The Long Journey to Immortality

As soon as Wang Han opened his mouth, five-colored light flew out from between his lips and teeth, transforming into a five-colored stream of light that swirled around him before rising into the air and dissipating, causing the heavens and earth to resonate with it faintly.

Countless points of light emerged where the light dissipated, then transformed into endless gales, howling and swirling to form several enormous tornadoes, as if to destroy all the vegetation in the valley.

But as soon as these tornadoes formed, they dissipated immediately, turning into a fiery rain of red flames falling from the sky, blotting out the sun and threatening to ignite a raging wildfire that would burn everything to ashes.

Before the fiery rain could fall, it dissipated again, transforming into a vast icy storm that froze everything for miles around...

The five elements change, and all things transform.

It's hard to tell whether such a spectacular scene is real or not, or whether it truly exists in the valley.

However, apart from the three Nascent Soul cultivators, no one else took these changes in sight to heart.

Whether they were cultivators at the Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, or Nascent Soul stages, they were all completely immersed in the profound meaning of the Daoist teachings as explained by Senior Wang Han, their faces showing infatuation.

Han Lu, who was listening in as a future passerby, was no exception.

She felt as if she had returned to the day she survived the Heavenly Tribulation of Core Formation.

It's as if she's being taught the truths of the universe by another lecturer who is slightly less skilled but has exceptional teaching abilities.

Immersed in it, I forgot about time.

When she came to her senses, she was already back in her bedroom. The slightly trembling golden core in her dantian made her unable to calculate how many days she had been "intoxicated" from the Moon Pearl World to the real world in this state before she hurriedly looked inward to check the condition of her golden core.

When Han Lu saw the appearance of the first-grade golden elixir in her dantian, she couldn't help but show surprise.

Chapter 797 Strange Movement of the Golden Core

Looking inward at her dantian, Han Lu saw that the golden core in her dantian seemed to have taken an "excitement boost," swirling and tumbling within her dantian's energy sea.

This was the first time Han Lu had ever seen such an out-of-control scene. If she didn't still have the ability to control her golden core, she would have even suspected that someone had used evil magic on her and planted poison when she entered the Moon Pearl World, which would have caused such a bizarre situation.

However, the fact that the Golden Core was only temporarily out of control was not enough to cause Han Lu's surprise or astonishment.

What surprised her even more was the pattern on the surface of the golden elixir.

Originally, the surface of the Golden Core only had a single pill pattern.

However, after she became a student in the Moon Pearl World and listened to Senior Wang Han teach her a lesson on the truth of the Heavenly Dao, the number of dan patterns on her golden core increased dramatically to a full six.

Although the "relief" of these six pill patterns is not as clear as that of the first pill pattern, Han Lu, who had already accumulated enough experience when drawing the first pill pattern, could tell at a glance that she would only need three years at most to truly solidify these six pill patterns and add them to the golden core through her daily cultivation.

Seeing this, she became even more convinced that the thunderstorms of the previous two months were indeed a sign from heaven. At the same time, she had the urge to slap her thigh in frustration, wondering why she hadn't waited a while longer before entering the Moon Pearl World to seize this opportunity that was destined to fall into her hands.

Why? It's because during these two "delayed" months, Han Lu was cultivating while also figuring out, according to the guidance of the cultivation method, how to properly arrange the remaining eleven elements on the surface of her golden core.

This is similar to a weapon having five gem slots; some gems require two slots to be inlaid, while others only require one.

While determining which types of gems to inlay on the weapon, Han Lu also had to carefully plan how to nest and interweave different shaped patterns in a reasonable way, so that the gold elixir, whose "surface area" was not large enough to cover all twelve patterns, could squeeze out all of them.

If planned well, everything will go smoothly, and one can act according to the best combination of Dan patterns recommended by the cultivation method.

If the planning is poor, one can only settle for second best when drawing the last few Dan patterns, or even encounter the trouble of having nowhere to start when approaching the breakthrough to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm due to one's own "scribbling".

Perfectly, in the past two months she had planned out the exact locations of the six Dan patterns, arranging them as compactly as possible on the surface of her Golden Core.

This time, the six Dan patterns that Han Lu had planned were exactly the six patterns that Han Lu had positioned.

This situation naturally made Han Lu feel both fortunate and regretful.

"But since there's no rain this month, it probably means that even if I listen to Senior Wang Han talk about the Daoist arts once, I can only grasp the basics at most. Even if I raise my cultivation to this level and ponder for a few more months to figure out the location of the twelve pill patterns, it will be of no use," Han Lu comforted herself with a reason. "Besides, this is already an extraordinary opportunity, so I can't be too greedy."

With a few words, Han Lu cleared away her negative emotions and focused her attention back on the golden core that was still surging wildly in her dantian.

Using her skills, Han Lu, who had control over the Golden Core, didn't expend much effort to capture it easily.

However, at this moment, the Golden Core was like a vicious dog on a leash.

Although it was temporarily fixed in one place in Han Lu's dantian and could not move as usual, it was still vibrating violently, as if it had endless power wanting to be released outward.

Han Lu was very clear about her own situation.

Although she had never seen such a scene before, Han Lu was certain that as long as she completed all six pill patterns on the surface of the golden core, she would be able to completely soothe the golden core and restore it to its former peaceful state.

At the same time, after resolving the crisis, she can fully enjoy the fruits of this opportunity and accept the enormous benefits it brings.

Having understood the current situation, Han Lu made a decision without hesitation.

She didn't know how long these pill patterns could remain in such a "floating" state on the golden core, so naturally she was racing against time and didn't want to waste even a moment.

Temporarily ending her introspection, Han Lu took out her pen and ink, and wrote a letter on paper, which she then sent to Wen Erya.

The message written on the paper sword that was sent out was not complicated.

She briefly explained to Wen Erya that she had suddenly chosen to go into seclusion because she had found an opportunity by chance and a breakthrough, which would last for a year or three years.

She also made some arrangements in the paper sword and temporarily entrusted her disciples to Wen Erya's care.

Helping to look after the disciples is a time-consuming and laborious task, but Han Lu doesn't think Wen Erya would refuse.

Given their relationship, just as Han Lu readily helped Wen Erya with the troublesome matter of choosing a successor to the dynasty, Wen Erya naturally didn't mind taking care of her friend when she needed to go into seclusion for a long period of cultivation.

Indeed, Wen Erya was delighted for Han Lu after receiving the paper sword. A moment later, she sent a message to Han Lu's two senior disciples, Nian Haoge and Qiu Peng, to help Han Lu organize and arrange her disciples.

Her plan to accept disciples in the sect as a Golden Core cultivator was temporarily postponed due to the interruption caused by Han Lu's matter.

The paper sword was sent out, and without waiting for a reply, Han Lu immediately activated the restrictions and formations in the room, temporarily sealing off her bedroom.

In order to resolve the current troubles that were of unknown outcome but for which she knew the general solution, Han Lu, who had advanced to the Golden Core Realm, decided to undergo her first closed-door cultivation after advancing to the Golden Core Realm. She temporarily secluded herself in her bedroom, isolating herself from the world, until she had completely drawn the five additional Dan patterns on her Golden Core before emerging from seclusion.

Just as the paper sword says, according to Han Lu's feeling, the crisis can be temporarily resolved in at least one year, and at most three years, the five pill patterns can be completely solidified, allowing her cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.

Soon, a day after Han Lu went into seclusion to cultivate, news began to circulate in the Zhengyi Sect that the True Phoenix Fairy, who had just advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, had found another opportunity.

Many cultivators were quite curious about how Han Lu managed to find such an extraordinary opportunity while meditating indoors, an opportunity that would require at least a year of seclusion to fully digest.

Among the cultivators who heard the news, besides Wen Erya, the happiest was Xuan Chengzi.

Han Lu's smooth-sailing cultivation experience made him feel fortunate about his initial decisions.

If it weren't for the fact that Han Lu had only recently broken through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, he might even have harbored a hope that three years later, the sect would gain another late-stage Golden Core cultivator, bringing his term to a more satisfactory conclusion.

[Author's Note] It's perfectly reasonable to improve your skills by watching a demo.

Chapter 798 A Man from the North, A Letter from the Blue Side

During the three years that Han Lu was in seclusion, a series of events related to her also occurred.

As news of her advancement to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm reached the north, the Han family, a cultivation clan in the Northern Dynasty that had only had some ideas but had not yet taken any action, could no longer sit still.

Back then, when Han Lu fought against Xuanfeng Daoren by the Yuanshui River, she personally admitted that her mother was from the Han family of the Northern Dynasty. This fact was only revealed ten years later when Xuanfeng Daoren returned home to visit his relatives and chatted with acquaintances of the Han family.

At this time, the Han family, which also had a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage who was cultivating in Xuan Yang Valley, learned that there was such a promising young man outside the family with a strong blood connection to them.

If it weren't for the fact that Han Lu was in the Southern Dynasty, practicing in the Zhengyi sect, and that it wasn't clear whether the mother Han Lu spoke of was a member of the Han family who had either left or been separated from the family.

Back then, the Han family of the Northern Dynasty must have already sent an elder to visit Han Lu and reconnect the blood ties that had been severed for countless years.

Unfortunately, they still had reservations.

I don't know Han Lu's attitude towards the Han family, or whether Han Lu's mother is still alive.

Furthermore, those who were in Xuan Yang Valley were well aware of the secret rivalry between the North and South.

However, these concerns have been completely dispelled in recent years as relations between the North and South have stabilized and Han Lu has broken through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

The head of the Han family was well aware that having another cultivator at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm in the family, even if it was only because of blood ties, even if he was from the south, even if it was just a matter of adding a name to the family tree in accordance with family rules, would be of great benefit to the family.

Therefore, this time, they did not hesitate and took the initiative to send people to the Southern Dynasty to show goodwill, hoping to meet Han Lu and continue their kinship.

Unfortunately, they arrived too late.

When the two representatives of the Han family arrived at Zhengyi Gate with great sincerity to find Han Lu, Han Lu had already been in seclusion for half a month and it was impossible for her to find time to meet them.

Unfortunately, regardless of the final outcome of the meeting between the two parties, Han Lu's return to the Han family genealogy is destined to be postponed for some time.

Although they missed the opportunity, the Han family did not intend to sit idly by. Instead, they were determined to use the extra time to work together to increase their chances of getting Han Lu "home".

In the north, manpower was mobilized to dig and search for the family member who had been separated from his family and was fortunate enough to give birth to such a gifted daughter as Han Lu.

On the south side, a member of the family of suitable age, who originally intended to join Xuan Yang Valley, was arranged to join the Zheng Yi Sect, and even become a disciple of Wen Er Ya. This was an attempt to establish a connection with Han Lu's friend and her sect, and see if they could indirectly facilitate the matter.

This disciple was quite talented and gentle. Wen Erya, who valued bloodlines and family values, was quite happy to take this good disciple under her wing and accepted the Han family's request, promising to whisper in Han Lu's ear and provide assistance after Han Lu emerged from seclusion.

Even Xuanfeng Daoist, who had also advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm a few years ago, met with the Golden Core cultivator from the Han family in Xuan Yang Valley. He was regarded as an acquaintance of Han Lu and was asked by the other party to provide a small assistance in this matter.

Everything is proceeding at a rapid pace, just waiting for Han Lu to emerge from seclusion. A series of "family-oriented" measures prepared for Han Lu will then be launched, providing Han Lu, who already has the idea of ​​helping her mother "return" to the family, with an opportunity to make this happen.

Relatives from the north arrived, and coincidentally, a friend of Han Lu's also wrote to her from the south, seeking her help.

The friend who sent the letter was naturally Yi Qiyan, who was cultivating in the southern border region.

All told, Han Lu and Yi Qiyan haven't seen each other for almost forty years, but they still occasionally exchange letters.

When Han Lu advanced to the Golden Core Realm, Yi Qiyan, who was not in a position to leave the Five Poisons Sect in the Southern Frontier, sent someone to deliver congratulatory gifts and a letter to Han Lu.

Three years before Wen Erya advanced to the Golden Core Realm, when Yi Qiyan also successfully advanced to the Golden Core Realm, Han Lu also sent a return gift to connect with her friend who, for various reasons, could not meet despite being only half a day apart.

They occasionally exchanged letters, sharing interesting or sad stories from their daily lives.

Han Lu, for example, once discussed matters of the wilderness with Yi Qiyan in a letter.

Of course, these daily correspondences were often initiated by a letter from Yi Qiyan.

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Although Yi Qiyan is a saintess in the Five Poisons Sect, she encounters many troubles because her master's position as sect leader is unstable.

Compared to Han Lu, who was cultivating in the Central Plains Zhengyi Sect, Yi Qiyan's cultivation environment was not so stable.

However, most of the previous letters were complaints without any specific demands.

This is the first time that a "plea for help" has been delivered to Zhengyi Gate by such coincidence, requiring Han Lu's assistance.

The letter was delivered to Zhengyi Gate in the second year and three months after Han Lu began her seclusion for cultivation.

Because the monk who helped deliver the letter claimed that the contents of the letter were "extremely urgent," Wen Erya ended up opening the letter ahead of time and learning the news.

Calling it a "letter of distress" is actually a bit of an exaggeration. The problem Yi Qiyan is facing now is almost identical to the problem she faced when she was forced to come to Zhengyi Gate for "refuge," only slightly more serious.

Basically, it means that Yi Qiyan's master, the current leader of the Five Poisons Sect, is going into seclusion to cultivate and attempt to advance to the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage, and eventually to the Nascent Soul stage.

However, as the leader of the cult, his status did not allow her to act in this way.