Chapter 273: State of Mind

Inside the stone pavilion outside the Qingxuan Blessed Land.

Ye Qingxiao sent a message to Ye Qingxuan, informing him that he had emerged from seclusion.

Then he sat upright on the stone chair, lit a fire to brew tea, and waited for Ye Qingxiao's arrival.

In recent years, with the help of the Enlightenment Pills provided by Ye Qingxuan,

Ye Qingxiao and Yu Xueqing had successfully broken through to the Soul Transformation realm and had already entered seclusion to stabilize their cultivation bases.

Several years ago, after their cultivation bases were completely stabilized, the two had visited the Qingxuan Blessed Land once.

However, at that time Ye Qingxuan was in seclusion, so Ye Qingxiao could only leave a message for him before departing.

After Ye Qingxuan emerged from seclusion and saw Ye Qingxiao's message, this current scene came to pass.

Inside the stone pavilion, Ye Qingxuan did not wait long.

Now that Ye Qingxiao and Yu Xueqing had broken through to the Soul Transformation realm, their flight speed had skyrocketed.

Before Ye Qingxuan's tea was even ready, Ye Qingxiao had already arrived outside the stone pavilion with Yu Xueqing.

After Yu Xueqing sat down, Ye Qingxiao grinned mischievously at Ye Qingxuan and said proudly:

As if to say: See? I have no choice.

Hearing Ye Qingxiao's words, Yu Xueqing glared fiercely at him.

After glaring at Ye Qingxiao, seeing his expression, Yu Xueqing also knew she could do nothing about him.

"Sister-in-law, here with me, you need not be so formal."

Seeing the two had arrived, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly, did not rise to welcome them, and continued brewing his tea as before.

Hearing Ye Qingxiao's words, Ye Qingxuan glanced at him.

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly and said carefree:

"Qingxuan, I am now in the Soul Transformation realm. From now on in the Xuantian Sect, I'll protect you?"

At this moment, Ye Qingxiao also chimed in:

Seeing Ye Qingxiao's proud expression, Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes and said:

"Sister Xueqing greets Elder Brother!"

Leading Yu Xueqing beside him, he walked into the stone pavilion and sat casually opposite Ye Qingxuan.

After finishing speaking, Yu Xueqing finally sat down beside Ye Qingxiao.

Then she turned to Ye Qingxuan and said thanks:

"Thank you, Elder Brother!"

Before sitting down, Yu Xueqing had bowed slightly to Ye Qingxuan and said softly:

Facing Yu Xueqing's gaze, Ye Qingxiao fearlessly waved his hands, then gave Ye Qingxuan a look.

Moreover, the Xuantian Sect had teleportation arrays connecting all areas, making travel very convenient.

"Sister Xueqing, see? I told you, given my relationship with Qingxuan, Qingxuan won't mind such empty formalities."

Ye Qingxiao did not stand on ceremony with Ye Qingxuan either.

"In the Xuantian Sect, a mere Soul Transformation cultivator like you, where do you get the nerve to say such things?"

Regarding Ye Qingxuan's words, Ye Qingxiao did not blush or feel embarrassed, but said dismissively:

"With your personality, you might not interact with an outsider for hundreds of years. Protecting you is nothing but a trivial matter, right? Hehehe!"

Regarding Ye Qingxiao's erratic personality, Ye Qingxuan had known it for more than a day or two.

He simply ignored his words, poured a cup of freshly brewed tea for each of them and Yu Xueqing, and smiled lightly:

"Enough joking, drink your tea."

"Actually, Qingxuan, I do love the tea here."

Saying this, Ye Qingxiao lifted his teacup and began to sip it carefully.

This time, he did not gulp it down like a cow as he had before.

The tea Ye Qingxuan brewed was still the Fifth-Rank Calming Tea.

However, now both Ye Qingxiao and Yu Xueqing were at the Soul Transformation realm cultivation base.

The Fifth-Rank Calming Tea could no longer have any effect on the two of them.

At most, it could only remove their inner restlessness and maintain a clear and tranquil state of mind.

After drinking Ye Qingxuan's Fifth-Rank Calming Tea, Ye Qingxiao became noticeably quieter.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan took the initiative to ask:

"You two, after breaking through to the Soul Transformation realm, do you have any plans?"

Facing Ye Qingxuan's question, Ye Qingxiao immediately put down his teacup and complained dissatisfied:

"After I broke through to the Soul Transformation realm, I originally planned to continue heading to the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan, but Sister Xueqing wouldn't let me."

Yu Xueqing, who had been quietly drinking tea beside him, heard Ye Qingxiao's words and said impatiently:

"Given the current situation in the Xuanmu Realm, are you going there as an early-stage Soul Transformation cultivator to throw your life away?"

Regarding this matter, Ye Qingxuan supported Yu Xueqing, so he immediately spoke up to agree with her:

"Sister-in-law is right."

Seeing Ye Qingxiao's dismissive expression on his face, Ye Qingxuan said earnestly:

"Qingxiao, back then, the Ancestor had just broken through to the Soul Transformation realm and rushed to the Xuanmu Realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan to increase his cultivation base, which ultimately led to his own demise."

"You must take this as a warning. I do not wish for you to follow in the Ancestor's footsteps one day."

After hearing Ye Qingxuan mention the Ancestor, Ye Qingxiao's previously dismissive expression finally changed.

After a long silence, Ye Qingxiao nodded slightly and yielded:

"I understand. I'll listen to you, okay?"

"Qingxiao, rest assured! After Yu Xueqing and I break through to the Soul Transformation realm and advance to direct disciples, we each need to complete a sixth-rank mission."

"Yu Xueqing's father has already arranged a joint external garrison mission for us, which will take three hundred years."

"Within three hundred years, even if I wanted to go to the Xuanmu Realm, I wouldn't be able to."

"This time I came to find you, actually, to say goodbye."

This external mission was personally requested by Yu Xueqing after her father emerged from seclusion.

The purpose was to prevent Ye Qingxiao from growing restless and secretly descending to the lower realm to hunt the Green Demon Clan to boost his cultivation base.

With their current strength, they are still at the bottom among those in the Soul Transformation realm.

Once they enter the Xuanmu Realm, who hunts whom remains to be seen!

Ye Qingxiao himself actually understood this logic.

It's just that, having grown accustomed to the cultivation method of sacrificing Green Demon Clan corpses for rapid cultivation base advancement,

returning to normal meditation and cultivation, with its extremely slow progress,

Ye Qingxiao could never truly settle his mind to cultivate.

This is one of the drawbacks of sacrificing Green Demon Clan corpses to boost cultivation.

It appears to have no side effects for cultivators.

But a sudden surge in cultivation base in the short term means not everyone can stabilize their state of mind.

Add to that the temptation of rapid cultivation advancement.

Many cultivators cannot help but take reckless risks, subconsciously ignoring hidden dangers and losing their usual rationality.

Ye Qingxiao had fallen into this state without realizing it.

Fortunately, Yu Xueqing had always been there to manage him, preventing Ye Qingxiao from sinking too deep.

Ye Qingxuan also seemed to see the root of Ye Qingxiao's problem.

After pondering for a moment, he took a wooden box from his storage ring and tossed it to Ye Qingxiao:

"Inside is the tea leaves of Calming Tea."

"Since you are leaving the Xuantian Sect to guard for three hundred years, you can try brewing and drinking it daily; it will be of some benefit to you."

The wooden box contained a spatial formation set by Ye Qingxuan, expanding its internal space.

The fifth-rank Calming Tea inside was enough for Ye Qingxiao's three hundred years.

"Good!"

Ye Qingxiao caught the wooden box tossed by Ye Qingxuan, did not refuse, and directly stored it in his own storage ring.

He did not resist Ye Qingxuan's suggestion.

He had slowly come to like the taste of Calming Tea himself.

After accepting the Calming Tea, Ye Qingxiao and Ye Qingxuan continued chatting for a long while.

When the sky gradually darkened, he left with Yu Xueqing.

(End of this chapter)