forest, with the help of the bright moonlight and his keen senses, he could vaguely see a blurry figure appearing on the outskirts of the Yin-Yang Forest, silently watching him, even from a distance of several dozen feet.

At first, Zhou Ping thought he had encountered other travelers who had come here, so he flew over unhurriedly.

As the distance continued to shrink, the blurry figure became clearer and clearer. When there were less than ten feet left, he suddenly realized that the other person was not an ordinary passerby as he had imagined, but a mysterious and alluring woman.

With his exceptional eyesight, Zhou Ping was able to clearly see the other person's entire appearance. Except for a few sensitive areas that were obscured by the swirling white mist, her beautiful and graceful body was completely exposed to his gaze.

Just as Zhou Ping was staring blankly at her, a pair of emotionless eyes on the beautiful woman's cold face fixed on him.

It was at this moment that Zhou Ping realized that the other person's long, flowing white hair was actually made of wisps of mist, which drifted silently and then suddenly spread wildly in all directions.

In the time it takes to breathe, it has expanded to several meters and merged with the surrounding mist. Then, a pair of giant hands formed from the mist slammed down on the flying boat from the left and right sides.

Zhou Ping shuddered and jolted awake from his reverie of the other woman's beauty. He hurriedly urged the flying boat to retreat.

Because of the close proximity, before he could completely escape the attack range of the giant hand, two misty hands slammed down from the left and right.

With a loud bang, Zhou Ping felt as if all the bones in his body had shattered. A sharp pain shot through his shoulder. He endured the surging blood and qi and pushed the flying boat with all his might, barely managing to escape from between the giant hand's fingers.

puff!

A mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth, which slightly eased the surging blood and qi in his body. He glanced at the lotus shield that resembled a spider web, and then fled backward in fear.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and instantly summoned the Luosheng Lotus Shield within his body, this palm strike might have taken his life!

The mysterious woman was slightly taken aback when she saw that Zhou Ping had escaped from her giant hand. She seemed to find it hard to believe, so she focused her gaze on the hazy blue lotus shield. After seeing the dense cracks on it, she nodded thoughtfully.

Then, with a slight movement of her fingers, wisps of white mist rose from beneath her bare jade feet, instantly lifting her up and rapidly chasing after Zhou Ping in the direction he had fled.

Zhou Ping, who was fleeing, turned around and saw this scene. He was so frightened that he immediately used all his magic power to recklessly urge the flying boat to move forward.

"Riding the clouds? Have we encountered immortals?!"

Zhou Ping roared inwardly, the eerie woman behind him almost shattering his mental defenses.

His physical condition was very poor at the moment, and he felt a tearing sensation in all the meridians of his body. If he tried to circulate the Qingyuan Technique at this time, his injuries would undoubtedly be worsened.

But Zhou Ping couldn't care less about that now. His strongest defensive technique, the Luo Sheng Lian Shield, was almost shattered by a single blow. Who knows if he could withstand a second attack!

Fortunately, this did not happen. During Zhou Ping's desperate escape, the strange woman did not follow, but stopped unwillingly after chasing for a while.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Ping was overjoyed. After observing carefully, he discovered that the mysterious woman had stopped at the edge of the fog and seemed unable to leave its range.

This discovery finally brought him some peace of mind, and he was no longer as desperate as before.

After confirming that the other party could not catch up, Zhou Ping, to be on the safe side, still flew dozens of miles away without stopping before stopping at dawn to meditate and recover.

Since entering the world of cultivation, Zhou Ping has been working hard to catch up on all aspects of cultivation knowledge and has a deep respect for the people and affairs in the cultivation world.

After all, it was already unbelievable that an ordinary mortal from a small town could manage to step into the world of cultivation. He thought he had already broadened his horizons considerably.

However, the strange woman he encountered this time still broadened his horizons considerably, making him realize once again how inadequate and ignorant his understanding of the cultivation world was. He didn't even know what was attacking him.

I thought that after learning a few immortal spells, I would be able to roam the cultivation world on my own. Now it seems that I was really getting carried away.

For the first time, Zhou Ping began to doubt his decision to undertake this mission. If he had paid a price before leaving the sect and met Qin Changqing through Qin Lang, and traveled with him on the mission, it might not have been a bad thing, and he might not have encountered this dangerous situation today.