togophonebook Chapter 12 Reunion with Xiru
Chapter 12 Reunion with Xiru
Using the body as the seed, and the spiritual root as the guide.
This is not difficult to do.
But he still needs an ancient tree that is ten thousand years old. Only by resonating the vitality of the ancient tree with the vitality of the spirit bee can he seize the vitality within it.
This ancient tree cannot be obtained on Zayi Peak.
The vitality within the Miscellaneous Service Peak was insufficient, and almost all of it was supplied to the Spirit Field.
Most of the trees on the mountain are hundreds to thousands of years old.
However, Chen Xiru came up with a solution for him.
...
Outside Lingfeng
Although we haven't seen each other for several months, Chen Xiru still looks as radiant as ever.
The white dress fluttered in the wind, serene and sweet in the afterglow of the setting sun.
When Chen Xiru saw Lu Qingyun approaching, she smiled sweetly and said, "Brother Lu, you've come."
"Xi Ru, you're too kind. In fact, I should be the one calling you Senior Sister."
Lu Qingyun looked into Chen Xiru's bright eyes and smiled.
Chen Xiru's cultivation has reached the third level of Qi Refining. After breaking through, she can enter the middle stage, while he has only just begun to draw Qi into his body.
In terms of status, he was a menial servant.
In terms of both cultivation level and status, he should refer to himself as junior brother.
"Brother Lu, there's no need for such formalities between us."
"Without you, Xiru would have faced many more hardships within the sect."
Chen Xiru was very sincere. Thanks to Lu Qingyun, she avoided many detours when she entered the Yunxia Sect.
They disembarked from the flying boat at that time.
As soon as the jade token was issued, the manager expressed his willingness to take her as a disciple.
Fortunately, the young Marquis Xiao Daojue was on the flying boat and found out about the jade talisman. The four of them agreed in advance that they would contact each other immediately if anything happened.
Xiao Daojue and Li Erniu both urged her to agree quickly, but Lu Qingyun suggested that she wait a little longer.
Now that her cultivation has broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, she can directly become an inner sect elder's disciple and no longer need to stay in the outer sect.
Later, when she broke through to the third level of Qi Refining, Lu Qingyun also helped her borrow some spirit stones from Mu Chuan and Li Erniu.
"Speaking of which, this time it's all Xiru's fault. If Xiru had become a disciple earlier, she might have been able to help Brother Lu."
Chen Xiru said apologetically.
With a mid-grade spiritual root and a spiritual body, he was indeed more convincing to the sect elders than Li Erniu.
Perhaps then, Sun Yang, the black-robed deacon, would be more wary.
"It's my fate to suffer this calamity, how can I blame you?"
Lu Qingyun shook his head.
Even in the most difficult circumstances, he could not ask Chen Xiru to sacrifice her future for him.
This is not because of any favors bestowed by a beautiful woman.
Rather, it's simply unrealistic.
"But Brother Lu, have you really made up your mind to leave the sect?"
Chen Xiru looked at Lu Qingyun with her beautiful eyes, her eyes filled with worry.
Normally, servant disciples can only move around on the servant peak, unless they are asked by an elder or an outer disciple.
A few days ago, Lu Qingyun asked her to think of a way to get him out of the sect.
Without asking why, she immediately went to ask her fellow disciple.
Her senior sister gave her good news: as long as she went to the mission hall to accept a mission outside the sect, she could ask the servant disciples for assistance.
But now, she is about to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, so this mission will probably have to be completed by Lu Qingyun alone.
There are many villains and monsters outside the sect, and she is worried that Lu Qingyun may be in danger.
"Brother Lu...can't you really wait until I break through..."
"Once I've made the decision, I'll consider the risks."
Lu Qingyun shook his head. Every moment that was delayed would add more uncertainty to the situation brought about by the black-robed deacon.
He was determined to achieve immortality, as was the black-robed deacon; this was a struggle for the Great Dao!
The opponent is about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, so why would they be willing to let go of this resource?
I'm afraid that after harvesting the marrow from the other disciples, he'll be the first person they think of.
Lu Qingyun had already inquired with Mu Chuan that the black-robed steward, Sun Yang, had applied to the sect for a spirit pool specifically for the disciples to cultivate the "Azure Wood Sword Technique".
Without the aid of the Spirit Pool, Chen Xiru could break through to the peak of the early stage of Qi Refining in just a few months.
Even if those disciples are not as talented, they will not be slow thanks to the spiritual pool.
However, it will take Chen Xiru at least half a year to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.
"In that case, Brother Lu, you must be careful!"
Chen Xiru's eyes flickered, and she didn't insist any further.
However, she said firmly, "If things are hopeless, Brother Lu must promise Xiru that you will return to the sect alive."
"Even if that Deacon Sun tries to take Brother Lu's wood marrow, Xiru will definitely find a way to save Brother Lu's life."
"She will survive." Lu Qingyun sighed, glancing at the information transmitted on Chen Xiru's jade talisman.
Half a month later, Beast Taming Peak needed to send a batch of magical artifact materials to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and his task was to accompany the team to deliver a portion of them.
This was a mission specially chosen for him by Chen Xiru, with the protection of a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
However, it is springtime, a time when all things revive.
This was also the time when the beast tide arose.
Even those at the mid-stage of Qi Refining are not necessarily safe in this line of work.
Although Young Marquis Xiao Daojue couldn't offer much help, he did send two low-grade first-tier talismans through a messenger.
These two escape talismans are not of high quality.
But it was barely enough for Lu Qingyun to escape from a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.
As for Li Erniu, he saved up and sent over two of the best healing pills that Master Niu had given him.
Lu Qingyun didn't say anything tearful, but simply kept this affection in her heart.
……
After Chen Xiru left, the jade talisman vibrated.
Mu Chuan delivered the message.
Lu Qingyun nodded slightly. It seemed that taking Mu Chuan in was indeed a good move.
The Yunxia Sect governs several kingdoms, the closest of which is the Great Jin.
The Mu family is a prominent family in the Great Jin Dynasty. Apart from him and his elder brother, several generations before him had entered the Yunxia Sect. Although they were all only minor cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, the lineage had never been broken, and they were well-informed.
Although Mu Chuan was just a menial servant, he was able to gather a lot of information through the Mu family and his elder brother.
According to the information Mu Chuan received...
The materials that Beast Taming Peak agreed to send this time were for a small family, the Shen family of Pinghu, who were given a spiritual land in the mountain range.
The Shen family is different from the Mu family. Their ancestors actually produced a Foundation Establishment True Person, and from then on, they established their family in the Pinghu Spirit Vein of the Yunxia Mountains.
If the Shen family is still prosperous, then this mission will be easy and will only require going through the motions.
Unfortunately, even Chen Xiru was unaware that the Shen family had recently gone to war with the neighboring Qiyang Cui family.
Like the Shen family, both the Cui and Shen families had members who had achieved Foundation Establishment.
Therefore, no one would submit to anyone else.
This time, a new spiritual land was discovered at the border between the two places. The spiritual veins there are the same as those in the two places, and are of the first rank.
Whoever gets that piece of land will gain access to more resources.
It is more likely to nurture new Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
As a result, the two sides have been locked in fierce combat, and even a powerful cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining has suffered injuries. Behind this incident, there is even a hidden power struggle between the Beast Taming Peak and the Weapon Refining Peak of the Yunxia Sect's outer sect.
Just as the Shen family has the Beast Taming Peak behind them, the Cui family also has the Weapon Refining Peak behind them.
"Xiru, you've really dug a huge pit for me this time."
Lu Qingyun gave a wry smile and shook his head.
Ancient trees that have stood for thousands of years usually have owners within the sect, but they can be found everywhere in the Cloud and Mist Mountains. Once you go there, the black-robed deacon will no longer pose a threat.
To secure his future, he had no choice but to accept this mission.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingyun pondered, his gaze falling on a brief map of the Yunxia Mountains.
"So... the Cui family is the real crisis in this mission?"