The Long Journey to Immortality

Sure enough, cultivators from the Southern Frontier and Western Regions needed to go through several procedures to obtain a "pass".

After struggling for half an hour, Han Lu finally resolved all the problems and obtained a token that was seven parts similar to a disciple's waist token.

At noon, Yi Qiyan was finally able to enter the Zhengyi Gate and begin her trip to visit friends in the Central Plains.

Chapter 507 Phoenix Feather Robe

Because when Han Lu was handling the formalities at the Inner Warehouse, she clearly stated that this fellow Daoist from Southern Xinjiang would be settled in her residence.

Therefore, during the time she returned and led Yi Qiyan home, the inner treasury had already made arrangements to pack up a set of daily necessities originally provided to the disciples and place it in front of Han Lu's courtyard.

Although Zhengyi Sect is a place for cultivators to practice, there are still many mortals living within its gates, contributing their labor and providing the cultivators with the support and services that mortals can offer.

These daily necessities were produced and delivered by ordinary people hired by the Zhengyi Sect.

Seeing the packages piled up next to her courtyard gate, Han Lu felt much more relaxed, thinking that she could make Yi Qiyan more comfortable living in her courtyard.

From the Zhengyi Mountain Gate to Han Lu's residence at Dongshan Academy, Yi Qiyan did not utter any praise along the way.

In her view, the Zhengyi Sect and the Five Poisons Sect seemed to be no different, except that the Zhengyi Sect was larger, the location where it was built was more beautiful, the sect had more disciples, and the spiritual energy was more abundant.

That's it.

On the contrary, she was slightly surprised when she saw Han Lu's residence.

“I didn’t expect your place to be so nice,” Yi Qiyan said. “In the Five Poisons Sect, only I and a few elders have such treatment.”

Although they are regarded as the representatives of God, the Five Poisons Sect has long held a philosophy of asceticism due to its backwardness.

A poor living environment is seen as an aid to accelerating spiritual practice.

Therefore, only cultivators with extremely high status or cultivation level within the sect can obtain a relatively nice courtyard to stay in.

Ordinary disciples even cultivate in caves in the wilderness outside the mountain gate.

That's why Yi Qiyan sighed about this point.

Upon entering, Han Lu led Yi Qiyan into a guest room that had never been used before.

Han Lu used magic to clean the room, while Yi Qiyan used her artifact manipulation technique to make the bed.

Although it's highly unlikely that Yi Qiyan will use the bed and bedding in the next few months, she still carefully laid them out with a sense of ceremony, declaring that she had officially settled in.

"Aren't you going to show me around?"

Looking at Han Lu after she finished casting the spell, Yi Qiyan said.

"It's such a small place, there's not much to see," Han Lu pointed outside. "How about I lead the way to look around inside the main gate?"

"No, no, no, I just want to visit where you live."

Han Lu touched her head, feeling that there shouldn't be anything shameful in her room. "Okay."

Han Lu led Yi Qiyan around the courtyard and introduced several spiritual plants she had obtained from Piaomiaozi.

These spiritual plants have very little medicinal value; they are mainly used for ornamental purposes and to soothe the mind. They were a gift from Piaomiaozi to Han Lu, who had returned from the Dayu Dynasty, to "wash away the dust" of her journey.

Needless to say, beautiful spiritual plants are naturally appealing to girls.

Yi Qiyan found it quite interesting and even asked for one, saying she would take it back to the Southern Frontier to plant so that seeing the flower would remind her of him.

Besides the flowers in the backyard, what Yi Qiyan was most interested in was the wardrobe in Han Lu's room.

"Han Lu, I've noticed you change your clothes every day. Is this wardrobe some kind of storage bag?"

"Or do you have thousands of clothes in your storage bag? Let me see."

Yi Qiyan behaved no differently from any other girl in her early twenties, showing an innate curiosity about pretty clothes.

Having finally gotten a chance to show off to someone in the know, Han Lu naturally wouldn't miss such an opportunity.

"This is my true spiritual talent. It looks to you like I'm wearing clothes, but these clothes are actually transformed from feathers."

As she spoke, Han Lu activated her cultivation technique, changing her white gauze dress several times, and even putting on a more fashionable outfit in the ancient cultivation secret realm, showcasing her special abilities.

Seeing the change in Han Lu's clothes, Yi Qiyan's eyes widened, and she almost wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth.

This is a skill that most female cultivators who love beauty dream of.

"Ahem, that's quite an impressive skill, I'm envious," Yi Qiyan coughed lightly, composing her less-than-elegant expression, and asked, "Han Lu, can I learn this move? If you're willing to teach me, just name your price."

Han Lu shook her head and said, "This is a bloodline supernatural power. If you have the opportunity to learn some secret techniques that can fuse with the bloodline of the phoenix, you will naturally know this little trick."

"It's impossible to teach."

Yi Qiyan was somewhat disappointed. "Is that so? Find a cultivation technique that can fuse with the bloodline of a true spirit? That is one way."

"However, Han Lu, you originally possessed the bloodline of the True Spirit, so you may not know the difficulty of this matter."

Previously, Yi Qiyan, who had been trying to improve her combat power, had studied this kind of information long ago, and now she started counting on her fingers for Han Lu.

"Firstly, the technique is hard to find. Even in my Five Poisons Sect, there is only one, which is infused with the bloodline of the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider."

"This kind of inferior true spirit has long been extinct and cannot be found anywhere."

"Secondly, the technique is difficult to master. There are quite a few Five Poisons Sect elders who have tried to cultivate this technique with a sliver of hope. In fact, one out of every five has come into contact with this technique."

"But out of ten people who practice, only one succeeds."

"Not to mention whether the bloodline is compatible with the person."

Yi Qiyan touched her face, imagining what it would look like with "ugly patterns" on her face. "I just think the Ghost-Faced Poison Spider and I are incompatible."

Han Lu nodded slowly, then suddenly remembered the phoenix feather robe she had seen in the Moon Pearl World not long ago.

“There’s another way,” Han Lu said without keeping her in suspense, pointing out the way to her friend. “Legend has it that when Senior Fang Lin got married in the ancient cultivation era, the Phoenix Clan gave him a Phoenix Feather Robe. This Phoenix Feather Robe is not only a magic weapon of the spiritual level, but also has the supernatural abilities I just mentioned.”

"If you have the chance to find this phoenix feather robe, you can also be as free as I am, wearing whatever clothes you want."

This path seemed more difficult, but it was still a way to satisfy her desire to change clothes. Yi Qiyan carefully noted it down and praised Han Lu, "Han Lu, you know so much! You even know the stories from the ancient cultivation era 100,000 years ago."

Han Lu wanted to say a few more words and show off her knowledge, but she was afraid that if Yi Qiyan knew how the clothes were made, she would follow her around waiting to have her fur trimmed. So she simply kept quiet and gave a perfunctory reply.

"Alright, my house is only so big. You've seen everything, are you satisfied?" Han Lu said, hands on her hips and chest puffed out. "Shall we go see some other places next?"

With her mind set on the wondrous phoenix feather robe, Yi Qiyan, who had come from the southern border to the central plains, had no desire to wander around for the time being. "No need, Han Lu, you go about your business, I'll rest for a while."

"That breast-enhancing pill has a sleep-inducing effect; I need to sleep for a while."

Yi Qiyan lay back on the newly made bed, stretching out her limbs and letting her sleepiness show, not treating Han Lu as an outsider.

Han Lu nodded and said, "Alright, you get some rest. If you need anything, send me a paper sword. I'm going to talk to Senior Sister Wen."

"Senior Sister Wen?" Upon hearing this name, Yi Qiyan immediately perked up, jumped out of bed, and straightened up, saying, "I'm going too!"

Chapter 508 The Third Party

"Huh? What's wrong? You're not sleepy anymore now that you're talking about Senior Sister Wen?" Han Lu recalled for a moment and said, "You probably haven't met Senior Sister Wen before, have you?"

Yi Qiyan nodded and said, "I haven't seen her before, but I know her."

“Tell me,” Han Lu said, crossing her arms and leaning slightly against the wall. “What do you know?”

Yi Qiyan knew a little, but not a little either.

"Wen Er Ya must be your best friend."

Han Lu nodded.

"She was a princess of the Southern Dynasty."

Han Lu nodded again.

The statement "We are senior and junior sisters" is clearly just filler.

Han Lu was embarrassed. "I was just calling her Senior Sister Wen, so of course we're senior and junior sisters."

Yi Qiyan chuckled, "I also know that she is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, while I am at the middle stage."

The competition among women is everywhere.

Han Lu vaguely understood that Yi Qiyan probably knew about Wen Erya through the participant information before the Ancient Cultivation Secret Realm, and knew about her relationship with Wen Erya.

Recently, because she was going to the Central Plains to seek refuge, she learned more about her and naturally gained a better understanding of Wen Erya.

Now, Yi Qiyan is clearly aware that she has the highest cultivation level among Han Lu's friends, and she is quite happy about it.

Even if we can't be the best of friends or confidantes, being the most cultivated best friend is not bad either.

"Alright, alright," Han Lu said with a smile. "This is a good opportunity for you to get to know Senior Sister Wen. I'm sure you two will get along well."

Like Han Lu, Wen Erya lacked a few genius cultivator friends of the same cultivation level.

Yi Qiyan is a nice person, so Han Lu is naturally willing to share this friend with Wen Erya.

"Then let's hurry up and go," Yi Qiyan said with a mischievous smile. "I can't wait to meet this Senior Sister Wen."

Looking at Yi Qiyan's appearance, Han Lu couldn't guess what she was thinking.

However, she and Yi Qiyan still walked a little further up the mountainside to Wen Erya's residence.

Walking on Hanchan Peak, Yi Qiyan kept praising the place as a place of auspicious feng shui.

Han Lu then casually recounted a short story about her cultivation on Cold Cicada Peak when she was in the Qi Refining stage, as a way to lighten the mood.

Strolling along the mountain path, the two seemed like ordinary people.

It took a full three minutes to walk that short distance.

Han Lu gently knocked on the door, triggering the restriction.

After a short while, still not seeing the person, they inquired about his life.

A gentle voice sounded from behind the door, and the door to the courtyard was opened a second later.

"Junior sister, you've finally arrived. What was that? You were so engrossed in your cultivation that you didn't notice the paper I gave you..."

Upon opening the door, Wen Erya was surprised to find another unfamiliar female cultivator besides Han Lu, and she swallowed the rest of her words.

Looking at this unfamiliar female cultivator whose figure and appearance were both above an eight out of ten, Wen Erya secretly guessed her identity.

"What's wrong with my junior sister? Why did she come here with a stranger?"

Back then, Wen Erya had seen Yi Qiyan from afar in a deep valley. However, Yi Qiyan had changed drastically from her appearance three and a half years ago, so it was normal for Wen Erya not to recognize her at first.