The Long Journey to Immortality

The Phoenix Clan's wedding ceremony has remained unchanged from the ancient times to 100,000 years later. Han Lu had seen Feng You and Feng Rubing follow the ancient rites and complete that complex but ritualistic ceremony when they were in the wilderness.

But are human weddings in the ancient times the same as those in modern times?

Han Lu believes that, considering the fact that the lifespan of the vast majority of humans is not long, the differences should be significant.

Not to mention the wedding of a great figure like Fang Lin, who is at the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, she was somewhat curious about the wedding agenda for that day.

However, Han Lu was unaware of this.

In the past, when humans were struggling to survive, where would they have had the time to prepare such grand ceremonies and devise overly complicated rituals for love, something that was less important than survival?

This was the first time someone at the Nascent Soul stage had gotten married, and there were no ancient customs to refer to.

Therefore, in history, Fang Lin's marriage caused the high-ranking people of the human race to rack their brains and formulate many new high-level rituals, which in turn set the rules for the wedding customs of the human race in the future.

How to elevate one's status and "class"?

Very simple.

It's a waste of money and a waste of time.

However, because of Fang Lin's "noble" status, the guests who came were all prominent figures in the wilderness.

To create a grand spectacle and bring glory to the human race, one can only spend more money and less manpower.

Fang Lin, who originally intended to keep the wedding simple, naturally opposed this.

But in this matter, he could only sacrifice personal gain for the greater good, and was powerless to resist being "manipulated."

As the sun was just rising, Feng Jiao and Feng Yang went out together to meet Fang Lin, the happiest man in Chaoquan City that day.

Although Feng Yang had been married for over a hundred years, Fang Lin, as his best friend among the True Spirits, was still invited to serve as his best man.

Feng Jiao was naturally able to stay by Feng Yang's side, along with Yue Mingzhu and Han Lu, to get a glimpse of the entire Fang Lin wedding.

Early in the morning, Fang Lin, who had been burning incense and meditating all night, rode a Foundation Establishment Realm spirit deer with Feng Yang and several other friends toward the woman's home.

Riding the spirit deer was mainly to avoid suspicion, not because the human race couldn't find a more powerful mount.

After all, there were quite a few magical beasts coming to the banquet, and seven or eight kinds of true spirits, so naturally, when choosing a mount, one had to avoid those magical beasts that came to the banquet.

What kind of talk is it to ride a guest on a wedding procession?

However, the Spirit Deer Clan was weak and isolated in the wilderness, with only a handful of Golden Core cultivators who had awakened their intelligence.

Recently, they have been very blatant in their attempts to curry favor with the human race, hoping to follow them into the new wilderness.

Naturally, upon learning that the human race was troubled by the issue of mounts, the Spirit Deer Clan took the initiative to offer their services.

There are many benefits, and it also allows me to get closer to the experts in the Nascent Soul and late Nascent Soul stages.

The elders of the Spirit Deer Clan considered it a very profitable deal to have just a few clansmen ridden for a day.

The four groomsmen were dressed differently than usual.

Fengyang changed into the traditional costume of the Phoenix Clan, and the transformed Phoenix Feather Robe made him look extremely heroic.

The other three Nascent Soul stage human cultivators were dressed slightly worse, but still decently, serving as supporting characters to highlight the main characters.

Riding a spirit deer and dressed in custom-made fine clothes, Fang Lin exuded an air of nobility that surpassed his usual handsome and dashing demeanor, making him appear as the most distinguished person.

Feng Jiao and the others mingled among the wedding procession, following behind the four supporting characters and the main character, and walked forward.

The wedding procession completely blocked the streets. It was probably only at times like this that you would see so many cultivators at the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation levels gathered together.

Everyone chatted and laughed, feeling quite at ease.

Fang Lin, sitting on the spirit deer at the very front, had a serious expression on his face, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Although they have been together for over three hundred years and have had close physical contact nearly a hundred times.

But when it came to actually giving the other person a formal status and establishing a legitimate recognition of their relationship, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The change from "Fang Lang" to "husband" is not just a simple change in title; it carries a responsibility that Fang Lin, who has already taken the first step before marriage, can truly feel.

The pressure from this responsibility was no less than that of fighting a true spirit in the Divine Realm.

In fact, he was even more confident in defeating an opponent of the same level than in fully shouldering the responsibilities of being a husband.

Feeling uneasy, he could only keep a straight face to hide his true feelings, lest the emotions that shouldn't be displayed by the number one cultivator of the human race be revealed to others.

As someone who had been married before, Fengyang was the first guest to realize that something was wrong with his old friend.

This was the first time he had ever felt this emotion emanating from this seemingly omnipotent monk, and he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, "So you've finally met your match."

Despite the laughter, he still took the initiative to help his good friend solve his problems.

They communicated telepathically, and the two rode their spirit deer one in front of the other, chatting casually.

Fengyang talked about his thoughts and feelings when he got married, and the troubles he encountered. He revealed his shortcomings in order to tell Fang Lin, the "invincible cultivator," how he should view marriage.

This approach had some effect.

At least, this allowed Lin's expression to be more natural as he arrived in front of the woman's residence, and his landing from the spirit deer regained its usual graceful and elegant manner.

Only Fang Lin, who usually displays seven-tenths of his usual charm, remains outstanding.

The aura he exuded reminded Han Lu of an old friend.

"You know what, just based on this feeling, Xiao Ran might actually be Fang Lin's great-great ...

Chapter 502 Passing Three Tests

After a brief moment of random thoughts, Han Lu turned her attention back to Fang Lin.

The wedding officially began the moment the group arrived at the bride's house.

Next, they'll start to torment people.

The bride's door was tightly shut, and apart from the festive decorations, she seemed completely unaware of the wedding.

Led by the "plants," the crowd shouted in a chaotic manner, "The groom is here, open the door quickly!"

Knowing the wedding ceremony steps in advance, Fang Lin was not in a hurry and patiently waited for the ceremony to proceed step by step.

Fang Lin is Fang Lin after all, and his fellow cultivators wouldn't turn his wedding into a farce just to save face. Furthermore, the bride's status is vastly different from his; as an elder in her family, she naturally wouldn't engage in any "wedding pranks" to tease her future husband, who is at the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, the tightly closed door was only opened after the guests shouted a few words, and then it was pushed open by two Golden Core cultivators who had been waiting behind the door.

A child crawled out of the door.

She had pigtails and wore a floral dress; she looked to be only five or six years old.

Holding a roll of red paper, the child skipped and hopped to the front of the crowd.

Unfazed by the presence of so many strangers, the child looked at the elders who were hundreds or thousands of years older than him and said in a childish voice, "Uncle Fang, if you want to marry Sister Han, you have to get past me first."

"I will only allow Sister Han to marry you if you answer the question correctly."

Upon hearing this, Han Lu realized that Fang Lin's other half was actually surnamed Han.

Upon hearing the child say such a thing, all the guests couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Children speak without restraint; letting the children pose questions to test Fang Lin and add fun to the wedding was indeed a smart decision.

Fang Lin was prepared and said confidently, "Xiao Qiang, just ask me any question, your Uncle Fang will definitely be able to answer it."

Although there was a significant age difference between them, Han Qiang called his "great-grandmother" "sister," so Fang Lin could only act as her older brother or uncle according to that seniority.

Children speak without thinking, and nobody cares.

Seeing that Uncle Fang, whom he had only met a few times, was as kind as his sister had described, Han Qiang, who was not shy to begin with, generously showed everyone the red paper in his hand.

The red paper in the child's hand is half a couplet.

Because of its insufficient arm span, it took a long time to barely unfold the upper half of the couplet.

The first line of the couplet reads: “May our hearts be forever united.”

"Uncle Fang, as long as you can match this couplet, you can pass my test."

The couplet was not difficult, and Fang Lin had already been given the hints early on, so he had already prepared his draft in his mind.

However, to maintain the convincing act, he pretended to think for a moment before replying, "May you have a long and happy marriage."

Fang Lin and the others present were not particularly cultured, but such a simple question and such a simple answer were enough to earn Fang Lin a round of applause.

Children don't understand, but some people do.

After receiving a telepathic message from one of the two cultivators behind the door, the child said a few auspicious words and then made way for Fang Lin to pass the first test.

The crowd followed Fang Lin into the mansion. There were guards at the second closed gate, who were about to ask the second question.

The question setter for the second round was another little girl, who was also a relative or younger relative of the girl.

The second level is even easier than the first.

The little girl was holding a watermelon, saying she wanted Fang Lin to use it to show off his artistic talent and make it into a gift.

The gift must satisfy Fang Lin's future wife to pass the second test.

Fang Lin has done this many times over the past three hundred years: showing affection with small gifts.

The little girl placed the watermelon on the ground, and Fang Lin casually summoned the spiritual sword within his body, using the watermelon as a base for his carving creation.

In just five breaths, Fang Lin, a mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm expert, demonstrated his astonishing control in front of everyone.

The spiritual sword, which was incredibly sharp and capable of easily piercing through magical artifact-level armor, performed a series of exquisite maneuvers on an ordinary watermelon.

When the sword light faded, the watermelon had changed its appearance.

Most of the red flesh of the melon was cut away, and the remaining part became a small statue, resembling a man and a woman embracing affectionately.

Although the facial features are not clearly visible, at this moment, anyone would recognize the man in the statue as Fang Lin.

The little girl clapped excitedly at the incredible skill.

The onlookers were full of praise.

Han Lu simply replayed and slowed down the scene several times.

Once she realized that the techniques and intricacies involved were far too profound for her to learn, she reluctantly turned back the timeline, allowing the wedding to continue.

The little girl carefully carried Fang Lin's masterpiece into the courtyard behind her.