On the first day of October, a huge mountain peak rose from Kun-Lai Mountain, passing through the thousands of miles of land that make up the Western Continent, passing by the three states of Fuxi, Anqin, and Changming, to land outside the Great Xiao State.

Almost at the same time, countless rays of light soared into the sky, like a rain of arrows they shot to the top of the peak. There were many that could not help but collide in the middle, and fell from the air only to fly upwards again.

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It stood to reason that after this celestial flying peak was uplifted, it would make a stop on Yangshuo Peak for half a day, allowing all the Foundation Establishment disciples to go up onto the peak. However, how could those disciples who were gearing up for an adventure stand to wait?

It had long been Kun-Lai’s practice for the Foundation Establishment disciples to go to inspect and oversee the Dragon-Phoenix Selection.

Basically, one couldn’t find anyone who was unwilling to go.

Only they knew what kind of life they had been living over the past twelve years!

Back then, their innocent selves had thought that they were very lucky to be selected. But who knew that the real tragedy was yet to come.

Kun-Lai’s disciple selection had never been a matter of teaching all people without discrimination, but rather selecting the best among the best and then choosing the very best.

When they entered Kun-Lai, they were met with various exams.

From literacy at the lower school, to the cultivation methods at the middle school, to various incantations at the upper school…

There was a small exam every month, a mid-term exam in the spring, and a big final exam every year!

Each exam had a fixed quota for elimination.

After each exam, Yangshuo Peak’s cliff always saw the highest traffic in jumping!

If you didn’t earn the required amount of points every year, you would fail!

There was no second chance. If you failed once, you would be sent back home. If you failed once, you must leave!

After all, the consumption of spiritual rice alone by the more than one hundred thousand students brought here through the Selection was a number that would make the Central Continent’s major sects fall into a dead faint.

Not to mention the talisman papers, pill ingredients, and all kinds of manpower consumed during their studies.

The more students filtered out through the exams, the better, leaving as little as possible, otherwise, even if it was a sect as rich as Kun-Lai, it would still be eaten to bankruptcy.

After being eliminated at various levels, all the students who were left behind were all experienced and all kinds of capable—having made it through those kinds of torturous days, they really couldn’t think of any suffering they couldn’t bear now!

It was just that many people were left with the trivial troubles of heart demons in regards to exams.

But were cultivators still called cultivators without one or two heart demons?

The Kun-Lai cultivator who had never failed a course was not a true Kun-Lai cultivator.

And now, they were going to! Return! Home! In! Glory!

On the celestial flying peak, a group of cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage were practically jumping up and down like monkeys.

“Wow, this is the first time I have come out to play!” Senior Sister Tu perked her rabbit ears with excitement. She was also a student for twelve years, transforming from a pampered little white rabbit to a beautiful jade rabbit. The sweat and tears of the past dozen years were enough to water an acre of land. Several times, she had felt that she couldn’t hold on anymore. But thinking of the useless rabbits who couldn’t get onto the Dao Disc and instead stayed on Shennong Peak idling their days away, she managed to persevere!

Feng Qingxiu also smiled: “Senior Sister, the wind is strong, you should come back first.”

Many disciples had already fallen off the peak. Although there were protection wards, the impact was still painful.

“No!” Senior Sister Tu flicked her silk sleeves and flew towards the sky, “Come on, you too!”

Feng Qingxiu was dumbfounded, but as the only apprentice of his master, he must remain steady and mature and not shame him!

Anyway, he had been flying for a month before, and it was already enough.

“So it’s definitely a right thing not to teach flying incantations at the outer sect!” A middle-aged looking cultivator in the distance laughed, “Back then, you just learned a little light footwork technique, yet every one of you took every chance you got to fly off the walls. If we really taught you, just look, every one of you will jump up into the sky.”

He was the peak master of this celestial flying peak, and this year’s Dragon-Phoenix Selection was to be escorted by him.

“We were repressed for too long,” Feng Qingxiu said with a smile, “The pressure back then…”

Even as calm as he was, his name was almost removed several times. Those days were really impossible for people to live through.

No one wanted their names to be squeezed down and say goodbye to a chance at cultivation. Moreover, it was far more painful having already gotten the chance than never getting it in the first place.

That was why they often looked for stimulation.

“In fact, at the beginning, the outer sect would still teach incantations such as the flying sword technique,” a young cultivator next to him also began to chat of some interesting things, “but after teaching, the outer sect disciples acted as if they completely forgot they have legs, and there were always air crashes happening. So the outer sect was no longer allowed to practice flying techniques.”

“Previous generations dig pits and later generations jump into it, I understand.” Feng Qingxiu nodded. It was just like when the first exam screening began, he heard that there was practically a sea of ​​blood at the foot of Yangshuo Peak, forcing Kun-Lai to exert great efforts on setting up protection wards at the foot of the entire outer sect.

“Alright, that’s about enough time of playing.” The middle-aged looking cultivator chuckled coldly at the disciples in the sky.

It caused Feng Qingxiu’s heart to jump, and he shouted: “You guys, come back quickly!”

The peak master ordered: “Full speed ahead!”

The cultivator next to him nodded and raised a jade talisman high, white light rippling on it, causing ripples like water waves to suddenly appear outside the entire mountain peak…

The entire mountain peak accelerated instantly, leaving the disciples in the sky far behind.

“Wait for us—” A scream came from the sky.

Countless white lights chased them but were left in the dust by the mountain peak.

Several divine consciousness flashed by in the sky, all with a hint of a smile.

The mountain chasing scene every once in twelve years had begun again.

***

Great Xiao State

As the head of the three great sovereign states in the Western Continent, the history of Great Xiao was longer than that of Kun-Lai.

This country located in the Wuling Sea was originally the only inhabited place in the Western Continent, and it was also where the Great Xuan forced some criminals of the Central Continent to settle over in its path of expansion. These people lived in the barren land of the Western Continent and barely made ends meet.

The Wuling Sea was the largest lake in the Western Continent. It was later occupied by the Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty to expand its territory. The people of the Western Continent also migrated and settled in large numbers from then on. Although there were also people who settled here before Great Xuan, they were all small countries and tribal kingdoms which could be considered part of the Outlands.

Until hundreds of years ago, with the drastic changing of the topography in the Western Continent, the water vapor became abundant from the original scarcity, plants and vegetation began to flourish, and the water level began to rise.

The Wuling Sea gradually became a huge inland lake of hundreds of thousands of miles. With water, the land became better. Trees grew as no life spread faster than green vegetation. For hundreds of years, the Western Continent’s population skyrocketed and conditions became better. And as the population increased, people gradually moved to new places and created new countries.

This was also the origin of many countries in the Western Continent today.

Late autumn October was just after the busy farming season.

At this time, there was basically no farming in the fields, most of the grains had been harvested, and every family was busy preparing for the winter.

However, this year was different. Almost all young children between seven and seventeen had their hearts in their throats.

The Dragon-Phoenix Selection every twelve years was here again.

Every time at this period, the cultivation sects of the Western Continent would select children from various places and thus from then on, the mundane world was left behind.

The celestial flying peak was a huge mass, and countless mortals prostrated to the ground along its way, and did not get back up for a long time.

“Hmph, how arrogant!” A young girl grumbled as she glared at the passing of the flying peak.

She was tall, her clothes made of rough cloth and she was dressed up as a man. Standing outside a mountain courtyard residence, she watched a few teenagers leaving with their luggage, and angrily said: “You were all picked up and raised by our Master who took care of you for so many years. How can you all be so spineless?”

“Senior Sister, we are just going to try, and we will come back if we fail the Selection.” A short and chubby teenager said lowly.

“Come back for what, do you think our mountain gate will still want you?” The girl was furious.

“Alright, child.” A fat auntie handed her a baggage, “Go quickly, and take care of each other along the way.”

“I won’t go, our sect is my home.”

“Nonsense! This old lady has been exhausted for more than ten years, saving up enough travel fees for you all. Don’t even think about coming back home if you don’t go!” The auntie stuffed the baggage into her hands, “Go!”

***

“Are the leggings prepared?” An old man asked a group of children to teenagers at the entrance of the village.

“Prepared!”

“What about food rations and water?”

“Yes!”

“Make sure the maple leaves are tucked in your hair. The Dragon-Phoenix Selection is ​​a major event in the Western Continent. With it tucked in your hair, it means that we are participating in the Selection and bandits and tyrants on the road will not make it difficult for us!”

“It’s tucked in!”

“Village Head—” A village woman rushed to kneel with a sickly teenager at her side, “Take my child too! He has always been an intelligent child, he will definitely be selected!”

“If you don’t have any money, you can’t go with us. This is a rule. Besides, even if we share some food rations, there are still other expenses while traveling along the way, and his body also can’t be overly tired. If something were to happen on the way, won’t it delay the rest of the children in the village? Don’t say anymore, go home quickly.”

***

“Are the things prepared?” In the deep inner courtyard of a large manor, a luxuriously dressed lady asked the young man next to her.

“Don’t worry, Mother, there is already a cultivator who has looked over this child, and this child possesses spiritual roots, I will definitely be selected.” The young man said with confidence.

“Then be careful. The second room (TN: second branch of an extended family) has always been jealous of us. Recently, you have to pay attention when eating and drinking. This is the only chance, you can’t be tripped up!”

“This child knows!”

***

“You are all servants of the Bai family. You all will have the opportunity to participate in the Selection. I don’t ask you to remember the Bai family’s kindness, but if you are to be selected, you have to marry a young lady of the Bai family, come and sign the contract here.” In the dorms of the servants, a steward with a beard said to the teenagers in the room.

“What if we don’t sign it?” A young boy asked in a low voice, only to be nudged by the teenager next to him.

It was not that they were being picky, it was just that, the looks of the ladies in the Bai family…

“If you don’t sign, then you will have to go by yourself. I must state upfront, the queue is very long. The Kun-Lai cultivators will only make a stop here for two months. If you can’t get in the queue, then there is nothing you can do.”

“We’ll sign, we’ll sign.”

***

The same occurrences played out in countless places in the Western Continent. Ji Mingyu was dressed in plain white robes and along the way had been wondering: “Isn’t there a Heart Asking Stone in every city? Why do they have to prepare in such a hurry?”

This was the capital of the Great Xiao State. In front of them, there was already a long line of people entering the city, like a long snake winding through the entrance of the city.

Ye Han opened the way for her and said with a wry smile: “How many years have passed since the Heart Asking Stones have existed. The Western Continent’s population has increased over these many years, and those Heart Asking Stones have long become insufficient. Only after the whole families of the nobles and aristocrats had tried it, will there be a chance for the commoner children.”

Ji Mingyu nodded: “That’s true. The population of the Western Continent has risen rapidly in recent years. Kun-Lai has brought back more and more disciples once every twelve years. Although there are few outstanding ones, basically no one wants to go to Shennong Peak so the output of spiritual rice is not going up in accordance with the rising population, which severely limits the number of low-level cultivation disciples.”

“What does this have to do with Shennong Peak?” Ye Han couldn’t understand, “Isn’t there the Fasting Pill?”

“If you’re going to starve to death and have no food to eat, why don’t you eat meat, right?” Ji Mingyu gave him an eyeroll.

Ye Han lowered his head silently.

“My father studied heaven and man, and found that the root source needed for cultivators is spiritual energy.” Ji Mingyu explained to him, “The source of spiritual energy is always different, but land with lush mountains and rivers has always been abundant with spiritual energy, so my father discovered that as long as the five elements of a piece of land circulate endlessly, there will always be spiritual energy being produced.”

Ye Han was at a loss: “The five elements circulating endlessly?”

“A piece of land itself belongs to the earth element, the vegetation growing on it belongs to the wood element, the water is the water element, the sunlight is the fire element, and the minerals are the metal element. Only when there is more vegetation, will spiritual energy be produced and allow for the evolution of living beings—” Ji Mingyu glanced at him, and said mildly, “These are the original words of my father.”

So she also didn’t understand what evolution was.

“Father gathered the five elements of heaven and earth to make Cloud Talisman Dao Seeds, which can open up a spiritual field within the cultivators’ sea of consciousness. In the five elements cycle of the Cloud Talisman Dao Seed, there are spiritual plants being grown and no spiritual energy spilling out. In this way, Kun-Lai is able to support countless lower-level cultivators.” Ji Mingyu said proudly, “This kind of Dao Seed has low requirements for people, and people with multi-spiritual roots are actually more advantageous to cultivate it, but few of you are willing to go to Shennong Peak.”

Ye Han shrank his neck and said nothing. Even so, to have him go farming… he’d rather not.

“This time we are going to attend the Dragon-Phoenix Selection from the beginning. This is the real and proper way to enter the outer sect. I want to see just what it is about that Feng Qingxiu that attracted my father’s favor!” Ji Mingyu was full of fighting spirit.

“I’ll accompany you!” Ye Han said decisively. He had been depressed for several months when he lost the opportunity to attend the Selection back then. This time he had the chance to make it up, so of course he had to go.

“Let’s go, I heard that you can get a local household registration by giving a little money to the government office here, and local testers have priority!” Ji Mingyu walked into the city with enthusiasm.

“Remember to change our ages to be younger.” Ye Han said, and then followed.

At this time, there was a sudden uproar in front.

“The Teacher of the State is here, get down on your knees!” A voice shouted.

Countless people around knelt instantly, and those that didn’t were also pulled down into kneeling.

A luxurious carriage drove by on the road, accompanied by beautiful female attendants and imperial army guards.

Naturally, Ji Mingyu would not kneel, but after seeing the appearance of the Teacher of the State in the carriage, she quickly pulled Ye Han and hid away.

“What’s wrong?” Ye Han was startled as this was the first time he saw Mingyu hiding from someone.

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“It’s actually that idiot, Xiao Yuan.” Ji Mingyu snorted coldly. “A trash who wants to marry me and refuses to look in the mirror and be more self-aware. He is more annoying than a fly. I don’t want to be bothered by him. The Great Xiao State actually invited such a person to be their Teacher of the State, honestly, which Kun-Lai ancestor did they manage to offend?”

“Oh.” Ye Han silently fixed the appearance of the Teacher of the State in his heart.

“Let’s go to another door, better not let him recognize me.”

“Okay!”

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Feng Qingxiu, who had left in an angry huff, came back to his senses and found that he was still too easily affected.

The things that had happened recently were a bit too much as well, which had shaken his state of mind very seriously.

Returning to his simple and crude wooden house, he chanted the Thought Calming Sutra a few times before he began to meditate and practice cultivation.

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Cultivation was like sailing a boat against the current. If you did not advance, you would be forced to retreat. The true essence of the cultivator was originally a concentration of the essence of the world. Usually, when practicing, sitting, or sleeping, true essence would be consumed. So if you did not practice for a long time, it was easy to regress.

Four hours later, he opened his eyes.

He began to think about today’s gains and losses.

After some self-examination, he found that his weaknesses were still too obvious.

It was not his own fault to have a low cultivation base, but he was too careless to think that there would be no danger and disharmony within the sect.

If it hadn’t been for the Sect Leader’s protection, he would have died twice over today.

His vision, cultivation base, and temperament were not enough to support his current position as the head disciple and apprentice of the Sect Leader.

Feng Qingxiu pondered quietly.

Nowadays, everyone in the sect had doubts about him, and it was not reliable to ask anyone for help.

Not until he consolidated his Golden Core Formation base should he step out from here.

Moreover, he had to collect all the information of the entire sect and be aware of the subtle workings within it in order to be able to deal with various incidents in the future.

So, he still needed to go see his master…

As an apprentice, he should have a proper mindset.

That was his master, the person who would guide him on the path of cultivation and immortality in the future.

They were master and apprentice, which was a closer relationship than that between father and son.

Unlike before, when he only regarded the other as a godly being. There was no need to doubt, no need to worry, that he chose him to be his apprentice was right.

…Well, now that he has figured it out, he should go to his master and make his first request.

To remove the time limit for the Net Charm.

***

One month later, Feng Qingxiu had already mastered the map of the entire sect, as well as become knowledgeable of Kun-Lai’s various intertwined forces. His Golden Core Formation cultivation base was basically consolidated, and he felt that he had some of the basic qualities of the high-level cultivators of the sect, so he brought to his master his desire to go out.

“Are you going to oversee the Dragon-Phoenix Selection too?” Ji Yunlai raised his head from the Net Charm, and asked his apprentice with confusion.

“Yes, it’s useless to just practice cultivation by myself in my room. If I don’t train my heart and will, it’s not as if I can take pills instead?” Feng Qingxiu smiled confidently. Although he was the head disciple and apprentice of the Sect Leader, these things had all been experienced by previous cultivation elders.

Feng Qingxiu entered the sect through the Dragon-Phoenix Selection. After his year passed through the Mountain Ascension Ceremony, the outer sect was now emptied. The sect needed to carry out another Dragon-Phoenix Selection to supply newcomers for the sect. The Western Continent was vast and the sect must send out a large number of manpower everytime the Selection was held, and most Golden Core Formation and Nascent Soul disciples were already tasked with important positions and duties, so the Foundation Establishment disciples would be sent to preside over the Selection in various countries instead.

For hundreds of years, these countries had long become familiar with this practice, and the Foundation Establishment disciples just went to keep watch and prevent any fraudulent behavior—which was something that no matter how strict punishments were dealt, it could still not be completely restrained.

And according to the usual practice, the main supervisor of the Selection was always the head student of the last outer sect year—they who had just formally entered the inner sect had the deepest knowledge of various inside workings of the Selection, and thus were the most averse to such fraudulent practices.

Often various disciples would cause some trouble in various countries, but that was fine. With Kun-Lai backing them, it was not even a problem for them to pierce a hole in the sky. The various difficulties they encountered were good opportunities to build confidence and refine their heart and will. Basically, they would all have new insights to Dao cultivation when they come back, and quite a few would even make rapid progress in their cultivation.

And this time, according to practice, it was Feng Qingxiu who was the head student of the outer sect this year—the only problem was that he was already the Sect Leader’s apprentice, and whether he went or stayed it was all up to him, and those high-level cultivators managing the sect’s general matters could not ignore his opinions.

“It seems that the countries of the Western Continent are going to be facing some liveliness again.” Ji Yunlai smiled and said, “Xiao Qing can naturally go, of course.”

If his apprentice wanted to grow up, he would naturally not stunt it.

“Then I will report to Elder Yan, and I will go visit the countries with the rest tomorrow.” Feng Qingxiu nodded vigorously. When he attended the Dragon-Phoenix Selection back then, he was almost replaced by a prince. If it wasn’t for a previous senior who had sharp-eyes and presided over justice, there would be no him today. That senior patted his head and said that when he had the opportunity to oversee the Selection in the future, he could also preside over justice for the children of common people.

Now it was finally time for him to keep his promise.

“Have you decided on the route?” Ji Yunlai asked casually.

“The Western Continent has three sovereign states and seventy-four subject states. It is customary to go to a major sovereign state and its affiliated vassal states first, and then to the other two sovereign states.” Feng Qingxiu explained earnestly, “After all, the Western Continent is too vast. We don’t have enough manpower.”

His apprentice would be able to go out and play across the various countries, while he had to stay and watch the house at home.

This was a major event in all the countries. He heard that this time was the best and most prosperous time.

After having transmigrated over here for so long, he hadn’t even had the chance to go out to play…

Ji Yunlai was a little unhappy, and after a brief silence he asked, “Xiao Qing, do you mind if I go with you?”

He was such a loving and caring master, he was even touched by his own consideration.

Feng Qingxiu, however, could not bear this kind of love, and his expression became dumbfounded, “Are you serious?”

Ji Yunlai did not answer, but his indifferent expression answered everything.

“If you go too, maybe, the Selection this time would not even be carried out properly…” Feng Qingxiu wiped at his sweat. It was hard to imagine the consequences of going with his master this time. He could guarantee that all the countries would explode, and Kun-Lai would explode as well.

There would definitely be various gossip articles on the Net Charm saying that he seduced the Sect Leader to become an incapable ruler.

Then his reputation… Master’s reputation…

He instantly became firm in his resolve, his expression turned super fierce, and he enunciated each word: “You are not allowed to go!”

His apprentice was so mean to him…

Ji Yunlai was a little sad.

He sighed and put aside the idea of hiding his identity and going out with his apprentice. Instead he drew a formless sword from the void and coiled it around his fingertips: “Then Master will not go, this sword will be gifted to you for self-defense.”

Feng Qingxiu couldn’t see the sword, so he looked at his master in puzzlement.

“Those who look with eyes can see only inaccuracies; those who look with wisdom can see precision. Xiao Qing, don’t see with your eyes.” He reached out and grabbed his apprentice’s fingers and the sword meandered over, entangling with his fingertips.

“The sword is a bit sharp, use it with care.” Ji Yunlai smiled.

With this sword, Xiao Qing would basically not be in too much danger.

“If you meet something you can’t deal with, you can call Master for help, you know?”

“There likely wouldn’t be a chance for me to call Master for help.” Feng Qingxiu nodded to express that he knew.

***

The black snake trembled when he was released from the Qingnu White Pagoda.

The gray-clothed boy holding him stroked his snake head comfortingly, but it only made him more frightened.

“I don’t kill.” When releasing the black snake, Qingnu said calmly. Since her uncle had made a decisive choice, she would not continue to quibble with the snake. She had taken advantage of the snake’s strong vitality to sew him back to health, moreover she would not break her own rules at the operating table, “I have fixed his soul injury, but it takes time to recover.”

“We have proved to you that we really don’t know the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex. The Divine Codex was tampered with back then, and we are no longer humans. After a thousand years of imprisonment, our brains might not be as nimble as before, but it will be difficult for us to reincarnate again.” The gray-clothed boy said helplessly, “We were tired of being pursued, so we came here.”

It was fine when the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex was complete. Without the first volume, just being able to reincarnate was useless. Because the world was too big and there were too many lifeforms, so it was easy to reincarnate into other races. After he and his brother died, he first became mosquito larva and then was eaten by a tadpole. Then he became a tadpole only to be eaten by a waterbird. When he became a nightingale he finally managed to survive. His brother who reincarnated into a snake was also not much better off than him, but no one believed them.

So Nightingale took the initiative to hand over the Reincarnation Sutra this time, and even sold many copies.

In this way, Black Snake held onto his life.

Qingnu nodded, turned and left.

“You actually came for me now, are you my brother or not?” Black Snake was extremely sorrowful. His body, his tail, and his soul were all severely wounded by that woman!

“Ai.” Nightingale just sighed, “Let’s go and rest.”

He was also very sad.

He saw a beautiful yellow bird that time, and he went to chase after the bird when he saw his brother chatting happily with a girl in green robes.

After discovering his feelings to be real, he was about to begin courtship, when he found that he could no longer feel his brother’s presence.

Fortunately, the yellow bird girl was a native of Kun-Lai, and she checked it for him, telling him that his brother had been tricked into the Qingnu White Pagoda by Qingnu, and expressed her condolences.

He wanted to break in, but the yellow bird girl persuaded him not to be impulsive, and then gave him an idea—which was to hand over the Reincarnation Sutra.

Only then did he manage to save Black Snake.

Then the girl learned that he was over a thousand years old, so she now ignored him…

“Tch, I thought he was a beautiful young boy, but he turned out to be an old cucumber painted with a fresh coat of paint…” He heard the girl in yellow complain to Qingnu.

Sob, I can reincarnate again… so long as you are willing to accept me…

“Where are we going?” Black Snake asked weakly.

“I recently found a job under Zhaoyue Peak in the east to deworm the pine forest. It covers food and housing. Five spiritual stones a month.” Nightingale comforted him. When those other spirit demons searching for work knew that he was a Nascent Soul spirit demon, they were all very angry—but the mountain guardian positions were already all filled by other spirit demons, wasn’t he also unable to do anything about it?

“Have we fallen to such a state?” Black Snake was heartbroken.

“Great Xuan was destroyed a long time ago, so don’t keep holding onto past glories, at least we won’t be chased down and killed here.” Nightingale also showed him a white jade tablet, “Look, this is the residential token Miss Huang gave me. With this, I can find a job, otherwise we won’t be able to stay at all.”

“Then what about me?” Black Snake was dumbstruck, flicking his forked tongue out angrily, “Brother, after lifetimes of being brothers, you don’t want me anymore?”

They were targeted by the High Priest before, and they ran a long way before they realized that Kun-Lai was a place that the High Priest dared not come.

“No, Miss Qingnu letting you go means that no one will drive you away. Kun-Lai worships a warrior who can escape under Qingnu’s clutches—they say that anyone who volunteers to be Qingnu’s patient will have a bright future.”

“Who volunteered!”

So one snake and one bird temporarily settled under the pine trees.

Then they discovered that this place was actually pretty good, with high mountains and dense forests, plenty of spiritual energy, and they could also eat spiritual rice every day—it was just that the spiritual meat was too expensive.

They had been trapped in the mausoleum for more than a thousand years, and they had become accustomed to being holed up at home. For a while, they felt that this was quite good, and were quite happy with their living conditions.

Black Snake also tried to apply for an ancient culture teacher position to do artifact identification.

And was successfully hired.

Their shared revenue now increased a bit more.

They began to mingle with all kinds of spirit demons in Kun-Lai, and found that the spirit demon clans had some power in Kun-Lai.

They also met a young man surnamed Qiu. They heard that he was a neighbor on the mountain over. He was very nice. He gifted them a bag of cloud melon seeds and a bag of dried Kun-Lai specialty rat the first time he visited.

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It was super delicious, and both bird and snake nearly swallowed their tongues at how delicious it was, and quickly became good friends with the other.

Then he asked them for a favor, to keep an eye out on what time the person who came down from Zhaoyue Peak left at.

One bird and one snake readily promised.

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It wasn’t some powerful enemy who attacked, just an ordinary Nascent Soul.

If this kind of person was in an ordinary minor sect, they would naturally be the backbone of the sect, but in Kun-Lai Mountain, handfuls could be found at any main peak.

Inciting the Sect Leader to personally deal with him was likely the most brag-worthy thing he had done in his life.

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The white camellias flashed only once before the other was completely annihilated.

“You won’t catch him alive?” Feng Qingxiu was silent for a moment, before asking the air in front of him.

“No need, if your precious physique is leaked to the outside world, there will always be a lot of people coveting it.” The voice in the void was calm and indifferent, as if the person who had just dealt a killing blow from a far distance  seemed to have no interest in the forces behind the culprit. “Just have him killed and be done with it.”

“Isn’t it more important to focus on the overall picture?” Feng Qingxiu also wanted to investigate if there was a mastermind behind the scenes, “I did not die after all.”

“He attacked you, and if he even lived even a moment longer, it would cause me displeasure. Is there a bigger picture that is more important than my mood?” Ji Yunlai asked mildly.

“…It seems, that is the case.” Feng Qingxiu thought about it, then shook his head fiercely, and said angrily, “Don’t change the subject! Maybe there are more spies connected to this person. You killing him so easily in a moment of whimsy is not helpful to Kun-Lai.”

“If I have to worry about everything, what’s the use of feeding so many Kun-Lai disciples?” Ji Yunlai stepped out of the void, rubbed his apprentice’s head and tilted his own in askance, “Are you angry with me for the sake of an outsider?”

“…Unreasonable!” Feng Qingxiu found that he was always particularly prone to being provoked into losing his temper by his master, and he even felt frustration in his heart, “Kun-Lai has tens of thousands of cultivators, can I alone compare with them all?”

“Xiao Qing, you have to gain some awareness,” Ji Yunlai couldn’t help but chuckle when he saw him so puffed up in anger, “Do you think Kun-Lai is more important than you?”

“Then thank you for your favor.” Feng Qingxiu felt that it was impossible to communicate with the other and he was not ready to continue this topic any longer. “I will report this to the Mountain Patrol Bureau.”

Ji Yunlai looked at him with silent amusement.

“What are you laughing at?” Feng Qingxiu’s heart jumped.

Almost in the next second, the entire room was filled up with the cultivators of Qingdi Peak, including Yimeng Qingnu and those who were eligible, who all knelt down on the scene. The lowest cultivation base of the cultivators eligible to be present were at least at the Nascent Soul stage.

The head of this group was also the gentle and elegant Qingdi Peak Master with a sickly looking complexion.

“Bai Liu was amiss in my duties, and caused Senior Nephew to be in danger. Fortunately, Sect Leader came to the rescue, and saved him in time. Sect Leader, please punish me for the negligence.” The Qingdi Peak Master saluted respectfully, with an extremely sincere attitude.

It was just that Feng Qingxiu’s pressure suddenly became much greater than before, and he instinctively took a step back even though the person was not kneeling towards himself.

“Amiss in duties or not, there is no need to explain to me, simply go to the Law Enforcement Hall yourself.” Ji Yunlai didn’t want to talk to him, and neither did he need to say much to anyone else. He grabbed his greatly pressured apprentice and took a step forward. White camellias bloomed and the figures of both disappeared.

The room remained silent for a while.

Bai Liu was silent for a long while, before he ordered: “Retreat.”

The other Qingdi Peak high-level cultivators glanced at Qingnu.

Qingnu had a dark and cloudy expression as she said coldly: “Retreat!”

After everyone saluted, they got up and left.

Only the black snake, Bai Liu, and Qingnu remained.

The black snake tried to minimize his existence and did not dare to make a peep.

“Heh, your ability to find trouble is becoming better and better!” Qingnu’s voice was sinister and cold, like a venomous snake, “The Sect Leader is still thinking of giving you a face, otherwise do you think you can escape his eyes?”

After a moment of silence, Bai Liu sighed exhaustedly: “I didn’t want to kill him…”

“Without your help, how can that kind of trash enter my pagoda!” Qingnu didn’t want to say anymore, getting up and leaving. “Those outside clans and sects have been coveting our Kun-Lai for a long time, and it’s time to clean up the spies that slipped in. I will communicate with Elder Yan, what should be eliminated, should be eliminated, and not one less.”

“This is just an accident!” Bai Liu’s voice was calm, “As you know, the end of my lifespan is nearing.”

“So you let that trash come in and ask this snake on the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex? Fine, this time I was also in the wrong.” Qingnu knew that she had also been lax with her duties this time, but she did not intend to compromise, “The trash you are protecting under your wings only became infiltrated and full of holes because you allowed it. Including the person who dared to attack Feng Qingxiu just now, they have all been trying to persuade you to take them with you and set up an independent sect for a long time. You think that just because I didn’t say anything, that I didn’t know anything at all?”

“I would not do that.” Bai Liu whispered: “They don’t know my lifespan.”

“Uncle, let’s be honest, do you want the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex? If yes, then you can betray and leave Kun-Lai, there will be many people who will send you off to reincarnation and start over, if not, then I will kill this snake now and let you forget you ever had such an intention.” Yimeng Qingnu said coldly.

The black snake was frightened by this unwarranted disaster, and regretted his indecisive wavering before, insisting that Nascent Soul boy to let him go before he would speak the secret of the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex. If he knew that he would attract that death god over he would have definitely sent that boy away.

The heavens are unjust—

“I…” Bai Liu lowered his head, sighed, and made a choice.

Flower petals condensed, and he slashed towards the black snake on the stone platform.

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“In truth, Kun-Lai is very troublesome now.” When he returned to his residence, Ji Yunlai explained to his apprentice, “There are so many spies that I don’t even want to spare them a look.”

“Spies?” Feng Qingxiu frowned and looked at him, wanting him to clarify.

“Do you think no one covets Kun-Lai?” Ji Yunlai sat back on the couch, poured a cup of tea for his apprentice and motioned him to sit as well. He said casually, “Everyone says that it is because I found Great Xuan’s hidden treasury that Kun-Lai is so wealthy and can support tens of thousands of cultivators.”

“Then isn’t Kun-Lai facing a very dangerous situation now?” Feng Qingxiu’s expression tightened.

“There is danger naturally, but who can say that there is no opportunity as well?” Ji Yunlai handed him the tea, “Taste it, this is brewed from the cloud tea leaves grown in my front yard, the taste is acceptable.”

“You are not in a hurry.” Feng Qingxiu took the tea, and saw that the teacup was thin like paper and white as jade, contrasting with the green tea and making a very lovely image.

“Bai Liu is a Synthesis cultivator among the first generation of Kun-Lai disciples. There are only seven of the nineteen Synthesis cultivators in Kun-Lai—that is, my junior brothers and sisters, who ascended to the Synthesis stage through their own efforts. The other twelve people all took alchemical pills to ascend to the Synthesis stage.” Ji Yunlai explained to him. He had been awake for some time, and a Human Immortal could always know many things so long as he was willing.

“It’s amazing to be able to even ascend to Synthesis stage by taking alchemical pills.” Feng Qingxiu felt a bit of yearning, after all, Synthesis cultivators were major powers in this world. And in the whole of the Western Continent, only Kun-Lai had as many as nineteen in total! He heard that in the entirety of the Northern Continent, there were only two or three Synthesis in all. And even those Central Continent top sects who had lasted for thousands of years and also had a Human Immortal could not compare. For them it was already quite impressive if one sect could boast of even having ten Synthesis cultivators. As for the ordinary mid-level sects, the existence of even one Synthesis cultivator would mean that it was already a first-rate mid-level sect.

“The heart and will cannot hold up to suffering and hardship.” Ji Yunlai shook his head, “Hundreds of years ago, the Outlands were very powerful, and the Kun-Lai was in urgent need of combat power. So, the sect forcefully raised the cultivation bases of several disciples with the most potential, and as a result forever ended their future cultivation path.”

Feng Qingxiu nodded. He knew that the human body was delicate. If too many pills were taken and cultivation insights lost due to the shortcuts taken, it would be as difficult as reaching the sky to make any more progress. Therefore, when he was studying in the lower school, the instructor sternly told them if they had any motivation to achieve anything, to never use pills to ascend cultivation stages. One should lay a solid foundation and it didn’t matter if it took a longer time.

“There was a big battle a hundred years ago. At that time, I was in Seclusion, and Bai Liu was guarding the northern part of the Western Continent. He persisted to the end and was seriously injured. His senior brothers and sisters however, could not compare to him in their cultivation base so naturally, they died in the Outlands. Only he managed to escape. He feels guilty and blames himself so he takes good care of the orphans that resulted from that battle.” Ji Yunlai lazily said, “It’s just that he lost his sense of measure. Except for Qingnu, most of them became spoiled and useless by his overly doting method of care.”

“Over the years, the spies lurking in Kun-Lai sent by various forces have regarded him as fat meat, and used all kinds of tricks to seduce him to their side. That group of trash he protects has also made countless movements, only to be suppressed by him. After all, he also knows a lot about Kun-Lai’s past as well as being the director of the two peaks, Shennong and Qingdi.” Ji Yunlai’s explanation finally reached the main point of the topic, “I am afraid that he is also a little tempted, and wants to find a way out for that group of trash.”

“So today I just happened to stumble upon this conflict accidentally?” Feng Qingxiu understood.

“My good apprentice, you are indeed smart.” Ji Yunlai smiled. This was also why he directly killed that spy, “The Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex presents a temptation that is incomparable.”

It would be too laughable for outsiders if he killed Bai Liu.

“But if you can’t do well in this life, what’s the point of doing it all over again.” Feng Qingxiu was puzzled, would one be able to overcome the difficulties that one had not been able to overcome in this life in the next life? So long as the memory remained the same, wasn’t the reincarnated person still that person?

“The higher the cultivation level, the more you can glimpse the greatness of the Dao, but there are always various regrets in life, which become obstacles to one’s cultivation. If you can start over, the foundation will be more stable, and without the burden of blood-related relatives from the previous life,” Ji Yunlai said, feeling the irony. After all, he was also considered a beneficiary of rebirth, “When you walk through the same mountains and waters again and again, wondering whether there is any way out, suddenly you discover light from a village within the willows, just how many people can resist such a temptation?”

Even the lifespan of Human Immortals would expire, so if one could be reincarnated, it would essentially be like immortality.

This was also the reason why countless cultivators chased and killed Great Xuan’s survivors. Great Xuan’s secret treasury could not be opened after the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex was lost. The last clue to the Divine Codex was in his hands. That was why so many insects were attracted to Kun-Lai, they all wanted to have a bite of this piece of fat meat.

“Why not clean up these hidden dangers then?”

“It’s hard to find real gold under the mud and sand.” Ji Yunlai said slowly. There needed to be real fires to refine a generation.

“You can’t just leave it alone!” Feng Qingxiu wanted to rush over and shake his shoulders.

“Yes I can, if my good apprentice wants to take care of this matter, then you must practice your cultivation diligently and overthrow me as soon as possible.” Ji Yunlai replied calmly.

Over, overthrow him? ? ?

“You… you are kidding, right?” Feng Qingxiu looked at him in disbelief.

“Of course.” Ji Yunlai answered naturally and righteously.

So his apprentice naturally and righteously left in an angry huff.

Alas, his apprentice was too young after all, and he hadn’t reached the time when he could get involved in such things yet.

Ji Yunlai couldn’t help but laugh. After a long while, he waved his sleeves and countless petals fluttered. In the center of the spiritual ward the faint shape of a sword could be seen.

But why should I use a sword shape?

Ji Yunlai hooked his fingers and the invisible air flow automatically flew over, winding around his fingertips, enlarging or shrinking, thinning or flattening, changing endlessly.

The thinnest part had already reached the nanometer level, but anyone below the Human Immortal stage could easily be cut down with it.

But it was still lacking just a bit, how should he sharpen it in order to achieve the calculated lack of thickness?

It still failed, and it was still a bit lacking in comparison to the Calamity Sword.

This was a set of optimized seals, and the data amounted to about 50 million seals, which was still the result after optimization.

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With the eyes, one could see the outline of the state of matter; with the heart, one could see the preciseness of the state of matter; then what about what neither the eyes nor the heart could see…

Let me call you the Formless Sword then.

After a few more days, when Xiao Qing’s cultivation base has become more stable, he would give this to him for defense.

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The meal Yimeng Qingnu treated them to was not actually so exaggerated.

In fact, the meal was really good. The reason why Yin Yang Blood Rice was so expensive was that it could blend the balance of Yin and Yang energy and blood as well as strengthen the spiritual soul. There were also dishes of fine meat cuts of various spirit and beast demons. The overall meal was fragrant and delicious, with various benefits. If just selling some of his blood could get this one meal in return, then that was simply a big bargain. Indeed, every cultivator in Kun-Lai must not be able to resist such a temptation.

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The most important thing was that the piece of meat on the table was actually a spirit demon in the Demigod cultivation stage.

Nascent Soul, Demigod, Synthesis—

Spirit demons and beast demons at this kind of level were already lords of their own territory. Their flesh consisted of no impurities at all, and it was absolutely priceless on the Kun-Lai market.

Feng Qingxiu was a little surprised to be treated so well.

“This snake meat is very delicious, comparable to even You Jia’s tentacles. Let me tell you, eating one piece will have the same effect as a month of diligent cultivation.” Senior Sister Qingnu added some to his plate with eager attentiveness, “First use Silent Fire to remove the spirit demon energy, and then use the Snow Tree Charcoal to roast it for 15 minutes until it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, then add some century old Green Plum Juice. Only after all these steps will you get such a piece of snake meat dish. If you use normal fire, it will not be fully cooked even after 10,000 years.”

The snake meat was a whole piece with seasonings added to it. After serving, Qingnu cut it into thin filaments with her sword energy and placed it in front of Feng Qingxiu.

“Senior Sister is so proficient in cooking.” Feng Qingxiu took a bite, and that unparalleled aroma and texture exploded on the tip of his tongue. It was fragrant and tender, crisp and delicious. After swallowing it down, a ray of heat spread throughout his body, the sensation so soothing and relaxing it couldn’t be better.

“Of course, I always have countless ingredients!” Qingnu said leisurely, “After something like this comes into my possession, I can’t waste it, and besides diet therapy is also a kind of medical treatment.”

Feng Qingxiu instantly felt a lot of pressure, and decisively did not ask about the source of the ingredients.

“When I have time I will treat you to You Jia’s tentacles. His tentacles have been practicing swordsmanship for many years, and they are muscular and full of strength. The taste of it after roasting will be something unforgettable.”

“…Ah, this is fine, I’m good.” Feng Qingxiu felt that the delicious taste in his mouth seemed to fade a lot.

“You Jia can regenerate them if his tentacles are broken off. Every time he goes out, they are quite easily chopped off by the enemy, so he often brings them back for us to eat. You don’t have to feel any pressure. If you want to give him money, his asking price recently is quite expensive.”

“It turns out that Senior Brother You is also very hardworking.” Feng Qingxiu put aside any feelings of burden and finished the meal happily.

After host and guest finished the pleasant meal, Qingnu finally made her request.

A bit of blood, a bit of skin, and a bit of marrow.

The specific requirements of this “bit” had a lot of room for operation.

Feng Qingxiu felt that it was more the patient’s fear of having its body manipulated itself that was infinitely magnified.

Some blood and bone marrow being drawn away was no big deal for a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage.

After Senior Sister Qingnu got what she wanted, she went to her room for Seclusion with satisfaction, leaving him to take a casual walk around.

Qingdi Peak already soared high into the sky, and the Qingnu White Pagoda sat on the very top of the mountain.

It had a broad and magnificent view.

But this kind of scenery was not lacking within Kun-Lai Mountain, and no one spared it a second glance.

After just a while, Feng Qingxiu no longer leaned on the rails, and turned his attention to other rooms instead.

“Help~” A weak voice sounded.

Feng Qingxiu thought for a bit, and decided to pretend not to hear it.

“How can you pretend that you don’t hear me, can you even live with yourself~” That voice accused bitterly.

This… well, his senior sister did say that he could just wander around casually.

Feng Qingxiu walked to the room where the sound came from.

The room was not big, and the white wooden floor and walls were very clean. A large broken-tailed snake was lying miserably on the stone platform, surrounded by the light that came from the spiritual energy restriction seals placed on it. Its scales had fallen and were scarred all over. Its inverted triangle snake head seemed to have also been given a beating. One side had become swollen and it looked at him with one large eye and one small eye.

“Are you injured?” Feng Qingxiu comforted it, “Senior Sister will definitely heal you, you don’t have to worry, she will let you go after the treatment is finished.”

“I’m afraid I won’t see that day.” The black snake said bleakly—his snake face actually managing to convey this emotion, “Didn’t you just eat my meat? She has already decided to eat me.”

“That won’t be the case. Didn’t Senior Sister say that she will treat you for free?” Feng Qingxiu recalled the news he heard before, and comforted, “She definitely must have intended for you to pay for it with your flesh. You are thick and your meat is expensive, so it won’t be too long.”

“Who knew it would be this kind of flesh compensation!!” The black snake’s scales seemed to stand upright in fury, “Originally, seeing that the girl is quite beautiful, I just wanted to treat her well! If not for my serious injury, I would’ve definitely eaten her!”

Feng Qingxiu comforted: “Just treat it as buying a life lesson, you won’t die anyway.”

“If you help me beg her to let me go, I will definitely repay you.” The black snake pleaded.

“No problem, I will speak to her.”

“Thank you very much. Can you help me turn over? I can’t feel my body anymore,” said the black snake softly.

“That won’t work.” Feng Qingxiu said regretfully, “I won’t be able to escape if I touch you.”

“Ai, a dragon in shallow water.” After having his true intentions revealed, the black snake no longer pretended to be pitiful, “I was careless to fall into the trap of that woman, but that woman does not have much experience on soul injuries, I heard that Qingdi Peak never harms life, if you can, can you help me apply for a transfer to Danding Peak, where they have pills that are more effective for treating soul injuries…”

The black snake suddenly fell into a daze, and his slitted pupils stared at him in disbelief, even his forked tongue went stiff.

“I can’t call the shots on this.” Feng Qingxiu was refusing when he saw the black snake fall into a daze, “What’s wrong?”

“…Let’s chat for a bit.” The black snake’s voice was a little faint, “I’m a little scared, yes, a little scared. Where are you from?”

“The Western Continent, the Anqin State.” Feng Qingxiu didn’t understand what he was trying to say.

“Have you always dreamed of someone, and have they ever found you?” The black snake asked hopefully.

“No, I never dream, maybe I forgot when I woke up.” Since childhood, except for occasional problems with his shadow, everything else was quite normal. Feng Qingxiu believed that there was nothing special about him except for being a bit smarter and more sensible than his peers.

“Not even once?” The black snake was a little angry, “The eternal Great Xuan, glory throughout time. What’s the next line.”

“I don’t know.” Feng Qingxiu didn’t know why he was angry.

“How can you not know, you have clearly used the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex!” The black snake said excitedly, “It is a peerless secretive method that can only be used by the direct descendants of the Great Xuan imperial family!”

Feng Qingxiu regretfully apologized: “I really don’t know.”

“Did you know that Great Xuan’s founding emperor was outstandingly accomplished, and he was the only person who managed to enter the legendary Netherworld in tens of thousands of years! He obtained the Three Lives Stone from the Netherworld and refined it with flesh and blood. Only through this could the top powers of our Great Xuan Immortal Dynasty could be reincarnated and start over after their life spans ended, laying the foundation of Great Xuan’s eternal glory.”

Feng Qingxiu listened seriously, but he really didn’t know that he had used such a powerful spiritual artifact.

“At the time of reincarnation, as long as you prepare in advance with the Three Lives Stone, you can return to the Great Xuan imperial bloodline and receive the blessing of the human race’s fortune.” The black snake looked at him closely.

“Isn’t that messing up the familial relationships…” Feng Qingxiu imagined the case where his father became reincarnated as his own son… and felt slightly unable to accept it—it was more than just slightly! All three views were broken, okay.

“Someone has blessed your soul with the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex, otherwise with the strong karma attached to your soul you would not even be able to reincarnate.” The black snake frowned, “But the person who helped you will inevitably pay a price.”

“This elder…” Feng Qingxiu couldn’t help interrupting his self-talk, “What are you trying to say?”

“I am not saying it to you.” The black snake suddenly flicked its tongue, “I can’t say more about the Three Lives Stone, but since you know so much now, can you help me out?”

Feng Qingxiu’s heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up behind him, and a huge burst of energy exploded towards his back, intending to cut his heart veins.

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The other’s cultivation base was far above his own, but this place was the most important place on Qingdi Peak!

He felt the spot between his brows grow hot.

A white camellia suddenly blossomed behind him at the same time.

He then heard a contemptuously indifferent voice.

“Impudence.”

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As one of the main peaks, Qingdi Peak has always been crowded with traffic.

However, Qingnu’s ability to part the masses was simply too moving. Wherever she passed, there was not even a single spirit demon, let alone a human.

But the one who carried Qingnu was a huge firebird, which had a completely different countenance from the haughty expressions of the group of firebirds when facing Ye Han. This firebird was so humble and subservient it was practically kneeling over.

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The elites who were flying with him were all Nascent Soul cultivators, and any one of them was even more skilled than his teachers in the outer sect. So the usage of this firebird was just them giving him face.

So when they stepped on the back of the firebird while chatting and laughing together, Feng Qingxiu did not say that he had also reached the Golden Core Formation Stage. Although he really wanted to fly by himself after having leveled up…

They soon landed on the top of Qingdi Peak. Feng Qingxiu quite liked the courtyard style of Qingnu’s residence very much, and the tower where Qingnu worked was also very beautiful.

The tower was strangely silent, and the people who came in and went out did not dare to make any loud noises at all.

“If there are too many courtyards I would have to run back and forth, and that would be too troublesome. With a high tower that has a dozen stories, it saves time and facilitates observation. Moreover, with much better care for the patients, it would be more difficult for patients to escape.” Qingnu explained to Feng Qingxiu, as they entered the tower.

“Escape?” Feng Qingxiu felt a little uneasy.

“Uh-huh.” Yimeng Qingnu nodded casually and then stopped as a young man in blue striped clothing came over and handed over a note.

Qingnu glanced over it and said to Feng Qingxiu: “Junior Brother, wait for me just a sec.”

Feng Qingxiu nodded, and then saw Qingnu push a door open.

A loud heartrending wail instantly bursted from the opening of the door, and the desperation in it could almost lift the roof off. Feng Qingxiu felt that the sound wave even blew back the hanging beads on his hair crown.

There was actually such a miserable person in this world…

Then he heard Qingnu say calmly: “Quiet, don’t scare my guests.”

The screams behind the door diminished in an instant, and the smell of blood also dissipated. Feng Qingxiu immediately imagined the patient clenching his teeth and grasping the sheets, and he couldn’t help but feel his heart skip a beat.

Then the gentle and melodic voice of Senior Sister Qingnu sounded: “I have repaired the internal injury in your dantian, and also, this golden core of yours is not that good looking in shape or color. I will help you reshape a new one with the Transforming Core Liquid, which is more in line with your spiritual roots. Also, your dantian is too small, I will help you to enlarge it. Remember to write a post-experience report to me later, indicating the daily pain relief and usage. In addition, remember to pay the dantian operation fee. I will send you the bill later, and you can choose to pay it in total or in installments. Taking in account your help in my experiment, installment will only have 0.05% interest. Is there any question?”

“Ahh—no—arghhh—” The patient struggled to give a response.

“Very well, don’t act as if you’re dying, it’s just a simple golden core operation. I have done operations on hundreds of Nascent Souls, and many of them were pulled down by me when attempting to fly away. Take a good rest.” Qingnu said calmly before she walked out, closed the door, and shut in the screaming.

Feng Qingxiu felt that he might have been a little impulsive, but he still nodded at his senior sister.

The several senior brothers and sisters around him all had calm expressions, having already gotten used to this kind of scene, as they all comforted him.

“Did you get scared, Xiao Qing.” Huang Wei smoothed her yellow dress, pursed her lips and smiled, “Qingnu is just like this. She is the director of the war doctor vein in Qingdi Peak, and both our side and the enemy side are afraid to be treated in her medical tent.”

“Yeah,” You Jia nodded, “Once when I also went on the battlefield, I heard someone from the enemy side say, ‘There seems to be a lonely stronghold here. Why not attack here?’, only to be immediately slapped by a fellow spirit demon who said, ‘Are you looking for death? That is the Green Witch’s territory. Do you know how terrible she is? We spirit demons are not even enough for her to dissect for an hour!'”

“Not only that, once my junior brother was hurt too seriously, and I wanted to send him to be treated, but the closest nearby medical tent was Qingnu’s,” Huang Wei sighed, “but my junior brother held desperately onto my thigh and said ‘No , I don’t want to go to Qingnu! I can still fight, I can still go on the battlefield!’, so Senior Brother Feng, let’s make a retreat. Seriously.”

“A few days ago, there was a snake spirit demon with a broken tail. To his misfortune, he was tricked into the top floor by Senior Sister Qingnu under the guise of ‘free treatment’. I wonder if he is even still alive…” The black-clothed boy looked at his senior sister in disapproval.

“You guys, shut up!” Yimeng Qingnu glanced sharply at them, and then looked towards Feng Qingxiu with gentle eyes, “Let’s go, Junior Brother, let’s go to the top floor, where there is the best dining place in Kun-Lai.”

“How can meals served before heading to the gallows not be good?” A passing disciple muttered.

Qingnu was completely unaffected, and just made a gesture of invitation and had him step into a circular ward on the ground.

Feng Qingxiu smiled naturally and stepped into it.

The white light flashed, and they were teleported to the matching circular ward on the top floor.

“The Space Jumping Ward, it’s a pity that the limit is only two hundred meters. They are working hard to increase the distance of teleportation.” Qingnu appeared behind him, her pretty and gentle eyes colored with a sharpness that people could not ignore, “Junior Brother is truly bold. Come, the main dish has been served.”

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Zhaoyue Peak.

Ji Yunlai chuckled slightly, this group of young ones really knew how to find trouble for Xiao Qing.

After testing his ability to respond to contingencies they then gauged his daring. If Xiao Qing did not respond well enough, they would likely attack seriously.

Only…

He thought of the born demonic shadow mentioned in the previous interrogation.

He couldn’t help but touch the red tips of his hair.

He then looked at the extremely faint trace of obsession in the corner again. It was still there, its gaze having never looked away.

He now almost understood why he lost his memory.

If the celestial demons were an infinite virus, and the Calamity Sword was a bug that could not be cleared, then he likely chose to simply restore the system without trying to clear the bug.

After the restoration, the files after the restoration date were of course cleared, but the upgraded hardware (cultivation base) would not change.

If he insisted on recovering it, he might indeed be able to retrieve some files (memory), but it was also possible to restore the bug again.

There was also a peerless Great Celestial Demon who built a firewall on him with its blood.

…His former self really knew how to play around it seemed.

A white camellia bloomed on his palm, shining brightly.

The petals scattered, floating and rotating in the void, forming a talisman seal.

There was something gradually coming into existence in the center of the seal.

During these days, he had thoroughly understood all the seals left by his predecessor and started to construct a new mathematical equation of his own.

It was just that the power was still a lot lacking, and it needed to be more optimized.

But anyone who was an engineer would know that optimization was basically the phase of a program that took the most time and resources.

For example, the games Sword3 and Warcraft had the same structure, but the former had no funds to do advanced optimization. Therefore, the former would put more strain on the device with the same configuration. Sword6 also had the same problem. The consequence of not being optimized was that even the titan graphics card would fail accordingly. Thus, the problem in unreasonable programming lies here.

To make an analogy, there are two ways to get a 7. The algorithm others used was multiplication, 1*7=7, which was completely straightforward and effective, whereas your algorithm was 1+1+1+1+1+1+1=7. Which was more economical and time saving could be seen at a glance.

In the same cultivation method, you invoked the use of three meridians at the same time to release spiritual energy while the other used one meridian at a time to accumulate the spiritual energy to be utilized. It was clear at a glance who would land the first shot.

Many cultivation methods had this problem, including the original “Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra” which was extremely resource consuming. So after the optimization done by his previous self, it did not need that many resources at all. This was the reason why he was now optimizing the program. Otherwise, his new skill could not result in maximum output using the least cost.

Ai, time…

In addition, some kind of auxiliary system should have been developed by his previous self, otherwise it was impossible for him to calculate so many optimizations.

So he should be able to do the same.

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If it was possible to calculate three different equations at once, it would save a lot of time…

Ji Yunlai had an eager urge to try, the same rejuvenating feeling he got when leading a group of subordinates to tackle a key programming problem… but he suppressed it.

Yeah, restraint, he should finish calculating this skill first.

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When Yan Zhao received the news, he just happened to be free.

When he arrived at the hall to see the opposing parties, Yimeng Qingnu and the others had already arrived for quite a while. Melon seeds, sliced fruits, clear spring spiritual wine were all set and prepared next to them and the brats in question were sat on one side, waiting with expressions of excitement.

This was simply too preposterous!

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So he gave them a good scolding plus lecturing first.

Then that table of goodies was put in front of the highest seat in the hall where he sat down. He glanced at Feng Qingxiu and Xiao Yuan, and said coldly: “Speak, what fuss are you making now.”

“Greetings to the First Elder!” Feng Qingxiu first bowed politely.

“This etiquette is unnecessary.” Yan Zhao waved his hand.

Xiao Yuan immediately said: “First Elder, please uphold justice for me, this person has a demonic shadow, which is a serious calamity for the sect. This disciple accidentally discovered his secret and was about to expose this person, but was planted with evidence and framed by him. This disciple had no choice but to live in hiding these past days until the chance to expose this person came today.”

“Oh, what did he do?” Yan Zhao asked indifferently.

“His demonic shadow can incarnate into countless faces, swallowing human souls in order to grow in strength and cultivation. It has even framed me after sneaking into the treasury and killing fellow disciples. Please sternly punish him, First Elder!” Xiao Yuan spoke every word firmly, his expression so righteous and resolute that even the onlookers couldn’t help but want to applaud.

“Evidence.” Yan Zhao said calmly.

“He possesses a demonic shadow, you will know it when you test for it.” Xiao Yuan pointed to Feng Qingxiu.

“And?” Yan Zhao asked.

Xiao Yuan’s demeanor became stilted and then he said hesitatingly: “Should you not take him prisoner? Or could the First Elder not know what a born demonic shadow is? It’s someone who was a sinner in a previous life…”

“I have heard about this.” Elder Yan glanced at Feng Qingxiu, the sharp light in his pupils flashing briefly, and interrupted, “He is indeed born with a demonic shadow, but how do you prove it is he who framed you?”

“Should he not prove himself innocent?” Xiao Yuan was shocked, this outcome was completely different from what Elder Li said.

“Hilarious, you don’t even know that our Kun-Lai Sect requires the prosecutor to bring proof, and yet you came to make a lawsuit?” Yan Zhao just wanted to laugh.

“But he has a demonic shadow!” Xiao Yuan said sternly, “Will the sect just leave this alone?”

“It is not up to me to take care of his affairs.” Yan Zhao said coldly.

“But he has a demonic shadow, and all evil spirits can not invade his person. If it is refined into a spiritual artifact, one will be able to pass the Great Celestial Demon Tribulation!” The Great Celestial Demon Tribulation was the biggest difficulty for cultivators at the Synthesis Stage to break through to the Human Immortal Stage. Yan Zhao’s lack of cooperation was simply incomprehensible to Xiao Yuan.

“If you really use this kind of thing, then you really will develop heart demons.” Yan Zhao glanced at him contemptuously. “We cultivators wander through the world, seeking the Dao and the truth. Once we become fearful of heart demons and seek for outside materialistic help then it is the same as having fallen into the clutches of one’s heart demons. Have you even taken the exam for the Heart Demon Analysis class?”

Pffft! The onlookers nearby laughed.

Xiao Yuan’s entire face turned blue and white with anger.

“Stop wasting time, is there any other evidence?” Yan Zhao didn’t want to waste any more time on this farce.

“He entered the treasury, stole precious treasures and framed me for it!” Xiao Yuan’s heart was tense, but recalling that Elder Li had said that he had already planted the evidence of killing the disciples on the other, he felt that he had not lost yet.

“Treasury?” Yan Zhao frowned, “What treasury?”

“The fifth warehouse of Qingdi Peak.” Qingnu piped up on the side.

“He went to steal the treasures and framed you for it?” Yan Zhao spoke as if speaking to a fool.

The onlookers on the side also couldn’t help but laugh again.

“Of course, if you search his person you will definitely find the stolen treasures!” Xiao Yuan said with incomparable surety.

Yan Zhao sighed: “Enough, drag him out and interrogate him for stealing property from the sect and hurting fellow disciples…”

“You won’t even check, you are on the same side, I am not convinced—” Xiao Yuan struggled hard, but he was no match for the two cultivators in the Law Enforcement Hall whose cultivation level far exceeded his.

A spiteful light flashed in his eyes, and just as he was about to fight to the death, a few soft and white petals floated by, gently pushing the two cultivators away.

“Please wait!” A breeze swirled by, flying flowers and green leaves drifting past, and a young man in a white robe over a green tunic walked inside with the flying flowers, preventing Xiao Yuan from being dragged away.

His face was pale, his lips bloodless, but his elegant features were very attractive, like jasmine flowers covered in morning dew, strongly fragrant and a delight to the senses.

“Bai Liu, what are you doing?” Yan Zhao frowned slightly.

“Senior Uncle, please give him a way out.” The young man looked tired and coughed slightly. “Xiao Yuan’s parents have done a great merit for Kun-Lai. In this matter he committed mistakes in a moment of muddleness. I have already paid heavy compensation for those two injured disciples. Senior Uncle, please give him a lenient sentence.”

“He hurt fellow disciples, and also intended to place the blame on another fellow disciple. With such a vile character, how can he be sentenced lightly? He should be dealt with according to the rules of the sect!” Yan Zhao stood up and snapped his sleeves in anger.

“But, he is not a disciple, so Senior Uncle, please have mercy.” The young man had a melancholy countenance and he coughed again.

“An idler again!” Yan Zhao frowned, “Kun-Lai should have driven these things out a long time ago, they only bring trouble!”

Bai Liu couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

“As the peak master of Qingdi Peak, you don’t think of making progress, and only immerse yourself in useless matters of the heart all day long. I will see just how you will survive the three disasters and six calamities in the future!” Yan Zhao coldly snorted, “take him away, I don’t want to see him again!”

After that, he turned around and left.

Bai Liu sighed, walked to Xiao Yuan’s side, and said softly: “Xiao Yuan, apologize to Senior Brother Feng.”

“Why do you all believe him!” Xiao Yuan held his head high, “You only need to search…”

“Apologize!” Bai Liu said with a cold expression, “This is the direct apprentice of the Sect Leader, so don’t even mention offering the entirety of Kun-Lai up to him, let alone a small warehouse!”

“…” Xiao Yuan stood dazedly on the spot, and tried to ask the ring for help, but found that no matter how he called, the ring did not respond.

How could this be?

Elder Li…

“There is no need to apologize.” Feng Qingxiu smiled and said, “It is just a misunderstanding. I still have matters to attend to so I will take my leave first.”

“Thank you!” Bai Liu also breathed a sigh of relief. Turning his head, he saw Qingnu who was watching the show, and frowned slightly, “Qing’er, see off Senior Uncle Feng!”

He and the rest of the Synthesis cultivators could not be as flippant as to call him senior brother like these younger generations.

“Yes!” Yimeng Qingnu got up gracefully and took the young man’s arm, “Come on, Xiao Qing, let’s go eat~”

Although the words did not reveal any hurry, their walking speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye they had already left the hall.

“I’m going too.” The girl in yellow robes was a hundred percent uneasy, and decisively followed.

“Me too.” You Jia was even more worried.

“Don’t leave me behind!” The black-clothed boy also ran over.

As she walked, Qingnu also leisurely explained to Feng Qingxiu: “Don’t take offense. The Peak Master suffered some injuries a few years ago, and since then his reason has become muddled.”

Feng Qingxiu shook his head and said: “He is already going to be driven away, so why should I still quibble. It’s just, Senior Sister Qingnu, the Peak Master can still hear us.”

“He won’t mind.” Qingnu snorted lightly. “I did not say anything wrong. These years, Qingdi Peak can barely raise our heads, being suppressed by Danding Peak. But he only spends each day thinking about how to compensate that gaggle of orphans and spoiling them into useless trash. The way I see it, it is not his internal organs that have been injured, but his head!”

“How are you so suppressed that you can’t even raise your heads? Danding Peak’s Junior Brother Qiu is also one of the Seven Talents. But whenever he sees you, he always walks around you.” The black-clothed boy interrupted.

“That’s right, Senior Sister, you have been in charge of Qingdi Peak these years, and as a result few in Danding Peak dare to make trouble.” The girl in yellow said.

“Hmph, Qiu Yuansheng, that poisonous snake is quite formidable. You all just haven’t experienced it personally.” Yimeng Qingnu sneered, “Xiao Qing, you should be on guard when you see that guy in the future. When he truly wants to harm people, then that’s called dying without even knowing what’s happened.”

“Thank you Senior Sister, I will remember it.”

“Good boy~ We have arrived at my place, come, let’s go and do a checkup first…”

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Seeing that they were getting along well with the Sect Leader’s direct apprentice, Bai Liu couldn’t help smiling for a moment, and then he looked at Xiao Yuan: “Let’s go.”

After a pause, he sighed again: “It’s Yue’er who saw you entering the Law Enforcement Hall and told me so I can arrive in time. You are too impulsive.”

Xiao Yuan said nothing. In fact, he didn’t want to accept his favor at all. It was because of his wrong judgment that his parents sacrificed themselves and left him to be bullied in Qingdi Peak for many years. It was too late to come out to make up for it now.

“You can’t stay in Qingdi Peak anymore. A state in the Western Continent came to Kun-Lai and asked for a Teacher of the State, so go there instead,” Bai Liu coughed, covering his mouth, “that kingdom is strong and prosperous, and you can also enjoy the prosperity of the secular world.”

Xiao Yuan sneered coldly, no matter how prosperous it was, how could it compare to Kun-Lai, just wait, one day… there would be a day…

“Take things slowly.” An elegant voice said in his mind.

“Elder Li, why didn’t you answer me just now?” Xiao Yuan said in his mind without hesitation, “If it weren’t for Bai Liu’s appearance, I would have fallen into the hands of Qingnu!”

“Just now the divine consciousness of Kun-Lai’s Sect Leader came, and I pretended to be a spiritual artifact’s spirit in order to hide from him. Even just a slight movement, and you and I would have been a blood splat on the floor.” The elegant voice explained.

“Didn’t you say that you are also a Human Immortal?” Xiao Yuan frowned.

“I am just a trace of a remnant soul now, how can I fight against a true Human Immortal. Simply wait for the right time.”

So he was still lacking when compared to the Sect Leader?

Thinking of those bitches who bullied him surrounding Feng Qingxiu in deference, his heart felt as if it was bitten by a snake. What right did that ordinary disciple have to enter the sights of the Sect Leader…

As for that remnant soul in the ring, it had already drifted away without him even knowing it.

Over these hundreds of years, among the countless obsessions that haunted Kun-Lai Mountain, an insignificant remnant soul like him was not very noticeable.

After drifting to a bamboo forest, he slowly stopped.

“How much did you probe out?” A quiet voice asked.

“His sword intent is sharp, but not as fearsome as before.” The remnant soul said slowly, “If in the past, his sword light would have its own consciousness, so even just a little bit of malice in the dark would result in a remnant soul like me being traced through the karmic threads and automatically killed.”

“Is that so…”

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They all know who “he” referred to.

“He’s also a remarkable person. Although it hasn’t been long, he has persisted for more than six hundred years, which is quite unexpected.”

“Failure is still failure,” the lingering soul chuckled softly. “Seize the opportunity, notify the High Priest.”

“Understood.”

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