The Long Journey to Immortality

These things don't seem like what a Qi Refining cultivator's storage bag should contain.

After receiving the spirit stones and silver, Feng Bailu couldn't help but sigh, "I'm afraid this senior sister was even more excited than me when she faced the final test. I thought she would be a carp leaping over the dragon gate, but she ended up crashing into it and dying. What a pity, what a pity."

After some reflection and having gained some benefits, Feng Bailu originally wanted to be a good person, helping his two senior sisters resolve their funeral arrangements and accumulate some good fortune.

But the thought of having no magical powers left him abandoned the idea of ​​cremation.

Feng Bailu took the golden sword out of his storage bag, but he was wasting its potential, wielding it casually as if it were just ordinary iron.

While using materials found on the cave walls to build two stone mound tombs, Feng Bailu also learned just how sharp the golden sword was.

After doing all this, Feng Bailu took out the Dharma seat, sat on it in meditation, and silently recited the last two recuperation mantras in the "Mysterious Female Reincarnation" secret technique.

She could feel the spiritual energy of the Mysterious Pearl within her body still circulating in her acupoints.

In order to allow the "Mysterious Female Reincarnation" secret technique to exert its full effect, she decided to rest in the cave for a few days before considering leaving and what would happen afterward.

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Chapter Fourteen: Two Things About the Future

Silently reciting the incantation, Feng Bailu closed his eyes slightly, calming his mind and focusing his spirit.

During her rest and recuperation, she could clearly feel the effects of the two short phrases on her body as she repeatedly recited them.

The residual spiritual energy of the Mysterious Pearl in the 311 acupoints around her body became active, giving her the illusion of using ice needles to perform acupuncture on various acupoints.

This feeling was not pleasant, but because she knew it was for her own good, Feng Bailu did not complain at all. She just silently endured it, while also diverting some of her attention to think about other things and distract herself so that she would not experience the unbearable pain that spread throughout her body.

Feng Bailu thought about two questions.

One is the issue of identity, and the other is the issue of one's future prospects.

Regarding the first question, both Feng Bailu's answer and the answer she gave based on Xiaoyaozi's memories and experience were consistent.

After reincarnation, his gender and appearance changed, and he lost his cultivation. Continuing to act as Feng Bailu will definitely cause some trouble.

"Although I am a nobody, there are still people who know me and are familiar with me. No matter how you look at it, it's hard to explain what happened in the cave, and there's no need to explain it to anyone..."

"So, let's change our name, change our identity, and start a new life."

The Jin Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties had only a very simple and crude household registration system.

The government's limit was simply figuring out the approximate number of people living in each city.

As for the major cultivation sects, they would not make things difficult for talented disciples who come to them just because of their identity.

After all, the cultivation world in the Central Plains has been peaceful for almost a thousand years. Even if there are still some undercurrents, no sect would be foolish enough to send disciples with exceptional talent to other sects to act as spies.

Therefore, starting from scratch is not a difficult task for Fengbai Road.

Unlike his fellow disciples, Feng Bailu usually enjoyed reading supernatural tales to pass the time when he wasn't cultivating.

Therefore, she is very interested in making up stories and fabricating her own background.

"It can also be considered as engaging in literary creation."

It took an hour for Feng Bailu to combine Xiaoyaozi's memories with the stories she had read, and then she created a fairly complete and satisfying backstory for her future self.

She was born posthumously into a poor family in the Northern Dynasty. When she was five years old, she had to flee to the south with her family to make a living due to a natural disaster.

After arriving in the Southern Dynasty, her mother supported the family by producing handicrafts and ornaments, accumulating some wealth.

That year, my mother passed away due to illness.

At just sixteen years old, she had to sell the land and house she had saved up over the past ten years to make money and travel around making a living in the Southern Dynasty.

This backstory is neither particularly tragic nor entirely true; among the nearly 100,000 disciples of the numerous cultivation sects in the Central Plains, there are many cultivators with similar experiences.

At the age of 8, Fengbai Road not only reflects her current appearance but also expresses her expectations for a new life.

"As for the specific age, once you reach the Golden Core stage, you can calculate it with a little effort."

"I don't think he's still 45 years old."

The secret techniques for calculating the heavenly order and the future have long been lost, but the numerology for calculating one's own lifespan based on the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage is commonplace in the Central Plains.

It was only after Xiaoyaozi reached the Golden Core stage and calculated his own lifespan that he realized his lifespan was only half that of an average cultivator. That's why he started planning and arranging for the future so early on.

He had finished crafting the story, but a moment later, Feng Bailu remembered the large sum of money he had obtained from the cave, several magical artifacts, a unique cultivation technique, and a pile of clothes that the rough people of the mountains couldn't afford.

Feng Bailu scratched his head and muttered to himself, "This story, paired with all these good things, no one would believe it if I told it to them."

Clothes and such can be purchased with gold and silver.

The high-quality magical artifacts and abundant spirit stones in the storage bag were not things that the girl in the fabricated background could possess.

"Since that's the case..."

Feng Bailu quickly changed his identity again.

"How are the disciples of the cultivation families who live in seclusion in the mountains? They seem quite good."

This is also a relatively common identity for young monks in the world.

Having some cultivation resources under this identity is more acceptable than having that previous crude identity.

With a rough framework in place, Feng Bailu added a few more strokes with great interest before he was satisfied.

Now that I've changed my identity, I naturally need to change my name too.

Feng Bailu, who grew up relying on her mother and father whom she had never met, has always been very concerned about her surname.

Now it's a good time to go with the flow and change her surname, so that people with vivid imaginations won't associate her with him.

"What's your surname and given name?"

When it comes to naming her, Feng Bailu was a complete novice, having no experience whatsoever.

After racking his brains, Xiaoyaozi couldn't recall anything that could help Feng Bailu.

Xiaoyaozi had no children, and he was so busy racing against time that he never thought about such things.

However, names are something that can be chosen at will.

After a stick of incense had burned, Feng Bailu gave himself three options.

After another cup of tea's time, Feng Bailu made a choice among the three options, selecting a name that he found pleasant to hear and meaningful.

Han Lu.

The surname comes from Feng Bailu's mother.

The character "璐" is related to Xiaoyaozi.

Although Xiaoyaozi harbored ill intentions towards Feng Bailu, the two had, in any case, established a master-disciple relationship.

Not to mention that Feng Bailu still has a part of Xiaoyaozi's memories in her mind, which are destined to affect her life and behavior in the future.

Xiaoyaozi's surname is Wang, so Feng Bailu chose to add this "Wang" to the side of "Lu".

"The Han family? It seems there are actually a few major families in the cultivation world with 'Han' as their surname."

Muttering to herself, Feng Bailu, who had changed her name to Han Lu, focused her attention on the second question.

After leaving the cave, how should she proceed on the path of cultivation she had once walked?

On this second issue, Han Lu's choice differed from Xiaoyaozi's decision, which had been made well in advance.

Han Lu was inclined to try to rejoin the Zhengyi Sect after leaving the cave and cultivate there.

Xiaoyaozi, on the other hand, planned to have his remnant soul possess a body, cultivate in a small sect for a few years, and then mingle in the cultivation world as a rogue cultivator.

Xiaoyaozi's idea is easy to understand.

During his nearly 600 years of cultivation, he mostly practiced as a rogue cultivator. Given his solitary nature, it is not surprising that he made such a choice.

The reason why Xiaoyaozi called himself Xiaoyaozi was because he wanted to live a carefree life in the cultivation world.

After his reincarnation, he left her with enough resources to make her plan to cultivate alone from the Qi Refining stage very feasible.

Of course, the natural aversion of independent cultivators to major sects and factions is also the main reason why Xiaoyaozi would make such a plan.

In Han Lu's view, Xiaoyaozi had a prejudice against major sects. Given her personality, it would have been the right thing to do to join the Zhengyi Sect for protection when she was at her most vulnerable.

Although the cultivation world in the Central Plains is currently peaceful, there are never many cases of people being tempted by money.

The magical artifacts, spirit stones, and elixirs she possesses are like the gold, silver, and jade ornaments in the arms of a three-year-old child, easily attracting the covetousness of others.

After all, potential is a matter of the future. Perhaps in fifty years, she will be able to become a powerful Golden Core cultivator.

But right now, she is just a mortal without any magical powers.

Even the former Feng Bailu could kill her easily and without leaving a trace.

Joining a powerful sect can solve these problems.

Not only that, joining a sect can also provide her with more help in her cultivation.

The positive cultivation atmosphere within the Zhengyi Sect and the relatively abundant supply of medicinal pills to its disciples were among the reasons Han Lu considered returning to the sect.

"After you leave, find a Zhengyi Sect outpost nearby, pass the assessment in a formal way, and rejoin the Zhengyi Sect."

Both plans have their advantages, but this time, perhaps in order to prove herself, Han Lu didn't consider Xiaoyaozi's advice at all.

Xiaoyaozi's memories can be of great help to Han Lu, but she is also unhappy about having another idea interfering in her mind.

"As for the issue of identity," Han Lu muttered to herself, "Anyway, the cultivation world is peaceful right now, and the Zhengyi Sect is the number one sect in the Southern Dynasty..."

"When it comes time to test spiritual root aptitude, I'll keep a low profile. The Zhengyi Sect definitely won't waste too much effort on an ordinary disciple who only has a high-grade water attribute spiritual root."

Having figured out the two important things, Han Lu felt much more relaxed. She silently recited the mantra again and then sat quietly, clearing her mind.

After a day and a night, when the cold and stinging sensation in her acupoints disappeared, she stood up from her throne.

"It's time to leave."

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Chapter Fifteen: Leaving the Cave

On the eighth day after entering the cave, and the third day after transforming from Feng Bailu into Han Lu, Han Lu finally decided to leave the cave, return to the Central Plains, and embark on the path of cultivation once again.

This wasn't because Han Lu was impatient, longed for the outside world, or was unwilling to first cultivate quietly in the cave dwelling arranged by Xiaoyaozi.