Chapter 525

"Luo Ling'er?"

Outside the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi, Ye Qingxuan's figure slowly appeared.

Looking at the graceful, unfamiliar yet slightly familiar figure already waiting for him in the stone pavilion, Ye Qingxuan was slightly hesitant.

And the figure in the stone pavilion, upon hearing Ye Qingxuan's voice, immediately turned around and looked at Ye Qingxuan with caution, bowing:

"Luo Ling'er greets Uncle-Master Ye!"

Luo Ling'er, a disciple of Ye Qingxuan's junior brother, Liu Taian.

More than two hundred years ago, when Liu Taian came to visit Ye Qingxuan, Ye Qingxuan had met Luo Ling'er once.

"It has been more than two hundred years; how do you have time to come to your Uncle-Master's place today?"

Ye Qingxuan looked at Luo Ling'er's cautious appearance, walking toward the stone pavilion while teasing her with a smile on his face.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Luo Ling'er immediately showed an embarrassed expression, hurriedly explaining with a slightly reddened face:

"Please forgive me, Uncle-Master; these years, your niece has been busy with cultivation and executing sect missions, and forgot to come and pay respects to you."

Looking at Luo Ling'er's embarrassed appearance, Ye Qingxuan felt bored and stopped teasing her.

"Hehehe, no matter; your Uncle-Master is naturally a person who likes quiet, so you don't need to be afraid that I will blame you for this matter."

After entering the stone pavilion, Ye Qingxuan laughed and, while talking to Luo Ling'er, sat down on a stone stool.

Subsequently, sensing Luo Ling'er's current cultivation, he could not help but praise her:

"Peak of the Deity Transformation realm? Your cultivation speed is only slightly inferior to your master's; not bad."

"Thank you for the compliment, Uncle-Master!"

Looking at Luo Ling'er's respectful and slightly cautious appearance, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly and spoke again:

"Sit down; you don't need to be cautious here with your Uncle-Master. I remember that the first time you came here, you were quite the eccentric spirit? Why are you so restrained now?"

Ye Qingxuan clearly remembered that when Luo Ling'er first came with his junior brother Liu Taian, standing behind Liu Taian, Luo Ling'er's little face and big eyes had made quite a few secret expressions behind Liu Taian's back.

At this time, Luo Ling'er, who had been standing cautiously, heard Ye Qingxuan's words and felt the gentle aura emanating from him.

Seeing that Ye Qingxuan really didn't care about these etiquette-related rules and constraints, Luo Ling'er immediately relaxed and sat on the stone stool opposite Ye Qingxuan without any image, slumping her shoulders and pouting as she complained:

"Uncle-Master, you don't know, but after I went back from your place last time, Master gave me a lecture!"

"Later, he also made me learn a lot of etiquette and manners; it was so uncomfortable."

"Later, the war between the two worlds broke out, and Master went to the border to sit in command and train. I thought I was free, but I didn't expect Master to turn around and arrange for me to cultivate under a strict elder who pays great attention to etiquette."

"If it weren't for the fact that I could occasionally take on sect missions to temporarily leave that elder's discipline, your niece would have been driven crazy."

Looking at Luo Ling'er's sorrowful appearance, Ye Qingxuan could not help but laugh: "Who told you to make those little expressions behind your master's back? You didn't think that your master wouldn't notice your little actions behind his back, did you?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, Luo Ling'er immediately pouted and said unconvinced: "I didn't think that much at the time! Who knew Master was so petty that he forced me to learn all kinds of etiquette, rules, and manners just because of this?"

As she spoke, Luo Ling'er's big eyes scanned the surroundings of the stone pavilion again, and she chuckled:

"Hehehe, having said that, it's still more relaxed and free here at your place, Uncle-Master. If I had known, I would have come to play at your place from time to time these years."

Based on Luo Ling'er's understanding of her master, Liu Taian.

If it were other matters, her master might not agree and would lecture her afterwards.

But if it were to visit and see her Uncle-Master Ye Qingxuan, her master would definitely not lecture her afterwards.

Although this was only Luo Ling'er's second time here, the atmosphere here and the gentle, casual aura inadvertently emanating from Ye Qingxuan made Luo Ling'er feel very relaxed and comfortable.

However, after hearing Luo Ling'er's words, Ye Qingxuan directly refused:

"Don't, your Uncle-Master doesn't have so much time to chat with you often. If you come often, you can just drink tea and enjoy the scenery in this stone pavilion by yourself; that would be nice."

"That's forget it; I don't have your elegance, Uncle-Master. I don't like drinking tea, and I can't appreciate this scenery."

Just as Ye Qingxuan finished speaking, Luo Ling'er shook her head and refused directly.

Looking at Luo Ling'er, who was beautiful but had an eccentric and somewhat careless personality, Ye Qingxuan could not help but feel a trace of helplessness for Liu Taian.

Thinking of Liu Taian's rigid way of doing things, Ye Qingxuan estimated that Liu Taian must have had many headaches in secret because of this disciple of his who was so jumpy, right?

Shaking his head slightly, he didn't have time to chat with Luo Ling'er now, so he said straightforwardly: "Tell me, what is the matter with your visit this time?"

After sending Luo Ling'er away, he was in a hurry to go back and retreat to refine the next eighth-order talisman.

"Oh oh oh, I almost forgot. I came this time because Master asked me to visit you and send you some things by the way."

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's inquiry, Luo Ling'er seemed to remember something in an instant and hurriedly took out a wooden box from her storage ring and handed it to Ye Qingxuan.

"Uncle-Master, this is the Source of the Spiritual Vein that Master asked me to bring to you."

"Uncle-Master, you are a Dongxuan Fudi cultivator; your cultivation is limited by the blessed land and can at most exceed the blessed land's order by one level. Even if I gave you the corpse of a Qingmo clansman, it wouldn't help you break through your cultivation."

"So Master asked me to send you some Sources of the Spiritual Vein to help you speed up the cultivation and growth of your blessed land."

"I am going to the lower realm for training in a few days; when I come back from the lower realm, I will come to visit you again, hee hee hee!"

In recent years, with the border between the Di Xuan Realm and the Qingmo Realm, the struggle between the human race and the Qingmo race has shifted from the lower realm to the upper realm, but the invasion of the lower realm by both sides has never stopped all these years.

However, compared to the frequency before, the invasion and fighting in the lower realm after the two worlds bordered have become much milder.

And after the Qingmo Realm officially invaded, with the major forces in the Di Xuan Realm united against the outside, the Di Xuan Realm, lacking internal strife, was no longer suitable for the disciples of the major forces to train.

Under these circumstances, the vast majority of disciples under the major forces went to the Qingmo Realm for training, and a small number of disciples were arranged to go to the lower realm for training.

Especially those core disciples with outstanding talent, in order to avoid these disciples dying prematurely in the uncontrollable Qingmo Realm, they were basically arranged to train in the lower realm.

The situation on the Qingmo Realm side was much the same.

So now, those Small Thousand Worlds attached to the two realms have become places for the core disciples of the human race and the Qingmo race to train and compete.

It is precisely because of this that although the battles in the lower realms are not as frequent as before, once a fight occurs, it has become much more intense.

"Uncle-Master, I have finished the things Master entrusted to me, so I'm leaving now!"

After finishing the business, Luo Ling'er prepared to get up and leave, but was directly stopped by Ye Qingxuan.

"Wait a moment." Ye Qingxuan scanned the thirty third-order Sources of the Spiritual Vein and six fourth-order Sources of the Spiritual Vein in the wooden box with his spiritual sense, and smiled slightly:

"Since you are going to the lower realm for training in a few days, your Uncle-Master will give you some little things for self-protection!"

Saying this, Ye Qingxuan waved his hand and took out two stacks of talismans and thirty pills full of metallic feeling, handing them to Luo Ling'er in the air.

"These are thirty sixth-order supreme defensive talismans and thirty sixth-order supreme attack talismans, as well as one each of seventh-order supreme, upper-grade, mid-grade, and lower-grade attack and defensive talismans, and thirty sixth-order supreme Nuclear Explosion Pills."

"Consider these things a gift from your Uncle-Master for your first trip to the lower realm for training!"

After finishing, Ye Qingxuan looked at Luo Ling'er, who was dumbfounded and standing still, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly:

"Alright, stop daydreaming, take them!"

At this time, Luo Ling'er came back to her senses, looking at the talismans and Nuclear Explosion Pills floating in front of her, feeling a bit hesitant.

"This?"

At the same time, Luo Ling'er could not help but shout in her heart: "Ah! Ah! Ah! Am I dreaming? Is my Uncle-Master this wealthy?"

"Compared to Uncle-Master, I am simply a pauper. Master is also really something; he didn't think about preparing some resources for me to show off in front of fellow disciples, wuwuwu..."

"I really want these treasures! But they seem a bit too precious, don't they?"

Looking at Luo Ling'er's hesitant appearance, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly again:

"Take them! Although your Uncle-Master is just a mere Dongxuan Fudi cultivator, this does not affect the fact that your Uncle-Master is a big tycoon!"

"However, you can only tell your master about these things I gave you; don't reveal that I gave them to you in front of others."

Liu Taian already knew that the Tianfu shop in the sect marketplace was his.

Now that the Tianfu shop has upgraded to a star-rated shop, even if he didn't give Luo Ling'er these things, Liu Taian would notice his skyrocketing wealth after returning to the sect.

And with Liu Taian's personality, even if he felt some curiosity about the source of his wealth, he would not probe his secrets.

So exposing a portion of his wealth in front of this cheap junior brother of his is harmless.

The most critical thing is that with Ye Qingxuan's current cultivation and status in the Xuantian Sect, he is not afraid of some speculation from outsiders.

Even if outsiders guess more and think more, would these people dare to take action against him by force in the Xuantian Sect and break into his blessed land?

With the protection of his master, Cen Zhe, others in the Xuantian Sect are not to be feared.

The reason for not letting Luo Ling'er reveal it to others is simply that Ye Qingxuan does not want to be visited or disturbed by others; he finds it troublesome.

"Uncle-Master, are you really giving me these things? Then I'll accept them, okay?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, plus the fact that these talismans and Nuclear Explosion Pills indeed had great attraction to Luo Ling'er, the look of temptation on her face could no longer be hidden.

Looking at the obvious temptation on Luo Ling'er's face and her hesitant appearance, Ye Qingxuan chuckled: "Hehehe, take them! Your Uncle-Master still has things to do, so I won't see you off."

After speaking, Ye Qingxuan's figure disappeared directly in the stone pavilion and returned to the Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

Seeing Ye Qingxuan leave suddenly, Luo Ling'er subconsciously bowed respectfully: "Ling'er respectfully sees off Uncle-Master!"

Clearly, after these years of training, although she does not like these etiquettes, the manners and behaviors regarding etiquette have already been engraved in Luo Ling'er's bones.

After bowing, Luo Ling'er stared with shining eyes at the talismans and Nuclear Explosion Pills floating not far in front of her, and happily put these things into her storage ring.

Then Luo Ling'er's spiritual sense constantly counted and stroked these talismans and Nuclear Explosion Pills in the storage ring, and she flew away from the stone pavilion with a silly smile on her face.

And in the Qingxuan Cave Heaven.

After Luo Ling'er left, Ye Qingxuan withdrew his spiritual sense and began to focus on refining the next eighth-order talisman.

With the refining experience of the first eighth-order talisman, Ye Qingxuan's subsequent refining techniques were much more proficient, and the refining speed was gradually increasing.

Under Ye Qingxuan's immersive refining, the time in the outside world began to pass rapidly.

Spring went and autumn came; in the blink of an eye, another thirteen years passed.

In these thirteen years, Ye Qingxuan refined all the raw materials he possessed that were suitable for refining talismans among his eighth-order spiritual materials into eighth-order talismans.

In just thirteen years, he harvested a total of nineteen eighth-order lower-grade talismans, with eighth-order attack talismans and eighth-order defensive talismans each accounting for half.

After the materials were used up, Ye Qingxuan temporarily stopped refining eighth-order talismans.

Standing on the mountain peak where the eighth-order spiritual vein was located, Ye Qingxuan pondered for a moment and took stock of the eighth-order resources he currently possessed.

"The remains of that eighth-order Green Wood Ancient Tree should be usable now; how about the next target being it?"

After speaking, Ye Qingxuan's mind moved, and he was just about to head to the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi to take out the remains of the Green Wood Ancient Tree that were being nurtured in the eighth-order spiritual vein.

But he did not expect that at this moment, the disciple token hanging at Ye Qingxuan's waist began to vibrate slightly again.

"Qingxuan, I have come out of seclusion; have you come out of seclusion now?"

Looking at the message sent by Ye Qingxiao, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly and replied through his spiritual sense immediately.

"I have also come out of seclusion; I am waiting for you in the stone pavilion outside the Qingxuan Dongxuan Fudi!"

"Okay! I'm coming over right now."

Seeing that Ye Qingxiao was preparing to come over, Ye Qingxuan immediately left the Qingxuan Cave Heaven and came to the stone pavilion in the outside world.

Sitting upright on the stone stool, he waved his hand to take out a teapot, placed it on the stone table, and raised the Dao fire to start brewing tea, waiting quietly for Ye Qingxiao's arrival.

Not long after, a ray of rosy light streaked across the sky and landed in the stone pavilion.

"Hehe, Qingxuan, long time no see!"

Without needing Ye Qingxuan to greet him, Ye Qingxiao had already sat down on the stone stool opposite Ye Qingxuan.

Looking at Ye Qingxiao, Ye Qingxuan smiled slightly and teased:

"Rare, isn't it? With your personality, you would actually retreat and sit in meditation to cultivate?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's teasing, Ye Qingxiao gave a bitter smile and said:

"Sigh, don't mention it. Wasn't I doing this to retreat and break through to the Void Penetration realm? I didn't expect that after entering the Xuantian Secret Realm for decades of seclusion, I still couldn't comprehend the rules and break through to the Void Penetration realm."

(End of chapter)