Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 040 - Breaking the Boundary

Houyi gave Yao Han a medal of identification.

"When you travel and meet with our sect members, show them this then they will help you when you need it. With the medal it can also make it easy for you to visit our sect whenever you want."

"Thank you, Uncle Bing."

"Don't hesitate. From this moment on you should consider me a family."

"If you were in a relationship with Brother Bing's daughter, you would truly be her family. Don't you think, Han'er?" Yutian blinked one of his eyes.

Yao Han smiled stiffly, at a loss for words as he continued to be teased.

Houyi extended his gratitude once again to Yao Han and Feng Xian, then bailed to all the residents of the East Wind residence.

"Han-gege, you must come to the Northern Ice Fort to see me" Yunzi said.

"I can't promise, but I will."

Yunzi then hugged Yao Han quite tightly. The sight made Houyi smile faintly.

'They've known less than a day, but they've been familiar as if they've known for years...'

"Little sister, you must practice diligently," Yao Han said

"Just calm down, Han-gege. I won't let you down. You'll be surprised to see me back."

Previously, Yao Han handed over a few pill bottles for Yunzi's practice needs. As Houyi examined it, he was surprised that all the pills were of perfect quality.

"See you, Han-gege!" Yunzi waved his hands excitedly.

"See you. Be careful on the road, Uncle Bing, little brother..." Yao Han returned Yunzi's hand.

After Houyi and Yunzi were no longer visible, Feng Xian interrupted.

"I don't need to worry about Xiao Han's future. At least he already has a potential partner."

Yao Han coughed softly, while the other two teachers laughed amusedly, "Teacher Feng, why are you following along?"

"Why did you ban me?" Feng Xian snorted softly and asked for a jade slip containing an illustration of Houyi's daughter's face, "Hm, you're really lucky, Xiao Han."

Meirong and the curious Yutian took turns to look.

"Ah, that's so pretty" praised Meirong.

"This girl looks more like her mother" said Yutian, who still remembered the face of Ziyan, Houyi's wife.

Yao Han also took a look, but did not comment. The look on her face was ordinary, which made Yutian wonder and almost curse.

Feng Xian felt that something was wrong with Yao Han, 'Any.'

***

A few months later.

Yao Han received congratulations from his three teachers for reaching the age of seventeen.

In fact, Yao Han forgot his birth date, so the day Yao Han arrived first on Star Moon Island served as the day of his birth.

Yao Han was happy not only because of his increasing age, but also because he was about to leave for a wander.

The three teachers did not give gifts and Yao Han also did not expect anything. As Yao Han's celebration entered adulthood, a small party was held at Feng Xian's residence.

"Specifically today, I will serve food," said Feng Xian who surprised Yao Han and his two teachers.

"Senior, it turns out that you have this side as well" Meirong commented.

"Omong empty what are you saying? It's not the first time I've done it anyway. In the past, when the three old men hadn't disappeared, we had a few small parties here and I was always serving food."

Meirong and Yutian were quite surprised but only got there. Yao Han and his two teachers had long enough to know that the relationship between the four Four Great Warriors could be said to be good compared to the other heroes.

The little party lasted until the afternoon. Yao Han's stomach was very full from eating a lot of it very greedily.

At night, Yao Han did not sleep. The Qi-rich conditions on Star Moon Island barely made Yao Han need no sleep, except to feel extremely tired.

Yao Han sat down in meditation to calm the mind. A few hours later, towards midnight, Yao Han showed signs that made Feng Xian suspicious.

'What is this kid trying to do?' Feng Xian could see the dense Qi gathered around Yao Han's body. Meirong and Yutian were also curious.

It didn't take long for Feng Xian and the other two adults to get an answer.

The ground Yao Han occupied shook slowly and could be felt up to a ten meter radius. Then, from Yao Han's body emitted a dazzling golden blue light.

The light grew even more and more startlingly appeared a pillar of light soaring into the sky.

Feng Xian quickly activated a special magic formation that prevented anyone from realizing the pillar of light, considering that he reopened the Star Moon Island.

At the same time, Feng Xian and the other two were stunned by the phenomenon just now. The three sensed a powerful Qi radiance from Yao Han which made their bodies tremble.

"Xiao Han level up?! He broke through the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm!" exclaimed Feng Xian losing the calmness he used to show.

"How can you?!" yutian Sahut.

They were very sure Yao Han did not enter the Foundation Realm because Yao Han's wave of Qi showed he was still in the Basic Realm.

The three of them had also both reached the peak of the Basic Realm when they were young, even Meirong and Yutian reached it twice. Currently they felt the Qi Yao Han radiance above the fifteen level Basic Qi realm radiance.

A moment later, the pillar of light disappeared as well as the light that enveloped Yao Han's body. His slowly opened eyes also emitted light for a few seconds.

"Haha-h! I succeeded! I succeeded!"

Contrary to the three teachers who were astonished and surprised, Yao Han actually laughed out loud.

Yao Han walked up to his three teachers with a wide smile. Yao Han's new Qi strength made even Feng Xian swallow nervously.

"What exactly did you do just now?"

Yao Han explained that it had been the past few days that he had planned to conduct an experiment to break through the fifteen level Basic Realm practice as it was remembered by the rumors he had heard.

'Just right' when he was seventeen, Yao Han carried out his plan and it turned out to be successful.

"When you get to this island, I get a lot of surprises from you. Tonight you're doing another crazy thing that's very surprising." Feng Xian let out a long breath.

"It's hard to believe... Yao Han proved that the almost forgotten rumors were true.." muttered Meirong, "Senior, is it possible that this is due to Han'er's special condition?"

"You mean Han'er has a special spirit root like that? That simple?" timpal Yutian answered a slow nod.

"That's just the answer we have right now." Feng Xian was a little calmer, "I wonder what the Old Dragon's response was about this."

"What does Senior Chen have to do with Han'er's condition, Senior?"

Feng Xian sighed, "There's one thing I want to tell you."

***

Among the Four Guards, Chen Long the Southern Dragon was the one who liked to wander the most. One of his goals was to uncover some of the mysteries in the Blue Moon Continent related to cultivation practices.

Chen Long's journey was also based on rumors that had long circulated in the world of cultivators, just as the Basic Realm was not limited to level fifteen, there was a higher and stronger foundation of the Sky Foundation, as well as a higher level of practice of the Soul Realm.

In one of his travels, Chen Long discovered a Dimension Pocket and got an information inside, about a Base Realm higher than the fifteenth level.

Previously, only the Four Conferred Knights knew of this because Chen Long only trusted these three old men alone.

It is said that the ancients could have reached more than the fifteenth level naturally, but over time no human could have achieved it. So, Yao Han was not the first to break through this boundary.

"Naturally... As did Han'er? But Han'er is not an ancient human being." said Yutian who still can not digest the story well.

"Don't we already agree Han'er's condition is a special condition? You're this..." Meirong was eager to snap Yutian's head.

"Our condition is also a special condition, isn't it? Equally struck by golden lightning, it's just that we end up being spirit beasts," Yutian refuted, "What do you think, Senior?"

"Old Dragon thinks only humans can achieve it."

Chen Long also added the possibility that humans now needed something to break through this boundary, such as a special pill and even that could only be made by an alchemist of the level of Feng Xian.

"I never tried it because I thought such a pill would require a special ingredient that was extremely rare and extremely old. Let alone to make a pill, even to collect a set of ingredients alone was extremely difficult and took decades." Feng Xian shook his head slowly.

Yao Han entered the discussion and said his motivation of breaking through higher than the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm was to want to prove the truth of the foundation stronger than the Sky Foundation, which is the Heavenly Foundation .

Feng Xian laughed softly, "The longer you look like the Old Dragon..."

If the Earth Foundation was formed when it at least reached the Twelfth level of the Basic Realm and the Sky Foundation when it reached the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm, then to form a Heavenly Foundation one must first reach the eighteen level Basic Realm.

"Sixteenth level alone is already very impossible, let alone eighteen levels..."

The discussion is no longer continued. Feng Xian said Yao Han had to delay the start of his journey. For now, a new wood elemental spirit root had reached the sixteen level Basic Realm.

Feng Xian wanted to see if the moment the other spirit roots broke through the boundary, it would cause a similar phenomenon as before, as it could attract attention and cause trouble when Yao Han was outside the island.

Two weeks later, Yao Han managed to make the fire elemental spirit root and water reach the sixteen level Elementary Realm. There did not appear the phenomenon of light pillars soaring into the sky that Feng Xian allowed Yao Han to leave.

Despite having already obtained permission, Yao Han had only left two days later. He departed when the sun had not even begun to appear.

Yao Han left accompanied by Meirong and Yutian. They occupied the Dimension of Pagoda while watching Yao Han.

They also joined Yao Han wandering around not only because they might one day want to pay a visit to their sect first, but also because Feng Xian was lazy to see them arguing over insignificant matters.

"Teacher Feng, thank you for Master's guidance all along." Yao Han gave a deep respect. Despite not liking this kind of formality, Feng Xian let it go.

"Remember my message. Don't you die."

Yao Han scratched his awkward cheeks, while Meirong and Yutian coughed softly.

'As a teacher, only Senior Feng would tell his students that.'

Yao Han took out a Gunbai fan and drained the Qi. A moment later, the fan floated to its knee-high. Yao Han was about to cross the Moonlight Lake using this fan.

Gunbai fan is one of the unique heirlooms that can be used as a means of transportation such as flying swords. Yao Han had once tried to fly several times with the help of this fan.

"Teacher, see you later."

Yao Han sat cross-legged on top of Gunbai's fan, Meirong and Yutian in spirit form were on his right and left shoulder. The fan carried Yao Han to a height of several tens of meters in the air then moved away from the shore of Crescent Moon Island towards one direction.

Feng Xian was still standing in his place until Yao Han was no longer visible. Then, something of considerable size emerged from within the forest approaching Feng Xian.

It is like a stork with four wings and a long tail. The feathers on its body and long tail have seven colors. This animal is called the Rainbow Stork.

Before arriving beside Feng Xian, the stork changed into a human-like being. He looked like a thirty year old man.

"You've changed a lot since you raised a disciple, Senior."

"Xiao Ni, what nonsense are you saying?" feng Xian replied without turning his head, "Are you satisfied watching from a distance? Looks like you're the one who changed, interacting with a lot of demons in the danger zone isn't good for you."

The stork man named Xiao Ni laughed softly, "Your disciple's development in cultivation is astounding. It's not wrong of you to take him as a student."

"Xiao Han is a sky-endowed child. In the future he will become a much greater cultivator than me as well as those three old men."

"You're sure they're still alive? It has been a hundred years since their last news was heard."

"They're Soul's Jade is still intact and lit up, indicating they're still alive. They must be hiding somewhere and maybe, Xiao Han could meet them on the way."

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