“This is not a polite way to ask for help, is it?” Feng Qingxiu glanced at the sword at his neck and asked calmly.

“Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures.” The young man retracted his sword, his eyes heavy, “Others may not have noticed but did you really not notice yourself?”

Feng Qingxiu did not speak.

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“I have discovered a terrible secret, and I am being chased by Kun-Lai,” the young man said coldly, “If you really care for Kun Lai, then follow me.”

Feng Qingxiu still did not speak.

“I just saw your shadow.” The young man said confidently, “If you don’t come with me, I will expose your demonic shadow!”

What was that? Feng Qingxiu finally had a chance to understand his own shadow, so he subtly repocketed his Net Charm.

“A person born with a demonic shadow must be extremely sinful in his previous life and therefore carry karma with him in the rest of his lives,” the young man sneered. “This kind of person’s existence will bring catastrophes to the world, and will be hunted and killed by all cultivators.”

“There is no record of this in Kun-Lai.” Feng Qingxiu frowned slightly. It was not as if he hadn’t searched about his shadow after he got the Net Charm.

“That’s natural. Only those who have undergone the great celestial demon tribulation can see the demonic shadow, and only those beyond the Synthesis Stage know of this.”

“Then why should I be threatened by you?” Feng Qingxiu asked in confusion.

“How many wicked things have you done with your shadow…..” the young man said coldly, “Do you still need me to say it?”

Uh, he really hadn’t done anything. Feng Qingxiu felt that he has run out of luck recently. Why did he always encounter odd people?

“No use in protesting, you used your demonic shadow to pretend to be me, and then had it steal Qingdi Peak’s treasury. Today is the time for me to wash away my grievances.” The young man was about to pierce his dantian with a sword. (TN: dantian=point two inches below the navel where one’s spiritual energy resides)

Suddenly, a golden light flashed!

The young man jumped instantly backwards, but was still blown a few feet away. He saw a young man in golden robes standing beside Feng Qingxiu, domineering and arrogant, with a sharp light flashing in his eyes. Eight swords rotated around his person in mid-air shining a golden light, giving him the look of some kind of deity.

“Xiao Yuan, what are you talking about, do you know who he is?” You Jia looked at him with the eyes of one looking at an idiot.

“No matter who he is, as long as you investigate him, you will know that that matter has a lot to do with him!” The young man said coldly, “Just now he was devouring other people’s souls in order to cultivate. Look at his cultivation base!”

You Jia and Feng Qingxiu looked at each other, and Feng Qingxiu shook his head slightly.

“It turns out that you both were on the same side a long time ago.” Xiao Yuan was calm and relaxed, “You Jia, do you dare to let him go to the Law Enforcement Hall to confront me?”

“Of course I dare.” You Jia looked at him strangely, “Are you sure?”

“Of course!” The young man said decisively.

“Let’s go together then.” You Jia said, taking out his Net Charm, and inputting a few strands of divine consciousness, “Let’s go.”

Seeing him so calm, the young man suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and he quietly spoke using spiritual transmission: “Elder Li, is this really no problem?”

“You have to stay in Kun-Lai, and this is the best opportunity,” the elegant voice was calm and steady, but it rang directly in his mind, “Those born with demonic shadows can transform into countless incarnations. As long as a little evil thought arises in the heart, they can order the peerless demonic body to incarnate into all things in this world. Great Xuan also killed several of them in the past. No matter which sect, they are a big source of disaster. This person’s cultivation is not too high, and is suitable to take the blame for you so that you can continue to stay in Kun-Lai.”

“But if it fails…” Xiao Yuan hesitated slightly. If it failed, then…

“The past few times we were almost caught. Either leave or stay. You have to choose.” The elegant voice said indifferently, “Although the born demonic shadow is unfathomable, if you capture his soul and use it to create a spiritual artifact it will result in a rare and supreme rank spiritual artifact that can control the human heart, and even more importantly it can help the owner prevent being invaded by demonic thoughts and desires. Even if he has done nothing wrong, those elders wouldn’t be able to resist this temptation.”

Just now he actually wanted to capture that young man and his demonic shadow for his own gain, but then with a turn of a thought he came up with a better way instead.

“But you also said it is rare, then… in case they don’t recognize…” Xiao Yuan said worriedly, “Then what should we do?”

“Human Immortals can force out the demonic shadow, and Synthesis level cultivators can sense traces of the existence of a demonic shadow, so don’t worry.” The elegant voice calmed him.

“That is excellent!” Xiao Yuan relaxed. In this ancestral ring, the spirit of a Human Immortal lived and of course whatever he said was correct.

He himself was just an ordinary Kun-Lai disciple. One time he entered a secret realm he inadvertently awakened the spirit inside the ring. The other taught him an incantation to transform himself into a shadow so that he could sneak into the treasury and obtain resources for cultivation. It only took him a year for his cultivation base to progress by leaps and bounds. It was a pity that the bitch Qingnu discovered his traces, causing him to be exposed.

He was naturally unwilling to leave. Although the speed of his cultivation method was fast, it was very expensive. In Kun-Lai, so long as you squeezed onto the level of that of the Seven  Talents of Kun-Lai, you would have the entire Kun-Lai resources at disposal. It was far better than going to other places to seek resources.

Moreover, in order to repair the spiritual soul of a Human Immortal, only the Kun-Lai treasure, Cloud Talisman True Seed, would work. Not to mention that he was hit by You Jia’s Heart Reinforcing Sword when conflict broke out in the treasury a few days ago.

Thus the both of them had to stay on in Kun-Lai.

Xiao Yuan glanced at You Jia and that young man, and secretly let go of his unease.

It was just that, unbeknownst to him. In another place, not only the two of them, but also another group of people, have long devolved into a fierce argument.

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[Shocking Gossip] The youthful youngster’s life just began to take off only to be confronted in the court of law. The gains and losses of the heavenly law, is this Kun-Lai’s rise or fall?! Let us go to the Law Enforcement Hall to witness history…..

You Jia: Xiao Yuan sued Eldest Senior Brother for stealing from the treasury, putting the blame on him, and insisted on going to court. I am now accompanying Eldest Senior Brother to the Law Enforcement Hall. What an interesting experience!!

Qingnu: Coming up with strange subtitles again I see. Are you talking about the Xiao Yuan who stole from Qingdi Peak? That group of Mountain Patrol Bureau fellows sure are rice buckets for not having caught him after so long.

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—How did you come together?

Feng Qingxiu: I asked You Jia to come over to see if he wants to buy extra internet time…

Ying An: What!! How much internet time do you plan to sell? Why sell to You Jia, sell it to me, my bid will be higher than his!

You Jia: …You are too much.

Qingnu: Trying to prevent internet addiction is really something impossible. In truth, I also think that the internet time of 4 hours a day is too short, it should be at least 8 hours!

Ying An: That’s right, Senior Sister Qingnu, I help you to catch monsters for you to cut up every day, so you should give me some internet time in compensation!

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—Why should all of us be implicated by the young disciples who can’t control themselves, Senior Brother Feng, tell the Sect Leader that we should get at least 16 hours of internet connection!

Feng Qingxiu: I will mention it if I have the opportunity. Sorry to interrupt you all, but who is Xiao Yuan?

Qingnu: Xiao Yuan is also an idler. He is the son of a friend of the Qingdi Peak Master, my uncle. In the Battle of Yuntian Domain, a region of the Outlands, his parents sacrificed themselves for the sect. Before they died, they asked the Peak Master to take care of their son. The Peak Master sent him to the lower school twice, but he was unable to pass the examinations and couldn’t enter the Dao Disc. The Peak Master passed on a cultivation method that he had researched himself to him and let him stay on to do miscellaneous work at Qingdi Peak.

Feng Qingxiu: Idler?

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—People who are related to the bigshots in Kun-Lai, but their own qualifications are too lacking and can’t even enter the sect through either the front entrance or back door. So they can only shamelessly stay on in Kun-Lai, wandering around idly. At the same time they also can’t put aside their pride to find work either. Everyone knows they have a backer so we just look the other way.

Ying An: However, his cultivation base has been advancing by leaps and bounds in the past year, but at the same time resources are always being stolen from the Qingdi Peak’s treasury, so Qingnu notified the Mountain Patrol Bureau to keep a watch on him.

Qingnu: As a result, he really was caught red handed and even injured two disciples in his escape.

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—Didn’t the rumors say that those two disciples were killed?

Qingnu: I saved them! ! ! Now they are still in the observation period.

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—Then it’s not much different from being dead…

Qingnu: Heh~ Seems you are really not afraid to ask me for my help one day…

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—Life and death is up to fate, I’d rather give up on life after falling into your hands, Senior Brother, you have to be careful.

Feng Qingxiu: Thank you for the advice.

You Jia: By the way, Xiao Yuan said that Senior Brother is born with a demonic shadow, what is that?

Qingnu: What? Born with a demonic shadow? Senior Brother~ Wanna have a meal with me~

Huang Wei: …

Ying An: …

You Jia: …

Feng Qingxiu: Sure.

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—Senior Brother, think twice!

Ying An: …Senior Sister, think thrice!

You Jia: …Don’t carelessly dissect people, Senior Brother belongs to the Sect Leader!

Feng Qingxiu: It’s just a meal. Thank you Senior Brothers and Sisters for your concern. I believe that Senior Sister Qingnu has a sense of measure. By the way, Senior Sister, what is a natural born demonic shadow?

Qingnu: Little Senior Brother, I finally understand why the Sect Leader accepted you as his apprentice, if it was me I’d cherish you too, ah, at first I envied you but now I envy the Sect Leader!

Feng Qingxiu: Senior Sister over-flatters me, you have devoted yourself to your Dao and ignore the criticism that comes with it, this is even more worthy of admiration.

Qingnu: …Xiao Qing, you are simply my most intimate confidante, I have a crush on you! I will protect you from now on! Don’t worry, you are the Sect Leader’s apprentice and no one dares to do anything against you. The natural born demonic shadow is the reincarnation of a person of great calamity, because their blood debt is too heavy their shadow becomes demonic. It takes several lifetimes of reincarnation to wash the blood debts away. Those with demonic shadows have a smoother path to cultivation, facing no tribulations nor having to fear the invasion of demonic thoughts and desires, which is very similar to those people born with a virtuous Dao physique. I have only found a few records on this, Xiao Qing, do you really have a born demonic shadow?

Feng Qingxiu: I don’t know this either. It’s just that my shadow occasionally gets out of my control, but I indeed haven’t encountered any heart demons while practicing cultivation so far.

Qingnu: Then it’s very possible, but you can rest assured that we have turned over every detail of you from birth to now, and we can guarantee that you are not any kind of demon. We don’t care about the things in your previous life, so you don’t have to feel burdened.

Feng Qingxiu: Thank you very much, but there is one thing that I don’t understand. Why can those who committed evil in the previous life still practice cultivation smoothly?

Qingnu: Because most of them can’t live long enough to practice cultivation in the first place, both the orthodox and demonic cultivators are very eager to capture them. The human heart is very sinister~ But don’t worry, I will protect you!

Huang Wei: …

Ying An: …

You Jia: …

Feng Qingxiu: We are almost at the Law Enforcement Hall. I will have to go offline for now, Senior Brother You Jia, I will give you back the Net Charm later.

You Jia: Alright…

Huang Wei: The Dao of humanity and the Dao of heaven, I carry out my own Dao—It just took him a quarter of an hour to win over Qingnu? ? ?

You Jia: …How very scary. I’m going to watch the confrontation now.

Yong An: …I will go too.

Qingnu: You mediocre people, how can you know what it is like to meet an intimate confidante, piss off!

***

When he arrived in front of the towering and austere Law Enforcement Hall, Xiao Yuan couldn’t help feeling a little nervous.

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“Don’t worry,” the ring voice soothed him, “I will help you. With my ability, unless the Sect Leader of Kun-Lai comes personally, there will be no problems even with the presence of Synthesis cultivators. You will definitely be able to stay!”

Xiao Yuan immediately let go of his anxiety. The Sect Leader was a celestial being, how could an ordinary disciple attract his attention.

He glanced at Feng Qingxiu and You Jia contemptuously, and walked into the hall with his head held high.

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When You Jia encountered Feng Qingxiu, he was currently standing on a cliff.

The happy squid who was in a good mood because of a relaxing bath stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder: “What is Eldest Senior Brother thinking?”

“I entered the sect after you, but why do you call me senior brother?” Feng Qingxiu turned his head, asking with slight curiosity.

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He asked his master, and his master said that it was just a title and not something to be bothered about—in truth, he vaguely got the feeling that his master likely didn’t know either.

He thought that maybe his master did indeed develop a heart demon, which was why his master was so different. His master during the heart demon period should be treated with care, and it was better not to ask too many questions that had nothing to do with cultivation practice.

“There’s actually an interesting story behind this.” You Jia explained to him, “When the sect first came into being, Kun-Lai had only a few peaks. At that time, when accepting disciples, all of our parents and relatives wanted to become the Sect Leader’s apprentice.”

However, it was of no use. The only thing that came from this was that there were a few more additions to the people hung up on the branches waiting to be struck by thunder on Zhaoyue Peak.

Several elders asked others not to bother the Sect Leader about accepting apprentices, but this was misunderstood as them wanting to take away all the good disciples and not leave any good ones for the Sect Leader.

So naturally, even more people went to find the Sect Leader, only to be slapped away by the great wards surrounding the Sect Leader’s residence.

This couldn’t stop the eager people of course.

At that time, there was an old pine tree on Zhaoyue Peak, which had developed some intelligence. There were more and more people hanging on its branches every year, forming quite a spectacle.

Seeing that the Sect Leader didn’t seem to be angry, the elders did not bother to deal with this matter.

Countless people fell under the Sect Leader’s hand, and countless “corpses” could be seen laying at the foot of Zhaoyue Peak all year round. One time, Elder Yan passed by and mockingly said that whoever could become the apprentice of the Sect Leader, he would definitely call him “corpse brother”! (TN: a play on the term shixiong which means senior brother but “corpse brother” is also pronounced as shixiong)

“Shi” as in corpse.

So a long time afterwards, wherever this matter was discussed, there would always be people who would say that whoever could be the “corpse brother” was very lucky indeed.

Gradually, the term spread as the four word title “Sect Leader’s direct apprentice” was too much of a mouthful and also cumbersome to write. When discussing online, everyone naturally used “corpse brother” instead.

Such as: “Aiya, today I managed to take the top spot in the examinations. I wonder if I have entered the sights of the Sect Leader? I feel like I can become the ‘corpse brother’.”

“Taking three exams at once, do you think you are the ‘corpse brother’, to act so arrogantly?”

And so on.

“So, the so-called senior brother…” Feng Qingxiu felt that his three views were collapsing.

“Don’t worry, we will call you Eldest Senior Brother from now on, not the corpse version!” You Jia comforted him.

“No, actually you should just call me Junior Brother…” Feng Qingxiu didn’t feel comforted at all.

“Recently, it’s just that everyone needs to vent their dissatisfaction. After all, your rise to the top is too surprising. They will go back to calling you the proper way in a few days. Like me for example, I technically have to call you… Youngest Senior Uncle.” You Jia sighed with satisfaction, “Towards the Bai Yue issue today, thank you, Youngest Senior Uncle!”

“You…” Feng Qingxiu said with a smile, “I shall remember this.”

“The great grace must be paid back, no need to be courteous, I have something to do now, so I shall be leaving first!” You Jia felt that he had successfully bullied his senior brother and was very happy.

Who said that only physical injuries hurt, there were so many ways to make trouble for others.

Feng Qingxiu crossed his arms, and was a little amused as he watched the other leaving, thinking that this senior brother was both quite silly and naive.

It was not that difficult to coax an ignorant senior sister, ai, he’ll just treat it as helping out fellow sect disciples.

The problem now was how to solve the issue of his family…

“Is it very troublesome?” Ji Yunlai walked out from behind him smiling.

“A little bit,” Feng Qingxiu had long become accustomed to Ji Yunlai’s random coming and going, and turned his head to look at him sadly, “actually very troublesome.”

“Do you want help?” Ji Yunlai chuckled. Settling a few mortals in Kun-Lai was no big deal for him, even if the number was greater than a hundred, it was only for a hundred years after all.

“You are breaking your own rules.” Feng Qingxiu frowned slightly and refused, “I can help them apply for entry and give them the help I can, but I won’t cross the line. There’s no need to test me.”

“How is this a test? I just want to make my apprentice happy.” Ji Yunlai smiled and said, “Xiao Qing, do you know, children who know how to cry are doted on more.”

“But I am not a child after all.” Feng Qingxiu said proudly, “If my family really does have talented potentials, how could I still suppress them?”

“Then how did you explain it to your family? Just now when your mother was crying you looked completely at a loss.” Ji Yunlai didn’t feel mean at all for watching his apprentice’s lively family reunion like one would watch a television soap opera.

“Putting aside how unreasonable it was for her to ask that my little brothers become your apprentices as well. If you really agreed, I’m afraid my family won’t be able to live past tomorrow.” Feng Qingxiu smiled bitterly. It was not that he didn’t want to help, it was his mother acting too unreasonable. Putting aside the fact that his three younger brothers did not even have the qualifications to pass the Dragon-Phoenix Selection in the first place, just the request to become his master’s direct apprentice alone was already out of this world. Compared with this, sending some family members into the lower school of the outer sect was a very small matter.

Did they really take those big influential families in Kun-Lai as harmless herbivores?

With a little encouragement, countless jealous people would be very willing to teach his family a lesson.

The Sect Leader could certainly protect them, but how could it be easy to control the human heart? If forcefully controlled, the fair and upright atmosphere within the sect would break down.

“My apprentice, you see things clearly, it deprives me of a lot of fun.” Ji Yunlai smiled and tapped on his apprentice’s forehead.

A cultivation method immediately flooded into his mind, and with it seemed to be a halo of light and a seed. The seed transformed in his sea of ​​consciousness, taking root and sprouting.

“This is…” Feng Qingxiu read a few words in silence, and instantly became a little startled.

“Kun-Lai’s cultivation method, Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra, is best with the Cloud Talisman True Seed!” Ji Yunlai said casually.

“Isn’t the Cloud Talisman True Seed only able to be made by Synthesis level cultivators… Two hundred thousand spiritual stones might not even be able to buy one…” Of course, Feng Qingxiu knew what a Cloud Talisman True Seed was, one of the three treasures of Kun-Lai, which could transform one’s spiritual root into the best and suitable version when used along with the Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra. Its simplified version, Cloud Talisman Dao Seed, was already at a price that ordinary disciples could hardly afford.

“Xiao Qing.” Sect Leader Ji said to him earnestly, “You are my apprentice so be more magnanimous. The whole of Kun-Lai belongs to me, and of course it also belongs to you.”

“…” Seemed very reasonable. Feng Qingxiu was speechless, still feeling that something was not quite right.

“Work hard on your cultivation.” Ji Yunlai expressed his satisfaction, and after a few casual reminders, he turned and walked into the void.

One step, so close yet worlds apart. In the blink of an eye, he had already returned to the front yard of his residence on Zhaoyue Peak.

Seeing him approaching, a white camellia blooming in the courtyard blossomed happily, the bloom as big as a round dipper. The flower bloomed perfectly, and the moment it bloomed he felt delight in his heart.

It was like seeing Xiao Qing grow up.

He was well aware of what happened down the mountain.

But he did not need to take any action.

He believed that Feng Qingxiu had the ability to deal with it, and he was certain that those young cultivators dare not be too audacious.

Sure enough, Xiao Qing resolved it quickly.

However, his apprentice’s cultivation level was too unbearably deplorable. As his master, he should at least give some good things, for cultivation, and for protection.

This was also the reason why Ji Yunlai waited until the matter was over before approaching him.

What he had to worry about now was himself. Now he was like a newbie playing a veteran game account, and his stats were not familiar to him. Although he could use his level to simply crush low-level players, it would be very troublesome if he had to face off against same level players.

Becoming proficient with his stats and skills asap was the proper thing to do.

He stretched out his hand, and a pure white camellia blossomed on his palm.

Flower layers upon layers, peerlessly beautiful, the soft light coming from the petals reflecting on his face. He flicked a petal with his finger.

The petals that fell off withered and then sank into the earth.

Life and death, to thrive and to wither.

Success or failure.

He closed his five fingers, and the petals disappeared from the slender and white fingertips.

He walked into his dwelling.

Behind him, countless flowers bloomed out of season.

Then withered again in an instant.

Only the white camellia that bloomed with joy remain unchanged.

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On the other side, Feng Qingxiu was left alone on the cliff, the wind blowing at his hair and robes.

He closed his eyes and felt the precious gift bestowed on him.

That Cloud Talisman True Seed seemed to have been made and planted by Ji Yunlai himself and it fit perfectly with his spiritual roots. With this alone, he already felt that the speed of the spiritual energy circulation in his meridians had at least doubled.

Even more excited than him was his shadow.

Almost in the blink of an eye it had entered his sea of consciousness and stuck itself onto the spiritual root that was transformed from the Cloud Talisman True Seed, stroking and rubbing up and down, looking very much like that group of classmates of his who wanted to breathe in immortal energy that he couldn’t look on anymore.

So he angrily drove the shadow out of his sea of consciousness, after all, he had the final say here.

Seeming to have been wronged terribly, the shadow squatted down in the corner and ignored him.

Feng Qingxiu was speechless for a while, but he couldn’t do anything about his shadow. He had no choice but to sit down on the cliff and continue to study the high-level cultivation method of Kun-Lai.

Then, he felt a sense of familiarity.

So familiar that it was as if he could remember what came after just by reading a sentence, and then following the guidance he began to cultivate according to the method. Instantly, many energies floating in the surrounding area began to gather around him…

But he didn’t know what it was.

He only knew that his shadow was eating it very happily.

As his shadow ate happily, his spiritual energy also began to rise.

The sun rose and the moon fell, and there was no such thing as a break.

His cultivation level also began to rise uncontrollably.

No way? Was this Kun-Lai cultivation method so powerful?

This was too powerful!

Feng Qingxiu meditated silently, looking on as his cultivation base began to rise at a visible speed.

Foundation Establishment Stage mid-phase, sixth level, seventh level, eighth level…

No way, it was about to reach the ninth level.

Ninth level!

It was still rising!

Foundation Establishment Stage final phase? ? ?

No way? Could it be that it was going to rise again? But it will be the Golden Core Formation Stage next!

And then it was the Golden Core Formation Stage, but no longer rising…..

Wait a sec!

Feng Qingxiu practically wanted to scream out loud.

What was happening here?

Where was the tribulation?

What about the heart demons?

This was too scary. This was rising to a new cultivation level. What cultivator didn’t prepare beforehand by collecting spiritual artifacts, deal with their heart demons, consolidate their cultivation base, and choose a good lucky place to break through to the next cultivation level?

But he rose up a level as if it was as easy as taking a sip of tea, without even any notice beforehand!

Too terrifying!

Towards this inexplicable leveling up method he was simply too scared beyond description!

Master, help!

The head disciple, who had always been calm and steady, was completely unable to calm down. He stood up a little unsteadily and prepared to go find his master.

Just as he passed a corner, he heard a soft sigh.

“The faint sky, my meager self…..” An elegant and melancholy voice sounded, and then out of the corner of his eyes, he saw a young man standing at the edge of a cliff, a sword held up to his throat and about to commit suicide.

Feng Qingxiu instinctively stepped forward to stop it.

Suddenly, a sudden change occurred!

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A long sword was silently placed up against his neck, the culprit being the very young man who was about to commit suicide just a second ago. He had tan skin and a ring hanging on a chain around his neck.

The look in his eyes was very domineering, but Feng Qingxiu did not recognize him.

“I need you to do me a favor.” He said.

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On the other side, Feng Qingxiu quickly gained control of the scene.

“Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister, I will definitely be careful of them, but if you follow me back, I am afraid my family will not tell me anything even if something has happened back at home.” Feng Qingxiu looked earnestly at the white robed girl, already adjusting from the panic from earlier, his gaze gentle as water and conveying his sincerity.

The girl in white couldn’t help but blush: “But if I don’t protect you, what if they bully you again?”

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“They won’t, when they saw Senior Sister come just now, they were all startled away. Your prestige still remains, and they won’t dare to come back in such a short time.” Feng Qingxiu thanked her, “Thank you, Senior Sister, for helping me, and I have yet to know your name.”

“My name is Bai Yue, and I am the daughter of Qingdi Peak Master Bai Qi.” The girl in white sighed, “Senior Sister Qingnu is always making it difficult for others for some reason. No matter how I persuade her it is still uneffective, and even Senior Brother You Jia has become influenced, becoming the same kind of person like her…”

“As long as Senior Sister Bai is determined, you will surely make them change their minds. I will also avoid them carefully so Senior Sister Bai does not need to worry.” Feng Qingxiu had encountered countless beauties in the outer sect before, and had long been familiar with how to deal with this kind of situation. “Senior Sister Bai, my family has been waiting for me for a long time. Why don’t we continue to talk and exchange advice on our studies when we meet next time?”

“Then I won’t bother you anymore, I’ll send you to the outer peaks.” The girl said enthusiastically, “This way they won’t find a chance to trouble you on the way.”

“There is already a mountain patrol guard waiting for me at the foot of the mountain and I need to report to them. You may have to wait for a while.” Feng Qingxiu nodded and agreed.

“Those people… have always been unreasonable,” the girl frowned slightly, “Forget it, I won’t be going then. Be careful on your way. If you meet with trouble then come find me, I will not let you be bullied.”

“Definitely.”

And so Feng Qingxiu tidied up his clothes and left quickly.

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The group of young Kun-Lai elites only managed to chat for a while, when they found that Feng Qingxiu had already dealt with that woman, bidding a gentle goodbye to the other before successfully leaving Zhaoyue Peak.

There was a stunned silence for a while.

“What’s the situation?” The black robed boy was dumbfounded, and one could almost see the cowlick on his head that was currently waving in the air like a question mark.

“Just now he first bit his tongue and said that Bai Yue had bumped into his wound, spitting out blood to scare her, and taking advantage of this he found a chance to speak.” Yimeng Qingnu had a complicated expression on her face, “Then he sent her away with just a few pretty words.”

Everyone present looked at the handsome and domineering golden robed youth with unfathomable meaning in their eyes.

You Jia had no expression on his face.

“You Jia, why don’t you learn a little bit from the other.” The yellow robed girl finally couldn’t help covering her lips and laughing uproariously, “No matter what we say we still can’t convince her that we didn’t bully you, and you also don’t explain either, so whatever we say is useless.”

You Jia was a spirit demon, and it was normal to be targeted in all kinds of ways. Qingnu also liked to find fault with him. No matter what traps they set to drive her away, Bai Yue remained unrelenting, stubbornly believing that they were bullying You Jia and as a result, took to following him every day in the name of protection.

It was not that You Jia hadn’t opposed and given her the cold shoulder. Once, he even sent her flying using his sword, but the other only thought “Junior Brother You is untrusting of anyone because of being bullied so much. I can definitely touch him emotionally.” And then became even more caring and sympathetic.

After all, her identity was special, and You Jia couldn’t really beat her to death.

Not only this, several times she also insisted on following him out to train but her reaction was always incredibly slow and exceptionally naive. One moment saying that this flower is too beautiful, please don’t pick it, another moment saying that that grass is too pitiful, please don’t step on it. And even when battling with a fierce beast demon she would insist on something ridiculous like not disturbing other birds and beasts… causing everyone to not dare to team up with You Jia during training.

“Uh, although she was sent away by Feng Qingxiu, that woman is really no longer going to stick to You Jia… right?” The black robed boy asked with uncertainty.

“…” Everyone exchanged speechless glances.

“If she comes again,” You Jia said coldly, “I will show her my original form!”

“Ai, Senior Brother, don’t be impulsive.”

***

When You Jia returned to Wenjian Peak, his home was finally peaceful and free of the noisy presence of others.

He unclasped his sword, his whole body melting like hot wax, and a big squid slowly crawled out of a pile of golden robes. Its body was white, its black eyes looked melancholy and lazy, and its crown was like a spear, though not very big. The tentacles were slender and long. They moved quickly into the pool in the corner of the room. Ten tentacles curled and stretched in the pool, relishing the beauty of life.

He was finally free!

Recently, there had been no time for a relaxing bath because of that woman, and he had almost become a dehydrated squid.

One tentacle stretched out the pool, picked up a shrimp from the large tank on the side, a second tentacle picked up a book, two more tentacles began to brew spiritual tea, another two more began to play the erhu, a seventh one lifted the Net Charm, and the remaining three began to wiggle to the beat of the erhu music.

Now this was the life of the gods!

His father was a large squid of the spirit demon clan native to the sea. At one time he had picked up a seriously injured cultivator in the sea and was about to eat him. Only to be cut into an eight-tentacle squid with his sword and put under a pet contract, forced to search for natural treasures to help that cultivator heal his injuries.

That cultivator was the Sect Leader.

His father was also smart, knowing that this must be a powerful character. He seized the opportunity to express loyalty and was taken to Kun-Lai Mountain as a guardian spiritual beast. Although his home was moved from the sea to a small pond, a few decades later the spiritual beast contract was lifted and the Sect Leader granted him a cultivation method suitable for a spirit demon like him to practice as well as freedom to go back to the sea whenever he wished.

Only idiots would go back. His father and some other spirit demon friends forcibly stayed behind, and in this way their family flourished.

Who knew that the small mountain sect back then would flourish and develop into such a powerhouse in a few hundred years?

Who didn’t envy their family now when visiting relatives with his father back at sea?

As for those fellow human sect disciples who were inferior to him, saying things like the spirit demon races were inferior and second-class to humans?

Ridiculous, did they think there was any difference between the human race and the monkey spirit demons in the eyes of the spirit demon races?

They were just a kind of hairless monkey spirit demon. Since everyone was a spirit demon, what was there to feel inferior about?

After swallowing a tasty shrimp and then taking a sip of tea, You Jia reached out to the pill rack to grab a pill, only to freeze in a daze.

The pill rack that was originally full was now empty.

Whatever, in order to get rid of that woman, what was the loss in sacrificing a handful of pills…

***

Halfway up Qingdi Peak, there was a beautiful small lake surrounded by lush flowers and plants and hundreds of trees, the scenery elegant and beautiful.

A section of a courtyard residence could be seen peeking out among the trees, with only one water pavilion cropping out from the lake.

Bai Yue walked into a small house beside the water pavilion carrying a pouch full of pills.

The moment the door was opened, the faint smell of medicine emanated.

“Your injury hasn’t healed yet, why did you get up again?” Bai Yue hurriedly walked over.

The young man with his upper body bare and wrapped in thick bandages was leaning against the window. He glanced at her lightly, and did not speak.

“These are alchemical pills I got from Senior Brother You Jia. Quickly see which one can relieve your sword injury.” Bai Yue opened the pouch and poured out a bunch of jade bottles containing pills of all kinds.

“Don’t you know?” The young man looked at her as if he was looking at an idiot.

“I… I haven’t been recorded on the Dao Disc. I don’t know how to treat your injury.” Bai Yue was a little sad. When she was studying in the lower school, she had poor grades and didn’t like to study. So by the second year she failed to pass. Her father helped her repeat the lower school four times but every time she got failing marks. Elder Yan refused to even give her a chance to ascend to the inner peaks. As a result, her father could only keep her in Kun-Lai under the identity of an idler. Her Nascent Soul cultivation level was achieved with the intake of alchemical pills but that was about the limit.

And her cousin, Yimeng Qingnu, was simply her nightmare. She believed herself to not lose to the other in terms of beauty and talent, but unlike her, Qingnu entered the Nascent Soul stage without taking any pills. She was always number one in skill and cultivation level, and everyone always said Qingnu would be the next Qingdi Peak Master, and even her father asked her to spend more time with Qingnu and build a good relationship with her.

But she was the daughter of the Peak Master, Qingdi Peak should obviously belong to her!

“You can’t ask You Jia?” The young man hid his dislike and sighed, “My injury is from You Jia’s Heart-Reinforcing Sword and heart veins are damaged. If it can’t be healed I won’t be able to live long.”

“Senior Brother You Jia won’t speak to me. Why don’t I tell my father?”

“I’m afraid it won’t work. My grievances have not been washed away. Your father will arrest me when he sees me.” The young man smiled bitterly, “I will definitely fall into the hands of Qingnu then.”

“You were obviously wronged. The theft of the treasury is something Qingnu blamed on you. Just because you were inside did that mean you were the thief? It would have been better if you didn’t fight back…” The girl sighed, “You accidentally killed two junior brothers, so Elder Yan has said that if you are found and you still put up resistance, you will be rectified on the spot.”

“If I didn’t fight back at the time, I would have died. They were Qingnu’s people.” The young man lowered his head, his handsome face looking disappointed in the light of the sunset, “Don’t mention this anymore, why did you come back so late today?”

Bai Yue relayed how she helped the Sect Leader’s apprentice today, and then after telling him to take care, she went back.

She couldn’t stay for too long, lest her father become suspicious.

After Bai Yue left, the slight smile on the young man’s face disappeared and he said in a deep voice, “Elder Li, did she lie just now?”

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“No.” An elegant sounding voice came from the ring hanging on his neck, “The night of the full moon is coming. You have to go to the treasury again and get what you didn’t take the last time.”

“Bai Yue met the Sect Leader’s apprentice, let me try if I can use him for our purpose.” The young man glanced coldly at the jade bottles on the table, sharp murder intent in his eyes.

One day, he would level Kun-Lai, kill all the men, and let Qingnu, Huang Wei, and Ji Mingyu know what were the consequences of looking down on him.

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Zhaoyue Peak was not the highest mountain in Kun-Lai, but it was an aloof and steep mountain. Moreover, it was also the residence of Kun-Lai Sect Leader, and few people came.

A wooden house was built halfway up the mountain, hidden among the forest trees. It was difficult to imagine that this was the dwelling of the Human Immortal of the Western Continent.

There was only one hall and one room inside, which was even smaller than the residence of many Kun-Lai disciples.

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However, after his apprentice arrived, Ji Yunlai just waved his hand and set up a new room for his apprentice to live in.

His abilities were close to omnipotent, but the modern style furnishing he made was unable to receive acceptance. So much so that Feng Qingxiu euphemistically expressed that he didn’t need such good living arrangements, just ordinary was fine.

So Ji Yunlai gave him a batch of wooden materials for him to build on his own. He also included the newly compiled “Talisman Seal Combinations”, encouraging him to use seals when constructing his residence, to be rewarded if he succeeded.

His apprentice did not disappoint, learning very quickly and not afraid to ask if he came across something he didn’t understand.

After the seals were drawn, the difficult part became joining them together. There was the issue of connecting one part only for another part to disconnect.

He just couldn’t figure out that not only did he need to connect it with seals instead of using the mortise and tenon connection, but also to make sure the connection possesses the stability of a spiritual artifact.

When he asked, Ji Yunlai threw him two magnets.

Feng Qingxiu quickly set them up. After understanding the attraction and repulsion of Yin and Yang talisman seals, he tested both the eight-level talisman seals and the five element talisman seals, and finally summarized a conclusion.

Ji Yunlai was very satisfied, and then found that his heart to be a teacher was nearly swelling up in pride.

Xiao Qing was really too obedient and intelligent, and it was not boring to be with him at all. He understood everything with just a few pointers and he also treated his studies very seriously.

Kun-Lai’s cultivation was divided into methods and techniques, methods being internal spiritual meditation and techniques being external incantations. If one needed a metaphor, then cultivation methods were like the principle of making all kinds of firearms, and cultivation techniques were all kinds of firearms. If you understand the cultivation method, then naturally all kinds of spiritual techniques and incantations could be learned super fast. If one just studied the incantations and not the cultivation method, then it would always be a single gun, unable to make any other progress. But if one studied cultivation methods one would be able to upgrade and renew, from handgun to cannon.

Kun-Lai’s cultivation method “Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra” had been revised many times, including insight and tips.

Ji Yunlai praised himself as he looked through the manual. That guy actually revised one of the chapters so that the disciples could use their strengths to make up for their shortcomings, such as one’s spiritual roots.

However, it would take some time for him to fully understand the principles written in this chapter.

This manual had been written up to the Synthesis cultivation stage, and was currently still exploring the scope of Human Immortals. Because the former Ji Yunlai had not reached the peak of the Human Immortal stage, the content after the Synthesis stage was scattered and incomplete, or in other words, the former Ji Yunlai did not bother to update during these hundred years.

As for having the current Sect Leader Ji make updates… Ji Yunlai expressed that he would have to study for two more years.

So he decided to first examine Xiao Qing’s Foundation Establishment cultivation method, and at a glance he knew that Xiao Qing’s three spiritual roots were just ordinary talent. However, his comprehension was very good. In such cases, there was no need for the master to say too much, a few tips at key moments would lead to better results.

Two days later, he accidentally saw Xiao Qing browsing a piece of swordsmanship insight on the Net Charm.

“Xiao Qing wants to learn the sword?” Ji Yunlai leaned on the jade couch and asked casually.

“A little bit.” Feng Qingxiu’s hand holding the pen paused for a moment, but he still finished writing before putting down the talisman pen.

“Your sword technique has my style. There are countless Kun-Lai sword techniques. Just tell me which one you want to learn.” Ji Yunlai flipped on the doting master mode.

Feng Qingxiu sat by his side and looked at him with some nervousness: “Master, any sword technique is fine?”

“Of course.” Aiya, was this his apprentice acting coquettish? What a rare experience! Ji Yunlai nodded in a restrained manner. Of course, he had to do his best to teach after accepting an apprentice. If there was not even the awareness of passing on knowledge then what point was there to accept an apprentice?

“I want to learn the Supreme Nine Heavens Calamity Sword.” His disciple said without hesitation.

As a diehard fan for many years, Feng Qingxiu had long admired the peerless swordsmanship that the Sect Leader had made countless contributions with.

Since he first heard the name, he had an inexplicable feeling of fondness. Now that he had an opportunity to learn it, he certainly wouldn’t miss out.

“This is a bit troublesome.” Hearing this, Ji Yunlai frowned slightly.

“Is this apprentice not qualified enough?” Feng Qingxiu asked curiously, “Should I learn other techniques first?”

“The Calamity Sword is a cultivation method where the soul is tempered into a sword,” recalling that his former self had somehow obtained the technique before, Ji Yunlai was also a little curious about what had provoked him to take such a drastic move back then, “Supremity, means forgetting one’s emotions. Nine Heavens, means to use oneself as a mirror to see all things, to cut away the seven emotions and six desires. Every time one emotion is lost, it will become a sword, until reaching the extreme number nine. At the time of its accomplishment, the Supreme Ninth Heaven is reached, where neither emotions nor desires exist.”

Men had three immortal souls and seven mortal souls, the three immortal souls had dominion over wisdom, and the seven mortal souls had dominion over emotions. This sword technique was to draw out the seven mortal souls to construct a cage. The seven mortal souls each represented the emotions happiness, anger, sorrow, fear, love, malice, and desire. The him back then used his seven mortal souls to form a talisman seal ward in his sea of ​​consciousness, and only after killing countless celestial demons was the Calamity Sword born. As the price to be paid, it was normal for his temperament to have changed.

“But Master, you are very, um… natural.” Feng Qingxiu thought of an adjective with difficulty.

“Do you think that the one you heard of in the records is natural, or the one in front of you now is natural?” Ji Yunlai glanced at him sideways and then turned his gaze back to the jumping characters in midair that were currently being calculated. He had been cramming on various cultivation methods recently.

Feng Qingxiu asked lowly: “Just which one is the healthy you?”

“In your heart, have you always been feeling that the current me is the one overtaken by a celestial demon or the sick me?” Ji Yunlai glanced at him again. Just what apprentice would ask his master if he was sick? Was this kid looking for trouble?

“Then, Master, are you still practicing that sword technique?” Seeing his Master unhappy, Feng Qingxiu changed his questioning method.

“Don’t you already have an answer?” Ji Yunlai looked at his gentle and polite appearance and knocked him on his forehead, “Today’s lesson will end here, I’ll let you go for three days, so go back to deal with your private affairs.”

“Yes.” Feng Qingxiu bowed to his master and retreated.

The youth’s figure was like a pine tree, every gesture and movement like flowing water. It was very pleasing to the eye indeed.

Seeing that he was far away, Ji Yunlai then retracted his hand and looked at his slender fingertips.

No one knew better than him the power contained in this seemingly beautiful, slender hand, the ruthless equality when the sword was slashed out.

All beings were equal and no emotions could last. For everything, it was not sharpness, but time that destroyed and annihilated.

Everything was nothing.

Therefore, when he slashed out with that sword for the first time, he became startled by the horrific power of that sword, causing him a moment of hesitation which allowed the two spirit demons a chance to escape.

Naturally, he hadn’t practiced the Calamity Sword, otherwise he would still be the former Ji Yunlai. Just from the descriptions, he could imagine the boundless feeling of emptiness in his heart after practicing such a sword technique.

If he did not continue to temper the sword, no matter how powerful it was, it could not exist for too long.

But the Calamity Sword was his strongest and deadliest technique. If he lost it, he had to come up with a new offense quickly—in fact he couldn’t even let others know of his changes.

He was the guardian god of Kun-Lai, and there were too many people coveting Kun-Lai whether it was the Central Continent or the Outlands.

He knew better than anyone, that no matter how much those people say they miss the original Ji Yunlai, what they needed was still the Xing Dao Master who wielded the Calamity Sword and deterred all sentient beings.

Not the sixteen-year-old Ji Yunlai.

***

Feng Qingxiu seemed to have come across a big secret and was feeling a lot of pressure.

When he walked out of Zhaoyue Peak’s great wards, the pressure he felt became even greater.

Ji Mingyu and Ye Han were waiting for him just outside.

It was unknown how long they had been waiting.

“Feng Qingxiu,” Ye Han took the initiative to greet him, “You’ve finally come out?”

A lot of the dark gloominess on this young man’s face had dispersed, and under the sunlight he appeared to be just another sunny and handsome young man.

After the two parties exchanged greetings, Ye Han said simply and decisively: “I have decided to go down and start relearning from the lower school. Of course, my cultivation level will not fall behind. Elder Yan has accepted my request. I hope you can forgive the unpleasantness between us in the past.”

Feng Qingxiu was a bit surprised, and looked over at Ji Mingyu, wanting to know what had happened.

This was Ye Han? Not someone pretending to be Ye Han?

“I said I would accompany him down in the lower school.” Ji Mingyu looked at him with a little envy, “I never went to the outer sect, and I won’t reveal my identity this time while studying in the outer sect. Maybe after I go there, I will know why my father chose you and not me.”

So actually it was Ye Han accompanying you? He must light a candle for them!

“I’m sorry, I can’t help you,” Feng Qingxiu actually also didn’t know why his master was interested in him either, “but I believe you will succeed.”

“Thank you, your family has been waiting outside for a long time.” After giving the message to Feng Qingxiu, Ji Mingyu smiled and said, “There are a lot of people, goodbye.”

Feng Qingxiu nodded and thanked her, knowing what was waiting for him.

Then he looked over at the other young group of elite cultivators who were waiting for him as well.

The group of young cultivators exchanged looks with each other.

The lovely and graceful looking Yimeng Qingnu chuckled, her voice traveling hundreds of miles. Almost at the same time, using a finger as a whip, a cracking power snaked through the air sharply, and an invisible energy suddenly hit Feng Qingxiu.

A Nascent Soul against a Foundation Establishment, Feng Qingxiu had no ability to resist, and he also did not dodge either. Looking at this situation, it seems to be a show of power?

There were no wounds on his body, but the clothes on him were torn in several places, a faint red mark appearing on his chest.

“Eldest Senior Brother, forgive this little sister for being impudent.” Qingnu said casually then turned and left.

“Don’t waste time, she’s here.” The girl in yellow robes frowned.

“Got it.” They left very quickly, leaving behind a somewhat confused Feng Qingxiu.

But he soon understood when a gentle and beautiful girl in white strided over in anger.

Even the beauty of a celestial fairy could not describe her looks, however the girl’s demeanor was really something overwhelming.

In just an instant, she had already rushed to him: “Senior Brother Feng, how are you hurt? They are just too much! Let me see your injury… I didn’t expect him to be this kind of person, and after how much I’ve taken care of Senior Brother You!”

Feng Qingxiu was dumbfounded for a while, but soon instantly recovered, hugging his clothes to himself tight and pushing her away: “This young lady, who are you, I don’t know you…”

“Actually, you are younger than me, so I’ll just call you junior brother, don’t worry, I won’t hurt you…”

“No, please let go first…”

***

“You Jia, how will you thank us?” Qingnu watched from a distance, covering her mouth as she chuckled.

“Many thanks,” said the handsome young man in golden robes.

“That junior sister always feels that everyone is bullying you and as a result likes to be your protector every day. Senior Brother You is too heartless.” The girl in yellow robes couldn’t help but laugh.

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“That junior sister has countless suitors. It is a pity that you refuse, Senior Brother You,” added the boy in black.

“Shut up!” You Jia said angrily.

“Demolishing the bridge after crossing the river…” (TN: to abandon one’s benefactor upon achieving one’s goal)

“That’s right, shame on you!”

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Jinping Peak was one of the main peaks in Kun-Lai, the mountain where the Synthesis elder Bai Shuixian lived.

It had always been lively here since other than the fact that Bai Shuixian’s lectures were easy to understand, the flow of people was also large. So over time, the largest cultivator market in Kun-Lai formed at the foot of this mountain.

Old haunters and newcomers could be found here, and second-hand goods and first-hand goods could also be traded here.

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The huge flat ground was covered with grass, various shrubs and trees, mountains and streams, and of course, there were also all kinds of strange wooden houses and shops.

The shops were only opened by people with some savings to their name, and as for the young newcomers who just entered the inner peaks and were in need of money, they could only spread a piece of cloth and set up stalls on the ground.

A young man with an elegant demeanor, slender eyebrows and a smile on his face, strolled leisurely in this cultivator market while carrying a bird cage. 

“Say, does this place compare with Great Xuan’s imperial capital?” Although it had been a thousand years, the enthusiastic Yin Wushe couldn’t help using Great Xuan as a reference.

“The imperial capital is majestic and solemn, how can this small hill compare?” The nightingale said proudly in the cage.

“It’s a pity that the High Priest’s fire back then burned the entire imperial capital to the ground, the once prosperity reduced to a dream,” the young man sighed. “Having been trapped for a thousand years, only to be left in the dust by Yin Xuanjing after finally coming out. My Dao also feels unstable. Say, just why is he so lucky?”

“Lucky?” The nightingale rolled his eyes. “The crown prince Yin Xuanjing of back then is now faced with a destroyed empire and a ruined family, what’s so lucky about that?”

“Didn’t you listen to those survivors? He managed to hook up with the Sect Leader of Kun-Lai, the person we saw just a few days ago!” Yin Wushe said with an expression of admiration, “Heavens, even compared to the Great Xuan’s Twelve Human Immortals, Ji Yunlai is a master at the level of the High Priest! Yin Xuanjing can actually successfully snag someone like that!”

Compared with that guy, Nightingale and himself were simply too silly and naive, and even now they still have yet to find a Dao Companion!

If this was not considered being left in the dust, then what was considered?

“But he was killed by Ji Yunlai’s sword. I heard that it was for his Reincarnation Scripture that Ji Yunlai practiced the Calamity Sword.” The nightingale rolled his eyes. The Reincarnation Scripture was the second volume of the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex, which could guarantee the soul’s immortality even with the death of the body. Thinking of this the nightingale sighed. The crown prince back then was also a man of great talent, but his fate was not a good one.

Though his mother was the empress, first there was the High Priest, and then there was the Celestial Fox Su Wan after.

“His Majesty provoked the Empress, then provoked the High Priest, and later provoked Su Wan, these three Human Immortals/Great Sages—in comparison his son is much far behind, having only provoked one Human Immortal.”

“Ai, do you think Yin Xuanjing retrieved the Three Lives Three Worlds Divine Codex and obtained Great Xuan’s secret treasury?” Yin Wushe was extremely curious, “Otherwise, how is it possible that Ji Yunlai, who possessed four spiritual roots which is basically the same as having no spiritual roots, become a Human Immortal?”

“Do you take the High Priest for a pushover?”

“The High Priest—ai, why was His Majesty so foolish back then? How could Su Wan be better than the High Priest?”

“That’s right, between the empire and the beauty, if one chose the empire then there will be no beauty. If one wants the beauty, then there will be no empire or beauty. Woe are us bystanders,” the nightingale tweeted in the cage: “By the way, is it really okay for us to walk in like this? This is Kun-Lai Mountain after all!? A sword strike from that Sect Leader, and this time we might not be able to run away like last time!”

“Didn’t he not kill us in the end last time? The most dangerous place is the safest place, otherwise do you suggest we go out and let the High Priest and Su Wan come after us?”

“…” That did make some sense.

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Not far away, Ji Yunlai listened to the conversation between the snake and the nightingale while strolling the cultivator market with Feng Qingxiu.

It wasn’t that he didn’t intend to kill them last time. It was just that he was a little unfamiliar with using the Calamity Sword because of his memory loss. Later, he didn’t chase after them because of Xiao Qing.

What a very chaotic family, but fortunately, the him back then woke up to his senses in time! Staying away from scumbags and starting a new family.

He must give himself a thumbs up!

On the side, Feng Qingxiu’s expression was still a bit complicated.

“Why are we going shopping?” The apprentice asked.

“To become familiar with the sect.” Ji Yunlai replied mildly.

“Is it really not that you want to come, so you dragged me along?” Feng Qingxiu asked with a weird look on his face.

“My dear apprentice,” Ji Yunlai patted his head, speaking earnestly, “Some words that makes your master unhappy, there is really no need for you to say it out loud.”

“…” Feng Qingxiu was silent for a while, and began to compare and analyze the two completely different Kun-Lai Sect Leaders in his memory. After hesitating for a while, he asked, “Master?”

“En?” Ji Yunlai was looking at a piece of rag on the ground. He looked over at him after hearing his call.

“Nothing, just seeing if you are real.” Feng Qingxiu said.

“How do you see it?” Ji Yunlai asked curiously. A Foundation Establishment seeing through a Human Immortal? This was a bit too much.

“I don’t need to see, just need to know.” Knowing that the Sect Leader he knew now was the Sect Leader he knew before, and not the Sect Leader written in the records. Knowing this would let him know how to position himself, “Master, I’ll show you around.”

Ji Yunlai: “…”

“I have been in the outer sect for twelve years, and I often organize the outer sect disciples to participate in trading markets. I am quite familiar!” Feng Qingxiu immediately took out the demeanor of the student council president and pointed at the ground stalls to introduce them to his master who had been in Seclusion for many years. “Master, look at this area’s medicinal herbs in front of us. The peaks specializing in pills and medicine do not accept them so these disciples will sell them cheaply here to see if they can meet some easy marks.”

Ji Yunlai, who just saw some spiritual herbs and wanted to buy some for his disciple to play with, subtly put down his hand.

“Doesn’t the outer sect have no income?” Ji Yunlai asked quietly.

“But we can collect some scraps to practice with. They often give us things that no one wants for free.” Just by looking at Feng Qingxiu, he was someone who often came here. “Every time I have a little bit of money, I would come here to find some cheap and useful things, collect some materials that other cultivators don’t want but are useful to us.”

Then they would make some small things for their family or sell it to fellow sect disciples. Through accumulating little by little, they would eventually have a little money saved.

“Is that so…” Ji Yunlai decided to speak less so as not to reveal his ignorance.

“Master, look at those two spirit demons, just looking at them they must be newcomers, and will definitely be treated as easy marks!” Feng Qingxiu reached out and pointed at the young man who was carrying a bird cage.

Over there, the person and bird were still whispering to each other.

“I already asked, Kun-Lai’s cultivator markets are open to the outside every time there is a big celebration, and the major spirit demon races in the Outlands are all prepared to sweep the goods. Countless spirit demons of the Nascent Soul and Golden Core Formation stages would come so no one will pay attention to us.”

“…Can you be healed?” The nightingale asked a little worriedly. In the previous battle back in the secret realm, Yin Wushe’s tail was cut off, and his soul was severely damaged. Now he was barely hanging on to the Nascent Soul Stage. In Kun-Lai Mountain where there were human cultivators everywhere, he was feeling a little timid.

“Without at least a few hundred years I won’t fully recover. That’s why I have to come here to find some spiritual treasures to restore my soul.” The young man looked at the surrounding stalls with piercing eyes, his eyes gleaming, “Do you see that? Spiritual grass is the main ingredient of the Forging Soul Pill, a truly rare treasure of heaven and earth. Quickly, we must buy it immediately.”

“Really—wait, why is his stall covered with spiritual grass, is it fake?” The nightingale asked suspiciously.

Hearing that, the young man’s heart also jumped slightly and he walked over carefully.

“Spiritual grass, three hundred spiritual stones each, get one free after buying ten, if you buy in bulk, you will get a bottle of pure elixir, how much do you want?” The stallowner glanced at him, then bowed his head and pinched the jade tablet in his hand, not looking very hurried or eager at all to make a sale.

“It doesn’t seem to be fake…” After analyzing it, the young man asked the nightingale.

“It seems to be real. Give me ten spiritual grasses!” The young man paid for the medicinal materials. Overcome with the ecstasy of picking up treasures, he directly bought all the herbs in the stall.

The stallowner glanced at him again and asked: “My junior brothers also have many kinds of medicinal materials, do you want them?”

“It depends on what kind.” Yin Wushe said with a smile.

The stallowner called a few junior brothers over.

***

After a quarter of an hour, Yin Wushe touched his pouch that had been completely replaced with spiritual herbs, his voice slightly disbelieving: “It seems, that something is not right?”

“Newcomer, aren’t you?” A hawk spirit demon next to him looked at him pityingly, “I see that the ingredients you just bought are all for the Forging Soul Pill, in fact, if you take two more steps, the stall over there that sells pills also have the Forging Soul Pill, just one hundred spiritual stones for a bottle, which is much cheaper than the ingredients you bought.”

“…”

***

“Does Qingdi Peak grow a lot of spiritual herbs?” Ji Yunlai, who almost became an easy target as well, was feeling a little timid. Back then, these herbs were really treasures of heaven and earth. Every time he passed by the medicinal shops, he would avoid looking so as to avoid being hurt by the sky-high prices.

“Master, don’t you remember?” Feng Qingxiu’s expression took on a proud edge. “When the herbal cultivators had not yet ascended a new mountain and split from Shennong Peak, you told them that as long as it is a plant, it can be cultivated from even just a torn leaf or flower fragment. From there one can reproduce the whole plant and increase the quantity of medicinal materials!”

“That… I definitely didn’t elaborate on the process?” Ji Yunlai recalled back on that bit of biology knowledge, and replied a little unnaturally.

He had only studied the plant tissue culture method in biology class back in high school, but the biology class would definitely not talk in depth about the principle of how to prepare the culture solution.

“You have already pointed out the direction, if you have to explain everything then what is the use of herbal cultivators!” Feng Qingxiu said righteously. “It took only a little more than a hundred years for Qingdi Peak to have accumulated a large number of cultivation methods and figured out how to cultivate a large amount of spiritual herbs. Over the years, the output has increased so much, the prices have long since fallen. Except for those rare 10,000 year spiritual herbs, most spiritual herbs are not lacking at all.”

“Then the same is true of Shennong Peak?”

“Naturally!”

Ji Yunlai finally understood a little bit. Unlike the humans on earth whose life span was limited, it was nothing for the humans of the cultivation world to live hundreds of years. Researchers spend 40 years hybridizing rice and only yield one or two generations of superior rice seed each year. Whereas here, even just a Golden Core Formation cultivator who grew flowers for a hundred years could easily clarify the characteristics of a kind of spiritual herb.

“By the way, Master, you have been in Seclusion for many years, and it has been a long time since you gave pointers to the various peaks…” Feng Qingxiu looked at him with bright eyes, his eyes gleaming.

Ji Yunlai instantly felt a lot of pressure.

As if he could give pointers… These hundreds of years have long hollowed him out!

So he changed the subject.

“There are so many things here, what do you want?”

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“Nothing.” Feng Qingxiu was completely broke, but he was unable to do something like ask his master for money.

“This is for you.” Ji Yunlai smiled and gave him a Net Charm. “The internet is connected. You can buy anything you want, but don’t rely on this thing too much. In addition, don’t call me a thief anymore. “

Feng Qingxiu’s face flushed.

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It was night, and a broken down temple stood deep in the mountains, rain leaking in through the cracks.

Ji Yunlai lightly pressed his chest, feeling that his injury had stabilized a lot.

Glancing around again, he saw the old man was sleeping on the altar letting out snoring noises.  The children huddled together on the moldy straw in the corner, sleeping very restlessly.

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The rain was getting heavier and heavier.

If it was not repaired, the accumulated water would spread and flood the children.

He got up and went to repair the roof. Fortunately, there was a pine tree just outside the door, and using branches could somewhat provide a blockage.

After busying for a while, when he finally returned to the temple, he was completely wet.

At this time, the spiritual energy showed its usefulness. After a circulation, the water on him completely evaporated, as easy as you please.

It was just that he was now hungry again.

***

At dawn, the old man who woke up began to persuade him to join the Kun-Lai Sect once again, and even showed off a one-handed handstand, using his chest to crush stone and other skills. He also took out a book and claimed that this was a peerless book on cultivation, and if he practiced it he would cultivate into an immortal.

Ji Yunlai ignored his rambling and began to prepare the prey he caught in the trap earlier to cook soup.

In truth, he quite pitied this old man. With just a look, he knew that he was deceived by a swindler who used an incomplete cultivation manual to trick him. Practicing such a manual would of course harm the body and mind, thus it was not surprising he became like this.

Quickly cutting the boiled pork slices into the boiling water in the pot, he then added the refined salt made by himself and also threw in pieces of mushrooms and wild onions. Soon a pot of fragrant rabbit broth was finished.

He had the children line up and handed them their share one by one.

“Big brother, why don’t you eat?” Seeing that the bottom of the pot could be seen, the last child holding the bowl looked at him with some trepidation.

“I don’t eat mortal food.” Ji Yunlai patted his head.

Cultivation was about refining the bones, gathering spiritual energy, and eliminating the impurities in the body. Mortal food not only had little spiritual energy, but also a lot of impurities. After eating these, the spiritual energy that he had developed every day would not be enough to eliminate the impurities. It was not worth it.

And although the fierce beast demons possess a lot of spiritual energy, his injury was still not completely healed, which made it troublesome.

“Big brother, will you leave?” The child asked worriedly.

“Yes, there are about three days left.” Ji Yunlai answered him. Three days later, his injury should be almost healed.

***

Three days later Ji Yunlai didn’t leave as expected because the old man found a half-burned book on spiritual wards from who knew where.

Of course, it was useless for ordinary people, but Ji Yunlai had a little understanding of spiritual wards, and he was able to calculate the true meaning of several of the seals.

The old man had a lot of books—perhaps they could not be called books. They were all cluttered and messy pieces of paper, all piled up and filling a whole cellar.

Ji Yunlai squatted there an entire day and barely pieced together a page, managing to learn a single new seal.

But the old man insisted that if he wanted to get their Kun-Lai’s peerless secrets, he must join their Kun-Lai Sect!

After thinking about it, Ji Yunlai agreed.

He had already given up the idea of ​​entering a proper sect to cultivate. He was born with four spiritual roots—but for many sects who valued single spiritual root, four spiritual roots was actually the same as having no spiritual roots at all. (TN: spiritual roots are required for cultivation and are based on the five elements: fire, water, wood, earth, and metal. There is also variated spiritual roots like lightning, ice, light and shadow which are more powerful and rare)

He was also a twenty-year-old unaffiliated cultivator. If he had known that sixteen was the upper limit for cultivation sects to accept disciples, he might not have gone and bought a book on basic seal knowledge, but bribed the deacon of the Yunshan Sect and got himself inside the sect first.

It was too difficult being an unaffiliated cultivator. Every day his time was filled up with earning spiritual stones and hunting fierce beast demons. There was not much time left to meditate and practice cultivation. In addition, he also had to study seals, so his cultivation level had hardly increased over the years.

Since he was an unaffiliated cultivator, what did it matter where he practiced cultivation?

***

Ji Yunlai came up names for the children, changing names like ‘dog egg’ ‘little dirty’ and ‘little grass’. Dog Egg was actually unwilling to change, saying that this was the name given to him by his mother. Ji Yunlai told him that geniuses couldn’t be called ‘dog egg’, only then did Dog Egg agree to change his name to Yan Zhao.

Little Grass often picked flowers by the river and put them in her messy hair. When Ji Yunlai saw that it was a daffodil, he named her Bai Shuixian (TN: Chinese for white daffodil).

Every day the old man was still crazy as always, bringing a child back every once in a while, but after bringing them back he would completely forget about them. At most, he would throw a little bit of food to them, and then teach them some mutilated and nonsense spiritual incantations. Of the children he picked up before, some had run away and disappeared, some died of illness, and others went to the city to beg, treating this broken down temple as a temporary home.

Ji Yunlai sent back all the children whose family could be found, but most were orphans.

He couldn’t do anything about it. The Central Continent had been suffering from a drought for three years now. The Yun State was wiped out by the An State and a lot of food was looted. There were refugees everywhere. Sometimes these children would be snatched away by hungry people when they weren’t careful and then stewed into food. Parents eating their children was also a common thing.

It was not as if he could leave them alone, right?

***

Ji Yunlai took the time to buy two pieces of linen and made clothes for these barely clothed children. Winter was coming and double-layered clothes stuffed with cotton made up their winter clothes. In summer, all they had to do was take the cotton out and the clothes could be worn as summer clothes. He made them a little bigger than their actual size as they grew too fast.

Fortunately, he could still be regarded as a cultivator no matter what was said and done. If he was just an ordinary mortal he really would be unable to raise these children.

In addition, his needlework seemed to be getting better and better, and his sewing speed could nearly even keep up with his typing speed.

But this seemed to result in some benefits; that hedgehog Yan Zhao hugged him and cried with tears running down his cheeks.

But what was this situation of calling him mama?

And what was this situation of one crying child infecting the rest of the others?

Children were indeed a handful. _(:з」∠)_

***

Xiao Zhang quietly watched him while he calculated seals on the sand table, and then drew three seals based on memory.

Ji Yunlai felt that he had good talent, and taught him to draw some simple seals—for beginners this had little effect. It was just for helping in memorizing whole seals.

Xiao Zhang quickly learned it all.

Then he drew a lot of amulets—the same kind as the ones sold in the Chenghuang Temple, and then brought them into the city to sell.

He didn’t come back.

Ji Yunlai rescued him from the firewood room in the Chenghuang Temple at night. There were also a few other children who went to sell amulets with him.

Then he threatened them with the consequences of piracy.

They promised to never do it again.

And then the next day they continued—this time they divided themselves into a group that did the lookout and a group that did the selling. They even found an escape route in advance.

***

Ji Yunlai saw that they only earned a few copper coins after a hard day’s work, and reached out to accept the coins.

He found that the children were actually very uneasy, they were all afraid that he would leave.

Ji Yunlai started to teach them to learn to write and practice physical self-defense. With things to do, they wouldn’t have time to think about this and that.

Yan Zhao learned the best and the fastest, so Ji Yunlai rewarded him with a wooden sword.

Yan Zhao was very excited. The first thing he did every day was to take it out to practice. He also weaved a scabbard for the wooden sword with grass. No one was allowed to touch it.

The other children’s eyes were all red with envy that they also began to work very hard as if holding a competition.

***

Yan Zhao used a trap to rob a passing hunter.

He was given a spanking by Ji Yunlai.

He told him that this was wrong.

But he was an extremely stubborn child and didn’t feel that he was wrong. He had always used to rob other children to survive.

Ji Yunlai was very angry and personally sent the hunter home.

The hunter thanked him, his son was also hungry and skinny. His eyes nearly flashed green when he saw the bag of rice that Ji Yunlai gave them.

In troubled times, it was difficult for everyone.

***

When Ji Yunlai went back the next day, the group of children all hugged him and cried so hard they could barely breathe.

Saying that they wouldn’t go robbing anymore, so please don’t leave, okay?

Later, the children became a lot more obedient.

***

He could no longer count how many formulas had been calculated using the sand table. It took five years to calculate one spiritual ward. At the age of 25, Ji Yunlai finally felt that the speed was too slow.

He decided to do something crazy.

Using the seals he had determined so far he wrote an ordinary small program in his ​​sea of consciousness. Those with spiritual energy would be judged as yang and those without would be judged as yin. Using ordinary logical judgment, a simple seal calculation program was made.

In this way, his calculation speed should be greatly enhanced.

***

One shouldn’t mess with one’s brain indiscriminately. He succeeded, but he was still a novice and made some mistakes at the beginning, so a bug occurred. The coordination between the soul and the body was impaired, and he had hemiplegia for half a year before he barely managed to recover.

The good thing was that it used to take a few months to calculate, but now it only took one night.

Seven days later, he simplified his first spiritual ward, the materials required to make it were reduced by half, but the power only reduced a little bit.

He managed to successfully sell it, and the price was even worth the same as the original version.

Finally, he didn’t have to go through so much trouble just to eat a meal of meat. He was so touched he wanted to cry.

Twenty years after he arrived in this world, he finally recovered his golden finger.

***

After calculating a large number of spiritual wards, he finally had some money to expand their sect.

The old man seemed not to have lied to him. Judging from the remaining incomplete books and manuals, it seemed that Kun-Lai was truly an ancient major sect which was why there were so many lost ancient spiritual wards and old seals. Over the years, he had only sorted out a fraction of spiritual wards and one cultivation manual.

The cultivation manual sounded very impressive with the name “Supreme Emptiness Immovable True Sutra”.

Cultivating it was very stable, but the requirements for resources were too high, such as spiritual grass, pills and elixirs… Hell, if he had the money to buy these, would he still need to even cultivate?

He tried to calculate and amend it so that it would not consume so much money. But once the amendments were made, the changes left it completely unrecognizable.

Of course, he also dared not cultivate it himself.

***

He caught a rabbit. It was very fat and looked somewhat clever.

He prepared to gather a clutch of moon essence to unlock its spiritual wisdom.

And then let the rabbit cultivate it first.

Human Transformation Pills were really expensive.

***

That brat Yan Zhao had actually been cultivating secretly for several days.

He must teach him a good lesson this time.

He wouldn’t listen no matter what, this little brat was becoming more and more shameless.

Forget it, he could only keep a careful watch on him.

But three days had passed since he had reached Foundation Establishment, and it seemed that there was no sign of mental disorder?

Then he’ll also cultivate it as well.

***

He let the old man cultivate the new cultivation method, and his madness had not been so severe recently.

But occasionally he would still commit a crime.

Therefore, when the old man brought a newly picked up child to show off that he had found another good quality seedling, Ji Yunlai was currently hanging the newly carved plaque on the ruined temple.

Seeing the three words “Kun-Lai Sect”, the old man suddenly lost his composure and bursted into both tears and laughter, thanking the ancestors for letting him see the rebuilding of Kun-Lai in his lifetime.

Ji Yunlai comforted him expertly, and then asked if the child was kidnapped and if he wanted to go home.

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The child said coldly that he had no home.

“Do you have a name, then?” Ji Yunlai was prepared to pick one for him.

“Li Xianjing.” The child answered him coldly.

Then there was no need to change it.

“Then are you willing to stay and join the Kun-Lai Sect?”

“…”

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