Travel preparations

Zhang Xuezhou has been traveling across a wide geographical area recently, and can be considered to have been constantly busy.

He was also grateful that he was capable enough to accomplish in just over ten days what would take others months or even years.

"Time is running out, and I'm a little worried we won't have enough!"

Zhang Xuezhou's next stop will undoubtedly be the Immortal Court.

With the token of the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, entering the Immortal Court wouldn't be difficult for him, but whether he could accomplish anything after entering was another matter entirely.

Although he only wanted to ask where the Investiture of the Gods was and borrow it for a while, the nature of this matter was no different from borrowing the Red Empyrean Sword from the new emperor.

Aren't you going to stay and get treatment?

Yi Shuo was somewhat worried about Zhang Xuezhou's health, feeling that the most important thing for Zhang Xuezhou at the moment was to cure his illness. Only by removing the Law Power that was sealed in his body could Zhang Xuezhou do things in a better state.

Zhang Xuezhou brought Ren Anran over to discuss the matter, and also brought Yi Shuo over to listen in.

Compared to what Zhang Xuezhou said, Yi Shuo was more worried that Zhang Xuezhou's health was not good enough, which would make him unable to participate in dangerous activities.

"Yi Shuo is right. I think it would be better for you to stay and receive treatment!"

Ren Anran listened for a while before speaking.

She was well aware of Zhang Xuezhou's concerns. The Void Heaven Palace was too far-reaching and could easily cause trouble, and Zhang Xuezhou's journey back to the real world could very well have an impact.

This forced Zhang Xuezhou to bite the bullet and head to the Immortal Court to seek an opportunity, even though time was limited.

Although Zhang Xuezhou could forcibly stay for a period of time to delay his return, his condition would decline over time, and Ren Anran did not think he was suitable to contact the top cultivators of the Three Realms in this state.

If it were a cultivator with normal thinking, that would be one thing, Zhu Jiuyin mentioned that Laojun was crazy and addicted to alchemy, so he was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

Before making contact with a cultivator of this level, Ren Anran felt that Zhang Xuezhou needed to be in the best possible condition, rather than going when he was at the end of his time and in a bad state.

"In that case, I won't go to the Immortal Court today!"

Zhang Xuezhou took a deep breath.

He had always trusted Ren Anran's judgment, so he didn't force anything at the moment.

"I'm going to go find my cousin!"

Having stopped his wanderings, calmed down the affairs within his family, and straightened out the direction of the imperial court, Zhang Xuezhou was left with only a few matters to concern him with.

He himself had experienced a funeral, and many of the villagers Zhang Xuezhou knew were already elderly, including his parents Zhang Zhong and Lady Yourong.

Zhang Xuezhou was somewhat fortunate that he had handed over some matters to Rong Tianding. For example, although the Life-Extending Golden Elixir pills in his Lesser Heaven and Earth Bag had all exploded, Rong Tianding still had longevity medicines to provide for both sets of parents. As long as Zhang Zhong and the others' Realm Entry reached a level that met the basic requirements for taking the pills, it would not be difficult to extend their lifespan by twenty years.

Almost all matters involving village personnel arrangements were handed over to Rong Tianding, while Zhang Xuezhou became a hands-off manager.

He is currently penniless and needs to communicate with Rong Tianding to prevent Rong Tianding from making a misjudgment. Another problem involves the Reincarnation Stone.

Without the recognition of the seventy-two Earthly Branches, it might be difficult to entrust one's life and death to the Reincarnation Stone.

Conversely, if one has the fortuitous opportunity to control the Reincarnation Stone in the future, entrusting one's life and death will become simple and easy, thus preventing Rong Tianding from choosing the wrong direction in his spiritual practice.

"Don't blindly trust His Majesty's authority to believe everything he sees; you should have faith in Zhouzi's abilities!"

Rong Tianding did not live in Yang Mausoleum; at this time, he was having a gathering with Zheng Wukong Old Tree Alley.

He went to Mount Tai to verify the information, but before he could communicate with the others after returning, they had already met Zhang Xuezhou, making Rong Tianding's long journey in vain.

But Rong Tianding didn't care. He even wanted to use this opportunity to make everyone aware of the situation, so that they wouldn't cause trouble instead of helping.

It was only thanks to Zhang Xuezhou's timely return that Yi Shuo was able to recover from the failure of her digestive system and other organs; otherwise, the small group of people gathered together would have been extremely difficult to recover from, and this would have likely caused the group to fall apart.

Zhang Xuezhou rarely comes, but he is undoubtedly the Zhang Xuezhou of the group.

Once Zhang Xuezhou died, the group dispersed.

He had to emphasize and add to keep everyone together.

"Cousin, you're here!"

A knock sounded on the door, and when Rong Tianding turned around, he saw Zhang Xuezhou, and Kong Ning, with an unpleasant expression, standing next to Rong Tianding.

"They're chatting!"

Zhang Xuezhou spoke, and Zheng Wukong and the others looked embarrassed, while Zou Bugui let out a sigh of relief.

The news of the destruction of the Xieluosi River Holy Land will spread slowly, and there are very few people in the Great Han Dynasty who know about it at present, but there are people like Kong Ning who are good at flying.

Zou Bugui's good fortune lay in the fact that he was taken away from the Xieluosi River Holy Land by Zhang Xuezhou and others, and was not implicated. Kong Ning, on the other hand, was heartbroken. Even someone as powerful as Zhu Jiuyin had been captured, and a demon king like her had almost no chance of seeing the light of day. She even discovered Zhu Jiuyin's aura in Chang'an City Chang'an City, where he, like her, was hiding in this forbidden land for demons.

A group of people gathered together, each with a different expression and a different thought.

Zhang Xuezhou leaned close to Rong Tianding and whispered a few words of advice, which Rong Tianding nodded repeatedly in response.

There are successful individuals like Zhang Xuezhou who have used the Reincarnation Stone to imprint their life and death, and there are also failures like Shi Wudao and Emperor Jing who have also imprinted their life and death. This contrast made Rong Tianding quickly put aside his thoughts.

The more comprehensive the information, the higher its value. The Reincarnation Stone is not useless, but it can only be seized when an opportunity arises, rather than constantly pursuing it.

That's the good thing about following Zhang Xuezhou in your practice; he provides direction and teaches you the most effective methods, unlike ordinary people who follow the rules and regulations.

Rong Tianding didn't expect to have Zhang Xuezhou's abilities, but he hoped he could seize the opportunity when Zhang Xuezhou provided it.

If he seizes just one opportunity, he will be stronger than if he had to train hard for ten years.

"My uncle and aunt have already taken the medicine, but the others are not holding on. Three of my uncles have passed away in the last two years!"

Zhang Xuezhou inquired about the situation, and Rong Tianding also sighed softly.

The death of two or three people in Zhang Household Village might not seem like a big deal, but there are many people of the same age in this group who have suffered similar hardships in their lives. If one of them dies, the others will not be far from their end.

Even if Zhang Xuezhou's Lesser Heaven and Earth Bag had been destroyed, and even if Zhang Xuezhou still had longevity pills, none of the others were in the physical condition to take them.

The two whispered a few words. Zhang Xuezhou and Rong Tianding were relatively calm in their conversation, but Chunyu Tiying was listening nearby, was terrified.

She was waiting to ask Zhang Xuezhou for the elixir to prolong her life more than ten years later, but she never expected that Zhang Xuezhou would meet with misfortune. Not only was he beaten to death, but his storage bag was also blown up.

"It's all over, it's all over. The research on the longevity drug is still in the works, and the path forward is blocked. If you ask me, you should have been more generous and given us ten or eight pills back then, so we wouldn't all die," Chunyu Tiying murmured. "Now that we don't have the drug, we only have twenty years more to live than ordinary people!"

"That pill isn't yours, why are you thinking so much about it?" Zheng Wukong.

"The Zhouzi's elixir is likely of some importance; you can't protect it!"

The phrase "Zou Bugui) points out the most troublesome issue.

The elixir cannot be consumed all at once; there is a twenty-year interval between them. Even if Chunyu Tiying greedy and wanted more, it would be useless. On the contrary, she might bring disaster upon herself by storing the Life-Extending Golden Elixir for a long time.

"That elixir was refined by Laojun of the Immortal Court; I'm going to see him next month!"

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head, explaining the source of the elixir, which cleared Chunyu Tiying's mind of all distractions.

Only someone as audacious as Zhang Xuezhou would dare to covet the elixirs of the Douluo Palace. The rest of us couldn't even go to the Immortal Court, let alone seek out elixirs.

Life-Extending Golden Elixir are extremely valuable, but the corresponding calamities are also extremely severe.

The Immortal Court has kept a low profile in recent years, but its rules were strict and demanding during the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Let alone stealing Laojun's top-grade pills, even the pills refined by other cultivators in the Immortal Court are not something ordinary people can get their hands on.

As long as there is any clue pointing to it, the cultivators of the Immortal Court will not care where the pills came from. As long as they are swallowed, they will be punished. Most people will be thrown into the Pill Furnace and burned to ashes.

Although the Immortal Court is no longer as powerful as it once was, Chunyu Tiying and the others are not particularly capable either.

She couldn't afford to offend the cultivators of the Immortal Court, let alone provoke an existence of Laojun's caliber.

Seeing that Zhang Xuezhou was recklessly heading to the Immortal Court again, everyone couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

But when people thought about Zhang Xuezhou's ability to come back from the dead, they felt that Zhang Xuezhou had the confidence to cause trouble, and was probably not afraid of being beaten to death.

Once everyone thought about it this way, they realized that what Rong Tianding had said earlier made a lot of sense, and in the end, no one worried about whether Zhang Xuezhou was dead or alive.

"Hey, you guys, be serious! Laojun is a pill-refining fanatic. Show me all those weird and wonderful pill formulas you've made in the past, so I'll have something to talk about!"

It's unwise for everyone to worry excessively about Zhang Xuezhou's life or safety, and it's even more unacceptable for people like Yi Shuo to be so desperate.

But after everyone stopped worrying, Zhang Xuezhou felt that things weren't so good after all.

Before he even went to the Immortal Court, everyone was already prepared for his failure. Their serious and earnest discussions turned into a free-flowing exercise, with everyone offering him all sorts of wild and unfounded advice.