The Long Journey to Immortality

After Feng You and Feng Rubing decided to hold their wedding at Sanfeng Forest, Han Lu's plans for her wild journey had to undergo some changes.

In order to attend the wedding, she had to go back to Sanfeng Forest with Feng You and Feng Rubing, and then consider returning to the Central Plains.

However, she had no complaints for the sake of her future parents' happiness.

The matter of cultivating the Fire Phoenix and Ice Phoenix chapters of the True Phoenix Manual provided her with an excellent way to pass the time when her two elders were too busy to take care of her.

After being enlightened by Han Lu, the two elders realized the necessity of guiding Han Lu through the "True Phoenix Manual".

As parents, Feng You and Feng Rubing were naturally very generous, giving Han Lu a small lesson every three days and a large lesson every five days, wishing they could impart everything they had learned and understood over the years of cultivation to her.

With the guidance of a renowned master, Han Lu's cultivation level in this fundamental Phoenix Clan technique naturally progressed by leaps and bounds.

However, the most important thing to achieve certain results with this technique is not talent, but time.

Compared to the many true spirit phoenixes that have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years, Han Lu's cultivation time in this area is still too short.

Therefore, apart from comprehending an Ice Phoenix Divine Power that is not used in combat, she did not make any substantial gains in the past two months.

The supernatural power that Han Lu comprehended was the "rainmaking technique".

Once unleashed, it consumes spiritual energy and can alter the weather in a localized area, summoning a heavy rain.

This technique is almost useless in combat, but it is of great help to cultivators in forming their core and accumulating good karma.

It's a minor supernatural power that has some use, at least it can be used when Han Lu forms her core.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Soon, the Phoenix Messengers who had been entrusted by Feng You to help deliver invitations in the wilderness returned to Phoenix Perch Forest with their respective messages.

After tallying the number of guests who would be visiting the Three Phoenix Forest, Feng You and Feng Rubing finally finished dealing with all the trivial matters in the Phoenix Forest.

The three of them were going home.

However, just as the three were planning to set off for home, other members of the Phoenix Clan seized the opportunity to trip them up.

They claimed that Han Lu, who had just returned to the clan, was not yet at the Transformation Realm and should continue to cultivate in the Phoenix Perch Forest according to clan rules, and should not leave without permission.

Is this a rule in the clan regulations?

Naturally there is.

However, that was established during the True Spirit Era, 100,000 years ago, an era fraught with danger.

This rule was established so that the newborns of the Phoenix Clan could gather together and receive special care and protection.

From this perspective, this rule is outdated.

However, because it is not considered a "bad habit," it has been used in the Phoenix Clan ever since.

For the same reason, a small number of phoenixes who do not want their children to leave their side will wait until their children have advanced to the Transformation Realm before bringing them to the Phoenix Perch Forest to be included in the family genealogy, thus avoiding the unpleasant time of being separated from their children for a hundred years.

Normally, this rule is not specifically mentioned, and violations are common.

Now, just to "annoy" Fengyou, someone has brought this up as a weapon.

As for whether forcing Han Lu to stay would benefit them, of course not.

However, as long as they can make things difficult for Feng You, they will have achieved their goal.

[Author's Note] It's about to rain, time to completely slack off.

Chapter 386 Strength Test

Such blatant obstruction naturally enraged Feng You, who was about to get married.

Although the nine phoenixes are not on good terms with each other, the clan leaders of each clan are still important figures in the phoenix clan.

When an important person is getting married and bringing his daughter home, he is suddenly harassed by an unknown nobody from another tribe using outdated tribal rules. How could he not be angry?

Getting angry is often useless.

However, at this time, within the Phoenix Clan, the presence of someone like Feng You still held value.

When Fengyou loses his temper, his close friends naturally want to help resolve the matter.

Those "traitors" who simply wanted to make things difficult for Feng You and were disgusting were also afraid that things would escalate, so they quickly tried to smooth things over and come up with a reasonable solution.

The laws of our ancestors are clearly laid out there; directly violating them is not a good idea.

Although Feng You was willing to act impulsively for the sake of Han Lu and his marriage, as the patriarch of the Huanfeng clan, he still needed to consider the clan's reputation.

Finally, after negotiations among the parties, a solution that satisfied all of them was reached.

However, Han Lu was unaware of these things, whether they were public or private. She only knew that she was not allowed to leave Phoenix Perch Forest for the time being and had to stay there for a few more days.

After spending three more days in the cabin, she learned the cause of the incident and its final outcome.

The advantage of having many elders to help you protect you from the wind and rain is that you don't have to worry about these troublesome things, but the disadvantage is that you are often unaware of many things and just drift through life in a daze.

Ultimately, the Prison Phoenix Clan, who had brought up the matter and caused trouble for Feng You, sent someone to find an opponent for Han Lu who had just advanced to the Transformation Realm to fight and compete against her.

The pretense was to test the strength of the Phoenix Clan Chief's daughter, but it was actually the elders of the clan considering Han Lu's safety.

If Han Lu can withstand the attack for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, she will be considered to have reached the Transformation Realm and will be qualified to leave Phoenix Perch Forest ahead of time.

Feng You and others, who are confident in Han Lu's abilities, will not refuse this proposal.

Those neutral parties who stepped forward to mediate and hoped to help Fengyou without violating clan rules also offered their support.

The troublemakers, who were deliberately trying to make things difficult for Fengyou, were happy to let the matter develop to this perfect point.

In fact, they believed that such an arrangement would not only hinder Fengyou's marriage, but also provide an opportunity to beat up Fengyou's daughter.

It couldn't be better.

Han Lu, who was at the center of the storm, was somewhat displeased with the arrangement of the matter.

However, what she disliked was the feeling of being arranged so casually, only to find out the cause and effect at the very end, rather than other aspects.

But in order to make her father's wedding as perfect as possible, Han Lu naturally wouldn't refuse this small test that she didn't think was too difficult.

Fengyou's wedding was just over twenty days away, so naturally, the arrangements for this competition were quickly finalized.

About ten hours after Han Lu learned of this news, her opponent was nominated by the Prison Phoenix Clan.

"A young phoenix that came to live in Phoenix Perch Forest thirty years ago only just advanced to the Transformation Realm three years ago? That's really fitting."

"To advance to human form before the age of one hundred is quite a feat, one could say he's a genius."

Han Lu was quite surprised that Yu Feng did not choose to fight those phoenixes that had advanced to the Transformation Realm for a hundred years.

However, upon closer reflection, she also felt that this approach was reasonable.

After all, Jiu Feng is still Jiu Feng, and they are connected by blood. They wouldn't risk a falling out over such a trivial matter.

Not to mention that the other party might think that her strength is only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, and that arranging such an opponent would be enough to deal with her.

Because of the clan rules that forbid sparring and internal fighting within Phoenix Perch Forest, the competition was arranged outside Phoenix Perch Forest.

Originally, the plan was simply for the Prison Phoenix and Illusion Phoenix clans to each arrange one or two seniors to stand guard and witness the outcome, resolving this unexpected trouble in a relatively low-key manner.

However, because Han Lu possesses the bloodlines of the Fire Phoenix and the Ice Phoenix and is a Three-Winged True Phoenix, many guardians who were curious about this matter, as well as the phoenixes living in the Phoenix Perch Forest, joined in the fun and temporarily left the Phoenix Perch Forest to come to the arena to watch.

Therefore, when Han Lu followed Feng You to the place of the duel under the bright moonlight, she was still taken aback by the large number of onlookers.

Although Han Lu was often watched by onlookers when she was fighting and sparring with others in the Zhengyi Sect.

But this was the first time she had ever encountered a situation where there were dozens of Golden Core cultivators and nearly ten Nascent Soul cultivators watching the battle.

"Don't be nervous," Feng You noticed the change in her daughter's expression. "Just play the same way you did when you sparred with Feng Wuyi that day, and winning a match won't be a problem."

"Now that you have won this match, the three of us can set off on our return journey immediately."

Clearly, Fengyou has absolute confidence in Han Lu, and has even made arrangements for the schedule after the test.

Han Lu nodded slightly, "I'm a little nervous. This is the first time I've met so many... seniors."

Then, Han Lu asked, "Father, is there a rule this time that we must fight in our true spirit form?"

Feng You paused for a moment, then recalled, "There's no rule about that. I'll go ask."

As he spoke, he communicated with several guardians who had arranged this matter, and after exchanging a few words, they reached a conclusion.

“Whatever,” Fengyou replied. “It’s not mandatory, but many people come here just to see what the Three-Winged Phoenix looks like, so don’t disappoint them too much.”

Hearing this, Han Lu nodded slightly, understanding the situation.

After waiting for a moment, two more dark-colored prison phoenixes flew out from the Phoenix Perch Forest and landed not far from where Han Lu and Feng You were.

Shedding their feathers, they transformed into human form, becoming a pair of sisters who looked remarkably alike.

The one who looked slightly older was none other than Senior Yu Feng, the one who had brought Han Lu out of the Holy Land.

Han Lu thought that the younger ones should be her opponents in this competition.

Upon seeing the opponent arrive, Feng You also used telepathy to briefly introduce the opponent to Han Lu.

"Your opponent this time is the girl standing on your right."

"He is over eighty years old this year and is also a genius among the Prison Phoenix Clan."

Her name is Feng Zhilan.

"The one next to her is her older sister, who is currently a guardian sent to Phoenix Perch Forest by the Prison Phoenix Clan. Her cultivation level is equivalent to the mid-stage of Golden Core. I don't know her exact age, but it seems to be seven or eight hundred years old."

Her name is Feng Mengrong.

Perhaps because of Feng Mengrong's fashionable attire, Han Lu had to put in more effort to remember her name.

Both sides of the contest were present. The senior guardians in charge of the contest discussed it and, without any hesitation, joined forces to cast a spell to create a large space for the two to compete.

With everything prepared, Feng Yufei, who was closer to Han Lu, stepped forward and announced.

"The competition will begin in a hundred breaths."

Chapter 387 Prison Phoenix

The reason for this competition was too "shameful" for any of the guardians to talk about.

They prefer to focus on the competition itself.

Or perhaps we should see just how capable Han Lu, this genius with three types of phoenix bloodlines, really is.

Or perhaps we should see if Feng Zhilan is truly the rising star of the new generation, as her elders have described her.