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Chapter 176: I Can't Teach You About Love

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiao Yu walked out from the bushes and handed the wooden sword to Jiang Lan.

"Did Junior Brother's training go smoothly?"

She lifted her foot carefully, as if she was worried that she might step on a flower.

The flowers she took care of.

"It went quite smoothly," Jiang Lan said as he received the wooden sword.

Xiao Yu was indeed still waiting for him to help her enhance the Dragon Slaying Sword's Sword Intent. It still felt pretty weird.

However, he would not refuse.

"Junior Brother, did you go to a bustling place?"

Jiang Lan and Xiao Yu walked into the courtyard.

"Yes, I have even bought something for Senior Sister."

On the way, Jiang Lan took out the candied fruit and handed it to Xiaoyu.

"Candied fruit?" Xiaoyu took the two skewers of candied fruits and tested them with her mouth before smiling.

"So that's the smell. Both skewers are for me?"

"Mn." Jiang Lan nodded slightly.

He did not see any displeasure or disgust on Xiao Yu's face.

He then let out a sigh of relief.

"By the way," Xiao Yu reminded Jiang Lan.

"I'm really not a child. The me you saw before was the real me. My current appearance is to make it easier for us to go out. "

Xiao Yu had already explained it.

Except…

The way she ate the candied fruit caused what she said to be a little less convincing.

Of course, Jiang Lan didn't treat Xiao Yu like a child.

She didn't look like a child now. However, he felt that her personality was pretty innocent.

Her usual look did not give him such a feeling.

Arrogance.

Silence.

Rejecting everyone near her.

"Junior Brother has already embedded the Dragon Slaying Sword's Sword Intent more than ten times. Do you want me to teach you Dragon Language?"

At this moment, Jiang Lan was sitting in his seat while Xiao Yu was sitting at the side.

Jiang Lan nodded without hesitation.

"Okay."

He had learned some Dragon Language and could roughly understand it but he couldn't be considered proficient in it.

There were indeed some benefits after learning it.

With Xiao Yu around, it was impossible for him to cultivate. Thus, learning the Dragon Language was not a bad idea.

"Then let's start learning from writing Dragon Language. It shouldn't look good at the beginning. The Dragon Language is more difficult to write." Xiao Yu looked at Jiang Lan and smiled.

Jiang Lan was silent.

It came back to the topic of writing again.

It had been more than fifty years.

Why hadn't she forgotten about it?

Jiang Lan remained silent.

Now that he was embedding the wooden sword with Dragon Slaying Sword's Sword Intent, he naturally had no time to learn.

He could only learn it the next time.

He had just returned and had many things to do.

That evening.

Jiang Lan sent Xiao Yu off the Ninth Summit.

Just when he thought Xiao Yu was going to return to the Jade Pool on her sword, Xiao Yu stopped moving.

She just stood there and looked at him.

"Senior Senior, did you forget something?" Jiang Lan asked.

"Return it to me." Xiaoyu extended her hand towards Jiang Lan.

This surprised Jiang Lan.

"Senior Sister, what do you mean?"

"My Autumn Sword." Xiao Yu reminded.

"I lent it to you for this trip."

Jiang Lan finally remembered.

He then took out her Autumn Sword and placed it in Xiao Yu's hand.

"Senior Sister's sword."

He did not explain much. It was fine as long as he returned it.

"Then I'll be going back. Next time, I'll come over to teach you Dragon Language."

Xiao Yu walked towards the Jade Pool with a smile.

As he watched Xiao Yu disappear into the horizon, Jiang Lan headed towards the peak of the Ninth Summit to meet his master. At the same time, he would pass the good wine and beef to his master.

Xiaoyu did not hate candied fruits, but his master might not like it.

…

Xiao Yu flew towards the Jade Pool.

With the last stick of candied fruit in her mouth, she examined the Autumn Sword in her hand.

"There are no signs of it being used. Is it because he did not need to use a sword while out training, or is it because he's too embarrassed to use it?"

She was puzzled.

She had hoped that her Autumn Sword could help Jiang Lan.

However, her Junior Brother was not injured and looked much better than before he left.

Something must have happened. And it went well.

She put away her sword and started eating the candied fruit.

Was it delicious?

It wasn't exactly delicious, but she liked this little thing.

Perhaps it was because no one had ever given her a gift.

Or rather, no one had ever given her a present.

Even if it was just simple food.

She wouldn't take it from anyone else.

However, she was able to accept her fiancé's present with peace of mind. She didn't want to let down Jiang Lan's good intentions.

If Jiang Lan had given her something expensive, she definitely had to give a return gift.

But there was no need for it this time.

…

Master, wine." Jiang Lan stood at the peak of the Ninth Summit and handed the item to his master.

Mo Zhengdong looked at the wine and beef, not knowing what to say.

It was nothing new.

It was even less creative than his gifts.

The first time, he had gifted Jiang Lan with an animal egg… Or rather a vegetative egg.

The second time, he had given him a Udumbara Flower.

Other than good wine, his disciple knew of nothing else to gift him.

It was rare for him to go out for training this time, and he had even added some beef with sauce as part of the gift package.

"You brought something for the Goddess?"

Mo Zhengdong asked.

"Two sticks of candied fruits," Jiang Lan replied.

Mo Zhengdong looked at Jiang Lan in surprise.

Finally, he said earnestly.

"I can't teach you this. When you have time, go ask your Martial Aunts from the Third and Fifth Summit."

Jiang Lan was silent.

He simply bought something out of convenience.

Why did he have to consult those two martial aunts?

Besides, those two might be female cultivators, but—

They still had yet to find a partner.

Speaking of this, Jiang Lan recalled his Martial Aunt of the Fifth Summit. She had said that she had admired his master for a long time.

She had even asked him to play the matchmaker.

Furthermore, his master was still single.

Should he ask?

"This feels a little sudden. Let's wait and figure it out."

He had already become an immortal, and his master was getting old.

It was human nature to care about the lives of the elderly.

However, he was more concerned about whether his Martial Aunt had told him the truth or was she just making fun of him.

He could ask his master about his feelings when he was free.

"Did you gain anything from your trip this time?" Mo Zhengdong asked.

These few years weren't long, but it should be extremely important to Jiang Lan, so he wanted to get a rough understanding of it.

At the very least, he wanted to know if there was an opportunity for Jiang Lan to become an immortal.

"There are some gains and I have gotten a type of enlightenment. My future path will be much easier." Jiang Lan said softly.

He had already become an immortal, but his future path was not that easy.

However, it was much easier compared to before.

It was all thanks to his master's thousand years' worth of providence that everything went so smoothly.

Although he had only gotten a pill from signing in.

However, the Creation Pill played an extremely important role in allowing him to become an immortal.

Mo Zhengdong nodded. That was good. There was no need to ask anything else.

"Master, I'm curious about something." Jiang Lan looked at Mo Zhengdong and said,

"The owner of the old wine tavern told me that he had made you pay a price for this book."

Jiang Lan then took out the book.

Two words were written on the book: Catoptric Deflection.

This place should have records of the spiritual inn.

Jiang Lan had yet to take a look and would only be free after some time.

He had just returned and had many things to do.

"Nothing much. It was just to find some body tempering spirit herbs for his grandson." Mo Zhengdong shook his head slightly.

Jiang Lan lowered his eyebrows.

His master had spoken casually.

But the inn owner was powerful to begin with, yet he still needed his master's help.

No matter how he thought about it, the matter should not be as simple as what his master says.

Chapter 177: Reached The Age Of Being A Party Leader?

After leaving his master's location, Jiang Lan returned to the courtyard.

He looked at the vegetative egg and the Udumbara Flower.

The vegetative egg didn't look any different, but the Udumbara Flower looked like it was about to wither.

He sensed that the vegetative egg's life force was also weakening.

It seemed that although these two were tenacious, it was also dangerous to ignore them for too long.

However, they were still alive. There was a high chance that Xiao Yu had visited them a few times and watered them with spirit liquid.

After confirming the situation with the duo, Jiang Lan walked around the flowering shrubs.

There was a patch that was thinner.

Xiao Yu had told him about it before.

After that, he walked around the Ninth Summit and observed his surroundings, as well as the integrity of the array formations.

Apart from the weeds that needed to be handled, there were no other problems.

The core of the array formations was stronger than before.

It was the result of long-term accumulation.

After confirming these things, Jiang Lan began to work on the simplest and fastest things.

After spending some time, he did some cleaning and took out the weeds on the Ninth Summit.

Then, he brought the vegetative egg to the Netherworld Cave.

Four years had passed, but the Netherworld Cave hadn't changed much.

The small house he had built was also intact.

When he entered, Jiang Lan took a look at the entrance to the Netherworld. His master had told him that only immortals could take a look at what was inside.

Now that he had become a Human Immortal, he supposed that he could take a look.

"Let's wait a little longer."

Jiang Lan shook his head. It was one thing for a newly ascended immortal to not have a stable foundation. Secondly, his master must have set up a trap at the entrance to the Netherworld.

He hadn't felt it before, but now he more or less felt it.

Even after becoming a Human Immortal, he still could not see even the tip of his master's strength.

"Should I first examine the records regarding immortals, or should I set up a concealment array formation first?"

After a moment of hesitation.

He decided to set up a concealment array formation first.

Learning One Leaf Shrouding The Sky was of utmost importance.

But it would take a long time.

Spring passed and autumn came.

In the span of a year, Jiang Lan had dug a few holes near the Netherworld Cave and set up many array formations.

This place was already filled with concealment array formations that could shield what was happening inside from the heavens. The array formations were interconnected, allowing the effects to reach their peak.

In the past year, Jiang Lan had read a lot of information on array formations that concealed secrets from the heavens.

It took him an entire year to set up this rather decent concealment array formation.

"I can give it a try now."

After confirming that there was no problem with the array formation, Jiang Lan sat inside the Netherworld Cave.

Then, he began to check on the One Leaf Shrouding The Sky book in his mind.

With a thought, he started to open the book.

Splash!

The book was flipped open.

In that instant, countless words began to fuse into his body. Following that, he felt as though he was being watched by an invisible existence. However, due to the existence of the array formation, that feeling disappeared again.

It was the gaze of the Great Dao.

Indeed, the existence of array formations was especially important.

A moment later, the book and words disappeared without a trace, or rather, they had become a part of Jiang Lan's body.

In that instant, Jiang Lan felt as if he was sitting in an endless fog.

There were countless thin lines on his body.

It was as if every line represented his karma with someone or something else.

The brighter the thread, the deeper the karma.

The deeper it was, the easier it was for them to come his way.

After he saw these lines, the fog around him began to surge, covering all the thin lines.

Then, the surrounding fog soared into the sky, covering the entire sky. The fog was like a sea. He sat under the fog and looked at the endless void.

No one had noticed him.

He had successfully learned One Leaf Shrouding The Sky.

Jiang Lan opened his eyes and looked at the hand that was extended. He was a little puzzled.

He could feel the existence of One Leaf Shrouding The Sky.

However, it didn't seem to be an active divine power, but a passive divine power.

His One Leaf Shrouding The Sky was still activated. Only when someone broke through it would they be able to trigger it.

In other words, without even using his One Leaf Vision, his One Leaf Shrouding The Sky would automatically cover the other party's eyes.

"That's convenient."

He was familiar with the effects of One Leaf Vision. Since his newfound spell had the same effect without him needing to activate it, it was all the more better for him.

This way, he would also be able to sense if someone had passed through his One Leaf Vision.

Jiang Lan let out a sigh of relief after completing the task.

It was much safer.

From the current outlook, the Heavenly Human Race was chasing after him while the Demon Race and Dragon Race were not targeting him too much.

At the very least, they weren't like the Heavenly Human Race for now, where they were unable to tolerate him.

Otherwise, it would be somewhat difficult to fend against all of them at once.

The demons were too large a race and too strong.

It wasn't something the Heavenly Human Race could compare to.

However, the fact that the Heavenly Human Race was able to start a war with the Heavenly Feather Phoenix Race meant that they weren't weak either.

The Heavenly Feather Phoenix Race was as famous as the Dragon Race.

However, their strength should not be on the same level.

The Dragon Race dominated the four seas, while the Heavenly Feather Phoenix Race occupied the Wutong Mountain and stood aloof from worldly affairs.

It seemed like the dragons were stronger.

All of this was hearsay. Jiang Lan didn't know the details, so he would ask someone suitable when he had time.

He had to find a good opportunity to ask his master about it.

If it was too sudden, there might be some trouble.

After watering the vegetative egg and Udumbara Flower with some spirit liquid, Jiang Lan headed outside.

Now, the Udumbara Flower and the vegetative egg had recovered to the condition they were in previously before he had left.

As soon as he walked out of the Netherworld Cave, he suddenly received a message.

It was a message from his master.

Jiang Lan immediately checked.

"The mystic realm of the Fifth Summit has opened?"

Jiang Lan took a closer look and discovered that it was a place where Golden Cores went.

He wasn't going to experience it. He was going to…

Be a party leader.

"Is this to increase my prestige?"

Jiang Lan immediately thought of it, but this was not what he wanted.

He just wanted to be more transparent.

On the surface, he was only an early-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator and his hidden cultivation was that of a mid-stage Essence Soul Realm cultivator. He was indeed qualified to lead the team. It was not troublesome at all.

But being the leader would cause him to attract attention.

The sense of existence that he had painstakingly reduced would rise again.

At that time, he would have to spend more time on the Ninth Summit.

Although…

He didn't think much about it anymore.

"I hope there won't be any accidents. The more mediocre my performance is and the more I act according to my job scope, the less attention I'll attract."

There was still some time. His master had just informed him earlier.

Jiang Lan didn't think too much about it. Such a small matter wasn't easy to avoid, so he could only brace himself and go forward.

Golden Core Realm.

Most of them should be disciples who entered the sect sixty years ago.

The probability of them knowing him was neither big nor small.

Of course, these people might not recognize him either. Back then, their cultivation levels at the grand ceremony were too low to recognize him from afar.

Furthermore, so many years had passed.

Even those who saw him clearly might not remember his features clearly.

Jiang Lan came to the Ninth Summit's library. He wanted to check up more on the details of the Immortal Realm.

Once he had a rough idea, he would be able to plan what to do next.

At the same time, he could gauge his strength when compared to the entire Grand Desolate World.

A Human Immortal was indeed very strong, but he felt that being a Human Immortal was not that safe yet.

He, who had just advanced, saw three Human Immortals die with his own eyes. When he returned to Kunlun, he had seen another one.

If someone else of his realm had died today, then there was a chance he could too.

After half a day, Jiang Lan stopped.

There were a lot of books in the Ninth Summit, so he could roughly understand what was going on in the Immortal Realm.

Upon entering the immortal sect, one could become an immortal through overcoming the heavenly tribulation.

And Human Immortals were only the lowest level among immortals, and also the most ordinary.

Human Immortals only had strength and life that had reached the level of immortals, but their bodies were still that of a mortal's.

Only when one's body was tempered by immortal power could one be considered a true Immortal.

In other words, Human Immortals were still easy to kill.

When they fought, they were not even cannon fodder and could only be used as logistical support.

"It still feels dangerous outside."

Jiang Lan closed the book and sighed slightly.