The Long Journey to Immortality

This time, "entering meditation" turned into spacing out.

That night, apart from listening to Han Lu's lecture for an hour and a half, Qiu Junyan didn't even get to the point and gained nothing.

Standing up from the throne, Qiu Junyan rubbed his numb legs and apologized, "Sister Han, I was too stupid."

“You’re not stupid, it’s my fault for not teaching you well,” Han Lu knew she wasn’t a famous teacher. “Try a few more times, and with your talent, you’ll definitely be able to successfully guide the Qi into your body.”

"It's alright. I also tried three times before I successfully entered a meditative state. As for opening the first acupoint, that was four days later," Wen Erya reassured her, sharing her own experience.

Han Lu was not a strict teacher, and Wen Erya, who was teaching assistant, also gave Qiu Junyan a lot of encouragement. This enabled Qiu Junyan, who already had the heart of a "superman", to still have a lot of enthusiasm for cultivation. Unlike most of his peers, he did not choose to give up when he encountered setbacks.

That evening, Qiu Junyan did not stay at the hotel, but instead went back to Qiu Bin's rented room.

Han Lu, Qiu Junyan's "master," did not assign him any hard "homework," but simply told him not to worry too much about cultivation and to let things take their natural course.

Qiu Junyan, who was a little more mature than his peers, took Han Lu's words to heart.

After returning home with his cousin Qiu Bin, he didn't toss and turn all night. In fact, because he "got his wish," he slept much more soundly than usual.

The next day, when Han Lu woke up in her three-meter-wide bed, she felt that her condition was different from the previous few days.

The spiritual energy within his body was three times more active than usual, and it was vaguely moving towards the Qi Sea and Dantian, which were already connected to the spiritual veins but were still empty, as if it were actively helping Han Lu to establish her foundation without the assistance of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

This situation puzzled Han Lu.

During breakfast, Wen Erya mentioned to Han Lu that something similar had happened to her.

"Is it because we did good deeds, saved so many people, and were reported by the media, that we were appreciated by countless people, and that we accumulated good karma?" Han Lu guessed.

Wen Erya didn't know the correct answer, but subconsciously, she felt that Han Lu's statement was the most likely correct answer.

After breakfast, Qiu Junyan was taken to the hotel by Qiu Bin for class.

For the last three days, Han Lu spent her time in the ancient cultivation secret realm as a teacher.

Although she gained nothing as usual, Han Lu truly enjoyed the feeling of being a teacher.

The theoretical course was recorded in video format for a full ten hours, and Han Lu consciously recorded everything she knew.

Based on this information alone, Han Lu felt that if Qiu Junyan were even slightly smarter, he could easily learn to the peak of Qi Refining or even Foundation Establishment by watching videos.

On the night before Han Lu and Wen Erya were about to leave the ancient cultivation secret realm after their thirty-day period was about to expire, Qiu Junyan also received an introductory gift from his "master" and "teaching assistant".

Since they will be taking Foundation Establishment Pills to try to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage after returning to the Central Plains, the many pills that are only available to Qi Refining cultivators are no longer of any use to Han Lu and Wen Erya.

The two men, being wealthy and powerful, sold these items and gave Qiu Junyan a large quantity of pills, along with a storage bag, which could be exchanged for several hundred spirit stones.

In addition, Han Lu and Wen Erya each gave Qiu Junyan a gift.

Han Lu gave her the throne that had been with her for two and a half years, along with a total of three hundred spirit stones.

Wen Erya gave Qiu Junyan a mid-grade fourth-level spirit sword that she no longer needed from Chu Fei's storage bag as a gift.

Holding the gifts, knowing that his two older sisters and mentors were about to leave and that he might never have the chance to see them again, Qiu Junyan said goodbye to Han Lu and Wen Erya with tears in his eyes that night.

After seeing Qiu Junyan off, Han Lu subconsciously glanced at the sword-shaped mark on the back of her right hand, which had become barely visible, and thought to herself.

"Finally, we're coming back."

[Author's Note] Actually, I haven't decided whether the sun exists in this world. Because in my conception, a Nascent Soul cultivator can't refine the entire solar system into a world within a world, so let's just pretend we didn't see that.

Chapter 238 The Last Day in the Ancient Cultivation Realm

Han Lu and Wen Erya are playing in the modern city, while working as teachers.

The other cultivators, including Zhongli Li, are still traveling all over the world in search of ancient cultivation treasures.

Yi Qiyan is probably the most pitiful person among these surviving cultivators.

Having been poisoned by the icy poison inflicted by Han Lu after transforming into the Ice Phoenix, Yi Qiyan's hopes of advancing to the Golden Core stage have become extremely slim.

During this month, her cultivation level was no different from that of an ordinary person, so she was completely powerless to compete for the secret treasure.

Being able to escape with her life and return to the Central Plains was already her greatest fortune.

As for Zhong Lili, the poor man who became a slave to Han Lu and Wen Erya, after being "driven" away by Han Lu, he took a detour and went to the primeval forest.

However, because his cultivation level had not yet recovered, he only dared to use his special skills to search for treasures on the outskirts of the forest.

Although he worked very hard, he did not achieve a good result.

Zhongli Li, who had originally been rewarded with two spiritual plants by Han Lu and Wen Erya, only managed to find three more rare spiritual plants after seven days of hard work.

With such a harvest, after deducting the portion that needed to be handed over to the sect, he could be said to have lost everything on this trip to the ancient cultivation secret realm, except for saving his life.

Compared to Yi Qiyan and Zhongli Li, the situation of the remaining cultivators who survived and were active in the ancient cultivation secret realm was not much better.

Even a cultivator with Jing Jin's magical power, ranking in the middle to upper range among the thirty, could only barely find three ancient cultivation sites in the primeval forest and put seven magical treasures into his storage bag.

Although the number of spiritual plants and materials was slightly more than the number of magical treasures obtained, it wasn't by much.

According to the proportion of all the gains, he handed over all the profits to the Zhengyi Sect. After this trip, Jing Jin could only call himself a "rich man" among the Foundation Establishment cultivators because of this achievement. His wealth became no different from that of a poor Golden Core cultivator.

The achievements of other cultivators from the Central Plains in the primeval forest were not much different from those of those from Jingjin.

Jing Jin and these cultivators could barely be considered to have gotten a share of the leftovers from this trip to the ancient cultivation secret realm, taking a bite out of the big cake.

Of course, there are also cultivators who are fortunate enough to succeed.

For example, Teng Jinglun, who comes from southern Xinjiang.

He was one of the few cultivators like Han Lu and Wen Erya who robbed the Hans Company as soon as they entered the ancient cultivation secret realm.

Having seized eleven magical treasures from the two cities, he learned of the cooperation between the Three Heroes of the Western Regions and Hans Company. He immediately fled into the primeval forest, taking advantage of his familiarity with spiritual plants and materials since he was born in the Southern Frontier, to explore this gold mine that had not yet been developed by his fellow cultivators.

Teng Jinglun struggled in the primeval forest for a full twenty-five days, and the spiritual plant materials he harvested not only far exceeded those of other cultivators from the Central Plains, but even those lucky individuals like Han Lu and Wen Erya who had great opportunities could not match him.

With eight magical treasures, three spiritual treasures, and over a hundred spiritual plants and refining materials about to leave the ancient cultivation secret realm, he is definitely one of the victors of this trip, ranking third without a doubt.

Based on the proportions, he would return to the Central Plains with such assets.

Aside from lacking a few suitable magical artifacts, Teng Jinglun's assets were comparable to those of the wealthiest Golden Core cultivators.

Even in the remote and impoverished southern border region, those few "destitute" Nascent Soul cultivators might not be as wealthy as Teng Jinglun.

As for Han Lu and Wen Erya?

From any perspective, Han Lu and Wen Erya's top two rankings during their journey to the ancient cultivation secret realm are well-deserved.

And who is ranked first among the two?

Perhaps, Wen Erya, who obtained eighteen magical artifacts, five spiritual artifacts, and two spiritual treasures from the resistance organization on the last day, was slightly better than Han Lu, who was "indifferent to worldly affairs".

But regardless of who is superior or inferior, the two senior and junior sisters enjoying breakfast in a five-star hotel in Shanghai are definitely the biggest winners of this ancient cultivation secret realm trip.

In fact, the sheer amount of resources they obtained from the storage bags stolen from the three heroes of the Western Regions and the three "roadblock bandits" they eliminated was enough to make them surpass many mediocre cultivators in the ancient cultivation realm.

Not to mention the more than one hundred magical artifacts they obtained from the Hans Company.

With the spiritual plants and materials obtained with Zhongli Li's help, all things considered, at least 80% of the huge pie of the Ancient Cultivation Secret Realm was divided up by Han Lu and Wen Erya and put into their respective storage bags.

This doesn't even include the gifts Qiu Bin gave Han Lu, which were enough to bring the two of them together in a spectacular romance.

Even if one possesses a great treasure, it is still necessary to hand over 95% of the spoils from the storage bag to the sect in accordance with the prescribed ratio.

With the sect's overjoyed reward for Han Lu and Wen Erya, the two are certain they will no longer have to worry about cultivation resources upon returning to the Central Plains.

His wealth would rank in the middle even among Nascent Soul cultivators from established sects in the Central Plains.

Having gained a great deal, Han Lu and Wen Erya had no regrets as they prepared to leave the ancient cultivation realm, aside from a little reluctance.

In these final moments, while the other cultivators were practically turning the primeval forest upside down, a pair of sisters were doing arithmetic with their storage bags, pondering how to distribute the spoils according to the sect's cut to maximize their gains on this trip.

The two people, who trusted each other, did not nitpick at this time, but worked together to achieve greater common interests for each other.

After some calculations, the two quickly exchanged the numerous magical treasures in their storage bags. Wen Erya put down her phone, which was holding a calculator app, and said happily, "Based on the current calculations, if the sect is willing to show mercy, we can both obtain one spiritual treasure, three to four spiritual artifacts, and at least twelve magic weapons from this trip. It's quite a haul!"

Han Lu also grinned from ear to ear, "This doesn't even include the credit for killing the Three Heroes of the Western Regions and Chu Fei and the other two."

"Although it's not advisable to publicize the matter of Chu Fei and the others, the sect will definitely keep it in mind, and when the time comes, there will certainly be plenty of benefits."

Active in the Central Plains, Han Lu and Wen Erya are not afraid of the possible retaliation from the Western Regions.

Following Han Lu's train of thought, Wen Erya continued, "Master will also receive a considerable share of our gains. In addition, with the gifts we prepared, when we return to our sect in the Central Plains, Master will be overjoyed and will certainly bestow generous rewards upon us."

Sitting opposite each other, imagining what it would be like to return to the Central Plains, both of them felt that their own path of cultivation had become much smoother.

As time passed, the marks on the back of Han Lu's hand became barely visible to the naked eye.

Han Lu glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already 10:15. She knew she had only been in this world for five minutes.

Two text messages entered Han Lu and Wen Erya's phones, one from Qiu Bin and the other from Qiu Junyan's father at Qiu Bin's request.

Perhaps fearing that the scene would evoke strong emotions at the last moment, neither Qiu Bin nor his newly accepted apprentice Qiu Junyan came to the hotel to see them off. Instead, they wrote down their farewell words.

Although she only spent a short time with these people, Han Lu was still somewhat reluctant to part ways.

Holding her phone, she typed out a long message, her emotions building up over time. Then, she deleted it and simply replied with four words: "See you again someday."

After the text message was sent, the minute hand on the wall pointed to "4".

With the help of the hand seals, Han Lu, Wen Erya, and the other seventeen surviving cultivators vanished from the guest room and from this technological world in the blink of an eye.

[Author's Note] Volume 2 is not finished yet.

Chapter 239 The True Treasure

The world before Han Lu's eyes gradually blurred, and finally turned into darkness.

Lost in this dark and silent world, Han Lu could clearly feel the sounds of her heart beating and her blood flowing.

Even without entering a meditative state, the orderly flow of spiritual energy within her body through her spiritual meridians seemed a hundred times clearer, etched into Han Lu's mind.

Having anticipated this and with her hand firmly gripping the storage bag at her waist, Han Lu felt no panic whatsoever.

Entering the Ancient Cultivation Realm from the Central Plains World involves a complex process, and it's normal to encounter some minor obstacles when leaving the Ancient Cultivation Realm and returning to the Central Plains World.

Soon, this dark world began to change.

A ray of light appeared in the distance, landing precisely on Han Lu's hand just as it had when they entered the ancient cultivation realm.

However, this time, the back of my hand, which had just regained its smoothness, was burned by the light again.

This time, however, the mark on Han Lu's hand was no longer sword-shaped but more like the counting rods used by cultivators for divination and by mortals for arithmetic.