A Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Duan Yu rubbed the back of his head where Ma Liuyun had hit him, and wisely shut his big mouth.

Zhou Ping felt a little embarrassed by his question, and his face turned slightly red. But when he thought of Jin Yan's departure, he felt lost and depressed.

At his age, he is at the most sensitive time to love between men and women. When he first tastes the flavor of entangled emotions, he will naturally never forget it.

Ma Liuyun put down the letter in his hand, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Young friend, do you still remember the agreement you made with this old man?"

"Of course I remember. Please feel free to ask if you have any instructions, Elder."

Zhou Ping seemed somewhat absent-minded and answered indifferently.

"Judging from the information the old man has, is your concern related to something Jin Yuan has been busy preparing for recently?"

Ma Liuyun asked tentatively.

"How much does the elder know?"

Zhou Ping was slightly startled and blurted out.

"Young friend, you are about to become the son-in-law of the Jin family. I imagine the person who is worried is that young lady."

Ma Liuyun uttered something meaningful that startled both Zhou Ping and Duan Yu, though they were shocked for different reasons.

"A live-in son-in-law!?"

Duan Yu opened his mouth in surprise, but immediately felt a dignified gaze fall on him, so he covered his mouth with his hand without hesitation.

However, his expression had changed from initial shock to one of envy.

"Please, Elder, enlighten this disciple!"

Zhou Ping's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly pleaded.

Ma Liuyun stroked his beard, pushed the letter on the stone table in front of him, and gestured for him to open it and take a look.

"Jin Tingyue? How could this happen?!"

As Zhou Ping looked at the letter in his hand, a huge wave of emotions surged within him; the contents of the letter were almost unbelievable.

The record above did indeed contain information about his impending marriage to the Jin family. However, to his shock, the person he was to marry was none other than Jin Haiming's granddaughter, Jin Tingyue! There was not a single word about Jin Yan.

"Elder, is your information accurate?"

Zhou Ping felt his hands trembling slightly, and his palms seemed to be getting a little damp.

"It's accurate. It was handed over by Jin Yuan a few days ago. If you have any doubts, you can go back and find out for yourself. After all, it's not a secret. Jin Yuan didn't deliberately hide it."

Ma Liuyun took a sip of the tea Duan Yu handed him and nodded firmly.

Zhou Ping felt as if his head had exploded, and he could hardly believe what he was seeing.

It turns out he had been kept in the dark all along; the woman he was to marry was not Kim Yeon, but a woman named Kim Ting-wol.

Recalling the moments they had spent together and Jin Yan's occasional unusual expressions, Zhou Ping suddenly understood the whole story.

Is this the choice Kim Yeon made?

......

On the official road leading to Longquan Town, two people dressed as Taoist priests, one old and one young, slowly arrived at the archway at the entrance of the town.

"Master, do you think the Mo family is ready?"

The young man looked up at the large characters "Longquan" above his head and asked the old Taoist priest beside him.

"This old Taoist priest didn't expect you to break through to the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage more than ten days ahead of schedule. Anyway, we gave them a six-month deadline, so whether they're ready or not, we have to make our move!"

The old Taoist priest looked nonchalant, but his words were full of domineering power.

The newcomers were none other than Liu Feng, the cultivator who had caused the Longquan Sword Sect so much trouble, and his master, Tongxin Daoren.

The two came from a small, declining sect of immortal cultivation, the Copper Sheep Temple, which is now a single lineage with only these two remaining.

"Master, is the Qingyuan Technique really from the Qinglian Xuanzong sect?"

Liu Feng still couldn't believe that the mortal he had accidentally encountered who was buying cultivation techniques could actually be connected to the Azure Lotus Profound Sect.

It turns out that several years ago, Liu Feng successfully advanced to the mid-stage of Qi Refining. Overjoyed, Tongxin Daoist granted him permission to leave Tongyang Temple and go out into the world to broaden his horizons.

Liu Feng immediately went to Guiyuan Pavilion, the gathering and communication center established by the cultivation world in the mortal world.

There, you can meet many cultivators who are rarely seen on ordinary days. They mostly choose to trade various cultivation resources and exchange some valuable insider information.

Some larger cultivation sects even set up liaison points here to facilitate the exchange of information between their disciples and the sect.

Unexpectedly, the first person Liu Feng encountered after arriving here was not a cultivator, but a martial arts practitioner from the mortal realm.

This puzzled Liu Feng, and it immediately piqued his interest in this person. After all, Guiyuan Pavilion was a special place set up in the mortal world by the cultivation world, and ordinary people had no way of knowing about it.

Unless there is a cultivator in their family or an ancestor who cultivated immortality and specifically left information about Guiyuan Pavilion, an ordinary person would never be able to find this place.

Thinking of this, Liu Feng was overjoyed. He hadn't expected to encounter such good fortune as soon as he stepped out the door. He was truly blessed with good luck!

These mortals, because their families have produced cultivators, will inevitably have some precious artifacts or resources unique to the cultivation world.

However, since they cannot become cultivators, most of these mortal descendants are unaware of the uses and value of these things, and often end up selling them at unexpectedly low prices in exchange for some money or help.

For a cultivator like Liu Feng, this was undoubtedly a fat sheep delivered to his doorstep; to slaughter it would be a great profit.

Therefore, he deliberately entered the Guiyuan Pavilion with him. When the other party saw that he was a young man who had become a cultivator, he was less wary than envious.

After a brief exchange, Liu Feng learned the man's purpose: he was looking for a special cultivation method that could enable mortals to cultivate immortality.

This kind of cultivation technique is impossible not only in Guiyuan Pavilion, but in the entire cultivation world.

In order for people to cultivate immortality, they must have spiritual roots, even pseudo-spiritual roots are acceptable. But if they have no spiritual roots, they can forget about cultivating immortality.

Liu Feng told the other party what he knew. After listening, the other party's expression turned gloomy, and he remained silent for a long time before tentatively revealing the true purpose of his trip.

He wanted to buy the evil cultivation technique that could steal the cultivation abilities of others, and he was willing to pay for it with the currency of the cultivation world.

Liu Feng was shocked after hearing this. He didn't know where the other party had learned about this evil cultivation technique that was not tolerated in the cultivation world, but judging from the other party's expression and the conditions offered, it seemed that they had made plans for this long ago.

There are actually many such cultivation methods, and none of them are particularly precious; cultivators can easily find a large number of them.

But since they were all cultivators, they naturally disdained these useless things.

Furthermore, most of these cultivation methods have serious side effects, and since they are evil techniques explicitly prohibited in the cultivation world, not many people would choose to cultivate them.

Liu Feng happened to have a similar cultivation technique in his possession. He had obtained it by chance from some discarded items at the Tongyang Temple. He was young at the time, and when he saw that it was a cultivation technique, he happily collected it.

The name of this technique is "Soul-Feeding and Soul-Stealing Technique".