Chapter 45: Return to Profound Heaven, Contract Spiritual Land

On the return journey.

Because of the escort of the family head Ye Yu Hong, Ye Qingxuan and the three only spent half a day to reach

After Ye Yu Hong sent Ye Qingxuan and the two others to Qingmu Fucheng, he returned directly.

After Ye Yu Hong left, Ye Qingxuan took his two attendants, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, and boarded the teleportation array to return to the Xuantian Sect.

Along the way, Ye Qingxuan was familiar with the road and no other accidents occurred; after transferring several times, he successfully returned to the Xuantian Sect.

Just as they stepped into the Xuantian Sect, the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu felt the spiritual energy within the Xuantian Sect, which far exceeded that of the outside world, and a look of excitement instantly flashed across their eyes.

Ye Qingxuan ignored their excited expressions. After returning to the Xuantian Sect, he first took Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu to the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Courtyard and found the manager of the courtyard, Bai Zichun:

"Manager, disciple Ye Qingxuan has returned to report!"

Bai Zichun looked at Ye Qingxuan, who had returned on time, smiled with satisfaction, and said:

"It is good that you returned safely!"

Subsequently, Bai Zichun cast his gaze toward the two people behind Ye Qingxuan:

"Are the two people behind you the attendants you found for yourself?"

Ye Qingxuan nodded and said respectfully:

"Yes, Manager. These two are named Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu respectively. I must trouble you, Manager, to register them!"

Although it was only an attendant quota, one still needed to go through a process to move around within the Xuantian Sect.

Bai Zichun nodded slightly, looking at the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu:

"The two of you, come over! This old man will handle the registration procedures for you!"

Hearing Bai Zichun's words, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu looked at each other, glanced at Ye Qingxuan, and only after seeing Ye Qingxuan nod did they walk toward Bai Zichun.

Although it was just a simple registration, the necessary procedures were not skipped.

Under Bai Zichun's guidance, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu both swore the corresponding Dao oaths for attendants, and then their names were recorded by Bai Zichun in a gray jade book.

This jade book was not the same as the one used during Ye Qingxuan's initiation ceremony.

After finishing all this, Bai Zichun handed each of the brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, a token.

One side of the token was inscribed with the four characters "Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi," and the other side was inscribed with the two characters "Attendant."

After the two were registered, Ye Qingxuan bowed to Bai Zichun again to bid farewell:

"Disciple thanks you, Manager. In the future, if you, Manager, have any matters where you need Qingxuan's assistance, you can send someone to Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi to find me!"

"No matter!"

Bai Zichun shook his head slightly. He did not take Ye Qingxuan's words to heart; although he approved of Ye Qingxuan's cultivation attitude, he did not believe Ye Qingxuan would be able to help him in the future.

Taking one last look at Ye Qingxuan, Bai Zichun admonished:

"Ye Qingxuan, I hope you can maintain your cultivation attitude in the future. As long as you do not give up, there is still hope for everything!"

Hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded solemnly:

"Qingxuan will! Please rest assured, Manager. After this disciple leaves, please take care of your health!"

"Hahaha, rest assured, this old bag of bones of mine still has some time to live. You need not worry, go!"

After Bai Zichun finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling Ye Qingxuan to leave.

After Ye Qingxuan bowed to Bai Zichun one last time, he took Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu and left the Dongxuan Fudi Cultivator Courtyard, heading directly toward the spiritual land he had chosen previously.

Along the way, the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu kept scanning the surrounding peaks and scenery rich in spiritual energy, with looks of amazement flashing across their eyes from time to time.

Soon, Ye Qingxuan brought the two to the peak where the spiritual land was located.

After placing the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu at the foot of the mountain, Ye Qingxuan instructed:

"Zhaoheng, Zhaoyu, you two wait here for now. After I successfully contract the spiritual land, I will settle you in!"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, the two withdrew their inquisitive gazes and said in unison:

"Yes, Young Master!"

After Ye Qingxuan flew toward the peak, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu began to practice on the spot, unable to wait.

They were both disciples of the Ye family whose spiritual roots had just been tested this year. Their cultivation time was still short, and they were currently only at the first layer of Qi Refining, practicing the Ye family's cultivation technique.

Fortunately, because they became Ye Qingxuan's attendants and would be far from the family, they were granted an exception and received the complete technique in advance, which was enough for them to cultivate to the Nascent Soul realm.

However, the two also swore a restriction that the technique must not be passed on!

Just as the brothers Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu were practicing impatiently, Ye Qingxuan had already entered the interior of the peak, the location of the spiritual vein.

Looking at the core of the spiritual land before him, inexplicable fluctuations flashed in Ye Qingxuan's eyes:

"More than twenty years, finally reached this step!"

The secret technique for contracting a spiritual land was contained within the Earth Source Technique he was currently practicing.

But he did not intend to follow the secret technique completely by splitting his own essence, energy, and spirit origin to merge into the spiritual land's origin.

Ye Qingxuan sat cross-legged on the spot, his consciousness gathering toward his mental space, completely merging into the Eternal Turtle clone.

Immediately following, Ye Qingxuan's already solidified soul origin body moved slightly, and dots of brown radiance began to overflow from his essence, energy, and spirit origin.

These brown radiances were precisely the Earth Source Qi that Ye Qingxuan had absorbed and merged into his own essence, energy, and spirit origin over many years of practicing the Earth Source Technique.

However, after Ye Qingxuan's soul origin was completely solidified, he was already able to control everything about himself.

Therefore, separating this Earth Source Qi from his essence, energy, and spirit was not difficult for Ye Qingxuan.

Gathering the separated Earth Source Qi in his mental space, Ye Qingxuan controlled his life-bound clone, the Eternal Turtle, to separate a wisp of the Eternal Turtle's origin to merge with the Earth Source Qi.

Under the control of Ye Qingxuan's solidified soul origin, the Eternal Turtle origin and the Earth Source Qi merged smoothly, turning into a chaotic-colored gas that constantly changed.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan felt a surge of joy. He took a deep breath and began to operate according to the secret technique in the Earth Source Technique, causing this mass of fused origin to fly out of his mental space and fall toward the origin at the core of the spiritual land below.

He had tested it before; although the Eternal Turtle was suppressed and could not appear in the outside world for the time being, a wisp of aura or origin would not be subject to this restriction.

Under Ye Qingxuan's control, the chaotic-colored origin soon arrived near the cyan origin of this first-order spiritual land and began to slowly merge toward the spiritual land's cyan origin.

Under Ye Qingxuan's nervous investigation, the fusion process was unexpectedly smooth. The cyan spiritual land origin soon completely merged with the chaotic-colored Eternal Turtle origin, and its color was also assimilated into a chaotic color.

Ye Qingxuan's consciousness within his soul body was ecstatic. He had no idea about the actual effect of replacing his own essence, energy, and spirit origin with the Eternal Turtle origin, but he did not expect it to be unexpectedly smooth.

Subsequently, a look of regret appeared in the eyes of Ye Qingxuan's soul body!

It was slightly regrettable that his plan had succeeded, but not completely.

Although he had successfully used his life-bound clone, the Eternal Turtle, to contract the Dongxuan Fudi in his place, the Eternal Turtle was still in his mental space and could not be released, so he could only be passively bound by the Dongxuan Fudi for the time being.

"Forget it, I'll think of a way later!"

Ye Qingxuan cast these worries to the back of his mind and began to sense this Dongxuan Fudi that belonged to him.

Just after the fusion was successful, this late first-order spiritual land began to tremble slightly, and a transparent spatial barrier began to form slowly. This spatial barrier enveloped the entire core area of the spiritual land.

The core space inside the peak, about ten miles in radius, was all enveloped by the barrier.

Ye Qingxuan's external physical body slowly opened its eyes, with an unhidden smile at the corners of his mouth. Through his life-bound clone, the Eternal Turtle, he could thoroughly sense and control this Dongxuan Fudi that was taking shape.

The life-bound clone, the Eternal Turtle, was a very magical existence; it could be seen as another body of Ye Qingxuan, completely controlled by him.

But it could also be seen as an independent individual, and the karma it bore would not be transferred to Ye Qingxuan's main body.

Perhaps this was the effect brought about by the Eternal Turtle's characteristic of being immune to all laws?

Compared to an eternal lifespan, Ye Qingxuan valued this point of the Eternal Turtle clone more.

Looking at the Dongxuan Fudi that was taking shape, Ye Qingxuan slowly controlled his hands to embrace the air and smiled:

"This is the true base camp that belongs to me!"

In Ye Qingxuan's observation, the Dongxuan Fudi enveloped by the barrier was slowly beginning to detach from the outside peak and move toward the inner space of the Di Xuan Realm.

Only when the Dongxuan Fudi was completely embedded in the inner space of the Di Xuan Realm would the late first-order Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi be completely formed.

By then, the outside peak would only be considered an entrance node to the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi space and would no longer be the location of the Dongxuan Fudi's core body.

Once the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi was completely formed, it would be the day of the Dongxuan Fudi's origin feedback, and Ye Qingxuan would break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. In the future, every time the Dongxuan Fudi promoted an order, there would be an origin feedback to improve the Dongxuan Fudi Master's cultivation.

Ye Qingxuan sensed it and found that it would take another seven days for the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi to be completely formed.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan began to settle his heart, sat cross-legged in the Dongxuan Fudi, and began to immerse himself in deep-level cultivation.