Lady Lin's First-ever Journey to Immortality
chapter-290

Tribe for Cultivators gets excited again.

Lin Luoran wants to recruit someone to go to a secret land. It is said that if you can find an ancient book of the monsters of wood there, you’ll be rewarded with a Foundation-laying Bolus.

That’s the precious Foundation-laying Bolus! Everyone practices hard because they want to complete the course of Training Qi, successfully lay the foundation and get into a higher rank one day. The world of cultivation with abundant spells and hundreds of branches is as vast as the ocean. Refining weapons, making elixirs and planting magic circles, every main branch has an intriguing charm. Cultivators desperately want to learn every kind of it, but they need to live long enough to do so.

If you successfully laid a foundation, you could live for two hundred years.

Only through Laying Foundation, can Reiki in one’s body transform to Wakan which is necessary for making elixirs, refining weapons and studying magic circles.

Everyone dreams to lay foundations. There is no shortage of talents in this era either, but Reiki on the earth is too little to let these talents lay foundations naturally. Everyone needs Foundation-laying Boluses.

Lin Luoran said they needn’t find the ancient book to get the Foundation-laying Bolus. You could also get one if you did excellent work during the adventure and found something else.

Hey, are you going?

Only fools will not go!

……

“Grandmaster, I saw the discussion of Foundation-laying Bolus on the forum went crazy. What if we couldn’t find that much Foundation-laying Boluses to give?”

Yuan Ye says in a mild tone. The prestige Lin Luoran works so hard to build would be destroyed instantly if they didn’t have enough Foundation-laying Boluses. No one would ever trust her again.

Lin Luoran doesn’t think it will be a big deal and smiles, “What? Don’t you trust your teacher? I am going to reopen the stove and make elixirs.”

Yuan Ye is relieved. He never doubted if Lin Luoran can make Foundation-laying Boluses.

Lin Luoran sees Yuan Ye is at ease, so she decides not to tell him that the elixirs she is going to make are not Foundation-laying Boluses. She wants to make the boluses and Butterflybush Flowers in her space have been rip enough. However, the rate of qualified elixirs is too low when making the fourth-tier Foundation-laying Bolus in a second-tier alchemy furnace. She doesn’t want to risk wasting two Butterflybush Flowers grown for many years. Lin Luoran harvested the seeds of Butterflybush Flowers not long ago. When these seeds grow into flowers, she can make whatever she likes. Without stress, the rate of qualified elixirs might also be higher.

She doesn’t lack Luminous Sand that is a thousand years old. Butterflybush Flowers can also reproduce in a great amount, but dried Seven Stars Grass she got becomes less and less.

Does she need to ask her students to find Seven Stars Grass on the way?

That reminds Lin Luoran of another thing, “Yuan Ye, have you been practicing the spell of the sword I taught you?”

Yuan Ye’s former teacher left him with a good sword. Not every individual cultivator can give out a fourth-tier flying sword. Lin Luoran found the book Three Nadis Spells of Sword and gave it to Yuan Ye. Of course, it is one of the books White Fairy left and is written particularly for people with third-tier Taoist roots. It is definitely a great book.

Every trick of sword works differently for people with different Taoist roots, no matter which one of the three branches they are in.

Lin Luoran has seen how powerful it is when Yuan Ye practices to use his sword. She wonders sometimes that whether it is the purer the better for the Taoist root. The writer of such a powerful spell of swords is just an individual cultivator with a third-tier Taoist root. Are talents of cultivation truly decided by the quality of their Taoist roots?

Yuan Ye sees his teacher staring blankly again, so he raises his voice and repeats, “Grandmaster, I’m still not familiar with the last few tricks. Those written before it are pretty powerful, but we have to test them in real fights.”

Lin Luoran is pulled back from her groundless doubt about the Taoist root. She thinks for a while and says to Yuan Ye,

“You are going to the interstellar transmission circle with me. The practice is meaningless without real combats.”

Yuan Ye agrees happily. He has been looking forward to going to the interstellar transmission circle with Lin Luoran, but he doesn’t know how to ask her because he thinks his personal abilities are low and will hinder others. He doesn’t need to worry about it anymore since Lin Luoran asks him herself.

This conversation happens in the bamboo forest. Goldie tilts his head and stares at them. He envies Yuan Ye a lot.

Lin Luoran waves to him. Goldie flaps his wings and flies over.

“How about taking you with me too, Goldie?”

Lin Luoran is important to everyone at Lin’s, but she is not the only person they have, except Goldie. With her blood pact on him, Goldie only regards Lin Luoran as his master in this enormous mortal world. Lin Luoran and the golden hawk seldom have chances to go out together after she took him out of the secret land. She owes Goldie a lot.

“Goldie has a huge body. Will it be too eye-catching to……” Goldie glares at Yuan Ye before he can finish. Yuan Ye touches his nose and dare not to continue.

Goldie does grow bigger and bigger. He is as tall as a man standing on another’s shoulder. Lin Luoran even can’t reach his head if he doesn’t bow.

Goldie is grateful that Lin Luoran wants to take him with her. He makes two short cries and the little golden crown on his head flashes. Lin Luoran and Yuan Ye are astonished. Goldie shrinks quickly into a small version of him. A shrunk golden hawk?

Its nose and eyes still look like Goldie, but his body shrinks into the size of a common eagle. He lands firmly on Lin Luoran’s shoulder.

“You naughty bird, why didn’t you tell me you can shrink your body after evolution.” The mini version of Goldie looks at Lin Luoran with his innocent face, which makes her feel guilty for not giving him much care so she can’t be angry with him.

The cyan little fox notices something just happened outside. She rushes out without a second thought. She’s glad to see the small Goldie wandering around. She can’t beat a large golden hawk, but it becomes so much easier when it’s a small one.

The cyan little fox rushes over in high spirits before Lin Luoran can stop her. Goldie looks the cyan little fox who comes to challenge him over and flaps his wings. The cyan little fox is slapped into the air and bumps into the bamboo forest. Bamboo leaves fall all over the ground.

The cyan little fox quickly climbs up and runs away.

Lin Luoran and Yuan Ye both laugh. It is not common to see the sly fox lose a fight.

Li Xi’er runs over, shouting “Luoran, what’s wrong with Zeng Tian? He has been at the door for a long time. I told him to come in several times and he’s still standing there. Does he lose his mind?”

Lin Luoran and Yuan Ye look at each other. They know why Zeng comes to theirs.

Isn’t Zeng Tian usually a bold guy? (⊙o⊙)

……

Zeng Tian thinks he is so lucky.

When he first got in touch with Lin Luoran and the family, he only wanted to get some benefits and guidance for cultivation. He can promise to the Taoist ancestors that he never thought about being accepted into the school by Lin Luoran.

He felt dizzy for a whole day when he got Yuan Ye’s hint.

Zeng Tian is too excited that he is going to be the second student of Lin Luoran and finally becomes a cultivator with school instead of an individual one. Considering what happened to Yuan Ye, he doesn’t dare to tell his friends in the world of cultivation. They would think he is showing off. Zeng Tian is from an ordinary family, an ordinary yet rich one, but his parents still can’t give him good advice on this.

Zeng Tian can only tell all he wants to say to Cao Liyang. After the incident at the downtempo bar, Cao Liyang becomes steadier. He thinks about it for a long time and drinks up his wine in one shot.

“Zeng Tian, I don’t know about things in the world of cultivation. I just think Lin Luoran is a nice person after running errands for her. So, it won’t go wrong to take her as your teacher. You don’t need to hesitate.”

Zeng Tian scratches his head, “I’m not questioning Lin Luoran……I’m questioning myself.”

A light of confusion shows up in Zeng Tian’s eyes. Why did Lin Luoran choose him to be his student when there are so many people with excellent Taoist roots in the world of cultivation? At the age of 27, he only reaches the initial stage of Training Qi. Li Xi’er is two years younger than him, but she already has abilities at the final stage of Training Qi. How can Lin Luoran choose him to be his student when there is such an outstanding candidate?

Cao Liyang hesitates for a while and says, “Zeng Tian, you once told me that Lin Luoran’s Taoist root is not pure too. Maybe she’s not like other shallow people and appreciates other good qualities in you.”

Other good qualities……What does he have? Nothing but the money of his family. Zeng Tian feels himself inferior.

Seeing Zeng Tian musses his hair, Cao Liyang pats him on the shoulder and says, “You’re being stupid again. Lin Luoran chooses you not because she’s after your handsome face, right? Being rich is not a bad thing. Just go and find a proper gift for Lin Luoran to thank her for taking you as her student. Get someone powerful to rely on first!”

Zeng Tian suddenly realizes what he should do. Although he is stung by Cao Liyang’s “after your handsome face” speech, he immediately decides that he is going to find a gift to thank Lin Luoran.

It is said that Lin Luoran, no, his grandmaster only loves jadeite. Zeng Tian forces Fatty Cui to go to Burma with him and buy a first-class jade. Besides the money they spend, Fatty Cui almost dies in the hands of armed militants in Burma’s forest and falls seriously ill after he returns home. Zeng Tian is more hesitant on his way to accept Lin Luoran’s offer as her student.

What Fatty Cui and Lin Luoran have is real. Fatty Cui is sick before Zeng Tian even officially becomes Lin’s student. Zeng Tian feels very ashamed when he send Fatty Cui to Wang Miao’e’s.

Wang Miao’e blows a raspberry on him, “Are you going to put all of my Fatty Cui’s efforts in vain? You are such a coward. Come on! Go and take Lin Luoran as your teacher.”

Lucy makes a face of shame. Zeng Tian is really ashamed and flees away.

After arriving at Lin’s villa, Zeng Tian is dragged into the yard by Li Xi’er. He glances at everyone at Lin’s and forces himself to send the huge gift box to Lin Luoran without panicking.

“I…as your student, I……” Damn, Goldie doesn’t take away his tongue. Why can’t he say the whole sentence? Zeng Tian is almost ashamed to death.

Lin Luoran stifles her laughter and says in a patronizing way, “Zeng Tian, I know you are a nice person who is dedicated to cultivation. Are you willing to join Lin’s school and be my second student?”

Nothing can compare to the question Lin Luoran just asked. Zeng Tian’s dream has come true.

Zeng Tian would burst into tears if he didn’t tell himself he was a man and shouldn’t cry so easily.

“Yes, I am!”

It’s Yuan Ye’s turn to cry in front of Zeng Tian now. When he tried to be Lin Luoran’s student, he put his dignity aside and pleaded on his knees. Still, Lin Luoran didn’t agree until he passed a long-term test. Why is it so easy for Zeng Tian? It looks as if everyone at Lin’s were tricking him into being Lin Luoran’s student. Before Yuan Ye stops thinking about why he was treated so differently, everyone who just pretended to be serious begins to laugh. Li Xi’er grabs Zeng Tian when he is about to say something touching to his new teacher, “Zeng, call me master now.”

Yuan Ye looks at Zeng Tian again. He relates to him as they are both students with the lowest abilities in the school. Yuan Ye takes out a jade plate and gives it to Zeng Tian, “This is to congratulate you for becoming our teacher’s second student.”

It is nice to be the second student. Zeng Tian is grateful that Yuan Ye rescues him from the embarrassing conversation. Unexpectedly, Yuan Ye lowers his voice and says, “Hey, be aware that you are the second student. Don’t even think about taking Li Xi’er away from me.”

Zeng Tian finally can’t help rolling his eyes on such a formal occasion of acknowledging Lin Luoran as his teacher.