Circle trick

  A stranger sings while brewing tea, leaning on the table in a daze.

  That day when she came back, the meaning of her second uncle's words was already very clear. These days, she has been absent-minded, constantly thinking about this matter back and forth.

  That day, Second Uncle said she still had a hundred years to squander... The Second Uncle who had always been by her side as she cultivated, actually said this to her, showing just how dire the situation was - Second Uncle had already considered himself dead.

  She won't ask herself what to do if Second Uncle dies anymore. Seeing the calm expression on Second Uncle's face, she has made up her mind to let Second Uncle, who has been worried about her for ten years, leave with peace of mind. It's just... thinking of this outcome still makes her sad.

  The tea leaves in the teapot unfolded, and the tea water gradually turned light green. Mo Tian Ge collected her emotions, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Er Shu: "Er Shu, have some tea." She had added calming herbs to this tea, hoping that after drinking it, Er Shu's spirits would lift somewhat.

  Ye Jiang now looks even older. In fact, as an immortal cultivator, even when one's lifespan is nearing its end, they can still maintain a youthful appearance and won't wither away like ordinary people. The reason he looked this way was because of the injuries on his body. After drinking tea, he seemed to have slightly lifted his spirits and asked: "Xiao Tian, you said last time that the spiritual energy in your body had changed?"

  Mo Tian Ge nodded: "Yes, it's become very strange. In my dantian, a thread of very cold spiritual energy has gradually appeared, and it can devour other spiritual energies to transform into this kind of spiritual energy. I'm not sure what the reason is, so I didn't dare continue cultivating."

  Ye Jiang thought for a moment, then said slowly: "It doesn't matter, you can continue to cultivate. Second Uncle had also heard before that when a female cultivator cultivates a specific technique, the spiritual energy will change, it must be because the technique is biased towards yin. Your situation should be the special nature of your cultivation technique. In the past, your cultivation was not enough, and you couldn't transform into pure yin spiritual energy. Now that your Qi is full and your cultivation is gradually increasing, the spiritual energy in your body has changed - this change must be your Dantian preparing to lay the foundation. Since it's like this, you can continue to cultivate, wait until the spiritual energy completely transforms, then go lay the foundation."

  "This answer delighted Mo Tian Ge: 'Will my confidence in building the foundation be greater?'"

  Ye Jiang nodded: "It should be so." After thinking for a moment, he said, "Otherwise, you'd better go back to the Men's Sect. Of course, don't ask anyone, just go to the place where the sect collects books and check."

  "Got it."

  "Otherwise... you can go now, Second Uncle is not uncomfortable at the moment."

  "This..."

  "Go, lest you can't extricate yourself later."

  The meaning of this sentence is clear. The second uncle was worried that his injury would worsen, so he didn't dare to refuse and said, "Alright, be careful yourself, Second Uncle."

  Half an hour later, Mo Tian Ge returned to Yun Wu Sect.

  First go to the church hall to explain that you have returned, then return home once again.

  Everything is the same as before she left, Jiang Shanghang is cultivating in his room, Qin Xi and Liu Yidao one is still closed, and the other has also entered the Dongfu. Oh, there's one thing - Zhou Shixiong has successfully built his foundation and become Zhou Shishu!

  When she heard the news, Mo Tian Ge was very happy for him. Zhou Shi Shu was initially cold, but actually a good person. The fellow disciples living in this yard, if they had any questions, he would answer them with all his heart. Moreover, being able to stay here so smoothly was also thanks to Zhou Shi Shu's care. During her two years of closed-door training, she didn't do anything and the affairs of the Executive Hall were all taken care of by Zhou Shi Shu who had spoken up for her.

  For this, Mo Tian Ge deliberated for a moment, wondering whether to go and pay his respects to Zhou Shi Shu. In the end, he thought it over and decided to send someone with an oral message instead, planning to visit after things had settled down.

  After all, Zhou Shu is now living in Beifeng, it's not convenient for her to go.

  Just as he was about to go to the Wanfa Pavilion, a voice came from outside: "Ye Shidi, Ye Xiaotian, is Ye Shidi here?"

  Mochen Song opened his own door, but saw a strange young man standing outside the small hall.

  "Is there something I can help you with, senior brother?"

  "Is that you, Ye Shidi?" he asked with a smile as he saw her.

  Mo Tian Ge nodded: "Exactly."

  This man looked her up and down, his gaze making her feel very uncomfortable. Then he said: "It was Master Zhou who asked me to come, I heard you're back, Master Zhou wants to see you."

  "Oh?" Mo Tian Ge said, "I just asked a senior brother from Beifeng to pass on a message, and it's already spread here?"

  He was taken aback: "This... I don't know, just... Master Zhou ordered me to deliver the message."

  "I see... thank you, senior brother. I'll go now."

  "This man said: 'I'll take you there, I suppose you don't know where Master Zhou is either.'"

  "This person is kind-hearted, Mo Tian Ge then said: 'Thank you so much, senior brother.'"

  "Don't be polite, let's go."

  As he walked out of his residence, Mochen Ge asked, "May I ask your honorable surname, senior brother?"

  The man walked away in a hurry without even turning his head back. He just replied: "My surname is Wu."

  "Oh, so it's Wu Shixiong, is Shixiong a top disciple of Beifeng?"

  This question made Wu Shixiong feel a bit proud and his footsteps slowed down: "Exactly, my master's name is Qing Yu, you should recognize him."

  "Ah, so you're a senior disciple of Qingyu Shifu. I've long admired you." Mo Tian Ge made a polite bow, and the Wu Shixiong in front of her immediately raised his chin with an air of pride, causing her to stifle a laugh. In fact, she said "long admired" because as a disciple of Zhuji Shifu, he should be a deeply cultivated elite disciple. However, looking at him, he seemed to be only around thirty years old, yet he was only at the seventh layer of Qi Refining cultivation - although it wasn't too surprising. After all, this Wu Shixiong had only seven layers of cultivation, but still called her "Shidi", obviously relying on his connections.

  Of course, she wouldn't say that out loud. Looking at Wu Shixiong's reaction just now, he's a proud person and would immediately turn against her if she said anything to him.

  After walking for a while, Mo Tian Ge suddenly asked: "Wu Shixiong, which road is this? Is it the one that leads to North Peak?"

  "Wu Shixiong walked quickly without looking back: 'Zhou Shishu just came to Nanfeng on business, let's hurry up and go!'"

  Mo Tian Ge furrowed his brow and followed for another stretch, seeing that the scenery was becoming increasingly desolate, clearly with few signs of human habitation. He immediately stopped: "Wu Shixiong!"

  Wu didn't respond. He walked several steps before realizing she wasn't following him, then turned back with a displeased expression: "What's wrong?"

  Mo Tian Ge scanned his surroundings cautiously, staring at him: "Brother Wu, where exactly are you planning to take me?"

  At this question, Wu Shixiong's eyes flickered and he muttered: "No, no...".

  Looking at him like this, Mo Tian Ge would believe that there are ghosts, and for the time being, he didn't care if he was an elite disciple or not. He took out his spiritual tool and put it on guard, saying coldly: "Does Wu Shixiong think I'm a fool? This road leads to a cliff in the end, will Zhou Shishu meet me at the cliff?"

  Seeing his intention being seen through, he glanced sideways, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "It's too late for you to want to leave now, junior brother!"

  Mo Tian Ge sneered with a faint smile: "Wu Shixiong, you think you can stop me?"

  He obviously didn't expect her to turn her face, and she didn't put herself in her eyes at all. At this time, she hummed again: "Ye Shidi, let's talk..."

  Seeing his reaction, Mo Tian Ge was surprised. This person is also an elite disciple, how can he be so weak?

  But she knew there was a problem, so why would she continue, and this person is after all an elite disciple, it's not good to take action, at the moment another word was said, turned around and left.

  "Brother Ye!"

  She didn't respond at all.

  Then, a spiritual energy fluctuation came from behind, and Mo Tian Ge reacted extremely quickly, dodging to the side in an instant. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she saw that it was a high-level "Bihai Ningbing" talisman that had been thrown at her! If she had been hit just now, she would probably have been frozen stiff on the spot, completely at the mercy of others. What did this Wu Shixiong want to do?!

  As she stared at him fiercely, Wu Shixiong's face first showed fear, then annoyance. Finally, he took out a talisman from his hand again.

  High-level talismans are not cheap, and their power is also extremely great. Even if they are ordinary talismans, a large number of them can be difficult to deal with. In the previous battles, Mo Tian Ge had always tried her best to avoid directly confronting the opponent's talismans, often deciding the outcome before the opponent even launched theirs. However, in this situation, she didn't want to fight, so Wu Shixiong took the initiative.

  "Wu Shixiong," she asked coldly, "what is your purpose? I think I haven't offended you, have I?"

  At this time, however, another voice that sounded very sly replied: "You didn't offend him, you offended me!"

  The stranger turned his head and took a big surprise.

  Not far away, a small path leading to the valley, came down a person, who was Jiang Chengxian!

  Her face changed, and her mind was racing. The first thing that came to mind was that she had picked up the Solid Foundation Pill that he had carelessly missed, but then she wondered how he could have discovered it. Then she thought that Jiang Chengxian had been hiding in this place, and even when he approached her, she had no awareness of it, which meant that he must have used a technique to conceal his presence. If so, he must have been prepared to deal with her long ago. But if she killed Jiang Chengxian, could she still stand on Cloudy Mist Mountain? Probably not - the master of Cloudy Mist Mountain would probably make short work of her... No, that wasn't right either - if it was really a master who had formed his elixir, would he need to deal with her in such a way? She was just a small Qi-refining cultivator, after all - to a master who had formed his elixir, she was nothing more than an insignificant little ant that could be crushed with one hand.

  However, she didn't have time to think much about it now. She reached into her Qiankun bag and several array disks and flags flew out.

  Jiang Chengxian snorted disdainfully and scolded Wu Shixiong: "You're really useless, can't even handle a small matter! Go and guard!"

  In front of Jiang Chengxian, Wu Shixiong suddenly became half a head shorter, bowing his head and waist: "Yes, Master Jiang."

  Mo Tian Ge hummed a sound, it turned out that this Wu Shixiong was Jiang Chengxian's little follower, no wonder he was so weak!

  After Wu Shixiong walked far away, Jiang Chengxian turned his head to examine the temporary Five Elements Birth and Killing Array she had set up. A sneer floated onto his face: "Using array techniques against me? Humph!"

  Moy Tian Ge suddenly remembered that Jiang Cheng had a broken sky mirror in his hand, which was the treasure of the array method to restrain!

  At this time, Jiang Chengxian indeed took out the mirror, and a green light shot out from the mirror, shining onto her array disc. With a loud "boom", the array disc suddenly exploded!

  This array is modified to suit temporary deployment, and its power is somewhat inadequate.

  Mo Tian's face changed color, but he quickly calmed down and sneered: "What if I don't use an array? What am I afraid of?"

  "You..." Jiang Chengxian naturally knew that she was mocking his poor Dao skills and immediately shouted in annoyance.

  Mo Tian Ge looked at him again and asked in a low voice, "I don't know where I offended Brother Jiang, why did Brother Jiang set up such a trap to deal with me?"

  When he heard her say this, Jiang Chengxian burst out laughing and laughed for a while before sneering: "Even if I didn't believe it at first, the person who followed me and stole the formula for the solid foundation pill is you. Looking at your reaction now, you still think I don't know?"

  The song of the wild sky originally had no lucky existence, it was just that if Jiang Chengxian wasn't because of this matter, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to confess, so he asked again. Now that he knows he's really because of this reason, he doesn't feel disappointed either.

  She knew that she was in a desperate situation, but instead of panicking, she became calm and asked: "So, how did Brother Jiang find out?"