My ordinary path to immortality shouldn't end here.

Chapter 138 The Seemingly Non-Existent True Immortal's "Bestowal of the Dharma" (Part 1)
Although Tu Jianshan does not restrict the spread of "Sword Heart Breathing Technique," this does not mean that Tu Jianshan no longer wants this basic introductory technique, which can be called the ultimate external realm. As for the Human Realm Palace, even if there is a True Immortal suppressing the world, they will not take it upon themselves to incorporate this technique into the Human Realm Palace's inheritance.

This would make the Human Realm Palace seem useless, and it would also directly anger the True Immortal Lu Zheyuan.

After all, he attained immortality within a hundred years, how could he not be a little arrogant?

You should know that in those records, even Bai Chijing, who was known as the Great Demon of Destiny and was considered troublesome by Wen Shuyue, took hundreds of years to attain immortality!

So, could it be that I actually have a great talent for swordsmanship?

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Shuyue felt that she had found the most reasonable explanation.

Because her past cultivation had neither tested her aptitude for cultivation nor allowed her to practice other methods, Wen Shuyue at the time only asked her to find a powerful basic introductory cultivation technique. At that time, the best basic introductory cultivation technique that Zhou Shuyue could obtain was the "Sword Heart Breathing Technique".

This method is widely circulated among independent cultivators. If even independent cultivators can obtain it, then it is even more so for Princess Zhou Shuyue of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Even the smallest mosquito leg is still meat, so no matter how bad Zhou Shuyue's situation was in the Zhou Dynasty's palace, what she could obtain was incomparable to that of most rogue cultivators.

However, because of this, since she began cultivating, Zhou Shuyue has never been clear about where her talent for cultivation lies.

All she knew was that she had good aptitude for cultivation.

He possesses the talent to understand the Dao.

Then, starting from that day when she kowtowed, Zhou Shuyue began her days of cultivating with the True Immortal. And after starting to cultivate with the True Immortal, the first thing Zhou Shuyue felt was the speed at which her own cultivation improved.

That's much faster than ever before!

You can have a very direct feeling of improvement in your cultivation level every day!

What pleased Zhou Shuyue the most was that this True Immortal would give an extremely detailed explanation of the "Sword Heart Breathing Technique" she was practicing, pointing out every detail.

And it's not just ordinary fine.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as she cultivates step by step, she will surely be able to perfect the three realms of her "Sword Heart Breathing"!

This made Zhou Shuyue feel a sense of regret.

After all, if she were to become a disciple of Tu Jianshan, she could directly cultivate the Myriad Sword Forms once she perfected the Sword Heart Breathing Technique!
The Myriad Swords Form is a rare external form technique in the entire Yao Tian mortal realm that can save one from the painstaking process of refining the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends!

Although Wan Jianxiang is not unique, is there anyone more suitable for "Sword Heart Breathing" than Wan Jianxiang?
However, if she went to Tujian Mountain, she might not have met this true immortal.

This left Zhou Shuyue feeling regretful and helpless.

Why couldn't this true immortal have met her sooner?

"Sister Wen Shuyue! Sister..." Zhou Shuyue thought of asking her sister Wen Shuyue if she knew anything similar to the Wan Jianxiang's external appearance technique.

Because Wen Shuyue mentioned back then that she had a wide range of knowledge and was proficient in countless superior methods in the world.

It might just be the appearance of ten thousand swords!

However, to Zhou Shuyue's bewilderment, no matter how she called out, her sister Wen Shuyue did not respond.

However, Zhou Shuyue didn't dwell on it too much, because her older sister Wen Shuyue had been quiet for a while every now and then over the past ten years.

Sometimes it takes years, sometimes it takes months.

So Zhou Shuyue continued to cultivate patiently. She was preparing that if the "master" did not teach her a suitable external appearance method after she reached the perfection of the external realm, she would go to the inner city of the human city to exchange for a method.

Because he had not successfully become a disciple, but was only allowed to follow him in his cultivation for three years, Zhou Shuyue dared not call him "Master," but instead used "Sir" or "that sir" instead.

After all, we must avoid speaking ill of those in positions of authority.

What made Zhou Shuyue somewhat uncomfortable was that because she had not become a disciple of that "master," she could not make the matter public. Therefore, she could only endure the schemes and plots of her brothers and sisters.

This left Zhou Shuyue with some negative emotions, since all that "gentleman" could do was to give her ease and freedom with just a word.

But despite her minor emotional outbursts, Zhou Shuyue, being born into the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, naturally possessed a certain degree of composure, and thus she had been trying her best to control her negative emotions.

However, she couldn't let her brothers and sisters continue to interfere with her cultivation, so she came up with a plan: she wanted others to discover that she was following that "teacher" in her cultivation.

So on this day, when one of Zhou Shuyue's older sisters tried to tame her, she chose to openly rebel.

"Zhou Shuling, you've gone too far! You guys are fighting over that position all the time, why do you always have to drag me into it? Do you think I'm made of clay?"

Zhou Shuyue feigned ignorance and angrily protested, but in her heart she knew that it was precisely because she had never taken sides that her brothers and sisters kept scheming against her.

Fortunately, she had already joined the Human Palace, so she didn't need to worry about her life. If she were still in the Zhou Dynasty's imperial palace, even with powerful backers, she wouldn't dare to do this.

The Zhou Dynasty unified the mortal world, making the Zhou seal, the currency of the cultivation world, seem like a symbol of the Great Zhou's mandate from heaven. Therefore, although no true immortals had yet appeared in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were already quite a few terrestrial immortals.

"Too much? My dear sister, you should be glad you're in the Human Realm, otherwise I could have gone even further." Zhou Shuling was five years older than Zhou Shuyue, and this year she was exactly at the prime of her youth, possessing both beauty and girlish charm. However, while this girl was beautiful, her nature was cold and ruthless.

However, without such a personality, it would have been impossible to successfully escape the quagmire of the Zhou Dynasty's imperial palace.

Perhaps because the Zhou Dynasty was burdened with too much fortune, in just a few decades since its establishment, there have been two emperors who have ruled. Furthermore, due to the numerous hidden dangers left behind by the two Zhou emperors, fratricide and internal strife have become an open and common occurrence in the Zhou Dynasty.

It was only because both Zhou emperors were very prolific that, despite the indiscriminate killings, the Zhou dynasty's royal bloodline continued to rise steadily.

"In that case, thank you for your mercy, Your Highness." Zhou Shuyue said, and then took the lead in attacking. She had been a disciple of that "master" for more than ten days, and her cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds during this time.

Therefore, when Zhou Shuyue made her move, it was the Swimming Fish Sword Qi that transformed into a series of sword qi tornadoes that violently crushed everything in their path.

This method can be described as miraculous.

Because this sword energy tornado was constantly absorbing the surrounding air, until these swimming fish sword energies began to evolve on their own into the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, generating power comparable to the Outer Phase Realm.

Although Zhou Shuling was five years older than Zhou Shuyue and had more abundant cultivation resources, he was still not able to break through to the Outer Manifestation Realm at that age. With the advent of the Mythical Era, only a tiny fraction of people could cultivate at an unreasonable pace.

In just a few years of cultivation, he surpassed the older generation's cultivation of over a thousand years.

Zhou Shuling is not included in this list.

Therefore, when faced with Zhou Shuyue's supernatural power, Zhou Shuling was terrified and turned pale. Despite only being at the mid-stage of the External Realm, the supernatural power she unleashed was able to spontaneously evolve into the initial stage of the External Manifestation Realm!

This is too appalling!

However, this happened within the City of Mortals, so the incident was quickly resolved. Zhou Shuyue, who had mastered the Sword Heart Breathing Technique to such a degree, naturally caught the attention of some high-ranking members of the Palace of Mortals.

"To have mastered the second level of Sword Heart Breathing to this extent is something even the old monster Bai would have found difficult to achieve in his youth." This was a demon from the mortal realm. When Bai Chijing became famous, he was at the Outer Appearance Realm. Three hundred years later, thanks to the reward from the Lord of the Human Realm, he successfully advanced to the Outer Heaven Realm.

After all, the cultivation of demons in the human world is different from that of human cultivators.

"So, this little girl's swordsmanship talent isn't inferior to that old monster Bai?" This was an elder from the Outer Heaven Realm, a supreme elder from a small immortal sect who had joined the Human Realm after its establishment.

Both this person and that human demon had truly witnessed Bai Chijing's ferocity, so their words conveyed a sense of awe towards him.

However, only these two people in the entire Human Palace would think this way.

The Human Realm also has many cultivators from the outer realms who rose from humble beginnings. These cultivators became terrestrial immortals thanks to special items bestowed upon them by Lu Zheyuan, the master of the Human Realm.

Not only are they all stuck at the initial stage of the Outer World, but they haven't even opened up any cave heavens.

The only thing comparable to the previous Outer Heaven Realm beginners is their lifespan of five thousand years. However, although their cultivation is unlikely to improve further and they no longer have any grotto-heavens, this group of Outer Heaven Realm terrestrial immortals are the most arrogant in the entire Yao Tian mortal realm. Apart from Lu Zheyuan, the master of the Human Palace, and Yan Zhaotian, the master of the Immortal Heaven Alliance, they look down on everyone else.

And this naturally includes a certain old monster surnamed Bai.

"Hmph! Are you two even still members of my Human Realm Palace? That old monster Bai is nothing but a relic from an ancient era!"

"Don't bring up things that are outdated."

Lu Zheyuan, the master of the Human Realm, liked to hold meetings to discuss matters, even though he basically made all the decisions on his own. And as the saying goes, what the superiors like, the subordinates will follow. Because of Zhou Shuyue's amazing performance, these people from the outer realms of the Human Realm gathered together to discuss the matter.

At this moment, the human demon and the Supreme Elder from the minor immortal sect exchanged a glance, shook their heads slightly, and then remained silent.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Only those who have lived through those three hundred years can truly understand just how amazing and brilliant this old monster, Bai, really was.

Zhou Shuyue was also here at this moment. She was originally uneasy, but listening to the discussions of these elders of the Human Palace, she couldn't help but feel a little strange, because after listening for a long time, she didn't hear a single word about how she was being arranged.

How should she plan the next step?
Just as Zhou Shuyue was feeling puzzled, she suddenly found that the surrounding environment was becoming blurry for no reason, and the voices of the elders were getting farther and farther away, eventually becoming infinitely long.

However, Zhou Shuyue was not surprised by such a strange scene, because it was the "teacher" who asked her to attend a class.

The first time was when that "master" explained to her how the swimming fish sword energy cultivated through the "Sword Heart Breathing" technique could undergo multiple transformations when it was used, until it evolved on its own into the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, transforming into an external realm divine power.

The second time was when that "master" explained swordsmanship to her. This explanation was not as good as before, and for some reason, she seemed to be hallucinating at that time, seeing a young monk practicing twelve extremely powerful and ferocious sword techniques like a puppet.

This was the third time, and seeing this, Zhou Shuyue immediately listened carefully.

"I just happened to have some insights into alchemy, so let me tell you about it! In this world, although the quality of pills is only distinguished as inferior and superior, the methods of refining pills are incredibly diverse, and some of them require the refiner to pay a price. When refining this batch of pills, I need some Qi as fuel, so I created a method of borrowing Qi..." The figure dressed in a moon-white robe appeared and then began to speak on his own.

As Zhou Shuyue listened, she became increasingly shocked, because this method of borrowing luck involved using the luck of others to replace one's own and pay the price required to refine the elixir.

This method sounds simple, but in reality it is not only incredibly difficult, but also extremely bizarre.

"May I ask you, sir, what bad things might happen to the person whose luck is being borrowed?" Zhou Shuyue asked after the other party finished speaking.

"That's natural. The essence of this method is to harm others for personal gain. However, my method of borrowing luck isn't something you can just do without reason. At the very least, the other party has to speak arrogantly to you and become your enemy. Alright, this batch of pills is almost finished, and since there are quite a few, I'll give you one. It'll save you some arduous cultivation." The figure said in a calm tone.

As soon as he finished speaking, a pill suddenly appeared out of thin air and rolled all the way to Zhou Shuyue's front.

Zhou Shuyue couldn't help but take a closer look, and she discovered that just one glance at this pill had generated a strong desire within her own cultivation.

She needs this pill!
Very much needed!
"Sir, what kind of pill is this?" Zhou Shuyue was extremely shocked, because this was the first time she had encountered such a situation since she began cultivating. And she had never even heard of such a thing before.

"Human Profound Pill," the figure said casually, his tone full of indifference towards the pill.

"One of the three Lesser Immortal Pills?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shuyue was even more shocked. Her pretty face was wide open, clearly she was extremely shocked.

The Human Profound Pill is considered an unparalleled elixir by cultivators in the Outer Realm.

Just by taking this one pill, she can immediately reach the Upper Realm of External Objects!

"Sir, is this really for me?" For a moment, Zhou Shuyue felt a sense of disbelief.

However, the figure in the moon-white robe did not answer her question, but instead began to fade away. Seeing this, Zhou Shuyue dared not hesitate and immediately swallowed the Human Profound Pill.

In an instant, Zhou Shuyue, who was originally at the middle level of the External Realm, broke through to the upper level of the External Realm.

Such a breakthrough is naturally nothing special.

Zhou Shuyue was overjoyed. Then she looked up and saw that the hazy atmosphere around her had disappeared, and the elders of the Human Palace who had been chatting away were now looking at her.

Just ...

She wondered if it was just her imagination, but she noticed that many of the elders and deacons looked inexplicably haggard.

(End of this chapter)