blueteamnovel Chapter 319: Return from Feng
Chapter 319: Return from Feng
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"By the way, a few years ago, I researched some ancient texts and found relevant records about the 'Tinghai Pavilion.'"
Fairy Shi added this as she finished speaking.
"Tinghai Pavilion?"
Lan Chang'an had neglected to explore information about this near-ancient sect over the years.
After all, this sect did not belong to the Great Qing region. Whether it even still existed today was a question, making it difficult to arouse much attention.
Fairy Shi handed over a jade slip to Lan Chang'an. It not only contained a detailed map of the ancient ruins but also the historical records related to Tinghai Pavilion.
After reviewing it, Lan Chang'an’s expression turned contemplative.
Tinghai Pavilion was a near-ancient sect located along the eastern coast of the Heaven Honoured Continent, with a history of at least twenty thousand years.
At its peak, the sect had produced a Deity Transformation Realm Heavenly Lord, becoming the most dominant force near the coastal regions and even threatening the outer seas.
Even during its normal periods, Tinghai Pavilion consistently housed Nascent Soul Great Cultivators, making it far more powerful than any top sect in the Great Qing region.
However, the information recorded in the ancient texts was separated by thousands of years. The accuracy of the details was questionable.
As of now, the current situation of Tinghai Pavilion was unknown.
The cultivation region where Tinghai Pavilion was located was known as Great Yuan, a place where the cultivation civilization was far more prosperous than that of Great Qing or Great Kun.
"Great Yuan?"
Lan Chang'an recalled the general map of the Heaven Honoured Continent he had inherited from his fourth life's memories. While it lacked the markers from his past life in Great Kun, it did include a label for Great Yuan.
From this, he inferred that the cultivation civilization of Great Yuan surpassed that of Qing State and Kun State by more than one level, qualifying as one of the great regions of the Heaven Honoured Continent.
Judging from the map's distances, Great Qing was separated from Great Yuan by at least five or six regions—a vast distance.
Lan Chang'an felt puzzled. Considering such a great distance, how could Tinghai Pavilion have established a secret refuge in Great Qing back then?
If it had merely been a few Nascent Soul True Monarchs traveling over, it would have been possible. But judging by the scale of the ancient ruins, more than just one or two Nascent Soul cultivators had come, there were also some other cultivators. ℟ᴀɴŐbЁS
"Could it be that there is a teleportation channel or a spatial rift between the two great regions?"
Lan Chang'an recalled fragments of the memories he had obtained from the Hundred Abodes Soul Gu.
The main Soul Gu had originated from the Central State region of the Heaven Honoured Continent. By chance, it had passed through a spatial rift and fled to this region.
The Heaven Honoured Continent was vast and boundless, the birthplace of the human realm's cultivation civilization. Since ancient times, spatial rifts had existed in various parts of the continent.
Some of these rifts had formed naturally, while others were remnants of battles between ancient mighty cultivators. They were often accompanied by great dangers and located within certain restricted zones.
For instance, the Star Moon Jue that Lan Chang'an had obtained had been passed down by the ancestors of the Star Moon Merchant Association. They had been pursued by powerful enemies and had inadvertently reached the Heaven Honoured Continent through a restricted zone in the outer seas.
...
That day, Lan Chang'an did not stay overnight in Fairy Shi’s cave abode.
Before leaving, he took out a rare treasure as a meeting gift and gave it to Fairy Shi’s adopted son, Shi Xiaochuan.
Atop the summit of Nightless Town, Jiang Yechen, the host, personally came to bid farewell to Lan Chang'an.
During their conversation, Jiang Yechen brought up a matter regarding the descendants of Shen Bixin.
After Shen Bixin and her husband had passed away, their descendants had not fared well. The war between demonic cultivators had shattered the prosperity of the Tengxing Merchant Association, leaving it fragmented.
After the demonic war ended, Shen Bixin’s descendant, Song Xi, came to Nightless Town, hoping to seek Jiang Yechen’s help.
However, Jiang Yechen, who had severed ties with Shen Bixin more than a century ago, had grown indifferent. With no lingering feelings left, he gave a small favor and dismissed him casually.
Even so, Lan Chang'an still owed Shen Bixin a promise from the past—a debt he had yet to repay.
Shen Bixin’s descendants had originally intended to seek out Evergreen Immortal, but Jiang Yechen had been a secondary option.
Unfortunately, Evergreen Immortal had disappeared for many years and was nearly impossible to locate.
Lan Chang'an recalled his last meeting with Shen Bixin during the Core Formation celebration at Qingsha Bay in Jing Kingdom.
At that time, Shen Bixin had brought her son, Song Xi, to offer their congratulations and had hoped Lan Chang'an would take her son as a disciple.
Lan Chang'an had been reluctant to take a disciple but had not wanted to refuse too harshly.
Thus, he had given Shen Bixin and her son two choices.
The first was to allow her son to become his nominal disciple, though he would not have much time or energy to guide him.
The second was that if Shen Bixin’s son reached Foundation Establishment or Core Formation in the future and sought him out again, Lan Chang'an would grant him an opportunity for advancement.
After careful consideration, Shen Bixin and her son had chosen the latter.
Ninety-six years had passed since then.
It wasn’t that Lan Chang'an had deliberately broken his promise. For the past sixty years, he had been in hiding, unable to secure his own safety, let alone fulfill old debts.
When Shen Bixin’s descendants had tried to redeem the promise, he had not been present in the Righteous Dao Alliance, and the matter had nearly slipped his mind.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I must trouble you to contact Fellow Daoist Shen’s descendants. One year from now, Lan will fulfill the promise here in Nightless Town."
Lan Chang'an entrusted Jiang Yechen with this task. For Jiang Yechen, as the number one loose cultivator of the Liang Kingdom, this was hardly a challenge.
At the moment, Lan Chang'an had no desire to visit the cultivation world of Jing Kingdom.
After all, who could say whether the child of fortune from Great Qing’s central region was still in Jing Kingdom?
If he accidentally encountered this person and had his secrets discovered, it would be disastrous.
Fortunately, the Fellow disciple from Great Qing’s central region who also cultivated the Evergreen Technique was not the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Lingyu True Monarch.
If they had been, at this distance, there would have been at least a faint resonance between their Golden Core Dao Fruits.
"Behold! The Fivefold Calamity Stone, an extraordinary treasure for enduring Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation! It can help those forming Nascent Soul reduce the injuries from heavenly lightning and conserve mana..."
"Seventy-five thousand... seventy-seven thousand..."
"Eighty thousand spirit stones!!"
"Is there a higher bid? This tribulation-resolving treasure, while a one-time consumable, is an unparalleled gem and a strategic item on par with spirit items for Nascent Soul formation!"
The auctioneer’s voice, an impassioned cry of an elderly man, echoed throughout the venue.
Inside one of the VIP booths, Lan Chang'an observed silently and did not make a bid.
As someone who practiced both body refinement and traditional qi cultivation, his powerful physique and Golden Dan spiritual power made such tribulation-resistance items unnecessary.
Moreover, for a consumable item, the price was too steep.
Cultivators with less solid foundations, particularly Core Formation Great Cultivators who were in dire need of surviving the heavenly lightning tribulation, would be more inclined to purchase such items.
For Lan Chang'an, Infant Transformation Pills and Nascent Soul spiritual items held much greater priority.
Nascent Soul spiritual items came in several types: those that enhanced mana, strengthened spiritual sense or helped calm the mind and heart.
Among these, the most precious were those that could help break through barriers and resist inner demon tribulations. These were exceedingly rare and valuable.
Lan Chang'an refrained from bidding to avoid drawing attention.
Bidding for the Calamity Stone would have sent a clear signal that someone was preparing to form a Nascent Soul—a move too high-profile for his liking.
Earlier in the auction, he had successfully obtained a thrid-rank Life Extension Pill and several quasi-fourth-rank treasures. He stopped while he was ahead.
Given the presence of Core Formation Great Cultivators and Golden Dan cultivators at the venue, Lan Chang'an ensured that his puppet clones kept a low profile, avoiding unnecessary displays of power.
As the auction concluded, cultivators dispersed from the venue.
“Junior Sister Wenyue, how were your gains from this auction?”
From one of the VIP booths, a group of Core Formation female cultivators emerged, their presence cool and aloof, akin to the radiance of the moon.
These women were high-ranking cultivators from Proud Moon Palace, enjoying privileges and noble status in Snow Moon City.
“That is Fairy Xuanbing!”
“She’s Proud Moon Palace’s innate Dao physique and a Nascent Soul seed!”
Among the group, one Core Formation female cultivator in a moon-white palace gown drew quite a bit of attention.
She appeared to be in her early twenties, with eyes as clear and deep as an autumn pool. Her aura was pure and icy, her slender figure elegant, and her long black hair cascading down her back. Her brows carried a faint melancholy, akin to light mist, evoking the image of a cold and solitary fairy from an ice palace.
Her demeanor exuded a distant coldness, a sense of detachment, and an almost ascetic air of otherworldly purity.
“After not seeing for more than a hundred years, this woman's disposition has actually changed so much..."
From afar, Lan Chang'an glanced at her but didn’t linger, swiftly flying away from Snow Moon City.
He speculated that Xia Wenyue’s temperament had changed due to her cultivation method and the female-dominated environment of Proud Moon Palace, which emphasized yin energy over yang.
Icy beauties were not uncommon in the cultivation world.
He recalled Hanyu Immortal, a prime example, though her icy demeanor was partially a facade to elevate her status and ward off pursuers.
However, Xia Wenyue’s cold and aloof aura was genuine—an ice-like chill that permeated from her very soul.
Seeing her again after a century, Lan Chang'an felt a faint sense of unfamiliarity.
“Still, her cultivation progress has exceeded expectations...”
Lan Chang'an was pleased with her progress.
Xia Wenyue had advanced to Core Formation roughly forty to fifty years ago.
Now, she was at the peak of the early Core Formation stage and nearing mid-stage.
For a top-tier genius, such progress was considered normal.
The further along the path of cultivation, the more time was required for advancement.
For instance, it had taken Lan Chang'an a full sixty years to progress from early to mid-Core Formation.
Yet Xia Wenyue had ascended from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation within the same timeframe, putting her in the same major realm as Lan Chang'an.
When Lan Chang'an first formed his Core, it had been several years after Xia Wenyue’s Foundation Establishment. His subsequent three Core Formation attempts had delayed him further.
At her current rate, Lan Chang'an estimated that by the time he reached late Core Formation, Xia Wenyue would likely have been in mid-Core Formation for several years.
...
Several days later, Lan Chang'an departed from Feng Kingdom’s cultivation world, his bags full of valuable materials, including the thrid-rank Life Extension Pill, a significant success.
His encounter with Xia Wenyue at the auction had been purely coincidental.
While in the territory of Proud Moon Palace, Lan Chang'an learned of a major development:
Xia Wenyue’s master, a former Immortal Golden Dan cultivator, had successfully advanced to become a Nascent Soul True Monarch and had assumed the position of Palace Master.
The former Palace Master, whose lifespan was nearly depleted and who had been gravely injured on the demonic battlefield, had stepped back into a secondary role.
This smooth transition of power ensured that Proud Moon Palace maintained its strength without suffering a gap in leadership.
A Month later.
Lan Chang'an returned to Nightless Town, located on the eastern border of the Liang Kingdom.
At the guest residence atop Nightless Town’s mountain, the descendants of Shen Bixin had been waiting for many days.