Chapter 368: Chapter 1: The Leeks are Fighting Back!
Although the little fox was very cute, Xu Yinglian hadn’t been seen for a long time.
Therefore, he temporarily left the Eastern Emperor Realm and returned to Kunlun as Qiu Changtian to check on Xu Yinglian’s progress in cultivation.
Junior Sister Xu wasn’t in her Golden Ridge Cave Abode today, so Qiu Changtian sat on the stone bed and cultivated Qi, cycling the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra” through several circulations to complete his daily cultivation routine.
Now his Jade Mansion had been cultivating for over five hundred years, and after each session of breathing and Qi cultivation, there was hardly any noticeable change in the Jade Mansion. He persisted purely out of habitual practice.
Upon completion of his breathing exercise, Xu Yinglian returned from outside, still clad in white without a touch of makeup, her black hair cascading like a waterfall, stunningly beautiful, as if a fairy had descended to the mortal realm.
“Junior Sister,” Qiu Changtian asked with a smile, “Have you been out on an experience?”
“Mhm,” Xu Yinglian replied, taking an elixir bottle out of her sleeve and placing it on the table.
“What’s this?” Qiu Changtian asked, surprised.
“I went to the Beiming region,” Xu Yinglian said succinctly. “Inside this elixir bottle is the essence of ten thousand years of cold ice I found, which is said to increase forty years of Refining Mansion cultivation.”
He was taken aback for a moment before realizing she was not referring to the Beiming Fanyang of the Eastern Emperor Realm but the Beiming Sea of the Cultivation Realm.
Ah, this… What’s going on with Junior Sister, why suddenly give me such a huge benefit?
I’m clearly just a chive ready to be harvested for synchronization value, how could it be possible to reciprocate?
“Don’t be silly.” Seeing his dumbfounded expression, Xu Yinglian turned her head away with a proud twist, saying, “Brother, you’ve helped me a lot with my cultivation in the past. This is merely returning the favor.”
“Besides, if Brother’s cultivation doesn’t progress quickly, and I catch up from behind, how can you maintain your dignity as my senior brother?”
“Although I wish to compete with you on the path of cultivation, I don’t want you to delay your own cultivation in aiding me. If we are to compete, it should be done in a fair and just environment, right?”
The more she explained, the more touched Qiu Changtian felt, until at last, unable to hold it back any longer, he went over and hugged Junior Sister tightly, moved as he said:
“Junior Sister, you’ve finally grown up! To have such a thoughtful heart, Brother is truly gratified!”
“Let go!” Xu Yinglian blushed with embarrassment, struggled fiercely for a few minutes, then suddenly realized something.
You’ve finally grown up… What sort of nonsense is that?
Angered, she suddenly raised her long leg and stepped onto Qiu Changtian’s Daoist shoes, twisting her heel with force.
Qiu Changtian’s expression remained unchanged as he released the flustered Junior Sister Xu and picked up the elixir bottle to examine it closely. Inside, there was a piece of ice crystal emitting a faint rainbow radiance.
Hey, this thing is pure Five Elements Purple Mansion Secret Medicine of the Water System!
Which means, as long as I fully refine it, it equates to having taken Mercurial Elixir Liquid (Metal), Golden Nectar and Jade Liquid (Wood), essence of ten thousand years of cold ice (Water), sea Bodhi (Fire), and millennium stone milk (Earth).
With all Five Elements complete and Daoist Foundation intact, I could achieve a First Grade Golden Core!
Thinking this, Qiu Changtian couldn’t contain his excitement and once again moved closer to Xu Yinglian, intending to kiss the great benefactor.
However, he was met with a karate chop from Junior Sister Xu right in the middle of his forehead.
“Brother, keep your cool. Showing such extremes of joy and anger, what does that look like!” She suppressed the shyness in her heart and said coldly.
“I have something to say,” the Kunlun Mirror suddenly spoke up. “Don’t let her bully you. If this goes on, your Synchronization Value is going to drop!”
At the thought of the consequences of his Invincible Character Setting shattering, Qiu Changtian shuddered violently, and his thoughts immediately calmed down.
“Thank you for this time, Junior Sister,” he said with a gentle and refined smile, and also took out two Elixir Bottles from his chest. “These are the Yangxia Zhuming Pills and the Yinhui Yuanshen Water I obtained from the White Bone Divine Palace.”
“Brother, I have already researched a method to refine them. You only need to wrap the Yangxia Zhuming Pill with the Yinhui Yuanshen Water before consuming it, so that the former floats in the Qi Sea without the Solitary Yang Qi bursting forth,” she explained.
“Then, with cautious manipulation of your Divine Sense, peel open a corner of the Yinhui Yuanshen Water to let a trace of Solitary Yang Qi leak out and begin to refine it…”
He detailed the refining method for the Yangxia Zhuming Pill, while Xu Yinglian listened intently, her expression serious but showing no sign of joy.
“Junior Sister,” Qiu Changtian asked tentatively, “what’s wrong? Are you not happy?”
“No,” Xu Yinglian shook her head.
She couldn’t very well say that she had just managed to clear a little of the debt of gratitude she owed her senior brother, only to have him bring even more Secret Medicines from the Purple Mansion, which left her feeling somewhat despondent and at a loss for words.
I can’t even outdo Brother in selling favors!
Even so, Xu Yinglian took note seriously, then picked up the two bottles and went to the stone bed to meditate and refine them.
By the way, ever since moving into the same cave abode, they had also shared one stone bed.
However, cultivators don’t sleep; they only sit in meditation. Therefore, it can be said that “though they share the same bed, they do not share the same dreams,” which is quite regrettable.
Moreover, since cultivators aren’t bound by the rites and customs of the Mortal World and value Yuan Yang and Yuan Yin more, if the feelings her senior brother had for making Xu Yinglian his Daoist Companion were rated as 100, the feelings for being more intimate with Junior Sister Xu were probably around 5000, which are not on the same scale at all.
Of course, Qiu Changtian was after all a morally noble cultivator who had transcended lowly desires, and he was not particularly keen on being more intimate with Junior Sister Xu. He just smiled appreciatively at Junior Sister Xu’s profile as she meditated.
It must be said that, in terms of static beauty, Junior Sister Xu’s appearance was undoubtedly in first place, followed perhaps by Jiang the Witch.
But if character, fondness, and other factors were included, everyone had their own strengths, making it difficult to declare a clear winner… wait a moment! What am I comparing here? Why have I suddenly started spouting nonsense?
“I have a one-word comment,” the Kunlun Mirror said leisurely, “but I won’t say it. You know what the word is.”
“Pfft,” the Green Duckweed Sword also let out a laugh.
“Shut up!” Qiu Changtian snapped, embarrassed and angry. “Both of you, stop talking!”
Collecting his thoughts once again, Qiu Changtian took to the stone bed and began to meditate.
He took out an Elixir Bottle and poured the extracted essence of ten-thousand-years-old ice into his mouth, then quickly circulated his energy to refine it.
He felt a cool sensation rapidly sliding down his throat, settling in his abdomen, and instantly sinking into his Qi Sea.
Soon, the chill spread quickly as if it were going to freeze his entire Dantian.
However, the Qi Refining Technique Qiu Changtian practiced was the “Nine Heavens Clear Entrance True Mantra,” famed for its robust True Yuan, and his Jade Mansion was extremely well-developed, with a rapid True Yuan regeneration rate. He quickly sealed off all the cold Qi and then carefully refined it.
Suddenly, the chill merged with the True Yuan, making Qiu Changtian’s Daoist True Yuan even stronger, and the inner walls of his Jade Mansion seemed to be coated with a layer of white frost, becoming even more crystal clear.
Metal is sharp, Wood is flexible, Water is resilient, Fire is fierce, and Earth is vast. Each of the Five Elements Purple Mansion Secret Medicines has its own advantage, and Qiu Changtian had now refined them all once, making the Daoist True Yuan in his body increasingly cohesive and robust.
The treasure’s light was restrained, and it appeared naturally formed.