Chapter 310: The Fifth Elder's Wonderful Idea

"It's a pity Lu Yang won't learn my Fairy Fist, otherwise he wouldn't have fainted," Immortal Fairy mused. She felt Lu Yang was excellent in every respect, except for his stubborn refusal to learn her martial arts.

"Fairy Fist?" Yun Zhi repeated softly, setting down her chopsticks and revealing an intrigued expression.

"It's also known as the Health Preservation Fist. Once mastered, your body itself becomes a potent medicine. You'll no longer need elixirs for illness or cultivation, and no poison in the world will be able to harm you."

"However, to learn the Fairy Fist, you must first master over a thousand different techniques, including the Luo Han Guo Fist, Pang Da Hai Fist, and Ginseng Fist. You then integrate them all, discarding the false to retain the true, refining the essence from the dross. Using your body as a crucible, you fuse these thousand-plus techniques into a single, unified art—that is the Fairy Fist."

Yun Zhi paused in thought, then stood up and solemnly asked, "Senior, would you be willing to teach me?"

"Of course."

When Lu Yang regained consciousness, he found himself outside the kitchen.

"You're awake? How are you feeling?"

Lu Yang silently wondered how he was supposed to feel after being knocked unconscious by a spicy dish.

"My cultivation level..."

After a few movements, Lu Yang noticed his cultivation had subtly improved, advancing from the early stage of the Golden Core realm to the mid-early stage. He hadn't done anything whatsoever.

"Hehe, did you think this Immortal merely prepared a regular plate of stir-fried eggs with tomatoes? Impossible! This Immortal crafted stir-fried eggs with tomatoes that can enhance cultivation!"

"The reason you feel your cultivation didn't increase significantly is because you only had one bite. Had you finished the entire plate, this Immortal guarantees you would have ascended to the late Golden Core stage!"

Lu Yang believed that while cultivating step-by-step was slow, it was undeniably safer. If he were to follow Immortal Fairy's logic and consume an entire plate, Lu Yang worried he might instantly ascend to immortality.

Outside the cave dwelling, Meng Jingzhou called out at the top of his lungs, "Lu Yang, are you awake?"

"I'm awake." Lu Yang stepped out of the cave dwelling, blinking as the dazzling sunlight momentarily disoriented him.

Standing before the entrance of the cave dwelling were Meng Jingzhou, Li Haoran, and Qin Yanyan.

Seeing Lu Yang awake, Meng Jingzhou let out a sigh of relief. "You're finally conscious! You've been out for three months!"

Lu Yang was startled, not realizing Immortal Fairy's "poison" was so potent.

Li Haoran said helplessly, "Senior Brother Meng, Senior Brother Lu only slept for two hours."

"Ah, Junior Brother Li, that's not fair! Was it easy for me to finally trick Lu Yang? Why did you have to expose me?"

Qin Yanyan silently observed the scene, pondering whether Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, these two unparalleled prodigies, had honed their exceptional astuteness by integrating cunning and deception into their everyday lives. It was quite possible.

"Come on, let's go find the Fifth Elder. With him joining our Heavenly Court Sect, he'll be a founding elder!"

With Li Haoran leading the way, the group soon found the Fifth Elder, who was busy refining artifacts.

The Fifth Elder tossed his daoist robe into the flames, submitting it to the trial by fire. When the robe glowed incandescent, he reached in and retrieved it from the blaze, his expression remaining impassive throughout the entire process. The Fifth Elder then produced a small hammer from his waist and began tapping the heated robe, before plunging it into water. A sharp hiss indicated the completion of the refining process.

The Fifth Elder regarded the newly refined daoist robe with satisfaction, then casually donned it. It was only then that he noticed Lu Yang and the others observing from a short distance away.

"Ah, it's young Lu."

"Fifth Elder, are you refining clothes?" Lu Yang asked, somewhat uncertain, as the earlier process had looked more like the creation of a metal artifact.

"I'm attempting to combine clothing with transportation."

"Combine them?" The others were perplexed. What connection could there be between these two things?

"Why wouldn't there be a connection?" The Fifth Elder, a grand master of artifact refining, clarified on the spot.

"So-called modes of transport, whether a carriage or a flying boat, are simply tools that facilitate your movement, correct?"

"Carriages, flying boats, and flying swords all share one common feature: they can carry us."

"Given that, why have we consistently overlooked the most common item that carries us—our clothes?"

Lu Yang pondered this, realizing the elder's point. When clothes are worn, from a certain perspective, aren't they effectively enveloping the body? In a sense, humans themselves are the vehicles for clothes.

"Therefore, I believe clothes are the most suitable mode of transport. Observe."

The Fifth Elder channeled his spiritual power, and the refined daoist robe soared upward, lifting him along with it. The Fifth Elder circled once in the air before landing smoothly. He then continued, "Under normal circumstances, only Golden Core cultivators can fly independently. The exception is sword cultivators, who can ride their swords as early as the Foundation Establishment stage."

"If Foundation Establishment sword cultivators can fly on swords, why can't ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators fly on clothes?"

"Of course, my current method for refining clothes is too complex for Foundation Establishment cultivators to master. But once I refine and simplify it, register the patent, and promote it throughout the cultivation world, won't endless wealth flow into my Artifact Refining Peak?" The Fifth Elder spoke with visible excitement. Once the Artifact Refining Peak accumulated wealth, it would be able to acquire more materials and forge even better magical treasures.

"Fifth Elder, you are truly brilliant!" Lu Yang exclaimed wholeheartedly, finding the idea exceptionally feasible.

The Dao Seeking Sect possessed immeasurable spirit stones, thanks to the exceptional talents in artifact refining and alchemy of individuals like the Fifth Elder and Seventh Elder. Their artifact refining, in particular, was highly acclaimed throughout the cultivation world.

"Who is that young girl?" the Fifth Elder asked, pointing at Qin Yanyan.

"This is Junior Brother Li's former wife's daughter," Lu Yang explained.

The Fifth Elder was taken aback. When did his disciple get married?

"She's the daughter of my wife from a *previous life*!" Li Haoran quickly clarified.

The Fifth Elder's expression cleared. "Oh, Qin Yanyan, right? Haoran mentioned you. So, that makes you my grand-disciple."

Qin Yanyan was speechless. She somewhat regretted coming to the Dao Seeking Sect. Her seniority here was the lowest, and not only did Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou constantly refer to her as "niece," but now she had officially become someone's grand-disciple.

Just as Qin Yanyan was about to clarify that a past life was distinct from the present and should not be conflated, she saw the Fifth Elder retrieve a magical artifact from within his robes.

"It's only proper to give you something for our first meeting. I don't have many excellent items on hand, but I see you're likely a talisman cultivator. Take this talisman pen; it has eighteen common talismans inscribed within it. You can instantly draw them by channeling your spiritual power, so it should be quite helpful to you."

Qin Yanyan was astonished by the artifact's capabilities. A talisman pen was an essential tool for any talisman cultivator, and she owned one herself, which contained ten inscribed talismans. That one had been specially commissioned for her by Su Yiren from a renowned artifact master, who had even stated that a Golden Core-level talisman pen could engrave a maximum of ten different talismans.

"This... this is far too precious. I can't accept it."

"Just take it," the Fifth Elder said generously. "It's merely a small trinket I crafted in my spare time, not worth much."

Li Haoran watched Qin Yanyan enviously. Why was his master's first meeting with Qin Yanyan marked by a gift, while his own first encounter involved being tossed into a lava pit?

"Oh, right, what did you all need me for?" The Fifth Elder suddenly recalled that Lu Yang and his companions must have come to him for a reason.

"Well, it's like this: we've established a Heavenly Court Sect. It boasts profound heritage, including ancient immortal legacies and support from prominent aristocratic families. Some of our members were once at the half-step Tribulation Transcension stage, and one is the first-in-line successor to the Nine Nether Sect. We would like to humbly request that you, Fifth Elder, become a Guardian of our Heavenly Court Sect."