The Long Journey to Immortality

"Think about it carefully, your conflicts with those people aren't actually that deep."

"Perhaps a better, more suitable magic weapon can solve the problem."

Wen Erya's suggestion sounded good, but Yi Qiyan had already thought about it and found some problems with it.

"Whether the law is valuable or not is another matter," Yi Qiyan analyzed, "but its personal benefits are far too strong."

"I am only seeking help, not seeking refuge with them. It would be appropriate to use a high-grade beast core that can help the sect cultivate talents."

“Using a magic weapon that can only enhance the combat power and supernatural abilities of a certain sect’s cultivators seems inappropriate no matter how you look at it.”

It wasn't explained very clearly, but Han Lu and Wen Erya could both sense the underlying meaning and Yi Qiyan's inner turmoil at this stage.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about beast cores anymore," Han Lu said with a smile. "Just keep following the itinerary. If you change your mind, just let me know."

Then, she added in her mind, "I'll lead you to kill monsters and get their cores."

Having fought against others several times as a Golden Core cultivator, Han Lu had accumulated enough confidence.

Now that she has advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and with the help of Senior Wang Han across ten thousand years, she has added five new Core runes. Combined with her True Spirit identity, she feels that what might seem like a slightly troublesome task to other Golden Core cultivators is not an insurmountable feat for her.

If it weren't for concerns about comforting my two friends and handling the aftermath...

She has most likely already put this matter on the agenda.

The three chatted and laughed as they flew away from Xuan Turtle Island, continuing their journey in the East China Sea.

Upon seeing this scene, the two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators who had been secretly following Han Lu and the other two as they left the Immortal Pavilion were dumbfounded. They immediately abandoned their foolish plan to follow the three Golden Core cultivators and attempt to "rob" them.

The actions of these two scoundrels were naturally under the control of Han Lu and her two companions.

Having just left Xuan Turtle Island, the three began discussing the two tails that had followed them.

“Junior sister, it seems that the East Sea is indeed not peaceful. Just by going to the shop and buying some things, someone has the idea of ​​following and robbing us,” Wen Erya said worriedly. She was very uncomfortable with this “bizarre” cultivation environment. “I don’t know if the Immortal Pavilion is doing black market business, or if these two are actually robbers who are lying in wait outside the Immortal Pavilion.”

“Those were just bandits who didn’t know our background, which is why they followed the three of us for a while.”

"If it's the Immortal Pavilion, they must know the cultivation levels of the three of us."

"Sending two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators to rob us would be incredibly stupid."

Han Lu laughed and said, "But those two aren't stupid. Otherwise, if they really came with their magic weapons, I don't know how I would have dealt with them."

Yi Qiyan thought it best to accumulate good karma during this trip and refrain from taking action.

Han Lu and Wen Erya are both cultivators from the Central Plains and do not like to do killing.

The three easygoing Golden Core cultivators had no reason to argue with the two clueless Foundation Establishment cultivators, so Han Lu's words were perfectly reasonable.

While in the East China Sea, Han Lu and the other two did indeed need to make some changes to themselves based on the actual situation.

After flying for about three or four miles and getting some distance from Xuan Turtle Island, the three of them boarded the ark again and headed to the next "spot" they had decided on in advance.

Having left early, Han Lu, the villain who "destroyed" the Sword Mark Ruins, had no idea of ​​the series of disturbances she would cause on Xuan Turtle Island.

The news that the sword-marked rock wall had closed up and disappeared spread to every corner of Xuan Turtle Island in just two hours.

On a normal day, only a dozen or so sword cultivators would sit in meditation at Sword Mark Mountain, but on this day, nearly a thousand "tourists" suddenly appeared.

The cultivators living on the island had long been accustomed to the presence of Sword Mark Mountain, which stood there, a place that could potentially offer them opportunities but from which no one had ever gained any insight.

Now, the complete disappearance of the sword mark that, to some extent, contributed to the formation of Xuan Turtle Island, inevitably brings a sense of unease.

The crowd was abuzz with discussion, wondering what had caused the sword marks on Sword Mark Mountain to disappear.

Some people remembered Han Lu and the other two, and suggested that perhaps these three female cultivators who left shortly before the changes at Sword Mark Mountain were the culprits.

Unfortunately, this viewpoint doesn't have much of a market.

One reason is that discrimination against female cultivators also exists in the East China Sea.

Secondly, most cultivators in the East Sea did not believe that anyone could be so shrewd as to patiently stroll and shop on the island for a full half hour after receiving the "inheritance" of the ancient cultivator Fang Lin, before leaving without making a sound.

Thus, the disappearance of Sword Scar Mountain remains an unsolved mystery.

It even attracted several Golden Core cultivators who were originally uninterested in this "mysterious" thing to come to Xuan Turtle Island to find out.

By then, Han Lu, the instigator, had already traveled a great distance away from Xuan Turtle Island on the Ark.

Even if someone guessed that Han Lu was the one who did the "bad thing," they would still be unable to find any trace of her.

Chapter 815 Bounty Order

After leaving Xuan Turtle Island, Han Lu and her two companions traveled eastward, stopping only briefly at a few islands with pleasant sea views.

Thanks to the magical ark the three of them were traveling in, no ordinary villains dared to cause them any trouble.

Occasionally, some foolish, unintelligent flying beasts would come to them.

These were all flying beasts and monsters comparable to those at the Foundation Establishment stage, and they often attacked the ark, which was flying at lightning speed, simply according to their nature.

Immediately afterwards, it was hit by a counterattack automatically triggered by the numerous defensive restrictions that came with the Ark.

Those who are lucky will only be injured and fall, while some birds that are unlucky and weak may even lose their lives.

Compared to the many powerful spirits in the wilderness, the East Sea is mainly dominated by magical beasts.

Most of these magical beasts are not very intelligent before they reach the Transformation Realm.

In the wilderness, people like Han Lu and her two companions would casually use magical artifacts to travel.

The discerning magical beasts and true spirits would act only according to their capabilities, like cultivators plotting to ambush them on the highway. They would first assess the potential abilities of the cultivators on the ark before deciding whether to take action.

This situation did not affect the three's good mood during their trip; in fact, it gave the three cultivators the opportunity to become familiar with and get to know the monsters of the East Sea.

Having lived in the wilderness for some time and possessing the bloodline of the phoenix, Han Lu's understanding of flying beasts and spirit beasts far surpasses that of her two friends.

Whenever something similar happened, Han Lu would act as the "teacher" to explain, broadening the horizons of Yi Qiyan and Wen Erya.

This unusual travel experience, unlike anything in the East China Sea, lasted for about five days. The three restless cultivators then decided to seek out some "intense" fun.

Coincidentally, on their way, the three of them heard about the "wanted" mission that was circulating among the major chambers of commerce in the East China Sea.

Encouraged by Han Lu, and with the goal of increasing goodwill for Yi Qiyan on this trip, the three of them did not hesitate to follow the directions on the sea chart, find the nearest large island, visit two merchant guilds, and obtain the wanted lists from them.

Han Lu had a plan: to use this opportunity to hone her combat skills at the Golden Core stage, earn spirit stones, and accumulate good karma for her friends by killing these wicked bandits.

The so-called "wanted list" is similar to the list that Xuanfeng Daoist provided to Han Lu and the other two.

The information is more detailed and discloses the misdeeds, current situation, and whereabouts of the "bad monks" on the list, and a bounty has been set.

There are many theories about the origin of this list.

One theory is that the various chambers of commerce set up and funded the reward in order to ensure that the order and environment of the East China Sea were conducive to their business activities.

Another theory is that the list was created by monks who had their friends killed by "evil people" but were powerless to take revenge.

Han Lu and the other two were not particularly concerned about the source of the list.

They were only thinking about seeing which villain on the list could bring them both spiritual stones as a reward and help them eliminate evil, promote good, follow the will of heaven, and gain good fortune.

The lists from the two chambers of commerce were very similar. After combining them, Han Lu and her two companions were able to calculate that a total of seventy-three cultivators appeared on the wanted list.

Of the seventy-three people, fifty were at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Of the twenty-three Golden Core cultivators on the list, fifteen were at the early stage of Golden Core, seven at the middle stage, and one at the late stage.

According to the chamber of commerce manager who sold the list to Han Lu and the other two as an add-on.

There is an even more formidable wanted list in Yu Xian Pavilion.

The cultivators who make it onto that wanted list are at least at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and the bounty is in the five figures or more.

The existence of these people has a great impact on the business of Immortal Pavilion and other top-tier merchant guilds, which is why they are given special treatment.

That list is not made public; only high-level cultivators with good relations with the Immortal Pavilion can obtain it.

There is even a theory that the Nascent Soul cultivator who is currently in charge of Dongweng Shop made his fortune by helping the Immortal Pavilion "kill people," and was eventually chosen by the previous head of Dongweng Shop.

Both lists, whether public or private, appear to be for the purpose of "punishing evil and promoting good."

However, Han Lu and her two companions had heard a rumor that only those "bad guys" who hunted down their spoils and refused to sell them through the Chamber of Commerce would be on the list, presumably for disrupting market order.

There were various opinions, but Han Lu and the other two didn't care.

All that's needed is for the people listed on the list to actually be bad people.

As for the unspoken rules beneath the surface of the East China Sea, Han Lu and her two companions were merely passing through and had no interest in digging deeper, whether it was to maintain or undermine them.

The three Golden Core cultivators teamed up to uphold justice, and naturally, their target was the Golden Core cultivators on the list, not the insignificant ones.

The price of small fish and shrimp was too low, and the three, who were just traveling and casually playing the role of "cultivation heroes," were unwilling to spend too much time searching for these prey worth only a hundred or so spirit stones.

Furthermore, if the news spreads that three Golden Core cultivators would make things difficult for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it would likely earn them a bad reputation rather than a good one.

It would be a thankless task, so Han Lu and the other two naturally didn't want to do it.

After eliminating most of the candidates on the list, Han Lu and her two companions were left with few targets.

The "villain" with the late-stage Golden Core cultivation had robbed several branches of small businesses and had more than a thousand lives of mortals and cultivators on his hands. Although Han Lu wanted to kill him, considering her friend's cultivation level and the fact that this villain had not appeared openly in the East Sea for almost seven years, she removed this villain from the three's "assassination list" as soon as possible.

After further sifting through the remaining cultivators, only ten major villains at the Golden Core stage came into their sights.

These villains have a long history of murders, and the evil deeds they have committed in the East China Sea are countless.

From Han Lu's perspective, a philanthropist with extensive experience in accumulating good karma, killing any one of them would accumulate good karma equivalent to educating hundreds of thousands of ordinary people.

Unfortunately, while the list was ready, finding these people to be killed became one of the problems.

After all, once they learned they were on the list, most of these evil cultivators went into hiding, changed their identities, or even went to a small island to live in seclusion, cultivate, and digest the cultivation resources they had robbed.

With so many small islands in the East China Sea, how could one easily find any trace of them?

"If we can find it, we will; let fate decide."

Han Lu's idea was very simple.

"Anyway, there are plenty of bad people in the East China Sea who do evil things. We might run into them on the road in a few days."

"The only difference is a few less goodwill and a few less spirit stones belonging to the merchant guild."

"But if he really does encounter it, then he is just unlucky and should give his life to atone for his past mistakes."

Standing on the moral high ground and boasting of her superior combat abilities, Han Lu's way of speaking is different from before.