The Long Journey to Immortality

If you consume too much of it, you will develop drug resistance.

While the elixir won't turn into poison, it won't exert any medicinal effect, causing the user to waste spirit stones.

After learning about this characteristic of the Spirit Dew Pill, Han Lu decided to prepare the extra ten pills for her other disciple, Nian Haoge.

Compared to Qiu Peng, Han Lu is more optimistic about Nian Haoge's future.

Naturally, after nearly twenty years apart, she wanted to prepare a generous gift to pave the way for her promising disciple, Nian Haoge.

And this relatively rare but not particularly expensive Spirit Dew Pill is just right.

With the aid of the Spirit Dew Pill, Han Lu cultivated for three days and had just fully digested the medicinal effects when Wen Er Ya suddenly sent a telepathic message.

"Han Lu, something's wrong!"

Upon hearing this voice transmission, Han Lu disregarded the need to complete her cycle of cultivation and dispersed the spiritual energy she had gathered.

Leaving the room, Han Lu looked at Wen Erya and Xiao Ran and asked, "What happened?"

Chapter 1045 An Unexpected Encounter

"what happened?"

In response to Han Lu's question, Wen Erya waved her hand, making a section of the wall on the side of the ark transparent.

“There,” Wenya pointed, “it seems a great battle is taking place there.”

Han Lu looked into the distance through the transparent wall.

Sure enough, several cultivators were engaged in a fierce battle in the distance.

About three or four kilometers away, from the Ark, it was only possible to barely make out how many people there were.

"Are the three cultivators fighting?" Han Lu asked. "Normally, we would ignore such matters and avoid them if we could."

As cultivators from the Central Plains, Han Lu and her companions adhered to the principle of avoiding getting involved in the grudges and feuds among cultivators from the East Sea.

After all, many things are complex and not as easy to distinguish between good and evil as killing a wanted villain.

Just like Xiao Ran's revenge, everyone had their own reasons, but in the end, Han Lu and Mo Zhehan still made their judgment based on their relationship with each other.

Despite her formidable strength, Han Lu does not believe she has the right to "judge everything."

Sometimes, it's better to close your eyes and ignore things that are hard to distinguish or explain.

“This time is different,” Wen Erya said. “Look at the clothes on one of the monks.”

After being reminded, Han Lu looked into the distance again.

"Huh? It looks like the uniform of a sect elder. That's quite rare. One of the three is an elder from my Zhengyi Sect?"

To enhance members' sense of belonging, the Zhengyi Sect assigns uniforms.

The disciples often wear this when they are out in public to show that they are disciples of the Zhengyi Sect.

In the past, in order to "sever" herself from her special identity as the Thirteenth Princess, Wen Erya often wore this ordinary outfit to show that she was no different from the other disciples.

However, a disciple is a disciple, and an elder is an elder.

As half-managers of the sect, the elders were given a special uniform, but very few of them wore it.

Generally, only a small number of disciples who have just been promoted from disciples to elders will wear it for a period of time.

Back then, Han Lu didn't do this, nor did Wen Erya, but Xiao Ran did.

“Then let’s go take a look,” Han Lu understood that Wen Erya wanted her to make the decision. “Since there are fellow elders involved, we can’t just stand by and leave.”

"As for how to handle it in the end..."

Han Lu touched the storage bag at her waist and suddenly said something quite philosophical.

"Justice often sparks debate, but its power is very clear."

Although her words were somewhat ambiguous, Wen Erya and Xiao Ran were both able to understand what Han Lu meant.

Without further hesitation, Wen Erya maneuvered the ark to take a slightly roundabout route and approached it.

The three people who were engaged in fierce fighting had actually spotted the passing ark long ago.

Upon noticing the arrival of the ark, the two East Sea cultivators who were besieging the Zhengyi Sect elder tacitly stopped fighting, wary of the ark that had taken the initiative to approach, lest they find themselves in a situation where they were attacked from both sides and forced to take the beating.

"Oh no, these past few days have been really unlucky," the two cultivators whispered to each other. One of them muttered, "I only bought a damaged spiritual artifact and I've already been targeted. It seems like I'm about to get into trouble again."

The other said, "If all else fails, we can leave together. There are only a handful of Golden Core cultivators in the East Sea, and we're among the best of them. It can't be that..."

The message was only half-finished when the second East Sea cultivator was astonished by Han Lu and the other two who disembarked from the ark.

Three Golden Core cultivators appeared on an ark all at once, two of whom were far stronger than him just by their aura. This was an encounter that could not be described as "unlucky".

"This is bad." The second cultivator had a bad feeling.

Soon, the three cultivators who disembarked from the ark addressed their opponents with affectionate terms, making this ominous premonition a reality.

"Haoge? What are you doing here? What happened?" Han Lu asked the cultivator in the Zhengyi Sect uniform.

It turns out that the Zhengyi Sect elder who had just been locked in a fierce battle was Han Lu's disciple, Nian Haoge, who had only recently advanced to the Golden Core Realm a few years ago.

Upon seeing Han Lu, Nian Haoge's first reaction was not excitement or joy, but rather guilt and self-reproach.

"What's going on?" With her expertise in illusion magic, Han Lu was naturally able to accurately capture the emotional changes written on Nian Haoge's face.

She realized that this matter was not simple and that there must be something hidden.

"You know her, right? She's also a cultivator from the Zhengyi Sect?" A cultivator from the East Sea suddenly called out to Han Lu.

“That’s right,” Han Lu looked at the other person and introduced herself, “I am her master.”

These words made the two East Sea cultivators tense up again.

However, one of them, having been to the Central Plains, still had some confidence in the character of the cultivators there, and continued to try to negotiate, "Since you are her master, then you should discipline your disciple properly."

"Don't let the lack of spirit stones at the auction prevent you from buying a certain magic treasure and then become greedy and resort to highway robbery."

This sentence made Han Lu understand why Nian Haoge had such emotions when he saw her.

"This is the feeling of having done something wrong and being discovered by your master or parents."

With this in mind, Han Lu no longer doubted that the two East Sea cultivators were "bad people" and began to communicate with them amicably. Soon, she understood the whole story.

It turned out that Nian Haoge and the two cultivators had attended a medium-sized auction a few days ago, where they had engaged in a fierce bidding war over a broken spiritual artifact.

In the end, Nian Haoge, who had only been cultivating for a short time, was defeated because he did not have enough spirit stones in his storage bag.

Because of her obsession with this item, Nian Haoge found a way to approach the two cultivators, hoping to exchange the broken spiritual artifact she coveted for it.

However, these two cultivators from the East Sea were not pushovers and did not like to be manipulated. They rejected Nian Haoge's generous offers three times in a row.

Ultimately, the two sides disagreed and started fighting.

Nian Haoge planned to use some tough measures to complete the transaction.

While these two cultivators resisted, they also considered settling the matter in the style of cultivators from the East Sea.

“I understand the general situation,” Han Lu said, having made up her mind. “I will do my best to find a good solution to this matter.”

"Given the current disparity in strength, are you still willing to trade? I will use more spirit stones to buy that magic weapon from you."

Having shown them a way, the two East Sea cultivators were certainly not fools who wouldn't learn until they faced the consequences.

"Alright, alright. We spent a full eight thousand spirit stones to buy this former second-grade spiritual artifact. What are your plans, Fairy?"

Han Lu offered, "I'll buy it for thirteen thousand spirit stones, how about it?"

“It’s a deal.” The two cultivators from the East Sea agreed without hesitation to this deal that would earn them five thousand spirit stones for nothing.

Han Lu nodded slightly, took out a storage bag, counted out 15,000 spirit stones, and placed them separately in another storage bag.

"Let me see that magical artifact. We'll exchange money for goods on the spot."

One of the two East Sea cultivators then took out a tattered magical robe from his storage bag.

This is the root cause of a series of changes.

Upon seeing the robe, Wen Erya felt a vague sense of familiarity, while Han Lu immediately recognized its origin.

She suddenly realized and understood all these details.

Chapter 1046 Relics

Han Lu recognized this magical artifact.

Knowing the origin of this broken magical artifact, she instantly understood why Nian Haoge was so obsessed with it.

Han Lu noticed Wen Erya's expression and, seeing that she still didn't know the reason, quietly explained in a voice transmission, "This is the robe that Elder Haoge wore when he underwent his tribulation."

It was just a simple sentence, but Wen Erya suddenly understood, and her confusion about Nian Haoge's "drastic change in temperament" vanished.

"This can be considered her father's heirloom. Although Haoge probably didn't recognize it, she probably sensed something. It's understandable that she's so determined to get her hands on this magical artifact."

"After all, even if a fight breaks out, it's just about forcing a sale."

"Haoge is still the Haoge I know."

Because Han Lu often goes out, Wen Erya and Nian Haoge have a very good relationship.

Back when they were both Foundation Establishment cultivators, they were good teammates when participating in the Grand Competition and exploring secret realms.

Although they are not master and apprentice, Nian Haoge's relationship with Wen Erya is not much different from his relationship with Han Lu.

Without revealing her true feelings, Han Lu did not show much desire for the magic weapon on the surface. She maintained her attitude of simply wanting to settle things peacefully and said, "This treasure is not bad. You two have some discerning eye. If you can find a way to completely repair it, even if you auction it again, you can at least earn three or four thousand spirit stones."

Having their thoughts exposed, the two East Sea cultivators, feeling they had gained some advantage, didn't try to hide anything.

“What the fairy says is right. We happen to know a cultivator who is skilled in repairing magical artifacts, which is why we bought this treasure at the auction.”

"Making a deal with the fairy today has saved me some trouble."

"Fairy, may we begin the transaction now?"

Fearing that Han Lu's side might change their minds, the two East Sea cultivators also wanted to complete the transaction as soon as possible, obtain the spirit stones, and leave this place of trouble.

Han Lu nodded slightly and tossed the storage bag containing spirit stones to the other party first.

After taking the storage bag and counting the number of spirit stones inside, finding that they were exactly as described, the East Sea cultivator who was holding the magic weapon and robe returned the favor by using his magical artifact manipulation technique to make the spirit artifact, which had temporarily degenerated into an ordinary magic weapon, float in front of Han Lu.