Chapter 45: Return to Xuantian, Contract the Spirit Land

On the return journey.

Thanks to the escort provided by the family head Ye YuHong, Ye Qingxuan and his party reached Qingmu Fucheng in just half a day.

After delivering Ye Qingxuan and the other two to Qingmu Fucheng, Ye YuHong returned directly.

Once Ye YuHong had left, Ye Qingxuan took his two attendants, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, and boarded a teleportation array to return to Xuantian Sect.

The journey was smooth for Ye Qingxuan, who knew the way well; after several transfers, he safely returned to the interior of Xuantian Sect.

The moment they stepped into Xuantian Sect, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, felt the spiritual energy within the sect far surpassing that of the outside world, and excitement instantly flashed in their eyes.

Ignoring the brothers' excited expressions, Ye Qingxuan, upon returning to Xuantian Sect, first took Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu to the Fuxiu Academy and found its manager, Bai Zichun.

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

Seeing Ye Qingxuan return in time, Bai Zichun smiled with satisfaction and said:

"It is good that you returned safely!"

Afterwards, Bai Zichun's gaze turned to the two people behind Ye Qingxuan:

"The two behind you are the attendants you chose for yourself!"

Ye Qingxuan nodded and respectfully said:

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

Although they were merely attendants, a procedure was still required to move about within Xuantian Sect.

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

"You two, come over! I will handle your registration procedures!"

Hearing Bai Zichun's words, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu exchanged a glance, looked at Ye Qingxuan, and only after seeing him nod did they walk toward Bai Zichun.

Although it was a simple registration, no necessary procedures were omitted.

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

This jade register was different from the one used during Ye Qingxuan's own entrance ceremony.

After finishing all this, Bai Zichun handed one token each to the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu.

One side of the token bore the four characters 'Qingxuan Spirit Land', while the other side bore the two characters 'Attendant'.

Once the two were registered, Ye Qingxuan bowed to Bai Zichun once more and said:

"Disciple thanks the Manager. If the Manager ever needs Qingxuan's assistance in the future, please send someone to Qingxuan Spirit Land to find me!"

"No need for thanks!"

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.

After looking at Ye Qingxuan one last time, Bai Zichun warned:

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

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxuan nodded solemnly:

"Qingxuan will! Please rest assured, Manager. After I leave, take care of your health!"

"Hahaha, rest assured. This old skeleton of mine still has some time left to live; you need not worry. Go!"

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

After bowing to Bai Zichun one last time, Ye Qingxuan took Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu and left the Fuxiu Academy, heading directly toward the direction of the Spirit Land he had previously chosen.

Along the way, the two brothers, Ye Zhaoheng and Ye Zhaoyu, kept scanning the surrounding peaks and scenery thick with spiritual energy, with surprise occasionally flashing in their eyes.

Soon, Ye Qingxuan brought the two to the peak where the Spirit Land was located.

After dropping the two brothers at the foot of the mountain, Ye Qingxuan instructed:

"Zhaoheng, Zhaoyu, you two wait here first. After I successfully contract the Spirit Land, I will settle you in!"

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

"Yes, Young Master!"

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

They were disciples of the Ye family whose spiritual roots had just been detected this year; their cultivation time was short, and they currently only possessed the Qi Refining First Realm realm, cultivating the Ye family's technique.

Fortunately, since they were becoming Ye Qingxuan's attendants and would soon leave the family, they were granted an exception to receive the complete technique in advance, enough for both to cultivate up to the Nascent Soul realm.

However, the two had also sworn a prohibition forbidding the technique from being passed outside!

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

Looking at the core of the Spirit Land before him, a strange fluctuation passed through Ye Qingxuan's eyes:

"For over twenty years, I have finally reached this step!"

The secret method for contracting a Spirit Land was already contained within the Earth Source Art he was currently cultivating.

However, he did not intend to follow the secret method completely by splitting his own essence, energy, and spirit source to merge into the Spirit Land's source.

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

Immediately, Ye Qingxuan's already solidified soul source body moved slightly, and points of brown light began to overflow from his essence, energy, and spirit source.

These brown lights were precisely the Earth Source Qi that Ye Qingxuan had absorbed and integrated into his own essence, energy, and spirit source over many years of cultivating the Earth Source Art.

However, once his soul source had completely solidified, he was already able to control everything within himself.

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

After gathering the separated Earth Source Qi in his mind space, Ye Qingxuan controlled his innate avatar, the Eternal Turtle, to separate a thread of the Eternal Turtle's source, merging it with the Earth Source Qi.

Under the control of Ye Qingxuan's solidified soul source, the Eternal Turtle source and the Earth Source Qi smoothly fused, transforming into a mass of chaotic-colored gas that constantly shifted.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan felt a surge of joy. Taking a deep breath, he began to operate this fused source according to the secret method in the Earth Source Art, sending it out of his mind space and letting it fall toward the source of the Spirit Land core below.

Previously, he had already tested that although the Eternal Turtle was suppressed and temporarily unable to manifest in the outside world, a wisp of its aura or source would not be subject to this restriction.

Under Ye Qingxuan's control, the chaotic-colored source quickly reached the vicinity of the green source of this First-Rank Spirit Land and began to slowly merge with the Spirit Land's green source.

Under Ye Qingxuan's tense observation, the fusion process proceeded surprisingly smoothly; the green Spirit Land source quickly merged completely with the chaotic-colored Eternal Turtle source, and its color was assimilated into chaotic color.

Ye Qingxuan's consciousness in his soul form was ecstatic; he had no clear idea of the actual effect of using the Eternal Turtle's primordial source to replace his own essence, qi, and spirit source, but he never expected it to proceed so smoothly.

Then, a look of regret appeared in the eyes of Ye Qingxuan's soul form.

What was slightly regrettable was that his scheme succeeded, but not completely.

Although he successfully used his innate avatar, the Eternal Turtle, to contract the blessed land on his behalf, the Eternal Turtle was still within his mind space and could not be projected outward, so he remained temporarily bound to the blessed land passively.

"Never mind, I will find a way later!"

Ye Qingxuan cast these troubles aside and began to sense this blessed land that belonged to him.

Having just merged successfully, this late-stage first-tier spiritual land began to tremble slightly, and a transparent spatial barrier slowly formed, enveloping the entire core area of the spiritual land.

The core space inside the mountain peak, roughly ten li in radius, was entirely covered by the barrier.

Ye Qingxuan's physical body in the outside world slowly opened its eyes, a smile he could not hide playing on his lips; through his innate avatar, the Eternal Turtle, he could fully sense and control this blessed land taking shape.

The innate avatar, the Eternal Turtle, was a wondrous existence; it could be regarded as another body of Ye Qingxuan, completely under his control.

But it could also be seen as an independent individual, and all karma it endured would not transfer to Ye Qingxuan's physical body.

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

Compared to eternal lifespan, Ye Qingxuan valued this aspect of the Eternal Turtle avatar more.

Observing the blessed land taking shape, Ye Qingxuan slowly spread his hands to embrace the air and smiled, saying:

"This is truly my own base!"

In Ye Qingxuan's observation, the blessed land, covered by the barrier, was slowly beginning to detach from the outer mountain peak and move toward the inner space of the Earthly Mystic Realm.

Only when the blessed land was fully embedded in the inner space of the Earthly Mystic Realm would the late-stage first-tier Qingxuan Blessed Land be completely formed.

By then, the mountain peak in the outside world would merely serve as an entry node for the Qingxuan Blessed Land space, no longer the core body of the blessed land itself.

Once the Qingxuan Blessed Land was fully formed, the blessed land's primordial source would feedback, marking the day Ye Qingxuan broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm; thereafter, every time the blessed land advanced a tier, there would be a primordial source feedback to enhance the cultivation of the blessed land's master.

Ye Qingxuan sensed that it would take seven more days for the Qingxuan Blessed Land to be completely formed.

Thus, Ye Qingxuan calmed his mind, sat cross-legged within the blessed land, and immersed himself in deep cultivation.