Beizhou and Yunzhou were separated by hundreds of millions of li.
There was no shared border between them; the territories of Cangzhou and Qianzhou lay in between. If one were to travel by flying sword, they probably wouldn't arrive until their next life.
Although Mo Yan had broken through to the Void Return Realm and was no longer bound by heaven and earth, making traveling through the universe no issue at all, he still couldn't reach Yunzhou in a single step.
Crossing provinces was incredibly draining for him.
As such, it was much more practical to ride an immortal ship. It would also give him some peace of mind along the way to think about how to face his beloved again.
Only...
“Old geezer!”
A sharp roar erupted from inside the cabin. Dark circles under his eyes, a thoroughly exhausted Wang Xuanyi pushed the door open and walked out, with the two little ones, Huo Huang and Murong Qing, hanging off his arms.
Just as Wang Xuanyi was about to lose his temper, he spotted Su Qian, Xiao Hongye, and the others drinking tea with Mo Yan. His expression instantly shifted, and he said in an exceptionally gentle tone, “Fairy Sister, Martial Aunt Xiao, please enjoy your chat. This disciple shall take his leave.”
He came quickly and left just as fast.
With a loud slam, Wang Xuanyi retreated back into the cabin to sleep, tossing Huo Huang and Murong Qing out the door on his way.
He had stayed up all night crafting the bracelet and necklace. Coupled with the fact that the Glacial Heavenly Silkworm Jade was exceptionally hard, it had taken a significant toll on his essence, energy, and spirit to finish them.
If Wang Xuanyi still had the energy to play around with them, he really could ascend to immortality.
In the literal sense.
“Qing'er, Huo Huang, let your senior brother rest. Do not disturb him again,” Xiao Hongye said, taking a sip of tea.
The two little ones looked at each other and nodded. “Yes, Master.”
This trip to the Li family in Yunzhou to propose marriage was originally supposed to be just Mo Yan and his two disciples. However, Su Qian felt that staying at the Heavenly Martial Immortal Sect was too boring and she couldn't make a breakthrough anytime soon anyway, so she decided to tag along for a trip.
As for Xiao Hongye, she figured that since the little Murong Qing hadn't been back in a long time, she would take this opportunity to bring her home for a visit.
But then she had another thought.
Ever since Long Zitian and the others had joined Tianyun Peak, their lives had been nothing but cultivation day in and day out. It was far too dry. She thought it would be a good idea to bring them down the mountain to experience the mortal world, which might give them some unique insights.
Thus...
A large crowd of people gathered on the immortal ship under the pretext of Mo Yan's proposal trip. Naturally, this included Wenren Jing, Wen Sining, Leng Ning'an, Huo Huang...
What?
You ask where Wenren Jing was?
“Ah! Senior Sister Wenren!!!”
On the deck, Mo Yan and the others had just taken a sip of hot tea when Wang Xuanyi's exasperated roar echoed from the cabin once again.
Immediately after, a figure was tossed out of the door by Wang Xuanyi, landing precisely on Su Qian's long, fair lap.
Su Qian stroked Wenren Jing's head and said dotingly, “Jing'er, why did you crawl onto Little Yi-Yi's bed again?”
“Junior Brother has food over there.”
Wenren Jing was munching on a sugar cake, crumbs all over the corners of her mouth. She pulled a storage ring from her robe and smacked her lips. “Master, the snacks Junior Brother gave me (*≧∪≦).”
“Hmph, my Jing'er is the most sensible.”
Su Qian smiled and pinched the girl's bouncy cheek, sending Wenren Jing off to play with Huo Huang and Murong Qing, as she still had matters to discuss with Mo Yan.
While Wenren Jing and the others huddled to one side to eat, drink, and play, Mo Yan spoke up with an embarrassed expression. “Senior Sister, there's really no need for you to help. I can handle this myself.”
As Mo Yan's senior sisters, Su Qian and Xiao Hongye naturally had to help with their junior brother's major life event. But this kid was always so stubborn and awkward.
“Oh? If you can handle it...” Su Qian smiled faintly, her tone turning slightly teasing. “Then how did you manage to make that girl from the Li family wait for you for a thousand years?”
“...”
“You, after all these years, you didn't even reply to a single one of her letters. Every time you went down the mountain, you sneaked off to Yunzhou like a thief just to watch her for a night. Did you really think your senior sister didn't know?” Su Qian said slowly, her gaze fixed on Mo Yan with amusement.
Ever since Wang Xuanyi erased the ghost immortal's soul brand, this awkward kid's excitement had practically been overflowing.
“Indeed, Junior Brother. We all know about you and the Li family girl. The Sect Master even gave an order this time—if you don't bring back someone to run Tianzhu Peak, you shouldn't bother coming back,” Xiao Hongye chimed in.
“I...” Mo Yan was left speechless.
Over the years, whenever Xiao Hongye and Su Qian went out, he would always ask his two senior sisters to keep an eye on his beloved, fearing that something might happen to her.
Now that he was going to propose, it would indeed be unreasonable not to let them know.
“The Sect Master and the four of us share the same lineage, and you are the youngest of us. If anything happens, your senior sisters will naturally help,” Su Qian said, tracing the rim of her teacup with her finger before looking up at the mist-shrouded sky.
The fellow disciples from their generation had either died, passed away from old age, or gone into death seclusion. There were barely any left.
The only ones who had made it through were the four of them, including Shen Shi.
Now that their youngest junior brother was going to propose, how could the three of them not care?
“Alright, then I will rely on my two senior sisters this time.”
Mo Yan stood up and bowed, his expression solemn.
“Haha, think nothing of it.”
Xiao Hongye and Su Qian smiled gently, gesturing for Mo Yan to skip the tedious formalities.
The group continued to chat about the matter.
Of course, aside from Wenren Jing, Huo Huang, and the others aboard the immortal ship to Yunzhou, Long Zitian and Leng Ning'an were also present, each cultivating in their respective rooms.
Ever since she had been threatened in the Ancient Immortal Realm, Leng Ning'an physically recoiled from Wang Xuanyi. Or rather, 'terror' was a more fitting word.
At that moment, she had truly felt his intent to kill!
As for Long Zitian, ever since he emerged from the Ancient Immortal Realm, he had been in a state of bitter cultivation.
The impact Wang Xuanyi had on him was simply too immense.
The weakest bug from his previous life was actually this powerful in this life. Or perhaps, from the moment Wang Xuanyi forged that Primordial Dao Heavenly Weapon, Long Zitian should have kept his eyes on him.
“Phew...”
Long Zitian ended his meditation posture and exhaled a breath of turbid air. His essence, energy, and spirit relaxed significantly at this moment, and the golden dragon scales covering his body faded away.
The body-tempering secret technique he was currently practicing was the 【Four Sages Tempering Method】, which he had found in an ancient land during his previous life. It was the most powerful body-tempering technique among all the secret techniques he possessed.
It used naturally formed innate spirits as nourishment to temper the body.
This method was divided into four layers: Dragon Transformation Body, Nirvana Blood, Offensive Bone, and Immortal Aspect. Each layer was further divided into three minor realms.
Now, after being tempered in the Ancient Immortal Realm, he had already cultivated the Dragon Transformation Body to great perfection and reached the mid stage of Nirvana Blood, making his physical body comparable to that of a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
“The secret Foundation Establishment method inherited from the ancient immortal... Even though I was in the Great Ascension Realm in my previous life, I actually couldn't fully comprehend it. Fortunately, there was a wisp of complete Dao charm, which made up for my shortcomings,” Long Zitian muttered to himself.
During their time in the Ancient Immortal Realm, the strike from the Twin Stars of Yinyang Valley was indeed spectacular. Had the ancient immortal not intervened, he probably would have had to force a breakthrough to the Violet Palace Realm to escape danger.
But then again, although he had established his Great Dao foundation with the help of the complete Dao charm and had broken through to the Violet Palace Realm, forming an Immortal-Resonance Secret Palace, why did he feel a slight flaw in his path of the Dao?
Could it be that he really had to shatter his foundation?
“No.”
Long Zitian shook his head.
The ancient immortal walked his own path, and Long Zitian wanted to forge his own.
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