Chapter 462 - 238: Lu Family Golden Core, East Pole Immortal City

The Golden Core Cultivator, whether he is from the Lu Family or a Golden Core Zhenren among the Celestial River Guard, is still unknown.

But as long as he isn’t a Demon Pill Cultivator.

It’s not a concern.

The most urgent task is to first obtain an identity, one recognized by the West Mountain Floating Domain Lord’s Mansion.

"Dear fellow Daoists, I entrust you with obtaining my identity, and I promise a generous reward upon arrival at the West Mountain Floating Domain."

Wen Jiu manipulated the East Spring Undying Bone to transmit messages to Lu Chan, Leng Sect, and Lu Fang, and made a promise.

Though the three were grateful for his lifesaving action, given how much he had plundered from the Lu Family, it’s uncertain if they harbored any other sentiments. All in all, giving a reward is the safest option.

No matter what, ensuring the three gain something from this journey will make them more committed to helping forge this identity.

Lu Chan nodded, and the gloom in her heart dissipated significantly, involuntarily feeling happy. However, her delight was not solely due to the promised reward but also because the other party was willing to accept the Lu Family identity, "Fellow Daoist, there’s no need for such formality, this is just our responsibility."

To attract such a powerful figure to the Lu Family is a significant achievement. Most importantly, forging a bond with this person, who might achieve the status of a Heterodox Golden Core in the future, makes this relationship invaluable.

"Fellow Daoist." Lu Chan hurriedly searched her storage bag and retrieved a Lu Family identity token, bearing the special mark of the West Mountain Floating Domain, but not engraved with a name, "Fellow Daoist only needs to inscribe your name on the identity token issued by the Domain Lord’s Mansion and imprint your blood and soul to become a member of our Lu Family. The Celestial River Guard will not scrutinize further upon seeing the token."

"What is this?"

Wen Jiu inquired.

Lu Chan explained, "This is a West Mountain Order. Typically, only cultivators born in the West Mountain Floating Domain can apply for it. Without it, or for an outsider loose cultivator, one must go to the West Mountain Floating Domain Lord’s Mansion to be interrogated, then assessed by a Tier Three Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact truth spell. Once confirmed as not being an evil cultivator from the Lifeless Abyss, one must establish their own business or rent a cave dwelling or cultivation land in the West Mountain Floating Domain to obtain this order.

Without this order, if captured by the people from the West Mountain Domain Lord’s Mansion, one will be identified as a tribulation cultivator or evil cultivator from the Lifeless Abyss, leading to a dead end. This West Mountain Spirit was obtained through special means by our Lu Family, unmarked, and only requires the fellow Daoist’s inscription, blood imprint, and soul imprint to secure a legitimate identity, granting access throughout the West Mountain Floating Domain and protection from its Domain Lord’s Mansion."

Upon hearing this, Wen Jiu couldn’t help but mutter, "The West Mountain Floating Domain Lord’s Mansion is truly resourceful, to arrange such an identity token for all cultivators in such a vast floating domain. It seems the damage caused by evil cultivators from the Lifeless Abyss to the West Mountain Floating Domain previously was considerable."

After collecting his thoughts, Wen Jiu accepted the token, inscribed the name Li Bai on it, and then imprinted it with blood and soul.

As for any issues with the soul imprint required by this West Mountain Order, Wen Jiu did not care, because the soul of the East Spring Undying Bone was a split soul, which could be reformed even if destroyed, negating any concern about possible tampering with the soul power in the West Mountain Order.

"So it’s Fellow Daoist Li." Seeing the name Li Bai, Lu Chan didn’t take it seriously, some truths or falsities matter little.

As long as the person is him, that’s what counts.

Names are merely identifiers.

Wen Jiu transmitted his voice again, preparing to wait quietly for the arrival of the Golden Core Cultivator from thousands of miles away, "You fellow Daoists should sit and heal your wounds; I will guard you. The Golden Core Demon Cultivator took both people and goods and has now left, he should not return."

Wen Jiu added another sentence to facilitate Lu Chan and her cohorts’ report upon their return to the Lu Family, also providing a reasonable explanation for them.

Surely, even the Lu Family’s Golden Core can’t possibly suspect that Bao Jifei’s belongings were with him.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."

Lu Chan and the other two saluted in succession, without doubting the transmissions from the East Spring Undying Bone. As for how to report back, the two were frankly indifferent, grateful to be alive, the reporting was secondary.

After saluting, the two quickly sat in cross-legged positions on the wreckage of the fishing vessel to recover from their injuries, without applying any defense talismans or arrays around them to guard against a sneak attack by Outer Hidden Demon Sect’s cultivators.

Because should the Outer Hidden Demon Sect truly return, without the protection of a Tier Two Top-Grade Treasure Talisman, survival would be impossible.

Half an hour later.

A Startled Swan broke through the sky and swept in, perceiving its aura, Lu Chan and Leng Sect hurriedly rose to welcome it. Lu Chan quickly transmitted secretly to elucidate the newcomer’s status within the Lu Family.

The person was named Lu Shouren, the seventh elder of the Lu Family, and the mentor of Lu Chan and Leng Sect.

It was he who had dispatched Lu Chan and Leng Sect to escort Bao Jifei and others to the West Mountain Floating Domain Lord’s Mansion.

As the person drew nearer, Wen Jiu scrutinized the other party closely through the East Spring Undying Bone. Lu Shouren, as his name suggests, possessed an elegant demeanor, somewhat ethereal and of worldly detachment, but overall conveyed a strong aura of a learned scholar.

Upon seeing the fishing vessel in disarray, with many Lu Family corpses piled on the wreckage, Lu Shouren first showed concern toward Lu Chan and Leng Sect, "How are you two, are your injuries severe this time?"

"Master, we aren’t severely hurt, many thanks to Fellow Daoist Li’s assistance. After the treasure talisman shattered, he fought alongside us against the Faux Pill Demon Cultivator from Outer Hidden Demon Sect, otherwise both I and Junior Brother Leng would have perished under the dark moon of Ye Yue Qingyou." Lu Chan responded swiftly, then transmitted again, "I kindly ask Master, when the time comes, to help, to forge an identity for Fellow Daoist Li within the Lu Family. Fellow Daoist Li fled the Divine Fall Mountain Range as a loose cultivator, seeking a place to secure his life and fate. Despite attaining Foundation Establishment Perfection, he can duel against a Faux Pill Demon Cultivator without falling behind."