The Long Journey to Immortality

The meetings and discussions were simply to allow for greater freedom in both life and spiritual practice, not out of any ambition.

The two plans discussed at the meeting will take a long time to go from verbal to written to final implementation. Moreover, the final outcome for Han Lu and He Ming will also affect whether these two plans are ultimately implemented or discarded.

In the blink of an eye, seven days have passed since Han Lu began to use the secret technique, and the Harmony Secret Technique has reached its most crucial moment.

Chapter 698 Emerging from the Cocoon

Over the course of seven days, the struggle between the four forces has entered its final stage, the climax of the Harmony Secret Technique.

The aura of Li Feng's bloodline has lost the abruptness it had when he first entered as an outsider.

In the fierce battle, it was as if its body was stained with the blood of its opponent, and it had put on the armor discarded by its opponent, becoming half of its own.

This caused confusion among the other three bloodlines, which were already acting on instinct and being xenophobic. When they fought against the Li Feng bloodline and tried to drive it away, they were no longer as fierce and proactive as they had been at the beginning.

The fierce battle of attrition turned into an offensive of mutual infiltration and interlocking.

The bloodline power within Han Lu's body had become a tangled mess, with each element intertwined with the others.

This is a good thing.

To win in chaos, otherwise, how could the Li Feng bloodline have survived against the other three bloodlines with only three drops of essence blood and the power of secret techniques?

The difficulty of obtaining the third type of Harmony bloodline increases exponentially compared to the second and first types.

That is why, among the Phoenix Clan, only Han Lu and one member of the Li Feng Clan achieved the status of a Three-Winged True Phoenix.

Han Lu, who was in a deep sleep, was unable to control the already difficult-to-control bloodline power with her mind. She could only let the four forces struggle within her body, trying her best to achieve a state of coexistence through the coordination of the Harmony Secret Technique.

The chaotic battle lasted for about four days before all sides finally ceased hostilities and began peace talks in accordance with the Harmony Secret Technique.

If the peace talks succeed, the Harmony Secret Technique will most likely succeed, since there is still the hurdle of fusion to overcome.

If the peace talks fail, the Harmony Secret Technique will fail directly. Not only that, it may also have some negative effects on Han Lu herself. In the future, when she uses the Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix divine abilities, she may not be as smooth and natural as before.

However, these minor side effects are nothing compared to the allure of successfully obtaining the Harmony Bloodline.

Seven more days passed, and the blood cocoon covering the phoenix that Han Lu had transformed into had lost its original bright red color.

The blood-red liquid inside the blood cocoon had faded from its original color and now resembled water rather than blood.

The surface of the cocoon gradually becomes thick, cloudy, and opaque, as if all the impurities have been absorbed onto the surface.

This made what was originally a somewhat frightening scene look rather ridiculous.

The enormous phoenix looks like it's trapped in a huge "cage" made of "frosted glass," which looks rather incongruous.

However, this is only the surface situation. Inside Han Lu's body, the state of the secret technique is not as intuitive and obvious as it appears on the surface.

The four bloodlines have reached a preliminary consensus, divided up their territories, and the Harmony Secret Technique has reached its final stage.

The four bloodlines began to intermingle, attempting to merge into one, and together serve their master, Han Lu.

This process is gentle but far more complex than the previous steps.

It took Han Lu a full ten days to organically fuse the Fire Phoenix bloodline, Ice Phoenix bloodline, and Illusion Phoenix bloodline together.

How long will it take for the four bloodlines to fuse again?

Han Lu, who was asleep, was unable to answer the question.

Even Feng Hanchi, an expert in this field, did not know the answer to this question.

When Feng You anxiously went to find Feng Hanchi to inquire, his answer was only one word: "Wait."

Hearing this, Feng You could only patiently return to the training room to stay by Han Lu's side, cultivating while patiently waiting for the day Han Lu would emerge from her cocoon.

In the blink of an eye, a full month has passed since Han Lu began to use Harmony.

The milky-white cocoon in the center of the practice room has undergone new changes.

The cocoon, which was originally soft, became brittle and hard, as if a gentle tap would trigger a chain reaction, causing the seemingly solid cocoon to collapse instantly.

However, according to Feng You's observation, the cocoon covering Han Lu's body is comparable to a mid-grade magic weapon in terms of strength.

This was entirely a natural self-protective mechanism of the phoenix performing the secret technique, rather than a tool that was simply triggered by the secret technique and used to assist in its execution.

Based on this, Fengyou judged that his daughter should wake up soon.

As for the ending, he ignored the scattered black spots among the feathers on Han Lu's body under the cocoon, naturally guessing that it would be a satisfying ending.

However, as it turns out, Feng You, who failed in his attempt to harmonize with the Ice Phoenix bloodline when he was young, was indeed an outsider in this field.

Even though he was Han Lu's father, a True Spirit expert comparable to a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, his judgment on this matter was greatly flawed.

However, the error was not in the result, but in the timing.

Han Lu's emergence from her cocoon took much longer than Feng You had imagined.

Another half month passed, and some cracks appeared on the cocoon, but they were only on the surface.

Half a month later, these cracks turned into patterns similar to "ice cracks," and Han Lu's phoenix body in the cocoon also changed further as her bloodlines merged.

Previously, Han Lu's Three-Feathered Phoenix gave people more of a gentle and beautiful feeling.

Now, this beauty has gained a touch of power.

Not only that, Han Lu's body, which had already grown up due to "adulthood," has "expanded" even more.

Previously, the cocoon was about half a meter away from Han Lu's body, but two months later, it was almost tightly attached to Han Lu's body.

If the cocoon hadn't possessed some flexibility, Han Lu might have already broken free of it through "violent" means.

This change filled Fengyou with joy.

This time, however, he dared not make any judgments and simply continued to wait patiently.

True spirits have long lifespans, and even Feng You, who is already in his "old age," does not mind waiting a few more months.

Finally, on the hundredth day after Han Lu began to resonate, a crisp sound startled Feng You, who was in deep meditation. Han Lu, who had been asleep for more than three months, was finally about to awaken.

Feng You quickly got up and fixed his gaze firmly on the huge cocoon in the center of the room.

A series of crisp sounds, like firecrackers, rang out on the cocoon.

What were originally just surface-level ice cracks triggered a chain reaction as Han Lu stretched out her limbs inside the cocoon.

The cracks gradually widened and eventually spread to the entire surface of the cocoon.

Specks of dim black light peeked out from the cracks.

In addition, there were several phoenix cries.

The phoenix's cry was extraordinary, so much so that even Feng You, who had reached the late Nascent Soul stage, felt a little "chilled."

Fortunately, the training room of Fengyou was surrounded by many restrictions; otherwise, these few phoenix cries would have attracted countless phoenixes from the Phoenix Perch Forest to come and watch.

This process of breaking free from the cocoon lasted approximately one hundred breaths.

Han Lu finally broke free of her cocoon with brute force and emerged from it.

A phoenix spread its wings and stretched out a big yawn in the training room.

Chapter 699 The Unfilial Daughter

Perhaps because this slumber was exceptionally long, even after the secret technique ended and the harmony was completed, Han Lu still felt somewhat "drowsy" upon waking up. She felt as if air had been poured into the gaps between her bones, making her feel somewhat powerless.

After lazily stretching twice in the form of a phoenix, Han Lu finally recovered a little and felt the powerful force that had not originally existed in her body after the successful harmony.

Fortunately, Fengyou's training room is large enough to easily accommodate ten adult phoenixes.

Otherwise, Han Lu's simple stretch would most likely have blown the roof off the house.

After venting her morning grumpiness, Han Lu's mind, which had been "shutting down and resting" for a full hundred days, finally came to its senses. The Harmony Technique had been successfully executed, and she had successfully harmonized with the third Phoenix bloodline.

Lowering her head slightly, Han Lu looked around, wanting to see if her phoenix form had changed color after merging with the bloodline of the fierce phoenix.

Watching her daughter's actions, Feng You could easily guess what Han Lu was planning to do.

He quickly cast a spell, creating a huge ice mirror in front of Han Lu.

With the ice mirror rising, Han Lu was finally able to conveniently "try on her new clothes" and see if her appearance had undergone a dramatic change after the harmony.

The result was somewhat unexpected for Han Lu.

After successfully inheriting the bloodline of the Phoenix, she did not dye her feathers with the black of the Phoenix.

On the contrary, even the red and white colors that once symbolized the fire phoenix and the ice phoenix have faded from her feathers.

She now has a touch of returning to simplicity, and the colors of her feathers are nine-tenths similar to those of the phoenix.

Another point is that she has the air of a legendary phoenix in terms of temperament and physique.

Not only that, Han Lu also noticed that her body had grown a bit, just like how cultivators who practice external martial arts often have a strong and muscular physique.

After harmonizing with the powerful Feng bloodline, which excels in external martial arts, Han Lu's body, beneath her Phoenix Bird true form, also developed slightly in the direction of becoming a "muscle stick."

With eyes slightly narrowed, I felt the changes in my body.

This feeling of being filled with power within the body is the same as the feeling of being full of spiritual energy, and it is intoxicating.

If they weren't indoors, Han Lu would only want to spread her wings and soar right now, unleashing the seemingly inexhaustible power within her.

"In Phoenix Perch Forest, there are many beings whose true forms can change with time and fly at will. Let's see what changes occur when they become semi-true spirits."

Thinking of this, Han Lu silently recited the incantation again and transformed back into human form.

A moment later, a slightly tall female cultivator took the place of the phoenix.

After circulating the True Phoenix Manual again, Han Lu entered a semi-true spirit state, activating the fierce phoenix bloodline within her body.

The lovely person in the mirror has undergone a complete transformation.

Imitation of the movements of a cultivator skilled in external martial arts, Han Lu made a couple of gestures in front of the ice mirror, showing herself her muscular biceps, which had become stronger after fusing with the bloodline of the Fierce Phoenix.

Light brown skin and strong muscles climbed onto Han Lu's body. If it weren't for the fact that the facial features in the mirror were indeed her own, Han Lu might have found it hard to associate this female cultivator, who looked like she could kill a bull with a single punch, with herself.

Han Lu carefully poked the bulging, tough muscles in her left arm with her right index finger and complained, "If I were steamed now, I'd probably have a really chewy texture and gain five pounds more weight than before."

Joking aside, Han Lu was quite satisfied with her transformation.

Lowering her left arm and relaxing her muscles, the phoenix feather robe once again covered the exposed skin.

In this state, Han Lu, who entered the semi-real spiritual realm in the mirror, showed no obvious differences except for her skin color and the slight differences when activating other bloodlines.