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Chapter 343 A Fortuitous Acquisition of Qingyun, Invited by the Ji Family

Chapter 343 A Fortuitous Acquisition of Qingyun, Invited by the Ji Family

Kongxing opened his mouth, his tongue pressed against the roof of his mouth, but he couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

His eyes, which usually radiated compassion, were now filled with absurdity.

He had traveled the cultivation world for hundreds of years, seen demons and madmen, but he had never seen such an unreasonable Nascent Soul cultivator.

The other party's words were practically a direct slap in the face to his previous logic.

Burning pain.

Kongxing wanted to refute, saying that Qingfeng Ridge has always been a poor and desolate place, so how could there be a grotto heaven?

But seeing the Nine Yin Demon Flame that seemed poised to fall at any moment from Xuan Yin's fingertip, he swallowed his words.

He had just experienced the power of those flames.

He didn't want to experience that kind of pain, which felt like his very soul was being burned away, a second time.

The stalemate between the two lasted for a long time.

Xuan Yin clearly had no patience to continue grinding her teeth. The Nine Yin Demon Flames on her body began to turn from purple to black, and an aura of annihilation spread out.

Kongxing's eyelids twitched violently; he knew this was a sign that the other party was about to make a move.

"Don't worry, Benefactor Xuan Yin, this old monk has a solution."

Kongxing suddenly spoke, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Isn't it just a fourth-grade high-quality spiritual vein with a cave heaven? This old monk will return it to you!"

Please wait a moment, Benefactor Xuan Yin; this old monk will be right back.

After he finished speaking, his divine sense expanded wildly in all directions like a tidal wave.

He could sense every presence that was hidden in the shadows observing the battle.

Suddenly, his consciousness stopped at a seemingly empty void.

There, a wisp of blue cloud was faintly visible.

A barely perceptible curve appeared at the corner of Kongxing's mouth.

The next moment, emptiness transformed into a dazzling golden light, tearing through the sky.

The golden light, carrying a kind of unrestrained rage, shot straight up to the blue clouds on the horizon.

At this moment, inside that cloud of blue light.

Ancestor Qingyun was holding his breath and suppressing his aura to the extreme.

He was feeling quite pleased with himself.

More than 20 years ago, that old woman Xuan Yin burned away most of his supernatural powers with a fire. He hid in a cave and ate countless elixirs and medicines before he recovered.

He had only recovered 30-40% of his original essence, and he didn't want to take the lead.

However, the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Vajra Temple had reached the area under the jurisdiction of the Azure Cloud Cave Heaven, so he had to come out and take a look.

Seeing Kongxing suffer a setback at Xuanyin's hands, Ancestor Qingyun almost burst out laughing.

You bald monk, you've finally met your match!

Although that woman Xuan Yin is crazy, she burns the fire well, she burns it wonderfully!

He was secretly gloating, but also secretly alarmed.

Xuan Yin's demonic flames are now even more terrifying than when they burned him back then.

If he were to face them now, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

However, this gloating froze completely the moment the emptiness transformed into golden light and rushed over.

The smile in Qingyun Patriarch's eyes turned into astonishment.

He saw the golden light rapidly enlarge in his vision, and the pressure from the late-stage fourth-order Buddhist sect directly blocked all his escape routes.

"Emptiness! What are you doing!"

Ancestor Qingyun let out a roar filled with shock and rage.

The azure energy around him surged wildly, attempting to form a barrier to block this uninvited guest.

Emptiness does not answer at all.

His mind was now filled with the deadly fire of Xuan Yin.

Since Xuan Yin needed the spiritual vein, and he didn't want to bleed the Vajra Temple dry, he could only borrow it from a neighbor.

Anyway, the consistent style of his Vajra Temple is that some things don't need evidence.

Might makes right.

Xuan Yin stood still, looking at the blue cloud shrouded in golden light in the distance.

She spread her divine sense and sensed the presence of an old acquaintance.

That's the Qingyun Ancestor.

She paused for a moment, then a beautiful smile curved her lips.

That old bald monk is quite adept at using someone else's flowers to present to Buddha.

The battle in the distance broke out extremely quickly and was incredibly fierce.

The golden and blue light intertwined, illuminating half of the sky with flickering light and shadow.

Even from dozens of miles away, the enormous roar still made the earth tremble slightly.

Under the golden light, the once graceful blue clouds were forcibly kneaded and beaten by a tremendous force.

It sometimes twists into a long strip, and sometimes shrinks into a sphere.

The angry curses of the Qingyun Ancestor gradually turned into pleas, and finally into a helpless sigh.

That cloud of blue sky was compressed in half.

That was a sign that the origin of the grotto-heaven had been forcibly stripped away.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the violent fluctuations in the sky suddenly disappeared.

Xuan Yin touched his sleeve, his eyes flickered slightly, and he guessed that the other party had reached an agreement.

Or rather, it was a one-sided "agreement" by Emptiness.

Sure enough, not long after, the golden light returned from the horizon.

The form of emptiness manifested.

His once neat robe was now somewhat disheveled, and a fine layer of sweat beaded on his forehead.

But what he held in his hand was exceptionally eye-catching.

It was a ball of deep blue light, with countless flowing clouds slowly rotating inside, exuding an extremely rich spiritual energy.

This is the deepest primordial secret realm of Qingyun Cave Heaven, and the key to the activation of the accompanying grand formation.

Kongxing handed the ball of light to Xuanyin in a calm tone, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

"Benefactor Xuan Yin, from now on, the Qingyun Cave Heaven, a fourth-grade superior spiritual vein, and its accompanying top-level Qingyun Origin Secret Realm, will all belong to you."

Old Bei has already compensated you for all the losses incurred at Qingfeng Ridge.

If there's nothing else, this old monk will return.

Kongxing's eyes revealed a weariness that came from seeing through the illusions of the world.

He just wants to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible and return to the Vajra Temple for seclusion.

"Take care, Master."

Xuan Yin took the heavy key of origin, his fingertips tracing the warm blue light.

She smiled, her eyes crinkling, and spoke in a gentle tone as if she were saying goodbye to an old friend.

Without uttering a word, Kongxing transformed into a fleeting shadow and vanished into the western horizon.

Xuan Yin looked down at the Azure Cloud Origin in his hand, then looked up at the mass in the distance that had shrunk by more than half.

Qingyun was slinking away in disgrace.

She shook her head, her gentle smile growing even wider.

"This is a fight between the eldest and second eldest brothers, and the youngest brother, who was just watching the show, suffered the biggest loss!"

Fairy Xuanyin sensed the wisp of azure cloud essence in her hand.

Deep within those layers of restrictions, she could sense an extremely ancient and heavy aura.

That was the origin of heaven and earth left over from ten thousand years ago in the Great Azure Realm, hidden in the very core of a fourth-grade high-level spiritual vein, like a heart that has been beating for ten thousand years.

For Fairy Xuan Yin, this primordial power is extremely precious.

At her level, ordinary accumulation of spiritual energy has lost its meaning.

To reach that ethereal realm of divine transformation, only the primordial power that resonates with heaven and earth can cleanse the soul and allow the nascent soul to undergo a fundamental leap.

She practices the Nine Yin Manual.

The attributes of Qingyun Cave Heaven are more moderate and peaceful, which does not completely match her cultivation method.

However, she glanced at Chen Yi beside her.

Chen Yi's Thunder Spirit Marrow Liquid is the most violent yet purest baptismal substance in the world.

If she were to use the Thunder Spirit Marrow Liquid as a catalyst to forcibly neutralize and refine the origin within this cave, she would be fully confident that she could break through to the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage within a hundred years, accumulating her cultivation to the limit of the fourth rank.

That was the ticket to becoming a god.

Ning Bu'er stood beside Xuan Yin Fairy, and she also noticed the unusual situation.

For her, the origin of the cave is not only a tonic for her cultivation, but also the best place to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth and hone her cultivation. The Azure Cloud Cave is several levels higher than the Qingfeng Ridge, which is in the middle stage of the fourth rank.

Chen Yi, however, remained calm.

At this moment, he is thinking more about long-term planning.

In this Great Qing Central Continent, every grotto-heaven spiritual vein is a symbol of top-tier strength.

Even for a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, without a sect background, trying to snatch food from forces with thousands of years of history is practically a pipe dream.

The rules of Zhongzhou are shackles maintained by all Nascent Soul cultivators.

If Fairy Xuan Yin were to attempt to seize it alone, she would not only face the siege of more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators from Qingyun Cave Heaven, but would also attract the ire of those allied cave heavens.

At that time, even two fists cannot fight against four hands.

But now, the situation is completely different.

The Venerable Kongxing, representing Vajra Temple, personally relinquished this lucrative prize.

The cause and effect have been severed.

With the Vajra Temple's reputation firmly established, other forces in Zhongzhou, even if envious, could only keep their words to themselves.

Xuan Yin Fairy, Ning Bu'er, and Chen Yi were the ultimate beneficiaries in this game.

far away.

The streak of azure light appeared somewhat desolate.

The figure of the Azure Cloud Ancestor paused for a moment at the edge of the clouds. He looked back at the core territory that once belonged to him, and a bitter smile appeared on his lips.

He didn't linger any longer, transforming into a blur as he plunged into the secondary vein of Qingyun Cave.

That was his final resting place.

Although the subordinate mid-stage fourth-order spiritual veins still exist, the decline of Qingyun Cave Heaven is inevitable because it has lost its most core cave heaven origin.

He needed to go back and give an explanation to his terrified disciples.

More importantly, he wanted to personally deal with some of the troubles.

He had witnessed the ordeal that the Stubborn Stone True Lord had suffered.

Since Kongo Temple has made its decision, it will not give anyone a chance to overturn it.

If he were to seek an explanation again, he would only be humiliating himself.

This pent-up anger in my chest needed an outlet.

The Azure Cloud Ancestor landed in front of the main hall of the Law Enforcement Hall, his azure light tearing through the blue bricks of the ground like a knife.

He hated Lin Yunsheng to the core.

If it weren't for the fact that the deceased Grand Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall was blinded by lust and insisted on taking Fairy Qingyue of the Star Moon Sect as a concubine, and kept trying to kill Chen Yi, how could he have caused such a series of troubles today?

If Lin Yunsheng hadn't dragged Jingang Temple into the mess to cover up his mistakes, how could things have escalated to the point of ceding the cave?

Thousands of years of heritage were destroyed by the greed of a fool.

The Azure Cloud Ancestor's voice was icy cold, echoing throughout the entire main peak: "Issue my decree: effective immediately, all cultivators of Lin Yunsheng's lineage shall be stripped of their core disciple status."

"All cultivation resources will be suspended for one hundred years."

"Anyone who disagrees may go to the back mountain and face death."

He intends to let Lin Yunsheng's branch of the family perish completely, erasing its trace from the history of Qingyun Cave.

On the other side, the sea of ​​clouds surged.

Ji Mingyuan, from the second branch of the Ji family, was leading a haughty young nephew in a pure white flying boat as they slowly approached.

Seeing the monk Kongxing's disheveled departure, Ji Mingyuan's smile grew even wider.

He stopped a hundred feet in front of the Fairy Xuan Yin, straightened his magnificent purple robe, and then took his nephew and began to walk through the air.

Upon approaching, Ji Mingyuan bowed deeply, adopting an extremely humble posture.

"Ji Mingyuan of the Ji family greets the Great Cultivator Xuan Yin."

He spoke in a gentle tone, with a kind of tact and sophistication typical of people from aristocratic families.

"Having witnessed the divine might of a great cultivator today, I'm sure it won't be long before the name of Xuan Yin spreads throughout the Great Qing Central Continent."

"My ancestor respected heroes like Grand Cultivators the most in his life. If Grand Cultivator doesn't mind, I will definitely invite you to the Ji family for a cup of spiritual tea another day."

Fairy Xuan Yin remained expressionless, merely nodding slightly in acknowledgment of the polite gesture.

Ji Mingyuan didn't mind and turned to look at Ning Bu'er and Chen Yi.

His gaze lingered on Chen Yi the longest.

"Ning Xianzi is a peerless beauty, and Chen Zhenjun is even more imposing; the two are truly dragons and phoenixes among men."

As if suddenly remembering something, he patted his forehead and said with a smile, "True Lord Chen, I have long heard about the Azure Thunder Brew."

"It's quite a coincidence that the original recipe for this fermented rice wine was created by the ancestor of the second branch of my Ji family."

"If Chen Zhenjun is interested in further developing his skills in brewing wine, he is welcome to come to my second branch for further study."

"The family's fourth-tier wine-making inheritance can help Chen Zhenjun break through the bottleneck throughout the entire process."

As he spoke, he observed Chen Yi's expression.

"Once True Lord's skills are fully mastered, the second branch of my Ji family is willing to pay double the price to buy out all the fourth-tier Thunder Brew in True Lord's possession."

This sounds like a gesture of goodwill, but it's actually a test.

The young nephew behind him slightly raised his chin, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.

In the eyes of the second branch of the Ji family, it would be an incredible opportunity for a third-tier winemaker at the early Nascent Soul stage to receive guidance from the Ji family.

This was only because of the strength of the Xuan Yin cultivator. If Kong Xing had won just now, the Ji family would have simply knocked Chen Yi unconscious and taken him away.

Ning Bu'er frowned slightly, and the demonic flames within his body flickered gently.

Chen Yi reached out and stopped her.

His expression remained unchanged, showing neither anger at being humiliated nor joy at being won over.

"Fellow Daoist Ji, you flatter me."

Chen Yi's voice was calm, without any discernible emotion.

"Chen knew his own aptitude was limited, and his winemaking technique had been stuck at the late stage of the third level for a long time. He had long felt that he had reached a dead end where he could not make any further progress."

"Moreover, with this grotto-heaven still in its infancy and me preoccupied with trivial matters, I, Chen, simply have no spare energy to delve into the art of brewing wine."

He glanced at Ji Mingyuan, his tone still polite, but his refusal was unusually decisive.

"In my opinion, it will be at least a hundred years before I can break through to the fourth level of brewing skills."

Ji Mingyuan's smile froze for a moment.

He hadn't expected Chen Yi to refuse so decisively.

Before Chen Yi could finish speaking, he cupped his hands slightly and added, "Moreover, even if I were to attempt to break through to the fourth rank in the future, I would probably seek help from my close friend Ji Wuchen."

"After all, Brother Wuchen and I have a very close relationship, and I trust his expertise in brewing wine."

"Thank you again for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Ji."

After hearing these words, Ji Mingyuan's face finally darkened.

Chen Yi not only rejected his attempts to win him over, but also made it clear that he was on Ji Wuchen's side.

The atmosphere became somewhat subtle at that moment.

Chen Yi lowered his eyes, no longer looking at the other person, and simply stood quietly behind Fairy Xuan Yin.

Ji Mingyuan withdrew all his energy, and the tips of his drooping fingers trembled slightly.

He looked at Fairy Xuan Yin, his gaze lingering for a moment on her icy face before shifting to the distant void. He lowered his voice, "Great cultivator Xuan Yin, the Ji family's doors are always open for you."

The Mysterious Yin Fairy did not turn her head, but stood quietly in the wind, her clothes fluttering slightly in the aftershocks of the spiritual pressure.

Ji Mingyuan spoke again.

"Our ancestor has been in seclusion for many years and has conducted in-depth research on the path of group cultivation."

He paused for a moment, observing the reaction of the Mysterious Yin Fairy.

"From the late stage of Nascent Soul to its peak, this step has blocked countless exceptionally talented individuals."

Relying solely on seclusion and closed-door cultivation, there is virtually no possibility of reaching the Nascent Soul stage in the Great Green Realm.

If you wish, you may go to the Ji family and discuss the Great Dao with the patriarch.