"Master!" Mo Tiange couldn't help but call out. Her own spiritual aura was also out of control.
Lord Daoist Jinghe's expression froze. He pressed his palm on the top of Mo Tiange's head and shouted, "Don't worry! Take your time to control your spiritual aura!"
A powerful spiritual aura pressure suppressed Mo Tiange's almost out of control spiritual aura. With a Nascent Soul cultivator keeping watch, Mo Tiange finally calmed down and regained control.
The spiritual aura inside Qin Xi's body was now rampaging and riddled with scars. Mo Tiange also felt uncomfortable when she poured her spiritual aura into his body.
Her cultivation level was much lower, so once her spiritual aura entered his body, it would be taken away and she couldn't guide Qin Xi's spiritual aura at all.
Even with Lord Daoist Jinghe's support, she could only barely control her spiritual aura.
However, she couldn't resist the mutual attraction of Yin and Yang spiritual aura.
The two streams of spiritual energy intertwined with each other, both absorbing her spiritual energy and drawing in his spiritual energy.
Gradually, the meridians of the two connected, forming a great circulation.
At this point, Mo Tiange didn't need to guide anything anymore. Their spiritual auras automatically mixed and slowly recovered some kind of pattern.
His spiritual aura gradually withdrew from every part of his body and gathered in his meridians, connecting with hers and slowly devouring all her Yin spiritual aura.
* * *
When Mo Tiange woke up, she couldn't tell where she was. She wanted to get up, but her vision blurred.
"Auntie!"
Her vision gradually became clear. She forced a smile. "Zhenji?"
Ye Zhenji looked at her, wanting to say something but hesitating. In the end, he just said, "Auntie, grandmaster said your spiritual aura is exhausted, so don't rush to move. Cultivate for a few days and recover your spiritual aura first."
"Really?" She rubbed her brows and suddenly remembered. "How's your master?"
"Master …" He shook his head. "His situation is complicated. Auntie should ask grandmaster about the details. But he's fine. He just won't wake up for a while."
"I see." She thought for a moment then asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"
"Four hours," Ye Zhenji said.
"Auntie, you should rest for a while. Grandmaster said you're too tired. You should rest well so you can recover your vitality sooner."
Mo Tiange nodded.
To make an inappropriate analogy, her current situation was as if she'd been completely plucked. She'd lost all the spiritual energy in her body, and she needed to slowly meditate and adjust her breathing in order to recover as quickly as possible.
After thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered, "Your master is seriously injured. As his disciple, you should be attending to him. Why are you here with me?"
Ye Zhenji hesitated. "But Auntie, you also …"
Mo Tiange said, "I'm fine now, so you can go.
After all, you are your master's only disciple. If you don't do some things, no one will do them. Don't think that it doesn't matter, understand? "
"Yes."
It wasn't that Ye Zhenji didn't understand. When he looked at Mo Tiange again, he saw that aside from her pale complexion, there wasn't anything abnormal about her, so he said, "Auntie, I'll be going now. If you have something to say, you must tell me."
"I know. Don't worry."
Once she sent Ye Zhenji away, she closed her eyes and collapsed again.
After a while, she regained her strength, stood up, opened the restrictions on Mingxin Residence, entered the Virtual Sky World, and began to adjust her breathing.
Although the late stage of the Foundation Building realm and the peak stage of the Core Formation realm were only one big realm apart, the spiritual aura difference was dozens of times. If Lord Daoist Jinghe wasn't present, her realm would've probably regressed due to the gap between their cultivation levels.
Fortunately, she only had empty spiritual aura now, and her meridians and dantian were still intact. As long as she cultivated slowly for several days, her spiritual aura would naturally recover.
In the next few days, aside from when Ye Zhenji and Lord Daoist Jinghe came, Mo Tiange stayed in the Virtual Sky World to adjust her breathing.
The Virtual Sky World was full of spiritual aura. Coupled with the many panaceas Lord Daoist Jinghe gave her, it only took Mo Tiange three to five days to recover.
She left the Virtual Sky World and went to the main hall of Shangqing Palace. Lord Daoist Jinghe was sitting and looking at the sky, thinking about something.
"Master?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe regained his train of thought and saw her. "Oh, Tiange, are you all right?"
"En."
Mo Tiange dawdled for a while before finally sitting in front of Lord Daoist Jinghe. "Is Senior Martial Brother Shoujing … alright?"
"He's fine."
Lord Daoist Jinghe's gaze seemed to contain some kind of deep meaning. He stared at her for a long time as if he was probing her. He then said, "You don't seem surprised at all."
Mo Tiange didn't understand what he meant. "Surprised about what?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe smiled and said, "I remember you've been my disciple for so many years, but you've never met your Senior Martial Brother Shoujing. I've also never mentioned his name in front of you."
Mo Tiange was stunned. She realized what he wanted to say, so she lowered her head in silence.
Lord Daoist Jinghe heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. "It seems I don't need to say anything. You already knew."
"…" Mo Tiange was silent but calm.
She knew Qin Xi, but she'd never met Qin Shoujing. When she saw him that day, she didn't have any doubts that he was a Core Formation cultivator. Today, she even asked about Senior Martial Brother Shoujing as if it was a matter of course. What did this mean?
Lord Daoist Jinghe picked up the wine cup and drank it. He then looked at her again. "Can you tell Master when you found out?"
Mo Tiange lowered her head and fiddled with the jade pendant on her waist.
This Spirit-Concealing Pendant was originally hanging around her neck, but it was snatched away by Ruan Mingzhu in the Ten Thousand Laws of Nature Formation. Later, when she woke up, it was Ye Zhenji who returned it to her.
The round jade pendant was engraved with exquisite cloud patterns. In the middle of one side, a small "Qin" character was engraved.
When she was ten years old, she obtained this jade pendant and it never left her side.
In her spare time, she also held the jade pendant and thought about what its previous owner was like. Did he have bad intentions?
Later, when she came to Xuanqing School, it wasn't that she didn't want to meet Master Daoist Shoujing, but she never had the chance to.
That was until she entered Zhong Muling's Virtual Sky World during the Demonic Beast Riot …
"In the year of the Demonic Beast Riot, I went to war with Senior Martial Sister Suxin …"
Lord Daoist Jinghe was stunned. "So early?"
Mo Tiange lowered her head and smiled, but there was no smile in her eyes. "At first, I never thought about it … Until that year when I went to war with Senior Martial Sister Suxin. We went to Luoyan Cliff and accidentally entered great ancestor's Virtual Sky World.
I heard great ancestor say that Senior Martial Brother Shoujing went missing for several days because he accidentally entered great ancestor's Illusory Sky Formation.
Later, great ancestor said there was a boy surnamed Qin … who came to look for me. I thought it was Senior Martial Brother Shoujing, but it turned out to be 'Senior Martial Brother Qin'. "
"You became suspicious just because of that?"
Mo Tiange shook her head. "At that time, I just thought it was very strange. Later, when we left the Virtual Sky World, Senior Martial Brother Qin was obviously injured, but I heard Senior Martial Brother Shoujing was heavily injured and went back to Mount Taikang. Later, I never heard any news about Senior Martial Brother Qin again."
"…" Lord Daoist Jinghe was silent for a long time before he finally said, "No wonder you never asked about that 'Senior Martial Brother Qin' all these years."
"In the Virtual Sky World, great ancestor once talked to another Deification senior in front of me. He said Senior Martial Brother Shoujing had a Yang Spiritual Bead. At that time, I didn't know what a Yang Spiritual Bead was.
Later, Senior Martial Brother Qin came to look for me. Great ancestor also said Senior Martial Brother Qin had metal and fire dual spiritual roots, both of which belonged to the Yang attribute, and he also had a Yang Spiritual Bead … I became suspicious. "
Many things about Qin Shoujing weren't secrets in Xuanqing School.
For example, he had metal and fire dual spiritual roots. Even an ordinary part-time disciple would know about this.
Moreover, even if she didn't know what a Yang Spiritual Bead was, from what great ancestor said, she also understood it was a rare spiritual treasure in the world. How could two people have it at the same time?
At this point, Mo Tiange smiled again. "There are some things that might be normal if you don't have any suspicions, but if you have suspicions, you'll feel like there are flaws everywhere.
After I had this thought, I carefully thought about it. Which part of the so-called Senior Martial Brother Qin looked like a low level cultivator?
When he was in Yunwu Sect, he didn't like to talk to low level disciples like us because the difference in realms was too big, so he had nothing to say.
Later, when my secret was leaked and Second Uncle and I escaped from Mount Yunwu, we were besieged by a group of Foundation Building cultivators. As soon as Senior Martial Brother Qin arrived, he saved us.
I originally thought he had some kind of secret technique and it was inconvenient for him to tell me. Later, I thought everything would make sense if he was a Core Formation cultivator. "
Lord Daoist Jinghe smiled. "Master also thought I couldn't hide it from you for too long, but I never heard you mention it all these years, so I thought I really hid it from you."
"… The most important thing is, if Senior Martial Brother Qin really existed, why was he unknown in Xuanqing School?
I never thought I'd find an excuse for 'Senior Martial Brother Qin', but after I thought about it, I realized it was completely reasonable to replace Senior Martial Brother Shoujing's identity with Senior Martial Brother Qin's. "
Lord Daoist Jinghe heaved a long sigh. "Then why didn't you tell me all these years?"
Mo Tiange kept her head lowered and stared at her toes. She was silent for a while before she said softly, "… Master, to be honest, I felt very uncomfortable at that time. I didn't understand why … I was very grateful to Senior Martial Brother Qin for taking care of me all the way back then, but when I suddenly discovered this matter, I always wondered what he was trying to do."
Lord Daoist Jinghe, who had been quietly listening to her, now frowned and shook his head. "You've always been steady, but you're still young, and your temperament is a bit suspicious. When you suddenly discovered this matter, you inevitably panicked and always thought about the worst.
What happened after that? "
"After that … I paid attention for a long time. Sure enough, if I didn't ask, there seemed to be no trace of Senior Martial Brother Qin in the whole of Xuanqing School. At that time, I even suspected that his name was fake, right?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe smiled. "His name was real.
However, before Xi 'er formed his Gold Core, he didn't use his real identity when he was outside. After he formed his Gold Core, according to the school's rules, he didn't use his real name anymore and used his Daoist name. Not to mention outsiders, even among the disciples of the school, only a few know his real name. "
Mo Tiange also smiled. She didn't know whether she should feel a bit gratified or not. At least his name was real.
Lord Daoist Jinghe asked again, "It's been several decades, but you never said it. Is it because you mind or because you've forgiven him?"
Mo Tiange paused for a while then said slowly, "… In terms of identity, he's your blood-related descendant and also your direct disciple. I was accepted by Master as your disciple because of him. In terms of cultivation level, he's a Core Formation cultivator and is about to advance to the Nascent Soul realm, but I haven't formed my Gold Core yet.
What position do I have to forgive him or not? "
Lord Daoist Jinghe frowned. "You're belittling yourself like this. Could it be that you still have resentment in your heart?"