The Long Journey to Immortality

This was no easy task. Even though Yuan Fei was a genius cultivator who excelled in cultivation, it still took him nearly a year and a half to complete this step.

Just a few days after Han Lu returned to the sect, Yuan Fei completed this final crucial step.

Yuan Xin spared no effort in expressing his family's greatest hope for making a name for themselves in the Central Plains and Southern Dynasties.

At this time, Yuan Fei, who was already twenty-three years old, was using the spirit stones sent by his cousin from the family to buy up pills that could be used to assist in foundation building in the sect and the nearby markets.

In this light, Yuan Fei, who is still at the Qi Refining stage, has become the easiest person for Han Lu to "dismiss" among the four.

"The person is right there; there's no need to look for them specifically."

"Since you're thinking of properly building your foundation, I'll lend you a hand."

"Perfect timing, I have a few pills here that I obtained from the Great Yu Dynasty to aid in Foundation Establishment."

"With the combination of East and West, and with his Golden Core master providing guidance, even if Yuan Fei's experience is a little lacking, he should be able to establish a solid foundation and expand his dantian to a certain extent."

Coincidentally, Yuan Fei's Golden Core Realm master, Jin Zhenren, and Han Lu's master, Piaomiaozi, were old acquaintances and had a very good relationship.

Han Lu felt that she could use this relationship to openly contact Yuan Fei and deliver the "compensation" she wanted to give him under a suitable pretext.

Without delay, after finding out Yuan Fei's whereabouts at Beishan Academy, Han Lu began her "obstacle removal" mission on the twenty-fifth day after returning to Zhengyi Gate.

Yuan Fei was found in a small market outside the sect. He was quite surprised that Han Lu, the famous senior sister who had "just been resurrected," took the initiative to find him.

Fortunately, Han Lu's reasons were sufficient, which prevented him from becoming suspicious.

“I heard my master, Piaomiaozi, talk about your master and you. You’ve been looking for pills to help you form your core recently, right?”

"As it happens, I specifically sought out two rare pills and decoctions for foundation building when I was in the East Sea."

"There's still quite a bit left, and it's useless to me, so I thought I might as well be generous and give it to you."

"However, you must keep this a secret. I don't want your master to owe anyone a favor."

With ample reasoning, and given that Master Jin had indeed been preoccupied with Yuan Fei's Foundation Establishment recently, Yuan Fei naturally believed him completely. He happily accepted the pills and tonics sent by Han Lu and repeatedly assured her that he would never reveal the secret.

Following that, Han Lu, speaking from experience, shared her Foundation Establishment experience with Yuan Fei for fifteen minutes, feeling that she had shared everything she knew about Foundation Establishment with him.

Yuan Fei listened attentively, and even borrowed pen and ink from a nearby shop to take notes, saying he would study them carefully when he got back.

This compensation, in terms of market value alone, is definitely less than a hundred spirit stones, but it is priceless to Yuan Fei, who is focused on Foundation Establishment.

A few days later, Yuan Fei, who had successfully completed the foundation building, made a special trip to express his gratitude.

Chapter 422 Yuan Xin's Compensation

Everything has been investigated and arranged properly.

In less than five days, Han Lu had successfully completed a quarter of her task.

Although mental obstacles can only be clearly perceived by cultivators when they appear.

But when Han Lu learned that Yuan Fei had indeed benefited greatly from the help she provided, she still felt a sense of relief.

Taking advantage of Yuan Fei's visit, Han Lu made a point of keeping him there for a few more words.

Using her senior sister's name, she gave the other party guidance on cultivation during the Foundation Establishment stage, while also chatting about everyday matters and subtly inquiring about her cousin, Yuan Xin.

Han Lu was an excellent speaker, and given that she had just helped Yuan Fei a great deal, Yuan Fei naturally didn't suspect that Han Lu had any ulterior motives in chatting with him like this.

Without even thinking, he told Han Lu all the more specific information she wanted to know.

In just a quarter of an hour, as Yuan Fei happily left Han Lu's residence with four pages of his cultivation notes, Han Lu also figured out the location of Yuan Xin and Yuan Fei's family, as well as what Yuan Xin needed most right now.

Compared to being a diligent Foundation Establishment disciple in the Zhengyi Sect.

As the head of the family, Yuan Xin has countless worries and concerns.

In terms of economics alone, how to maintain the livelihood of the family members, support the cultivation of the monks within the clan, and so on.

It's an account that's been calculated and recalculated.

In addition, teaching cultivation to clan disciples with average talent who are not qualified to enter major sects is also a source of worry for Yuan Xin, a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

With so many problems and demands, Han Lu's choice of compensation to give to Yuan Xin naturally became much simpler.

“Sending spirit stones directly? But I don’t think such a large family would be short of three or four hundred spirit stones,” Han Lu said, sitting at the table after Yuan Fei left. “Besides, given the relationship between them, I’m afraid Yuan Xin will shed a few tears for Feng Bailu when he dies.”

"Just spirit stones? That's not very sincere."

Even though Han Lu had only met Yuan Fei once, she still chose such a sincere "compensation."

Naturally, Han Lu was unwilling to neglect Yuan Xin, with whom she had a very close relationship.

Considering what Yuan Xin lacked and what he needed, Han Lu couldn't help but touch the token at her waist, and an idea suddenly came to her mind.

"Why not spend a lot of contribution points in the Transmission Hall to exchange for some simpler, more basic cultivation techniques that are allowed to be taught to others?" Han Lu secretly planned in her heart. "In this way, it won't seem too vulgar, and it will also be able to hit the nail on the head and truly help Yuan Xin."

Yunmin Zhenren had already given Han Lu quite a few contribution points because of the merits she had made.

With the contribution points earned from exchanging two magical artifacts, it's not difficult to exchange them for several basic cultivation techniques that can be taught and disseminated outside.

After thinking it over carefully, Han Lu felt that this was a very appropriate way to handle the matter, so she no longer hesitated.

After leaving home, Han Lu deliberately used her lightness skill to travel a longer distance and arrived at the Transmission Hall of the Five Elements Mountain Academy.

Since she decided to compensate in this way, Han Lu naturally wanted to do her best.

Each of the five mountain academies has its own cultivation techniques corresponding to its own attributes.

Although Yuan Xin's family was not large, there were still seven or eight young children who needed to begin their cultivation.

Since spiritual roots have different attributes, they naturally need cultivation techniques of the corresponding attributes to practice.

Therefore, only the Transmission Hall of the Five Elements Mountain Academy can meet Han Lu's requirements.

In addition, Han Lu chose this location to avoid acquaintances and to avoid being too conspicuous and arousing suspicion.

After all, most of the disciples of the Zhengyi Sect had only heard of Han Lu's name, but did not know what she looked like.

If Han Lu were a little further away from Dongshan Academy, as long as she didn't write her name on her face, most of the other Zhengyi disciples wouldn't recognize her, given how drastically she had changed in just eleven months.

The Transmission Hall of the Five Elements Mountain Academy is much larger than those of the other five academies, which naturally makes it more difficult for Han Lu, who wants to choose suitable cultivation methods for others, to do so.

Fortunately, Han Lu was not the kind of "reclusive" cultivator.

When faced with a problem that is difficult for her but relatively simple for others, she does not hesitate to ask for help.

I randomly picked a disciple from the Transmission Hall who was patrolling and on duty inside.

Although the other party's cultivation level was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining, he easily gave Han Lu the answers she wanted after she raised her questions and needs.

The disciple of the Transmission Hall pointed out the names of eleven or twelve cultivation techniques in total.

Since patrolling was really boring and tedious, he very attentively led his senior sister Han Lu through the rows of bookshelves, selecting all the secret manuals he had mentioned.

In this way, Han Lu saved a lot of time and trouble, and avoided many detours.

Choosing from eleven cultivation methods that basically aligned with her ideas was not a difficult task.

Holding the introduction and table of contents, Han Lu compared and contrasted them based on her years of cultivation experience.

Ultimately, six introductory cultivation methods suitable for Taoist novices with less talent were selected.

Of the six cultivation techniques, there is one each of the metal, wood, water, and earth elements, and two of the fire element.

Han Lu made this choice because Yuan Xin cultivated fire-attribute techniques, so naturally the probability of his family members being suitable for cultivating fire-attribute techniques would be greater.

Choosing two fire-attribute cultivation techniques would likely be more helpful to the Yuan family.

Because the six cultivation techniques were only the most common and basic ones, exchanging them didn't cost Han Lu a fortune. Even though Han Lu spent four times more contribution points to gain the right to teach these basic techniques, the "second-generation immortal" Han Lu still had nearly five thousand points left in her tokens.

On the third day after exchanging the cultivation technique, Han Lu, just like when Wen Er Ya left Zheng Yi Sect to meet her last time, "casually" wrote a destination on the wooden board outside the courtyard gate, enjoying the excellent benefit that inner sect foundation-building disciples could freely enter and leave the sect.

The distance between Yuan Fei and Yuan Xin's family and the Zhengyi Sect was not far. After leaving the sect, Han Lu drove the flying carriage and arrived at their destination in just two hours.

It was still early, so Han Lu, who planned to act secretly, wasn't in a hurry. Instead, she patiently strolled around the city and inquired about the Yuan family.

As night fell, Han Lu finally changed her phoenix feather robe into a bodysuit that covered her face.

At the same time, the pair of jade bracelets selected from the secret vault of the Zhengyi Sect finally found their purpose.

Infusing spiritual energy and activating the bracelet, Han Lu then cast an illusion spell on herself before stealthily scaling the Yuan family's courtyard wall, which was not protected by any restrictions, and quietly sneaking inside.

Chapter 423 A Clever Gift of a Secret Manual

Although Yuan Xin had his own goals, he wanted to make his family the number one cultivation family in a city in the Southern Dynasty under his leadership.

However, compared to a behemoth like the Zhengyi Sect, this goal is not a particularly impressive achievement.

Therefore, even though the Yuan family is now considered one of the top three cultivation families in a medium-sized city in the Southern Dynasty, special protection is only provided for the most core area of ​​the Yuan family by setting up restrictions.

As for the strength of the Yuan family's cultivators.

The highest-ranking cultivator in the Yuan family is an elderly cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Yuan Xin ranked second.

There are no Golden Core cultivators in the entire family, so Han Lu's use of the jade bracelet seems unnecessary.

However, this method can still help Han Lu block the detection of some basic restrictions, allowing her to move freely within the Yuan family compound and more discreetly deliver the carefully selected compensation items to Yuan Xin.

Han Lu considered several methods, and finally she used what she thought was the most story-driven way to send out the six secret manuals.

These books were hidden by the Yuan family ancestors more than a hundred years ago and were only recently discovered by their descendants by chance.

This is the gift-giving method that Han Lu feels is quite story-driven and legendary.

With this in mind, Han Lu went straight to the Yuan family's library after entering the Yuan family mansion.

The Yuan family's foundation is only two hundred years old, and the collection in the library is meager and not worth mentioning. It is certainly not a secret or important place. In fact, the library is connected to a study where young Taoist disciples practice, so that those who have just begun their cultivation can enter and leave the library to browse the books.

Therefore, there are naturally no overly complicated restrictions to protect it.

Even in the middle of the night, there wasn't a single guard standing at the door.

This situation was somewhat unexpected for Han Lu, and it made her even more convinced that the gifts she had chosen were indeed very appropriate.

"Even the windows are open?"

Looking at the half-open window not far away, Han Lu could tell that it must be the study connected to the library.

Since there was a window open, Han Lu didn't need to bother finding a clever way to sneak in.