The Long Journey to Immortality

"Damn it, what is that?!" This move, which was beyond the comprehension of Qi Refining cultivators, made Xinghai swear.

The flames completely ignited the water walls, but that wasn't the end of it.

As if sensing the connection between the starry sea and the magical water wall, the Phoenix True Flame spread along the invisible and intangible "spiritual energy lines," igniting the starry sea where the spell was cast.

The scene of a person being engulfed in flames is still terrifying to the core.

Just moments ago, Duan Shiliu, who had been hiding behind the water wall and standing shoulder to shoulder with Xinghai, subconsciously moved away from Xinghai to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.

"Hot...wait, it's not hot."

The flames ignited his body, and Xinghai was about to howl, but he found that the flames Han Lu used were not like ordinary flames; they burned his body without causing him any burning sensation.

However, he soon fell into panic because of another matter.

He noticed that the flames burning on his body were not fueled by his clothes or flesh, but by the spiritual power within him.

The spiritual power of a Qi Refining Stage 7 cultivator, which was already limited, was completely burned away in just three breaths.

Immediately afterwards, the Phoenix True Flame, which had no spiritual energy to burn as fuel, set its sights on Xinghai's body.

In an instant, the Phoenix True Flame burned the Star Sea to ashes, and he did not even feel the slightest pain before disappearing completely from the world.

The storage pouch at Xinghai's waist was also burned by the True Spirit Flame.

The resources it had collected over the past ten years of cultivation burst out of its storage bag like fireworks.

Spirit stones and elixirs were scattered all over the ground, creating a truly spectacular scene.

In the blink of an eye, a living person vanished into thin air. Even the female cultivator who had "instructed" Han Lu to do this evil deed couldn't help but shudder, involuntarily imagining what it would be like to be burned to ashes by these flames.

Although the two were not defeated in one move as expected, Han Lu was extremely satisfied with the test of the Fire Phoenix True Flame.

She thought to herself, "So it's a flame that burns spiritual energy. This technique is extremely convenient for dealing with ordinary defensive spells."

"I wonder how this move will work on a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Unfortunately, Duan Shiliu, who was still alive, was not a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so he did not give Han Lu another opportunity to test his moves and understand their power.

Han Lu unleashed another burst of Phoenix Flame. Although Duan Shiliu tried his best to dodge and escape, he was still hit squarely by the flame controlled by Han Lu.

Compared to his junior brother, Duan Shiliu had more acupoints opened and more spiritual power in his body, so naturally the Fire Phoenix True Flame burned longer using his spiritual power.

In the span of five breaths, Duan Shiliu followed in Xinghai's footsteps, and was also completely wiped out of the world by Han Lu with this same move.

This time, however, Han Lu was more experienced and reached out in advance to take the storage bag from Duan Shiliu's waist into her own hand.

Han Lu casually extinguished the tiny flames burning on the storage bag. Apart from being slightly charred on the surface, the storage bag was still usable.

After confirming that she had killed the two people and fulfilled the wish of the female cultivator beside her, Han Lu waved and put the array flag and the Dharma seat back into her storage bag, while at the same time throwing Duan Shiliu's storage bag to the female cultivator behind her.

The female cultivator in green robes caught the now-unclaimed storage bag with a mixture of surprise and joy. She bowed and said excitedly, "Junior Mo Li thanks Senior for saving my life."

Han Lu still acted like a senior expert, pretending to be indifferent, "It's nothing, you helped me, I'll help you out, that's all."

"This storage bag and the magical treasures and pills on the ground are useless to me, so I'll give them to you as well."

"Remember, forget about today's events; it's good for you and good for me."

Mo Li assured him, "I will keep what happened today in my heart and will not talk about it to anyone else or mention your whereabouts."

"That's good. See you again someday."

Although Han Lu longed to transform into a phoenix and fly away, or to fly away like a Golden Core cultivator, neither of these actions was suitable or feasible.

To maintain her expert demeanor, she simply walked away from the temporary cave with her hands behind her back, leaving behind a silhouette that resembled that of a master.

As expected, Han Lu's behavior convinced Mo Li, who had just escaped and gained a large amount of cultivation resources, that she was telling the truth.

"This senior is probably not a true spirit at the Nascent Soul stage."

After leaving the cave and parting ways with Mo Li, Han Lu did not rush on her journey. Instead, she found a river in the mountains and forests and used her water divination technique.

Calculating the date is something Han Lu can easily do with her current divination skills.

After learning through divination that she had slept for a full twenty-one days after casting the Harmony Secret Technique, Han Lu felt even more grateful to Mo Li.

"Fortunately, Mo Li woke me up. Otherwise, if I had slept for a few more days, I would have missed the appointment I made with Xiao Ran and ruined something important."

Knowing that there were still nine days until her agreed meeting with Xiao Ran, Han Lu was no longer in a hurry.

After taking out the map again and quickly determining the direction, she once again rode the Pegasus chariot on her way.

Before meeting Xiao Ran and protecting him as he forms his core, she planned to thoroughly study the newly acquired Fire Phoenix bloodline within her body. Even if she didn't develop any new methods, she wanted to at least make the integration of this newly arrived guest with herself more perfect.

This allowed her to unleash the full power of her three bloodlines.

[Author's Note] I noticed a reader criticizing the book from chapter one to over thirty in the comments. If you genuinely dislike it and find it offensive, that's fine with your criticism, but how did you manage to keep reading after criticizing chapter 30? ...Suffocating.

Chapter 307 Mingsha Village, Three True Phoenixes

Han Lu's schedule after leaving Jinyuan County was planned well in advance.

Although the 21-day trip with Naruto exceeded her expectations, it did not significantly alter her future plans.

Driving the flying chariot, Han Lu flew at a relatively slow speed toward the village in Dongzhou Prefecture that was closest to the deep blue desert.

The village is called Mingsha Village, and that's where she and Xiao Ran agreed to meet.

With nine full days until their agreed meeting, Han Lu had plenty of time to finish her few remaining chores and be able to go and act as Xiao Ran's bodyguard as he was about to form his core.

Although she knew the general situation of Mingsha Village from the map, Han Lu was still shocked by the bustling scene when she drove the flying horse carriage to the outside of the village.

Although Mingsha Village is only a village and not a county in terms of official status, it is much more prosperous than Yuxi County, which Han Lu once visited, due to its unique geographical location.

The reason for this is naturally related to the vast desert near Mingsha Village.

The Deep Blue Desert is located at the junction of Dongzhou Prefecture and the other three prefectures. Mingsha Village, which is close to the desert, naturally had to change its development from agriculture to commerce due to its unique geographical environment.

Many ordinary merchants, after crossing the deep blue desert to reach Dongzhou Prefecture, would rest briefly in Mingsha Village before delivering their goods to various counties and villages in Dongzhou Prefecture.

Naturally, Mingsha Village also became prosperous due to its thriving commerce and trade.

The cultivation civilization of the Great Yu Dynasty was flourishing, and crossing the deep blue desert required the assistance of cultivators. Naturally, this small village also became a gathering place for cultivators.

Han Lu noticed that there were at least ten groups of cultivators like her trying to enter and leave Mingsha Village by piloting flying magical artifacts, and there were also three Foundation Establishment cultivators flying on swords.

Such a number of cultivators would definitely be considered "dense" in Dongzhou Prefecture.

Guessing that there might even be Golden Core cultivators here, Han Lu finally understood why Xiao Ran, who was usually active outside Dongzhou Prefecture, would take the initiative to seek out her, an acquaintance, to help protect her. "No wonder Xiao Ran is so careful, afraid that he might be taken advantage of and his hard-earned high-grade Golden Core would become a commodity at an auction."

"Many people probably know that there will be a burst of spiritual energy in the Deep Blue Desert in a while, and I estimate that many pseudo-core cultivators will come here to form their cores."

"It's possible that some malicious people will take advantage of this and try to enter the Deep Blue Desert to prey on these cultivators who are about to form their cores."

Han Lu muttered to herself, a vague premonition rising within her, a feeling that something would happen when Xiao Ran formed his core in half a month.

Slowly lowering the flying carriage, Han Lu discreetly entered Mingsha Village on foot.

With so many cultivators, Mingsha Village naturally has places specifically for them to stay.

Unfortunately, the spiritual veins beneath this place are all of the earth element, which is of little help to Han Lu.

Therefore, Han Lu simply chose an inn that catered to ordinary merchants as her lodging in Mingsha City.

She chose a guest room again. After instructing the waiter not to disturb her, Han Lu closed the door, set up another array, and began to meditate and cultivate in this ordinary room.

Having just merged with the Fire Phoenix bloodline, Han Lu awakened and comprehended a Fire Phoenix True Spirit Divine Power immediately, but she knew very little about this bloodline.

Because of the Moon Pearl, Han Lu was able to peek into the Illusionary Phoenix chapter of the True Phoenix Manual, thus allowing it to be developed to its fullest extent.

As for the Ice Phoenix bloodline, it was only slightly improved because of her relationship with Feng Rubing. Next time Han Lu meets Feng Rubing again, she will definitely ask some more questions and properly consult this senior Ice Phoenix who has treated her so well.

The newly integrated Phoenix bloodline did not receive the same favorable treatment as the previous two.

Han Lu could only rely on her own efforts, without a teacher, to develop various supernatural abilities and powers by taking advantage of her talent, instincts and opportunities, in order to improve her strength.

"Perhaps Sister Ru Bing has found a Fire Phoenix friend in the wilderness and they can meet. I might be able to get to know that senior, which would save me some trouble."

However, these things were just Han Lu's imagination, and there was no chance of them happening.

Currently, she can only rely on her own abilities, explore her potential, and become self-taught.

After meditating in the room for seven whole days, when Han Lu opened her eyes and woke up from her meditative state, she felt as if she had been reborn.

Over the course of seven days, Han Lu further integrated the essence of the Fire Phoenix bloodline within her body with her own, building upon the Harmony Secret Technique.

If she were to transform into her true spirit form at this moment, not only would the long feather on her head turn fiery red, but some of the feathers on her wings would also turn red.

Although she looked a bit uglier than she did seven days ago, this also meant that the three bloodlines had completely merged and were living in harmony in Han Lu's body.

In addition, the fusion of the Fire Phoenix bloodline has also brought about some new changes to the world in Han Lu's dantian.

By practicing two different techniques, Han Lu's dantian (energy center) took on the shape of a blue sky and purple clouds.

After merging with the Fire Phoenix bloodline, some clouds that were repeatedly turned red by the setting sun appeared, filling up a lot of the empty space in Han Lu's dantian.

Since the day of Heming, in less than a month, the amount of gaseous spiritual energy in Han Lu's dantian has increased by nearly half again.

Even if I don't encounter any more extraordinary events in the future.

Based on this growth trend, Han Lu estimated that after a year of secluded cultivation, with the help of "money power," she would be able to completely fill the remaining space in her dantian with gaseous spiritual energy.

At that time, she can then use the Water Condensation Secret Technique in the Great Zhou Heaven Water Condensation Technique to try to transform the gaseous spiritual energy in her Qi Sea Dantian into liquid in a way that is much simpler than that of other cultivators, thus completing the breakthrough from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

Unfortunately, the time was too short, and Han Lu did not transform into a true spirit to try to use her divine powers again. Therefore, within seven days, she did not comprehend any new Fire Phoenix divine powers, but she gained a better understanding of the Fire Phoenix True Flame she had used in the previous days.

When Han Lu uses this move again, the flame fueled by spiritual energy can burn faster and brighter. In fact, even when used in human form, it can pose a threat to early-stage Golden Core cultivators who are unfamiliar with this move.

Han Lu also had an idea of ​​how to address this true spirit incarnation that had fused three bloodlines.

Drawing on classical texts, she recalled several terms she had heard in the world of the Moon Pearl.

“In the ancient cultivation era, the true spirits of phoenixes that had fused with two or more bloodlines were all referred to by numbers paired with feathers.”

"Now that I have merged three bloodlines, I am naturally known as the Three-Winged True Phoenix."

Chapter 308 The Compassionate Taoist

After feeling the changes in her body for a moment, Han Lu habitually took out a small bottle from her storage bag and poured some of the potion mixed with the Frost Iron she had bought at the auction with spirit stones into her mouth.

With a slight frown, savoring the bitter taste of the medicine lingering on her lips and teeth, Han Lu got up and called over the innkeeper to prepare hot water.

There is a hot spring in Mingsha Village, and this hotel is close to the hot spring, so the hot water in the hotel is taken from the hot spring.