Now, it faced two paths before it. One was to sleep for hundreds of thousands, even millions, of years until its realm advanced to the Immortal Realm, then break the array and escape the Immortal Mansion. The other was to compromise with Lin Yifan and negotiate favorable terms.

After contemplating, it felt that it had slept enough and didn't want to sleep anymore; thus, it decided to compromise.

Unfortunately, Lin Yifan had already left the Immortal Mansion, and it was uncertain when he would return; hence, it could only wait now.

On the other hand, after leaving the Immortal Mansion, Lin Yifan reappeared in his room.

At this moment, the Spiritual Power Rope that had bound him had vanished, likely because the array and ring had isolated the Enlightenment Tree's mana.

Once safe, Lin Yifan exhaled a breath and said, "Phew! That scared me to death! I was almost subdued by that guy. Thank goodness Master transferred everything to me; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."

After calming himself for a while, he then wondered, "What kind of tree is that anyway? Why are the fruits it bears golden? Moreover, why is its mana so powerful? It's truly terrifying."

Lin Yifan decided to search the internet thoroughly, but after several minutes, he still couldn't find any results.

"How strange! What kind of tree could it be?" Lin Yifan was baffled.

He then decided to put the matter aside for the time being and focus on another important task—checking the lifelong knowledge bestowed upon him by his Master, Qingxu Immortal.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, relaxed his entire body, then closed his eyes and looked within his mind.

There, he found a small orb of light that his Master had passed on to him. He opened the orb with his soul and intently watched everything that bounced out.

Soon, various Martial Arts began to display before his soul.

Lin Yifan took care to remember each move and stance, not overlooking any of the images that appeared.

As he watched the Martial Arts bouncing out, he felt nothing but awe.

The Martial Arts learned by Qingxu Immortal were complex, most of them imbued with the Profound Mysteries of The Great Dao, and were not something one could learn just by wishing to.

Without a doubt, such Martial Arts were more formidable than most of the current super Martial Arts, not on the same level at all.

"It seems," he thought, "to master all these powerful Martial Arts at once requires further contemplation and more time."

Among the Martial Arts that bounced out, Lin Yifan saw a style corresponding to the Jade Flute called "Mysterious Melody."

"Mysterious Melody" contained several scores, one with potent lethality called "Dreams of the Immortal Past," one with bewitching effects called "Drunken Life, Dreamy Death," and another with mind-disturbing effects called "Miscellaneous Melodies." In addition, there were recreational scores, meant for entertaining the mood with no lethal power.

All the scores in "Mysterious Melody" were Qingxu Immortal's own creations. To perform them was no simple task. Apart from needing strong Inner Strength, one also needed to know how to play; otherwise, you couldn't produce music with such potent lethality.

Hence, Lin Yifan decided to practice how to play the flute well before cultivating this unique Martial Art that used music to kill.

After recalling the Martial Arts, next came Qingxu Immortal's Alchemy that bounced out.

Qingxu Immortal's Alchemy shared some coinciding but uniquely different aspects from that of Bright True Master; however, their theories were entirely individual, quite peculiar.

For instance, Bright True Master's core Alchemy principle was that man can conquer nature. As long as you have resolve and patience, you can control everything and refine Elixirs. In contrast, Qingxu Immortal's Alchemy emphasized unity between man and pill; thoughts, souls, sweat, blood, feelings, and more had to merge into the refinement, as this was the only way to produce perfect Elixirs.

Between these two core theories, Lin Yifan leaned more towards the latter, because man is part of nature. If you separate man and set him above everything else, you'll inevitably achieve the opposite result.

Man can never overcome nature. Only by following its course and blending into nature can you live a safe and sound life.

Thus, from that moment on, Lin Yifan resolved to abandon Bright True Master's Alchemy and learn Qingxu Immortal's Alchemy instead.

He felt that only in this way could he achieve great success in the field of Alchemy.

After the Alchemy, the light orb bounced out with various other interesting ideas about Martial Arts, The Great Dao, and so on.

Lin Yifan noted all of them down, then planned to ponder over and comprehend them when he had time.

By the time he finished with these things, it was already 3 a.m.

Lin Yifan hastily rested, trying to catch up on some sleep.

The next morning, he went out for fun with his four beautiful girlfriends.

With only three short days left before An Qi left for Cultivation, he wanted to create as many beautiful memories for her as possible.

So, they went shopping, took yacht trips out to sea, visited nearby scenic spots for sightseeing and fun, thoroughly happy.

Just like that, two days slipped by in the blink of an eye.

On the last day, An Qi wanted to spend quality time with her parents to ease their worries and have a heart-to-heart talk with them.

She didn't tell her parents where she would be living for the next three years, only reminding them not to be sad or upset.

Some things were hard to explain clearly; only a successful return would be the best repayment to them.

Knowing that their daughter would be away for three years, An Qi's parents were a little devastated, as they only had this one daughter who had never been apart from them not even for a day; thus, they were finding it difficult to accept.

However, their daughter had grown up, had her own thoughts, and they couldn't stop her from venturing out; so they had to painfully let go.

For the last dinner, An Qi invited Lin Yifan and the others.

She wanted to spend the farewell feast with the people closest to her, talking about happy things.

At six in the evening, Lin Yifan and the others arrived as promised.

Subsequently, they all shared dinner at An Qi's home.

At the banquet, Lin Yifan assured An Qi that he would take good care of her future in-laws, telling her to be at ease.

With Lin Yifan's promise, An Qi felt reassured. She believed in his word that he would indeed take great care of her parents.

"Come! A toast!" she stood up, raised her glass with fervor and said, "I will definitely try to come back during holidays to visit you all."

"Alright! We'll wait for your good news!" Lin Yifan and the others stood up in response.

Finally, seven goblets clinked neatly together.

Everyone drained their glasses of red wine, heartily and exuberantly.

After that, the conversation flowed, there was laughter and jokes, and the joy was non-stop.

And so, the evening feast ended amidst laughter and lighthearted chatter.

At night, Lin Yifan and An Qi nestled together on the rooftop, reluctant to part.

Gazing at the moon above, An Qi asked with a touch of melancholy and sentiment, "Yifan! Will you miss me?"

In her heart, aside from her parents, Lin Yifan was the most important person to her; thus his feelings mattered greatly to her.

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