The ancient four immortals had been invited to the Immortal Maiden’s abode many times, tasting the rare delicacies she prepared.

Due to the Immortal Maiden’s unique cooking style, she had extremely high standards for both the food and the utensils.

Chopsticks, bowls, tablecloths… all had survived countless trials and tribulations, passing the dual tests of time and the mortal world, making them extremely precious.

These utensils inevitably carried the aura of the five immortals.

“This indirectly shows how invincible we ancient five immortals are. Without any action, just sitting there, we can imbue objects with our aura, which has not dissipated even after three hundred thousand years!” The Immortal Maiden boasted, praising herself enthusiastically.

Perhaps she was in a good mood seeing these old objects.

Lu Yang: “……”

But on second thought, it wasn’t too bad. Acquiring an immortal’s item for four thousand spirit stones was a great deal.

Moreover, this cloth could not be damaged, an absolute treasure.

“What a pity, you can’t use this cloth.” The Immortal Maiden said regretfully, choking Lu Yang.

“Why?”

“This tablecloth has been refined by me. Even though I have died once, the fact of refinement will not disappear. Therefore, only I can use this tablecloth.”

“So, I spent four thousand spirit stones, asked Sister Tao to bid for me, just to buy you a tablecloth?”

The Immortal Maiden sincerely said, “Second Master, I will remember your kindness.”

In reality, upon seeing Lu Yang receive the red silk, Tao Yaoye’s expression changed from excitement to disappointment, then from hope to despair, showing a rich variety of emotions.

“Brother Lu, what’s wrong?”

Lu Yang sighed, “Nothing, just played the fool once.”

As he spoke, he tried to put the tablecloth into his identity jade pendant.

Failed.

“Immortal Maiden, could you please let your tablecloth enter my identity jade pendant.”

“Oh.”

The tablecloth was the Immortal Maiden’s property and could not be directly put into the identity jade pendant.

After the waiter gave Meng Jingzhou the spirit stones for the auction of the Twin Lotus, he also gave him three talismans in jade boxes.

Three Divine Transformation level directional teleportation talismans, capable of escaping from the attack of a Divine Transformation stage monster, or teleporting a Divine Transformation stage monster to the Monster Suppression Pass to die, had various uses.

“Let’s go, it’s time to practice in the secret forest.” Lu Yang called out to everyone.

The four of them did not forget their purpose of coming to the secret forest, and directly set off from the auction to enter the forest.

This time, there were no Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain following them.

Lu Yang had discussed with the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain that most of the early and mid-stage Golden Elixir monsters they encountered on the outskirts of the secret forest posed no challenge to him and Meng Jingzhou.

If they wanted to achieve the real purpose of practice, they needed to explore deeper and enter the gathering place of late-stage Golden Elixir monsters.

In this way, the Five Heroes of Eagle Mountain, with their insufficient cultivation, could hardly guarantee their own safety. Moreover, they had been active on the outskirts for a long time and knew little about the deeper layers of the secret forest, so their role was minimal.

“Brother Lu, isn’t it too fast for us to fight with late-stage Golden Elixir monsters rashly? Shouldn’t we start from the late-stage Foundation Establishment?” Tao Yaoye was somewhat worried.

She and Man Gu had just become late-stage Foundation Establishment, they should be steady and start from the same level of battle.

The opponents Tao Yaoye had fought at the same level were either Lu Yang or the strongest Foundation Establishment of the Five Elements Sect, and she had never won a single match.

Moreover, as a Feather Transformation Immortal Body, she should have a stronger talent than a single spiritual root, but she could only rank third in the same generation, so she had very little confidence in her own combat power.

Lu Yang laughed, “Sister Tao, have some confidence. As the current generation’s genius, there are not many in the Foundation Establishment stage who can defeat you. Challenging higher levels is not as difficult as you think.”

“Even if you face early or mid-stage Golden Elixir monsters, you are sure to win, so you won’t achieve the effect of practice.”

Man Gu suddenly realized, “I thought Brother Lu was worried about encountering those enemies whose hair you shaved off in the original place, causing a lot of trouble, so he went deeper into the secret forest. I was thinking too superficially!”

Lu Yang: “……”

What a blunt truth.

Now the outskirts of the secret forest were full of Lu Yang’s enemies. As long as Lu Yang dared to show his face, he could attract countless people to chase and kill him.

“By the way, Sister Tao, can you set up an illusion?”

“What kind of illusion?”

Lu Yang touched his hair that had just grown a little, and smiled embarrassingly, “An illusion that makes us think our hair is still the same as before.”

Meng Jingzhou was also nodding.

Tao Yaoye: “……Okay.”

She slightly cast a spell, allowing the four of them to enter the illusion. The only difference between the illusion and reality was that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had grown lush hair.

“I’ll find a late-stage Golden Elixir monster first, let Sister Tao practice.” Lu Yang said, then asked the Immortal Maiden in his spiritual space to open her divine sense and find the nearest late-stage Golden Elixir monster.

“Immortal Maiden, please.”

“I can help, but I want to activate the barbarian bloodline in this little barbarian first.” The Immortal Maiden rarely saw her masterpiece and wanted to lend a hand.

The barbarians lacked detailed records about the ancient barbarians, otherwise, Man Gu wouldn’t be unaware of the existence of the Immortal Maiden.

At the same time, Man Gu didn’t know how to activate the ancient barbarian bloodline and was currently in the stage of gradual exploration.

The ancient barbarians used to activate their bloodline gradually as their cultivation increased, which was too inefficient.

With the help of the Immortal Maiden, the process of activating the ancient barbarian bloodline would be greatly shortened.

“Once the ancient barbarian bloodline is activated, this little barbarian will have an overwhelming advantage against monsters, which will be very helpful to you!”

Lu Yang thought for a moment and felt that made sense.

“Man Gu, I’m going to tell you how to activate your ancient barbarian bloodline now. Are you ready?”

Although Man Gu didn’t know why Brother Lu knew how to activate his bloodline, he knew that Brother Lu would not deceive him.

“Alright, I’m ready.”

In the spiritual space, for every sentence the Immortal Maiden said, Lu Yang would relay it to Man Gu in reality.

“The ancient barbarian bloodline originates from the Immortal Maiden, it’s a blessing from the immortals. You need to spread your arms and shout ‘Long live the Immortal Maiden’ three times. Your body will then start to heat up, which is the initial sign of bloodline awakening.”

Upon hearing this, Man Gu was taken aback. He had never expected that their ancient barbarian lineage originated from the Immortal Maiden.

“Next, you need to praise the status of the Immortal Maiden, calling her the supreme existence, the leader of the five immortals, incomparable and irreplaceable.”

“You need to praise her three times as well.”

“Did you get all that?” Lu Yang understood that the awakening ceremony was essentially flattering the Immortal Maiden.

“Uh… what was the first sentence again? ‘The Immortal Maiden is forever gone’?”

“It’s ‘Long live the Immortal Maiden’!”

Man Gu spread his arms and shouted towards the sky:

“Long live the Immortal Maiden!”

“Long live the Immortal Maiden!”

“Long live the Immortal Maiden!”

His heartfelt cries startled the birds in the trees, causing them to fly away.

As the awakening ceremony progressed, Man Gu felt his bloodline boiling within him, as if it was on fire.

His skin turned red, his face contorted in pain, his teeth gritted, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on his forehead. He felt as if his body was about to explode.

“Huff… huff…” Man Gu’s bloodline gradually returned to normal, and the heart-wrenching pain gradually disappeared.

“How do you feel?”

“I feel like I’m full of power!”

“Then…”

Before Lu Yang could finish his sentence, he heard the sound of beasts running not far away.

The sounds came from all directions, all targeting their location.

Boom—

A beast covered in scales, with red eyes, stared intently at Man Gu as it knocked down trees.

Boom—

Another beast appeared behind the four of them, also staring at Man Gu as if it had seen its enemy.

One after another, Golden Elixir stage beasts appeared, surrounding the four of them.

The target of the beasts was very clear, it was Man Gu.

“Senior Brother, is this what you meant by finding a late-stage Golden Elixir beast for me to practice on?” Tao Yaoye asked quietly, having never seen such a grand spectacle.

“Maiden, what’s going on?!” Lu Yang realized that there was a problem with the ancient barbarian bloodline in Man Gu.

“Hmm, it seems that the activation of the ancient barbarian bloodline was incomplete. Instead of suppressing the beasts, it enraged them… Don’t worry, this is all within my expectations!”

“Maiden, look into my eyes and say that again.”

The Immortal Maiden guiltily averted her gaze: “This is a test from the immortals.”

(End of Chapter)