Chapter 190

Li Tongya cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Our family's Foundation Establishment cultivator is out on orders from the sect to eliminate demons, so he is not at home..."

Li Tongya had first learned of the Southern Border Demon King refining pills from the White Banyan Fox. Although Feiluoya often occupied Mount Wushan and did not know about affairs outside the world, Li Tongya had also guarded against it, only saying that he was out eliminating demons and did not mention the Southern Border. Hearing this, Feiluoya frowned. Shanyue people did not have many twists and turns and said directly: "What is your elder's cultivation!"

Li Tongya was about to answer when he did not expect a person to land beside him riding the wind. He was dressed in white and was graceful and elegant. It was the head of the Fei family, Fei Wangbai.

"Two fellow Daoists."

Fei Wangbai cupped his hands, with a bright white long spear on his back. Li Tongya naturally answered respectfully. Feiluoya saw that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and also returned a salute in a decent manner. Fei Wangbai raised his eyebrows and smiled:

"How... this clan of sword immortals, is there anyone who dares to provoke them?"

Obviously, he had seen the two from a distance and guessed that Feiluoya most likely wanted to come and make things difficult, so he came forward to give them face. Feiluoya frowned at the words "sword immortal," and felt some unease in his heart.

"Not at all. Senior Feiluoya just wanted to see the sword immortal."

Li Tongya answered gently, which made Feiluoya feel inexplicably relieved. Fei Wangbai laughed and teased: "Among the thirty-six peaks in the sect and the five prefectures of the Yue Kingdom outside the sect, who hasn't wanted to see the face of the sword immortal? Fellow Daoist, you have such great face. Could it be that you see the Li family has no one to look after them and want to bully them under the command of the Qingsui Sword Immortal?"

Fei Wangbai's flattery was much more realistic than Li Tongya saying it himself, which immediately shocked Feiluoya. Although he had been locked up on Mount Wushan by Duanmu Kui for many years and had not experienced much of the world, he was at least a Foundation Establishment immortal cultivator. He gritted his teeth and sneered:

"This fellow Daoist, don't try to bluff me. We Shanyue don't care about so much. If we see something we like, we grab it if we can beat them, and run if we can't. Now that the so-called sword immortal is not here, you want me to back down to a Qi Refining cultivator. That is bullying people too much..."

His mouth was still hard, but his tone had softened a lot. Feiluoya began to retreat in his heart and thought to himself:

"This is just a few pieces of land anyway. I'll give it to him. As a Foundation Establishment immortal cultivator, there is no benefit in getting this broken land. Before, I was just feeling resentful and wanted to win that breath."

Feiluoya just raised his head and was about to organize his language to say a few soft words when he did not expect two streaks of light to fly over from east to west. A middle-aged man covered in brocade bags and an old man in gray robes landed beside Li Tongya. The middle-aged man cupped his hands, glanced at Feiluoya on the side, and smiled:

"Brother Tongya, it seems I didn't arrive too late."

"Greetings, two seniors."

Li Tongya smiled and cupped his hands. This middle-aged man was Xiao Yuansi. He turned his head to look at the old man and saw that his face was quite similar to Xiao Yongling. Knowing that he was also a member of the Xiao family, he asked respectfully: "Who is this?"

"Xiao Chuchou of the Xiao family."

The old man answered gently, smiling and staring at Feiluoya. Feiluoya's spiritual sense swept over and saw that one of these two was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment and the other at the mid-stage. He immediately felt a sense of crisis. These three people joining forces could keep him here. He was a bit panicked, and then he saw Xiao Yuansi speak:

"I wonder, fellow Daoist..."

Feiluoya's expression changed, and he piled a full face of smiles, smiling and saying:

"I am Feiluoya, formerly of the Mount Wushan crowd. Now that I am settling down here, I thought about being neighbors from now on, so I came over to see Brother Tongya and see the might of the sword immortal..."

"Oh."

Fei Wangbai chuckled, not bothering to expose him. Li Tongya cupped his hands even more and answered: "From now on, our two families will be together day and night. Senior Feiluoya can come to my Lijing Mountain to sit for a while..."

"Naturally... naturally..."

Feiluoya surrendered quickly, laughed for a while, and hurriedly said goodbye and ran away. Fei Wangbai greeted the two members of the Xiao family and, seeing that they seemed to have something to say, sensibly said goodbye:

"There are still important matters at home, so I won't bother Brother Tongya."

"Walk slowly, senior. Tongya will come to visit in a few days."

Although Li Tongya was not Foundation Establishment, he already had the strength of one of the best under Foundation Establishment on the lake. Fei Wangbai had the intention to make friends and addressed him as an equal. Li Tongya still called him senior, and each had their own way of addressing, which made Xiao Yuansi smile lightly.

"Many thanks to the two seniors for coming to help..."

Li Tongya thanked them and landed in the palace with the two. Servants immediately served tea. Xiao Chuchou had a head of white hair. He took the tea and drank a sip, saying softly:

"With the relationship between our two families now, I will speak the truth. We did not come entirely for you."

"Dozens of years ago, I traveled between countries with a person from the Release Sect and discovered a precious medicine in the mountains within the Shanyue territory, guarded by a mid-stage Foundation Establishment demon. At that time, I was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and there was Mount Wushan watching. I was afraid of alarming the people of Mount Wushan, so I recorded the location and left in disappointment. Now that Mount Wushan no longer exists, I brought Yuansi to get the medicine."

"So that's how it is."

Xiao Chuchou had high seniority in the Xiao family. When he spoke, Xiao Yuansi listened respectfully and did not dare to speak. Li Tongya echoed, and then he saw Xiao Chuchou smile: "I heard long ago that your bearing is extraordinary, and it is indeed so."

"Speaking of which, I have to thank your Li family. If it weren't for the Suiyuan Pill that the sword immortal exchanged for my family, my son might not have been able to break through."

Li Tongya responded modestly, chatted with Xiao Chuchou for a while, and then asked the doubt in his heart, saying in a low voice:

"May I ask, senior, this person of the Release Sect..."

"Hmm."

Xiao Chuchou drank tea in a leisurely manner and answered: "You are young and no one in your family has traveled far. Our Yue Kingdom is located in the south and is controlled by our Daoist sect. The Great Xu to the north is also the same. If you cross the northernmost Changhe River and reach the country of Yan and Zhao, that is the territory of the Release Sect."

"The world is vast, and it is not just our Golden Core Daoist sect. The Release Sect also has methods of cultivation, each with its own merits compared to our Daoist sect... but..."

Xiao Chuchou shook his head, a trace of fear flashed in his expression, and he gritted his teeth: "When you see people from the Release Sect, it is best to just prevaricate and don't stay with them for too long. Those with weak minds will have their hearts hooked in a single encounter, falling into the many mazes of 'is it me or is it not me'."

"There are minor paths like witch blessings and curse methods between heaven and earth, and there are also great paths like Early Zifu, Golden Core, and swallowing blood. These paths are for you to cultivate, all depending on your own heart. But if you enter the Release Sect, then it is not up to you."

Li Tongya felt a chill in his heart upon hearing this. Fortunately, the Release Sect was in the far north, so he didn't need to consider it for now. He said respectfully:

"Many thanks, senior, for clearing up my doubts."

Xiao Chuchou nodded, chatted with him for a while, and seeing the time pass, he rode the wind with Xiao Yuansi to find the precious medicine first, to prevent others from getting there first. Li Tongya naturally rode the wind to see them off the boundary.

Xiao Chuchou flew in the air for a while, seemingly still immersed in the rights and wrongs he experienced when he was young. Xiao Yuansi raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "Ancestor, this precious medicine..."

"The precious medicine is secondary."

Xiao Chuchou shook his head and answered:

"The precious medicine is indeed true, but it is just to cover people's eyes. I know several ruins, most of which were left by the people of Mount Wushan, which have restrictions. Now that Mount Wushan has perished, we can go in and explore. If we can find a chapter or half a page of that book, our family will also benefit infinitely."

Xiao Yuansi nodded lightly, and his heart was also quite expectant of the book bestowed by the immortal. He opened his mouth and muttered:

"'Answers to the Beggar Under the Mulberry Tree'... that is an immortal book, it must be at least seventh or eighth grade."

"Don't hold too much hope."

Xiao Chuchou said in a low voice:

"If the traces of this book were discovered on Mount Wushan, I am afraid those dozen or so Early Zifu cultivators would have already fought into a ball. Duanmu Kui's early deeds are too long ago. Perhaps the immortal's bestowed book is just something he used to gild his own face."

The two flew while riding the wind. Xiao Yuansi wondered:

"So Duanmu Kui failed after all... Is the difficulty of Golden Core so high? How many Early Zifu cultivators have there been for hundreds of years, yet not a single one could succeed..."

"Golden Core..."

Xiao Chuchou chuckled and answered:

"Refining into Golden Nature, with a lifespan of one thousand years, as long as you are not discovered by the people who manage the Yin, even if a Golden Core cultivator dies, they can still exist in the world by relying on Golden Nature. With the means of an immortal, how noble it is! Naturally, it is not something you can achieve just by saying so."