What I teach you is real stuff.

Lu Yuan's words directly addressed the essence of cultivating immortality.

For cultivators, the early stages of cultivation do indeed rely on resources, background, and cultivation techniques.

But if you want to embark on this path, or even ascend to the immortal realm and become an immortal or a saint, the further you cultivate, the more you cultivate your Dao heart.

Which cultivator doesn't undergo countless tribulations to achieve immortality? Who can remain undefeated throughout their journey?
Is everyone like Lu Yuan, with one hanging in their hand?

Having arrogance is one thing, but underestimating your opponent is another.

The lesson Lu Yuan taught him was that even a lion needs to go all out to hunt a rabbit, let alone in the cruel world of cultivation.

Zhou Lin is indeed a talented person, but the prerequisite is that he must correct this bad habit. Otherwise, he will suffer a great loss in the future.

Zhou Lin listened to his ancestor's words and fell silent.

Actually, it can't be entirely blamed on him.

When Zhou Lin was born, the Zhou family was already a top family in Flying Dragon City. There was an ancestor in the family who had reached the Tribulation Transcending stage. Anyone would be arrogant if they were born into such a family.
Not to mention that Zhou Lin was instilled with the idea from a young age that he was the family's once-in-a-millennium genius, and he had never been defeated in his cultivation journey. There was a reason why he was arrogant and overbearing.

However, through this battle, he learned a lesson and tasted defeat for the first time, which was not a bad thing for him, but rather a good thing.

Zhang Yuan, who was next to Zhou Lin, was also listening to the words of this patriarch and had gained some insights.

Although he was the victor, he still had to understand this principle.

After all, there are always people more capable than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding.

Their talent is certainly top-notch in the Azure Heaven World, but what if they were in the Immortal Realm, where geniuses gather?
Is he still a top-notch talent?

I've heard that many beings in the celestial realm have extremely noble origins. No matter how strong a human's talent is, can they be stronger than a true dragon's son born of dragon blood?

Are they stronger than powerful beings born from the ancient Phoenix Clan? And how many cultivators from ancient noble families walk in the Immortal Realm?

If geniuses are a piece of gold, then the Immortal Realm is a land overflowing with gold.

To go further, one needs an unwavering heart devoted to the Tao.

Zhang Yuan and Zhou Lin both bowed their heads and said, "Grandmaster's teachings are correct, your grand-disciples understand."

Lu Yuan gave them the two cultivation manuals and then prepared to leave.

Zhang Long and Zhou Qing were still a little reluctant to part ways.

They hadn't seen their ancestor for tens of thousands of years, and it was a rare treat to finally see his true face; they were leaving after only a few days.

Before leaving, Lu Yuan tossed down two items, two tokens, and said, "You two are the outer disciples I personally took in back then. Now that you have achieved success in your cultivation, if you ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future, you can crush these tokens, and someone will naturally come to guide you into my Great Luo Immortal Sect."

Zhang Long and Zhou Qing bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, teacher."

Then, Lu Yuan drifted away.

Zhou Lin and Zhang Yuan watched their ancestor's departing figure, their hearts filled with longing.

Because they suddenly realized that the goals they had been proud of and had been pursuing all along were far too insignificant.

Looking at this patriarch now, I suddenly feel a sense of vastness and openness.

What they had been pursuing before was simply to be number one in Flying Dragon City, and number one among the younger generation of the Zhang and Zhou families.

But compared to the true, vast path of immortality, these things seem to amount to nothing.

True geniuses and prodigies only have meaning when compared to the most outstanding geniuses in the world. Their vision should not be limited to the Zhang or Zhou families, but should extend to the Immortal Realm.

Those who follow in the footsteps of their ancestor are true geniuses.

Although Lu Yuan did not accept any of them as disciples this time, Zhang Yuan and Zhou Lin were not disappointed; on the contrary, they were filled with enthusiasm.

Previously, I had only heard about the deeds of this patriarch in legends and the descriptions of my own elders and ancestors. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I feel even more that this patriarch is so powerful and has such a broad vision that he inspires my admiration.

Zhang Yuan, Zhou Lin, and the others held the cultivation manual in their hands, their hearts filled with excitement. They were determined to cultivate diligently and ascend to the Immortal Realm in the future to follow their ancestor.

……

After leaving Flying Dragon City, Lu Yuan did not go to the Northern Continent Alliance. After all, time was of the essence, and he planned to return to the Immortal Realm immediately.

Just as he was about to leave, a loud 'boom' was heard, and a strange phenomenon appeared in the sky. Black tribulation clouds covered the sky, and a heavenly tribulation was about to occur.

"Someone has transcended tribulation and ascended to immortality?"

Such a coincidence?
Lu Yuan was originally planning to leave, but unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, he happened to encounter someone undergoing tribulation and ascending to immortality. Moreover, judging from the commotion, it seemed to be coming from his Northern Continent Alliance.

Is someone else in the Northern Continent Alliance about to ascend to immortality?
The current strength and foundation of the Northern Continent Alliance are beyond question, with many members having reached the Tribulation Transcending or Mahayana stages. A thousand years ago, other elders of the Northern Continent Alliance had already ascended from the lower realm to the Immortal Realm.

Moreover, over the years, some people have ascended to the heavens one after another, so it is not surprising that there are ascensionists.

Lu Yuan hadn't expected to run into one so coincidentally, and sensing the aura of the ascending tribulation, he felt a sense of familiarity.

"This aura... the Immortal Heaven and Earth Technique?"

Feeling the aura emanating from the ascendant, Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, because he felt that the aura was very familiar to him. It was the aura of the Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique.

There is only one Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique in the Azure Sky World, which was the one that Lu Yuan exchanged from the system and gave to Xiao Huo back then.

At the time, Lu Yuan felt that Xiao Huo was still salvageable, so he exchanged a new cultivation technique for him. This Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique was definitely much stronger than the Evergreen Boy Technique that Xiao Huo had practiced before.

After all, the Everlasting Spring Boy Skill was just a low-level immortal skill that Lu Yuan casually exchanged for with very few points in his early years. Although it could be cultivated to the level of a celestial immortal, it was nothing compared to the Immortal Heaven and Earth Skill.

Lu Yuan had thought that Xiao Huo's later performance was good, and wanted to give him a hand. After all, Xiao Huo was one of the earlier disciples, and they had developed feelings for each other after so many years.

But as it turned out, a rotten orange is a rotten orange; it has no opinions of its own, and no matter how hard you try to pull it, you can't budge it.

Although Lu Yuan later promoted Xiao Huo to be his personal disciple again and gave him a new cultivation technique, instructing him to cultivate diligently.

I thought Xiao Huo would remember his lesson from last time and cultivate diligently, but I didn't expect that he would be fooled by Chen Nanxuan again in just a few days and go astray.

Because Lu Yuan later observed Xiao Huo and discovered that he had not practiced the Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique at all, but was still practicing the Everlasting Youth Technique, and had also started hanging out with Chen Nanxuan again.

This can be seen from the fact that Zhang Feifei and others have been ascended for tens of thousands of years, while Xiao Huo has not yet ascended.

This kid has been fooled by Chen Nanxuan again.

Lu Yuan was surprised to find that he could sense the aura of the Immortal Heaven and Earth Technique in this Azure Sky World. Who was cultivating it?

Meanwhile, within the Northern Continent Alliance, the sudden appearance of the aura of the Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique startled many high-ranking experts within the alliance. Currently, the first-generation elders and ancestors of the Northern Continent Alliance have all ascended to the Immortal Realm; those in charge now are the second and third-generation elders.

They suddenly sensed the aura of a peak Mahayana expert erupting from within the Northern Continent Alliance, followed by a sudden surge of lightning tribulation, prompting many to emerge from seclusion to investigate.

Could it be that some ancestor has broken through to a higher realm and intends to ascend to immortality today?

But that's unlikely.

Because the number of Mahayana Peak Ancestors within the Northern Continent Alliance is currently limited, and everyone is on the same side with good relationships, they usually greet each other before ascending. How could there be a situation where someone ascends suddenly without prior notice?

So for a while, no one could figure out who it was.

There was only one exception: Xiao Huo.

At this moment, Xiao Huo was also at the peak of the Mahayana stage. After breaking off relations with Chen Nanxuan, he had been diligently cultivating his skills within the Northern Continent Alliance.

After being tricked by Chen Nanxuan the first time, he was tricked by Chen Nanxuan again this time, and actually practiced supernatural powers with Chen Nanxuan in the Northern Continent Alliance, which caused his cultivation level to stagnate.

If he hadn't witnessed Chen Nanxuan ascending to the celestial realm with his teacher last time, he would still be completely in the dark.

Having learned his lesson, Xiao Huo worked diligently to improve his cultivation level after that incident. After many years of accumulation, he has finally reached the peak of the Mahayana stage.

It must be said that the cultivation speed of the Changchun Boy Skill given by the teacher was really slow, and it became slower and slower as he approached the Mahayana stage. He painstakingly accumulated experience for many years before breaking through to the peak of the Mahayana stage, and he was not far from ascension.

Although Xiao Huo felt something was wrong as he cultivated further, he began to doubt the quality of the cultivation technique he was practicing.

Generally speaking, shouldn't normal cultivation methods be difficult in the early stages and become faster as you progress?

Why is my Changchun Boy Skill slow in the early stages and even slower in the later stages? And I feel like I'm running out of steam.

Xiao Huo felt a little scared. Could it be that the Evergreen Boy Skill he was practicing was originally a trash skill?
But he dared not think that way, frantically deceiving himself, thinking that maybe this was how the technique was, a gradual accumulation of knowledge and skills leading to a powerful breakthrough!
It's still in the accumulation phase; it's definitely not ready to unleash its full potential yet.

Even though the speed is slow, I have now cultivated to the peak of the Mahayana stage, and it won't be long before I can ascend to immortality.

Perhaps once I break through to the Immortal Realm, my cultivation speed will suddenly increase.

Xiao Huo frantically tried to comfort himself.

But today, Xiao Huo suddenly sensed a rather familiar aura.

A terrifying aura, hundreds of times stronger than itself, suddenly erupted from the Northern Continent Alliance.

Moreover, the outbreak occurred right in his own courtyard. As a familiar yet powerful aura shot into the sky, Xiao Huo shuddered.

He felt he had sensed this aura somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it.

Following the powerful aura to observe the outside world, Xiao Huo witnessed a scene that was hard for him to accept.

That means right under his nose, someone transcended the tribulation and ascended to the upper realm before him.

And the one that unleashed such a powerful aura, ascending to the Celestial Realm before him, was actually the willow tree he planted in his courtyard!
Moreover, that powerful aura that he felt was very familiar with also erupted from the body of this willow tree.

As the large willow tree was uprooted, it transformed into a human figure in mid-air, becoming a little girl dressed in a blue feathered dress.

The young girl stood on the void, exuding a powerful aura of a peak Mahayana cultivator, as she faced her tribulation.

As for the aura emanating from her, Xiao Huo thought for a long time before finally remembering it.

Isn't this the aura of the Immortal Power of Heaven and Earth?

Xiao Huo's expression was not good.

The Immortal Heaven and Earth Technique was a high-level technique that his teacher later gave him again.

At that time, the teacher patiently persuaded him to give up Changchun Tongzi Gong and focus on practicing this new method, saying that he would surely achieve great things in the future.

Later, Xiao Huo believed Chen Nanxuan's slander. After listening to Chen Nanxuan's incredible reasoning, he chose to stick to his "original intention" and continue to cultivate his Everlasting Youth Skill. He chose to bury the skill that his teacher had deliberately given him to disrupt his Dao heart in the courtyard.

At that time, Xiao Huozhen believed that this cultivation technique was given to him by his teacher to test whether his Dao heart was firm.

Xiao Huo: "Could it be that I was overthinking things back then?"

His face had become quite pale.

Because he remembered that he had buried the book of the Immortal Heaven and Earth Technique under the willow tree in his yard.

And now, the powerful figure who suddenly unleashed the aura of the peak Mahayana stage cultivation was none other than the willow tree in his own courtyard in human form.

Although Xiao Huo was unwilling to admit it, the facts were now right in front of him. Could it be that the nameless willow tree had absorbed the Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique that he had buried in the soil, comprehended the technique, and cultivated into an immortal?
Is there such a thing?
Although Xiao Huo had read many strange tales and heard stories of buying the box and returning the pearl when he was young, he never imagined that such a thing would happen to him one day.

"Could it be that what I buried in the ground back then was the real scripture, while the Evergreen Boy Kung Fu that I've been practicing all these years is just a fake?"

Xiao Huo was unwilling to accept reality, but reality was just that cruel.

His vision went black, and he fainted.

He wondered why his cultivation speed slowed down as he progressed to the Mahayana stage, and why each of his tribulations was a near-death experience, while other members of the Northern Continent Alliance and Mahayana ancestors seemed to have it easy, while he himself barely survived the tribulations, each one a life-threatening ordeal.

He had been comforting himself by saying that he was cultivating a top-tier immortal technique, which was why it was so difficult and arduous at every step.

But now that I think about it, it seems like the opposite is true.

It was precisely because he was cultivating a super trashy immortal technique that he was facing such difficulties.

As a result, each time he faced a heavenly tribulation, it was incredibly difficult, and he almost failed to overcome it.

Why would a true powerhouse fear heavenly tribulations?

At this moment, the little girl in the blue feathered robe who was transformed from a willow tree in the void was clearly at the same peak Mahayana level as him, but her foundation and aura were hundreds of times different.

This is the difference in cultivation techniques!

Xiao Huo was filled with remorse, and his vision went black as he fainted.

The first cultivation technique he received from his teacher was called the Great Sun Burning Heaven Technique. He casually tossed it outside the door, where it was eaten and digested by Xiao Huang. As a result, Xiao Huang has now cultivated into a Taiyi Mystic Immortal.

The second time he received the Heaven and Earth Immortal Technique from his teacher, he casually buried it in the soil, where it was absorbed and digested by the willow tree, thus gaining great fortune. As a result, the willow tree has now cultivated to the peak of Mahayana and transcended the heavenly tribulation to ascend to immortality.

Within the Northern Continent Alliance, Xiao Huo can be considered the first person to guide others to immortality.

Xiao Huo was known as Little Lu Yuan and was the master who bestowed the martial arts techniques upon him. (End of this chapter)