Chapter 238: Settling Karmic Debts

Not long after receiving Ye Qingxuan's message.

Bai Zichun arrived at Qingxuan's Blessed Land, saw Ye Qingxuan leisurely sitting in the stone pavilion drinking tea, and Bai Zichun laughed and scolded:

"You rascal, instead of cultivating properly, you know how to enjoy yourself."

Seeing that Bai Zichun had arrived, Ye Qingxuan stood up, led Bai Zichun into the stone pavilion to sit, and smiled in response to Bai Zichun's words:

"Hahaha, no, no, this disciple was just stealing a moment of leisure from busyness. Manager, please sit!"

Bai Zichun was not visiting Ye Qingxuan's place for the first time, so he did not stand on ceremony with him.

He smoothed his long robe and sat directly in his usual spot.

After Bai Zichun sat down, Ye Qingxuan poured a cup of tea for him.

Then he took out five thousand fifth-rank Spirit-Purifying Trees and handed them to Bai Zichun:

"Manager, these are five thousand fifth-rank Spirit-Purifying Trees."

"As per the old rule, exchange them for one fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source and fifteen fourth-rank Spirit Vein Sources."

"Among them, that fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source is my repayment to you, Manager."

"That bottle of elixirs is ten fifth-rank supreme-grade Enlightenment Elixirs, which can assist cultivators in comprehending the mysteries of the Nascent Soul realm."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Bai Zichun's body trembled slightly.

After Bai Zichun put away the five thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees, Ye Qingxuan took out another storage ring and a bottle of elixirs and handed them to Bai Zichun.

Ye Qingxuan disliked owing things to others.

"This..."

Ye Qingxuan naturally wanted to repay the fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source he had borrowed from Bai Zichun first.

He was now at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm; originally, breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm seemed hopeless.

Seeing the five thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees Ye Qingxuan produced, Bai Zichun was already used to it.

Seeing the storage ring and bottle of elixirs Ye Qingxuan handed over, Bai Zichun was somewhat puzzled.

But if he had the ten late-stage Nascent Soul Green Demon Clan corpses in front of him, plus the effects of the Enlightenment Elixir Ye Qingxuan mentioned.

Facing the temptation of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm, even Bai Zichun's long-cultivated mind could not hold back at this moment.

"Consider these items as interest on that fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source you lent me."

Twenty-four years ago.

"Inside the storage ring are ten late-stage Nascent Soul Green Demon Clan corpses, which I acquired through the Tianfu Shop by entrusting someone."

Now, the Spirit-Purifying Trees replanted sixty years ago have grown to the fifth-rank level, and the Alliance Contribution Points exchanged for them are enough to redeem a fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source.

"What is this?"

For the sake of the family head Ye Yuhong and the Ye family, Ye Qingxuan had no choice but to borrow a fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source from Bai Zichun.

He would then have hope of breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm, which he had dreamed of for the first half of his life.

"Manager, I specially prepared these for you."

With a wave of his hand, he retracted the five thousand Spirit-Purifying Trees Ye Qingxuan had displayed in the high sky, and Bai Zichun nodded with a smile, saying:

"Good, no problem. Someone will deliver the remaining fifteen fourth-rank Spirit Vein Sources to you tomorrow."

Facing Bai Zichun's confusion, Ye Qingxuan smiled and said sincerely:

Taking a deep breath, Bai Zichun picked up his teacup, drank some tea, and forced himself to calm down.

Finally, he slowly shook his head and said:

"Qingxuan, I cannot accept these things."

Just the ten late-stage Nascent Soul Green Demon Clan corpses far exceeded the value of the fifth-rank Spirit Vein Source itself.

Let alone the Enlightenment Elixir to assist in breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm?

These things indeed rekindled his long-dead heart just a moment ago.

That was the Soul Transformation realm!

The Soul Transformation realm might not mean much to the entire Xuantian Sect.

But outside the Xuantian Sect, in some remote regions, in the lower realms attached to the Earthly Xuan Realm, the Soul Transformation realm could be called an absolute peak figure.

Countless cultivators, even if they exhausted their entire lives, might not break through to the Nascent Soul realm, let alone the Soul Transformation realm?

Such a temptation, how could it not make Bai Zichun's heart stir?

However, relying on years of self-cultivation, Bai Zichun ultimately subdued his own greed.

Seeing Bai Zichun refuse the ten late-stage Nascent Soul Green Demon Clan corpses and the Enlightenment Elixir Ye Qingxuan had prepared, Ye Qingxuan was somewhat surprised.

However, things Ye Qingxuan had given away naturally had no reason to be taken back.

So after Bai Zichun refused, Ye Qingxuan still spoke up to persuade him:

"Manager, just accept them."

"This disciple is cultivating in seclusion in the Qingxuan Blessed Land and has no use for these ten Green Demon Clan corpses; keeping them is truly useless."

"As for that bottle of Enlightenment Elixir, this disciple does not need it for now; if needed in the future, this disciple can naturally repurchase it through the Tianfu Shop."

Hearing this, Bai Zichun felt some inclination in his heart but still hesitated.

Ye Qingxuan's publicly known cultivation base is still the Purple Mansion realm; on the surface, he indeed has no need for the Enlightenment Elixir in the short term.

Moreover, to the outside world, as a Blessed Cultivation disciple, Ye Qingxuan cannot leave his own Blessed Land and also cannot use the sacrificial arrays arranged by the Xuantian Sect to sacrifice Green Demon Clan corpses.

But the value of ten late-stage Nascent Soul Green Demon Clan corpses and a bottle of Enlightenment Elixir was too great.

If Bai Zichun forced himself to accept them against his nature, it would inevitably cause a flaw in his state of mind.

If there is a flaw in one's state of mind, even if one forcibly breaks through to the Soul Transformation realm later.

Bai Zichun's life for the rest of his days might not be as satisfactory as it is now.

Seeming to see the reason for Bai Zichun's hesitation, Ye Qingxuan thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he spoke again:

"Steward, back then you took a liking to me and took good care of Ye Qingxuan; you even gifted me a fifth-rank talisman treasure."

"Before I signed the contract for the blessed land, I promised that I owed you, Steward, a favor."

"You may have long forgotten that favor, but Ye Qingxuan has always kept it in mind and dared not forget it."

"Ten corpses of late Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan members and a bottle of Enlightenment Pills shall serve as Ye Qingxuan's repayment for your past favor and to settle this karmic debt."

"Therefore, I beg you, Steward, to accept them. Otherwise, owing you a favor constantly makes my heart uneasy."

All along, Bai Zichun had indeed treated him well.

When Ye Qingxuan signed the contract for the blessed land and returned home to visit relatives, Bai Zichun had specially gifted him a fifth-rank talisman treasure.

Although Ye Qingxuan never got the chance to use that fifth-rank talisman treasure.

Yet Ye Qingxuan's gratitude toward Bai Zichun did not diminish because of it.

Moreover, Ye Qingxuan later passed that talisman treasure to Ye Qingxiao, and it even saved Ye Qingxiao's life on the foreign battlefield.

Therefore, regarding the favor he owed Bai Zichun, Ye Qingxuan was willing and sincere.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, a look of reminiscence appeared in Bai Zichun's eyes, and he did not reply immediately.

After a long while, Bai Zichun finally exhaled lightly and spoke slowly:

"Qingxuan, since that is the case, then I shall shamelessly accept these items, and that favor and karmic debt shall be considered settled!"

Seeing Bai Zichun agree, Ye Qingxuan smiled lightly and said:

"Then Ye Qingxuan thanks the Steward for accommodating me, hahaha."

After Bai Zichun made his decision, he also relaxed.

Putting away the ten late Nascent Soul realm Green Demon Clan corpses and the Enlightenment Pills given by Ye Qingxuan, Bai Zichun shook his head slightly and said:

"You, you, this time, I should be the one thanking you."

Although Ye Qingxuan repeatedly claimed he was repaying his past favor and settling the karmic debt.

Bai Zichun himself knew clearly that what he had given was far from comparable to the return Ye Qingxuan had provided him.

Bai Zichun never expected that the virtuous connection he formed out of a momentary impulse back then would bring him the opportunity to break through to the Soul Transformation realm.

That was something he had pursued for half his life in his first half of life but could never obtain.

Afterward, Ye Qingxuan and Bai Zichun chatted for a long while.

Only when the sky grew dim did Bai Zichun leave the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

(End of this chapter)