The Long Journey to Immortality

Her flames not only failed to destroy the purple slime, but were even absorbed by it, giving it more vitality.

As the flames swept past, the originally dark purple slime turned into a bright purple, and, full of vigor, continued to gather in the air.

"This monster is terrifying."

With a sigh in her heart, Han Lu immediately stopped her fire-breathing action and switched to other moves.

Since fire wouldn't work, Han Lu decided to try ice.

"This purple monster sleeps beneath the snow; perhaps it's even more afraid of the low temperatures?"

With a single move, "Freezing a Thousand Miles," the surrounding temperature instantly dropped by nearly seventy degrees Celsius.

The sudden drop in temperature did freeze a lot of the purple, viscous liquid into ice crystals, but it only slowed down the regeneration rate of the purple monster.

When the supernatural power was used up and the surrounding temperature returned to normal, the purple monster changed from one to two. About 60% of the purple viscous liquid that had splashed everywhere due to the self-destruction returned to its original form, forming these two new "monsters".

Compared to the half-dead purple monster in the deep pit, the two monsters regenerated from the self-destruction of the purple slime had a somewhat human-like appearance.

"Is this what the monster looked like before it fell from the sky and was smashed into a meat pie?"

Han Lu flapped her wings, retreated slightly, and stood side by side with the spirit deer.

At this moment, the spirit deer also revealed its true form, clearly prepared to fight a tough battle alongside Han Lu.

Just as Han Lu was about to assign tasks, turning a two-on-two match into a one-on-one one, a jaw-dropping scene unfolded.

Han Lu and Ling Lu only heard a crisp sound as the air was cut, and the next moment, a spirit sword that appeared out of nowhere chopped the two purple monsters into four pieces.

It wasn't over yet. The spirit sword stopped in front of Han Lu and the spirit deer and began to cast spells on its own.

It was as if two hands had grasped the purple monster that had been cut into four pieces, and then, with unimaginable power, hurled the two monsters into the sky.

The purple monster's ascent was so fast that Han Lu almost missed it with her phoenix eyes.

She almost saw an invisible hand bind the two monsters, and the next moment, the two monsters turned into stars and disappeared from her sight.

While suspended in mid-air, a faint light surrounded the purple monster, preventing any of the purple slime on its body from leaking out despite the intense movement.

The purple monster was thus sent back by the spirit sword.

After completing all this, the spirit sword drifted away, leaving Han Lu and the spirit deer dumbfounded after witnessing what seemed like a miracle.

Chapter 495 Cleaning Up the Mess

After transforming back into human form, Han Lu and the spirit deer watched the spirit sword, which had done all the work for them, depart.

The expressions on their faces could be summed up in one word: utterly dumbfounded.

His eyes widened, and he had a thousand words to say, but his tongue wouldn't cooperate, and he couldn't utter a single word.

The story that had just unfolded before her eyes in that brief moment surpassed her understanding of the path of cultivation. Even in the memories of Xiaoyaozi's remnant soul, a Nascent Soul cultivator as powerful as Xiaoyaozi could not have accomplished something that seemed like a miracle.

Han Lu thought to herself, "This is amazing."

"Without seeing the person, only a spirit sword flew in from the horizon and used such a powerful move to resolve this crisis that was extremely difficult for me and the spirit deer to handle."

"Is this a technique that only Nascent Soul cultivators can use?"

Because he had the memories of Xiaoyaozi in his mind, and had also seen many legendary figures in the world of the Moon Pearl.

Han Lu is definitely one of the most knowledgeable Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Based on her judgment, only a Nascent Soul cultivator could accomplish all of this in the Central Plains.

Linglu, on the other hand, was even more confused.

Although she was a spirit beast in the Transformation Realm, in terms of knowledge, she was far inferior to Han Lu.

Naturally, the miracle triggered by that spirit sword had a greater impact on her.

"Fellow Daoist Feng," Linglu stammered, "what is the origin of this spirit sword? Is it reinforcements sent by your sect?"

Linglu still remembered that Han Lu's companions had returned to the Zhengyi Sect to seek support from their elders.

Han Lu shook her head, took two deep breaths to clear her tongue, and then replied, "Fellow Daoist Lu, only three and a half hours have passed since my senior sister returned to the sect to ask for help. She should still be on her way."

"Therefore, this spirit sword should not be a magic weapon of my sect's elders."

Hearing this, Linglu was quite surprised. "I thought it was some senior expert from the Zhengyi Sect who was too lazy to deal with that purple monster himself and only sent a spirit sword to save the two of us."

"This must be the work of a Nascent Soul stage expert."

As she spoke, Linglu revealed her admiration for this cultivator with a higher level of cultivation, clearly imagining the scene where she herself could also master such a great technique after making a further breakthrough.

Han Lu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid not."

"Huh?" Linglu didn't react for a moment.

Han Lu then said the second half of her sentence, "That spirit sword must be the magic weapon of a Nascent Soul Realm expert."

"Nascent Soul Realm?" The antlers on the spirit deer's head flashed. "Fellow Daoist Feng, have you ever met someone at the Nascent Soul Realm?"

Han Lu nodded. "I've seen it before. Anyway, a Nascent Soul cultivator shouldn't be able to do what they just did."

"Judging from the direction the spirit sword came from," Han Lu pointed to the north, "it must have been a Nascent Soul cultivator from Xuan Yang Valley who inadvertently sensed everything that was happening here and took pity on us to help."

Upon hearing this, Linglu was filled with emotion. She never expected to witness the prowess of a Nascent Soul Realm expert in this way.

Rubbing her face, Linglu sighed, "I thought it would be a fierce battle, but I never expected to be so easily dealt with by a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"I never imagined that after cultivating the Dao for three hundred years, I would still be so far from the end of this mortal realm."

Seeing the mountaintop still in the distance, the spirit deer, who thought it was not far from the summit, was naturally filled with emotion.

After calming down, Han Lu was not as excited as Ling Lu.

Instead, after calming down, she fell into deep thought, pondering why this would be the work of a Nascent Soul cultivator from Xuan Yang Valley.

However, after thinking about it for a moment, Han Lu realized that she probably couldn't understand the thoughts of such a reclusive master.

"Perhaps they just don't want this monster to wreak havoc on the Northern Dynasty or the Central Plains? I suppose a Nascent Soul cultivator should have such magnanimity and understanding."

"But sending this visitor from outer space back to heaven is really... quite interesting." Han Lu pondered for a while and could only come up with this somewhat inadequate word to describe the actions of the spirit sword and the unseen Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

"This approach is flawless... But what lies beyond this sky? Could it be the spirit world?"

Faced with this problem, Han Lu couldn't help but start to overthink.

"Indeed, it would be reasonable for such a monster, which has never appeared in the Central Plains, to come from the Spirit Realm."

After figuring out all the details, Han Lu looked once again in the direction where the spirit sword had gone and felt a great sense of relief.

She smiled and said to the spirit deer, "Fellow Daoist Deer, this matter is now considered to be over."

"With that purple monster properly dealt with, Qujiang should be able to remain clear."

"However, there might still be some toxins remaining in this pit. How about we join forces to remove these remaining toxins?"

The herbivores who worship her as a deity are destined to inhabit and live in this generation, so the spirit deer will naturally not take this matter lightly.

Han Lu's words made sense, and she naturally wouldn't be afraid of trouble.

The big problem was solved by the reclusive master, and Han Lu and Linglu were left to deal with the remaining minor problems.

The two landed back on the ground and used their magic to turn the deep pit, where the purple monster had stayed for nearly two months, upside down.

This work lasted for about three hours.

The two of them turned over almost every inch of the hillside to make sure there was no trace of the highly poisonous purple slime before they were relieved.

Facing a formidable foe through collaboration, Han Lu and Ling Lu established a fairly good friendship.

After cleaning up the mess, Linglu even invited Han Lu to sit in her cultivation cave before leaving, saying she would cook some wild vegetables for Han Lu as a treat.

Han Lu also wanted to try it out, but unfortunately, the rescue forces called for by Wen Erya could arrive at any moment, so she had to wait here.

Therefore, the two could only end this fleeting relationship with a touch of regret.

The path of cultivation is long and arduous; who knows when we will meet again with those we share a connection with?

After her companions left, Han Lu continued to sit alone by the deep pit, silently meditating and cultivating, waiting for time to slowly pass.

Just now, while I was anxiously waiting, time seemed to slow down three or four times over.

Now that the great calamity has been averted, time seems to have sped up three or four times. In the blink of an eye, Wen Erya and the other cultivators who came to help appeared in front of her.

It was extremely urgent, but Wen Erya's abilities were limited, and it still took her a full five hours to return to the sect.

Although she was only a disciple, Wen Erya still managed to contact Daoist Yunmin with ease.

Having grasped the general situation, it only took a short while before Daoist Yunmin selected three other Golden Core cultivators, whose strength was considered above average within the sect, to set off together.

On the way, Venerable Qingyang inquired about the situation and joined the rescue team.

In just two hours, the support force, consisting of four Golden Core cultivators and one Nascent Soul cultivator, arrived in front of Han Lu.

Seeing that the purple monster was nowhere to be found in the deep pit, Venerable Qingyang's expression turned grim.

He looked at Han Lu and asked, "Han Lu, what happened to the purple monster you and Wen Erya found? Did it run away?"

Chapter 496 Sweet Dew

Having rushed here with great difficulty, but finding no trace of the culprit, Venerable Qingyang was naturally filled with anxiety, thinking that the monster had escaped from this place and spread the plague that had killed nearly 50,000 mortals to the entire Central Plains.

The thought of this is terrifying.

Seeing everyone's anxiety, Han Lu quickly explained.

Since the matter was of great importance and everyone present was a senior or elder, she didn't keep them in suspense and told them the result first, then the process.

“Venerable Qingyang, there’s no need to worry,” Han Lu bowed and replied, “that strange purple monster is already dead.”

"Dead?" Daoist Yunmin was slightly surprised. "Wasn't it said that this purple monster was at least a Golden Core level being? Did you kill it here all by yourself?"

Han Lu shook her head and replied, "Although I fought this monster for two or three rounds, it was not me who killed it in the end, but a spirit sword that flew in from the north."

"According to my judgment, the owner of that spirit sword is probably a Nascent Soul cultivator from Xuan Yang Valley in the Northern Dynasty. He somehow learned about this place, so he used the spirit sword to first kill the purple monster and then send this purple monster, which was originally from the sky, back to the sky."

Han Lu pointed to the sky, then to the direction from which the spirit sword had flown.

The sudden intervention of a Nascent Soul Realm expert left the four who came to help and Wen Erya completely bewildered, not to mention that this Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was from Xuan Yang Valley.

However, the cultivators breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the purple monster had been killed and its body had been disposed of.