PDLP Chapter 77: Cultivation Completed, Preparing for Wandering
Chapter 77: Cultivation Completed, Preparing for Wandering
The pine forest cottage is shrouded in clouds and mist.
Outside the white mist, the Xie family, unwilling to give up, shouted several more times, but there was still no response from inside.
Left with no other choice, he ordered his servants to open the box, revealing the gleaming gold bars inside, and said, "Miss Chu, I've come to return the gold bars to you!"
The local people, mostly commoners, had never seen so much gold before, and the crowd immediately stirred.
Huang Yi, who was in charge of supervision, discovered this situation.
The Lord instructed that no matter how many people come from outside, they should not interfere, but no one should be allowed to disrupt order or cause injury or death.
He instructed Huang Er and other strongmen to continue supervising while he went to report to the Lord.
Upon hearing this, she simply said, "Get rid of them."
I stopped paying attention to it.
The relationship between her and the Xie family was just a normal business transaction. The contract had already been completed and the money and goods were exchanged, so there was no need for further complications.
That said, this layer of white mist was a defensive formation that Chu Lengyu had carefully created yesterday using the power of words, which not only protected the peace of the area but also added a touch of mystery.
She had already anticipated that things would develop this way, so she left in advance, taking precautions and setting up this trap.
As for how to deal with those people outside, she had a plan in mind, but she wanted to wait a few more days.
If we grant their every request from the beginning, they might mistakenly believe that we are soft-hearted and easily bullied, and who knows how many more "Chu Wenchens" and "Song Shis" would emerge.
After hearing Chu Wenchen's account, Chu Lengyu realized that she had been too soft-hearted before, and that some people were not worth giving a chance to.
Moreover, people often do not cherish what they get easily; only after going through trials and tribulations do they realize its value.
The wonder of this formation lies not only in its defensive power but also in its soundproofing effect, acting like a barrier to shut out the noise and disturbances of the outside world.
Chu Lengyu was resolute and undisturbed, but she did not want those prayers to be heard by Lüyun, becoming a burden in her heart and putting her in a dilemma, so she activated the soundproofing.
As for those visitors from outside, whether they were old friends or new acquaintances, Huang Yi and his men carefully identified them and reported to them in a timely manner.
Chu Lengyu knew clearly that in the midst of the chaos of the world, only cultivation was the foundation of her existence.
【drop! 】
[The host has completed yesterday's diary entry.]
[Reward Received: Foundation Establishment Perfection Cultivation Initiation!]
[Congratulations, host, on successfully completing your tenth diary entry!]
[Reward: Portable Spirit Spring!]
【Do you want to claim the reward now? 】
It seemed the system was being unusually generous. Chu Lengyu was slightly surprised, then replied, "Yes!"
She is already very skilled at infusing spiritual energy.
[Rewards have been distributed! 】
Chu Lengyu closed her eyes and concentrated, but felt the air around her surging. Suddenly, an indescribable tremor rose in her heart.
A surge of rich spiritual energy erupted from the void, as if a thousand rivers and the wind rustling through ten thousand valleys were converging into her body at this moment, gradually transforming into a rushing, surging river in her dantian.
She felt that her meridians were unobstructed and that her limbs and bones were filled with unprecedented power.
The realm has been perfected, and a breakthrough is urgently needed.
At this moment, Chu Lengyu suddenly realized something. No wonder when she asked the system earlier if she could use her spiritual power to empower others and force them into Qi Refining cultivators, the system gave a negative answer.
If a mortal lacks the talent to cultivate immortality, he cannot contain external spiritual energy and cannot withstand its erosion. At best, his meridians will be shattered; at worst, he will explode and die on the spot.
The original body was extremely unlikely to be able to cultivate immortality.
It was the system's newbie reward that reversed this, transforming her from an ordinary mortal into an immortal.
As for the portable spiritual spring, Chu Lengyu planned to study it later.
After a moment of silence, the system notification sounded again.
[Attention, host.]
The system can only assist in improving your cultivation level.
[From the Core Formation stage onwards, you will need to overcome the tribulation of lightning on your own, as well as the inner demon tribulations that will appear at later stages!]
[When undergoing tribulation, please choose a spacious, deserted location to avoid causing mass casualties.]
Wishing you a smooth journey through this tribulation.
Chu Lengyu paused slightly, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes.
Overcoming the tribulation?
She smiled faintly, a long-lost sense of crisis rising in her heart. This long path of cultivation had finally been disrupted.
However, there's no rush in this tribulation.
Based on her extensive reading experience from her previous life, especially of fantasy novels, Chu Lengyu knew that to deal with the tribulation lightning, she needed to prepare several magical treasures to resist the lightning, and supplement them with elixirs to ensure that she would be absolutely safe.
She had never obtained a method for body refinement; relying solely on spiritual energy and the improvement of her cultivation level, her physical body, though stronger than that of ordinary people, was far from being able to withstand a lightning tribulation with her bare body. The path of immortality values life, and she was naturally unwilling to lightly venture into such dangers; therefore, thorough preparation was the best course of action.
As for the art of weapon crafting, Chu Lengyu found it extremely difficult.
The material issue was far beyond her expectations.
She searched secretly for a long time, intending to create a protective treasure for Lüyun, but was repeatedly thwarted.
Those seemingly tough materials were all as vulnerable as rotten wood under her sword intent, turning into dust in an instant.
Yesterday, taking advantage of her inexhaustible spiritual power and the power of words, she repeatedly captured and refined the pure spiritual power and cloud essence from the heavens, finally imbuing it with a restriction and barely managing to weave a robe.
However, its quality is poor, at best equivalent to a lower-middle-grade first-tier item. It might make ordinary people invulnerable to swords and spears, but for Chu Lengyu herself, it was no different from a piece of thin paper.
Chu Lengyu was very disgusted, feeling that apart from being pretty, it was nothing presentable.
But no matter how much she disliked it, this robe was the only magical artifact she had ever crafted, and the process had been extremely difficult.
Chu Lengyu put it in her storage bag, which at least gave her some consolation: she knew how to forge weapons, but she just lacked the materials.
The Great Xia Dynasty was rich in resources, and its capital city was a treasure trove of the world's riches, yet it still could not meet her needs for refining artifacts.
It seems she'll have to find her own way to get the materials for refining weapons; she can't expect the system to provide them to her every day.
She left the room as she pondered this.
Seeing that the young lady had finally appeared, Lüyun immediately came over.
She said excitedly, "Miss, I just went to the fog wall and saw that there are more and more people outside!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Lengyu was momentarily at a loss for words.
Green Bamboo couldn't hear the sounds outside and mistakenly thought that those people came out of gratitude and admiration, but little did she know that each of them had something to ask for.
She sighed and said, "My cultivation has improved recently, so I may have to leave here and travel the world to find usable materials."
"Leave here?" Green Bamboo paused, then instinctively asked, "Where to?"
"It's not confirmed yet." Chu Lengyu recalled that the original owner had never seen a map before, let alone traveled far from home. She had no useful information in her memory, only having heard Lin Jiuxiao mention it a few times.
In his youth, he traveled all over China, and now all of that has become part of his life experience and topics of conversation in his spare time.
But it's not a big problem. She can ask Lou Qing for it; the Night Guard should have a detailed version of the map.
Green Bamboo asked again, "Miss, you will take me with you, won't you?"
She suddenly felt uneasy, because she was afraid that she was a burden to her mistress, and she began to feel anxious and insecure.
They used to be able to link arms and laugh intimately, but now she doesn't dare to anymore.
Lü Yun had never left Shenjing. In the past, every day she would wake up and eat three meals a day. Her spare time was filled with trivial housework. She had no time to think about these things.
But now it's different; she's extremely curious about everything in the outside world.
Chu Lengyu saw through her thoughts at a glance and reassured her, "If I don't take you, who else can I take? Huang Yi and the others will stay, and there's also the doorman, so there's no need to worry about this place."
At first, Lüyun didn't think anything was wrong.
Later she realized that it was the first half of the sentence that touched her.
The young lady truly doesn't have a single friend...
Rather than saying that Miss was used to being alone, it would be more accurate to say that she had changed too much since she recovered from her illness that day, and even Green Bamboo could vaguely sense a sense of distance from her.
It seems like no one can truly get close to her.
Even though she was often smiling.