The Long Journey to Immortality

No wonder that Senior Fang Lin, who created and practiced the Seven Kill Sword Technique, was able to earn the title of the number one sword cultivator in that chaotic era, fighting against all directions with a spiritual sword magic weapon and sharing the glory with many powerful true spirits.

As she applied the cinnabar patterns, Han Lu speculated in her mind, "I'm afraid that when he was in the Nascent Soul stage, Senior Fang Lin's sword pellet spirit sword was already at the level of a high-grade spiritual treasure. When he was in the Divine Transformation stage, it had even transformed into a supreme treasure similar to the Heaven-Stealing Bottle."

Han Lu did not know what the magical treasures above Lingbao were called.

All she knew was that the Heaven-Stealing Bottles in the sect were mostly not treasures of this world, and their quality was definitely above that of so-called spiritual treasures.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Han Lu remained in a meditative state, silently cultivating her spiritual practice.

The originally disjointed elixir pattern relief on the golden core is now nearly 95% complete, with only a few blank spaces left for Han Lu to use her spiritual power to connect and fill them in.

This is why Han Lu was able to complete the final part of Danwen so quickly in such a short time.

As the cinnabar patterns gradually took shape, the golden elixir in Han Lu's dantian also underwent new changes.

Visible to the naked eye, some white, flocculent material appeared within the translucent golden core.

Although Han Lu did not know what these flocculent substances were, based on the fact that these mysterious substances were generated by her drawing the Danwen pattern, she judged that it was these strange flocculent substances that would achieve the special effect that the Danwen pattern brought her at the moment it took shape.

Another ten days have passed.

According to Han Lu's prediction, after one or two more strokes, her first Danwen (a type of cinnabar pattern) would be officially completed.

Chapter 790 Returning to the Ancient Cultivation Era

Suppressing her not-so-excited feelings, Han Lu picked up her "paintbrush" again, gathered the spiritual power in her dantian into a single point, and applied the spiritual power to the surface of the golden core according to the pattern of the core.

Especially for the last few broken relief sections, Han Lu put in her full effort when applying the coating, and relied on some small techniques she had figured out to try her best to make the spiritual energy adhere to the surface of the golden core, so that it could merge with the golden core, which was composed entirely of solid spiritual energy, and form the final component of this pill pattern.

Han Lu has repeated this almost identical action no less than ten thousand times over the past twenty years, so she is naturally very skilled at it.

Everything went smoothly, just as Han Lu had expected. When the application of the cinnabar pattern was completed, the missing half of the cinnabar pattern relief was completely filled in, and a complete cinnabar pattern appeared on the surface of Han Lu's first-grade golden cinnabar.

As this pill pattern was completed, Han Lu could feel a force penetrating from the surface of the pattern into the golden core.

The old and new spiritual energies collided in the shallow layer of the Golden Core.

This collision force activated the flocculent material that had already entered the Golden Core stage.

The flocculent material moved rapidly inside the golden pill, spreading, splitting, and eventually forming a light white film.

The membrane is spherical, and its approximate shape is that of a golden pill shrunk ten times.

However, the membrane quickly expanded as if someone had blown air into it, eventually adhering completely to the inner wall of the Golden Core.

The not-too-complex Dan patterns shimmered with golden light.

These rays of light helped the membrane fuse with the golden elixir, and soon after, the membrane truly became part of the golden elixir.

At the same time, the spiritual energy in Han Lu's dantian surged towards the golden core, just as it had when she formed her golden core, as if trying to enter it at this breakthrough point.

This spiritual energy caused the thin film that had just merged with the golden core to gradually thicken.

As the spiritual energy in Han Lu's dantian was completely drained, the first dantian pattern was finally completed, and Han Lu achieved the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, taking a solid step towards a higher cultivation level.

Feeling the changes in her dantian and body, Han Lu was secretly delighted.

"The spiritual power in the Golden Core has nearly doubled, so when using some secret techniques and magic weapons that consume a lot of spiritual power, I can be more at ease."

In fact, Han Lu needs to expend a lot of spiritual energy to use her True Spiritual Power.

If it were any other cultivator at the same level as her, even if they possessed the bloodline of the True Spirit and could use True Spirit Divine Power in human form, they would be exhausted after only a few moves.

After entering meditation again and circulating her cultivation technique, absorbing the abundant spiritual energy in the environment to slightly replenish her dantian, which had become "dry" due to her advancement, Han Lu, in a great mood, spat out the sword pellet, allowing it to transform into a spiritual sword.

Holding the spirit sword in her hands and playing with it, Han Lu could clearly feel the changes brought to the spirit sword by the thin membrane that was integrated into the golden core after the sword pellet transformed into the spirit sword, because she was in sync with the spirit sword.

"The spiritual energy flows more smoothly in the spiritual sword, just like a road that could only accommodate two carriages has been widened to twice its original width."

"The hardness of the spirit sword has also increased slightly compared to before. Although not much, it has indeed vaguely touched the threshold of a spirit treasure-level magic weapon."

Sitting in the quiet room atop Cold Cicada Peak, with no suitable test subjects around, Han Lu could only suppress the urge to experiment. She casually brandished her spirit sword and then swallowed it back into her dantian.

Having already become a Golden Core cultivator, Han Lu had a full 2,500 hours a year to cultivate in the quiet room. Naturally, she didn't greedily absorb all the spiritual energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array before leaving, unlike in the past.

She casually dispelled the two arrays that had enveloped the meditation room, and then flew away just like the Golden Core elder she had met years ago, returning to her residence halfway up Cold Cicada Peak.

A breakthrough in cultivation level naturally requires reporting to the sect.

Three paper swords flew out of Han Lu's residence a moment later: one was given to Xuan Chengzi, one to Qingxu Daoist, and one to Wen Erya.

Soon, all three of them replied.

As the sect leader, Xuan Chengzi was naturally pleased that Han Lu was able to advance to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm so quickly.

Xuan Chengzi, whose cultivation period was already more than halfway through, generously promised a lot of cultivation resources as a congratulatory gift, and said that the steward of the inner treasury would help deliver them to Han Lu's residence in three days.

Qingxu Daoren is the dean of Dongshan Academy, and he has always taken good care of Han Lu, whom he has known for a long time.

Now that Han Lu has advanced, it means that Dongshan Academy has gained more influence within the sect, so he naturally offered his congratulations and made some gestures.

However, this does not refer to material possessions, but rather to an "official position".

Qingxu Daoist asked Han Lu if she was interested in the position of vice dean, and hinted in the paper sword that if she held a public office and was capable in her work, she could gain a lot of benefits from the sect after she stepped down in the future.

Compared to these two "leaders" of the sect, Wen Erya's reply was more straightforward.

Congratulations were offered, and the speaker expressed "envy" for Han Lu's rapid progress.

"Junior sister, I only caught up with you for a month, and you've already overtaken me again."

Of course, this was just a joke. In her reply, Wen Erya also added a few words of encouragement to Han Lu, expressing her hope that Han Lu would advance to the Nascent Soul Realm as soon as possible.

The apprentices naturally expressed their gratitude after learning that Han Lu had advanced.

However, apart from Qiu Peng presenting his new textbook as a congratulatory gift, the others could only offer their congratulations verbally.

Many sect elders who heard the good news came to congratulate Han Lu in the days following her advancement.

Especially those who had previously been in contact with Han Lu and were acquainted with her.

The Seven Flowers Elder, who had just advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm a few years ago, even stayed overnight at Han Lu's residence, which made people speculate about what the two female cultivators, who were not particularly close to each other, had discussed that night.

A joyous atmosphere filled the air, and Han Lu's small courtyard on Hanchan Peak became much livelier due to her advancement.

Twenty days later, another full moon night arrived.

Sitting cross-legged in the bedroom, Han Lu glanced at the bright moon outside the window and then took out the Moon Pearl, which had been lying in her storage bag for who knows how many years.

Bathed in moonlight, the Moon Pearl, which had been silent for a long time, began to tremble, as if it were groaning.

Even though Han Lu had already advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, she still couldn't figure out how the Moon Pearl worked. She could only continue to use this mysterious magic weapon, which allowed her to temporarily return to the ancient cultivation era, according to the method she had researched back then.

About half an hour later, the Moon Pearl was filled with energy by the bright moonlight outside the window.

Seeing the moonlight shining inside the Moon Pearl, Han Lu, who was already prepared, placed her hand on it without hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, the scene before my eyes changed.

Han Lu has left her bedroom and once again followed in Feng Jiao's footsteps back to the ancient cultivation era.

Chapter 791 Tribulation Ground

Several decades later, upon returning to the ancient cultivation era, Han Lu was stunned for a moment before recalling exactly where she had advanced the timeline of the Moon Pearl world.

At this time, she had been living in the human territory with Feng Jiao and Feng Yang for almost half a year.

Having attended Fang Lin's wedding, she followed Feng Yang and Feng Jiao to some diplomatic events.

However, there is still less than a month to go before the other major event of this trip: Senior Wang Han undergoing the tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm.

I have already consulted the materials and investigated the history to understand what will happen in the next month or so.

Wang Han successfully transcended his tribulation and convened a Daoist conference. The human race, now possessing three Nascent Soul cultivators, attempted to unite all friendly barbarian tribes.

Relying on the opportunity of Wang Han achieving the Nascent Soul Realm, it took three years for a newly emerging force that resisted the Dragon Clan's oppression and rule over the various barbarian races to temporarily unite, officially kicking off the Second Great War of the Ancient Cultivator Era.

"In that case," Han Lu muttered to herself as she sat on the edge of the bed watching Feng Jiao meditate with her eyes closed, "if Feng Jiao's cultivation level improves further and she can go to the front lines, she will have many opportunities to watch high-level cultivators fight in the future. Perhaps she can gain some inspiration or find some opportunities from it."

Han Lu, now at the Golden Core Realm, has a completely different perspective than she did when she was at the Qi Refining Realm.

Back then, even if Han Lu saw two Nascent Soul cultivators fighting, someone with better eloquence might be able to recite a poem or two to express their admiration, while someone with less eloquence might only be able to say "amazing" repeatedly. She simply couldn't understand the battle between cultivators at this level just by watching.

But things are different now.

Han Lu, who had reached the Golden Core stage, felt that she had already made a name for herself on the path of cultivation.

The female senior at the Nascent Soul Realm was able to inspire her in swordsmanship through sword dancing.

Naturally, by observing the battles between the exceptionally powerful Nascent Soul cultivators of the ancient cultivation era, she would surely gain some useful information.

"There shouldn't be any problem." Han Lu recalled the scene of the female senior's sword dance that day once again, and she was quite confident.

But then, thinking of the greatest opportunity that was about to arrive and that she already knew about—Senior Wang Han's Daoist Assembly—Han Lu felt a renewed sense of unease.

"I haven't yet digested and understood the insights that the female senior gained from sword dancing."

"How much of the insights into the Heavenly Dao gained by a genius like Senior Wang Han when he broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm can I understand now?"

Unconsciously, Han Lu felt a little hesitant, even thinking that she should wait until she had advanced to the late Golden Core stage or even the Nascent Soul stage before coming here to seek guidance from Senior Wang Han, in order to maximize the benefits of this opportunity.

Her cultivation was going too smoothly, and coupled with her habit of planning ahead, Han Lu naturally developed a sense of anxiety and uncertainty.

However, she felt somewhat relieved when she recalled the descriptions of this Taoist assembly in historical records.

Han Lu comforted herself, "There's definitely no problem. Even many Foundation Establishment cultivators can form their core on the spot after listening to the teachings."

"With my abilities, I shouldn't be completely unable to understand a single word and waste such a great opportunity."

After a brief internal struggle, Han Lu resolved to continue advancing the Moon Pearl world timeline.

After speeding up slightly, half a day passed before Feng Jiao finished her cultivation.

On this day, she and Fengyang were invited to visit the place where Wang Han underwent his tribulation.

Is there anything worth seeing at the Tribulation Ground? Actually, there isn't.

The human cultivators simply wanted to express their trust in Fengyang, or rather, the Illusionary Phoenix Clan, and send a signal to the outside world, thereby attracting more wavering races to the human side.

Feng Jiao was unaware of this; she only wanted to go and see what was happening and to experience something new and exciting.

Feng Yang, who had already decided to stand with the human race, cooperated with his old friend's plan and didn't mind wasting half a day doing some superficial work.