The Long Journey to Immortality

Therefore, Han Lu's focus shifted from staying a little longer in the meditation room on Cold Cicada Peak to figuring out how to avoid being affected by the extreme cold spiritual energy and maintain that astonishing breakthrough speed while in the meditation room.

By transforming a question about connections, relationships, and power into a question about spiritual cultivation, and returning to Han Lu's area of ​​expertise, her thinking naturally became much broader.

Before the warm bathwater turned cold, she had several possible and feasible solutions to the problem.

"How about this, tomorrow we'll go to the Transmission Hall and borrow the cultivation knowledge books that can be accessed for free. Let's see if we can find a beautiful woman in these golden houses of books."

The Transmission Hall is divided into two parts, and the books that teach the most basic knowledge of cultivation are open to the public for a limited time each day.

Thinking of this, Han Lu stood up from the bathtub, her expression unchanged, and completed a series of actions such as drying herself and changing her clothes while naked.

In the past three months, she has adapted to everything and has completed a transformation from a combination of Feng Bailu and Xiaoyaozi to Han Lu.

He transformed a small portion of the spiritual energy within his body into fire elemental energy, spreading it to every strand of his hair.

Han Lu used this method to dry her long hair, while also honing her skills in converting and controlling spiritual energy.

She held the now chubby A-Xiao and bathed in the moonlight for a while. Only after her long hair had completely dried did she release the cat and sit on the throne with her hair disheveled.

As Han Lu activated the Dharma seat, she sensed the sparse spiritual energy around her and felt utterly bored.

She shook her hair and comforted herself, "Since I can't walk on the main road for now, I'll just enjoy this narrow path first."

Chapter Sixty-Six Hidden Illness

With only seven days left until next month, Han Lu was patient enough to "endure" this "terrible" cultivation environment, temporarily emptying her mind and entering a meditative state.

While inhaling and gathering spiritual energy, Han Lu examined her internal body, reviewing the fruits of her four hours of work.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Han Lu was surprised to find that the spiritual energy channels and acupoints she had opened up during her cultivation on Hanchan Peak that day were covered with a thin layer of "ice".

When one's consciousness moves across the ice, a noticeable sense of stagnation is produced.

Han Lu had a bad feeling. "Could it be that I've messed up during practice?"

With a try-it-and-see attitude, Han Lu used her spiritual power to move through these newly opened spiritual energy channels covered with ice.

Sure enough, the feeling of sluggish spiritual energy flow that I had experienced while cultivating on Cold Cicada Peak reappeared.

"Damn it," Han Lu cursed inwardly, "Is this the price for a Dao Child Realm cultivator to train and cultivate on Cold Cicada Peak?"

Han Lu felt that the spiritual energy in her body was circulating at less than half of its usual speed, and said dejectedly, "In this case, even if I open up 20 acupoints, it's not worth it."

She has a hidden illness in her body, and all she can do is try to find a way to resolve it.

Try to use your spiritual power to actively touch the "ice layer".

Han Lu could clearly feel a slight pain coming from the spot touched by the spiritual energy.

Repeatedly using spiritual power to scrape away the ice layer had a certain effect.

The already thin ice layer gradually dispersed and disappeared with each touch, revealing the original appearance of the spiritual energy channel.

Han Lu breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that this was not a completely incurable or extremely troublesome ailment.

Therefore, the plan to continue cultivation and try to break through to the fiftieth acupoint can only be postponed for the time being.

Han Lu devoted almost all her energy to sorting out the spiritual energy channels and acupoints within her body.

Practice makes perfect. After cleaning three of the twelve acupoints and the spiritual energy channels between them, Han Lu discovered an even simpler cleaning method.

All you need to do is, while in a normal cultivation state, manipulate your spiritual power and energy to deliberately walk over these ice layers, clearing the ice layers in the spiritual power channels in a way that is like turbulent river water breaking through floating ice.

Although this method is more painful, it is necessary to resolve this minor hidden danger more quickly.

Han Lu could endure these minor pains without changing her expression.

Han Lu cultivated for about seven hours that night. If she hadn't been hungry because she hadn't eaten dinner, she might have sat on the Dharma seat a little longer and cultivated for a while longer.

During the seven hours of cultivation, about two-thirds of the time was spent clearing the ice layer from the spiritual energy channels and acupoints.

Once her spiritual energy could circulate smoothly within her body as before, Han Lu wholeheartedly devoted herself to the next stage of her cultivation.

With limited time and only practicing on the Dharma seat at home, Han Lu did not achieve any milestone breakthroughs during these two hours.

Even so, despite the fright and the wasted time, Han Lu was still quite satisfied with the results of her four hours of cultivation on Hanchan Peak, and did not have the slightest thought of changing or compensating for the reward.

After changing her clothes, Han Lu took out a white jade hairpin that Xiaoyaozi had left her from her storage bag and re-tied her hair into a bun.

She straightened the bracelet that Wen Erya had given her on her birthday before pushing open the door and walking slowly toward the dining hall.

This was the time for intensive cultivation, and there was hardly a single person to be seen on the roads of Dongshan Academy.

When Han Lu arrived at the dining hall, there were only two cultivators sitting there eating.

Some who couldn't find good jobs had to work in the canteen, and their fellow disciples temporarily put aside their work to cultivate in the Spirit Gathering Array.

In the entire dining hall, there were only a dozen or so ordinary people who served the cultivators at Dongshan Academy and two older cultivators who had long since given up hope of cultivation.

Feeling the unusual dining environment, Han Lu took her food and found a seat nearby.

While eating, Han Lu planned out the order in which she would go to the Transmission Hall to read the cultivation books later.

There are also many books in the Transmission Hall that are available for free reading by disciples of the Zhengyi Sect.

These books, which impart basic knowledge about cultivation, represent the different viewpoints of various schools and sects within the cultivation world.

There must be a solution to her problem among this knowledge.

It might be the name of a cultivation technique, a magical tool with special functions, a rare and uncommon elixir, or simply a small trick for cultivating one's luck.

Han Lu was confident that as long as she was willing to spend the time and patiently search through this sea of ​​books, she would definitely be able to find it.

Having been hungry all night, Han Lu ate two more mouthfuls of porridge and a pancake than usual. She also asked the canteen cook for some more food to eat as cat food.

Under her meticulous care, A-Xiao has become no different from an ordinary raccoon demon, and even shows a tendency to turn into a fat cat.

Using her lightness spell, Han Lu traveled at a speed 30-40% faster than usual along the roads of Dongshan Academy, and in the blink of an eye, she arrived at the Transmission Hall, which was not far from the dining hall.

Looking at the spirit-gathering array that had been activated for over an hour not far from the Transmission Hall, Han Lu revealed a hint of longing.

By presenting her token, Han Lu easily obtained four hours of free reading time as a "disciple of Elder Piaomiao".

Enter the equally empty "free reading room".

Because of her talent, Feng Bailu had spent a lot of time on these free basic cultivation books in the past. Therefore, Han Lu was more targeted in selecting and reading the books.

I wandered around among several bookshelves.

Han Lu now had two more books in her hands.

A book about spiritual energy and spiritual power attributes.

The other book contains techniques for using spiritual energy and power to open acupoints and spiritual energy channels during cultivation.

Han Lu didn't think the answers were hidden in these two simple books, but she believed that her general direction was correct.

Han Lu found a seat at random, picked up a book, and quickly read and flipped through it.

Time passed by, and Han Lu turned the pages of the book faster and faster.

About fifteen minutes later, she put down the first book, which was still nearly two-thirds unread, muttered to herself, "There is no after this," and picked up the second book.

Over the course of four hours, Han Lu went back and forth between her seat and the bookshelf nearly ten times, but to no avail.

"Perhaps I should take a look at some more advanced books on cultivation that require payment."

Han Lu muttered to herself, setting a deadline for herself.

"I'll spend another two hours here tomorrow. If that doesn't work, I'll use up all my remaining 10 contribution points to borrow books and read."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: A Clever Plan

Han Lu forced herself to search through these books for two days, but still found nothing.

She had hoped to find a solution to her problem in these free books, but clearly, the golden house and beautiful woman were not hidden among these "low-level books" that all disciples of the Zhengyi Sect could read for free.

Unfortunately, the free lunch wasn't enough to fill her stomach, so Han Lu had no choice but to eat at a place that charged for food.

Fortunately, as a disciple under a Golden Core cultivator, Han Lu receives five contribution points from her monthly stipend from the sect, which are deposited into her personal account.

Otherwise, she would need to spend some time and earn points to access the paid area to read classic texts.

On the third day, Han Lu used one contribution point to exchange for about four hours of reading time, thus gaining access to the paid area.

Following her previous plan, she selected a few books from the bookshelf and then found a quiet spot to sit down.

Unfortunately, she had lost the enthusiasm she had on the first day.

Sitting there, with one hand supporting his chin and his head tilted to the side, he rhythmically turned the pages of the book, reading ten lines at a glance.

Although the history of the cultivation world is at least 100,000 years, Han Lu did not think that there would happen to be a book that contained a completely identical description of the situation she encountered.

She has lowered her expectations, no longer seeking medication or prescriptions, but instead looking for solutions in books, hoping to find more detailed ideas and a general direction.

With expectations lowered, the books in her hands were no longer the common, readily available items. Naturally, after an hour, things began to look promising.

The thin booklet in Han Lu's hand is a classic text that explains how cultivators can cultivate in an environment with reversed spiritual roots and spiritual energy.

The book's contents, while described as a classic text for imparting knowledge, are more accurately described as a record of the author's childhood experiences cultivating in extreme environments.

This book was written five thousand years ago, when the cultivation world was not as peaceful as it is now.

Due to the relationship between them, cultivators from different regions rarely communicate with each other. In fact, many cultivators only dare to travel around the Central Plains after they have reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

The Golden Core cultivator who wrote the book had to temporarily reside in a sect with abundant water-attribute spiritual energy to cultivate before reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, given his fire spiritual root aptitude.

This situation is different from Han Lu's, but also somewhat similar.

In the book, when the cultivator named Yun Daoren recounted that story, he mentioned a type of elixir.

The name of the elixir is mentioned in the book; it is called the "Cold-Dispelling Pill." It is a unique elixir that this cultivator's sect had to research and produce due to the harsh conditions.

After consumption, it can slightly transform the water-attribute spiritual energy absorbed into a cultivator's body, making it easier for cultivators with other spiritual roots and talents to absorb and utilize.

Upon seeing this, Han Lu straightened up and muttered, "I don't need to use this kind of pill to convert water-attribute spiritual energy into other attributes. I just need to slightly 'heat' the spiritual energy flowing into my body."

Han Lu slowed down her flipping through the book a little, wishing she could read it stroke by stroke so as not to miss any details.

However, if something doesn't exist, no matter how carefully you look at it or how many times you wear the book out, it's useless.

The author of this book, Daoist Yun, was not skilled in alchemy. In that small sect, he only consumed pills and did not refine them. Moreover, he only cultivated in that sect for three and a half years before choosing to leave. Therefore, the book does not specify any pill formulas.