Chapter 164

Parting Words

The disciples sent by the Great Yu Zhou Tian this time seemed to be quite skilled in the art of concealment. If it weren't for Mo Shenai happening to be there, they would never have been identified so easily. Even though they had been secretly locked onto by everyone, and there were two incarnations of Qu Qu Tan Yue, a great expert in driving insects, present, the five Golden Core cultivators still caused a lot of trouble for everyone when they fled in different directions. This battle lasted for a long time. For Ruan Ci and the others, with Xu Shaowei guarding their side with 'Wind and Waves Calm', they were safe and sound, and they could even calmly watch the changes in the momentum field during the Golden Core cultivators' battle. It had to be said that this was also a rare opportunity.

The Donghua Sword Envoy and the Divine Eye Girl staying here at the same time was a conspiracy for the Great Yu cultivators, knowing it was a trap to lure them into fighting, yet they still had to fly like moths to a flame to fight for this last glimmer of hope. Qu Qu Tan Yue and the others naturally used all their magic treasures and intercepted and killed several people on the way. After fighting like this for more than ten days, they finally wiped out seven of the Great Yu Zhou Tian cultivators. Counting the Foundation Establishment cultivator killed by Ruan Ci, eight had been accounted for.

Whether the remaining two died at the hands of the mysterious Golden Core cultivator in the Absolute Dead Zone was hard to say. Among them, there should still be a Foundation Establishment cultivator who didn't even have the qualifications to challenge Xu Shaowei. If they were determined to hide, everyone really couldn't do anything about them.

As for the last Great Yu Golden Core whose whereabouts were unknown, it was unknown what their situation was. Everyone searched for another month, up to the Cold Rain Flower Field and down to the surface of the Black Water Domain, searching inch by inch. Even in the deep layers of the Black Water Domain, where ordinary Golden Cores could not dive, Qu Qu Tan Yue ordered insects to go down and send messages, ordering those Nascent Soul monsters with slightly more mature emotions to help find the living people. But whether it was those two Great Yu cultivators or the Langhuan Golden Core who repelled the Great Yu guests and saved Ruan Rong, there was no news at all, as if they had melted into this Cold Rain Marsh.

Invasion from outside the realm was no small matter. Thousands of cultivators in the marsh, led by several major prosperous sects, ran around and spent their own money for a long time, not daring to be negligent. Now that the situation had subsided and everyone had gained nothing, the desire to leave the marsh became increasingly urgent. It just so happened that the power of the Remote Mountain Sect's great array was now very dense. Let alone Golden Core cultivators, even late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators found it very difficult to pass through the great array. Instead, many Qi Refining messengers came in from outside the marsh, sending many tokens, which were jointly managed by Xu Shaowei, Qu Qu Tan Yue, Xue Wuliang, and others. Before the cultivators left, they had to be carefully checked by Mo Shenai to verify their Zhou Tian origin was correct before they could receive the token and leave.

Such defensive measures could be described as cautious to the extreme, but the cultivators of the prosperous sects were not unhappy at all, and they also thought that such an arrangement was a mature move. If Great Yu cultivators were really mixed into the Central Continent, the future troubles would be endless. Xu Shaowei, Qi Yueying, and even the Taiwei Sect disciples who were found by the way were the most determined.

Fu Manzi was rescued, and the remaining two disciples of the Qingling Sect were both Foundation Establishment cultivators, so naturally, they had no say and just listened to the instructions of the other three pillars. These two were very far away from the three girls—Rong, Ci, and Ai—and they almost ran away when they saw them, with no intention of coming up to greet them. It was said that the two acted according to their own wishes in the marsh, and in the end, by mistake, they walked to the water area furthest from the Absolute Dead Zone, where they were safe and sound, not affected at all, and even picked many high-quality Cold Rain Flowers.

Since Mo Shenai began her cultivation, this was the first time she had put her innate supernatural ability to proper use, and she was also very diligent and novel. Xu Shaowei also ordered Ruan Rong to be with her, trying to identify the cultivators' Qi and find the Golden Core cultivator who saved her. Ruan Ci, on the other hand, became an idler, pulling Qu Qu Tan Yue to wander around every day, but she didn't dare to go too far from everyone. Moreover, Qu Qu Tan Yue was a Nascent Soul incarnation after all, and many things needed him to arrange personally. Ruan Ci woke up Wang Panpan in the spirit beast bag and ordered it to come out and stretch its muscles. Speaking of which, everyone had been in the marsh for nearly a year, and Wang Panpan had been sleeping in the spirit beast bag. Only now that the Cold Rain Flowers had withered could it jump out and eat a few cold water spirit fish.

Such a shocking change in the marsh, Wang Panpan naturally heard about it, and she blamed Ruan Ci for not waking her up earlier. Ruan Ci said, "It's not that I didn't want to, but after the Cold Rain Flowers withered, I always had people from the Seven Stars Small Abode by my side, or I was with Senior Sister Xu. If you jumped out, I'm afraid Senior Sister Xu would be suspicious again. After she captured the cultivator who was proficient in space techniques in the Cold Rain Flower Field, she almost took Sister Rong away. I guess she wanted to hand Sister Rong over to Yanshan at that time. Anyway, she had the highest cultivation in the marsh, and others couldn't do anything about her. Later, I don't know why she held back. Otherwise, there would still be a lot of tossing and turning now."

Wang Panpan sneered, "With a great enemy in front, if she is still calculating for her own path, even True Person Xu will not tolerate her. Xu Shaowei naturally can only think about it and stop. However, I'm afraid the best time for her to form a Nascent Soul is these few hundred years. If she misses this time, I don't know when she will have another chance to trade for Yang Qi. Naturally, she is also very anxious in her heart."

Obstructing someone's path is like killing their parents. This sentence is the same when reversed. Many things cultivators do to break through bottlenecks are simply unreasonable. For example, Xu Shaowei, who from the beginning thought about catching the Sword Envoy to trade for Yang Qi. This behavior is indeed wrong from the perspective of the Shangqing Sect, but if she doesn't do this, she can only die, and the Nine Cauldrons Golden Core will have no hope of forming a Nascent Soul. Asking her to sit still and wait for death seems too difficult for her. Ruan Ci didn't dislike her because of this, but she became a little more careful. Frowning, she said, "At this time, we are in the same boat. Even if she dares to give it, Fellow Daoist Zhong may not dare to accept it. It will be different after we get out of the great array. I don't know if the sect will send experts to meet us."

Wang Panpan was not worried about this and said firmly, "What are you afraid of? This matter is already coming to an end, and there will be no more twists and turns. At this time, outside the Cold Rain Marsh, there must be Nascent Souls gathered, just waiting for all the cultivators of our Langhuan Zhou Tian to move out, and then they will send people in to thoroughly investigate the causality of this place and rearrange the Cold Rain Flower Field. With so many great powers here, even if she wants to, she can't stir up any waves."

For the sake of a mere ten Great Yu cultivators, why go to such lengths? Ruan Ci was also a bit puzzled in her heart. Wang Panpan said, "These people are the outstanding ones of the Great Yu Zhou Tian. It's like Xu Shaowei, Xie Yan and Chen Jun when they were Golden Cores, and your Master together, going to other Zhou Tians. If one leaked in, who knows what kind of trouble they would cause in time? Not to mention that there are no third Great Yu guests here. All the fortune that the Great Yu Zhou Tian reflects in the Langhuan Zhou Tian is given to them. Once they leave the Absolute Dead Zone, their fortune will be more prosperous than you can imagine. It is no exaggeration to say that they will encounter difficulties and turn them into blessings, turn bad luck into good, and get everything they wish for. Think about it, if it were you, could you let them escape into the Zhou Tian?"

So there are so many things to pay attention to in the way of fortune. Ruan Ci also opened her eyes, and felt that her knowledge was shallow, and blamed Wang Panpan for not telling her. True Person Wang did not bestow classics for her to learn, so she couldn't help but complain a lot. Wang Panpan smiled, "These things, even many elders of the prosperous sects may not be clear. They have always been passed down by word of mouth. Except for the Qingling Sect, who has the ability to record these things in classics? Otherwise, a bunch of guys from the Qingling Sect who don't know what they are doing, and the normal family lineages, are mostly petty people. Why can they sit firmly in the position of the three pillars of the sky, and guard and help each other with Taiwei and Shangqing to resist foreign enemies together?"

She was very disdainful of Zhong Shiliu's words of smearing and belittling the Shangqing Sect, and hummed, "What does Zhong Shiliu know? He even said that the Shangqing Sect is not worthy of holding the Donghua Sword? I think their Taiwei Sect is the one that is not worthy. Two universe-level spiritual treasures gathered in one sect, then the enemy only needs to destroy the Taiwei Sect's fortune, wouldn't the power of both spiritual treasures be affected? The more the great enemy is in front, the more the objects of fortune should be separated. This is a truth that even a fool understands."

Ruan Ci said, "Then why did True Person Qingshan want to take Sister Rong away?"

Wang Panpan paused and sighed, "That is naturally because cultivators are fools who don't talk about reason in front of their own path. He is the strongest, and no one can beat him, so they have to let him toss and turn."

After all, she didn't know the details of the Taiwei Sect, and many things were probably her own guesses. Ruan Ci just listened randomly and didn't take it seriously. She knew that when her cultivation reached a higher level, when she looked back, she would be able to piece together different truths.

It was rare for Wang Panpan to come to a place where fresh food gathered, so Ruan Ci didn't mention anything else, letting it eat spirit fish to its heart's content. To the outside world, she only said that she wanted to collect spirit fish to take back to the mountain to taste, and everyone didn't stop her. Qu Qu Tan Yue ordered the insect swarm to catch many spirit fish and send them over. Xu Shaowei said, "I don't know how many thousands of years this place will be sealed. It's a waste to eat these fish."

She separated an incarnation, found a place near the passage into the array, set up a magic array, and made food with fire in the cold water. She smiled, "This is the Essence of Li Fire collected from the place of fire, so it can be lit in the cold water. This fish soup combines ice and fire, and the taste is the most special."

When Ruan Ci tasted it, it was indeed full of color, fragrance, and taste, full of spiritual power, and had a unique charm that hooked people, as if a hook reached into her stomach, firmly grasping her appetite, making people want to eat more after eating. Ruan Ci couldn't help but shout loudly, and even wanted to take it back to share with Ruan Rong and Mo Shenai, but she couldn't hold back and swept away the whole pot of soup, and even she was surprised, "What's wrong with me? When have I ever been so greedy?"

Because she was from the Song Kingdom and had never tasted the five flavors since she was a child, she was most concerned about these spirit foods and spirit wines on weekdays. Tianlu knew that she had this preference and often sent delicious food. Ruan Ci could be considered to have eaten and seen things. The taste of this fish soup was indeed delicious, but it wouldn't make Ruan Ci lose her composure to this extent, so she was quite puzzled and ashamed. Xu Shaowei was giggling at her, and it was impossible to explain. Ruan Ci was pestering her, and Qu Qu Tan Yue walked over and said, "Don't fall for her desire-cultivation seed."

Ruan Ci covered her mouth and said, "Desire-cultivation seed?"

Xu Shaowei had laughed enough, so she explained to her, "This is also a kind of thought-cultivation method. Both emotion and desire avenues can condense thought seeds."

Because she didn't know that Ruan Ci already had knowledge, she explained the emotion seed, which was much the same as what Wang Panpan said, and said, "The desire seed is the same. Like the emotion seed, it is divided into many kinds. The emotion seed has love, family affection, friendship, etc., and the desire seed also has lust, gluttony, greed, anger, etc. After this gluttony seed is taken, if I often stimulate it and send you delicious food, then over time, at the very least, you will only eat my fish soup and find other people's spirit food tasteless. At the very worst, in order to eat a mouthful of my fish soup, you will not hesitate to kill and set fire, completely becoming a slave to my food."

She pursed her lips and smiled, "But this also requires this method to be practiced to perfection, and only those who achieve the Dao through this can possess such power. Like me, who only has a little involvement, at most it makes you eat more fish soup at this moment, and you will still think about coming again within a few days. After all, gluttony is a very faint one among the many desires of our cultivators, and very few people are gluttonous, but only occasionally taste a little. After a few days, it will naturally dissipate, and there will be no hidden dangers. Most of the chefs in the market shops practice this way, and some simply specialize in gluttony, but this way is very difficult to improve cultivation, and most of them are Foundation Establishment stage desperate cultivators who switch to this way."

Ruan Ci suddenly realized, and also felt that she had opened her eyes. She couldn't help but wonder, "According to the suppression of Donghua, all laws are not invaded, how did this gluttony seed invade?"

Wang Panpan knew she was puzzled, and after walking far away, she transmitted her voice, "Although it is said that all laws are not invaded, it is better if your heart has no corresponding flaws. If your heart flaw is extremely large, even exposed to the outside, exceeding the suppression range of the main body, and you cannot use this sword to increase protection before drawing the sword, then it will naturally be invaded a little. However, this invasion will not reach the depths of your heart, and it will be suppressed and dissipated by the Donghua Sword, so there is no harm."

Her tone was firm, obviously heard from Xie Yan. Only then did Ruan Ci clear her doubts, first pouting at Xu Shaowei for teasing her, and suddenly realized, angry, "What is called an extremely large heart flaw? Do you mean I am a person who doesn't want to die for food?"

Wang Panpan couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her. At this time, Xu Shaowei made another pot of fish soup and smiled, "Let's go, let's go tease Junior Sister Rong and the others."

Qu Qu Tan Yue stood on the side, Xu Shaowei hugged Ruan Ci and walked a few steps, turned back and smiled, "Fellow travelers are enemies, I won't give you any to eat!"

Ruan Ci thought, "Senior Sister is reminding me that my husband also practices thought seeds. She is really caring for me."

Xu Shaowei spoke obscurely, but it was reasonable for Ruan Ci to have some reaction. She turned her head and looked at Qu Qu Tan Yue with slight doubt. Qu Qu Tan Yue smiled slightly at her and shook his head gently, as if telling her not to believe Xu Shaowei's attack. Xu Shaowei made a face at him and walked away with Ruan Ci—she had learned many unique faces from Mo Shenai very quickly.

The two girls came to the passage. Xu Shaowei went to comfort Ruan Rong and Mo Shenai, but Ruan Ci stepped forward to look for Hua Lang among the mermen who were taking turns passing through the great array. Mo Shenai was slurping the fish soup and said, "Hua Lang just went out. Their merman cubs will also all move out after this. No intelligent cultivators below Nascent Soul will be left here."

Ruan Ci originally wanted to thank him, but hearing this, she had to give up. She sat back in her original place, watching the long line slowly pass in front of her.

Ruan Rong and Mo Shenai didn't have any reaction to Xu Shaowei's fish soup, but each used a bowl. Mo Shenai refused to eat anymore and said, "I don't like to eat these. I only like to eat spirit fruits, and someone still owes me a lot of bananas that haven't been given."

Ruan Ci was very compatible with her, and hearing this, she hurriedly smiled, "If you have the ability, come to my Zixu Heaven in the future and pick them yourself."

The two began to fight with words. Xu Shaowei asked Ruan Rong, "Does Junior Sister Rong want some more?"

Ruan Rong waved her hand and smiled, "I have had enough, give some to Yue Niang and the others. Senior Sister Xu has good craftsmanship, this fish soup is very delicious."

Xu Shaowei couldn't help but nod secretly, and then took the fish soup to tease others. Although her cultivation was deep, she was unrestrained in her speech and laughter on weekdays, and she was also naughty and mischievous, most likely to cause trouble, and everyone had to deal with it helplessly.

After the mermen walked away, the team was coming to an end. Immediately following were the disciples of the prosperous sects like Yuan Hexian who came to say goodbye. These people were only more than a hundred, and they had been with Mo Shenai day and night, and had long been seen through, just going through the motions, and they all left soon. At this time, there were only a few dozen people in the field. Zhong Wuliang and others all smiled, "Whether it was a loss or not this time, it's already unclear."

Saying this, they took the tokens from Mo Shenai one by one and plunged into the great array. Before leaving, they all looked at Ruan Rong with their divine sense. Ruan Rong's expression was indifferent, letting them look.

Young Master Chong pulled Yue'er and signaled to the few people from afar. Yue'er hid behind him and did not meet the other incarnation. Mo Shenai threw the token over and whispered to Ruan Ci, "Be careful, the evil thoughts in that man's heart towards you have grown a bit."

She could even see this, and was willing to tell Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci was amazed and flattered, and hurriedly said, "What else have you seen? Tell me everything quickly. Please, Sister Mo."

At this time, only the people of the three pillars of the sky and Qu Qu Tan Yue remained. After the two went out from the great array, they would part ways and return to the mountain with their elders. This was the last chance to talk. Mo Shenai's eyes turned, and suddenly said, "I want you to hang the Yang Pan Ring on your own neck too."

What's difficult about this? Ruan Ci reached out a finger, and the Yang Pan Ring tightened around her neck, and it stretched very long, pulling her neck like a bamboo pole, a full three feet long, and her head was about to fall to the ground. Making a young girl look extremely terrifying.

The people of Shangqing and Taiwei all smiled. Ruan Rong glared at her and said angrily, "Aunt Ci!"

Qu Qu Tan Yue couldn't help but smile slightly. Mo Shenai was already laughing so hard that she was hitting the ground, wiping her tears and saying, "Alright, alright, I'll tell you two more things."

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Updated. Sorry for the wait, everyone. I'm going to take the high-speed rail in a while. I'll send yesterday's red packet when I get home.

The side quest ends on Wednesday. Actually, we will leave the marsh tomorrow, but I think everyone might beat me to death if I break it in the next chapter, so I will post one more chapter. Then I won't update from Thursday to next Tuesday. After the update this Wednesday, everyone come back to see next Wednesday.

I hope I can write at least ten chapters of stock in this week!

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