"What are you trying to do by hiding her identity?!
If you don't tell me, don't blame me for taking your life! "
Qin Xi was silent for a long time before he said softly, "If I didn't hide her identity, she wouldn't have stayed at Xuanqing School."
"Stayed at Xuanqing School?" Zhong Muling was a bit surprised and asked seriously, "What do you want her to do if she stays at Xuanqing School?"
Qin Xi showed a bitter smile and answered bluntly, "What can she do if she doesn't stay at Xuanqing School?"
Zhong Muling was dumbfounded.
He naturally understood the meaning behind Qin Xi's words.
How long could an Aura Refining cultivator with a special constitution and no backing live in the cultivation world?
But when he thought about it again, he realized there was another meaning to Qin Xi's words.
If Mo Ge didn't stay at Xuanqing School, this brat naturally couldn't do anything.
He softened his tone a bit and said, "So, you're doing this out of kindness?"
This time, Qin Xi didn't answer his question. After a long time, he finally said, "Senior, do you know about the matter between me and her father?"
Mo Tiange had told him about this matter. Zhong Muling snorted. "I heard about it."
Qin Xi smiled and said, "There are some things she doesn't know. Presumably, Senior also doesn't know."
He paused for a moment then said slowly, "More than twenty years ago, before her father died, he helped me escape and told me to take care of his wife and daughter, but he promised me one thing."
Zhong Muling was stunned. "What thing?"
Qin Xi said slowly, word by word, "I'll be the one in charge of Dual Cultivation with this woman in the future."
After he finished speaking, he didn't say anything else.
Suddenly, there was a spiritual aura fluctuation. Zhong Muling silently appeared in front of him with a livid expression.
"You'll be the one in charge?" He shook his sleeves and released his spiritual pressure. Qin Xi fell to the ground again, suffering more injuries on top of his previous injuries.
Zhong Muling's expression darkened. "You mean her father promised her to you?"
Qin Xi was seriously injured, but he smiled and didn't lower his head. "If Senior wants to understand it that way, it's fine."
"What about you? What do you think?"
"Me?"
Qin Xi wiped the bloodstain on the corner of his mouth and sat up. "Before her Second Uncle passed away, I promised that if she wasn't willing, I wouldn't force her."
Zhong Muling no longer said anything. His expression was gloomy and uncertain. Sometimes, a fierce expression flashed across his face, and other times, it calmed down. He stared fixedly at Qin Xi's pale, bloodless face.
Qin Xi didn't look at him, but he was also fearless. His expression was calm.
"Ling!"
There was another spiritual aura fluctuation inside the hut. Yuan Bao suddenly appeared. He stared at Qin Xi with great interest then said to Zhong Muling, "Don't you think Dual Cultivation is a good idea?"
Zhong Muling glowered at him with an unpleasant expression.
Ingot spread his hands and said innocently, "Alright, dual cultivation isn't a good idea.
However, this brat has the Yang Spiritual Bead and has two Metal and Fire Spiritual Roots, so his Yang aura is extremely strong. He's not a bad choice to be Tiange's Human Furnace. "
Once she said that, Qin Xi's expression changed.
He raised his head and stared at the two people. Zhong Muling's expression softened. He muttered to himself for a while then slowly nodded. "What you said does make sense."
The two of them then looked down at Qin Xi as if they were examining whether he was qualified or not.
The spiritual aura inside Qin Xi's body surged. Anger attacked his heart and he suddenly spat out another mouthful of blood.
Yuan Bao clicked his tongue and crouched down to grab Qin Xi's hand. His surging spiritual aura rushed into Qin Xi's body. "It's not good to be a Human Furnace this weak.
Ling, let me train this brat, okay?
Hehe, he has the Yang Spiritual Bead inside his body, so he's not far from having a Pure Yang Constitution. He's actually suitable to learn from me. "
Zhong Muling snorted then flicked his sleeve and disappeared from the hut. "If you like him, then take him. Why are you asking me?"
* * *
"Human Furnace …"
Qin Xi softly muttered these two words and opened his eyes.
In his entire life, he had never been humiliated like this!
He knew that although those two people seriously injured him, they also gave him a lot of benefits. Even if they didn't owe him anything, it couldn't be considered a grudge.
It was just that he couldn't swallow this humiliation!
Human Furnace … They actually wanted him to be a Human Furnace!
Ever since he was a child, he practiced Daoist mental cultivation techniques and had never thought about using a Human Furnace. However, he never expected that one day, someone would actually want him to be a Human Furnace!
Closing his eyes, Qin Xi calmed himself down.
Ever since he came to Mount Taikang when he was eight years old, he had never experienced such emotional fluctuations.
He had a Nascent Soul grandmaster, and his cultivation was fast, so no one dared to give him a hard time. Even if he went out alone, he was resourceful enough to protect himself.
In those few short days, that Deification cultivator called Yuan Bao taught him a set of incantations and fed him a lot of strange things. Some of them made him feel so much pain that he wished he was dead, but some of them made his cultivation level increase rapidly, almost tormenting him to the point where he was half-dead.
Before he left, Yuan Bao told him with a grin that he had to form his Nascent Soul as soon as possible so that he could be a good Human Furnace …
Thinking up to this point, Qin Xi once again clasped his palms and pursed his lips.
Human Furnace!
He couldn't even say these words to his master, so he could only bury this secret in his heart.
The incantations Yuan Bao gave him allowed him to get closer and closer to having a Pure Yang Constitution. Many of the thresholds for realm-breakthroughs would become easier and easier for him. This was naturally a huge benefit for him. If he didn't do anything excessive, he wouldn't return kindness with enmity.
However, those words not only made him feel humiliated, but he also worried. If those two people really prepared to become his Human Furnace after he advanced, what should he do?
He didn't hate Mo Tiange, and he didn't deny that he once had such thoughts, but that was only for a moment. He hadn't reached the Great Dao yet, so his heart couldn't hold other things. Dual Cultivation also wasn't within his scope of consideration.
However, this kind of thing happened, making him feel extremely embarrassed when he faced her!
This kind of embarrassment had nothing to do with her, but he didn't want to face her.
He thought for a long time about how to solve this problem.
If he practiced the incantations, his Pure Yang aura would become more and more abundant until it was infinitely close to a Pure Yang Constitution. Then … he would be more suitable to become their Human Furnace.
However, if he didn't practice, his cultivation speed wouldn't be so fast. He might even be trapped in the Nascent Soul realm for the rest of his life, unable to advance to the Deification realm …
Therefore, in the end, he decided not only to practice, but also to advance quickly.
He had to advance to the Nascent Soul realm as soon as possible and then advance to the Deification realm. Only after he advanced to the Deification realm and took control of his own fate could he erase this taste of humiliation!
After taking a deep breath, Qin Xi stood up and walked out of the cave.
His injuries were completely healed, and his cultivation level had also made progress in the past two years. In a few days, he would be ready to advance to the late stage of the Core Formation realm. He thought he was very confident that he could advance to the peak stage of the Core Formation realm in another twenty to thirty years, then he could attempt to form his Nascent Soul.
In this way, he was 143 years old now, so it was very possible for him to form his Nascent Soul in two hundred years.
As for after that, he didn't know how many years it would take. His master advanced to the Nascent Soul realm when he was four hundred years old, and he was now more than eight hundred years old. He had been stuck in the Nascent Soul realm for more than four hundred years, but he was still in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm and still couldn't touch the threshold of the late stage.
His aptitude was only slightly worse than his master's. It was only because he had the Yang Spiritual Bead and had no distractions that he could have such a cultivation level. If he advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, he probably wouldn't have any advantage …
He was absent-mindedly thinking along the way when he suddenly heard movement in front of him. His footsteps stopped and he was startled.
This place is …
"Tiange, congratulations. Grandmaster accepted you as an official disciple so quickly. I'm really envious — ah, wrong, I should call you martial uncle."
Mo Tiange talked to Luo Fengxue while tidying up the things in the cave.
Hearing what she said, she couldn't help but smile. "Senior Martial Sister Luo, you calling me martial uncle really makes me nervous."
"Why are you nervous?" Luo Fengxue said matter-of-factly, "You're grandmaster's official disciple, so you naturally have to call me martial uncle.
You shouldn't call me senior martial sister anymore. I can't afford to call you that now, and it wouldn't be good if other people heard it. "
"Then … alright, Fengxue."
Upon hearing this form of address, Luo Fengxue smiled. "I didn't expect you to call me by my name until today.
Martial Uncle Mo, in fact, you're the most vigilant person … "
Luo Fengxue's tone was teasing, but it made Mo Tiange blush.
Luo Fengxue was right. Mo Tiange just didn't want to be too close to other people, so she was reluctant to call her by her name. However, Luo Fengxue always treated her with sincerity. In fact, Mo Tiange felt sorry for Luo Fengxue.
"Fengxue, I …"
"That's enough, you don't need to explain."
Luo Fengxue smiled and said, "I understand. You've experienced many ups and downs in the past, so you're always wary of others. If you weren't brought back by Martial Uncle Shoujing and accepted as grandmaster's disciple, I also wouldn't have treated you sincerely."
Mo Tiange felt a bit better after hearing what Luo Fengxue said, so she smiled and said, "Alright, Fengxue, I won't live here anymore. I'll leave the medicinal fields to you. In the future, if new people move in, it's up to you whether you want to move them or not."
"Alright!
You're grandmaster's official disciple now, and the spiritual plants we bought from Danding School last time are still in my hands. I won't be polite and will take them all. You won't object, right? "
Mo Tiange couldn't help but laugh. "Of course. I'm an elder now, so I naturally can't bicker with the younger generation."
"Ha! You adapted to your identity quite quickly, but now you're already putting on the airs of an elder.
Hmph! In any case, I've taken advantage of you, so I won't fight with you over this title. "
The two of them chatted for a while before Luo Fengxue took Mo Tiange to see Master Daoist Xuanyin.
During the great battle two years ago, both Luo Fengxue and Wei Jiasi were injured. Wei Jiasi's injuries were more serious, so she was still recuperating. Luo Fengxue, on the other hand, was already much better. She even received medicinal pills and other things as a reward from the school.
As for Han Qingyu, she was injured recently and was still in Closed Door Meditation to recuperate.
Therefore, when Mo Tiange returned, she only saw Luo Fengxue.
As they approached the cave, Mo Tiange saw that the disciple guarding the entrance immediately came to greet them. "Greetings to Martial Uncle Mo, Senior Martial Sister Luo."
Mo Tiange was a bit astonished. Had the matter of her being accepted as an official disciple already spread throughout Clear Spring Peak?
Luo Fengxue whispered to her, "As soon as grandmaster returned, he said you dared to face a fifth rank demonic beast by yourself during the demonic beast battle and didn't let down Xuanqing School's prestige. Therefore, he announced that he accepted you as an official disciple."
So that was the case. No wonder the disciple guarding the entrance changed the way he addressed her.
When Mo Tiange entered the cave's hall, Master Daoist Xuanyin was meditating with his eyes closed.
Luo Fengxue called out, "Master!"
Master Daoist Xuanyin opened his eyes. His gaze swept over them before it finally fell on Mo Tiange. "Tiange, are you alright?"
Mo Tiange stepped forward and solemnly saluted him. "Martial Uncle Xuanyin, I'm fine. Thank you for worrying about me."
Master Daoist Xuanyin stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Since you've been accepted as an official disciple by master, you don't need to call me martial uncle anymore. You can just call me senior martial brother."
"Yes." Mo Tiange changed the way she addressed him. "Senior Martial Brother Xuanyin, Tiange doesn't dare to forget the several years of teaching you.
I have to leave today, so I especially came to express my gratitude. "
"This child …" Master Daoist Xuanyin stared at her with a loving gaze.
She disappeared for two years and built her foundation in two years. Honestly speaking, he taught her for no more than three years. However, although they weren't master and disciple in name, they were actually master and disciple.
"Tiange, since you've become master's disciple, you must cultivate diligently in the future and mustn't let down master's prestige. Do you understand?"
"I'll sincerely follow Senior Martial Brother Xuanyin's instructions."
"En.
You and I will have many opportunities to meet in the future, so you don't need to feel sad. Go. "
"Yes."
Mo Tiange thanked him solemnly then retreated with Luo Fengxue.
"Alright, Fengxue, I'm going back to my cave. If you have nothing to do in the future, you can come to see me."
Luo Fengxue smiled and stepped forward to hug her. "I understand." Although she said that, she understood that they would have fewer opportunities to meet in the future.
How could she go to Grandmaster Jinghe's cave often?
After saying goodbye to Luo Fengxue, Mo Tiange turned around and saw someone standing not far from her with an unhappy expression on his face.
It was Qin Xi.
They hadn't seen each other for more than two years since they parted at Luoyan Cliff. When he came out of Zhong Muling's Virtual Sky World, Qin Xi's expression was very unsightly. Now, the way he looked at her was also indescribably complicated.
He seemed to be reminiscing about her, but his gaze was alienated. His attitude was cold, and his expression was conflicted.
Mo Tiange stopped. Her feelings were also indescribably complicated.
Should I go and ask him about him?
She felt unwilling for a moment, but she also felt that she shouldn't care.
In the end, she finally walked towards Qin Xi with a smile on her face.
But the next moment, Qin Xi lowered his gaze, turned around, and walked away without hesitation.
She was stunned on the spot.
He … It wasn't that he didn't see her walk past him; he just didn't want to greet her.
She felt stuffy in her heart. She couldn't tell whether it was anger or stuffiness.
"Tiange?"
Mo Tiange turned around and saw Luo Fengxue looking at her in surprise.
She must've seen what happened just now.
Mo Tiange took a deep breath and smiled at Luo Fengxue. "It's nothing. I'm going back."
"… Okay."
Luo Fengxue answered hesitantly. She hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she didn't say anything about the so-called Senior Martial Brother Qin.
After all, Tiange was her martial uncle now. As an outsider, she really didn't need to meddle in this matter.
After returning to her new cave, Mo Tiange sat in the small living room for a while.
Every grass, every tree, every table, and every chair in this cave were left by someone else. It seemed to be full of the past that didn't belong to her.
Its former owner might've been sitting here, holding a teacup, talking to someone, or just meditating just like her.
He also used to meditate in the cultivation room and read those books. His handwriting could still be seen on the papers.
The pill-concocting room, pill-concocting tools, the lounge … Everything had his traces.
In the end, she smiled, stood up, took a deep breath, and put all the things in the room into an empty storage bag.
Whether it was the tables, chairs, or books, none of them belonged to her, so she might as well replace them all.
"Martial Uncle Mo!" A cry of surprise came into her ears.
Mo Tiange glanced around and saw two female cultivators standing at the door, looking at her with great astonishment.
"What's wrong? Do you need something?" she asked expressionlessly.
"What are you doing?"
"Tidying up my cave."
"Huh?"
Mo Tiange glanced at them coldly. "What's wrong? Didn't you say everything in this cave belongs to me?
Can't I use it even if I want to? "
"This …" The two female cultivators stared at her helplessly.
That being said, they never expected this Martial Uncle Mo would throw away all of Martial Uncle Shoujing's things!