The Long Journey to Immortality

"You slut, are you lonely and looking for a man?" Yu Wenzhang showed off his strong muscles, his gaze sweeping over Han Lu's exposed fair skin. "I, Yu Wenzhang, am not afraid of trouble. You two sisters can come at me together. I guarantee I'll make you both completely submissive in bed."

Ke Jitong waved his hand, still smiling, but his tone was no longer as friendly as before. "It seems that you two don't take my three brothers seriously?"

“No,” Wen Erya answered bluntly and arrogantly, “If it weren’t for the distance, I would have beaten you all to a pulp long ago.”

"If you're paid to do something, you have to do it," Ke Jitong offered a rather cultured and moral reason. "Although you two are rude, you don't deserve to die. But eyeing the treasure that we three brothers are guarding is a capital offense. Since Fellow Daoist Wen wants to fight, then let's fight."

“I not only want to fight, but I also want to make a bet with you,” Wen Erya continued, seeing that the other party had taken the bait. “If we win, we will take all the ancient cultivation treasures underground in Hans’ headquarters.”

"You've won. My junior sister and I will not only hand over the secret treasures we have, but we'll also spend the night with the three of you. Fellow Daoist Teng, what do you think of this bet?"

Upon hearing this, Ke Jitong was overjoyed.

In Ke Jitong's view, this bet was only good for them, not bad.

They lost the battle, and the secret treasure hidden underground by the Hans Company certainly couldn't be protected, so they suffered no loss.

But if you win, you'll not only get more ancient cultivation treasures, but you'll also enjoy the bliss of having multiple wives—that's an incredible stroke of luck!

Ke Jitong pretended to be serious, as if he was not tempted by the beautiful woman. He looked at the two brothers on his left and right, who were excited and eager to start fighting, and said, "Fellow Daoist Wen comes from the Zhengyi Sect and is a man of his word. The terms of this bet are good, and we can accept it. However, how should we fight? Should it be a one-on-one duel or a free-for-all? Fellow Daoist Wen, don't you give us a specific plan?"

"Let's have a free-for-all. If we win in a one-on-one fight, you're afraid you'll say we bullied you." Wen Erya had already made up her mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ke Jitong agreed immediately.

[Author's Note] Bookke is four years old, and I have successfully maintained my record of not updating.

Chapter 209 Two Against Three (Part 1)

Such an important matter was settled in just a few words.

The speed of the change was slightly beyond Han Lu's expectations.

However, she, who was watching everything unfold, did not stop Wen Er Ya.

Even with just a few words, Wen Erya used the magical artifacts and spiritual weapons she had obtained from her storage bag as stakes in the bet, and even included herself in the bet agreement.

After all, in Han Lu's view, this bet was something she couldn't possibly lose.

What does it matter what kind of bet is placed?

However, she noticed that after Wen Er Ya came to this world and met her again, she became somewhat different from the Wen Er Ya she knew in the Central Plains.

In the past, Han Lu would never have thought that Wen Erya, who had received royal education since childhood, would act like this and say such things that would never come from the mouth of the thirteenth princess.

The two sides exchanged a few more words, and the verbal bet was officially finalized.

Because both sides' demands are reasonable, if you win the argument, these things can be accomplished smoothly, and you can't break the contract even if you want to.

Therefore, neither Wen Erya nor Ke Jitong had any intention of drawing up a written agreement, so that the bet would have a more "ethereal" feel than the petty calculations of common people.

Meanwhile, the conversation between the five men was clearly seen and heard by five of the thirteen directors of Hans Company through surveillance cameras.

Even the third-in-command of the security department knew how formidable the monks were, so the five directors who managed the entire Hans Company were naturally even more aware of this.

Therefore, when the three heroes of the Western Regions wagered the ancient cultivation treasures that still belonged to Hans Company, none of the five directors of Hans Company were tactless enough to raise any objections or forcibly break the bet agreement made between Wen Erya and Ke Jitong.

They knew that without the help of the Three Heroes of the Western Regions, they alone would not be able to protect these treasures in front of so many cultivators.

Rather than breaking the contract and offending people, it's better to honestly follow the cooperation agreement made with the Three Heroes of the Western Regions.

They used this incident as a means to win people's hearts, so that Hans Company could smoothly overcome this unexpected calamity.

Under the direction of the five directors, the third-in-command of the security department, who had finally managed to evacuate from the eye of the storm, had to come to the meeting room once again and intervene in the conversation between the two sides.

"Seniors, since we're going to fight, could we choose a good place? Our Hans Company is willing to provide the venue so that you can have a good fight."

Neither side, already struggling to decide where to meet, had any objections.

In the blink of an eye, a weapons testing range located 100 meters underground from the Hans Corporation headquarters was cleared out and vacated to serve as the venue for this competition.

This venue was originally used for testing heavy weapons, so it is naturally very spacious and more than enough to serve as a place for Qi Refining cultivators to compete in battles.

Meanwhile, many scientific instruments that were originally used to record and analyze data from weapon tests were activated and put into standby mode immediately.

This was the first time Hans Company had ever witnessed a battle between cultivators, so they naturally wanted to take this opportunity to exercise their scientific spirit, collect some potentially useful data, and see if they could gain any benefit from this unfortunate situation.

When Han Lu, Wen Erya, and the Three Heroes of the Western Regions arrived at the weapons testing ground, a director of Hans Company made a special appearance, said a few polite words, and assured that no matter the outcome, they would abide by the bet agreed upon by both parties.

The director made these remarks to express Hans Company's support for its partners, the Three Heroes of the Western Regions.

Hearing this, Wen Erya was completely relieved.

The main reason Wen Erya went to such lengths was that she didn't want to be entangled with the Hans Company after obtaining the treasure.

The intention was to force Hans Company to compromise by flexing its muscles during the confrontation.

But now that Hans has made a commitment, Wenerya's goal has been achieved.

Ke Jitong, one of the three heroes of the Western Regions, also made a small request before the director left.

"I hope Mr. Ran can help act as a referee and say 'start' later..."

When Ke Jitong said this, he was responding to Hans Company's support and also expressing his attitude: although the Three Heroes of the Western Regions had taken it upon themselves to make this bet, they still hoped to continue to cooperate with Hans Company and create a win-win situation in this world.

Director Ran understood and naturally did not refuse.

However, there were no array restrictions in the venue, so although he agreed to be the referee, Director Ran immediately hid back in the observation room located on the wall of the hall, hiding behind three layers of bulletproof glass and using the venue's broadcast system to perform this dangerous job of refereeing.

After Director Ran left, Ke Jitong turned to Han Lu and Wen Erya and casually said, "Do you two need to prepare some more? If you're scared, surrendering isn't out of the question."

“We should be the ones saying that,” Han Lu said. “However, we don’t accept the idea of ​​surrendering and losing half. Everything has to be done according to the bet we just made.”

"It seems that the skills that Brother Yuwen and Brother Shi learned from watching the film yesterday will come in handy." After saying this, Ke Jitong met the eyes of Yuwen and Shi Gong.

Both brothers knew what Ke Jitong was talking about, and recalling the erotic video they had seen online the night before, the three of them burst into laughter.

Wen Erya and Han Lu, however, didn't understand the men's whispers among the three brothers for a moment.

Too lazy to engage in a literary contest with the three heroes of the Western Regions any longer, Wen Erya interrupted their laughter and said, "I hope you'll still be laughing when you're beaten to a pulp later. Hurry up, are you still going to fight or not?"

"Fight! Fight now!"

Feeling that he had gained the upper hand in terms of momentum, Ke Jitong stopped dawdling and made a gesture toward the observation room on the wall.

Upon receiving the signal, Director Ran's voice was broadcast back through the broadcast system to the weapons testing range.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm now counting down from three, and this duel will officially begin."

Upon hearing this, both sides tacitly took a few steps back, distancing themselves from the other.

"3."

Han Lu and Wen Erya exchanged a glance, communicating their tactics for the upcoming battle.

"2."

Shi Gong and Yu Wenzhang clenched their fists, tensed their muscles, and were fully prepared for battle.

"1."

Ke Jitong placed his hand on the spirit beast pouch at his waist, preparing to summon his many demonic beasts and spirit beasts, which had not yet come to this world to breathe, as soon as the battle began.

"Game start!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the five people in the room immediately started fighting.

Han Lu summoned the eighteen spirit swords from her storage bag, while Wen Erya used the Hundred Treasures Control Technique to summon five magical treasures from her storage bag.

The Three Heroes of the Western Regions showed no sign of falling behind.

Shi Gong and Yu Wenzhang activated their family's external martial arts techniques, causing their muscles to inflate as if they were filled with air, bursting through their modern clothes in the blink of an eye.

Meanwhile, three more demonic beasts appeared beside Ke Jitong.

This battle of wits had only just begun when it entered a critical phase.

Chapter 210 Two vs. Three

Although Han Lu and Wen Erya had absolute confidence in their team's strength and were confident of victory, they also knew that the reputation of the Three Heroes of the Western Regions was not something given away for free. Therefore, the two did not expect to defeat their opponents in one move and stage a show similar to the sect selection competition.

After exchanging glances, the two tacitly completed a simple division of labor.

Wen Erya was tasked with dealing with Ke Jitong, while Han Lu was responsible for the Yu Wenzhang and Shi Gong brothers.

Having just unleashed the eighteen spirit swords she had recently acquired from the sect, Han Lu arranged them into two simple Five Elements Sword Formations, nine swords per group, according to their Five Elements attributes. She then used her sword control techniques to press towards the Yu Wenzhang and Shi Gong brothers.

The Spirit Sword, a magical artifact that is both incredibly sharp and capable of casting spells, was not considered anything special by the brothers Yuwenzhang and Shigong.

To help their tribe fight, the two brothers had been stuck at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining for four and a half years, and had already cultivated their external martial arts to the extreme.

Even without using protective spells, the strength of his physical body alone is comparable to that of ordinary low-grade magical artifacts.

If they were using external martial arts techniques and protective spells, they would dare to respond head-on with their fists, even if it was a spirit sword formation used by someone like Han Lu who had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Faced with the sword formation, the two retaliated by swinging their fists and palms.

Although they were fleshy hands, they seemed to be forged from steel; the blade of the spirit sword could not even leave a scratch on the hands of the Yuwen and Shigong brothers.

All that could be heard was a clanging sound, like metal clashing, as the two brothers' hands collided with Han Lu's spirit sword.

The two brothers remained calm and easily withstood several waves of attacks from Han Lu's spirit sword.

Han Lu knew very well that a rudimentary sword formation wouldn't be enough to defeat body cultivators like the Yu Wenzhang and Shi Gong brothers.

Using the sword formation was merely a method Han Lu chose to entangle the two of them.

To defeat them, Yokoro knew very well that he needed to use his strengths to attack their weaknesses, striking hard in areas where external martial arts and physical cultivation were not his forte, in order to overcome them.

Another new magical artifact was taken out of Han Lu's storage bag.

The Bone-Corroding White Jade Bottle appeared in Han Lu's left palm. Han Lu's right hand formed a hand seal, and she chanted an incantation, pouring spiritual power into the bottle to cast a spell.

Three breaths later, the grayish-white bone-corroding water gushed forth from the white jade bottle in Han Lu's hand, and millions of drops of bone-corroding water converged into two water dragons that sprayed towards the brothers Yu Wenzhang and Shi Gong.

Controlling eighteen spirit swords while simultaneously casting a spell is quite a challenge for Han Lu.

In just a few breaths of chanting incantations, the sword formation faltered slightly, revealing an obvious flaw that was easily seized by the brothers Yu Wenzhang and Shi Gong. With a few punches and palm strikes, they knocked all of Han Lu's spiritual swords away, stripping them of their spiritual essence.

Fortunately, Han Lu's magic arrived in time, otherwise all the previous plans would have failed, and the water dragon would have hit empty air and returned empty-handed.

Seeing the murky water dragon so close at hand, the brothers Yuwen and Shigong had no choice but to grit their teeth and confront it head-on.

Initially, seeing that it was just "water," Yu Wenzhang thought he could once again demonstrate his physical strength to Han Lu, treating it like bathwater splashed on his body and easily resisting it.