Mortal Transformation into Immortal

Two months later.

"We've finally arrived."

Yu Ling stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the tall city in the distance.

After two months of travel, he finally arrived at the place where he would board the flying boat.

He arrived in Bailuzhou ten days ago, and it took him some time to reach Yuquan City, a place within Bailuzhou where one could take a flying boat.

Although Yuquan City is not as large as Baiyun City, it is full of cultivators.

Yu Ling had heard about this city from the rogue cultivators. Yuquan City was built by the Chen family, a powerful cultivation family with a Golden Core expert in charge.

The large ship docked, and Yu Ling disembarked with the other cultivators, heading towards the tall city.

Fish Spring City is a no-fly zone. Whether you are a cultivator at the advanced stage of Qi Refining or a Foundation Establishment expert, you can only enter the city on foot. Moreover, you cannot fly inside. Only those who have reached the Bigu Realm can fly.

"We also need to pay spirit stones."

Upon arriving at the city gate, the cultivators entering the city respectfully placed spirit stones into the mouth of a bronze bull statue.

Beside the city gate, there was a line of golden characters that described the fees required to enter the city for different cultivation levels. The minimum requirement was one medium-grade gold-refined copper coin. Yu Ling looked at it and saw that he was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, which required five medium-grade gold-refined copper coins to enter the city.

He had learned about the rules when he arrived in Bailuzhou. Although he was mentally prepared, he still felt the pinch when he actually had to spend so much money, as it was half a low-grade spirit stone.

To reach the seventh level of Qi Refining, one needs a low-grade spirit stone.

Yu Ling took out the low-grade spirit stone he had been treasuring. This bronze bull could even detect Foundation Establishment cultivation level, so he dared not try to cheat in front of it.

As Yu Ling stepped through the city gate, he felt a restriction blocking his way.

He threw the spirit stone into the mouth of the bronze bull.

Soon, five more gold coins floated out from the forehead of the bronze ox, and the barrier in front of it disappeared.

Yu Ling put away the money and went inside.

"Such a rich spiritual energy."

As soon as he entered, he felt the biggest difference between the inside and outside, as if he had returned to Ziyang Gate.

A few steps further on, there are mountains and water, with various magnificent fairy pavilions nestled among them.

It's just not as lively and bustling as Baiyun City.

"First, I'll sell the spiritual herbs I have and that spirit frog."

Yu Ling touched the gray fur bag through his clothes and walked towards a shop.

Over the past two months, I've made some progress, and with the addition of that spirit frog, I should have enough money to cover the cost of going to the Boundless Sea.

"Fellow Daoist, these spiritual herbs were not properly preserved, and they are all transformed from ordinary herbs, so they won't fetch a good price. I can only offer you a maximum of fifteen medium-grade gold-essence copper coins. What do you say?"

Inside the shop, an old man spoke to him.

"Alright."

Yu Ling nodded and took out the spirit frog. "Senior, how many spirit stones can you offer for this spirit creature?"

The spirit frog was still frozen. He had frozen it with his icy energy from time to time along the way. It had been put into the gray fur bag from the beginning and was well preserved, with no loss of its spiritual essence.

"This spirit frog is not bad, but it's already dead." The old man said with regret, as a living spirit frog would be more useful and more expensive.

After observing for a while, he said, "Fellow Daoist, along with the spiritual medicine, I'll give you seven low-grade spirit stones. How about that?"

"OK."

Yu Ling agreed.

"Fellow Daoist, here are your spirit stones."

The old man took out seven low-grade spirit stones and gave them to him.

Yu Ling put it away and then left.

"Let's see how many spirit stones it takes to get to the Boundless Sea." Yu Ling carried the spirit stones and headed towards the place in the city where people could board flying boats.

That's south of Yuquan City, more than ten miles away from here.

Yu Ling walked through the streets, where there were quite a few cultivators.

It took him almost 45 minutes to get there.

The place where you can travel by flying boat is located on a mountain peak that is a hundred feet high, and there are quite a few people there.

"That is the flying boat."

Just then, a flying boat a hundred feet long passed through the great formation of Yuquan City and slowly landed.

This flying boat is different from the boats on the river. It has no sails or oars, only the shape of a boat. It is blue all over and its surface is engraved with bird patterns, as if a giant bird is carrying it in flight.

The airship eventually came to rest at the edge of the cliff.

Some cultivators came down, and some cultivators went up.

Yu Ling entered a building and asked one of the cultivators working there, "Fellow Daoist, how many spirit stones is the fare to the Boundless Sea?"

The female cultivator inside smiled and said, "There are three types of boat tickets: upper, middle, and lower, ranging from six low-grade spirit stones to a hundred spirit stones."

"That's enough."

Yu Ling breathed a sigh of relief; she still had some spirit stones left over.

"When are you leaving?" he asked again.

"Two weeks later."

"Approximately how long does it take to reach Wuduhai?"

"It will arrive in two days."

"I'll buy the cheapest kind of ticket." Yu Ling took out six low-grade spirit stones.

After accepting the spirit stones, the female cultivator gave him a jade pendant and said, "Fifteen days later, at noon."

"it is good."

Yu Ling accepted the jade pendant and then left.

"I didn't expect it to arrive in just two days," Yu Ling said, looking at the jade pendant in her hand. She had initially thought it was expensive, but considering that it would arrive in just two days, she felt that the money was well spent.

In two days, even a cultivator at the Bigu Realm would probably not be able to fly from here to the Wudu Sea, which is more than 100,000 miles away.

We'll have to wait here for another two weeks before we can leave.

There is only one flying boat a month between Yuquan City and Wuduhai.

Taking a teleportation array is possible at any time, and it only takes an hour or two to get there, but the cost is far beyond what a Qi Refining Realm cultivator can afford.

"I've been traveling around the city for the past two weeks, seeing what it's like."

Yu Ling put the jade pendant away and walked down the mountain, looking at the great city and thinking to herself.

The Chen family forbids outside cultivators from cultivating in the open air. If they want to cultivate, they can pay to stay in a restaurant and cultivate for as long as they want. Otherwise, low-level Qi Refining cultivators would spend a few gold coins to come in and cultivate in the open air, taking advantage of the rich spiritual energy. They would stay for several years or even more than ten years, not only wasting spiritual energy but also getting in the way.

With only so much money left, housing was out of the question. Yu Ling planned to spend half a month wandering around the city, visiting various places and broadening her horizons.

"A master of the Abstinence Realm."

Walking down the street, Yu Ling saw a figure flying through the air and looked up at it.

Being able to fly within the city is a privilege reserved for those who have reached the Abhirti realm, and there is no fee to enter the city.

The figure was an old man, exuding a mysterious aura.

When one reaches the state of Bigu (abstaining from grains), one absorbs the six energies of heaven and earth into the six internal organs, using these six energies as food, and thus one does not die from consuming energy.

The old man's figure quickly disappeared.

"Fellow Daoist in front, please make way, don't block the way."

A voice reminding someone came from the street.

Yu Ling looked back and saw a fierce black tiger beast pulling a bronze chariot toward them in the distance.

Yu Ling and the surrounding cultivators immediately retreated to the side.

"A bronze chariot pulled by a black tiger—this must be Master Chen Lan, a third-grade alchemist from the Chen family."

"That's right, it's Master Chen Lan."

The crowd looked at the black tiger and whispered among themselves.

"Third-grade alchemist."

Yu Ling watched silently. Big City was indeed different; she could even meet such important figures.