The Long Journey to Immortality

"Everyone, I think we can try cooperating with Hans Company. Hans Company should have information about ancient cultivation treasures."

"Cooperate with Hans Company?" The group was all taken aback by Lu Liangcai's idea.

Lu Liangcai laughed and said, "What, do you all look down on Hans Company, or do you think that Hans Company is unlikely to have any information related to ancient cultivation?"

“No,” Chu Fei said, “Fellow Daoist Lu, haven’t you heard the phrase ‘to seek the skin of a tiger’?”

Lu Liangcai chuckled twice, touched the storage pouch at his waist, and asked in return, "Then, Fellow Daoist Chu, who do you think is the tiger, us or Hans Company?"

Upon hearing this, the group seemed to ponder it, and after a moment, none of them raised any objections.

[Author's Note] That day, when CN basketball suffered a defeat, I couldn't help but come up with this title.

Chapter 205 Reunion with Wen Er Ya

This idea had already formed in Lu Liangcai's mind after he learned about Hans Company's status in this world, but he had been hesitant to act on it because he lacked sufficient resources and power.

Now, the five cultivators have temporarily come together to form an alliance. Lu Liangcai believes that their current strength is enough to negotiate with Hans Company and use the ruler of this world to seek benefits for themselves, so that they will not return empty-handed after thirty days.

Once it was clear that they both supported the decision, Lu Liangcai didn't hesitate and continued, "Then let's go to Hans City first, and then..."

Chu Fei interrupted Lu Liangcai, "Fellow Daoist Lu, do you know how to communicate with or connect with Hans Company?"

Holding his phone, Lu Liangcai said confidently, "Leave everything to me. As long as you follow my instructions, I guarantee this will succeed."

Perhaps it was Lu Liangcai's technological and modern aura that gave the four of them some confidence, and Lu Liangcai temporarily became the leader among the five, taking the lead in this plan to make a deal with Hans Company.

Han Lu was unaware of everything that was happening in the woods on the outskirts of Pengcheng.

Previously, after a nearly twelve-hour high-speed rail journey, she finally arrived at Hans, the world's center of science, economy, and politics.

The night before, the moment Han Lu stepped off the high-speed train and onto the ground of Hans City, she finally understood what Qiu Bin had once said.

Hans City is indeed three hundred years ahead of Shanghai City, in every respect.

Although advanced, the leap from Pengcheng to Hanscheng is still not as great as the leap from the Central Plains to Shanghai.

After a night, Han Lu had adapted to all the advanced gadgets she saw in Hans City and found a high-end hotel in this futuristic metropolis where she could check in without an ID card.

Even so, when Han Lu woke up in her luxury suite the next morning and ordered a delicious breakfast on a projection screen that seemed to exist in the air of the hotel room with just a few words, she couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of technology.

Although these features were mentioned on Hans's official website and displayed in Hans's showroom in Pengcheng, Han Lu was still awestruck when she experienced them firsthand, marveling at the wonder of technology, which was no less impressive than the magic of cultivation techniques.

As Han Lu sat at the dining table in the room, clumsily using a knife and fork to prepare the delicious food she had never seen before, she couldn't help but ponder technology and cultivation, wondering which path was superior.

Naturally, Han Lu wouldn't easily come up with a perfect conclusion to this matter.

Ultimately, Han Lu, a cultivator temporarily living in the technological world, decided to buy more technologically advanced items that could be used in the Central Plains before returning to the Central Plains.

Take these wonderful things back as "local specialties," enjoy the beauty of both worlds, and then ponder this question that may have no conclusion.

After filling her stomach, Han Lu once again used her true spiritual power to change the style of her clothes before leaving the hotel where she was staying and setting off to Hans Company to test the waters and see what the headquarters of the super company that controls this world really looks like.

The air in Hans City is much more polluted than in Shanghai. If Han Lu came here directly from the Central Plains, she would probably be the first cultivator to get dizzy from the air pollution.

Fortunately, Han Lu's lungs had adapted to the world's terrible air quality over the course of five days, which allowed her to move freely in this city where many people needed to wear masks to engage in outdoor activities.

When the 88-story Hans headquarters came into view, Han Lu, like a country bumpkin, sighed and marveled at human creativity.

However, her mood soured considerably when she noticed that visitors had to swipe their electronic ID cards to enter Hans' headquarters.

Looking up at the building and then down at the asphalt road beneath her feet, Han Lu thought to herself, "It's really inconvenient to walk around this world as an undocumented person. I was thinking of trying to be polite first, but it seems that I can only resort to force now."

Having already made up her mind to completely leave the city after finishing this project and venture into the wilderness to find ancient cultivation treasures, Han Lu didn't mind offending Hans Company at this last moment.

She even hoped to have a head-on confrontation with Hans Company so that she could broaden her horizons and see just how powerful modern technological weapons really are.

Han Lu, who possessed the bloodline of a true spirit, was confident that even if she was no match for him, she could easily escape and would certainly not be defeated in this ditch.

Just as Han Lu was debating whether she should sneak in and break through from the inside, just like the previous two times, a familiar voice suddenly rang out behind her, "Junior Sister!"

Hearing the address and the voice, Han Lu was overjoyed and quickly turned around.

Sure enough, it was Wen Er Ya who called her.

Wen Erya also changed into modern clothes for this occasion, but her attire was much more conservative compared to Han Lu's.

When Wen Erya saw that the girl who turned around was indeed Han Lu, her face was filled with joy.

The two took a few steps closer, and Han Lu took Wen Erya's hand and said affectionately, "I really didn't expect to meet my senior sister here."

“I didn’t expect to run into my junior sister,” Wen Erya said with a smile. “Come on, junior sister, let’s find a place to sit and chat.”

Wen Erya's arrival made Han Lu temporarily forget about the "attack on Hans Company".

The two found a tea bar that offered low-alcohol mixed drinks, each ordered a mixed fruit juice, and chatted about their experiences over the past five days.

Facing Wen Erya, Han Lu had nothing left to hide.

She simply omitted her experiences of transforming into a true spirit and causing trouble in Shenzhen, instead focusing on her story in Shanghai and finding ancient cultivation treasures from the Hans Company.

Although possessing the bloodline of a true spirit and being able to transform into a true spirit is not a secret, Han Lu always subconsciously hides it and doesn't want anyone to know.

After hearing Han Lu's story, Wen Erya couldn't help but praise her a few times, "Indeed, Junior Sister is a smart person. She thought that the ancient cultivation treasures might be hidden inside Hans Company. Just now, when you were standing at the entrance of Hans Company's headquarters, you were probably thinking about how to sneak in and steal the many treasures hidden here."

"Hearing what you said, Senior Sister, you also thought of this and succeeded successfully?" Han Lu reacted quickly.

Wen Erya nodded, "However, she is not as quick-witted or agile as my junior sister. She only managed to snatch four magical artifacts and one spiritual artifact from other cities."

When Wen Erya arrived in this world, the city she was in was not much bigger than Pengcheng, so it was quite normal that the Hans branch there had fewer ancient cultivation treasures.

From this perspective, Piaomiaozi's two top disciples are far superior to other treasure hunters in terms of "intelligence".

Now that Wen Erya, a close friend, had arrived, Han Lu naturally felt embarrassed to keep the meal to herself and took the initiative to invite Wen Erya to join her team.

"Senior sister, how about we work together this time and split the ancient cultivation treasures we get?"

Although this matter seemed easy to Wen Erya, just as Han Lu had invited her for the same reason, Wen Erya did not refuse Han Lu's idea of ​​acting together.

Wen Erya readily agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to my junior sister."

Chapter 206 Backer, ID Card

After saying this, Wen Erya took out some information she had obtained from an unknown source and reminded Han Lu that this time, stealing things from Hans's headquarters would not be as easy as taking candy from a baby as the previous two times.

"Junior sister, according to the intelligence I have obtained, the Three Heroes of the Western Regions are also in Hans City."

"Huh? All three of them are here?" Han Lu was slightly surprised.

After all, the teleportation was random. Although she and Wen Erya had made an agreement beforehand, they only met by chance on the fifth day.

It was no easy task for the three heroes of the Western Regions to get together, let alone the fact that all three of them happened to be in Hans City at the moment.

Han Lu didn't press Wen Erya about how she obtained such secret and important information. She simply asked casually, "Senior Sister, do you think they're also here for the ancient cultivation treasures beneath Hans's headquarters, just like us?"

Wen Erya shook her head. "Their purpose in coming to Hans City is exactly the opposite of ours. We came to plunder, while they came to protect."

Two righteous cultivators from the Central Plains planned to commit robbery, while a cultivator from the Western Regions, considered barbarians, became their protectors.

No matter how you look at it or hear it, there's a certain irony to it.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Han Lu almost jumped up from her seat in shock. "Those three people have reached a cooperation agreement with Hans Company?"

“Yes,” Wen Erya continued, “It’s quite interesting, actually Hans Company approached them on their own initiative.”

"Huh? What's going on?" With just this one sentence, Han Lu couldn't fill in the details in her mind.

Wen Erya then recounted the information she possessed in detail, telling Han Lu a story about the Three Heroes of the Western Regions.

"...The three of them should also have magical artifacts that can determine each other's location. As soon as they arrived in this strange world, they took the initiative to meet up using flying artifacts."

"However, this practice was too reckless and was discovered and monitored by Hans Company early on."

"...Perhaps it was because Hans Company discovered that the three were no ordinary people that they did not use any particularly forceful methods, but instead took the initiative to cooperate with them."

"Shi Gong and Yu Wenzhang are both fools, but Ke Jitong is a brilliant strategist with a sharp mind."

"He persuaded Shi Gong and Yu Wenzhang, which led to the three of them establishing a real cooperative relationship with Hans Company."

"A few days ago, perhaps because my junior sister and I alarmed the Hans Company, the three of them were arranged to come to Hans City to act as guards and henchmen, and to contribute their efforts to the Hans Company's research on cultivation civilization."

Wen Erya's explanation was so detailed that Han Lu couldn't help but have some bold guesses: "Senior sister, you don't also have the Hans Company's logo on you, do you?"

These words were so witty that Wen Erya couldn't help but chuckle twice.

After smoothing her long, flowing hair and taking a sip of the greenish-blue juice, Wen Erya quietly explained to Han Lu, "Although Hans Company dominates the world, it is not without its opponents."

She only said half of what she meant, but Han Lu understood the subtext perfectly.

Han Lu understood that Wen Erya had probably reached a cooperation agreement with Hans Company's "enemy," which was why she was so well-informed.

"Does Senior Sister mean that if we act now, we might end up facing the Three Heroes of the Western Regions?"

Wen Erya said, "That's right. Although I think that working with my junior sister should be enough to deal with those three, it's always better to be more careful than to make a mistake."

Han Lu nodded. "What Senior Sister said is right."

After the reconstruction, Han Lu, who had never tasted defeat before, was very clear about her and Wen Erya's abilities.

Even though the three heroes of the Western Regions were geniuses among geniuses in the Western Regions and had great fame, she did not take them seriously.

Without transforming into a true spirit, fighting three opponents might be difficult, but with Wen Erya's help, Han Lu felt she had a 95% chance of winning in a two-on-three situation.

"So, Senior Sister, when do you plan to make your move?" Han Lu asked.

Wen Erya, on the other hand, seemed indifferent. "Whatever, today or tomorrow is fine."

The two still have more than twenty days to go in the ancient cultivation secret realm, so there is indeed no need to rush into action.

“Let’s do it tomorrow,” Han Lu planned. “Today we’ll wander around Hans City and have some fun, and tomorrow we can go and cause some trouble, get involved in some fighting and killing.”

“Okay,” Wen Erya replied, then suddenly changed the subject, “Junior sister, do you have an electronic account and an ID card?”

"Huh? What's wrong?" Han Lu was puzzled as to why Wen Erya asked this question.

“Without an electronic account and a legal identity, you can’t have a good time in Hans City,” Wen Erya said, her tone becoming like that of a peddler who helps make fake documents. “Junior sister, do you want me to help you get an ID card and open an electronic account?”

Having lived in this world for five days, Han Lu found Wen Erya's words quite unbelievable. "Senior sister, you've even learned this? Is it the real thing?"

“Of course, it’s the real deal,” Wen Erya laughed. “Otherwise, how would those opponents of Hans Company recruit soldiers and organize forces in this world? This kind of technical work is not a problem for them.”

Han Lu then realized that the partners Wen Erya had found in this world were far more powerful than she had imagined.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you, senior sister." Han Lu was also thinking about getting herself a legal identity so she could better enjoy the convenience that modern technology brings to life.