Chapter 222: Out of the passage

Watching Wan Yan touching her face with self-pity, Shao Shiyu turned her head speechlessly.

She wholeheartedly pursued the Jin Dan Great Dao and most admired cultivators like Xia Daoming who resolutely broke into the Dragon Fish Sea alone for the sake of the cultivation path, so she looked at this junior, Xia Daoming, with special eyes and was quite concerned.

Because on him, she seemed to see the shadow of her own early years.

What Shao Shiyu couldn't stand the most were cultivators like Wan Yan who didn't seek progress.

But it just so happened that Wan Yan was one of the few true friends she could trust in the Qingyuan Sect.

After many failed attempts to persuade her, she could only watch her friend "degenerate," and sometimes simply chose to ignore it.

And Mo Yongzhi shook her head repeatedly, unable to laugh or cry.

She was not like Shao Shiyu, who knew it was impossible but still insisted, constantly forcing herself, living extremely hard, nor was she willing to be like Wan Yan, spending a lot of spirit stones on her skin.

She was more willing to cultivate quietly and silently, trying her best to lay a solid foundation.

If she could find an opportunity and walk on the Jin Dan Great Dao, that would be what she wanted, and if she couldn't, she would accept it calmly.

However, this did not prevent her from becoming good friends with Wan Yan and Shao Shiyu.

She still often recalls that when she was young, the three of them often went out together to seek opportunities, and at that time they were high-spirited and looked forward to the future.

That was also the most beautiful cultivation time in Mo Yongzhi's memory.

It's just that now the three of them have been smoothed out by time, but the friendship between the three remains the same.

"Oh my, there are more crow's feet at the corners of my eyes! No, no, without Beauty-Preserving Pills, I guess in a year or two, I will be full of wrinkles and completely old." Touching and touching, Wan Yan suddenly showed a look of panic.

"You are over a hundred years old, do you still want to be like a little girl? Let it be." Mo Yongzhi said unhappily.

"Our cultivation is originally an act against heaven, how can there be any 'let it be'? If there is a chance to let you stay young forever, don't you want to? Look at Luo Mu, speaking of which, her age is about the same as ours, but she looks only twenty-something, don't you want to be like her?" Wan Yan retorted.

"Luo Mu's father is a Jin Dan Elder, you can't envy that, we are now even short of cultivation resources, so where do we have the heart to think about keeping our appearance young." Mo Yongzhi said with a bitter smile.

"Anyway, it's also short, why don't you lend me some spirit stones first, I won't think about Beauty-Preserving Pills for now, let's look for a spirit pill that is relatively cheap and also has beauty-preserving effects." Wan Yan blurted out.

"Wan Yan, you are possessed! We cultivators should focus on cultivation, how can we only focus on the skin?" This time even Shao Shiyu couldn't listen anymore and turned her head.

"Forget it, I just mentioned it casually." Wan Yan waved her hand with some frustration upon hearing this.

"Sigh, let's talk about it when we go back. If it really doesn't work, I'll try my best to scrape some together for you, otherwise you will have knots in your heart, which is not good for cultivation." Seeing Wan Yan's frustrated look, Mo Yongzhi couldn't bear it and said.

"That's really true, if your thoughts are not clear, not only can you not cultivate quietly, but if you are not careful, you might even go into qi deviation; when I go back, I will also scrape some together for you." Shao Shiyu said seriously.

"This, it's not good, right? You are already short of money, and this time you have no harvest, if you scrape some spirit stones for me again, I'm afraid it will affect your cultivation progress; just now, I really just mentioned it casually." Wan Yan hesitated and said.

"Forget it, don't we know you? And you are right, anyway, we are already short of money, and currently we can only cultivate step by step, it's impossible to buy expensive spirit pills to help cultivation, let's scrape some together, lend it to you, and it can't be said to affect cultivation progress." Mo Yongzhi waved her hand and said.

"Forget it!" Wan Yan hesitated and said.

"Cultivation is no small matter, if your thoughts are not clear, how can you cultivate? Let's settle this matter like this!" Shao Shiyu said with a cold face.

"This..." Wan Yan showed a contradictory look.

"Three uncles, can I say a word?" Xia Daoming saw this and opened his mouth to say.

"What do you want to say? You wouldn't also want to lend some spirit stones to your Wan Yue, right? Forget it, you don't need to worry about this matter." Mo Yongzhi said.

She knew that Xia Daoming had made a fortune in the Wanluo Secret Realm last year, and it could be said that he had two or three thousand spirit stones.

But those few spirit stones, to her, didn't count for much!

If she really let Xia Daoming take out spirit stones, she wouldn't have a place to put her face.

"No, I didn't want to lend spirit stones to Wan Yue. I just wanted to say, I'm not particularly lucky, and then I accidentally found a thousand-year mysterious clam pearl. I was thinking..." Xia Daoming said "embarrassed."

"What?"

"What did you say?"

This time, not to mention Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan, even Shao Shiyu couldn't help but exclaim.

"I said I'm particularly lucky."

"The next sentence."

"Accidentally found a thousand-year mysterious clam pearl."

"My god, what kind of luck is this! You, you didn't just find a stalk of Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old, you also found a thousand-year mysterious clam pearl, don't tell me you also accidentally hunted a dragon fish fry!" Wan Yan couldn't help but pat her forehead, with a face of shock and disbelief, and an indescribable envy.

"Eh, Wan Yue, how did you know?" Xia Daoming said with a face of surprise.

"You... really accidentally hunted a dragon fish fry!" Mo Yongzhi and the three of them felt that they were going crazy.

"This, that guy happened to be injured, and then I accidentally picked up a bargain." Xia Daoming said embarrassedly again.

The injury and accident he talked about were actually Tuoba Kui, but it also made sense when used on this dragon fish fry.

Because Tuoba Kui was injured, he accidentally broke into his "territory," and then he accidentally got a dragon fish fry from Shi Tianji's storage ring.

Xia Daoming's explanation was very reasonable.

Otherwise, with his strength, Mo Yongzhi and the three of them definitely couldn't believe that he could hunt a dragon fish fry.

It's just what kind of luck it must be to have an injured dragon fish fry just happen to bump into his hands!

Mo Yongzhi and the three of them had surging hearts, unable to calm down for a long time!

Heaven is unfair!

The three of them worked hard for more than half a month, only finding sporadic spirit herbs, barely enough to cover the ticket, but this kid actually not only found what he needed, but also got what they were determined to get this time.

This made their mood really complex!

"Cough, cough, three uncles. I was thinking that my Martial Dao cultivation is just a bit higher, but my Qi Refinement cultivation is only at the ninth layer, and the resources I need right now are actually very limited compared to you. So, I was thinking, the thousand-year mysterious clam pearl and the dragon fish fry might as well be given to the three uncles for emergency use." Xia Daoming said.

Mo Yongzhi and the three of them couldn't help but shake when they heard this, looking at Xia Daoming with disbelief.

"Give them to us first? Aren't you worried that we won't return them later?" After a while, Wan Yan asked.

"I trust the three uncles!" Xia Daoming smiled.

The three of them were slightly shaken when they heard this, and fell silent again.

For a long time, Shao Shiyu, who didn't talk much, broke the silence and said: "I won't say any polite words to you. I'll borrow the dragon fish fry first. Before you reach Foundation Establishment, tell us whatever cultivation resources you lack, and we will prepare them for you.

When you cultivate to the Qi Refinement perfection realm, we will also prepare a Foundation Establishment pill for you. By the way, I have a few Cloud-Condensing Pills here, you take them first. Only when true qi and mana are more condensed and pure can you more easily reach Qi Refinement perfection."

Saying this, Shao Shiyu directly took out a pill bottle and handed it to Xia Daoming.

"I don't lack cultivation resources for now, and I also have these Cloud-Condensing Pills, so you should keep them for yourself, Uncle. Besides, don't forget, Uncle Shao, I will soon become a registered disciple of Elder Zuo." Xia Daoming said, not taking the pill bottle.

"Don't pin any hopes on Elder Zuo, it's just a name. Maybe in a few days, his temperament will change, and he will remove your name." Mo Yongzhi said.

"However, I believe you don't lack resources for now. You made a fortune in the Wanluo Secret Realm a year ago, and with your cultivation, it shouldn't be used up so quickly.

Now it's fine if you don't accept the Cloud-Condensing Pills, anyway, whenever you need any cultivation resources, just speak up, and we will prepare them for you." Mo Yongzhi said.

She was open-minded and decided not to take advantage of Xia Daoming for nothing, so she didn't be polite with him either.

"Fine, I won't be polite with you. After we get out of the passage and far away from Youhe Valley, I will give you the thousand-year mysterious clam pearl and the dragon fish fry." Xia Daoming said.

"Good!" The three nodded, their impression of Xia Daoming even better.

It seems like a small matter, but it shows his steady way of doing things.

"By the way, Wan Yue, how many Beauty-Preserving Pills can a thousand-year mysterious clam pearl refine?" Xia Daoming asked.

"I found a second-rank high-tier alchemist in the inner sect's alchemy hall, who has experience in refining Beauty-Preserving Pills many times, and the success rate is quite high. I once specifically asked about this matter, and she said that if the quality is average and the age is just stuck at a thousand years, it is estimated that one furnace can refine two or three pills.

As a reward, I have to give her one, and the extra ones, no matter how many there are, belong to me. If the pearl quality is top-notch and the age is more than a thousand years, it is possible to produce four or five, or even seven or eight." Wan Yan deliberated and replied.

"The mysterious clam pearl I collected is the size of a fist and has a faint golden glow, I don't know what quality it is or how many years it is!" Xia Daoming said.

"What, the size of a fist and has a faint golden glow! That, that definitely exceeds a thousand years, two or three thousand years are possible." Wan Yan was shocked.

For the sake of the Beauty-Preserving Pill, she had specifically gone to the Scripture Library to carefully read the information about the main ingredient, the thousand-year mysterious clam pearl; she knew that once the mysterious clam pearl appeared with a golden glow, not only was the quality top-notch, but the age was definitely more than a thousand years.

"That's great. If the number of Beauty-Preserving Pills produced is considerable, and there are leftovers after the three uncles divide them, please leave them for me." Xia Daoming said.

"That's natural." Wan Yan hurriedly said.

"As long as your Wan Yue doesn't have less than her share, Shao and I don't care, you can take all the rest." Mo Yongzhi said.

"My two wives and I are still young, if there are no extra ones, it doesn't matter if we wait a few years. But the shares of Uncle Mo and Uncle Shao cannot be less now." Xia Daoming said.

"Beauty-Preserving Pills can only keep the current appearance, and you have to take one every twenty years, it cannot keep people young forever, nor can it make people look younger." Mo Yongzhi said.

"That's right, speaking of which, your Wan Yue should be the most talented of the three of us, if it weren't for caring too much about this skin, spending a huge amount of money to buy Beauty-Preserving Pills every twenty years, she wouldn't be the worst of the three of us in strength now." Shao Shiyu said with a look of regret and helplessness.

"So that's it, but everyone has a love for beauty, if conditions permit, it's always good to be young and beautiful. If there are extra Beauty-Preserving Pills, Uncle Mo and Uncle Shao should take them first, no need to save." Xia Daoming learned that the cost of keeping youth was quite high, but he was rich and didn't take it to heart.

"That's right, that's right, Daoming's words are to my liking." Wan Yan agreed greatly, looking at Xia Daoming with eyes full of liking, as if she had found a soulmate.

"Forget it, now that Daoming is on your side, you have even more reason in the future." Mo Yongzhi shook her head with a smile.

While talking, the flying boat quickly flew to the sky above the small island.

The huge vortex was still emitting a faint light that made people panic.

The four of them got off the flying boat and stepped into the vortex without hesitation.

A spin of heaven and earth.

The next moment, the four of them saw a light, and they appeared above the familiar Youhe River.

The four people's tokens were still within the validity period, and they successfully exited the array covering the Youhe River.

Just out of the array, Xia Daoming felt several astonishing auras rushing into the sky from the Immortal Fate Hall sitting by the river, seemingly deliberately showing off!

"Jin Dan ancestor!" Xia Daoming's heart was startled, and he really wanted to stay far away from here.

Because he carried too many secrets!

"The True Dragon Blood Pearl is indeed extraordinary, even the Jin Dan ancestor was alarmed and specially rushed here to meet us, I don't know if Luo Zhanglao Qian has come?" Mo Yongzhi said with a grave expression.

"If he is here, it will be troublesome, let's hurry away." Wan Yan's face changed slightly.

It was just that Wan Yan's voice had just fallen when she saw Jia Shaoxuan fly forward from the river bank, blocking their way, and said: "My master wants you four to see him."

While speaking, Jia Shaoxuan glanced at Xia Daoming, both surprised and jealous and resentful.

He didn't expect that Xia Daoming, a mere outer sect disciple, could be favored by three Foundation Establishment cultivators at the same time, enter the Dragon Fish Sea with them, and return safely.

"Don't say anything later, just kneel behind us with your head down, I will make all the decisions." Just as Xia Daoming's mood was a bit heavy, Shao Shiyu's voice came to his ears.

Xia Daoming looked up at Shao Shiyu, then nodded.

Soon, Shao Shiyu also transmitted to Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan.

"Remember, don't come forward in this matter, the more people come forward, the more it will only enrage Luo Zhanglao. I am a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator, and my weight in the sect is somewhat heavier than yours, even if Luo Zhanglao is angry and punishes me, it will be somewhat lighter."

Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan's lips trembled slightly, but in the end, they closed their mouths.

Luo Qian is a Jin Dan ancestor, not only a big figure in the Qingyuan Sect but also a big figure in the Great Liang Kingdom's cultivation world.

The Immortal Fate Hall Hall Master of the Changhe Sect specially arranged a private room for him to rest.

Luo Qian is nearly four hundred years old, but looks like an old man in his sixties.

His cheeks are very thin and long, his cheekbones are protruding, he wears a high crown, and wears a black robe with gold trim, giving people a very stern feeling.

"Disciple pays respects to the Elder!" As soon as Shao Shiyu and the three of them walked into the private room, they knelt and saluted respectfully to Luo Qian, who was sitting on the futon.

Xia Daoming is an outer sect disciple, followed behind the three, honestly doing the same, his heart nervous.

However, Xia Daoming took himself seriously, but Luo Qian didn't take him seriously at all, his gaze just glanced at him, and he didn't look at him again, but fell on Shao Shiyu and the three of them.

"How is the situation inside the Dragon Fish Sea now?" Luo Qian asked.

"Returning to the Elder, the True Dragon Blood Pearl was seized by Tuoba Kui of the Black Fiend Hall, he escaped and hid using a Small Teleportation Talisman, and has not appeared since.

Now the people in the Dragon Fish Sea see that they can't find him, so they gather in the outer perimeter of the forbidden zone sea area at the passage exit, waiting for his appearance, because according to the rules, he must also leave the Dragon Fish Sea today." Shao Shiyu replied.

"Tuoba Kui hasn't appeared yet, either he has been killed by spirit beasts or killed by someone; or he is waiting for the storm to pass before fleeing the Dragon Fish Sea. This is not a bad strategy, it's just that he will definitely have to give up a lot of benefits to the Blood Blade Sect." Luo Qian said upon hearing this.

"Elder is wise, seeing through the fire!" Shao Shiyu said.

"Have you encountered Luo Mu in the Dragon Fish Sea?" Luo Qian ignored Shao Shiyu's flattery and asked.

Xia Daoming's heart sank slightly, sure enough, he asked.

"Returning to the Elder, we met the Senior Sister in the outer perimeter of the forbidden zone when we returned, and also searched for Tuoba Kui with her." Shao Shiyu replied.

"Then why did you come out first?" Luo Qian's face sank slightly, and a cold chill emanated in the room.

Jia Shaoxuan, who was standing behind Luo Qian, showed a look of schadenfreude.

And Shao Shiyu and the others already had cold sweat on their foreheads.

"Returning to the Elder, our specified time in the Dragon Fish Sea has arrived, so..." Shao Shiyu explained.

"What does it matter if the specified time has arrived? The True Dragon Blood Pearl is of great importance, as disciples of the Qingyuan Sect, how can you throw away your fellow Senior Sister and come back first?" Luo Qian interrupted.

The chill in the room became increasingly cold.

It even gave people a feeling of bone-chilling cold.

"Disciple was wrong, only caring about the specified time, insisting on bringing the Junior Sister and Junior Nephew out, willing to accept the Elder's punishment!" Shao Shiyu said terrified.

"Go to the Black Wind Cave and face the wall for half a year, after you go back, go directly to the Law Enforcement Hall to report and receive punishment." Luo Qian said coldly, not softening at all because of Shao Shiyu's good attitude in admitting mistakes.

"Black Wind Cave!" Mo Yongzhi and Wan Yan's expressions changed drastically, just about to open their mouths to plead, Shao Shiyu had already pulled their sleeves, and then bowed respectfully to Luo Qian: "Thank you, Elder, this disciple is willing to accept punishment!"

"Go down!" Luo Qian waved his big sleeve.

"Yes! Disciple takes leave!"

The four got up and left.

Leaving the Immortal Fate Hall, Wan Yan immediately released the flying boat.

The four got on the flying boat and flew away quickly.

After flying out for over a hundred miles, Wan Yan finally said indignantly: "Luo Zhanglao is really too ruthless, if he has the ability, let his daughter seize the opportunity herself, we didn't receive a sect order, and Luo Mu couldn't take out a sect token, why must we accompany her? Why punish Senior Sister to face the wall in the Black Wind Cave for half a year?"

"Where is the Black Wind Cave? Is the environment harsh?" Xia Daoming asked with a gloomy face.

"The Black Wind Cave is in the back mountain to the west of Qingyuan Mountain, where black winds blow all year round, and the black winds are as cold as knives, and blowing on the body is no different from being cut by a knife.

In such a place, if it were a Qi Refinement cultivator, let alone half a year, half a month would probably be enough to lose their life. Generally, unless they have committed a major mistake, the Law Enforcement Hall will not give such a heavy punishment!" Mo Yongzhi said with a grave expression.

"What a Luo Qian, actually so ruthless! We didn't do anything wrong, must we let him punish us? Isn't law enforcement supposed to be approved and executed by the Law Enforcement Hall? Can we go to the Law Enforcement Hall..." Xia Daoming said with an ugly face upon hearing this.

"In the sect, the most powerful is the Elder Hall. Jin Dan Elders rank in the Elder Hall and have great power. Luo Zhanglao is a senior and teacher in the sect, and if he sees something wrong, he has the right to discipline.

Since Luo Zhanglao has opened his mouth, as long as there is a reasonable reason, the Law Enforcement Hall will definitely not intervene. Moreover, since Luo Zhanglao has opened his mouth, if I still dare to resist, once he is furious, the consequences are definitely something I cannot bear.

Now it's just half a year in the Black Wind Cave, it's bitter, but it's worth it to exchange for your Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass, thousand-year mysterious clam pearl, and dragon fish fry.

Otherwise, if we come out after the deadline, if the Changhe Sect really uses violation of rules as an excuse to confiscate our harvest, we are just ordinary Foundation Establishment disciples of the sect, I'm afraid we can only swallow this dumb loss."

Shao Shiyu waved her hand to interrupt, her cold old face showing no dissatisfaction or unwillingness, but rather appearing very calm.

"Your Uncle Shao is right, since Luo Zhanglao has opened his mouth, for us ordinary Foundation Establishment disciples, it is like his words are law; if we resist, the consequences will only be worse.

It's a pity that the master you are going to worship is the fickle Elder Zuo, and I don't know how long this registered disciple identity can last. If you change to another Jin Dan Elder, with your ability, even if you can't become a direct disciple, this registered disciple status can always be stabilized.

You have your own Jin Dan Elder master, so other Jin Dan Elders won't casually order punishment, unless you really violate sect rules, or you offend a Jin Dan Elder for no reason." Mo Yongzhi said, and at the end, there was quite a bit of regret.

"Uncle Mo's meaning, is this disciple identity a protective token?" Xia Daoming asked.

"That's natural." Wan Yan said unhappily.

Wan Yan didn't know that Xia Daoming's real purpose for painstakingly searching for Blood-Lin Dragon Breath Grass over three thousand years old was not to worship under a Jin Dan Elder, but to enter the inner sect in advance.

Otherwise, Wan Yan would definitely be shocked by Xia Daoming's weird purpose and seriously suspect that Xia Daoming's brain had water in it.

"Hehe!" Xia Daoming smiled noncommittally, and then took out the thousand-year mysterious clam pearl and the dragon fish fry.

"Three uncles, please keep them well." Xia Daoming said.

"It really is a mysterious clam pearl of top-notch quality, I will keep this pearl first." Wan Yan's eyes lit up, and she quickly put the thousand-year mysterious clam pearl into her storage ring.

"Senior Sister, you need to go to the Black Wind Cave to receive punishment, so I will keep this dragon fish fry and find someone to refine the Ascending Dragon Pill." Mo Yongzhi said and put away the dragon fish fry.

"I get angry when I mention the Black Wind Cave!" Wan Yan said.

"The Black Wind Cave is really nothing, I have suffered all kinds of bitterness in my life to pursue the Jin Dan Great Dao. I am now a bit worried that once the True Dragon Blood Pearl falls into Luo Mu's hands. With her temperament, if one day she becomes a Jin Dan Elder, our situation will be very bad." Shao Shiyu said.

Xia Daoming felt subtle when he heard this.

He didn't dare to guarantee anything else, but he absolutely dared to guarantee the True Dragon Blood Pearl, it was impossible for it to fall into Luo Mu's hands.

But he couldn't say this, so he could only hold it in.

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He wouldn't dare guarantee anything else, but he absolutely dared to guarantee that the True Dragon Blood Bead would never fall into the hands of Luo Mu.

However, he found it difficult to say these words aloud, so he could only keep them bottled up.

(End of chapter)