Traveling through the Immortal Realm: Starting from Becoming a Top-Level Furnace Cauldron

[A large number of low-quality prizes are omitted here...]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining [Life-saving Hair]*1]

【Props丨Life-saving hair】

[Introduction: The hairs imbued with monkey energy can play a huge role at critical moments!]

Lu Yuguan's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that the first big prize would be so unexpected.

"This is the Monkey King's life-saving hair!"

Lu Yuguan happily stuffed the hair into the deepest part of the system backpack and continued to look at the next prize.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining [Magic Little Yellow Duck]*1]

【Introduction: You can put it in the bathtub when taking a bath. It’s very fun! 】

Lu Yuguan: ...

system:……

"How can this be considered a high-quality prize?!" Lu Yuguan couldn't help but swear.

[Ding! The host has been detected swearing, and one point of civilization value has been deducted.]

Lu Yuguan: ...Is this right?

"Is this thing some kind of sealed item?"

Lu Yuguan pinched the cute little yellow duck and talked to himself.

However, after staring at it for a long time, I found nothing special about it except that it made a strange sound when pinched.

Although this "magic little yellow duck" is a bit confusing, it is a high-quality prop after all, so it is better to keep it.

After all, the rewards given by the system might come in handy at some point.

Lu Yuguan stuffed the little yellow duck into the system backpack and continued to check the next prize.

As the lottery wheel turned, Lu Yuguan's mood also fluctuated.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining [Golden Apple]*1]

【Props丨Golden Apple】

【Introduction: Eat it and you will gain magical powers! 】

"Golden Apple?" Lu Yuguan held the golden apple in his hand, his eyes sparkling. "Tong-chan, can I eat it now?"

【…】

【Eat it, greedy boy. 】

The system glanced at Lu Yuguan.

Lu Yuguan took a bite of the golden apple with great joy.

"Hmm, this smell..."

A look of satisfaction appeared on Lu Yuguan's face. The juice of the golden apple overflowed in his mouth, and a warm current flowed down his throat, making him feel full of strength.

"This golden apple is truly extraordinary!"

Lu Yuguan couldn't help but admire it. He ate with big mouthfuls and felt the changes in his body.

As the golden apple gradually disappeared, Lu Yuguan felt a powerful energy surging in his body, and his spiritual sea seemed to have been significantly improved at this moment.

"My lower abdomen feels warm. Is there any new change?" Lu Yuguan exclaimed in surprise.

The essence of the golden apple spread throughout his body, and Lu Yuguan felt an unprecedented power surging in his body.

His spiritual sea seemed to have been significantly enhanced at this moment. A warm current flowed along his meridians, making him feel full of strength.

He was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a warm air flow slowly rotating in his lower abdomen, as if something was awakening.

"This is……"

Lu Yuguan widened his eyes. He could feel that his spiritual roots were undergoing subtle changes.

The originally ordinary spiritual root seemed to become more solid at this moment, and he could vaguely feel a new power brewing in it.

"Could it be..." Lu Yuguan's heart moved, and he thought of a possibility.

In the immortal cultivation novels he had read, some special spiritual fruits could help cultivators awaken higher-level spiritual roots, and might even directly improve their cultivation.

Could this golden apple be one of them?

He did not dare to be careless, and immediately sat cross-legged and began to guide the energy in his body.

With Lu Yuguan's guidance, the warm current gradually gathered at the spiritual roots and began to nourish and strengthen them.

With the nourishment of energy, the wood spirit root gradually became tougher and stronger.

Time passed minute by minute, and Lu Yuguan concentrated on guiding the energy in his body.

"Success!"

Finally, a powerful energy burst out, his spiritual roots were completely awakened at this moment, and a brand new power surged in his body.

Lu Yuguan opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with excitement.

He could feel that his spiritual roots had made a qualitative leap at this moment, and his original cultivation level of the early stage of foundation building actually showed signs of breaking through to the middle stage of foundation building.

"This golden apple is indeed a treasure!"

An unprecedented joy surged in Lu Yuguan's heart.

He opened the property panel and checked the current value——

[Name: Lu Yuguan]

[Civilization Value: 36.8]

[Cultivation: Initial stage of foundation building]

[Spiritual Power: 300 (+50%)/200]

[Spiritual Root Attribute: Advanced True Wood Spiritual Root]

[Kung Fu: Internal Kung Fu | Furnace Cauldron Demon Control Heart Technique (Silver Furnace Cauldron Heart Sutra Intermediate Level)]

[Kung Fu: External Kung Fu | Solar Terms, Part 1 (Beginning of Spring Breeze/Sacrificial Rain), Ten Thousand Trees and Thorns | External Kung Fu (Perfection), Solid Wood Armor | External Kung Fu (Great Accomplishment)]

[Skill: Eight Elegances·Full Version]

[Weapons: [Slow Down (Incomplete)], [Green Bamboo Staff]]

[Divinity: Kaitian (0.54%), Xuanyuan (0.70%)]

[Multiple "None" attribute item columns are hidden here]

"Huh? The Supreme Wood Spiritual Root?" Lu Yuguan looked at the unfamiliar name and couldn't help but asked in surprise.

He emptied his mind and sank his consciousness into the sea of spirit.

In the depths of the spiritual sea, Lu Yuguan felt an unprecedented power.

It was a feeling of connection with all things in nature, as if he could hear the whispers of the trees and feel the breathing of the grass.

His spiritual roots, originally of ordinary wood attribute, now seemed to have advanced to a whole new level - true wood spiritual roots.

"Could it be a new type of spiritual root?" Lu Yuguan was full of surprise.

[Ding! Do you want to view the new spiritual root attribute entries?]

The system prompt sound popped up at this moment.

"Check...wait!"

Lu Yuguan suddenly remembered that when he was in Dali Temple, the system deducted a whole civilization value from his value when he was looking up the skills.

"Tong-chan, are you going to deduct your civilization stats again?"

【Tsk. 】

[The host's own attributes, no points will be deducted.]

The system frowned.

"Hey hey hey, check, check, check."

When Lu Yuguan heard that no points would be deducted, he smiled.

【Spiritual Root丨True Wood Spiritual Root】

[Introduction: An advanced version of the Wood Spirit Root, it not only possesses the super-strong self-healing ability of "Regenerating Broken Limbs," but also the special life-saving skill of "Silent Resurrection"!]

[Magic Power丨Regeneration of Broken Limbs]

[Introduction (Quick Version): Literally.]

【Magic Power丨Silent Revival】

[Introduction (Quick Version): Top-level fake death.]

"Fuck, it's a bunker!" Lu Yuguan exclaimed.

[Ding! The host has been detected swearing, and one point of civilization value has been deducted.]

Lu Yuguan: ...

"Not buddy?!"

【hehe. 】

Okay, okay, you'd better not make me feel uncomfortable, right?

Lu Yuguan was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but the description in the entry was so tempting that it immediately swept away his bad mood.

"My goodness... then wouldn't I be an indestructible cockroach?"

Lu Yuguan's mouth was watering. Ever since he saw Ji Xian being beheaded on Yufeng Mountain, he has always regarded "safety" as the first principle of cultivating immortals.

Now with the two accompanying magical powers brought about by the mutation of the spiritual roots, it can be considered an extra layer of protection.

"Hiss, wait, why has this divinity increased so much?"

Lu Yuguan glanced at the "Xuanyuan" entry and saw that the progress, which was originally only 0.06%, had suddenly increased to 1.7%!

"Oh my god, Tong, is there something wrong with this attribute panel?" Lu Yuguan asked in confusion.

[Host, this system upholds fairness, justice, and fairness——]

"Hey, stop, stop, stop. I get it. Don't say anymore." Lu Yuguan said with a frown.

He thought carefully and thought, "Since the system won't have any problems, then this growth of divinity must have a legitimate reason..."

System: That’s right.

"Combining what the system said before, about contact with divine beings, then the people he has come into contact with the most during this period..."

System: Yes, yes, shout it out loud.

"Could it be—Red Butterfly?!"

【puff!--】

The system was almost not replaced in one go.

Oh shit.

I overestimated Lu Yuguan's IQ.

[Host, think about it, didn't you already have this divinity before you met the Red Butterfly?]

"Oh... yes," Lu Yuguan suddenly realized, but then fell into deep thought, "But who else could it be?"

Before Lu Yuguan could continue to think about this question, the sound of the wheels rolling slowly stopped, and the voice of Butler Zhao came from outside the carriage.

"Third Young Master, the royal carriage is in front of the Etiquette School. How about... we get off here first?" Zhao Si said carefully towards the carriage.

What happened a few days ago caused a lot of uproar in the Bai Mansion. It was really shocking that the Third Young Master could make the Crown Prince lose face.

Lu Yuguan couldn't help but frown. He quietly lifted the curtain and looked at the carriage at the door.

"Hiss... The guards nearby are silent, and Miao'er is nowhere to be seen. Li Chonglin must have gone in, right?" Lu Yu thought with concern, waving at Butler Zhao. "It's okay, just stop at the door. Li Chonglin isn't some monstrous creature. Why should I be afraid of him?"

Seeing his young master being so stubborn, Zhao Si shook his head helplessly and said, "Third Young Master, he is the crown prince after all, so it is better to be careful."

Gululu...

The Bai Mansion's carriage team slowly stopped at the gate of the Li School, and Lu Yuguan got off.

"Yuguan?"

When a familiar voice came, Lu Yuguan froze in his tracks as he was getting out of the car, and he almost fell down.

He mustered up the courage to look up, only to see Li Chonglin slowly getting off the royal carriage.

"Li Chonglin?" Lu Yuguan broke out in a cold sweat. "Didn't he already go in... Shit, is he waiting here for me?"

He thought he had escaped that embarrassing encounter, but he didn't expect to run into it when he arrived at the Etiquette School today.

Lu Yuguan tried hard to calm himself down and look composed.

"Yuguan, you're here."

Li Chonglin walked towards him with a smile.

Lu Yuguan forced a smile and responded, "Yeah, I didn't expect to meet you here so early in the morning."

"I didn't expect that either." Li Zhonglin's voice was filled with a wry smile. "But since we're here, why not go in together?"

Lu Yuguan hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

He knew he couldn't escape and could only face it.

The two men walked into the Etiquette School side by side. All eyes were on them. Lu Yuguan felt a little uncomfortable, but Li Chonglin seemed calm, as if everything was under control.

"Yuguan, do you know?" Li Zhonglin suddenly said, "I've been thinking about what happened that day..."

"Stop, stop!——"

Lu Yuguan's heart skipped a beat. He didn't know what Li Chonglin would say next, but he knew that this would be a topic he could not avoid.

"What happened that day..." Lu Yuguan responded with feigned calmness, "I don't remember what happened."

Li Chonglin didn't continue talking, but changed the subject: "Forget it, let's go in."

Lu Yuguan breathed a sigh of relief, but he felt even more confused.

He didn't know what Li Chonglin was up to, but he knew that based on Li Chonglin's personality, he would never let him go.

Li Chonglin smiled slightly, as if he was not surprised by Lu Yuguan's reaction.

He patted Lu Yuguan's shoulder gently, with a hint of playfulness in his tone: "Yuguan, you have a really good memory. Even I almost believed it."

Lu Yuguan's heart tightened as he realized that Li Chonglin did not really want to pursue what happened that day, but had other purposes.

He forced a smile and responded, "Your Highness, are you kidding me?"

"Tease you?" Li Chonglin shook his head, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes, "Yuguan, some things can't be solved by running away."

"I don't want to owe you anything."

Lu Yuguan was silent, he knew that Li Chonglin was telling the truth.

He cannot escape forever. One day, he must face his feelings and confront Li Chonglin's true heart.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Zhonglin, I...I will think about it carefully."

Li Chonglin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Let's go. Don't keep the Immortal Master waiting anxiously."

Today is the day of the Etiquette School Competition, and all the students of the Etiquette School are ready.

The place where the Lotus Tower was originally placed has been replaced by a huge fighting arena.

Inside the Etiquette School, students gathered in groups of three or five, discussing the upcoming competition.

"How's it going? Are you sure about today?"

"You're still talking about me, but you haven't improved your cultivation at all!"

Lu Yuguan was no exception. He straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and walked into Room A with firm steps.

In Room A, several students were sitting around a long table, some were flipping through thick books, while others were discussing tactics in low voices.

Lu Yuguan's arrival caused a slight commotion, and they all looked up with curiosity and anticipation in their eyes.

"Yuguan, you are finally here!" A voice came from the crowd. It was Chen Xian.

"Brother Chen, what are you preparing for?" Lu Yuguan walked over and asked curiously.

"We're discussing the strategy for the competition," Chen Xian pointed to the infographic on the table. "This year's competition is different from previous years. The rules have changed."

"This time, it's not just about fighting within each room, but also fighting across levels and rooms."

"I heard there are quite a few dark horses this year. Do you want to come and take a look?"

Lu Yuguan nodded and his eyes fell on the infographic.

"We're currently researching this. Look, this map shows the strongest fighters in each room, along with their fighting styles and specialized techniques."

"We intend to develop targeted strategies by analyzing this information."

Lu Yuguan looked at the names above and was stunned.