Reincarnation Girl Becomes Immortal

As the sky changed from noon to dusk, and the sun began to fade, the two descended the mountain, found an inn to stay in, and then climbed another mountain peak to the south.

The days faded away with each day's play.

As for the immortal's whereabouts, naturally, they could not be found.

She also tested the spirit stone from time to time in the beautiful mountains, and the spiritual energy would still rise and disappear as usual.

This place has no connection to immortality, not even a trace of spiritual energy.

Xi Heng was not discouraged. After exploring the area, he retrieved his horse from the inn and continued southwest with his senior sister.

Next stop: Lushan.

……

"Huh? What?"

Before they even reached Mount Lu, Xi Heng had just stopped at a restaurant in a city along the way. Before the food they had ordered even arrived, the waiter placed a cyan-gold envelope on their table.

She added that the envelope was specially given to her by a distinguished guest.

Ignoring the doubts and reminders of Senior Sister Hongmiao beside him, Xi Heng accepted the item regardless of whether it contained any poison or traps.

In the center of the plain brown envelope, three bold characters are written along a red line.

"An invitation to a hero?"

Xi Heng tore open the envelope and took out a folded sheet of cooked Xuan paper.

The inscription on it consists of only two lines of large characters.

"The world is in turmoil, and a new era is dawning... We cordially invite heroes from all the martial arts world to discuss grand plans for the martial arts community."

"On the eleventh day of the tenth month of the year Yihai, I will wait respectfully at the Wulin Lake in Longchuan."

The signature at the end reads: "Master of Donghuangmei Mountain, Huang Lie."

"Master Huangmei Mountain..." This was the first time Xi Heng had heard of this person's name.

"What did you write?" the senior sister asked.

"It seems Huangmei Mountain is gathering martial arts practitioners; I wonder what they want to discuss." Xi Heng handed over the invitation to the heroes.

The senior sister took it, glanced at it, and then frowned, asking, "How did he know we were here?"

"Perhaps someone recognized me during my journey," Xi Heng said casually.

"...Are you going?" the senior sister asked hesitantly.

"I am a blood demon wanted by Huangmei Mountain, and also a princess of the Great Zhao Dynasty. If I go there, I might be surrounded and killed by a bunch of martial arts masters. Of course I won't go."

"According to the rules of the martial arts world, the host must guarantee the safety of the invited guests at such a grand event."

Hong Miao pondered for a moment and said, "However, the world is in chaos right now, and the martial arts world is also in chaos. It's inevitable that some trouble will arise when martial artists from all over the world gather. It's better not to go."

She was quite concerned about Xi Heng's safety.

"Then I won't go."

Xi Heng ignored the so-called invitation to become a hero.

The senior sister reminded us again, "The fact that this letter was sent means that our whereabouts have been exposed. We may need to disguise ourselves again to conceal our appearance."

"No need," Xi Heng said.

"The Tianliang army, which I have a grudge against, has been defeated. Fang Tiande is dead. Huangmei Mountain can't possibly send a few more martial arts masters to surround and kill me. It's really not worth paying so much for a dead man."

"But just in case..."

"If anyone comes, just draw your sword and fight." Xi Heng picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth.

……

The two traveled through Mount Lu and then went to another place, the Crane Tower, where legend has it that an immortal painted cranes.

Both places boast extraordinary scenery, so beautiful that you could spend an entire day looking at them without getting tired of them.

However, the so-called traces of immortals remain nowhere to be found.

Legend has it that there is a fairy cave behind the Lushan Waterfall. Every full moon, the moonlight shines through the waterfall, revealing a path that can be walked through. Once inside, one can see the profound secrets left by the immortals, practice magic, and cultivate immortality.

However, even after Xi Heng used his blood-line sword energy to slash the waterfall several times, he still couldn't find any opening in the stone wall behind it that he could enter.

When the full moon arrives, the so-called long road of moonlight will also vanish without a trace.

The bright moonlight spilled across the waterfall, causing the water droplets above to shimmer with tiny points of light.

Xi Heng sat cross-legged on the cliff opposite the waterfall, quietly watching the beautiful moonlit scenery all night, and then quietly left.

"Could it be that all the stories of immortal magic are false...?"

She gradually began to have doubts.

But if it's all fake, why are there so many stories about immortals in the world?

"Perhaps the immortals weren't faking it; they're just no longer here..."

"As the saying goes, long ago the world was full of spiritual energy, and as long as you had the aptitude, you could cultivate immortality and seek the Dao, breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"But at some point, the spiritual energy in the world will spontaneously dissipate, and without spiritual energy, there will be no one who cultivates immortality."

Xi Heng silently guessed.

If that's true, then it's a real pity... She couldn't travel to this world before the end of the Dharma era, making the search for immortality several levels more difficult.

"Immortals will leave traces whenever they exist... Legends and stories are one part of it, and spirit stones and magic are another. What I'm looking for is just the part that allows me to retain spiritual energy and practice breathing exercises."

Xi Heng continued his journey south.

Upon arriving at the Crane Tower, I saw the crane that was supposedly painted by an immortal on the most prominent stone wall inside the gate, but it had indeed vanished without a trace.

But when Xi Heng asked the shopkeeper about this rumor, the shopkeeper said: There was indeed a painted crane on this wall that would dance and flutter in response to the applause of the customers, but that was a hundred years ago...

Over the past century, the building has been renovated several times and changed hands several times. The current owners are no longer the same family.

"How can you tell if something happened a hundred years ago?" Xi Heng was skeptical.

Afterwards, the shopkeeper pointed out to her many faded paintings on the wall and an empty space on the flat stone.

This stone is where the painted crane once rested.

Now that the cranes have disappeared, the place feels empty.

This explanation was hardly convincing, but Xi Heng listened to the other party's confident assertion and looked at the mural again carefully. Staring at that empty space for a long time, he also felt a vague sense of imbalance.

There should have been something on the flat stone in the painting, but it's gone now.

……

It has been three months since Xi Heng took his senior sister away from Jiangning City.

During this period, she had already visited many so-called sacred mountains in the interior of the Great Zhao.

From east to west, she has successively climbed Tianmen Mountain, Yushu Mountain, Jinling Mountain, Kunshan Mountain, and so on...

But the result was obvious; like all other seekers of immortality in the world, Xi Heng never succeeded.

During this time, he asked people he met on the road about the immortals and received more and more rumors and stories—so many that they could be compiled into a book.

For example, some people have seen immortals living on the highest peak in the world in the southwest direction, accompanied by snow all year round, neither eating nor speaking, enduring the cold wind on the snowy cliffs of the mountain peak, yet remaining unmoved, and meditating for several years at a time.

Upon hearing this, Xi Heng assumed that someone had climbed the mountain and, upon approaching the summit, saw a corpse in a seated position. He mistakenly thought the person was meditating and was greatly astonished.

This story has been passed down and has become a legend about immortals.

Having followed the rumors to seek immortality several times herself, she felt that these rumors were becoming increasingly unbelievable, and that it was better to just listen to them and not bother to travel thousands of miles to verify them.

During the journey, Xi Heng silently pondered on horseback:

"It is truly difficult to find immortal traces by traveling alone. After this journey, I will wait until I ascend the throne and have my subordinates help me seek immortality."

"Now, we've visited all the legendary secret realms recorded in the Imperial Study, and only the most troublesome one remains to be verified..."

"East, the Immortal Island of Chonghai."

If you can't find any trace of immortals on land, you might have a chance at sea.

"However, that legendary fairy island is really far from the mainland, and small boats can hardly cross the vast ocean... If you want to go to the sea to seek the immortals, you need a large ship."

"I wonder if a few hundred taels of silver would be enough to buy a large ship."

"If we can't buy one, we'll just steal one, but I don't know how to sail, hmm..."

The girl pondered deeply.

A moment later, she suddenly remembered that she still had a few enemies to deal with.

Regardless of the whereabouts of the Black Blade Master, as the leader and saintess of the Great Dark Heavenly Sect, she is naturally an enemy of the Crimson Heavenly Goddess of the Pure Bright Sect.

Coincidentally, the other side was in the process of revolting in the coastal areas.

It is said that most of his rebel subordinates are fishermen... so they probably have boats available.

Even if the Crimson Goddess doesn't exist, there are always others in the world who do, and they can simply seize one once they reach the seaside.

With several months remaining before Yanmeng Kingdom's southward invasion, Xi Heng planned to continue his quest for immortality.

Since we can't find it on land, let's look for it at sea—

The girl nodded slightly, then took out her small map from her waist. Finding that it didn't depict the coastal areas, she discarded it. Turning around, she pulled a large scroll from her horse-drawn bag.

This is a large sheepskin map that she bought at great expense. It depicts the entire territory of the Great Zhao Dynasty in detail, including the coastal areas.

The scroll was opened, and after scanning it once, one could see the two states that were rumored to have been occupied by the Crimson Goddess.

"Senior sister, would you be willing to go with me to kill the rebels?" she asked immediately.

"Didn't you say you were going on a trip?" Having lived together for so long, Hongmiao had gotten used to Xiheng's quick changes of heart.

"I can kill thieves and travel at the same time. As a princess, I still have to do my duty." Xi Heng casually made up an excuse.

"Wherever my junior sister goes, I will follow," Hong Miao promised.

"There may be dangers along the way."

Xi Heng was still unaware of the fighting strength of the Crimson Goddess's subordinates, whether they were strong or weak, or whether there were any experts at the Transformation Realm who could rival her.

"As long as I can be with my junior sister, I don't care about any danger."

"Then, senior sister, please remember to protect yourself."

Xi Heng said this in a very casual manner:

"If my senior sister were to meet with an accident on this journey, I myself would not live either."

"Don't say that." But Senior Sister Hongmiao didn't seem to like such words:

"Even if something happens to me, my junior sister must carry on my share and live well."

"To live..."

Xi Heng smiled slightly: "I promise my senior sister."

Reloading the save file should also count as surviving, and it doesn't go against my senior's wishes.

……

Chapter 84, Crimson and Purple in Disarray

It’s a long road.

Returning to the central region from the southwest of Da Zhao, aside from encountering quite a few foolish bandits, they didn't encounter too much trouble.

Ordinary bandits on the roadside can be dealt with with a single swing of a sword.

Unbeknownst to him, Xi Heng had returned to the banks of the Xiujiang River and continued his journey eastward on horseback.

Along the river, they encountered many cities and towns. After the defeat of Tianliang's army, these cities lived in peace.

Although public resentment remains high, at least it is no longer as war-torn as before, and people no longer have to wander and drift like tumbleweeds.

After crossing the bridge and the Xiujiang River, Xi Heng first went to Jinshi City.

Since the decision was made to attack the Crimson Goddess, her Dark Heaven Sect was naturally present.

The Pure Bright Sect and the Dark Heaven Sect are inherently opposed, and along the way, the Dark Heaven Sect can also expand its power and influence.

Horse hooves pounded on the gates of Jinshi City, and two young girls quietly looked around.