The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 44 Returning to the Five Ridges
Old Lu set sail on a talisman boat, and together with Jiang Yuan, Qing He, and Jing Xuan, the four of them headed to the Five Ridges.

The two small thatched huts in the Wuling Mountains were becoming increasingly dilapidated, clearly indicating that no one had visited them in recent years.

The spiritual vein is not at the thatched hut; it should be thirty miles away, in a remote canyon.

Jiang Yuan re-examined the terrain on the talisman boat and became even more certain of his judgment that this place was a hidden spiritual vein.

Jiang Yuan pointed to an inconspicuous rock, indicating that he should land there.

After Lao Lu accepted the talisman boat, Jiang Yuan took out a set of array plates and array flags and quickly set up an illusion array with a radius of two miles.

Jiang Yuan decided to dig a cave from beneath the rock. After digging only a few feet of passage, Jiang Yuan went out to remove the formation and had Qing He use wood-based magic to grow thorns and trees in front of the cave entrance to completely cover it up.

In this way, even if a cultivator flew by from high above, they would not notice anything unusual. Old Lu truly admired Guan's caution.

The four of them worked together to dig a passage about ten miles deep into the mountain, just wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and gradually descended.

Jiang Yuan was an expert in this art, and he would slightly turn every few feet, leaving a small platform at each turn.

Old Lu used earth magic to compact the soil and gravel that were dug up, so there was no need to transport the soil out.

After two days of such hard work, they finally broke through.

Qinghe was greatly surprised; there was a rather spacious natural cave ten miles away.

The cave is about two or three miles wide and four or five miles deep. The surrounding rocks and mountains are jagged and have a natural appearance.

The cavern was two miles high, with starlight twinkling at the top, clearly indicating a small spirit stone vein. An underground river flowed slowly beneath it. The excavated entrance was close to the bottom of the cavern, a testament to Jiang Yuan's accurate location.

Old Lu realized that the spiritual energy here had been depleted, and although he could obtain some spirit stone mines, it was not an ideal cave dwelling.

Jiang Yuan walked to the middle of the cave, looked up at the cave ceiling a few times, and observed the flow of the water veins. After a long while, he pointed to a strangely shaped rock and asked Qinghe to make a hole in the rock, vertically downwards.

After all, there were two Foundation Establishment cultivators, so digging through rocks was no problem for them. After about an hour, the hole was more than ten feet deep and became harder and harder. One of their flying swords and magic weapons was ruined. The rock fragments they sucked up were actually green jade ore.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Soon!"

Qinghe couldn't help but unleash more magic power, and her second flying sword, which was already badly worn, suddenly loosened, as if it had missed its target.

Qinghe retrieved her flying sword, and a milky white liquid gushed out of the hole, surrounded by swirling smoke.

Old Lu, being a fourth-grade alchemist, couldn't help but exclaim, "This is Earth Core Emulsion!"

Jiang Yuan had prepared a bunch of jade bottles, filling dozens of them. The water that gushed out gradually became clearer, indicating that the Earth's core emulsion was gone.

But the clear water still contained a rich spiritual energy, so Jiang Yuan ignored it and let it flow into the underground river.

In such a short time, the natural cave has become full of life, and it can definitely be transformed into a fairy cave, which is much better than the outer cave of Luofu Mountain.

Old Lu was truly impressed. Even if he had been told that there was a spiritual vein in the mountains, he would probably only have managed to dig up a few spirit stones after ten years. Who knew that a small spiritual spring was hidden beneath the abandoned spiritual vein mine?

Jiang Yuan laughed and said, "There is a saying about this spiritual spring, called 'dead wood comes back to life.' It not only has water-based spiritual energy, but also rich wood-based spiritual energy. There must be ten-thousand-year-old yin wood underground. That snake demon must have grown up in the underground river and accidentally gained some spiritual energy to become a spirit, but it could never find the living water of the spiritual spring in this rock, so it ran outside to devour living people. If it weren't for that snake demon, I wouldn't be sure that there is a spiritual spring here."

"Master Lu, do you think it's appropriate to set up a cave here?"

Old Lu hurriedly said, "This spiritual spring belongs to you and your husband. How could I possibly take it for myself!" Jiang Yuan laughed and said, "Master Lu, why be so formal? We are family. Besides, with my knowledge of feng shui, I won't have to worry about finding a better spiritual vein in the future. Please, Master Lu, move here."

After resting for a while, Jiang Yuan said again that the spiritual spring here was too deep and not suitable for being directly converted into a cave dwelling, as it was not good for people to live down there.

The cave dwelling can still be built above, where arrays can be used to draw spiritual energy from below upwards, or several secluded chambers can be built below for closed-door cultivation.

Of course, the area below the spiritual spring needs further development.

Jiang Yuan took matters into his own hands this time, taking a sword and diving deep into the cave.

Just as Qinghe was getting anxious, Jiangyuan emerged from underwater and emptied a large pile of jade ore from his storage bag. All of them were top-quality jade materials, and there was also a piece of wood that Lao Lu naturally recognized as ancient, submerged wood.

It seems that this spiritual vein was on the ground tens of thousands of years ago. I don't know what happened, but it caused a cataclysmic upheaval, turning a mountain range upside down and submerging it underwater.

Therefore, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary feng shui masters to discover the location of underground spiritual veins.

The four of them spent about ten more days carving out a cave dwelling about a mile deep from the rocky entrance. It had more than a dozen rooms, including a living room, a training room, an alchemy room, a weapon-making room, a small herb garden, a talisman study, and so on.

Most of the rooms cleverly incorporate natural light, so they are not so dark inside. During the day, there is no need to use spirit stone arrays for lighting, which is also good for the body.

Before a cultivator forms their Golden Core, they cannot remain away from the mortal world for an extended period of time.

The passage leading to the underground spiritual spring has been repaired. Old Lu, who has the highest cultivation level, has set up a triple array to restrict it, and he does not intend to bring the spiritual energy to the surface. If you want to cultivate, it is better to meditate near the underground water vein.

Thus, even if outsiders discover the cave, it will be difficult for them to find the underground spiritual spring.

Fortunately, Lao Lu had a lot of belongings and didn't lack anything for the time being, so the group could rest for a few days and cultivate on their own.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan dug several small ditches downstream of the Lingquan Spring to divert the water, and then dug four large pits. He then built several small wooden houses on the pits and set up array barriers.

These small wooden huts can serve as a place for the group to meditate and cultivate, and they can also be used for bathing in the spiritual spring, which is very beneficial to the cultivator's physique. After all, those spiritual springs still contain some of the earth's core fluid, which flows out continuously, so it would be a waste not to use them.

Next to the underground stream, some medicinal gardens have been cultivated and irrigated with spiritual spring water. However, they lack sunlight, which can be simulated using array formations.

The spring water can also be used for cooking and brewing tea, so some must be taken to the upper cave for daily use.

Thus, the immortal's cave dwelling was basically completed.

Jiang Yuan naturally wouldn't just hide like that; this was merely a small outpost during his wanderings.

This sacred spring is too small; according to Jiang Yuan's estimate, it will completely dry up in another thirty years or so.

For a young cultivator, thirty-odd years is a short time, but it can give Master Lu a good old age.

Unless Master Lu can form a golden core, his lifespan can be increased to five hundred years.

Jiang Yuan could see that Lao Lu was showing signs of declining health, but with this spiritual vein and a few bottles of Earth Core Emulsion, he was not without a chance. What was most valuable was his ambition to reach the peak.

Old Lu was also pondering to himself, "A withered tree comes back to life," could it be that I, Lu Haoran, have the potential to reach even greater heights?
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