The Long Journey to Immortality

Chapter 441 A Cunning Rabbit Has Three Burrows

For the previous four and a half years, Han Lu had practiced the "Great Zhou Tian Condensing Water Technique" at least once a day, so she had long since memorized the incantations for the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages.

Under Han Lu's control, spiritual energy flowed through her body, eventually transforming into gaseous spiritual energy that surged into her dantian, awaiting the next heavy rain to fall from her dantian and seeking an opportunity to merge into the sea.

After the cultivation technique circulated for one full cycle, the originally ordinary stone wall finally showed a slight change.

A faint light emanated from the stone wall, and silver runes appeared on it.

Behind this stone wall lies the true hiding place of the Foundation Establishment Realm treasure left behind by Xiaoyaozi.

These runes were written by Xiaoyaozi on this stone wall hundreds of years ago as the last line of defense to prevent malicious outsiders from stealing the treasure.

Now, as Han Lu's internal energy cultivation method is activated, this incredibly sturdy restriction is not only revealing its true form, but is also gradually disintegrating.

Xiaoyaozi's meticulously designed plan went wrong step by step, and the plan to possess the remnant soul failed. Now, the other cultivation treasures originally left for the remnant soul are about to fall into Han Lu's hands.

Perhaps because this restriction was extremely strong, Han Lu circulated her cultivation technique for three cycles, nearly half an hour, before finally confirming her identity as the "successor" in front of the restriction and gaining the recognition of this complex restriction.

The restriction, which was still at the level of the Golden Core Realm, collapsed within ten breaths.

The stone wall began to crack from the spot where Han Lu touched it. Then, the cracks spread from the point to the surface in an instant, like lightning, without any order. Eventually, the entire stone wall was covered with cracks, as if this last obstacle would collapse with just a gentle push.

Since Xiaoyaozi had shown her some "favor," Han Lu naturally wouldn't cause any major damage to the cave dwelling he had set up.

Withdraw your hand and begin your spell.

Han Lu carefully removed the shattered rocks one by one from the stone wall using her magical artifacts and piled them aside.

It took about half a cup of tea's time for Han Lu to complete this small but meticulous task.

After a series of twists and turns, the inner chamber where the treasure was truly hidden was finally revealed to Han Lu.

Habitually brushing the dust off her sleeves, Han Lu clapped her hands and slowly stepped over the opening revealed after the stone wall was demolished, entering the inner room.

Just as Han Lu had expected.

Although the outer room was ransacked by an unexpected intruder who dug deep inside, looting all the low-level cultivation items stored there.

The inner chamber, protected by powerful restrictions, remained unharmed and welcomed Han Lu, the rightful owner, with its pristine state.

Clearly, this bandit was not a Golden Core or Nascent Soul realm expert, but merely a bored low-level cultivator who was proficient in formations and restrictions and accidentally discovered the cave.

Only in this way can everything Han Lu encountered along the way be explained.

Because her memories were incomplete, Han Lu had no idea what the inner room looked like.

Upon entering the inner chamber, she looked around with curiosity, gazing at the cave dwelling where Xiaoyaozi had once temporarily resided.

The inner chamber of this cave dwelling may have been used as a temporary dwelling by Xiaoyaozi, who lived here for three years. As a result, not only are there some daily necessities and sundries left over from hundreds of years ago, but even some decorations are hung on the stone walls to beautify this simple stone chamber.

Han Lu even saw some carvings depicting the true spirit totem on the stone table in the stone chamber.

Clearly, Xiaoyaozi had this hobby, and the many stone carvings and murals that Han Lu saw in Xiaoyaozi's cave in Moyu City four and a half years ago were likely made by Xiaoyaozi.

After briefly walking around the inner room, Han Lu finally focused her attention on the three storage bags that were roughly secured and casually placed on the stone bed.

Needless to say, the treasure Han Lu sought on this trip is right here.

Swallowing hard, Han Lu hesitated for a moment before deciding to open the storage bag in the cave to examine the treasure.

"In case the secret manual is hidden somewhere else besides in this storage bag," Han Lu muttered to herself, "that way, I can quickly search this stone chamber to avoid any unforeseen circumstances."

Compared to the magical treasures, pills, and spirit stones that Xiaoyaozi, a Nascent Soul cultivator who wasn't particularly wealthy, had custom-made for his Foundation Establishment stage self, Han Lu, the "second-generation immortal," was more eager for the "Great Zhou Heavenly Water Condensation Technique Golden Core Chapter" cultivation method that she had always longed for to come into her hands.

Han Lu opened the three storage bags that had long since lost their owners and took out all the contents.

The items in the storage bag were not much different in type from those in the storage bags in the Daoist cave, only in quality.

Let's look at the spirit stones first.

With the help of the beast's eyes, Han Lu easily counted the ten thousand spirit stones in the stone chamber using her divine soul to tally the accounts.

This number is considered a large number among Foundation Establishment cultivators. Even the legendary Misty Child might not have had such a number of spirit stones to freely allocate and mobilize.

There were quite a few, but Han Lu calmly put the spirit stones into her storage bag.

Having already made a trip to the Wildlands and clearly identified herself as a "second-generation immortal" and "second-generation official," Han Lu was no longer short of spirit stones.

Now let's look at the elixirs.

There are nearly fifty porcelain vases of various sizes.

Because the pills in it were of the Foundation Establishment stage, they naturally did not lose much of their medicinal power over time.

Based on Han Lu's own experience, most of the pills in the porcelain bottle still had 90% of their medicinal power, and they would be willing to spend money to buy them as new medicines.

Compared to spirit stones, elixirs are more useful, not to mention that some of these elixirs were specially prepared by Xiaoyaozi for his future "self" to use when forming his core.

These are good things.

Han Lu carefully selected and put away these rare pills, while she stuffed the rest of the porcelain bottles into a storage bag specifically for storing pills.

Xiaoyaozi naturally did not forget to prepare magic weapons for his future "self".

Three high-grade magical artifacts flew out of the storage bag and landed on the ground of the stone chamber.

These magical artifacts were the second thing Han Lu was looking forward to in this stone chamber.

After all, it was specially left behind by Xiaoyaozi, a Nascent Soul cultivator, so it should be more compatible with her cultivation method and have a higher probability of being used.

There are three ritual implements in total: a red silk handkerchief, a purple short sword, and a black, close-fitting soft armor.

The stone chamber was not large, and Mao Ningyu, the guide, was waiting outside. Han Lu simply put away the three magical treasures without trying them out or figuring out their abilities.

Finally, the three jade tablets flew into the air and landed in Han Lu's hands.

Needless to say, this is the cultivation method of the "Great Circulation Water Condensation Technique Golden Elixir Chapter".

Chapter 442 Jade Token

Holding the three jade tablets, Han Lu was 90% certain that the information contained within them was the "Great Zhou Heavenly Water Condensation Technique Golden Core Chapter," but just to be on the safe side, she still took out the Beast Eye and extended her divine sense to verify the goods in the manner of a Golden Core cultivator.

Fortunately, she chose this beast eye; otherwise, Han Lu, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, would not have known how to inspect the goods, or whether the three jade tablets she took were cultivation manuals or "Xiaoyaozi's Carving Experience".

Han Lu found it quite novel to read the information stored in the jade tablet in this way for the first time.

Even though there was no text or picture in front of him, he could read the information that Xiaoyaozi had stored in the jade tablet hundreds of years ago simply by observing the seemingly ordinary jade tablet with his divine sense.

This reading method is extremely fast; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as reading a hundred lines at a glance.

The cultivation techniques and secrets hidden in the jade tablet would be written down into at least three thin booklets. Even if Han Lu flipped through them quickly, it would still take her fifteen minutes to read them all.

Reading in this "high-level cultivator's" manner, Han Lu had already roughly finished reading the contents of the jade tablet in less than ten breaths.

Two of the three jade tablets indeed contained the "Golden Core Chapter" of the "Water Condensation Technique," which Han Lu had been longing for since advancing to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The contents of the other jade pendant were beyond Han Lu's expectations.

"How could Xiaoyaozi, a Nascent Soul cultivator, have made such a careless mistake as to put the descriptions, operating methods, and spell incantations of those three magical artifacts into a jade tablet that is generally only usable by Golden Core cultivators?" Han Lu was quite surprised that such an obvious mistake had occurred to Xiaoyaozi, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

However, upon closer reflection, Han Lu found it reasonable.

"After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator is still a cultivator, so it's not surprising that they make some small mistakes."

"It's probably because Xiaoyaozi achieved the Nascent Soul stage hundreds of years ago and forgot that only those who reach the Golden Core stage can read the information in the jade tablet."

Thinking of this, Han Lu looked at the beast eye in her hand again. "Fortunately, I chose this magical treasure that the Seven Flower Fairy considered somewhat useless in the secret vault that day."

"Otherwise, it would probably take me several months to master the use of those three magical treasures that are compatible with the 'Water Condensation Technique'."

Xiaoyaozi didn't know how many memories would remain after the remnant soul possessed another body, so he described the supernatural powers and methods of using the three magical treasures in as much detail as possible in the jade tablet.

For the vast majority of Foundation Establishment cultivators, obtaining these three high-grade magic artifacts would definitely double their combat power.

Since Xiaoyaozi couldn't predict whether his future self would do well or poorly, he naturally devoted himself to this endeavor.

Of the three magical treasures, the spirit sword was the least to Han Lu's liking.

Having cultivated the Seven Kill Sword Technique, she possesses a spiritual sword that perfectly suits her and is incredibly powerful, so it's perfectly normal for her to look down on such mundane things.

However, the red handkerchief that seemed to be used by ordinary women, according to the description in the jade tablet, was a magical item that Han Lu thought was very suitable for her to use.

The bronze bell that Luo Pa and Han Lu selected from the secret vault a few months ago has a function that is seven-tenths similar.

Both methods aim to imprison and restrict the opponent's movement during combat.

One is gentle, the other is strong.

In this way, Han Lu can choose the appropriate magic weapon based on the opponent's fighting style and characteristics to achieve the purpose of imprisoning the opponent.

If the opponent is a sword cultivator, then use a bronze bell.

If the opponent is skilled in external martial arts and can kill a dragon with one punch, then this red Robe is a better choice.

In addition, this ropa also has the effect of blocking poisonous fog.

However, because Han Lu is a true spirit with naturally high resistance to poison, this effect is merely icing on the cake for her.

The highest grade of the three magical artifacts is the third one, the black software, which is a first-grade magical artifact.

Not only does the soft armor offer excellent protection against spells and spiritual swords, it can also assist cultivators in performing techniques that protect their divine soul.

Not to mention, the soft armor has excellent defensive capabilities and is widely applicable. No matter what type of cultivation technique a cultivator uses, they can unleash 70% of the soft armor's power.

With such comprehensive features, it's no wonder it's a top-grade magic artifact.

This soft armor was specially chosen by Xiaoyaozi for his future self-defense. In the eyes of a short-lived Nascent Soul cultivator like Xiaoyaozi, nothing was more important than preserving one's life on the path of cultivation.

Unfortunately, this soft armor was still somewhat useless for Han Lu.

Han Lu felt that the phoenix feather robe she wore, which was transformed from feathers, was superior to this soft armor.

"However, the introduction says that this soft armor can also be transformed into a Nascent Soul battle suit, which can protect the Nascent Soul of non-Nascent Soul cultivators. Once I advance to the Nascent Soul stage, this software should be useful."

That day was still too far away, so Han Lu didn't think about it anymore.

After collecting the remaining materials and debris on the ground, Han Lu scanned the inner room with her divine sense to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything. Then, she left without lingering in the inner room any longer.

Returning to the outer room, passing through the waterfall, Han Lu flew back to the Pegasus carriage on her spirit sword.

Mao Ningyu was sensible and didn't tell Han Lu what had just happened. She kept it to herself, suppressing the urge to ask questions, and quietly followed Han Lu back to the Pegasus carriage.

The trip went smoothly, and in just two days, with the help of Mao Ningyu, Han Lu successfully found the treasure left by Xiaoyaozi in the Southern Frontier.