Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

"Many craftsmen were also on board, so if the ship hit a reef or was attacked by sea monsters, people could be sent to repair it immediately—all for the sake of safely crossing the vast sea."

"Hmm..." Xi Heng nodded gently.

"Is everything in the cabins ready?"

"nature."

"To prevent you from getting any funny ideas, we'll share a cabin."

As a martial artist specializing in internal energy, she was not afraid of someone whose bones and muscles were injured and who was unable to use magic.

By the way, living together would also allow her to learn how to use flying swords and various fire techniques.

The Crimson Goddess lowered her eyes and said yes, seemingly resigned to her fate.

"Let's go." Xi Heng led the man and dozens of Dark Heavenly Cult soldiers behind him onto the large ship.

This voyage was not only accompanied by one giant ship; there were also two other sizable merchant ships alongside it, along with smaller multi-masted ships.

As the horn sounded, dozens of people pulled up the anchor together, and the giant sail was unfurled.

The west wind howled, billowing the sails and propelling the large ship eastward.

Xi Heng stood on the deck, leaning against the ship's railing, looking back.

As she drifted further and further away, the distant land, stretched ever more far away, was shrouded in layers of pale white mist.

Disappeared on the horizon.

……

Day one at sea.

Xi Heng took out the prepared Xuan paper and fine brush in his cabin and quietly began to write his sea diary.

There wasn't much to do at sea, so after uploading the information, choosing a cabin, and briefly learning about the duties of the crew members, she had some free time.

After a brief period of activity in the morning, and a while of gazing at the unchanging seascape from the ship's railing, listening to the seagulls cry and feeling the sea breeze, I returned to my large cabin, feeling rather bored.

The Crimson Goddess was also sitting here meditating. Ever since Xi Heng returned, she had been asking him about the key points of the Blazing Spirit Heavenly Technique, questioning him again and again as if she were interrogating him, until she had almost fully understood it before she bypassed him for a while.

After resting for a while, Xi Heng took out his flying sword again, pinched the sword finger to make it sway left and right on the ground, and asked the Crimson Goddess how to properly activate it, and why the flying sword was able to ignite a flame before.

"Are you really a demon?" The Crimson Goddess looked at Xi Heng and felt that although he knew magic, he seemed to know nothing about common sense.

"Guess?" Xi Heng kept everyone in suspense.

"..." Chen Fenghuo remained silent for a long time, looking at the other party's imposing killing intent, but in the end he did not say anything more and obediently began to talk about the flying sword and magic weapon.

……

"I see. To unleash the full power of a flying sword, one must directly infuse it with spiritual energy and activate a specific part of it... like a button."

Since they were not cultivators or practitioners of Qi cultivation, and did not possess any spiritual energy within their bodies, they could only use spirit stones as a medium, like a remote control, to slowly practice.

Xi Heng attached the spirit stone, and immediately flames ignited on the blade of the flying sword. The originally rough and plain blade, which was only hard but not sharp enough, became extremely sharp after being touched by the fire.

Wherever the firelight touches, even solid rock can be cleaved through.

However, on this huge wooden ship, Xi Heng could not test the destructive effects of the flames for long.

If the fire gets out of control and the whole ship sinks, her plan to seek immortality will be ruined.

Therefore, Xi Heng did not practice fire magic on the ship, and his sword-fighting practice only involved manipulating the direction of the sword strikes; he did not use spiritual energy to ignite it into flames.

As they cultivated, the days passed one by one.

Xi Heng recorded his cultivation insights every day, gradually gaining a new understanding of so-called magic, and thus slowly making progress.

Five days had passed outside, and the surrounding scenery remained the same calm ocean.

Sunlight, clouds, and the sea.

Standing on the ship's deck, you can only see these three things.

Xi Heng had originally planned to look for the so-called Chonghai Immortal Island along the way, but let alone any immortal island, there wasn't even a small island to be seen in the vicinity.

There were no markings on the nautical chart, so the helmsman had to rely on his experience to estimate how far the ship had traveled.

In Xi Heng's eyes, no matter how fast or slow the ship was moving, the surroundings looked the same.

The sea, it seems to be an endless sea.

"How long will it take to cross this ocean?" Xi Heng murmured to himself, listening to the gentle sound of the waves.

"Columbus took less than forty days to cross the Atlantic... It shouldn't take me more than a hundred days to cross the ocean, right?"

If no islands or other places to resupply are found during the voyage, the supplies on board will last for about six months.

"If only we had a map and GPS location..."

……

On the tenth day, the sky was dark and covered with thick clouds.

Layers of dark clouds obscured the sunlight, and suddenly a heavy rain began to fall.

On the large ship, the sailors shouted in succession to furl the sails, return to the sides and stern to raise long oars, and many people rowed together to continue providing power to the large ship.

Although the rain was heavy, the wind blowing in our face was not too strong, and the waves beneath the boat were not violent, only causing the boat to rock slightly.

The boatmen kept scooping up the rainwater that had fallen on the deck with wooden buckets and splashing it outwards, their shouts echoing in the distance.

Xi Heng stood in the cabin, looking out the porthole at the bustling scene on the deck, listening to the creaking sounds from the ship's constant rocking, and clicked his tongue:

"This kind of weather will also slow down the process..."

A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the world.

A deafening roar followed, and the immense power of the natural disaster sent a shiver down everyone's spine.

"Hopefully the torrential rain will end soon."

Xi Heng returned to his cabin and sat down, quietly reading some books he had brought to pass the time.

The Crimson Goddess stood by with her eyes closed, meditating peacefully, seemingly unconcerned about the thunder and rain outside.

……

Five days later, the heavy rain still hadn't stopped, at most it would only gradually subside from time to time.

The light rain didn't bring calm; instead, a torrential downpour with howling winds followed.

The giant ship was constantly tossed about by the waves, and the chessboard that Xi Heng had been using for amusement these past few days was now scattered and in disarray.

The large ship drifted up and down in the waves, unable to resist the power of heaven and earth, and could only drift with the current, letting itself be tossed about.

The overly gloomy weather affected people's moods. Xi Heng looked up at the boundless sky, wishing he could disperse the dark clouds.

The girl fantasized about what would happen after she cultivated her inner energy and became an immortal.

Legend has it that cultivating Qi and immortality not only grants longevity, but also the power to ride the clouds and summon wind and rain.

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Chapter 88, The Breath of the Boat and Fish

On the seventeenth day after setting sail, the heavy rain and strong winds at sea finally subsided.

Under the peaceful sunlight, the ship's deck was covered with all sorts of clothes that needed to be dried, swaying gently in the sea breeze.

Xi Heng stepped back onto the deck.

The damp ground still reflected the sunlight, and a faint rainbow could be seen in the distance under the hazy sky.

The seven days of heavy rain were not entirely bad; at least it provided the ships with a considerable amount of fresh water.

The sailors had been rowing constantly for the past few days, which had consumed a lot of their food.

It is difficult to make up for the shortfall by sea fishing alone.

Food was consumed as quickly as fuel, while simultaneously propelling the ship forward.

As the east wind shifted to the west wind, the several layers of huge sails were unfurled again, causing the ship to gradually accelerate.

Xi Heng inquired about the various situations on the ship from the ship's captain for a while, and then returned to his own cabin.

There is certainly a lot of free time on this ship.

Even though I brought many books with me to pass the time, I still often felt bored.

If I were in Jiangning City right now, and could play with Senior Sister Hongmiao every day, or go out to stroll around the city, I would never feel bored.

She had already started to miss her senior.

"This kind of ocean-going search for immortality is too time-consuming. Let your subordinates handle this from now on..."

……

On the 40th day of their voyage, the ship still had not seen any land.

Let alone crossing the vast ocean, you can't even see a small island.

The azure sky and sea stretched to the horizon, seemingly endless.

"After a 40-day voyage, mostly with favorable winds, we should have crossed an area as wide as the Atlantic Ocean by now, right?"

Xi Heng pressed his temples.

But even after the sun and moon have changed more than forty times, the scene remains the same.

When looking around on the deck, one often mistakenly thinks the ship is still in one place and hasn't moved.

Only the whooshing of the giant sails above and the rustling of the waves parting beneath the hull reminded her that the ship was still sailing eastward according to the compass.

Just how big is this sea?

Xi Heng really wanted to know.

However, throughout the entire Great Zhao Kingdom, no one had ever heard of anyone being able to cross the sea to reach another land.

Naturally, no one could tell her the answer to that question.

"The cabin smells a bit musty... I really want to go ashore."

Xi Heng muttered to himself for a while, then slowly retreated from the porthole.

During this time, she also read through the books about the immortals that she had brought from the Jingming religious altar onto the ship many more times.

The descriptions of immortals in dozens of books, some thick and some thin, are particularly enviable. I wonder when I can become one of those immortals.

"Summoning wind and rain, living a carefree and unrestrained life..."

Influenced by these books, Xi Heng tried to take out the spirit stones and attempt to absorb spiritual energy into his body using the breathing techniques described in the Taoist books.

But no matter how you breathe or how precise your posture or movements are, the spiritual energy will still pass directly through your body without reacting with it.

In her despair, she asked the Crimson Goddess, who shared a cabin with her:

"You said... how can one lock in spiritual energy and prevent it from escaping, thereby cultivating qi and achieving immortality?"

"I don't know."

This answer was exactly what Xi Heng expected.

She didn't have any expectations to begin with.

After all, if Chen Fenghuo knew how to lock in spiritual energy, there would be no need to build such a large ship to cross the sea eastward in search of the legendary immortal realm.

If the other party had the ability to cultivate Qi and attain immortality, she might have been the one who lost back then.

"If only there were a spell that could absorb spiritual energy into the body," Xi Heng sighed softly. "Why hasn't anyone researched such a spell?"

"The guiding technique, the foundation of all methods under heaven, is the method for absorbing spiritual energy." Chen Fenghuo, already accustomed to Xi Heng's lack of common sense regarding Qi cultivation, stated calmly:

"Other breathing and spirit absorption methods are just based on guiding techniques to make the absorption of spiritual energy more efficient."

"Guiding techniques? You know them?"

"Among the various Taoist sects in the Great Zhao Kingdom, there is the 'Great Zhou Heavenly Cultivation and Spirit Absorption Essentials' available for learning. This technique is a method of breathing in and exhaling spiritual energy that has evolved from the Daoist exercises over a long period of time. You only need to donate a few taels of silver to them to hire a Taoist priest to teach you, which is much cheaper than ordinary martial arts schools," the other party mentioned.

"...But it won't work, will it?"

After obtaining the spirit stone, Xi Heng also consulted many classic Taoist manuals and found several methods of Qi cultivation and breathing exercises, which all seemed to have some wonderful uses at first glance.

However, in actual use, it is completely useless.

"Without spiritual energy in the world, the methods of breathing exercises are naturally worthless, at most they can only clear the meridians and slightly prolong life." The other person added: