Chapter 641: Descendants

"Descendants." True Lord Tianwan recited the word and whispered ironically:

"So what? What is a descendant? Is it that I watched them grow up, so I felt love, or do they respect and love me? Not at all, right? I broke through and came out of seclusion, and a group of old men called me ancestor… What does it have to do with me?"

Tanyun Mouse sighed. In the end, he still held onto that bit of master-servant affection and advised:

"But the bloodline cannot be erased after all. Even if you have no feelings for them, they are at least closer than strangers…"

"Closer?"

True Lord Tianwan said this while gritting her teeth, her tone indignant, and said coldly: "I have divine abilities! I can see the human heart. What they are thinking in their hearts, which one of them do I not see clearly… Tanyun! Those women are thinking of hating me and envying me… how can there be anything to be close to!"

"As for Guo Hong'er… Guo Hongjian…"

The expression on her face was even colder, even with some ruthlessness, and she whispered: "Good… at least they are not as stupid as Guo Hongyao. They know I can see the human heart, so they don't dare to think when they see me, but when I am in seclusion, they secretly have lewd thoughts, thoughts of bullying, and thoughts of incestuous revenge…"

"What closeness is there to speak of!"

These words left Tanyun standing in place, unable to speak for a long time. He muttered:

"This… this…"

"But!"

True Lord Tanyun really didn't know how to defend them this time. Even if Guo Shentong were here, he would have to lower his head in shame. He had no choice but to mutter: "After all, hundreds of years have passed, and it is difficult for them to have any sense of kinship… You are spotless, an extremely beautiful woman among humans, and you cultivate ice and snow that cannot be offended, so they have some filthy thoughts…"

He spoke with a smaller and smaller voice, wishing he could grab those surnamed Guo and kill them. In his mouth, he still advised:

"My Lady... the ancients said, 'To see his heart is to see the demonic obstacle,' and this is the same principle. Back then, cultivators who had achieved divine abilities feared the human world most; a single glance with their abilities would immediately leave them disheartened, with baleful energy rushing to their hearts... The thoughts within one's heart are the hardest to judge... who does not harbor a thought of greed or lust in their heart..."

True Lord Tianwan just looked at him quietly. This woman was filled with ice and snow qi, only vaguely revealing a pair of extremely beautiful eyes. She said softly: "Ancient books often say that once the destiny divine ability is achieved, the world is evil, so Zifu cultivators are ruthless, and killing is without taboo. It is because they see that everyone has sin. I have already understood."

……

Zongquan Island.

Li Qinghong and Kong Tingyun drove the boat to Zongquan Island. Li Zhouwei greeted them while driving the bright light, and just bowed:

"Greetings, Old Ancestor!"

Li Qinghong finally had a smile when she saw him, a gentle smile blooming on her face. Li Zhouwei turned to salute Kong Tingyun, bowing: "Greetings, Senior!"

Kong Tingyun nodded with a smile, her round eyes looking at him, nodding slightly.

"Not bad…"

Li Qinghong herself did not let Li Zhouwei bow. Before, she didn't even let him see outsiders, which actually had a consideration. If Li Zhouwei hadn't broken through to foundation establishment, it wouldn't have been as simple as bowing when seeing Kong Tingyun, the Xuanyue Sect Master. According to the rules of the cultivation world, kneeling would have been in line with etiquette.

Kong Tingyun was intelligent. If he didn't kneel, who knew what she would think? He had now broken through to foundation establishment, and both were foundation-establishment cultivators, so naturally, there was no need to kneel, saving a lot of trouble.

Li Qinghong turned to the side and smiled:

"This is the Xuanyue Sect Master, Kong Tingyun—this is my clan's Heir."

"I have long heard of your great name!"

Kong Tingyun looked for a while, then slowly moved her eyes away. Li Zhouwei's appearance was quite outstanding, but he had a charm that made people unable to move their eyes away. She smiled inwardly:

"I heard that the Wei descendants are handsome, and it is true. Qinghong and Xijun are enough to see…"

Li Qinghong was worried about long nights and many dreams, and didn't intend to stay here for long, so she said:

"Let's get on the boat first."

The two got on the boat. Seeing Kong Tingyun on the side, Li Zhouwei weighed his words and didn't mention the Ding Jiao matter. Several people entered together. Li Qinghong was worried and asked:

"How is Cheng?"

"Still in seclusion, no news…"

Kongheng answered for him. Li Zhouwei chatted with the two for a while and had some understanding of Kong Tingyun. Only then did he ask:

"Senior Kong… the junior has always had a doubt… things like 【Six Dings Combined Fire Order】 and 【Six Xins Combined Gold Order】 seem to be in sets. Where exactly do they come from?"

Kong Tingyun hesitated for a moment and replied:

"These spirit artifacts… can be considered famous and should be related to the Immortal Mansion. I don't know much more…"

She was vague, it seemed she couldn't explain it clearly. Several people headed north. The sea wind roared outside the boat. After a few days, they landed on the Yuezhou Island of the Xuanyue Sect.

This place was the old nest of the Kong family. Kong Tingyun smiled and pointed to the north, saying: "I forgot to mention it to your clan. The Tangjin Sect sealed the mountain and lost the Jindou Island. Now it has fallen into my family's hands."

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

Li Qinghong congratulated her. The Xuanyue disciples came to report the news. Kong Tingyun read it earnestly and whispered: "True Lord Zipei has truly passed away!"

Li Qinghong was not familiar with this True Lord, but she was a great cultivator with a good reputation after all, so she sighed along with her. Kong Tingyun, however, smiled:

"But it may not be true death."

Li Zhouwei raised his eyebrows to look at her, doubting:

"Reincarnation?"

"Not bad."

Kong Tingyun said softly:

"Can you remember the period when the Zifu cultivators disappeared during the North-South dispute? It was because there were traces of An Huaitian in the Grand Void, and there were actually several 【Heavenly Martial True Qi Divine Evil Nature】!"

"True Qi!"

Li Zhouwei was shocked in his heart, remembering one thing like lightning: "The old ape is also 'True Qi'… his breakthrough seems to be very close to that time!"

The white ape's breakthrough was one of the most unexpected things for the Li family. After all, he was covered in old injuries, and many had damaged his foundation. The success rates of Li Xijun and Xiao Guiluan were much higher than his… yet only he succeeded.

"Thinking about it now… it is truly a blessing! It happened that the Zifu cultivators were fighting in the Grand Void at that time, and the 【Heavenly Martial True Qi Divine Evil Nature】 appeared, letting him occupy this heavenly timing."

Li Zhouwei had doubts about this matter. Although he trusted the white ape, he suspected whether he had been tampered with by someone in his early years. Now he was much more at ease. Kong Tingyun continued: "That golden nature was obtained by True Lord Zipei. My family's True Lord said… with golden nature in the body, one can be carefree in reincarnation. She should have escaped."

……

Wushan.

Wushan was the place with the richest spiritual energy in Wangyue Lake. Now the great formation blocked the inside and outside, isolating the qi. The white qi on the jade steps of the mountain flowed, thick like milk, pouring down layer by layer.

The blood pool on the top of the mountain had long been changed. A small pile of spirit stones was piled inside, soaked in murmuring spirit springs. Wisps of spirit qi jumped out, flowing on the ground made of ancient jade.

Jade pillars stood like a forest. Li Ximing was wearing a Daoist robe, standing on the highest jade pillar. Between his breaths, rich spirit qi gathered from all around, flowing into his acupoints.

He opened his eyes slowly and spat out a mouthful of heavenly light, which flashed brightly in the clouds and mist before extinguishing.

In the qi sea within his body, a leisurely bright lamp lit up, floating above the immortal foundation. The light flickered, illuminating everything in the qi sea brightly.

"【Heavenly Lamp】 refined!"

There were nine secret techniques in the "Minghua Huangyuan Scripture". According to the length, they were 【Yang Origin】, 【Heavenly Lamp】, 【Treasure Steps】, 【Great Wen】, 【Folding Back】, 【Hundred Soldiers Mansion】, 【Imperial Decree】, 【Jin Lin】, and 【Red Cicada】, each with its own abilities. Li Ximing's seclusion, coupled with the influence of the Huaijiang Map, finally refined the second one.

It had to be said that Li Ximing's talent was extremely high. He had only just turned sixty and had already cultivated two secret techniques. Now that the 【Heavenly Lamp】 was refined, the immortal foundation had changed again.

"The method of 【Heavenly Lamp】 can illuminate the darkness, make the spiritual platform clear, and make reading scriptures and cultivating techniques twice the result with half the effort…"

Li Ximing suddenly had an understanding in his heart:

"It is advisable to start cultivating from 【Heavenly Lamp】, but the simplest 【Yang Origin】 doesn't take much time either. It is right to cultivate these two first…"

"It's just this secret technique…"

Li Ximing looked at the bright Heavenly Lamp in his qi sea and pondered secretly:

"It is truly exquisitely conceived. No matter how rich the inheritance of the Three Sects and Seven Factions is, there will definitely not be many secret techniques of this kind."

The deeper he understood, the more he felt that this secret technique was precious. Even the simplest 【Yang Origin】 had mysteries that were incomparable to any dharma technique he had seen before.

"Except for the immortal laws 'Reception Law' and 'Sacrificial Law'."

The Li family couldn't make heads or tails of these two dharma formulas. They could neither see any divine mystery nor did they have any spiritual opportunity when recited. It was like calling for rain twice and it would rain. Reciting them inexplicably would have an effect.

Excluding these two books, the Li family's dharma techniques were far behind. Every time Li Ximing cultivated this method, it was like driving a boat in the vast sea, often feeling reluctant to leave.

He exhaled, stabilized the 【Heavenly Lamp】 in the formation for more than half a month, and started cultivating the next dharma formula. Suddenly, he noticed that the great formation flickered, and a small letter actually appeared on the jade pillar.

Li Ximing held it and scanned it:

"Report to my lord, the Xiao family is visiting. If my lord is out of seclusion! Please appear."

Li Ximing pondered for a breath. Since this letter was sent to him, his aunt was probably not at home, and the Xiao family could not be neglected, so he rode the light and flew up from Wushan.

Only then did he land in the main hall of the continent, finding that quite a few people were already standing in the hall. His grandfather Li Xuanxuan was standing to one side with a smile, and the white ape was guarding the other side like a stone statue.

A middle-aged man stood in the hall. His appearance was honest and gentle, his temples were gray, and he was hanging two medicine bags. His face contained some smiles, and he was stretching his eyebrows, looking toward him.

"Master!"

Li Ximing was more than familiar with this face. This person was his master, Xiao Yuansi! This person looked honest and gentle, but now he had a heavy look of old age. The vicissitudes were hidden in his eyes, and his face was slightly pale, seemingly having suffered some minor injuries.

Li Ximing didn't expect him to come in person, so he hurriedly performed the disciple's etiquette and stood to one side. This middle-aged man took his hand. Those eyes were filled with gentleness, and his voice was as honest as it was back then: "Ming'er has grown up a lot."

Li Xizhi had only cried once after Li Xijun died, and after that, he had no heart to mourn. But this sound made his eye sockets hot, and he said in a deep voice: "Ximing greets Master!"

"Good……"

Xiao Yuansi was also an old man of vicissitudes. Because he had taken many pills since he was small, he still looked middle-aged. He looked at him with a smile, turned his head, and said to Li Xuanxuan:

"Xuanxuan, you and I have talked enough. Rest first, I will talk to Ming'er alone."

Li Xuanxuan was the person with the highest seniority in the Li family, and only this person could call him that. He stroked his white beard and went down hurriedly. Xiao Yuansi looked at the youth in front of him, coughed twice, and smiled: "Ming'er, come, let's talk on your Wushan."

Li Ximing hurriedly supported him, but Xiao Yuansi smiled and shook his head. For this elder, Li Ximing had nothing but gratitude in his heart. They flew all the way to Wushan, landed on the top of the mountain, and Xiao Yuansi first looked around and smiled: "You… you were born using the best. This Wushan is even better than the cave mansion on my Xianyou Mountain."

Li Ximing nodded silently. The master and apprentice sat at the jade table, and Xiao Yuansi said softly:

"Your family doesn't use this blood pool anymore… Good… Tongya didn't teach in vain."

Li Ximing just kept nodding. Xiao Yuansi looked at him and replied:

"I have only taught you this one disciple in my life. Everything I can teach in alchemy, I have taught you… Ming'er… I also understand you, perhaps even better than Xuanxuan, so I came on this trip…"

He said warmly:

"Ximing, you want to try for Zifu, why didn't you tell Master first…"

"Master… Ximing didn't dare!"

Li Ximing stood up in horror. Xiao Yuansi pulled him to sit down, took a jade bottle from his sleeve, put it in his hand, and smiled: "Take a look?"

Li Xizhi only felt a warmth in his hand. His spiritual sense swept through it, only to find that a pill was lying brightly in the bottle, with five golden patterns on it, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, brewing a bright light. The entire jade bottle was locked with thick golden light.

Li Ximing cultivated Mingyang and was familiar with alchemy. How could he not see it? This pill contained intense Mingyang dharma power, and the qi was clear, peaceful, and calm. He didn't know how many Mingyang spirit objects and precious medicines were used to refine it!

"Mas…ter…!"

Li Ximing was stunned in place. Xiao Yuansi laughed twice, coughed, and said softly:

"You… I have always known that your ambition is great. I started paying attention to Mingyang spirit objects when you broke through to foundation establishment. Originally, I thought of collecting them slowly, but I didn't expect you to cultivate so fast, so I couldn't catch up."

"Fortunately, I have connections over the years and know some Mingyang spirit objects. I took two precious medicines, one is 【Sea Ming Lotus】, and one is 【Three Yang Huang Qi Fruit】. I hurried to the East Sea, rushing and rushing, and finally gathered them."

Xiao Yuansi said softly:

"Zifu spirit objects are too rare. I don't have that kind of ability. I only have some means in alchemy. Although I don't have a pill formula to assist in breaking through to Zifu, this thing is purely the essence of Mingyang, called 【Purple Ming Pill】, which can have quite a few benefits."

He looked at Li Ximing and said harmoniously: "It is also a precious object… I was worried about being heard, so I called you into the formation to say it. I did this matter behind my True Lord's back… He is also in the North Sea and can't manage that much… You can use it with peace of mind."

Li Ximing couldn't meet Xiao Yuansi's eyes and only replied:

"Master is like this… the disciple cannot repay…"

"Repay?"

Xiao Yuansi shook his head, revealing some nostalgia on his face, laughed a few times, and patted his shoulder. This old man didn't say much, as if patting these few times had already said everything he wanted to say.

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