Chapter 72: Looking North at Yiyun

Looking North at Yiyun

"It's going to rain, be careful with your umbrellas!"

No one knew when, but the clear sky was already covered with dark clouds. Calls came from the north of the ferry. "Don't let the goods get wet!"

"Quickly open the magic formation and collect the rainwater!"

"Shopkeeper, is this rainwater important?" On the yellow earth road, a young girl couldn't help but ask with a smile. "Those who can come to this ferry are probably all cultivators. Do cultivators also need to use umbrellas?"

"Let me tell you, Miss, the rain and dew here often contain strange Qi, which is a kind of miasma. If it falls on a cultivator, it won't be a problem for a while, but over time, it will easily stain clothes and restrictions. That is why we cultivators who often live here are all prepared with a few umbrellas."

Before even entering the ferry market, many vendors had already opened for business. The old shopkeeper smiled and said, "Miss, you might as well buy an umbrella from us. If you are not staying long, renting one is also good. One Baozhi coin a day, it is the most fair."

Ruan Ci smiled. "Then what if I buy one?"

Buying this umbrella cost no more than a few dozen Baozhi coins, which was not expensive. Ruan Ci simply bought one, opened it, and looked at it for a few moments. She saw that the oil-paper umbrella itself was a simple magic tool, with a magic formation drawn on the ribs, and couldn't help but find it interesting. She looked at the umbrella ribs for a long time. At this time, raindrops had slowly fallen. The rain was not heavy, and blowing with the fine wind, it was thin and wispy, with a unique sense of sorrow.

Ruan Ci reached out to catch a few drops of rainwater and twisted them on her fingertips. Sure enough, she detected a faint sense of resentment, which spread down her fingertips and seemed to want to invade her body. In her jade pool, the cloud child jumped slightly, driving this strange Qi away. Ruan Ci couldn't help but marvel and said, "I really don't know where this strange Qi comes from."

Not far from her, someone took up the conversation and smiled. "This is the place where the Fengfu River splits. It is rumored that Huang Shoushan, Biyuan Mountain, and even the Fengfu River are all transformed from the corpse of a primordial divine phoenix. The Fengfu River water here has a faint crimson color, which is because it is still stained with the phoenix’s blood. This strange Qi is likely transformed from the resentment and sorrow when the phoenix fell. After circulating for billions of years in this place, it has formed a faint miasma."

Ruan Ci tilted her umbrella and looked at the handsome young man who was speaking, smiling but not smiling. "How does my husband know everything? And how do you know that this Huang Shoushan is transformed from a primordial phoenix?"

Qu Tanyue walked to her side, closed the oil-paper umbrella he was holding, ducked under Ruan Ci’s umbrella, and smiled. "I didn't know originally. When I was waiting for my wife here a while ago, a Nascent Soul True Person from the Pinghai Sect arrived. I heard that a secret realm was discovered in Huang Shoushan, which was transformed from the phoenix’s internal organs. Who in the ferry isn't talking about this now? Many cultivators waiting for the boat are discussing whether to take advantage of the time before the boat arrives to go into the mountains and try their luck."

Ruan Ci’s small mouth pouted slightly. "If they want to go seek death, let them."

She was not surprised by Qu Tanyue’s appearance here. The two had a marriage contract, and there were karmic clues connected in their souls and in the dark, which could be manipulated to sense each other. After Ruan Ci left the mountain gate alone, she manipulated the red thread to call Qu Tanyue’s incarnation to meet. In the past few days, as she approached the ferry, the sensing became stronger, so she was not only not surprised but also complained that Qu Tanyue came too slowly. She tugged at Qu Tanyue’s sleeve and said, "Why did you come so late? Do you believe me if I say I almost died on the way here?"

Qu Tanyue smiled. "I believe you, I believe you. Do you believe me if I say I also almost died on the way here?"

Ruan Ci said, "I don't believe it. You told me yourself that you are very good at lying."

"I didn't say that. I said that the deeper the cultivation, the deeper the scheming," Qu Tanyue said with a grin. "I see that my wife’s cultivation has improved quite a bit, and you are better at lying than before."

The two looked at each other and both laughed. Ruan Ci asked, "Will you accompany me into the Hengze Heaven, or will you just send me to the entrance?"

"The Hengze Heaven only has the Dao foundation and jade pool, and cannot carry cultivators above Foundation Establishment. If I follow you in, we might both fall into a spatial crack. There is no need to take such a risk," Qu Tanyue shook his head. "This is the same principle as the Wan Diegu. The Wan Diegu cannot even carry the physical bodies of cultivators; it can at most carry the spiritual sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators."

Ruan Ci had long guessed this and was not disappointed, but she felt even more that Qu Tanyue had come too late. During the period when she had just left the mountain gate, it should have been the most dangerous time, but Qu Tanyue hadn't arrived. Now that the enemy had been killed and the danger had been experienced, Qu Tanyue’s arrival was of no use.

Her small mouth pouted a bit more. Qu Tanyue saw it and naturally knew her thoughts. He took out a fan from his bosom, shook it a few times, and smiled. "Sigh, wife, after more than ten years, you are truly becoming more and more difficult—do you think I traveled through dust and wind from Fugai Mountain to here just to take the same boat as you? At this Yiyun Ferry, everyone on the boat heading southeast is a cultivator going to the Hengze Heaven for training. If I don't accompany you, I’m afraid you’ll fall into the Fengfu River before you even reach the Bao Yun Sea."

The Fengfu River was right beside the two, rolling down and striking up surging muddy waves. Ruan Ci glanced at the river surface, which was hundreds of feet wide, and thought of the Golden Core demonic snake she had seen. Her shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly, and she leaned a little closer to Qu Tanyue. Although she possessed a divine sword, she couldn't use it yet. Her biggest trump card to protect her was the sword Qi jade wall, but along the way, she had already tested the limits of the sword Qi. If she didn't control it, it could only parry against Golden Core opponents at most. If she fell into the river and was besieged by Golden Core demonic cultivators, it would indeed be very difficult to get out unscathed on her own.

"You came from Fugai Mountain?"

Fugai Mountain was in the north of the central part of the Central Continent, tens of thousands of miles away from Yiyun Beiwang, with continuous dangers in between. It was indeed very difficult for Qu Tanyue’s incarnation to rush to the ferry in a few months with Foundation Establishment cultivation, but Ruan Ci could always find fault. "Fugai Mountain is so far from the Shangqing Sect, why didn't you leave an incarnation near our mountain gate?"

Qu Tanyue couldn't help but smile bitterly. "What a young lady’s temper! How could I have expected you to reach Foundation Establishment in just ten years? This incarnation was intended to go over in the next few years. The Shangqing Sect cleans up very strictly near the mountain gate; if I went too early, I wouldn't be able to stay."

Ruan Ci was so impolite to him, which also made her think that Qu Tanyue might have secretly given her a seed of love. Although it wouldn't work on her, thinking that he might have given such things, she was still not very happy in her heart. Seeing Qu Tanyue being so gentle and small-minded to her, this emotion gradually faded, and she burst into laughter, asking, "Are you angry because of this? —Don't blame me, I also suffered on the road. Seeing you, I couldn't help but lose my temper, otherwise, I would feel very bad in my heart."

She then told Qu Tanyue some of what she saw and heard on the road, omitting the part about the seed of love. Qu Tanyue was very interested in Zhou Zhi and asked for some details. "This person is not called Zhou Zhi. If I am not mistaken, he is a disciple of the Faxian Order Master, surnamed Chen, and is also a young disciple in the Yanshan younger generation who is quite worthy of attention. The Fazang Order Master went to South Zhuzhou to find the Sword Envoy and returned in failure. According to Yanshan rules, tasks related to the Donghua sword would not be his turn. I vaguely heard that it seemed to have fallen into the hands of the Faxian Order Master."

The Xuanpo Gate and Yanshan were mortal enemies, so Qu Tanyue naturally tried his best to inquire about Yanshan’s movements, and Ruan Ci also listened with great interest. "Actually a pseudonym! It seems that one cannot believe a word from people in the demonic sect."

She couldn't help but look at Qu Tanyue. Qu Tanyue smiled at the corners of his mouth and calmly let her look. Ruan Ci said again, "This person can be considered a character. If he hadn't met me, and the restrictions left in the Phoenix Intestine hadn't been restrained by the sword Qi, I’m afraid he would have caused me quite a bit of trouble, at least enough to kill a few more Jin Bo and Pinghai disciples."

"Those disciples of small sects, if they don't get cultivation, it doesn't matter how many are killed," Qu Tanyue said with disdain. "He killed the Pinghai Sect’s Meng lady, which makes me look at him with admiration. I have also heard of this Meng lady from the Pinghai Sect. Her master had high expectations for her, but I didn't expect her to die at the hands of a Yanshan disciple."

Ruan Ci sighed. "Senior Sister Meng could actually have not died. She could be said to have died under her own obsession."

She then detailed the cause and effect of Meng Lingyue’s death. Qu Tanyue listened intently. After Ruan Ci finished speaking, his eyes flashed, and he just pondered without speaking immediately.

Ruan Ci spoke so detailedly for a reason. Seeing that he didn't mention the seed of love, she thought to herself, "Senior Brother Li doesn't seem to have any romantic thoughts about Senior Sister Meng. Senior Sister Meng was infatuated, and she could be so infatuated to this extent. The Nine Nether Valley mountain gate is nearby. You have the insight of a Nascent Soul True Person, and the sect also has traditions. How could you not think that this might be related to the seed of love? You don't tell me, probably because you have a ghost in your heart and don't want me to know about the seed of love. Then... then you are eight or nine out of ten, you gave me a seed of love!"

She thought that she didn't have any deep affection for Qu Tanyue, so it could be seen that Wang Panpan was right. The Donghua sword could indeed suppress fortune, allowing her to avoid these ghost-domain means, so she was not afraid. Instead, she thought, "This seed of love is useless to me, so it will backlash against its master. Could it be that the longer I carry it, the more you will like me, and one day you will love me from the bottom of your heart?"

Qu Tanyue was originally from the demonic sect and forced a marriage as soon as they met. Ruan Ci had no expectations for him. He gave her a seed of love, and Ruan Ci was only angry for a while before letting it go. Instead, she felt that Qu Tanyue didn't know the bottom line and had made a mistake, harming himself, which was very funny. After thinking for a while, she almost couldn't help laughing out loud. She hurriedly covered her face with her sleeve, pretending to be emotional for Meng Lingyue, and covered it up. She said again, "Even if there are demonic sect disciples chasing and killing, there are too many people who died. Ten people went out, and in the end, ten died. Three people had their paths severed, and only I, Senior Brother Li, and Senior Sister Chi were unscathed in this pass."

Qu Tanyue said, "Although Huang Shoushan is dangerous, it usually doesn't kill so many people. This time it was involved with the Donghua sword. A universe-level spiritual treasure, this kind of fortune is not something ordinary people can easily bear. Being involved with it is very easy to cause deaths. The Faxian Order Master sent his disciple to intercept and kill you Shangqing disciples, probably to break the Sword Envoy’s wings. In another ten years, when the Song Crown Prince of the Liuming Palace and the young master Ruan of the Wangyou Temple reach Foundation Establishment, they might encounter danger when they go out for training. Those who kill them might not only be Yanshan disciples. The Qingling Gate and the Taiwei Gate might also take action. By then, I’m afraid more people will die."

He spoke of this matter as if it were ordinary, but Ruan Ci’s heart couldn't help but twitch. Qu Tanyue saw it and smiled. "Ah, who are you thinking of? Is it the Song Crown Prince, or your clan brother?"

Ruan Ci glared at Qu Tanyue. Qu Tanyue smiled and said, "Oh, I’m not like this usually. It must be that I stayed here for too long and was unknowingly stained with a bit of sourness by this continuous gloomy rain."

He spoke in a way that was very pleasing. Ruan Ci stuck out her tongue at him, put away her umbrella, and said, "Treat me to a meal."

The two sat down in a restaurant in the market. Qu Tanyue handed the menu to Ruan Ci and asked, "The incident with the Meng lady was two months ago. The two who traveled with the Meng lady arrived at the ferry a month and a half ago. Why did you delay so long?"

Meng Lingyue did indeed die two months ago. Her master took her disciple back to the sect, and it turned out that they arrived at the Yiyun Ferry in the blink of an eye. Chi Pengpeng and Li Pingyan walked this road for more than half a month, and Ruan Ci walked two days less than them. She said, "I also had a karmic encounter. I gained some insights in the Phoenix Intestine and went into seclusion to meditate, improving my cultivation, which is why I delayed so long. I was afraid of missing the boat and not being able to reach the Bao Yun Sea. As soon as I came out of seclusion, I rushed here, and my legs became thin."

She intentionally blurred the time of seclusion to avoid Qu Tanyue calculating that she stayed in the Phoenix Intestine for forty-nine days.

Qu Tanyue was naturally very concerned about her cultivation and asked, "Why did you reach Foundation Establishment so early? How many layers of Dao foundation did you condense? What is your cultivation now?"

His original body was a Nascent Soul True Person. No matter how fast Ruan Ci’s cultivation improved, it was no threat to him at all. What’s more, the Dao Ancestor behind the Xuanpo Gate had long since fallen, so Ruan Ci had no scruples and smiled. "Guess? I’m afraid that if I tell the truth, I will shock you into bowing down, and from then on, you won't dare to be my husband, only dare to be my..."

She thought for a while, didn't think of a male usage corresponding to a concubine, and also felt that this joke was very frivolous, so she had to stiffly change the word. "Only dare to be my servant."

Qu Tanyue’s eyes flashed with divine light, looking at Ruan Ci, and said, "Why don't you try my courage?"

Ruan Ci looked around and shook her head at him. Qu Tanyue also understood and knew that this was not the place, so he raised his chopsticks and said, "Try this rainbow chicken. This is the most common spirit bird nearby, and the taste is not bad."

The two talked and talked, and also mentioned the secret realm of the Phoenix Intestine. At this time, many guests in the hall did not set up sound-insulation techniques and were talking about the new path that appeared on the northwest side of the ferry. Many people rumored that the end was the secret realm, and there were also cultivators who intended to go and explore. Ruan Ci said, "It is okay for them to go, but that path has been opened for more than two months, and the sword Qi is gradually weakening. When the high-level person passed by, all living things passed by the sword Qi were beheaded. When I came, many birds, beasts, insects, and snakes wanted to occupy that territory, and the demonic beasts were more than usual and could fight better. Whether they can reach the destination safely is hard to say. Besides, even if they go and find the Phoenix Intestine, there is nothing good left."

They had already set up a sound-insulation formation, so they had no scruples when talking about these things. Qu Tanyue smiled. "Even you didn't walk easily. I’m afraid that if they insist on going, the result will not be very good—listening to you, the good things in the Phoenix Intestine are probably all in your hands?"

"They also divided some, but the most precious ones cannot be snatched away." Ruan Ci briefly mentioned the sword Qi devouring the stalagmites. "I had a different change when I reached Foundation Establishment. If I only relied on meditation, I would have no hope of Golden Core in my life. My master planned for me, needing to find divine sword fragments to make up for the deficit, relying on the divine sword’s feedback to improve my cultivation. I didn't expect that in the Phoenix Intestine, I actually absorbed a section of ancient sword intent. I meditated for these two months, and that was the feedback I got, raising my cultivation to the third layer of Foundation Establishment."

She spoke euphemistically, but Qu Tanyue listened carefully, even forgetting to shake his fan, and muttered, "Different changes, different changes, could it be, you..."

Ruan Ci nodded slightly. Qu Tanyue couldn't even speak, and the jade chopsticks in his hand fell to the table, making a clanging sound, even attracting ridicule and pointing from other tables. He didn't seem to notice, staring at Ruan Ci for a long time, his eyes filled with excitement, suspicion, and shock. In the end, the excitement prevailed. He coughed, put down his chopsticks, raised his glass, and congratulated her. "What my wife said is true. With your status, although I don't dare to say I don't dare to be your husband, but..."

After thinking about it, he also said sincerely, "But this betrothal gift is really given too little."

Ruan Ci was also thinking about asking for the betrothal gift. Seeing him so sensible, a trace of proud smile couldn't help but hang on her lips, but her heart was still as calm as ever. Her jade pool was like a bright mirror, reflecting the outside world one by one, thinking to herself, "Although my master is unwilling to tell me his name, when I reached the twelfth level of Foundation Establishment, the first thing he thought of was to ask me if I knew what this meant. It was Panpan, who also asked me if I understood my situation. Young Master Yue only saw the benefits that my twelfth level of Foundation Establishment could bring, but he didn't care about my future fate. He expressed that he liked me very much, but in fact, he didn't take me seriously."

"It seems that the backlash of the seed of love has not yet taken effect. When he starts worrying about me, that is the beginning of him spinning a cocoon for himself..."

She gave Qu Tanyue a look of deep affection and talked about the time spirit objects, but she had a naughty idea in her heart. "I want to ask Panpan if I can do something to speed up the process of the seed of love backlash..."

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Updated, sorry for the wait, the husband that many people have been thinking about is online~~~

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