In a small town at the foot of western Kunwu Mountain, a blue light flashed across the sky. A young man descended with a girl.
They were Ye Jingwen and Mo Tiange.
Two days ago, the two of them returned to the Mo Family's Village. Ye Jingwen said he wanted to take Mo Tiange away, and no one in the Mo Family dared to object.
Soon after, Mo Tiange packed her things and bid farewell to Tianqiao.
After learning all of this, Tianqiao was both envious and reluctant. Unfortunately, Ye Jingwen said she didn't have spiritual roots and couldn't cultivate. The two children could only tearfully part ways.
In the past two days, Mo Tiange learned many things from Ye Jingwen.
It turned out that her father had left ten years ago in order to search for opportunities in a secret place.
To the east of the Celestial Pole, there was a mountain range that was the territory of the Demonic Path. It was said that 100,000 years ago, the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path fought a great war, and the Demonic Path was defeated, so they gave up Kunwu Mountain.
The Righteous Path and Devil Path were separated by a mountain. To the northeast of the mountain was the Devil Path, and to the southwest was the leader of the Righteous Path, Tiandao Sect. This mountain was named Demonic Mountain.
It was said that Demonic Mountain was the battlefield of the Great War of Immortals and Devils in ancient times. To this day, extremely powerful restrictions, formations, and other things were left behind. Ordinary cultivators would die as soon as they entered, but there were also many treasures left behind, so people often went there to look for fated chances.
Ten years ago, the restrictions on a certain part of Demonic Mountain disappeared, and both the Righteous and Devil Path rushed in. Mo Tiange's father, Ye Hai, left the Mo Clan to go there.
Unfortunately, not long after, only a small portion of the cultivators who entered this place managed to escape. It was said that the rest had all perished.
Xuanqing School's Master Daoist Shoujing met Ye Hai on this trip, and the two of them went missing together on this mountain.
Originally, many people thought that Daoist Master Shoujing had unfortunately fallen. Unexpectedly, he returned safely not long ago. However, all the cultivators who went missing with him died. He also used a secret technique and almost lost all of his power to escape.
As soon as he returned to Xuanqing School, Master Daoist Shoujing lost a lot of his cultivation, so he had no choice but to immediately enter Closed Door Meditation.
It was said that he owed Ye Hai a great favor for being able to escape this time, so he sent Ye Jingwen to make arrangements for his funeral.
From Ye Jingwen, Mo Tiange learned that there was still a bloodline on her father's side.
Ye Clan was originally a cultivation clan from Mount Qingmeng in western Kunwu. However, their population was sparse, and in the end, only two brothers were left.
In the past, when Ye Hai was still alive, he had an awe-inspiring reputation, so no one dared to bully him. However, ten years ago, the news of Demonic Mountain's disappearance spread. Ye Clan lost its only Core Formation cultivator and couldn't gain a foothold in Mount Qingmeng. The last cultivator had no choice but to move his clan to the secular world and become an individual cultivator.
This cultivator was Ye Hai's younger brother, Mo Tiange's uncle.
"When you find your uncle, you'll follow me back to Mount Taikang. You can either join Xuanqing School or rebuild your clan."
Ye Jingwen told her that Xuanqing School was one of the seven great cultivation groups in the Celestial Pole. With Xuanqing School as their backing, they weren't afraid of being bullied.
There were seven great cultivation groups in the Celestial Pole. Among them, Tiandao Sect was the most powerful, and Xuanqing School was second only to it. Tiandao Sect could be said to be the number one cultivation group in west Kunwu.
Mo Tiange didn't have any objections.
She had waited for so long to find out that her father was no longer around. Now, as long as she could leave that house, she did not care where she went.
If there was anything to look forward to, it would be having an uncle.
They set out from the Mo Family's Village for two days and finally arrived here.
Ye Jingwen had said that there were immortal cultivators here.
Mo Tiange looked around curiously, but she discovered that this was just an ordinary town.
Ye Jingwen saw her disappointed expression and said with a smile, "These are just mortals. How can mortals see the residence of immortals?" He then led her into a dilapidated small temple.
Mo Tiange also didn't find anything unusual about this small temple. Ye Jingwen took out a jade pendant from his robe and handed it to Mo Tiange. "This is a gift from my martial uncle. In the future, don't let this thing leave your body. If you carry it with you, even Nascent Soul seniors won't be able to see through your constitution."
Mo Tiange took it.
The jade pendant was round and had a warm jade color. It was painted with cloud patterns and tied with a red string.
She turned it over and found a small "Qin" character was carved in the middle of the other side.
Ye Jingwen said, "My martial uncle's surname is Qin. People call him Qin Shoujing."
He waved his hand and the scene in front of them suddenly changed. The statue of a god that had fallen to the ground in the temple disappeared and was replaced by a street.
Ye Jingwen pulled her hand. "Let's go."
This looked like an ordinary street in a small town. It didn't look like a place where immortals lived at all.
Ye Jingwen smiled when he heard what Mo Tiange said. "The so-called immortals are just people who haven't become immortals yet.
These markets in the secular world are places where individual cultivators gather. Generally, they don't have any powerful forces, so of course, they don't have any style to speak of. "
As soon as the two of them entered the market, they attracted people's attention.
It was because of Ye Jingwen's momentum and the clothes he was wearing.
A Foundation Building expert wearing Xuanqing School's Daoist robe was really enviable.
Along the way, Mo Tiange found that this place was different from the secular world.
For example, the people who set up stalls on the streets would sell all sorts of strange things. Some people would only hang out a sign saying what they were selling. There were also people who would lead birds and beasts that had never been seen in the secular world. However, there weren't many of them.
Ye Jingwen led her through the streets and alleys without looking sideways until they finally entered a shop.
This shop was huge. She didn't know what they were selling. She only saw a tall counter, but nothing else.
As soon as she entered the shop, Mo Tiange saw that the shop assistant who guarded the counter was wearing clothes similar to Ye Jingwen's. He also wore a blue robe and a white coat, but his clothes weren't as exquisite as Ye Jingwen's. Mo Tiange could also sense that his cultivation level wasn't much higher than hers.
As soon as they came in, the counter assistant took a careful look at them and came out to salute Ye Jingwen, calling him martial uncle.
Ye Jingwen nodded and asked, "Where's the shopkeeper?"
This shop assistant was obviously also a disciple of Xuanqing School. He hurriedly invited them in and said, "Martial Uncle Chen is upstairs. Martial Uncle, this way please."
When they went upstairs, Mo Tiange saw that the second floor was the same as the first floor. It was full of counters, but there were many chairs on the side, which seemed to be a place to receive guests.
The shop assistant led them to a corner where an old man in his fifties or sixties stood. He respectfully reported, "Martial Uncle Chen, a martial uncle from our school has arrived."
The old man seemed to be dozing off. When he opened his eyes and saw Ye Jingwen, he became spirited and ordered the shop assistant, "Go and serve tea."
"Yes," the shop assistant answered and retreated.
Seeing that Ye Jingwen was wearing their school's high-level disciple uniform and was so young, the old man didn't dare to neglect him. He stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Junior Martial Brother, I'm the shopkeeper here. My surname is Chen, and my name is Youli. May I ask which Master Daoist you belong to and why did you come here?"
Ye Jingwen returned the greeting and said, "I'm Ye Jingwen of Clear Spring Peak. I came here on Martial Uncle Shoujing's order to inquire about a certain person."
"Oh?" Upon hearing the three words "Clear Spring Peak", the old man didn't dare to neglect him even more.
Clear Spring Peak was the cultivation place of Patriarch Jinghe. This patriarch's temper had always been bad and he was very protective. "Junior Martial Brother Ye, do you have an identity tablet?"
Ye Jingwen nodded then took out a palm-sized jade tablet from his robe and handed it over.
After the old man verified that there was no mistake, he returned the identity tablet to Ye Jingwen and invited the two of them into a private room covered with restrictions.
"Junior Martial Brother Ye, please speak."
Ye Jingwen admired Chen Youli's cautious manner, so his tone became a lot more amiable. "Senior Martial Brother Chen, the person we're looking for is an individual cultivator named Ye Jiang. His cultivation level is in the Foundation Building realm, and he's quite old. His appearance should be around fifty years old. Reportedly, someone saw him passing through this place."
Chen Youli stroked his beard and pondered for a moment before he said, "Junior Martial Brother, please wait here for a moment. I'll send a disciple to inquire about him."
Ye Jingwen nodded. "Senior Martial Brother, please."
Chen Youli withdrew and once again ordered someone to bring tea.
Mo Tiange was very surprised to see that this tea actually contained spiritual aura.
Ye Jingwen said to her, "This is just a tea plant cultivated in a place with spiritual aura. It's not a rare species."
"Oh," Mo Tiange said then asked, "Big Brother Ye, is this a shop run by your school?"
Ye Jingwen answered, "Yes.
We have shops in every market square. If disciples outside need help, they can look for the shopkeeper. "
"Oh."
The two of them waited for a while before Chen Youli came in.