Chapter 397: Playing with Junior Aunt, Qiong Xiao breaks through the shackles of state of mind

Elsewhere.

Gu Xiu and Qiong Xiao came to a bustling seaside town near the East Sea.

The market was bustling with people, and the sounds of hawking and bargaining were endless.

People came and went in the town, including human cultivators asking about the immortal path and mortal merchants busy making a living, a prosperous scene.

The vendors on both sides of the street were selling all kinds of novel gadgets, including colorful shell ornaments and sea beast furs emitting strange fragrances.

Qiong Xiao had been cultivating on Three Immortals Island for years and rarely came into contact with the life of mortals. The last time she went to a mortal town was a kalpa ago.

She showed curiosity about many things.

Seeing this, Gu Xiu patiently explained all kinds of worldly affairs and anecdotes, from market culture to folk legends, covering everything.

Suddenly, a noise came from the center of the town, and many people in the town flocked to watch.

Gu Xiu and Qiong Xiao looked at each other, curious in their hearts. Their divine sense sensed that it seemed to be a human cultivation sect coming to recruit disciples.

This was the first time Gu Xiu had encountered a mortal cultivation sect recruiting disciples.

"Junior Aunt, it seems that a mortal cultivation sect is recruiting disciples. Why don't we go and join in the fun?"

Qiong Xiao nodded lightly. She also wanted to see how a mortal cultivation sect recruited disciples.

So Gu Xiu and Qiong Xiao followed the crowd to go together.

Arriving at the square in the center of the town, he saw a tall stone platform standing in the center, with colorful flags fluttering on the platform, and a huge plaque hanging in front, with the four gilded characters "Ascension to Immortality Conference" written on it.

Below the platform, it was already crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, each with longing and expectation in their eyes.

After watching for a while, he roughly understood that the cultivation sect holding the Ascension to Immortality Conference here was called Lingxu Sect, which was quite famous in this area.

This Ascension to Immortality Conference was to select mortals with spiritual roots and lead them to embark on the path of cultivation.

On the platform stood several cultivators in Taoist robes. They had steady auras, dignified expressions, and their every move showed a transcendent and refined state.

Among them, a middle-aged Taoist, holding a whisk, took a step forward and said loudly, "My Lingxu Sect adheres to the purpose of saving people and promoting the immortal path. Today, we specially open the Ascension to Immortality Conference to select predestined people."

"As long as you are under sixteen years old, you can all try your spiritual roots on the platform. If you have spiritual root qualifications, you can become a disciple of my Lingxu Sect and embark on the path of cultivation from now on."

Once these words were spoken, the crowd below suddenly boiled.

Countless teenagers and girls were eager to try, and under the encouragement of their families, they flocked to the stone platform one after another.

Qiong Xiao watched this scene with great interest and said softly to Gu Xiu, "I didn't expect that in this mortal place, there would be such a large-scale sect recruiting disciples."

Gu Xiu nodded and said, "Cultivation sects recruit disciples from mortals, firstly to inject fresh blood into the sect and inherit the Dao method, and secondly to sow the seeds of the immortal path in the world and accumulate good karma."

The current Primordial world had not been broken, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was still abundant, making it easy to breed heaven and earth treasures, and many things that mortals usually ate contained a lot of spiritual energy.

The two watched for a while, and the platform had already tested several people with spiritual roots.

Subsequently, several teenagers and girls successively tested spiritual roots, including fire spiritual roots, water spiritual roots, and one with rare thunder spiritual roots, which made the crowd below sigh and envy.

Gu Xiu looked at these teenagers and girls who passed the test and felt emotional in his heart.

He traveled through, originally wanting to find a cultivation sect to cultivate, who knew he would meet a real immortal.

He spoke slowly.

"These selected people will say goodbye to their ordinary lives from now on and embark on the path of cultivation."

Qiong Xiao nodded slightly, with expectation in her eyes, "I hope they can stick to their original intentions on the path of cultivation and live up to this rare opportunity."

Next, Gu Xiu and Qiong Xiao went to many places, went to fishing villages, human tribes, etc. to see the various states of the world, and comprehended the truth in the ordinary,

Went to the jungle where all spirits lived to observe the living beings at the lowest end of the food chain, who were struggling to live even if they were weak.

As time passed, night gradually fell, and dots of stars dotted the night sky.

Gu Xiu and Qiong Xiao lit a bonfire in the forest,

The forest at night was quiet and deep, filled with a mysterious atmosphere, and the moonlight sprinkled through the dense branches and leaves, forming patches of mottled light and shadow.

Because of cultivating the Hongmeng Creation Sutra, Gu Xiu felt that the vitality of this forest was very abundant.

Sitting in front of the bonfire, feeling bored, he wanted to find a topic, and said softly, "Junior Aunt, this forest seems ordinary, but it actually contains a unique way of vitality."

Qiong Xiao was meditating and did not respond to Gu Xiu.

The night wind gently blew her hair, and under the reflection of the firelight, it was covered with a dreamlike halo.

Noticing that Qiong Xiao's aura was surging slightly, the immortal spirit energy was flowing, as if she was immersed in some mysterious comprehension.

Gu Xiu frowned slightly and thought to himself.

Could it be that Qiong Xiao has already expanded her state of mind and found a breakthrough opportunity...

Thinking of this, Gu Xiu didn't say anything more and just sat on the side.

Time passed quietly, and a soft light appeared around Qiong Xiao. The light was pure and restrained, carrying a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.

He knew that Qiong Xiao was not far from breaking through the bottleneck of her state of mind.

At this moment, Qiong Xiao was at the critical moment of epiphany. Any external interference might cause her to fall short.

Gu Xiu observed the surroundings and cast a spell to isolate this space.

Started to protect her.

I do not know how much time passed, but finally, with a faint whimper, Qiong Xiao slowly opened her eyes.

The confusion and perplexity in her eyes had disappeared, replaced by clarity and depth.

She exhaled a turbid breath, her breath was long and steady, and the momentum on her body also changed subtly, with a bit more ethereal and freedom than before.

"Junior Nephew, thank you." Qiong Xiao looked at Gu Xiu, her eyes full of gratitude, "The shackles that have troubled me for a long time have finally been broken. I feel that I can break through after going back to retreat."

Gu Xiu showed heartfelt joy on his face, "Junior Aunt's state of mind can make a breakthrough, which is a happy event. This is all due to Junior Aunt's own deep opportunity, and it has nothing to do with me."

Qiong Xiao shook her head lightly, "If it weren't for your proposal to travel this time, how could I have broken through the bottleneck of my state of mind so smoothly."

Gu Xiu smiled, "Since Junior Aunt has broken through the shackles of state of mind, do you want to go to the Dragon Palace with this disciple before going back?"

"Dragon Palace?"

Gu Xiu explained, "A few days ago, the Dragon Palace sent someone to invite this disciple to attend the Dragon Palace banquet. I had nothing to do, so I agreed. I also want to see what the Dragon Clan is plotting."

Qiong Xiao nodded slightly, "This trip was proposed by you. If you want to go to the Dragon Palace, I will accompany you."

"Ding!"

"Invite Qiong Xiao to go out and play, successfully let her comprehend the true meaning of the world, mission completed, reward Qiong Xiao with a special epiphany opportunity!"

Gu Xiu accepted the reward and planned to use the epiphany opportunity on Qiong Xiao after returning to Three Immortals Island. ===== CHAPTER 398 =====