Immortals Stroke Your Head, Tie Your Hair, and Grant You Immortality

"You are the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable?"

Lu Yuan was astonished and muttered, "Am I dreaming?"

He pinched his arm hard, then cried out in pain, but he didn't wake up and leave.

"You are indeed dreaming, but I have already entered your dream, and no matter how much pain you are in, you will not wake up."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable said Lu Yuan, "Sit down. I've come here to help you break through."

After saying that, he glanced at Lu Yuan, who was about to punch himself in the face, and said casually, "This dream has an impact on reality. If you don't want to live with a flat nose in the future, you'd better not do it."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan quickly lowered his fist and sat down on the stone bench in front of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable. However, he still asked, "I don't understand why you came to find me. I don't believe you couldn't see that I was just paying my respects to my son and that White Hair man... I couldn't beat him. I'm not actually your follower."

"I know."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable smiled gently, "But you will be one in the future."

After he finished speaking, he reached out and gently pressed his hand on Lu Yuan's head.

The next morning, Lu Yuan woke up in his bed in his room.

His beloved wife was still fast asleep, her head covered by the blanket, concealing her swollen and bruised eyes. Lu Yuan sensed that she clearly didn't want to see anyone these past few days.

I don't want to see anyone either...

Lu Yuan sighed, sat up in bed, and suddenly realized something was wrong.

He twisted his shoulder, sensed his Qi Sea, and discovered that within his Purple Mansion, True Qi actually converged from the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, forming a vast Qi Sea that resonated with the outside world, endlessly generating life.

Unity of Heaven and Man? I've broken through that barrier?

Lu Yuan stood up, walked to the Bronze Mirror, removed the Plaster from his face, and looked at the person in the mirror.

Looking at himself in the mirror, completely unharmed with fair skin, as if he had been reborn, Lu Yuan gasped.

Closing the courtyard gate, Lu Yuan left his home under the rising morning sun.

He wanted to take advantage of the early hour to experience what it felt like to be at the pinnacle of the Land Immortal realm.

As he approached the village Lu Yuan, he saw someone who had gotten up even earlier than him, practicing martial arts in the village square at the sound of the rooster's crow.

He was Beggar from the village. Although he was begging there, he was still recognized as a member of Clear Water Village. Everyone in the village had experience in the Jianghu, and they knew all about the Beggar.

This Beggar was originally a member of the Beggars' Alliance of the Great Xia Kingdom. He was once a renowned Chivalrous Warrior in the Jianghu and was even considered the most promising candidate to succeed as the Alliance Leader of the Beggars' Alliance.

However, he was later troubled by some things, and his cultivation stopped at the Real Person Realm Sixth Layer. Disheartened, he withdrew from the Jianghu and came to Clear Water Village to beg. Lu Yuan and several Elders in the village took him in.

This guy's Fist and Foot Technique, inherited from the Beggars' Alliance, are quite remarkable. Even Lu Yuan Xie Qianrou have sought his guidance on their essence. Now, this Beggar is practicing a set of Palm Technique in the face of the rising sun. As his inner energy is activated, the phantom images of dragons and tigers appear in his fists and palms, faintly visible, yet with extraordinary power.

"This lazy guy is actually boxing?"

The Lu Yuan was somewhat unexpected.

Since the Beggar arrived in Clear Water Village, he seemed to have lost all fighting spirit. Not to mention practicing martial arts, he was even unwilling to work to support himself. He spent his days begging on the streets of Clear Water Village and living off the food provided by the villagers.

Occasionally, this Beggar would even trick the village children into giving him sugar paintings, which was utterly shameless.

After coming here to live in seclusion, most people's martial arts skills improved through continuous exchanges. Only the Beggar's martial arts skills regressed instead of improving. Lu Yuan estimated that if he were to fight his former self now, he probably wouldn't last more than ten moves before dying.

However, the usually lazy Beggar got up early this morning and was practicing boxing in the village square. Judging from the way he punched and slapped, he seemed to have improved compared to before.

That guy actually broke through?

Lu Yuan rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was still dreaming.

He stood to the side, making no attempt to conceal his presence. The Beggar, after unleashing a flurry of punches, immediately spotted him and lazily waved, saying, "Hey, village chief, you're up so early today? By the way, I Heavenly Hearing some audacious fellow beat up your wife, is that true?"

"..."

Lu Yuan chose to remain silent about the matter. He went to the Beggar's side, looked at him, and had a strange expression on his face.

You broke through too?

"That's right, I'm currently at the Real Person Realm Seventh Layer."

The Beggar touched his head.

"It's strange, but yesterday I was bribed by a white-haired man with a roast chicken to worship a deity called some kind of [Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable]. Then last night, after I fell asleep, I dreamed that a white-robed man whose face I couldn't see came into my dream and taught me how to fight. When I woke up this morning, I found that I had broken through to a higher level."

He paused, then suddenly realized something and asked Lu Yuan in surprise, "Wait, you just said 'also,' does that mean you, village chief, also...?"

"Yes, I've broken through too."

Lu Yuan raised his hand, and a distinct layer of True Qi Armor immediately appeared on his body, enveloping his entire body—a sign of Land Immortal.

"Holy crap... Purple Qi coming from the east, I really broke through?"

The Beggar exclaimed in astonishment, "You must be the youngest Land Immortal in the Martial World in hundreds of years! It seems our village's reputation has grown even stronger now!"

After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "But village chief, how did you break through? Did you fight that villain who beat your wife yesterday with all your might, and then gain some insight during the battle and break through on the spot?"

"No."

Lu Yuan felt a little embarrassed upon hearing this. He replied, "Yesterday... yesterday I was also dragged by my son to worship that immortal called [Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable]. At night, I suddenly dreamed that I went to an Immortal Mountain and met a man whose face I couldn't see. The man reached out and pressed my forehead, and I gained many insights. When I woke up this morning, I inexplicably broke through."

"Wait... so you mean..."

The Beggar stroked his chin and exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that the white-haired man wasn't bluffing me? Do gods really exist in this world?"

"It seems so."

Lu Yuan nodded helplessly.

"Regardless of whether that Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable is a deity or not, it seems that there are indeed some beings in this world beyond our imagination. During the chaotic times, Qianrou and I fought against the Blood's Delight Sect That Once Ran Rampant. Some of them behaved abnormally, some even twisting their bodies into inhuman shapes. We initially thought it was due to the Demonic Technique of the Blood's Delight Cult, but now it seems... the Evil God they worshipped might actually exist."

"I've also heard that the prelude to the fall of the Previous Dynasty was the massacre of the Former Dynasty Imperial Palace in a single day, followed by strange Yao Mo battling Hand of God in the heavens at the palace gates. I initially thought it was just hearsay and rumors spread by the people, but now..."

The Beggar Lu Yuan, his eyes filled with solemnity.

"In any case, we need someone who knows the truth."

Lu Yuan said, "Isn't the person who told us to worship the gods still here? Why don't we go ask him?"