The Long Journey to Immortality

"Fellow Daoist Ranxia, ​​what kind of divine power is Elder Zhenfeng using now? Do you recognize it?" Several Golden Core elders asked in low voices, looking at Daoist Ranxia, ​​who had just shown off his knowledge in front of them.

Daoist Ranxia looked troubled as he gazed at Han Lu, who had just flown onto the back of the black phoenix on the arena. He said vaguely, "I'm not quite sure about that either. But based on my previous deductions, Fairy Zhenfeng must have used the Phoenix Clan's Harmony Secret Technique several times, fusing multiple Phoenix bloodlines. That's why she can use so many different and unrelated True Spirit Divine Powers."

"This move must also be a kind of divine power of the true spirit phoenix."

"It looks like an avatar."

Hearing this, the elders were skeptical. "Really? It's just an avatar?"

“Fellow Daoist Ranxia, ​​you were so confident just now, saying that you could clearly distinguish all of Elder Zhenfeng’s moves just by looking at them.”

Ranxia, ​​who only had a smattering of knowledge, secretly groaned. She figured Han Lu probably wouldn't explain the origin of this move in detail later, so she simply started making things up.

"Everyone, I remember now, this should be the divine power of the Fiery Phoenix or the Prison Phoenix among the phoenixes," Daoist Ranxia added his own imagination based on the color of the black phoenix, taking advantage of the fact that the Golden Core cultivators who were familiar with him did not know much about the Wilderness True Spirits. "Later, Elder True Phoenix will definitely use this black phoenix as a mount."

"This black phoenix is ​​incredibly powerful; everyone will surely be amazed by it later."

"Is that so? Then we must take a good look." Everyone was skeptical, but they kept their eyes and senses fixed on Han Lu on the arena.

At this moment, Han Lu knew that she had probably overused a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

However, the Seven Flower Fairy is a qualified sparring partner.

Han Lu didn't want to miss the opportunity to practice this powerful move in real combat like this.

With a light leap, Han Lu used her flying skills to mount the black phoenix.

Immediately afterwards, she spat out the sword pellet from her dantian and manipulated it into a spear about five meters long, which she held in her hand.

With the human and phoenix together, and the spear in Han Lu's hand, she had become a knight riding a true spirit.

Han Lu did this simply because she found it interesting, and at the same time, she wanted to see if combining the power of humans and phoenixes in this way could achieve a "one plus one is far greater than two" effect.

As soon as she settled in, Han Lu used her mind to control the black phoenix, which transformed into a black lightning bolt with lightning speed and attacked the Seven Flower Fairy not far away.

The arena was only about 300 meters long and wide. When the black phoenix increased its speed to the limit, it could cross the entire arena in the blink of an eye and launch a surprise attack at near the speed of sound.

In the eyes of the Seven Flower Fairy, she had only just taken out her magic weapon and made a few hand seals when Han Lu, who was originally far away on the other side of the arena, had already arrived in front of her riding a black phoenix.

Fortunately, the Seven Flower Fairy had planned to use her defensive magic treasures to strengthen her protection first; otherwise, Han Lu's spear would have seriously injured her within a single exchange, thus declaring her ultimate victory.

A giant shield with a sunflower pattern stood in front of the Seven Flower Fairy, radiating bright light outwards.

The intense light was so blinding that it was difficult for cultivators to open their eyes and look directly at it.

As a high-grade magic weapon, this move is extremely useful in battles between Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, for Golden Core cultivators who can use their divine sense to see, this move is utterly useless.

Using her divine sense to see, Han Lu, with her eyes slightly narrowed, did not stop moving at all.

Under Han Lu's deliberate actions, she did not rely on the agility of the phoenix beneath her to avoid the enemy's attacks and instead continued to charge forward, wielding her spear and thrusting it at the giant shield in a charging posture.

Han Lu's spear, formed from a sword pellet, is comparable in rank to a spiritual treasure.

Even when used in the most unpretentious way, its sharpness is something that a mere high-grade magic weapon cannot withstand.

The moment the two weapons made contact, Han Lu felt almost no reaction force transmitted back to her arm through the spear.

Capture the results of the battle with your divine sense.

She clearly felt the spear in her hand, with its immense impact and astonishing sharpness, pierce through the giant sun-patterned shield in front of the Seven Flower Fairy as if it were a thin sheet of paper.

With a single breach, the Sun Shield, already far inferior in quality to the spear in Han Lu's hand, collapsed directly due to that tiny gap, shattering into countless fragments.

Without hesitation, Han Lu, with a thought, took out her spear and manipulated the phoenix to fly past the Seven Flower Fairy without harming her in the slightest.

Although the Black Phoenix is ​​enormous, it is incredibly agile.

With a twist and a sideways leap, combined with some body control techniques, he successfully carried Han Lu back to the starting point on the arena.

In the blink of an eye, some of the distracted Golden Core elders came back to their senses and found that something seemed to have happened on the arena, yet nothing seemed to have happened at all.

The only fragments of magical artifact scattered on the ground can prove just how sharp Han Lu's attack was.

Han Lu's actions not only destroyed one of the Seven Flower Fairy's magical artifacts, but also completely shattered her will to continue fighting against Han Lu on the arena.

Looking down at the fragments of the shield scattered around her, Fairy Seven Flowers sighed and said, "Thank you for your mercy, Fairy True Phoenix. I concede defeat."

Hearing this, the Golden Core cultivators below the stage, who had been looking forward to a good show, were filled with disappointment.

Especially those elders who didn't know Han Lu and were just there to watch the show, they were definitely the biggest losers in this series of sparring matches.

Upon hearing this, Han Lu immediately dispelled her supernatural powers and returned to her usual demeanor, transforming the spear in her hand back into a sword pellet and swallowing it back into her dantian.

As usual, Han Lu did not adopt a victorious attitude after her victory, which would have been unpleasant.

With a smile and a bow, Han Lu said, "Seven Flower Fairy, you're too kind. I only borrowed the magic weapon."

This statement is quite consistent with reality, after all, Han Lu used a sword pellet that was almost a magical treasure to break through the Seven Flower Fairy's magical artifact, the Sun Shield, and win.

However, if we consider the fighting characteristics of the Seven Flower Fairy Duobao, we can also discern a satirical undertone that Han Lu may not have intended to convey.

Fortunately, the Seven Flower Fairy didn't overthink it, which prevented the newly established friendly relationship between the two from being ruined by Han Lu's thoughtless remark.

Before the Seven Flower Fairy could speak again, an elder below the arena inquired about the origin of Han Lu's moves and secret techniques.

Han Lu ignored this impolite behavior and simply gave a single word.

"secret."

The Golden Core elder who had asked the question was slightly embarrassed and could only manage an awkward laugh, lamenting his impulsive and rude behavior.

He only hoped that this would not cause a rift with Han Lu, his fellow student with no promising future.

Finally, Xuan Chengzi announced the results of the match and asked Han Lu to stay for a while.

The Golden Core elders left together, some motivated by the arena competition and determined to put more effort into their cultivation upon returning, while others took on missions from their sects to work on matters related to the Grand Competition or spirit mines.

When only Han Lu and he remained at the edge of the arena, Xuan Chengzi finally spoke up to explain the reason why he had left Han Lu behind.

"Elder Zhenfeng, a senior from within the sect wishes to see you."

Chapter 747 Senior Masters of the Zhengyi Sect

Xuan Chengzi's mysterious way of speaking naturally made Han Lu's imagination run wild.

Considering the other party's status in the Zhengyi Sect and their mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, Han Lu asked in a low voice, "Sect Master, is it the Supreme Elder of the sect who is looking for me? The Supreme Elder who is participating in this competition?"

With her gaze fixed on Xuan Chengzi's face, Han Lu observed the expression on the Golden Core cultivator's face, eagerly anticipating the revelation of the mystery.

Surprisingly, even though he had a good relationship with Han Lu, Xuan Chengzi still kept her in suspense and didn't tell her the answer in private.

He maintained his mysterious demeanor and said, "You'll know when we get there."

After saying that, Xuan Chengzi took out a jade tablet and infused it with some information. "Elder Zhenfeng, destroy this jade tablet after you have read it, and do not reveal the information inside to others."

Han Lu accepted the jade token, and her perception of the mysterious person seeking her out rose to a new level.

She thought to herself, "Could it be that a Nascent Soul cultivator from the sect wants to see me?"

Feeling good about herself, Han Lu thought there was actually some truth to this guess.

However, before continuing to speculate along this line of thought, Han Lu first read the information in the jade tablet.

The information on the jade plaque is not complicated; it contains only two things.

It is the same address as a small courtyard in the Five Elements Mountain Academy.

Clearly, the mysterious senior who wanted to meet Han Lu usually lived in seclusion in this mountain villa.

The purpose of this trip is to have Han Lu, this younger generation, take the initiative to visit and pay her a visit at the address provided.

The second item is a set of techniques to lift the restrictions.

Although its function is not specified, Han Lu guessed that it was probably a "key" used to break some restrictions on the road to the mountain villa.

After clearly memorizing the two items, Han Lu destroyed the jade pendant.

"Sect Master," Han Lu asked again, "Is the person I'm to see later a senior in the Nascent Soul Realm of the sect?"

This time, Xuan Chengzi simply turned his back, put his hands behind his back, and left without answering.

"It's not anything particularly mysterious, is it? Why all the fuss?" Xuan Chengzi's strange behavior deepened Han Lu's doubts. "Could it be that this is some kind of taboo, something that can't be discussed casually?"

Living and interacting with countless Nascent Soul Realm phoenixes in the Three Phoenix Forest, Han Lu had never heard of the taboo against mentioning experts in the Divine Transformation Realm.

After standing there for a moment in thought, she decided to stop wasting time overthinking and instead go and find out what was going on by checking the address on the jade tablet.

Han Lu didn't know that the problem was actually not complicated.

Xuan Chengzi simply received the telepathic message and relayed it without knowing who the senior from the sect was.

To save face, they pretend to be mysterious.

That's it.

Following the address, Han Lu flew through the air and circled the Five Elements Mountain Academy twice before finally finding the small courtyard in the mountains.

It was just a small, secluded courtyard, a thatched hut that was extremely dilapidated, even worse than the courtyard where the servants of the Zhengyi Gate lived.

In terms of the Five Elements and spiritual energy, it is not the most top-tier cultivation ground.

Landing slowly and standing in front of the small thatched hut, Han Lu murmured, "Perhaps I'm overthinking it?"

Han Lu reached out to knock on the door, but found an invisible barrier blocking her way, preventing her hand from moving forward even an inch.

At this moment, she remembered the "magic formula" recorded in the jade tablet.

Following the sequence of the not-so-complicated incantations, the barrier blocking Han Lu's path vanished completely in the next instant, and the dilapidated door, which looked as if it would break at the slightest touch, slowly opened in front of her.

Sure enough, it was a door key.

With the restrictions temporarily lifted, the dilapidated hut in front of Han Lu underwent a dramatic transformation, revealing a completely new world behind the door.

"Is this a portal?" Han Lu stood in front of the portal for a moment, stunned, before stepping inside.

Once Han Lu entered, the door of the thatched hut was immediately closed, and it returned to its usual dilapidated and inconspicuous appearance.

This was just a short teleportation portal, which Han Lu, who was already at the Golden Core stage, could clearly sense. In just a moment, she completed the teleportation and her feet returned to solid ground.

The world before Han Lu's eyes was a boundless lake.

A covered bridge, built in some unknown way, connects the small patch of land beneath Han Lu's feet to the island in the middle of the lake not far away.

The island in the middle of the lake was shrouded in a thin mist, and even Han Lu, a Golden Core cultivator, could not see it clearly from a distance.