She never went to Qin Xi's Immortal's Cave again.
Since he had already woken up, his injuries were already healed. She didn't need to do anything else.
Lord Daoist Jinghe always wanted to sound her out about what happened that day, but she didn't say anything.
Before long, Mo Tiange heard he was in Closed Door Meditation to attempt to form his Nascent Soul.
Regarding this, she was very puzzled. Shouldn't he be resting for a few years after being seriously injured?
Why was he in such a hurry to break through?
Mo Tiange didn't ask this question, so she only heard Lord Daoist Jinghe vaguely mention it.
It turned out that he had obtained all of her Yin spiritual energy and comprehended a new cultivation technique. Perhaps it would be helpful for him to break through, so he was in a hurry to go into Closed Door Meditation.
Mo Tiange couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed when she heard what he said. Soon after, she laughed at herself. Since she'd already gotten over it, why did she have to be like this?
No matter what, love wasn't as important as the path to immortality. Just like how he was in a hurry to form his Nascent Soul, she should also be thinking about forming her Gold Core.
Thus, after preparing for several days, she reported to her master and decided to go into secluded meditation.
He set up restrictions and closed the Immortal's Cave. Mingxin Residence no longer allowed anyone to enter or leave. He then entered the Virtual Sky World and began to meditate in Closed Door Meditation.
Cultivation knew no time. Year after year.
Spring, summer, autumn, and winter, light flashed by. Unknowingly, more than ten years had passed.
In these ten years, many things had happened.
For example, when Han Qingyu formed her Gold Core, Martial Uncle Xuanyin, who oversaw Sweet Dew Peak, finally had his first Core Formation disciple and started to have the imposing manner of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
For example, as Ye Jingwen guessed correctly, Bai Yanfei didn't marry Junior Martial Sister Jiang in the end. Instead, he married Senior Martial Sister Wu, whom he always disdained, who was Martial Uncle Miaoyi's last disciple.
Another example would be Martial Uncle Ling Xu passing away in meditation.
First, Junior Martial Sister Jiang was disappointed in love, and then she suffered such a blow. She shut herself in the Drifting Cloud Peak all day and rarely saw people.
Luo Fengxue's guess was also correct.
For example, after Martial Uncle Lingxu passed away in meditation, none of the several Xuanqing School disciples who were in Closed Door Meditation succeeded in forming their Nascent Souls — including Qin Shoujing.
In the first year of Mo Tiange's Closed Door Meditation, after Qin Xi's injuries healed, he formally entered Closed Door Meditation to form his Nascent Soul. Two years later, he finally failed.
Another four years passed, and he once again went into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, but he still didn't succeed.
Sixteen years passed in a flash. Mo Tiange finally reached the peak stage of the Foundation Building realm and temporarily came out of her Closed Door Meditation.
Reaching the peak stage of the Foundation Building realm at the age of seventy-eight was still an inconceivable age. Even with Qin Shoujing's outstanding achievements, Clear Spring Peak's gloomy mood caused by Qin Shoujing's repeated failures to form his Nascent Soul also somewhat dissipated.
In fact, if Mo Tiange hadn't deliberately suppressed her cultivation speed and suffered serious injuries several times, she should've formed her Gold Core by now.
However, the path of cultivation was filled with thorns. Being heavily injured or even having one's cultivation regress was a path that cultivators had to take, so there was no need to dwell on it.
Mo Tiange was sitting in Mingxin Residence's small reception hall, listening to Luo Fengxue's idle chatter with her. She lowered her head and remained silent for a long time.
Luo Fengxue had already advanced into the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm. She'd never been good at cultivating, so among elite disciples, her cultivation level could only be considered average, but it wasn't bad either.
"Tiange, Tiange!"
"Huh?" Mo Tiange snapped out of her trance.
Luo Fengxue complained, "What are you doing?
Why are you absent-minded?
If you continue like this, I'll leave. "
"Don't!"
Although Mo Tiange was absent-minded, she was seriously listening to the news Luo Fengxue was talking about. "I … I'm just in a daze. If you leave, who can I talk to?
I can't find anyone to talk to in the entire Clear Spring Peak. "
"Oh?" Luo Fengxue was surprised. "Why isn't there anyone to talk to?
Doesn't grandmaster have a lot of maids?
Besides, I remember you have a nephew. He'll talk to you, won't he? "
Mo Tiange sighed. "I really don't get along with those maids. In the past, they liked to set me up, but after I beat them up, they were convinced and became afraid of me again.
Zhenji went out to gain experience. That brat's actually quite motivated; he knows he doesn't have enough experience.
As for master … he could've talked to him, but he's obviously in a bad mood these days, so I didn't provoke him. "
"Grandmaster's in a bad mood?" Luo Fengxue thought for a moment then asked, "Is it because Martial Uncle Shoujing failed to form his Nascent Soul?"
"Probably."
Mo Tiange lowered her head and answered faintly, "I think master's certainly disappointed. Although he always said Senior Martial Brother Shoujing formed his Gold Core too early and should've done things more steadily, seeing him fail again and again, it'd be strange if he wasn't anxious."
"If I were him, I'd also be anxious," Luo Fengxue said with a frown. "Alas! I'm so angry!
Before Martial Uncle Shoujing formed his Nascent Soul, many people in the school said he'd definitely succeed. But now, everyone says soul-formation isn't core-formation, and whether Martial Uncle Shoujing is a genius or not can only be determined by his soul-formation. "
Although Luo Fengxue moved to Sweet Dew Peak with Lord Daoist Xuanyin, Clear Spring Peak was the place she belonged to since she was a child, so she always felt unhappy when others talked about Clear Spring Peak.
Mo Tiange, on the other hand, was calm. She smiled and said, "If they want to say it, then say it. I think although master must feel uncomfortable, he still doesn't care about those people."
"That's true."
Luo Fengxue mumbled then said, "In fact, I also find it strange that Martial Uncle Shoujing actually failed to form his Nascent Soul. Moreover, he failed twice in a row. If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have believed it."
Mo Tiange was stunned. She then asked with a smile, "Why?
Isn't it normal to fail to form one's Nascent Soul?
I remember that among the Nascent Soul Lords in our school, only the Head Grand Supreme Elder succeeded in his first attempt. The others all succeeded several times, right? "Lord Daoist Miaoyi, who was also known as a genius, also tried to form her Nascent Soul three times before she advanced.
"That's true, but this is Martial Uncle Shoujing!"
Luo Fengxue emphasized. "Because he's Martial Uncle Shoujing, everyone thinks he should succeed in his first attempt."
"… How could that be?"
Mo Tiange shook her head. She thought to herself, 'In the end, it's because Qin Shoujing was deified that those rumors started, right?
Presumably, with his double spiritual roots, he surpassed geniuses with single spiritual roots. He formed his Gold Core at 78 years old and reached the peak stage of the Core Formation realm at 175 years old. What a genius! '
Precisely because he was such a genius, everyone had high expectations of him. They felt that if he didn't form his Nascent Soul in his first attempt, he wouldn't be worthy of his extraordinary reputation as a genius.
In reality, he was just an ordinary cultivator. Even though he cultivated diligently and possessed rare treasures, he would still encounter bottlenecks like other cultivators.
His cultivation level didn't come out of thin air.
"You don't say. In fact, I heard some things from grandmaster … The reason why Martial Uncle Shoujing failed to form his Nascent Soul was because there was a loophole in his mental state. Grandmaster was very worried about this!"
Loophole in his mental state … Mo Tiange's heart skipped a beat. She recalled that day sixteen years ago … But in the next moment, she shook her head and laughed at herself. How could she have such great charm?
It had nothing to do with her.
"It's nothing …" She said slowly, "Many people simply don't realize the existence of a loophole in their mental state before they encounter it.
Besides, Senior Martial Brother Shoujing hasn't even reached 200 years old yet, so what's there to be anxious about?
I've never heard of anyone forming their Nascent Soul before 200 years old in the history of the Celestial Pole. "
"That's true, but Martial Uncle Shoujing seems to be very anxious this time. It's been eight years since he last failed to form his Nascent Soul. During these eight years, he tried every means possible to find a lot of treasures. I heard he's going to enter Closed Door Meditation again now."
"So fast?"
Mo Tiange was dumbfounded. Although it was normal for people to fail to form their Nascent Soul, it was unusual for him to enter Closed Door Meditation so frequently.
As far as she knew, cultivators in the Celestial Pole who failed to form their Nascent Soul would only enter Closed Door Meditation again after more than ten years. If the time was too short, not only would the loophole in their mental state not disappear, but it would also become more serious.
The time it took Qin Xi to form his Nascent Soul three times was indeed a bit too short. This time, it took him eight years, and the last time, it was even shorter — only four years.
"You also think Martial Uncle Shoujing is too anxious, right?"
Luo Fengxue shook her head and sighed. "I asked my master, but he also didn't understand what was going on. Grandmaster also didn't say anything and just let him do whatever he wanted. I found it strange. Could it be that grandmaster isn't afraid of Martial Uncle Shoujing having problems forming his Nascent Soul?"
Forming one's Nascent Soul wasn't the same as forming one's Gold Core. The risk of forming one's Gold Core was relatively low. As long as there was someone guarding the core-formation process and they wouldn't be disturbed by others, generally speaking, there wouldn't be any danger. Even if they failed, they would just have to start all over again.
But forming one's Nascent Soul was different. If one failed in forming one's Nascent Soul, it was very likely that they would be lost in their Inner Demon. There was also a possibility that when their Gold Core shattered, they wouldn't be able to successfully form their Nascent Soul and their cultivation level would dissipate just like that.
In other words, if one failed in forming one's Nascent Soul, it was best to do it before one's Gold Core shattered. If one couldn't guide the spiritual aura contained in the shattered Gold Core back to their dantian after one's Gold Core shattered, their cultivation level might be crippled. Not only would they no longer have the opportunity to form their Nascent Soul, but they would also be inferior to Core Formation cultivators.
Mo Tiange also frowned when she thought up to this point. "Yes, this is too strange …"
After obtaining Mo Tiange's approval, Luo Fengxue said, "In fact, it's not that grandmaster isn't worried. Why doesn't he care …"
"I'm afraid he can't care even if he wants to," Mo Tiange said.
"Master always said he's too opinionated, so he can't be persuaded …" At this point, Mo Tiange was also puzzled. He wasn't an impulsive person; he always made plans before he acted. Why did he insist on doing this when everyone knew it wasn't feasible?
Could it be that he had no other choice?
After Luo Fengxue said something else, Mo Tiange once again became absent-minded. In the end, Luo Fengxue lost interest and wanted to leave.
Mo Tiange apologized to Luo Fengxue and didn't ask her to stay.
Her mind was indeed in a mess right now, so it wasn't the time to gossip.
Mo Tiange had just reached the peak stage of the Foundation Building realm, so she planned to relax for several years before entering Closed Door Meditation to form her Gold Core.
Three years later, Qin Xi's third attempt to form his Nascent Soul still ended in failure. Fortunately, he didn't lose himself in his Inner Demon, nor did he lose his cultivation because of his Gold Core.
However, this blow made him quiet down. Even when Mo Tiange entered Closed Door Meditation to form her Gold Core, she didn't hear any news about him. It was as if he never left his Immortal's Cave again.
Everyone said Qin Shoujing still had double spiritual roots. No matter how fast his cultivation level advanced before he formed his Nascent Soul, he wasn't a real genius.
They completely forgot what they said before. Qin Shoujing, with his double spiritual roots, managed to form his Gold Core at the age of seventy-eight. That alone was enough for him to be called a genius.
At the same time, Master Daoist Lingxi, Xuanqing School's single spiritual root cultivator, reached the peak stage of the Core Formation realm and entered Closed Door Meditation to form his Nascent Soul.
As a result, Li Lingxi, who had always been overshadowed by Qin Shoujing, started to be recognized as a genius.
The title of genius of Xuanqing School's new generation finally changed.
However, Mo Tiange didn't have the chance to hear about any of this. After Qin Xi failed to form his Nascent Soul, she once again closed her Immortal's Cave and set restrictions. Even Lord Daoist Jinghe was blocked outside the door as he entered the Virtual Sky World to try to form his Gold Core.