How did a bastard like him become an immortal?

Three days later.

My heavy eyelids slowly opened, and there before me was a stunningly beautiful face. My head felt as if it were resting against something soft, comfortable and pleasant.

The warm medicine slowly flowed into my mouth, and—my nose?

"Cough cough!"

Li Muyun was startled awake by the choking. After a long while, he weakly wiped his nose and said with a wry smile, "Miaochan, if you want to choke me to death, just say so."

Shi Miaochan's pretty face instantly turned bright red with embarrassment. She pushed the medicine bowl into Li Muyun's hands, raised her proud, swan-like, long, white neck, and looked away, saying, "You stinky Muyun, this is the first time I'm feeding medicine, so stop being so picky!"

Shi Miaochan tried her best not to let Li Muyun see her blushing face. The dignified princess had actually fed medicine into her nostrils for the first time and was even met with disgust and criticism, which made her both ashamed and angry.

Li Muyun drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp and said softly, "Miaochan, thank you for taking care of me. I won, right?"

Shi Miaochan then sat down by the bedside, the image of Li Muyun's golden and silver eyes, which seemed to rule the world, still lingering in her mind. She nodded heavily, "You've won! Qin Wuyang has already reported this matter to His Majesty, and we are just waiting for His Majesty to issue an imperial decree."

He smiled in relief, finally able to relax his nerves which had been taut for so long. His hellish training had been for this very day.

Shi Miaochan looked at Li Muyun with some heartache, "Muyun, you pushed yourself too hard. Although you defeated Lü Chengyu, you were also seriously injured. That secret technique almost caused your body to collapse, and you were asleep for three whole days."

"Three days should be enough to heal my injuries. After I recuperate, I need to go to the Crystal River."

Li Muyun slowly sat up and sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing. Shi Miaochan hesitated to speak, knowing that Li Muyun's burdens were far from over, so she quietly left the room.

"Tsk tsk, Princess Miaochan is deeply in love with you." The long-eared fairy appeared out of nowhere, floating beside Li Muyun and teasingly said.

Li Muyun shrugged helplessly, "Rabbit Lord, I can't help this romantic entanglement. What can I do? I'm just too handsome."

"You're getting cocky now that I'm calling you fat." Long-eared fairy tapped Li Muyun on the head and looked him up and down. "You kid, how come you always end up all bruised?"

As he spoke, a flash of light appeared in his hand, and a small three-stage resurrection array enveloped Li Muyun.

Feeling the warm life force continuously flowing into his body, Li Muyun circulated his true energy to regulate and recover. However, due to overusing the Overbearing Transformation, his meridians were somewhat blocked. The flow of true energy was like a drill breaking through, causing Li Muyun to grimace in pain.

"Rabbit Lord, you have so many useful little formations, please teach me them all. I feel that although I am now a Spirit-level Formation Master, my practicality is too low, and I rarely use formations. Does this mean that formations are not very useful, and I should just focus on cultivating the Great Dao?" Li Muyun said with his eyes shining.

"Don't provoke me, kid. If the formation doesn't work, I'll remove the Three-Turn Resurrection Formation. You can heal your injuries on your own."

As he spoke, the Long-Eared Immortal waved his hand, preparing to withdraw from the formation.

"No, no! Mr. Rabbit, I'm just humbly asking for your advice." Li Muyun chuckled awkwardly.

The long-eared immortal snorted and shook his long ears, saying, "Only when you reach the Golden Core realm can you become a true array master and use your own small spiritual arrays at will. You can even use your natal magic weapon as the array core to inscribe large immortal arrays. Right now, I'm just letting you lay the foundation. Once you've passed the tribulation, your array cultivation will have just begun."

"I see. I can already sense it. The Golden Core Tribulation is about to begin. If I want, I can summon the tribulation at any time to enter the Golden Core stage."

Li Muyun felt the surging true energy within his body, which was extremely solid. If he were to unleash it with all his might, it would surely attract a tribulation of lightning.

"No, it's not the right time yet. Forging the Golden Core is of paramount importance on the path of cultivation. Suppress it for as long as possible."

Long-eared Immortal shook his head, looking at Li Muyun with a deep gaze, as if he were looking at a rough jade he had carefully carved.

"The more solid your cultivation and the more outstanding your talent, the stronger the heavenly tribulation you will attract."

The tribulation of lightning may seem like a calamity, but it is actually a great opportunity. Overcoming the tribulation is like refining an elixir; heaven and earth are the furnace and the battleground, the heavenly lightning is the true fire, and we ourselves are the golden core. The stronger the tribulation of lightning you endure, the more true essence your golden core can condense, and the more resilient your body becomes.

Therefore, suppress your cultivation level, find the right moment to strike, and undergo another tribulation of lightning.

Li Muyun nodded, understanding what the Long-Eared Immortal meant. A solid foundation is the basis for one's existence; if one's foundation is not firm, it will be difficult for one's path of cultivation to go far.

He closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing and heal his injuries.

The Sword Maniac had told him before that the Sword Pavilion recruits disciples fifteen days after the autumn imperial examinations. He had been asleep for three days, and the journey was expected to take another three days, so he had less than ten days left to stay in the capital.

Not knowing if the location of the second key would be as difficult as the journey to Yangyu, Li Muyun could only treat his injuries as soon as possible and take it one step at a time.

A day later, Li Muyun's injuries had recovered to about 80-90%. He called on Yang Tian, ​​who looked reluctant, and prepared to head to the Crystal River.

"Little Rou, I'll bring you a gift when I come back. Wait for us."

Yang Tian reluctantly said goodbye to Xiao Rou. During the days that Li Muyun was in a coma, without Li Muyun as a third wheel, Yang Tian made rapid progress and was very attentive every day. Now Xiao Rou finally thought he was a good person.

"Please be safe."

......

The two headed north and arrived at the ferry crossing in the city. The Crystal River originates from the capital and stretches for hundreds of miles to the north. Li Muyun did not know what the so-called "trapped sun star" meant, and he could not find any information by asking around. He could only find a ferry and go down the river to look for clues.

If no clues are found after several days, then we must go to Jian Ge first and come back to look for the key during the imperial examination.

It was autumn, and the weather was already turning cold. Jinghe was not exactly a prosperous river, so many ferries were not coming to pick up passengers. Only a bare old wooden boat was swaying at the ferry, carrying an old man wearing a thatched raincoat, his back hunched, looking from a distance like an old dog with a broken spine.

Nowadays, the evil spirits in the Yangshen Temple are becoming increasingly rampant, and they even appear on the Crystal River. Flying on a sword is too conspicuous, so we can only search for them by ferry.

Seeing this, Li Muyun sighed softly. In this climate, those who are willing to take the ferry must be poor. He threw a gold ingot into the boat, and the two of them leaped onto the boat, creating ripples on the water.

The old man's eyes widened upon seeing the gold ingot. Looking at the two figures who resembled immortals, he immediately knelt and kowtowed repeatedly, exclaiming excitedly, "Immortals above, accept this humble old man's bow..."

Li Muyun raised his hand, and the old man was lifted up by an invisible force. "Old man, we want to rent your boat, and this gold is our payment..."