Volume 1 Chapter 28 Reaching a Consensus

  One and a half years later.

  Jade Green Peak's summit, a sudden surge of intense spiritual power fluctuations appeared.

  "I've finally reached the peak of martial arts!" Qin Luo sat cross-legged in the snowy wilderness, his eyes opening to reveal an excitement that couldn't be concealed in his dark phoenix-like pupils.

  For a year and a half, she didn't even come down from the Jade Green Peak, practicing every day by the Cold Pond, refining the spiritual energy in the water of the Cold Pond, then jumping into the Cold Pond again, repeating this process without ever stopping.

  After reaching the Martial Saint, every promotion requires extremely strong spiritual power. At first, she practiced from Martial Saint First Order to Martial Saint Second Order in just over half a month. From Martial Saint Second Order to Martial Saint Third Order, it took nearly twice as long, and from Martial Saint Ninth Order to the peak of Ninth Order, she spent a whole three months!

  "It's a good thing we have this Cold Pond and the Ice Spirit Pearl, otherwise, even with excellent innate abilities, it would likely take many years to absorb the spiritual energy from heaven and earth." Qin Luo Yi sighed.

  No wonder, every time the mysterious sect opens its mountain gate to recruit disciples, there are so many cultivators who want to get in, even if they have to squeeze their heads off.

  She herself can refine elixirs, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth while refining and eating them. Advancing in rank shouldn't take that much time, but the consumption of spiritual plants is likely to be considerable.

  And now she has cultivated to the peak of Martial Saint 9th stage, and if she wants to advance further, it's not enough to just absorb spiritual energy, but also needs to absorb the star power between heaven and earth, cultivate the mysterious mansion, in order to step into another different cultivation realm.

  "I'll go see Master first, ask for his guidance. In the Xuan Mi Zong's library, there should be many books about this aspect." Cultivation requires gradual progress, and what is most feared is being overly ambitious. Her previous cultivation level was too low, so she hadn't paid much attention to this aspect of cultivation before.

  Duanmu Changqing descended from the divine rainbow, shooting over from afar and landing on the summit of Yu Qingfeng Mountain in the blink of an eye. With a sweep of his gaze, he saw that Qin Luoyi had already exited her cultivation state, and the aura around her was much stronger, having reached the peak of Martial Sainthood. A faint smile flickered at the bottom of his dark, cold eyes.

  Qin Luo stood up, glanced at his handsome and cold face, and smiled slightly mockingly: "Second brother, you're just in time too. Don't worry, I won't be greedy, I won't keep your Ice Spirit Pearl for myself." With a slender hand raised, she tossed the Ice Spirit Pearl that had accompanied her for a year and a half over to him.

  Du Mu's eyes flashed, and he lightly took it over, holding it in his hand to take a look. He then put it away into his storage space, looking at her with a hint of a smile: "Reaching the peak of Martial Sage in a year and a half, your talent isn't too bad."

  Qin Luoyi glared at him: "Are you praising me or belittling me?" The words were indeed piercing to the ear.

  "But it's just the peak of Martial Saint, don't get too excited yet. Those with good qualifications are often blocked at the peak of Martial Saint for their entire lives and cannot cultivate the Mysterious Mansion." Du Mu Changqing hooked his lips into a smile, his eyes slightly narrowed, and the cool smile added a hint of charm to his cold face.

  His words were like a basin of cold water poured over her head, making Qin Luoyi's heart cool down instantly, and her expression suddenly became extremely irritated.

  With a swift movement, she appeared in front of him, slightly raising her chin and glaring at him with gritted teeth: "Second Brother, you'd better pray that I'm not one of those people who are forever blocked outside the Mystic Realm. Otherwise... your lifelong 'good fortune' will be completely ruined!"

  Looking at her, who was angry and had a faint pink blush on her face, Du Mu Changqing's eyes lit up with a fierce light, but he didn't get annoyed. Instead, he nodded his head and said very seriously: "That's right, the Martial Saint can live for 500 years. For my lifelong happiness, it's indeed better to let you cultivate the Mysterious Palace as soon as possible."

  Qin Luoyi blinked his eyes, looking a bit dazed. He suspiciously sized him up from head to toe. More than a year had passed, could it be that he had finally come around?

  When his gaze swept across her belly, a multitude of unseemly and evil images suddenly appeared in his mind... The cold and handsome Second Master, perhaps still not giving up this year, had found many famous doctors, but none could solve the problem of his "point", facing the beauty's affectionate advances, he could see and touch but not taste, could only stare blankly, finally accepting reality, knowing that only he himself could restore his vigor!

  "Ahah, Second Brother, it seems we've finally reached a consensus."

  Du Mu Changqing's heart skipped a beat as he looked at her, this little girl... Did she not know how alluring she was right now? With his hands clasped behind his back, it took him quite some effort to control the urge to pull her tightly into his arms.

  "You've now reached the peak of martial sainthood, so this Ice Spirit Pearl is no longer useful to you. The Cold Pool water also doesn't have much use for you at present, unless you break through to the Mysterious Realm later... Alright, I won't be able to stay in the Floating Mist Sect forever either. In order to help you break through as soon as possible, I'll reluctantly let you follow me. If you don't understand anything about cultivation, you can ask me." He glanced at her bright and smiling face, slightly furrowed his brow, and put on a very reluctant expression, but a warm smile flashed in the depths of his eyes.

  "No need to be polite! You don't have to force yourself." Qin Luo Yi waved her hand and shook her head, with a sly glint in her eyes: "You go take care of your business, if you come across anything good, just remember me, your junior sister, and bring some back for me, I'll be eternally grateful. Master is in the sect, if there's any problem, I'll find him, following you around, my cultivation is too low, afraid of holding you back."

  Following him out, who knows what he wants to do! In the Xuan Mi Sect, except for the fair and open competition in the arena, disciples are not allowed to fight among themselves, let alone kill each other. Who knows if he will use some sinister plot against her after leaving?

  Seeing the obvious vigilance in her eyes, Du Mu Changqing did have some regrets about teasing her last time, but his face didn't show it. He still spoke with a calm expression: "If you want me to help you keep an eye on good things, then follow me. I'm a forgetful person and if I don't see someone, especially someone I'm not familiar with, I'll probably often forget."

  Qin Luo Yi sneered and said in an exceptionally crisp tone, "I'm not going. I want to stay at Piaomiao Sect to cultivate properly. If you really forget, it's fine. I'll just take my time cultivating, no rush."

  It's not her who is in a hurry!

  The senior brother was not in the Piaoyou Sect. After seeing her master, she only knew that the senior brother had left shortly after she closed her door. He came back once six months ago and stayed for a day before leaving again.

  Even Duanmu Changqing, the Second Master, has not been staying in the Piaomiao Sect for more than a year. He would only return once every two or three months and his stays were never long.

  When it comes to cultivating the Mystic Mansion, Ge Zhengyuan is not worried. With a smile on his face, he says to her: "For others, cultivating the Mystic Mansion from the Martial Saint is a difficult hurdle to overcome, but you are different. You have the Hunyuan Tianzhu that once caused many strong practitioners in the Xianjie to fight for it desperately. It can help you absorb the energy of the sun, moon and stars, so it shouldn't be too hard."

  "Hunyuan Tianzhu?" It turned out that the Hunyuan Tianzhu was in his own Lingtai hole, and Qin Luoyi heard this name for the first time. "Master, what exactly is it? The treasure recorded in the Cangshu Pavilion doesn't have a Hunyuan Tianzhu."

  As for the green bead in her body, it's impossible to say she wasn't curious, but Master didn't mention it, and she couldn't ask about it. However, every time she went to the library, she paid attention secretly, but never found anything. Now that Master brought it up herself, she naturally wanted to ask for clarification.

  "Of course, the books in the library do not record it, and even those who know about this pearl are only a few powerful people on Penglai Island and Tianxuan Continent. This pearl has been in the world for only a few hundred years, but it has stirred up shocking storms, and those who know about it all want to get it, so naturally they won't record it in books." said Ge Zhangmen with a smile.

  The more people know, the more people will naturally fight for it. Qin Lingyun and Xie Ruyan have already acknowledged that Qin Luoyi is not their daughter, and they don't even know about the seal on her body, let alone the Hunyuan Tianzhu. Because this matter is of great importance, he only hinted at it indirectly at first and didn't reveal the truth.

  For hundreds of years in the mortal world, it had stirred up shocking storms. Those who knew about the bead's power didn't even want its information to spread, so what kind of heaven-defying use did this bead have? Was it just because it could absorb the power of the sun, moon and stars?

  Because of being overly suspicious, Qin Luo inadvertently asked out what was in her heart.

  Ge Zhangmen looked at her, sighed, and pondered for a moment. He felt that some things should be made known to her. With the Hunyuan Tianzhu in hand, it was unclear whether it would bring her good fortune or calamity.

  "Five hundred years ago, the Huányuán Tiānzhū was first obtained by a fourteen-year-old boy on Penglai Fairy Island. The boy's family name was unknown and they were an ordinary cultivation family on Penglai Fairy Island. However, the boy had exceptional talent and before he turned twenty, he cultivated to the peak of Martial Sage. After obtaining the pearl, he didn't know what its function was until he cultivated out of the Mystic Realm, where he discovered that it could help him cultivate and absorb the power of the stars. Overjoyed, he couldn't resist telling his father about this secret. His father had never cultivated out of the Mystic Realm in his lifetime, but now that he had a son who was so powerful, his status rose rapidly among their people, and everyone looked up to him with great respect because his son might become the future leader of their clan."

  "After hearing this, he was both shocked and delighted in his heart. He also knew the weight of the matter and didn't dare to mention it to outsiders, not even to his wife. Twenty years later, that young man successfully cultivated the Qingfu, and the whole family celebrated. However, on that night, after drinking too much wine, he spoke carelessly and revealed the secret. A few days later, their entire family was exterminated, and his son couldn't escape either, being beaten to death. The Hunyuan Tianzhu disappeared and there was no more news about it."

  "Nearly fifty years have passed, and on the Xuan Tian continent, another young man with the surname Li has suddenly risen to prominence. Within twenty years, he rose from the initial stage of the Xuan Palace to the Jade Palace, only to be discovered once again that he possesses the Hunyuan Heavenly Pearl within his body."

  Qin Luo's face tightened as she pursed her red lips, a thought sinking in her heart... She feared that young man would not end up well either.

  Ge Zhangmen looked at her face that had lost its smile and let out a barely perceptible sigh, continuing: "As expected, that Li surname youth was also killed by someone, the Hunyuan Heaven Pearl disappeared once again... In those five hundred years, every single person who obtained the Hunyuan Treasure Pearl ultimately ended up being robbed of their treasure and killed... Among them, one person's cultivation had even reached the peak of the Purple Mansion."

  Qin Luo Yi's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, a purple mansion peak cultivator was killed, why is this? Is there not one person who obtained the Mixed Yuan Heavenly Pearl that escaped this killing calamity?

  "Those who kill and steal treasures, since they know that this thing is being peeped at by many people, why don't they hide and cultivate?"

  Everyone knows that the Hunyuan Tianzhu is a treasure that can reverse the heavens, but many people who have stolen it don't know that the Hunyuan Tianzhu also chooses its master. A sneer appeared on Ge Zhengyuan's elegant face. "When someone with the Hunyuan Tianzhu is discovered, they will inevitably be killed, and the person who kills them won't gain anything, but instead will be misunderstood by others and then hunted down... In these 500 years, countless people have died in vain because of the Hunyuan Tianzhu. Decades ago, a cultivator who reached the peak of the Purple Mansion knew that thing was very unheavenly, so he hid and cultivated in secret. However, when the Hunyuan Tianzhu absorbs the power of the heavens, earth, and stars, strange phenomena will occur, especially during breakthroughs. No matter how one tries to conceal it with arrays or hiding underground, these phenomena cannot be hidden. In the end, that cultivator was still discovered and suffered a sneak attack.

  "How could this be?" Qin Luo's phoenix eyes widened, and she felt a chill run down her spine. Damn it, the thing inside her body was not a treasure at all, but a huge disaster!

  "As your master, I have found a very secluded place for you. When you feel that you are about to enter the Mystic Realm, go there. The terrain is special and should be able to conceal the phenomenon of your ascension to the Mystic Realm. As for later... I will think of a way again. From the Mystic Realm to the Azure Realm, there should still be over a decade of time. We can use this decade to prepare well, perhaps we can also cover it up." Gu Zhangmen comforted Qin Luoyi without missing the worry in her eyes.

  Qin Liuyi's mood was low, and her smile was very forced.

  "Girl, don't worry, if it can't be hidden then so be it. My Floating Sect isn't one of those scattered cultivators. Those who want to kill me, the master of the Floating Sect, must first consider whether they have the qualifications!" Ge Palm Door patted her shoulder, and a domineering aura that looked down on the world burst out from his body.

  Digression

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