The Long Journey to Immortality

"Could it be that the information recorded in these jade tablets is actually not important?" Han Lu reached out and took a jade tablet from the bookshelf. "Or perhaps the pair of dragons and phoenixes thought that the series of arrays and restrictions outside were already good enough, and there was no need to add anything extra to protect these jade tablets."

Han Lu could roughly understand the situation by reading the information recorded in the jade tablet.

After carefully examining the jade tablet to confirm that there were no sinister restrictions or curses on it, Han Lu then channeled her divine sense into it to read the information that had existed within it for countless millennia.

The information in the jade tablet was not what Han Lu had imagined; it was not a cultivation manual for some kind of true spirit or magical beast, nor was it a cultivation manual plundered from human cultivators.

"Is it a history book?" Han Lu read the information in the jade tablet, feeling slightly disappointed. "This jade tablet only records a period of history that occurred approximately 85,000 years ago."

"Could it be," Han Lu said, clinging to a sliver of hope, "that there is only this one or a few history books?"

With this in mind, Han Lu took down a few more jade tablets and quickly read the information on them.

"Geography book".

"Storybooks".

"Miscellaneous books".

"history."

"Natural history books".

"An Introductory Guide to Governmental Studies"

"Medical books."

……

After reviewing each one, the results still did not satisfy Han Lu.

Just then, Mo Zhehan's voice came from the other side of the hall, "Han Lu, come quick, see what I found."

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Mo Zhehan spoke with great excitement, and while holding the jade pendant, he waved to Han Lu.

Clearly, he had made a significant discovery.

Using a lightness technique, Han Lu leaped three steps in the hall and landed lightly beside Mo Zhehan.

"What, is there something important recorded on this jade tablet?"

Han Lu, already somewhat annoyed by the various books, didn't have high hopes for Mo Zhehan's discovery.

“Hmm, Han Lu…” Mo Zhehan handed the jade tablet to Han Lu, “Take a look at the information inside.”

Hand in hand, Han Lu took the jade tablet and infused it with her divine sense.

She read the information on the jade tablet in just three breaths, and at the same time, a smile appeared on her face.

The jade tablet contains a secret technique for entering a meditative state using the tortoise-breathing method, as well as a prescription for a medicinal pill needed to perform this technique.

By ingesting elixirs and performing this secret technique, cultivators can enter a state of deep meditation to cultivate.

In this state, as long as the spiritual energy in the surrounding environment is sufficient and the effects of the elixir have not worn off, one can cultivate at a rate that consumes only four months of a cultivator's lifespan in half a year of cultivation.

The speed at which one can cultivate in a state of tortoise-like breathing depends on the cultivator's own talent.

Those with high talent will progress slightly faster than those who cultivate normally.

Those with lower talent will progress more slowly.

Regardless of the conversion method, this secret technique allows cultivators to gain more cultivation within their limited lifespan through diligent practice.

Aside from the fact that the spiritual plants needed to refine pills are quite precious and require a lot of resources and spirit stones to obtain, the practicality of this cultivation method is beyond doubt.

You can imagine Han Lu's feelings upon suddenly discovering such a secret technique in the jade tablet.

"That's great! I thought this place only had a lot of miscellaneous books. It turns out there are also some martial arts manuals on this shelf," Han Lu said excitedly. "It seems that after so many years, most of these martial arts manuals have been lost."

"If we can bring these things back and make a few copies, we can gain a lot of benefits whether we donate them to the sect or sell them."

"Are all these bookshelves filled with similar secret techniques and cultivation methods?" Han Lu asked again.

Mo Zhehan replied, "I don't know about that. I called you over after I discovered that this jade tablet contained this rather useful secret technique. I haven't had time to check the information on the other jade tablets yet."

Han Lu nodded slightly and arranged, "Then we'll look through the jade tablets on these bookshelves now."

"I estimate that the information recorded in the books on the jade tablets here is also categorized."

Mo Zhehan said, "Okay."

The two used their magical artifacts to remove the jade tablets from the bookshelf one by one and examine their contents.

This time, Han Lu finally guessed correctly.

Among the more than one hundred jade tablets on the three bookshelves in front of her and Mo Zhehan, each tablet recorded at least one secret technique or cultivation method for human cultivators to practice and perform.

Unfortunately, most of these secret techniques and cultivation methods were spoils of war that the Dragon and Phoenix obtained by searching souls and seizing them during their war with the human cultivators of the East Sea.

The quality of these techniques and secret arts varies greatly.

There aren't many secret techniques suitable for Han Lu, who has already reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm and has a high level of insight.

The secret method of entering meditation using tortoise breathing that Mo Zhehan just discovered is one of the best among them.

After discovering that only a few of these techniques and secret arts were actually useful to her, Han Lu's excitement faded considerably.

But soon, recalling the history books she had just read, Han Lu suggested, "That series of great wars lasted for nearly five thousand years. If all the human cultivators' techniques collected by the forces led by that pair of dragons and phoenixes during those great wars are here, there must be more than just these."

Han Lu's analysis made a lot of sense, so the two of them spread out to the left and right of the three bookshelves in front of them and began a thorough search.

as predicted.

There are a total of twenty-three bookshelves in the hall.

Thirteen of them contained miscellaneous books that Han Lu had seen before.

Nine dragon and phoenix-shaped artifacts containing the cultivation techniques, secret arts, and manuals practiced by human cultivators.

The last bookshelf contained the cultivation techniques practiced by the various true spirits and magical beasts of different races who were banished to the East Sea by the Dragon and Phoenix Commanders.

When she picked up the last jade tablet on the last bookshelf, Han Lu was taken aback by the information recorded on it.

"It's actually a supplementary cultivation technique that combines dragon and phoenix attacks?"

Han Lu raised her eyebrows slightly, glanced at Mo Zhehan who was reading several jade tablets not far away, hesitated for a moment, and then decided to check it herself first before sharing the information in this jade tablet with Mo Zhehan.

The jade tablet records a cultivation technique created and practiced by the dragon and phoenix, who led the true spirits and demonic beasts banished to the East Sea to fight against the human cultivators of the East Sea. It is called "Dragon and Phoenix Transformation".

This auxiliary cultivation technique, once activated, allows the dragon and phoenix in battle to temporarily merge into one, transforming into an unknown new true spirit to fight.

Inside the jade tablet, the dragon and phoenix who created this technique boasted about it, attributing their ability to protect numerous true spirits and magical beasts living in the East Sea with their early Nascent Soul cultivation to this wondrous technique that allowed them to unleash combat power comparable to that of a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.

"This is a real treasure." Although Han Lu had not yet studied it in depth and did not know the conditions and difficulty of cultivating this technique, she could sense its power through the description of the dragon and phoenix.

After a brief pause, Han Lu finished reading the text on the jade tablet. When she learned that cultivating and practicing this technique required a pair of dragons and phoenixes with a deep bond and perfect understanding, she couldn't help but feel regret.

"It seems this technique is no longer of much use to me."

Calling out to Mo Zhehan, Han Lu passed around this unused treasure.

After reading the contents of the jade tablet, Mo Zhehan reacted in the same way as Han Lu.

"What a pity, what a pity."

However, Han Lu noticed something beyond the technique when she saw Mo Zhehan's regretful expression.

Without revealing the truth, Han Lu simply said, "I'm afraid this technique can only be sent back to the clan as a collectible, to be shelved away."

Seeing that Han Lu had no intention of cultivating with him, Mo Zhehan naturally didn't want to make a fool of himself and suggested giving it a try.

The two huddled together and stuffed the jade tokens they had collected into the storage bag that had been filled with resources.

After collecting everything, the two followed Han Lu's spirit bottle's guidance and divided the resources according to their original agreement.

If you split it in half, and there's something you really want, you can just ask and get more.

Compared to those hastily assembled treasure-hunting teams, Han Lu and Mo Zhehan were exceptionally harmonious when enjoying the fruits of their victory, without causing the slightest conflict.

"By the way, Mo Zhehan, have you found the exit?" Han Lu asked after putting her share of the spoils into her storage bag.

Mo Zhehan shook his head, "No, you didn't find it either?"

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Although she hadn't found a way to leave yet, Han Lu wasn't worried at all.

“It doesn’t matter,” Han Lu said. “Since entering the inner treasury requires passing a test, then naturally you and I have been granted permission to enter the inner treasury.”

"When setting up the restrictions and traps for entering and exiting the treasure vault, as long as those two dragons and phoenixes haven't gone mad, they shouldn't make things difficult for us."

"There must be an exit here, it's just hidden in a rather secret place."

"If we keep searching, we should be able to find it soon."

That makes sense, and Mo Zhehan, who lacks experience in the outside world, naturally became much calmer.

The two discussed which of the many techniques and secret arts they had just acquired were useful and which were useless, while simultaneously using their divine senses to search the hall for a way out that was certain to exist.

The hall was only so big, and even including the ceiling and floor, the two of them only spent a short quarter of an hour checking every inch of the space with their divine sense.

The two found the exit they were looking for smoothly at the top of the hall.

"It's just a very ordinary mortal mechanism?" Han Lu only found this path because she discovered a hole in the ceiling of the hall by using her divine sense.

Flying through the air, Han Lu and Mo Zhehan arrived at a seemingly ordinary floorboard that actually contained mechanisms that allowed it to move.

“The roof of the entire room is made of a relatively hard, unidentified stone that serves as the material for trapdoors. It has the effect of isolating divine sense and concealing restrictions and traces of arrays,” Mo Zhehan tapped a floorboard twice, producing a hollow sound. “I suppose it is to hide the exit of this place, so that no one might accidentally enter the inner vault from the exit.”

Mo Zhehan had a particular fondness for ordinary mechanical devices. After conducting a simple inspection of the trapdoor with his divine sense, he continued, "This thing is easy to open from the inside out, but difficult to open from the outside in. It should also be a deliberate arrangement by the pair of dragons and phoenixes tens of thousands of years ago."

"Very ingenious."

"If someone were to try to break through with brute force out of curiosity, they would likely trigger the array set up on the inner side immediately."

"I'm not quite sure what will happen."

Mo Zhehan used precise words, and at the same time, he tried to guess the intentions of Long Feng when he set up the restrictions, formations and mechanisms in this place.

As he spoke, Mo Zhehan reached out and touched the trapdoor twice, easily activating the mechanism.

With a series of clicking sounds, the trapdoor moved slightly before falling silent again.