The Long Journey to Immortality

Does she still have dreams and aspirations in her heart?

Of course she did, otherwise she wouldn't have laughed, cried, or shed tears because of that dream.

She simply didn't want to say it or try to win him over, lest she be presumptuous and end up losing even the chance to think about it.

The day after experiencing the first illusion, Zhan Yujun unusually refrained from drinking alcohol that evening. Instead, she changed into her pajamas and went to bed early with a sense of ritual.

Using the method of meditation, she fell asleep an hour and a half earlier than usual in just ten breaths.

She had a premonition that she would be able to have another beautiful dream that she longed for tonight.

She just wanted to stay in the dream a little longer and enjoy it a little longer.

Wen Erya and Han Lu, who had been hiding inside the house, couldn't help but cheer in their hearts when they saw this scene. "It seems that we made the right choice with this gift! This is wonderful!"

Zhan Yujun's premonition was correct.

She not only experienced that false but beautiful dream again, but it was also like a serial drama, with the dream continuing the story from the previous day.

On this day, the three sisters were no longer just bullies within the Zhengyi Sect, but began to cooperate and venture into the world beyond the Central Plains.

This part of the story is actually somewhat illogical and does not match the cultivation experiences of the vast majority of cultivators in the Central Plains in reality.

However, in order to enrich the story, and taking advantage of the fact that it was an illusion where Zhan Yujun's cultivation level made it impossible for her to wake up and distinguish between reality and illusion, Han Lu followed Xiao Ran and Wen Erya's idea and added this wonderful story extracted from various cultivation novels to this gift.

After all, most cultivators dream of finding a stage to unleash their powerful magic after they have acquired it.

Han Lu believed that Zhan Yujun must feel the same way.

She believes in friendship and adventure, and the combination of these two wonderful things makes it the part of this gift that Zhan Yujun likes the most.

In the illusion, the three of them teamed up to solve a plague that affected the entire Central Plains.

During his visit to southern Xinjiang to search for the cave left behind by a powerful being, he encountered Yi Qiyan.

He ventured to the Western Regions and even participated in and mediated a war between tribes.

Finally, when all three reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, they fought together against a notorious early Golden Core cultivator in the East Sea, achieving a victory against a cultivator of a higher level, punishing evil and promoting good, and winning great fame.

To enrich this story, the Central Plains region was forced into a state of constant hardship, causing the three cultivators, whose cultivation was not yet outstanding, to encounter numerous difficulties and troubles during their cultivation breaks.

The story of this day's illusion begins when the three of them are still in the early stages of Foundation Establishment and ends when Han Lu becomes the first to advance to the Golden Core stage.

The timeline spanned nearly thirty years, but because a significant amount of time was spent in meditation and spiritual practice, the performance was still able to be completed smoothly in one night.

At the end of the story, Zhan Yujun's husband reappears. Needless to say, the two remain husband and wife in the dream.

However, because Han Lu and the other two knew very little about "Junior Brother Guan," they only devoted a moderate amount of attention to him.

The story of "Junior Brother Guan" and Zhan Yujun borrows heavily from romance novel plots, aiming to be as sweet as possible and striving to celebrate the beauty of love.

A beautiful dream.

When Zhan Yujun woke up the next day, she spent an even longer time lying in bed reminiscing.

Although this time, she didn't burst into tears as she did the other day.

But the sparkle in his eyes lasted much longer, and his complexion was brighter than before.

She used to be so late in getting to sleep that she even longed for night to fall so that she could legitimately fall asleep again and try to continue experiencing that beautiful dream that was not yet over.

Chapter 1054 Two Blossoms

On the morning of that day, local government officials sent someone to find Zhan Yujun, hoping that cultivators like Zhan Yujun who lived in the city could accept temporary employment to help mortals build houses.

The development of productivity has made it so that ordinary people no longer need to rely on the power of monks when engaging in many productive tasks.

The change in supply and demand has also greatly reduced the labor costs for monks.

In the past, hiring a monk for work might have required offering at least one tael of gold.

But now, it is only necessary to offer five to ten times the wages of ordinary laborers to find many monks willing to sell their labor and serve the people.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhan Yujun were well-known philanthropists in the area, known for their generosity and willingness to help their neighbors.

This was partly due to their personalities, and partly because it was one of the few opportunities Zhan Yuyun could still maintain her status as a cultivator.

Now that the government is funding the hiring, Zhan Yujun naturally has an even greater responsibility and is willing to contribute her share as a cultivator.

On this day, ten monks living in the area worked together with a hundred laborers.

Of the ten cultivators, nearly half were only at the Dao Child Realm, while Zhan Yuyun, whose cultivation had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, was the most advanced among them.

With the organization and coordination of government officials skilled in architecture, and the joint efforts of mortals and cultivators, five six-story buildings rose from the ground in just five hours, becoming part of the city.

Using her spiritual power, Zhan Yuyun kept a small portion of the gold and silver she earned from a day's work and generously donated the rest to the poor people living in the city's slums, using the rest as food and clothing.

After completing all of this, Zhan Yujun realized that her state of mind was different from before.

In the past, she simply performed her duties and did good deeds like a machine.

But today, she rediscovered that long-lost feeling.

That feeling of passion and motivation that you have every day when you first begin your spiritual practice.

Gazing at the setting sun, Zhan Yujun felt her body warm from the not-so-strong sunlight.

She murmured, "It's probably because of the beautiful dreams I've had these past two days."

"I hope this dream can continue today."

"If it could be achieved, then..."

The words came to an abrupt halt, followed by a sigh.

As with the previous day, Zhan Yujun planned to go to bed early.

However, before falling asleep, she wrote a letter to her son who was practicing in the Zhengyi Sect.

The letter was very simple, talking about everyday things and mentioning his son's spiritual practice and life in the Zhengyi Sect.

The only difference from her previous letters home was that Zhan Yujun mentioned a beautiful dream she had in her letter, and subtly expressed her hope that her lifespan was probably not long and that her children could come home to visit.

In her letters, Zhan Yujun also gave some details about what happened after her death.

Now, at the age of 107, Zhan Yujun's only worry is her two children, especially her daughter whom she hasn't seen for almost 20 years.

In this respect, there is no difference between monk parents and ordinary parents.

Zhan Yujun plans to deliver this letter to her residence at the nearby Zhengyimenwaimen the following day.

There was a relatively complete postal system there, capable of delivering letters and supplies sent to and from Zhengyimen within one to two days.

Putting down her pen and stretching slightly, Zhan Yujun couldn't wait to lie down on the bed, eagerly anticipating the continuation of that beautiful dream.

I also did not drink alcohol before bed.

Zhan Yujun felt that as long as this dream could continue, she would no longer need alcohol to numb herself.

Full of anticipation, Zhan Yujun drifted off to sleep once more, continuing her beautiful dream, which resembled a TV drama, under the influence of the illusionary magic artifacts cast by Han Lu.

The story begins with her wedding to her junior brother Guan.

Because Han Lu and her two companions had just experienced a wedding when they were writing the story, they referenced Yi Qiyan and Lü Zhi's wedding to some extent in this part of the plot.

Of course, as witnesses to Zhan Yujun's wedding with "Junior Brother Guan," Han Lu and Wen Erya incorporated many elements of that ordinary wedding into their own stories.

Therefore, this wedding not only fulfilled Zhan Yujun's many beautiful aspirations for a wedding, but also lacked luxury, fun, and warmth.

Her cultivation level was several minor realms lower than when she got married, so naturally, this dreamlike wedding was much grander.

Many sect elders also graced the occasion with their presence, and at least two hundred Zheng Yi Sect cultivators came to offer their blessings to the newlyweds, Zhan Yujun and "Junior Brother Guan."

For the sake of so-called matching social status, "Junior Brother Guan's" talent and cultivation in the illusion were also greatly enhanced by Han Lu and Wen Erya.

Having reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he seemed much more compatible with Zhan Yujun, who possessed the potential to reach the Golden Core stage in the illusion.

Just a year after a happy wedding, before Zhan Yujun was about to attempt to form her core and advance to the Golden Core realm, twins were born.

The twins were naturally named Guan Long and Guan Feng by Zhan Yujun.

In the illusion, Guan Long is his mother's darling, and Guan Feng is his mother's sweetheart; both have been "modified" into obedient, cute, and sensible types.

It will only bring joy to parents, not trouble.

Life went smoothly for Zhan Yujun, and in the illusion that Han Lu had carefully prepared for her, Zhan Yujun was also on a smooth path in her cultivation.

Although his cultivation progress is not as good as Han Lu's, it is on par with Wen Erya's.

The meaning behind the screenwriter Wen Erya's arrangement is self-evident.

Although Zhan Yuyun was the last of the three to attempt to advance from the Core Formation stage to the Golden Core stage, she was still an outstanding figure among the younger generation of cultivators in the sect.

When Zhan Yujun reached the Core Formation stage, she was accompanied not only by Han Lu and Wen Erya, but also by two disciples who had been her disciples for less than five years.

The sect also provided a lot of resources to help Zhan Yuyun form her Golden Core, hoping that she could achieve a high-grade Golden Core, thereby increasing the number and strength of Golden Core cultivators in the sect.

The process of forming the Golden Core is inherently simple and rarely involves unexpected events.

Within the illusion arranged by Han Lu, Zhan Yuyun's formation of her core was naturally smooth sailing.

The "good karma" accumulated from the numerous good deeds performed in the second act also came in handy when the core was formed.

At a critical moment, with the help of fate, Zhan Yuyun, who could only barely form a second-grade golden core, took another step forward and successfully formed a first-grade golden core.

In the illusion, Zhan Yuyun was thrilled to see the translucent golden core in her dantian.

This was the goal she set for herself during her spiritual practice, the dream she cherished.

She smiled again in her sleep.

In these three days, Zhan Yujun smiled more than she had in the entire previous year.

Chapter 1055 Meeting

The dreamlike fantasy, resembling a TV series, was prepared in seven acts by Han Lu, Wen Erya, and Xiao Ran, which were to be performed over seven days in Zhan Yujun's dream.

Because of this beautiful dream, sleeping every night became Zhan Yujun's most anticipated activity, replacing alcohol.

If Zhan Yujun were still young and striving for her dream of cultivating immortality, she would definitely look down on her current self, treating her nightly dreams as just another form of entertainment and not taking them too seriously.

However, Zhan Yujun, who had long since given up cultivation and was now in her twilight years, regarded these ethereal things as spiritual nourishment.

At 107 years old, Zhan Yujun was willing to immerse herself in this illusion to make herself feel happy and alive.