Chapter 376: Xu Huang Heaven

The young girl wore a pomegranate-red ru skirt with diamond corners, a shawl wrapped around her shoulders, and the flower crown on her head was brilliant, flashing lightly with the candlelight.

She was like a bright spring stream; wherever she passed, people only felt a vibrant vitality, which could be called clear and jade-like.

Peach blossoms reflecting on her face, green temples leaning against smoke—

Inexplicably, this line of poetry flashed through Chen Hang's mind.

He shook his head slightly, and after a smile, he gestured for Seven Qiao Rui to take a seat.

Afterwards, as a group of female servants entered gracefully, before long, fruits, vegetables, immortal wine, and precious dishes were served one by one.

"It's been several years, Qiao Shimei Qiao, your cultivation has increased quite a bit, which is gratifying."

"Purple Palace Third Layer, the realm of changing souls and dissipating spirits has been achieved. From now on, old flaws are eliminated, inside and outside are clear, I should send a congratulatory gift."

Chen Hang toasted from afar, smiled slightly at Seven Qiao Rui not far away, and said.

Transcendence means exceeding the mortal body and entering the holy grade.

To 'shed' means to cast off the mortal shell and become a divine being.

After the achievement of the Purple Palace Second Layer "Transcendence and Differentiation," if one goes one step further, it is the "Changing Souls and Dissipating Spirits" realm where Seven Qiao Rui is now.

In this realm, the practitioner's primordial spirit is already miraculous and true; even without taking longevity-extending pills and spirit medicines, one can live to the age of three hundred.

It is also a slight step forward toward that great, carefree world of feathering and ascending to participate in the rosy clouds.

If placed in some small sects, with Seven Qiao Rui's current cultivation, she could serve as an elder and teach the disciples below.

With Chen Hang's cultivation, seeing through Seven Qiao Rui's Daoist achievements is not a difficult task, which is why he said this.

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong is mocking me; what is this meager cultivation of mine?"

Seven Qiao Rui first waved her hands in embarrassment, then seemed to think of something and asked curiously:

"However, I heard that Xiao Xiao Shixiong met Gu Yi of the Huzhao Sect in Yu Yang Country... I heard that she is the second in the Cave-Mystic realm on the Sui Dan Ranking. What does Xiao Xiao Shixiong think?"

"Gu Yi?"

Chen Hang pondered for a moment and said truthfully:

"This woman's talent is high, and her temperament is also extraordinary. Even if we are not on the same side, I have to admit that Gu Yi is truly a character, and her reputation is not false.

If I wanted to kill her, the chance would be slim, and it wouldn't be easy..."

When Seven Qiao Rui heard the first half of the sentence, her heart tightened slightly.

But soon, after Chen Hang finished speaking, she suddenly felt very complicated in her heart, not knowing whether she should be relieved or helpless.

Looking at Chen Hang fixedly, she didn't know what to say.

And after a while, Seven Qiao Rui stood up.

She took a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Chen Hang, saying earnestly:

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong, I came here today to deliver a letter. This is a handwritten letter from my grandfather, please take a look, Xiao Xiao Shixiong."

"Grandfather... is that Mishi Qiao Ding?"

Hearing this, Chen Hang was slightly surprised, but he still stood up from his seat and took it solemnly with both hands.

Just as he picked it up to read, a wisp of rosy light flew out from his Purple Palace, expanded in mid-air, and turned into a boy wearing a five-colored bellyband, with a wide face and a fat body.

As Mishi Qiao Ding's previous protective treasure, the Five-Qi Qiankun Circle was naturally no stranger to Seven Qiao Rui, and the friendship between them was not shallow.

And after greeting Seven Qiao Rui in an old-fashioned way,

the Five-Qi Qiankun Circle was also curious and couldn't help but ask:

"Listening to what you said, that old man Mishi Qiao Ding has retreated from the situation in Fa Sheng Heaven and returned to Xu Du Heaven?

Strange, strange! Fa Sheng Heaven is touted as having a great fortune, which is why it moved the immortals, Buddhas, and gods of the myriad heavens and universes.

And I know that old man Mishi Qiao Ding wants to unite with the Dao. Early in his years, when he first achieved the Pure Yang Dao Fruit, he secretly ran into the depths of the Return Ruins, wanting to explore the few relics left by the Tribulation Immortal Ancestor when he cut the Dao there, but he was almost beaten to death by a group of Great Heavenly Demon Kings, and he spent several hundred years in the Mishan to barely move.

With his temperament, knowing that there is fortune in Fa Sheng Heaven, how could he easily give it up and return to Xu Du Heaven?

Is the situation in Mishan urgent, and your sister Qiao Wei can't control the situation, needing him to personally come down to suppress it...

Or is there no fortune in Fa Sheng Heaven, and Xia Ji just caused a big trouble?"

Seven Qiao Rui shook her head and said:

"After my sister brought people back from Yuan Zai Heaven, there were no more major disturbances in Mishan.

Grandfather told me that the current Fa Sheng Heaven is too dangerous. If the turmoil truly arises in the future, even if he carries heavy treasures, he is afraid he will be hard to escape. Since he finally escaped, the only safe strategy is to return to Xu Du Heaven first."

Hearing this, the Five-Qi Qiankun Circle couldn't help but let out a soft "eh," his expression full of surprise:

"Strange! This doesn't look like his temperament; when has he ever been so cherishing of his life?"

And while the two were talking.

Chen Hang had already finished reading Mishi Qiao Ding's letter, and for a moment, he understood.

Seeing him put down the letter slightly,

Seven Qiao Rui and the Five-Qi Qiankun Circle also stopped talking. Looking at Chen Hang, there was a trace of curiosity in their eyes.

Chen Hang put the letter into his sleeve and said calmly:

"The letter didn't say anything, just that Senior Mishi Qiao Ding invited me, if I have time, to visit the Qiao family in Mishan. There, he has some words he wants to explain to me?"

"Mishan..."

Hearing this, Seven Qiao Rui's eyes brightened, and she tried hard to make a look of being unmoved by favor or humiliation, but she still couldn't suppress the joy in her heart, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly:

"Xiao Xiao Shixiong is coming to West Su Continent? Are you coming to Mishan?"

Nine Provinces and Four Seas, Twelve World Clans—

Mishan is a spirit land in West Su Continent, located at the extreme east of West Su Continent.

And the Mishan Qiao family, along with the Thunder Mansion, Hehuan Sect, Qi Wu Yin clan, and the Outer Dao Heavenly Human tribes, rule this land continent where spiritual energy is not prosperous, presenting a five-legged tripod situation.

However, Chen Hang knows that among these five forces, the Hehuan Sect has another story.

Initially, among these five forces,

the Hehuan Sect's momentum was the weakest and was truly not too eye-catching.

But ten thousand years ago, this sect was lucky enough to obtain an Immortal Dao secret treasure, gave birth to several outstanding people in the sect, and finally climbed up the relationship with the Innate Demon Sect, gradually showing signs of prosperity.

As for now.

Although the Hehuan Sect is still a notch lower in momentum and foundation,

on the surface, this sect has also become one of the four major forces in West Su Continent and cannot be underestimated!

And the land of the two western continents, whether West Su or West Yi.

These two land continents in the Xu Du Nine Provinces are famous for the mixing of myriad Daos and the coexistence of various clans.

Under the five forces, West Su Continent even has the legal traditions of the Human Dao, Divine Dao, Martial Dao, and even the Western Sha Sect.

All kinds of outer Daos spread their branches and leaves in West Su Continent, extending their traditions.

This is impossible in other Nine Provinces of Xu Du.

It is not rare in this place, which is truly a wonder of the Xu Du universe...

At this time, hearing Seven Qiao Rui's question, Chen Hang shook his head and said:

"I am returning to Xiaoming Xiao Daze this time, wanting to cultivate with peace of mind, hoping to break through the realm, and there are still many Daoist methods that need to be studied and polished, so I am afraid I have no time to spare to visit Senior Mishi Qiao Ding in Mishan."

Seven Qiao Rui's gaze dimmed slightly, and she lowered her head.

And soon, Chen Hang continued:

"However, after all matters are cleared up, sooner or later I will go out to seek medicine, and at that time, I am afraid it will be inevitable to take a trip to West Su Continent.

Please tell Senior Mishi Qiao Ding, Qiao Shimei, that at that time, Chen will definitely visit and listen to his teachings."

A look of surprise suddenly rose in Seven Qiao Rui's apricot eyes, and the corners of her lips lifted unconsciously, her smile hard to hide.

After chatting with Chen Hang about a bunch of things,

and using the excuse of asking for advice on Daoist arts, she lingered on Changli Island for several hours.

Until the moon rose over the eastern mountain, floated above the clouds, and sprinkled strands of clear brilliance.

Only then did Seven Qiao Rui not dare to stay long, said goodbye to Chen Hang earnestly, and left with satisfaction.

After walking out of the hall door and looking from afar, one only sees the mountains far and the shores vast, vast and boundless.

Whether it be smoke trees or sand reefs, they are all shrouded in a clear wave, appearing and disappearing, half blurred.

And the water qi of the marsh country and the mist falling from the void sky rub against each other, the brilliance dissipates and is chaotic, as if it has turned into thousands of pearls.

Shining remotely with the stars in the clouds, nine colors are blurred...

At this time, Chen Hang faces the vast mountain wind, seeing the night quiet, as if all sounds are about to return to the void.

His gaze moves, and after a while, he shakes his head slightly.

After giving a few instructions to Tu Shan Ge who returned from Changying Lower Courtyard, he returned to the quiet room, sat cross-legged, and opened the door restriction.

"Even if we don't talk about the kindness of True Monarch Qiao, the Luo An Black Water alone is of great help to me...

Facing the soul-attacking methods several times before, I relied on this water method to resist and pass through calmly."

Chen Hang lowers his eyelids and ponders:

"Such a great favor, it seems only by repaying it with all my strength in the future can I be at ease..."

This rare distraction lasted only for a moment.

But in the blink of an eye, Chen Hang cut off the distracting thoughts in his mind and completely settled his mind.

He pinches the magic seal, and a wisp of ethereal smoke slowly flies out from his crown.

Not many breaths later, it gradually condenses into a phantom of a dragon-tiger furnace tripod cast from five lights, reflecting up and down with the dragon-tiger furnace tripod in his body, vaguely possessing an immortal atmosphere, looking very profound.

The cultivation of the three realms at the Cave-Mystic level is all linked together, and the connection is extremely close.

Cave-Mystic First Layer "Dragon-Tiger Furnace Tripod" is to reconcile the water and fire of the body and the yin and yang qi, and condense it into a dragon-tiger furnace tripod under the abdomen in the Qi Sea.

Cave-Mystic Second Layer "Extracting the Five Essences" requires finding the qi of the five directions and five elements and filling it into the dragon-tiger furnace tripod.

Making the furnace tripod turn from virtual to real, it can truly govern the three treasures and purify the spirit.

And this qi of the five directions and five elements takes the innate five essences as the supreme choice, and nothing can compare.

As for the "Innate Gold Mercury" realm of the Cave-Mystic Third Layer, one should use the secret method of Dao transmission to blow the dragon-tiger furnace tripod under the abdomen, along with the Qi Sea, into a powder, completely destroying the form of these two!

Finally, mix these two things into one and condense them into a piece of gold mercury, which is considered a complete success.

Innate gold mercury is the foundation of elixir achievement, and in Daoist books, it is also called "Mother Womb" or "Cell Fluid," which is very important.

With Chen Hang's current foundation, if he cultivates to the Cave-Mystic Third Layer, the innate gold mercury he condenses will definitely be of the highest grade, and there will be no exceptions.

However, regarding the process of blowing the tripod and condensing mercury, even with the help of the True Dharma Realm, one must be careful and cautious, and cannot be too hasty.

If there is a slight error and the body is injured, spending effort to recuperate is only a small matter.

If the foundation is damaged, then there is bitterness that is hard to speak of...

At this time, as Chen Hang's magic seal rotates, there is also a burst of ringing sounds in the quiet room, buzzing and moving, intermittent, and lingering in the ears for a long time.

The sound is thick and muddy, as if thunder is about to rise, rolling over the mist, shaking the four walls of the quiet room, as if a big hammer is hitting it, with great momentum...

And just when Chen Hang was blowing the tripod and condensing mercury on Changli Island.

At the same time.

Xiaoming Xiao Daze, Four Images Pavilion.

In the spacious hall, a middle-aged scholar with a clear and firm face, wearing a light green cloth robe, is holding a volume of files, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and his expression is quite complicated.

However, when he was lost in thought, footsteps sounded from far to near.

Then a heroic young man laughed loudly, without any greeting, and strode into the hall, saying:

"Uncle Fu, I see the moon scene tonight is very good, and this Xiaoming Xiao Daze is also a bit mysterious, not losing to the Peng Hu Four Islands in my Xu Huang Heaven.

In such a beautiful scene, why sit in the hall and wither? Why not enjoy the scenery together and drink happily?"

The middle-aged scholar called "Uncle Fu" raised his head, glanced at the heroic young man, and said faintly:

"Chen Yu, you are a temperament that can't stay idle... Now that you are clearly in a foreign land and the surrounding situation is unclear, you still don't forget to drink and have fun?"

Hearing this, the heroic young man Chen Yu didn't take it seriously.

He waved his hands and said:

"Uncle Fu is overthinking. We are the relatives of the God King. For no reason, even these Eight Sects and Six Schools dare not hurt our lives!

What's more, this time we are the envoys visiting Yuchen under the God King's decree. Since we have finalized the alliance with Yuchen, Yuchen can be counted as our own people.

So in the Xiaoming Xiao Daze, naturally, there is no need to worry about any safety,"

Uncle Fu's name is Chen Yufu, and he is one of the four main envoys of this Xu Huang Heaven envoy group.

As for the heroic young man Chen Yu, he is also a member of the envoy group, and followed the four main envoys to the Xu Du Heaven universe, wanting to sign an alliance with the Eight Sects and Six Schools.

And whether it is Chen Yufu or Chen Yu.

The two have one thing in common, and that is that they are both relatives of the Xu Huang Heaven God King Chen Yu.

Although the bloodline is not close, they are relatives after all.

Therefore, Chen Yufu and Chen Yu's status in the envoy group is high above, not comparable to ordinary people...

At this time, under Chen Yu's insistence, although Chen Yufu understood what kind of abacus he was playing in his heart.

But because of the relatives,

Chen Yufu finally had no choice but to put down the file in his hand and stand up from his seat.

And at the moment the file was put down, Chen Yu's eyes were sharp and he caught the name on the file.

He was taken aback, busily took the file in his hand, scanned it several times, and saw that it was all about Chen Hang's deeds, and his expression suddenly condensed inexplicably.

"Uncle Fu, what is this?"

Chen Yu asked.

"Naturally it is Chen Hang, haven't you seen it clearly?"

Chen Yufu said faintly:

"When I came to Yuchen, he happened to be traveling out and was not in the Xiaoming Xiao Daze. Now that I have heard the news of his return, I want to visit him personally and see this Chen clan descendant."

"Chen clan descendant? Joke! He is the bloodline of that thief Chen Yushu! Even the God King—"

"This is precisely the God King's intention."

Before Chen Yu could finish his angry words, Chen Yufu waved his hand to interrupt.

And this sentence also made Chen Yu freeze on the spot, his pupils widened, and he was at a loss.

"Chen Yu, I know what kind of thoughts you are having now, but this is a matter personally ordered by the God King, so I won't allow you to talk nonsense here.

And since you call me Uncle Fu, then I will give you a hint! This Chen Hang is ultimately not Chen Xiangxian, I am afraid you are overthinking, and worrying too much..."

Chen Yufu glanced at him and shook his head:

"I will personally submit a visiting card, three days later, to visit Changli Island. Of course, this is not the official business of the envoy group, you don't have to follow."

After saying this, without waiting for Chen Yu to react.

Chen Yufu walked out of the hall, and after turning through the corridor, his figure disappeared, leaving only Chen Yu in the hall.

After his face changed a few times.

Chen Yu also stomped his feet heavily, cursed secretly, and busily chased after him.

And time flies, passing in the blink of an eye.

Soon.

It was three days later...

Unity.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 377 =====