Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 56 - Trivial Things

White Deer Province is one of the provinces in the Green Forest Country and Moonlight City is one of the cities in this province area. White Deer is also one of the provinces with a high population density.

The uniqueness of this one province is not under the rule of the Green Forest Country or any sect of any level. This had been going on for hundreds of years since Feng Xian's name as the East Wind who lived aloof on Star Moon Island was widely known to the world of cultivators or ordinary mortals.

There were several small sects standing in the territory of the White Deer province, as well as ordinary human villages or towns. And the most common one was that free cultivators were easy to find here.

Overall, it could be said that the White Deer province was the most peaceful place if not referred to as the most neutral territory.

With so many humans living there, it was easy for Yao Han to continue the activities he had done earlier in the Moonlight City, which was to provide free medicine. And at Meirong's suggestion, Yao Han no longer distributed the pills for free except under the necessary conditions.

Generally, people who were sick or in need of treatment would come to the healer, but Yao Han with his unique attitude would come to almost everyone he saw and offer medicinal services.

Not everyone was willing to accept Yao Han's offer because seeing how young he was so people doubted his abilities. The person who receives or welcomes his offer because of his friendly nature.

Every time he finished giving the treatment, Yao Han always gave one Blue Lotus Flower. This action of his made people think he was the figure summoned as the Blue Lotus Physician who appeared in the Moonlight City.

Some people then tried to obtain pills from Yao Han, especially those who were cultivators with Basic Realm practices, but Yao Han subtly refused and gave a brief explanation for them to buy it at the Jade Treasure Shop that was in the Moonlight City.

Yao Han realized there were some people trying to take the opportunity to snatch something precious from him, but he was not afraid. In the end, these people were undoing his intentions because in the world of cultivators, it was much better not to look for trouble with a person whose background was unknown.

In the eyes of people, Yao Han was a mysterious figure with a level of practice that could not be clearly read. Apart from her face displaying a friendly smile, the strange aura enveloping her also made others rethink to do something bad to her.

One afternoon towards evening, Yao Han sensed that his earth element spirit root was about to reach the sixteen level Elementary Realm, so he looked for a quiet place. It was easy for him to find a quiet place behind trees that looked like a forest because of the general conditions in the Green Forest Country.

"Han'er, just focus on your practice, we will make sure there are no bullies around here" Meirong said as she gently stroked Yao Han's hair.

"Okay, Teacher Hong."

Yao Han then sat down cross-legged beside the black-coloured boulder then started absorbing Qi.

Meirong and Yutian were in opposing positions, keeping a distance of about ten steps away from Yao Han, then forming a circular-shaped invisible protector that blocked the gaze of the Core realm cultivator downward on Yao Han.

The two observed Yao Han while circulating the Heavenly Senses to watch over the surrounding area.

Less than ten minutes, from Yao Han's body emanated a powerful Qi. He managed to raise the earth elemental spirit root to the sixteen level Basic Realm. Some time later he spent on solidifying his practice to be stable.

Yao Han looked up. Cloudy. The sky was covered in dark clouds making the day leading up to night like a thick midnight.

Yao Han formed a hand and hand spell that shone greenishly he stomped to the ground. One meter from it appeared the tendrils of plants as big as the arms of adult manuisas who then knit each other to form a dome.

There was actually a higher level of magic that was useful for making a simple house, but he did not. This dome is quite sturdy and more than enough for three people to live in it.

"I've almost never heard of any elemental magic being used for something as trivial as this," Yutian commented after drinking the Peach Moon Arak.

Yao Han chuckled softly, while Meirong disagreed less with Yutian's opinion. The statement was inappropriate because elemental magic like this is very useful if you want to rest in a place that is not possible or far from the settlement, although actually for cultivators not really need this.

"No wonder Senior Chen became one of the best wood element magic users ever."

Since time immemorial, Qi or wood elemental magic related to life energy was most commonly used as healing.

Few cultivators were able to create or master wood element magic for use outside of the health field and Chen Long within the past thousand years was a cultivator with the best wood element pure spirit root.

In the jade slip that Chen Long had left behind, there was also a unique magic that was able to increase life energy and Feng Xian during storing this relic using this one technique, so was Yao Han that he possessed great life energy despite still being in the Basic Realm.

Yao Han resumed his training. No longer absorbing Qi to raise the practice, but to forge his body. Yao Han had already completed the first stage of the Nine Gates Forging technique. He had already entered the second stage and while leaving Star Moon Island, Yao Han had only completed around twenty-four percent.

"Hatchy-! Hatchy-!"

Just half an hour into training, Yao Han was forced to stop because sneezing suddenly bothered him.

"Aish..." Yao Han rubbed his nose.

"Something seems to be talking about you, Han'er," Yutian chirped and went back to drinking wine.

"Maybe..." Yao Han did not think too much about it, then continued his training.

The rumbling sound from the sky that was originally heard occasionally was now getting more frequent and louder. An hour after Yao Han started his practice, one lightning bolt descended upon him.

BLAARR!!!

Meirong and Yutian had seen things like this several times on Yao Han, but they were still not used to it. This lightning grabbing Yao Han would appear the moment Yao Han managed to complete every multiple of five percent in each stage of the body forging technique.

That night, Yao Han managed to reach the twenty-five percent mark of the second stage of the Nine Gate Forging technique and aided by a lightning strike containing great energy, Yao Han got an additional one percent, Yao Han got an additional one, twenty-six percent.

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