Mortal Transformation into Immortal

"Hello, Senior Brother Lin."

On the way down the mountain, a tall young man walked up from the bottom of the mountain.

They were carrying some things wrapped in oiled paper, which emitted an enticing aroma that made one's mouth water.

It's not hard to guess that this was a delicacy he bought from the market.

Upon seeing this person, Yu Ling immediately stopped and bowed. This person was Lin Jiangyun, the most skilled and talented handyman disciple on the mountain.

The boy glanced at him, didn't reply, and walked right past him.

That look in his eyes was exactly the same as the look of the female disciple who had assigned him the task before.

"As expected, very arrogant."

Yu Ling glanced back at his figure, ignored him, and continued walking down the mountain.

He kept swallowing as he smelled the lingering aroma along the way.

"Is this the Spirit Valley?"

Yu Ling followed the mountain path and entered a valley.

There are more than ten acres of fields here, where lush green rice stalks grow taller than a person.

One acre of spirit rice is almost ripe, the rice ears are bent under the weight of the green grains, each grain like a jade bead.

This is Langya Rice, a kind of immortal food cultivated by the Ziyang Sect, and one of the materials for refining the Five Grains Elixir.

The yield of Immortal Grain is astonishing, with a yield of four to five thousand catties per mu. If planted in a place rich in spiritual energy, it can yield two or even three harvests a year.

Yu Ling continued walking outwards along the bluestone path.

"Greetings, senior brother."

"Hello, senior sister."

When he met people on the road, he would politely bow and greet them.

Of course, those you meet in these places are all menial disciples like yourself.

Although she was already living on the outskirts of the sect, it still took Yu Ling almost half an hour to leave the servants' area because the sect was so large.

He did not go deep into the mountains on this trip, but planned to first take a look around the area near the residence of the servant disciples.

These places are often frequented by sect disciples. Although the chances of finding spiritual herbs are small, the chances of encountering demonic beasts and wild animals are also small.

"Let's go to that mountain first."

Yu Ling fixed her gaze on the small hill opposite and walked over.

The ground was filled with towering trees, and although it was midday, the sunlight did not reach the ground.

It's chilly.

It felt as if a wild beast might burst out from some corner at any moment.

Yu Ling held a wood-chopping knife in his right hand, his eyes scanning the surroundings.

However, all the plants growing around were thriving and lush, making it impossible to distinguish which one was the medicinal herb.

He finally understood why the handymen disciples disliked the herb-gathering task. The difficulty in identifying herbs was secondary; the most terrifying thing was that, in order to guard against attacks from wild beasts and monsters, one's nerves had to be on high alert at all times.

However, for some reason, Yu Ling felt quite comfortable in this state.

They searched the mountains for a while, but found nothing.

"We'll have to go further out."

Yu Ling looked at another mountain.

These places were very close to his residence, and he could even see various paths trodden out by the servants, indicating that people often came to this place to look for things.

We must search deeper.

Time passed slowly, and Yu Ling searched for one mountain after another.

Before they knew it, they had reached the mountain peaks where the servant disciples lived and could no longer be seen.

The paths became fewer and fewer, until eventually there were no traces of human activity at all.

"Um?"

In the afternoon, Yu Ling stopped in front of a stone wall covered with moss and weeds.

He sensed something unusual about the spiritual energy here, so he carefully probed it.

"It's down here."

Yu Ling located the spot and wiped away the moss on the surface with her hand.

A dendrobium plant, entirely green, came into view.

"A miracle cure!"

Yu Ling's eyes narrowed, and two words popped into her mind.

Although this medicinal herb doesn't look particularly special, it gives people a feeling that's different.

He reached out and touched it, sensing it carefully, and discovered that it indeed contained a spiritual energy similar to spiritual energy.

"It really is a miraculous herb!" Yu Ling exclaimed with delight. After searching for so long, she had finally found one.

Yu Ling carefully removed the dendrobium.

"Are you going to eat it or not?"

He first handed it to the centipede to see if it would help it.

However, the centipede showed no reaction to this; it seemed to only like eating insects.

Since the centipede wouldn't eat it, Yu Ling put the medicinal herb into the medicine basket.

The herb-gathering disciples were actually looking for herbs that possessed a slight spiritual quality, because the good herbs had already been picked clean by the formal disciples and elders of the Ziyang Sect, especially on the mountains near the sect.

Although there are many people gathering herbs, the area is close to the immortal gate, where the spiritual energy is abundant, resulting in a large number of herbs that can be transformed into spiritual medicines.

Therefore, the herb-gathering disciples always had work to do.

"I can't get it out."

Yu Ling was surprised to find that once the medicinal herbs were placed in the bamboo basket, they could not be taken out; a special force was preventing his hand from reaching inside.

"That's very thoughtful."

He muttered to himself that this was to prevent the herb-gathering servants from fighting over the herbs.

"continue."

Yu Ling began searching again.

As dusk fell.

It would take two hours to walk back, so Yu Ling decided to spend the night in the mountains and then wander around the mountains on her way back tomorrow.

"Let's rest here."

Yu Ling climbed up a tall, ancient tree.

It is relatively safer to be at a high place at night.

"A good harvest."

Yu Ling sat on a tree branch, holding the medicine basket in her hands, and looked inside. There were three medicinal herbs.

This is what he gained today.

It was his first time gathering herbs, and he didn't know what level he was at.

"Let's cultivate."

After consuming a Five Grains Pill, Yu Ling entered a meditative state.

The surrounding spiritual energy began to be absorbed into the body.

"Um?"

Soon, Yu Ling felt something was wrong. When she cultivated, her spirit bones, which had seemed to be dormant, suddenly woke up and absorbed spiritual energy much faster. Moreover, she also faintly felt the heat she had felt when she first broke through.

Yu Ling was overjoyed and absorbed the spiritual energy with all her might.

The surface of the spirit bone regained its luster, and strands of immortal blood flowed out from it.

With more immortal blood, Yu Ling felt that his dantian gradually gained more magical power.

"Very good."

Feeling that force, Yu Ling was overjoyed.

This means that one's cultivation level has improved by one point.

Immerse yourself completely and absorb more spiritual energy into your body.

Finally, that magical power took full shape.

"Not bad, not bad."

Yu Ling was overjoyed that her cultivation had improved.

An hour later, the spirit bone was restored to its previous state.

Yu Ling also awoke from her cultivation.

"Sigh, that's all again." He sighed, still feeling unsatisfied.

"Strange, why did they suddenly become active again?" Yu Ling wondered.

If only things could stay like this forever, my dantian would be filled with magical power, allowing me to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.

The first level of Qi Refining is the process of accumulating magical power.

"Could it be because I came out to collect herbs today?" Yu Ling wondered to herself, because ever since she stepped into the forest, she had felt an indescribable sense of comfort throughout her body.

He looked at the white centipede clinging to his hand and murmured to himself, "The spiritual essence of my spirit bone is to absorb weight. Could it be that learning its behavior can stimulate my spirit bone to produce immortal blood?"

"That must be it. The elder said that the pseudo-spiritual bone's spirituality was incompatible with his own and difficult to utilize. So that's where the incompatibility lies." Yu Ling couldn't help but get excited. Once he understood this, his mind was suddenly enlightened.

However, he misunderstood this, because he had eaten insects since childhood, and his very being exuded insect energy, which blended well with the spirituality of weight and taels. The main problem was that it was difficult to utilize.

"Luckily, I chose the herb gathering task, otherwise I don't know when I would have found it."

Yu Ling secretly felt fortunate.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and continued his cultivation.

Although the spirit bone was calm at this moment, it was actually producing immortal blood, albeit very weakly.

......

It was very cool in the mountains in the early morning.

"continue."

Yu Ling awoke from her cultivation and continued her search in the mountains.

He planned to go back around noon. Tomorrow, an elder on Jingzhe Peak would be giving a lecture on cultivation, and he wanted to go listen. Also, he was almost out of the Five Grains Pills and needed to get some more.