Chapter 57: Return

The Rosy Cloud Boat was extremely fast, flying for an hour over the lush Mushroom Forest Plain, and soon landed on a mountain peak with flying pavilions and flowing cinnabar, shrouded in clouds and mist.

Li Chijing followed Yuan Tuan off the Rosy Cloud Boat and saw a large group of cultivators in white robes and cyan clothes bowing respectfully, saying in unison:

"Welcome, Immortal Sect Envoy!"

"No need for formalities."

Yuan Tuan smiled softly, walked down the stone steps for a few steps, and a middle-aged man in a long robe was waiting at the foot of the stone steps. Seeing Li Chijing, he said respectfully:

"Greetings, Upper Sect Disciple. I am Yuan Huyuan of the Yuan family in Mushroom Forest Plain."

"Moon-Watching Lake Li family, Li Chijing."

The Yuan family and the Li family were not in the same prefecture. When reporting their names, they usually reported the place name rather than the mountain name, to prevent the other party from being confused. He greeted him, and seeing Yuan Tuan nod lightly:

"He is my clan younger brother Yuan Huyuan. I have already given instructions."

"Many thanks, Senior Sister!"

Li Chijing cupped his hands, stepped onto the Yuan family's flying shuttle, bid farewell to Senior Sister, and headed west.

After flying for a while, Li Chijing saw that the man was silent, so he smiled and started a conversation.

"Senior, Senior Sister calls you clan younger brother, why does it look..."

"Looks like I'm old enough to be her father, right?"

Yuan Huyuan laughed loudly and said loudly:

"These Qi Refining cultivators have long lives, and their appearance ages slowly. My clan elder sister entered Qi Refining at eighteen, and since then, her appearance has been hard to age. She is only in her early twenties now. I am dull-witted and only entered Qi Refining the year before last, so naturally, I have a middle-aged appearance."

"So that's how it is!"

Li Chijing muttered in his heart and couldn't help but ask:

"It seems that the younger the Qi Refining cultivator, the less they should be underestimated?"

"Not necessarily. Although Qi Refining cultivators have a lifespan of two hundred years, it doesn't mean their appearance remains unchanged for two hundred years. It's just that it's much slower. It's normal for a forty-year-old cultivator to have the appearance of a twenty-year-old. It's usually the octogenarian cultivators who are hard to provoke. They are usually old monsters who have cultivated for more than a hundred years and dare not break through to Foundation Establishment, so they are forcibly hanging on at the peak of Qi Refining."

Seeing Li Chijing's thoughtful look, Yuan Huyuan smiled slightly:

"Judging people by their appearance is not advisable. I suffered a big loss on this early on and almost lost my life."

The cold morning wind blew Li Chijing's clothes, making them rustle. Yuan Huyuan's flying shuttle was slower than Si Yuanbai's back then. The two chatted casually about the trivial matters of the cultivation world in recent years, and it took about two hours before they saw the sparkling Moon-Watching Lake.

Li Chijing directed Yuan Huyuan to stop at the Pear River Pass by the lake, then smiled and bid farewell.

After speaking, Yuan Huyuan set up the flying shuttle and soared into the sky.

Li Chijing used the Wind-Riding Spell and drifted toward Pear River Pass. From afar, he saw a six or seven-year-old child squatting at the entrance of the village, with a handful of arrows beside his feet, and a black arrowhead in his left hand, grinding it carefully on a whetstone.

Seeing Li Chijing drifting over, the child stood up unhurriedly and said respectfully:

"Immortal Master, this area is the territory of the Lijing Li family under Green Pool's rule. A few miles to the east is the Ancient Lijing Road."

Li Chijing smiled low, examined his eyebrows, and smiled:

"What is your relationship with Chen Erniu?"

"He is my father!"

The child's eyes lit up, and he cupped his hands repeatedly, saying respectfully:

"My name is Chen Donghe, I will go call my father now."

Li Chijing waved his hand, stepped lightly, and disappeared on the stone path.

Chen family.

Chen Erniu was wearing a large leather jacket, drinking tea with ease, and the teacher Han Wenxu at the table also took a light sip of tea, looking at Chen Erniu and smiling:

"Old Chen, you are strange. The five sons of the Chen family, the names taken are either river water or lake rivers. The Chen family is also a big family now, why are you like a fisherman."

Chen Erniu smiled without saying a word, but heard the courtyard door creak, and a young man wearing a white feather long robe, stepping on cyan boots, and looking high-spirited slowly entered the courtyard. He first cupped his hands lightly and said to Han Wenxu:

"Teacher, long time no see."

Only then did he look at Chen Erniu and say softly:

"It's been a few years, Chen Uncle has become wealthy."

Chen Erniu was stunned, his gaze stayed on Li Chijing's face for a few breaths, and he blurted out:

"Li Chi... Immortal Master!"

"Jie'er!"

The four Li brothers had all read under Han Wenxu, so Han Wenxu naturally called him intimately. At this time, he felt that he had spoken wrongly, so he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Li Chijing waved his hand and smiled:

"Take me to see my brothers."

"Young Clan Leader... should be on Lijing Mountain at this moment, as for the Immortal Master... I heard recently that he is on Meichi Mountain."

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Li Xiangping was practicing in the front courtyard, when a dense sound of footsteps came from the stone steps. He frowned and said in a low voice:

"Yesheng?"

"Hahahahaha."

But he heard a familiar laughter. A high-spirited young man stepped in from outside the door, with a three-foot green blade hanging at his waist, and a pale white sword tassel swaying at his waist, looking extremely dashing.

"I returned to the village, but didn't expect the family to have already moved up the mountain, so I asked Yesheng Brother to lead me up the mountain."

After speaking, he shook his head and smiled:

"Tsk, Mist-in-Fog Array."

"Jie'er?!"

Li Xiangping blinked and asked in shock:

"You, aren't you cultivating in the sect?!"

"Hahaha, seeing that I'm about to break through to Qi Refining, I asked for leave from the sect and came home to take a look."

"I'll go call Father!"

Li Mutian thumped into the front courtyard. The three sat down and chatted for a while, and Li Tongya and Li Xuanxuan also rushed back.

"Uncle!"

Li Xuanxuan hadn't seen Li Chijing for several years, so he was naturally very close to him, hugging him again and again. Li Tongya also looked at his younger brother with a smile.

The few people meeting was naturally very exciting. Mother Liu was also moved to tears. The family prepared a banquet, introduced Li Qiuyang and Liu Rouxuan, the new members, to Li Chijing, took out the snake gall wine that had been stored for several years, and drank until late at night before stopping.

After sending off Li Qiuyang and the others, the Li family set up a tea table in the back courtyard. Their eyes were clear. The snake gall wine contained spiritual energy but was not intoxicating. The few people had things on their minds, so they naturally didn't drink much.

Listening to his brothers talk about the changes in the family over the past few years, Li Chijing was also full of emotion. He drank the clear tea in front of him and said sternly:

"Returning this time, Jie'er indeed has important matters, otherwise I wouldn't have returned in a hurry while about to break through to Qi Refining."

Squinting at the stone platform in the room, Li Chijing said softly:

"Let's go in and talk."

The few entered the room. Li Chijing didn't say a word, looking at the tempting moonlight coming through the skylight, standing silently.

Watching the moonlight condense into pale white moon splendor on the mirror, flowing beside the Dharma mirror, Li Chijing pinched a dharma decree and identified it carefully.

Feeling the sixth wheel of Embryonic Breath, the Spirit Initial Wheel, in his Ascending Yang Prefecture, restless, and his whole body's magic power flowing faster, Li Chijing withdrew his hand blankly. Clearly verifying what he thought in his heart, he still said slowly with disbelief:

"Supreme Yin Moon Splendor?!" ===== CHAPTER 58 =====