**The Immortal Gatherings (修仙者集会):** In the world of *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, there is no overarching "Adventurer's Guild" or centralized marketplace for cultivators. Scattered loose cultivators and small families rely on irregular, word-of-mouth gatherings. These "cultivator gatherings" at specific, secret locations serve multiple functions: trade resources, exchange information, and build potential alliances. For a cautious protagonist like Han Li, these gatherings are both a golden opportunity to obtain rare items and a high-risk environment where he must constantly assess threats, as they attract all types—from the naive (as we see here) to the predatory.
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**The Immortal Gatherings (修仙者集会):** In the world of *A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality*, there is no overarching "Adventurer's Guild" or centralized marketplace for cultivators. Scattered loose cultivators and small families rely on irregular, word-of-mouth gatherings. These "cultivator gatherings" at specific, secret locations serve multiple functions: trade resources, exchange information, and build potential alliances. For a cautious protagonist like Han Li, these gatherings are both a golden opportunity to obtain rare items and a high-risk environment where he must constantly assess threats, as they attract all types—from the naive (as we see here) to the predatory.
Story context
This chapter serves as a crucial bridging point, moving Han Li from the mortal world of Jianghu politics to the threshold of the cultivation world. We see him finally purge the last of the Yin poison from his body using the Warm Yang Jade, a process that was both painful and time-consuming. The narrative then briskly recounts his successful assassination of Ouyang Feitian—a job so clinically efficient it’s almost anti-climactic. But the real meat of the chapter is Han Li’s arrival at Tai Nan Mountain. Here, he uses his signature cautious pragmatism to investigate the local legends of a “strange hillside” perpetually shrouded in fog, correctly deducing it as the entrance to a cultivator’s domain. The chapter ends with a classic Mortal Stream setup: a naive young cultivator, Wan Xiaoshan, appears and confirms that this is indeed a gathering point for cultivators. This revelation instantly shifts Han Li’s mindset from cautious exploration to strategic calculation about the unknown event drawing all these people together. The tension is quietly raised.
Why it matters
Get ready for a change of pace! We're leaving the Jianghu behind and officially stepping into the wild west of the cultivation world. This chapter is a masterclass in Han Li's core methodology: *gather information, calculate the risk, and never show your hand.* That naive youth, Wan Xiaoshan, is a perfect narrative tool. He's the reader’s naive proxy, eager and clueless, while Han Li is the veteran player already running the numbers on this "gathering." Pay close attention to Han Li's unease at the end. In the Mortal Stream, a large gathering of cultivators is like chum in shark-infested waters—an opportunity, sure, but also a recipe for disaster when resources get scarce.
Quick facts
Source novel
A Record Of A Mortal S Journey To Immortality
First appearance
The Legend of the Strange Hillside
Chapter references
1
Type hints
Tai Nan Mountain, Warm Yang Jade, Wan Xiaoshan
Guide tags
A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, RMJI, Xianxia
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