He thought the girl was silly.

Humans are creatures that tend to get stuck on trivial details.

Even if it wasn't for that reason, they would definitely find other excuses to justify themselves.

Once you die, that man will live with regret forever.

But staring at the girl's serene profile, he didn't say those words aloud.

Exhausted, Genichiro lay on the ground just before dawn.

Lu Ye was also exhausted, but after eating some rice, her energy was immediately restored.

I wonder if Mi Niang has left Senpou Temple...

Robert's father stepped forward.

"I'm not training anymore, you're useless to me," Lu Ye said simply and bluntly.

"No... I'm here to express my gratitude. Under that young lady's care, my son's condition seems to have stabilized considerably." The armored warrior took out an ancient book. "I found this in a shrine when I came down from Senpou Temple. I can't understand what's on it, but it should be useful to you."

Lu Ye curiously took the book and looked at it closely.

"Xianfengji Boxing".

After a brief farewell to the samurai, Genichiro left the place.

After learning the Senpou Temple martial arts from the Sculptor's Idol, Lu Ye breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the first light of dawn appear on the horizon.

"Well then, I have to go too."

"Aren't we going to see her?" Yongzhen asked.

"No, let her rest well."

"Is that so? Then I wish you good luck in your military campaigns."

After packing his things, Lu Ye walked towards the temple gate, the first rays of morning sunlight casting a long shadow of him.

……

Through the Ghost Buddha, Lu Ye was teleported to the vicinity of Bodhisattva Valley.

He continued onward and arrived at the hidden forest.

This is a forest shrouded in thick fog, and not only fog, but also phantoms.

Using a grappling hook, Lu Ye swung between the trees until he arrived at a dilapidated shrine. The shrine's door was locked from the inside, and a faint flute melody could be heard from within.

Lu Ye knew that the flute music was the source of the smoke and illusions.

He slipped through the gap on the second floor of the ancestral hall and walked on the crossbeams.

Below, there is a creature that resembles a fish but is not quite a fish.

It was dressed in aristocratic attire and played a melodious tune towards the Buddha statue.

—The hidden nobleman comes from the land of immortals.

This forest is the only way to the outside world. He used fog to seal it off, causing people to get lost inside, thus blocking the possibility of entering or leaving.

Lu Ye quietly approached it from behind and stabbed it through its kidney.

The Hidden Mist Noble died instantly, and the mist, the flute music, and the phantoms all vanished.

The true face of the forest appeared before Lu Ye's eyes, with many monks' corpses hanging upside down in the tall trees.

Continuing onward, Lu Ye arrived at Shuisheng Village.

The villagers patrol the area carrying lanterns made of fireflies.

The villagers had become inhuman and ghostly, with bloodshot eyes, and had become extremely xenophobic.

They were all normal people, but everything changed after the nobleman from Fountainhead Palace came to Mibu Village.

Under his influence, the villagers of Shuisheng Village changed their habit of boiling water and began drinking raw water.

The result was a rejection of fire, because the lake water in Mibu Village was a low-concentration mutated water mixed with impurities, and after becoming red-eyed, it naturally became afraid of fire.

Originally, there were many pine trees in Mibu Village, with plenty of resin for burning, but now almost all of them have been felled.

After that, the people of Shuisheng Village became more honest and simple. Although they still maintained their daily activities, such as farming, fishing, and growing crops, they would brandish hoes and attack any outsiders they saw. Even the Buddhism that originally existed in this place was persecuted, and the monks were killed and hung on trees.

If you dive into the large lake in front of the village of Mibu, you will see corpses with stones tied to their feet. These corpses have become food for some white slugs. Once these white slugs grow up, they will be fished out and become the king of fish's prized food.

The so-called Fish King is a creature with an infinite lifespan. As long as the Sakura Dragon lives, it will never perish. All the nobles of the Immortal Realm want to become the Fish King. Although the noble of the Mist Village who was killed by Lu Ye was half-fish, his lifespan was far less than that of the Fish King.

Lu Ye had no interest in dealing with these villagers.

At the highest point of the village lies the stone cave for riding in a sedan chair, which is Lu Ye's destination.

The Lodging Stone is there, the last ingredient in the Fountainhead Incense.

Chapter 150 Water Village

There was no fire in Shuisheng Village, and the air was cold and damp.

Lu Ye used a grappling hook to traverse the village, but was spotted by sharp-eyed villagers.

They attacked Lu Ye with stones and other projectiles. The stones flew in straight trajectories, showing how hospitable the villagers were and how powerful the throwing force was.

If it were the old Lu Ye, he probably would have been shot down in mid-air.

But he's different now. His eyesight is so sharp that he can even spot the blade of a sword moving at high speed; small stones are no problem at all.

After simply deflecting those flying objects,

Suddenly, a light flashed above Lu Ye's head.

—Danger!

Looking over, the villagers were pulling out some green, lumpy substance from the towering, honeycomb-like boils behind them, from which a sticky fluid was oozing...

The spherical objects flew towards him.

Lu Yeyue.

Regardless of how disgusting it is, the toxins inside are extremely potent, otherwise it wouldn't have been marked with a "dangerous" warning.

There's nothing we can do.

Lu Ye reeled in the rope and landed, then pulled out a Gatling gun.

You forced me to do this.

Under the relentless bombardment of the six-barreled gun, Mizuki Village fell silent.

"Excellent, infiltration successful!" Lu Ye thought to himself.

These villagers will get up again soon. Although the concentration of the demigod water they drank was very low, long-term consumption made them difficult to kill.

However, once Sakura Dragon dies, the power of the Rejuvenating Water within him will become ineffective, and the villagers will return to their original state.

As he walked, Lu Ye checked the bullet loading status. After that, he continued upwards, and the surrounding buildings began to change. The mountain path was full of torii gates tied with knotted ropes. Finally, he arrived at the stone cave for riding a sedan chair.

This is the only way to the fairyland.

Not only because of the existence of the crucial item, the Stone of Destiny, but more importantly, because of the divine palanquin inside, which is essential for those traveling to the celestial realm. Therefore, gatekeepers are indispensable.

Directly in front of Lu Ye was a tall, purple phantom dressed in a monk's robe.

—The Phantom Monk.

Legend has it that long ago, she was a high-ranking monk at Senpou Temple, but after the Sakura Dragon descended to Ashina and witnessed the near-immortal lifespan of the beautiful female warriors of Oka, she no longer yearned for Buddha and became an immortal slave.

In order to achieve immortality, she chose to seek refuge in the Fountainhead Palace and become the gatekeeper of the immortal realm.

The phantom monk guarded the entrance to the cave, wielding a long sword.

Using the effect of the Moon Concealing Candy, Lu Ye slipped over from above and quietly arrived behind her.

The next second, the wedge-shaped mace pierced the body of the phantom monk.

Lu Ye aimed at the kidneys, which increases critical hit rate and critical damage by 50%. Combined with the Ninja Kill technique he learned from the wolf, he landed a critical hit that reached 75% without the enemy noticing.

With a 75% critical hit rate and 50% critical hit damage, as long as you're not unlucky, it's quite easy to one-shot a Corrupted Monk with a rating of only C+.

It's foolish to confront the enemy head-on; it's a waste of time, exhausting, and thankless.

For Lu Ye, who didn't have much time, assassination was the best option.

The blade slashed horizontally, and large splatters of purple phantom blood gushed out. In the end, Lu Ye tore the Phantom Broken Monk in half at the waist.

[Acquired: Aquatic Breathing (Passive Skill)]

[Effect: Allows breathing underwater; increases swimming and sprinting speed by 70%]

After paying homage to the Buddha statue in front of the Iwato, Lu Ye entered it.

The cave was very spacious, with a stone-paved path extending all the way to its center. Above the center of the cave, a large opening had been carved out, allowing clear light to stream in, and below lay a long-worn red sedan chair.

Ahead was a stone altar used for worship, the offerings on it rotten and covered in dust. There, Lu Ye found the final item for creating the Source Fragrance—the Stone of Bondage.

All materials have been gathered.

Next, I need to go back and use the Mortal Blade to obtain the blood of the Dragon's Blood Prince.

……

Ashina Castle.

Inside the prince's residence, Lu Ye placed the fragrant water lily and the stone of destiny into the incense burner.

"Are you ready, Jiulang?" Lu Ye asked.

“…Yes.” Jiulang nodded firmly.

Lu Ye drew the Mortal Blade, its blade, wreathed in red miasma, slicing open Kuro's palm.

Jiulang slowly walked to the incense burner and let the blood drip down.

The flame catalyzes these three materials.

Instantly, a very peculiar fragrance filled the room.

Once the contents of the incense burner had burned to ashes, Lu Ye took out the ashes and smeared them on his body. In this way, all preparations for the journey to the immortal realm were complete.

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