Peace

"Set out!"

The great procession set off as the sun rose. Given Lu Mingyue and Bai Zishan's status as immortals, neither naturally had to travel on foot.

The caravan's owner freed up two carriages and invited them to take their seats, while he rode a horse alongside his personal attendants.

Inside her carriage, Lu Mingyue lifted the curtain and waved to Meng Hai and his three companions on horseback.

"Escort Chief Meng, take care on the road. I'll come back to visit you!"

"Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts, Fairy Lu. Take care on your journey!"

Meng Hai cupped his fist and bowed. Seeing Bai Zishan lift the curtain of the other carriage to look at him as well, he smiled and continued:

"Young Master Bai, although Taiping City is only three days away, Fairy Lu is a woman, after all. Sorry to trouble you with looking after her over the next few days!"

"I will forever remember how you saved my life, Young Master Bai. I shall certainly erect a longevity tablet for you at home, bathe and burn incense every day, and pray for your blessings!"

With that, Meng Hai bowed again, then pulled on his reins and rode away toward Cangzhou Prefectural City.

"Humph! That old fellow certainly knows how to flatter someone!"

Bai Zishan lowered the curtain and snorted inwardly, abandoning the cruel thought of entering Cangzhou Prefectural City another day to wipe out Meng Hai and his companions.

The man was going to erect a longevity tablet for him, after all. As an immortal, why should he quibble so much with a few mortals?

Besides, neither this caravan nor the people from the Escort Agency had been summoned by old Meng. Earlier, he had concealed his cultivation, leaving them unable to see any chance of victory. There was little reason to be angry at a few mortal lads seeking help in their desperation.

Escort Chief Meng certainly put some thought into this.

Bai Zishan, in the carriage ahead, had put aside his murderous intentions toward Meng Hai and his companions. But Lu Mingyue, in the carriage behind, had caught the warning Meng Hai had given her once again before their parting.

Escort Chief Meng meant that I won't be able to separate from Bai Zishan over the next three days, but once I reach Taiping City, I should shake him off immediately, lest I give him an opening!

Even now, Lu Mingyue still did not know exactly what Bai Zishan wanted.

Yet both the memories of the married couple, Guo Ding and Yang Qin, and Escort Chief Meng's warning told her that Bai Zishan had probably come for her!

Touching her cheek, Lu Mingyue conjured a mirror. Looking at the girl within, with her oval face, fine eyebrows, high nose bridge, and regular features, she thought:

Tch~ It's not as though I'm some great beauty who could topple cities and kingdoms. How could he like me when we've only just met? Does he really think I'm some innocent little lamb? I had plenty of romantic experience in my previous life!

Admittedly, the girl in the Origin Power mirror was pretty, but she certainly was not a peerless beauty.

Lu Mingyue had at least that much self-awareness.

If there was anything that set her apart from those beauties, perhaps it was that she was now an immortal cultivator, already walking a different path from countless other women.

But Bai Zishan's earlier displays of bashfulness, that appearance of having fallen for her, really could not fool Lu Mingyue.

Although they had traveled together for ten-odd days, apart from when they stopped to rest and eat dry rations, they had spent their time in their respective carriages.

Bai Zishan's affection had come out of nowhere.

Lu Mingyue was even less inclined to believe that she possessed such charm that a male cultivator with a higher cultivation than hers would fall for her the moment she left the mountains to gain experience.

With that city lord presiding over Taiping City, even if cultivators fight, they cannot cause death or injury. If they want to fight to the death, they have to go to the city's Deathmatch Platform...

Humph, let's see what crooked schemes you've got hidden in that belly of yours, young fellow!

Lu Mingyue had learned all this information about Taiping City from the Guo Yang couple's memories, so there was no deception or error involved.

That was precisely why Lu Mingyue had not forcibly parted ways with Bai Zishan, despite knowing that he harbored ulterior intentions.

Compared with openly breaking with him and parting ways now, pretending not to know and reaching Taiping City together was the safest and best course, both for her and for Meng Hai and the others.

Taiping City is an excellent place for me to cultivate. Perhaps it won't be long before I break through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining!

Her thoughts somewhat settled, Lu Mingyue closed her eyes and began sorting through the two fortuitous gains she had obtained last night.

Yin Baleful Qi Condensation Art, Yellow Springs Nightmare, Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, Fireball Technique.

Netherworld Qi Condensation Art, Netherworld Yin Soldiers, Wind Array Wall, Fireball Technique.

Although these two demonic cultivation arts are of a higher grade than my Five Elements Eternal Spring Art, they have a drawback: they harm one's lifespan. Unlike the art I cultivate, which is pure and gentle, nourishing the internal organs and increasing my lifespan...

In principle, Qi Refining Stage cultivators could also extend their lifespans, but not by much.

Thus, most Qi Refining Stage cultivators lived for fewer than a hundred and fifty years.

However, although the Five Elements Eternal Spring Art Lu Mingyue cultivated was very slow, it lived up to its name, possessing the ability to extend life and preserve youth. Thus, every time she broke through a layer, her lifespan increased by several years.

The Qi Refining Stage had twelve layers in total. The first eleven corresponded to the body's five solid organs and six hollow organs, which was why the Qi Refining Stage was said to extend one's lifespan.

But the demonic arts Guo Ding and Yang Qin cultivated instead harmed their practitioners' own internal organs because of the yin baleful Origin Power they condensed.

Thus, the masters the two had apprenticed themselves to had shorter lifespans than most Qi Refining cultivators.

Otherwise, the two of them would not have been chosen to receive those two previous demonic cultivators' legacies.

Besides, switching to an art with different attributes affects one's cultivation. These two demonic arts are a little higher in grade than the art I cultivate. I've only reached the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining with great difficulty. If I suddenly switch arts now, who knows how much longer I'll have to wait before breaking through to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining!

Thus, Lu Mingyue dismissed the two demonic cultivation arts outright.

What interested her were the spells.

Although spells are divided into orthodox and demonic ones, I can still cultivate them. Their power will simply be somewhat reduced...

Of the four spells-Yellow Springs Nightmare, Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin, Netherworld Yin Soldiers, and Wind Array Wall-three were demonic spells.

The two Lu Mingyue cared about most were Yellow Springs Nightmare and Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin.

The former possessed an extremely uncanny effect, actually capable of ensnaring others without their realizing it, while the latter was extraordinarily powerful. Even weakened, it would still be a formidable killing move for Lu Mingyue.

Thus, over the next three days, apart from getting out of the carriage to rest, Lu Mingyue studied these spells, completely ignoring Bai Zishan's several attempts to cast her amorous glances.

By the time Lu Mingyue came back to her senses, they had already reached Taiping City!

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