The skinny old man looked like a dead tree, but this middle-aged Fellow Daoist called him Daoist Kumu. The skinny old man, on the other hand, used a proper name — Tong Tianyun.
Hearing Qin Xi's words, Daoist Kumu smiled. "Fellow Daoist Shoujing is too modest.
What's so shameful about that?
People like us, who have been stuck in the Core Formation realm for hundreds of years without any progress and don't even have the chance to form our Nascent Souls, are so envious of you. "
Qin Xi smiled and said no more. He moved to the side and turned to look at Mo Tiange. "Fellow Daoists, this is the junior martial sister I mentioned. Her Daoist name is Qingwei."
Kumu and Tong Tianyun had long noticed Mo Tiange, but Qin Xi didn't say anything. They were also embarrassed to stare at a female cultivator, especially since she was wearing Xuanqing School's Daoist robe like Qin Xi, so they were obviously from the same sect. Now that Qin Xi introduced her, they finally looked at Mo Tiange.
Mo Tiange raised her hand and saluted them. "Greetings, Fellow Daoists."
Kumu and Tong Tianyun saw that she was gentle and quiet, so they also stood up and saluted back.
Right after they greeted each other, the bald fatty with a loud voice shouted, "Qin Shoujing, this is your junior martial sister?
I heard your master has an extraordinary disciple who formed her Gold Core before she was a hundred years old. Is she the one? "
Qin Xi wasn't polite to this bald fatty. He said coldly, "Who else could it be?
How could I have so many junior martial sisters? "
Before the bald fatty could answer, the woman Qin Xi called Madam Feng laughed first. "Old Lei, I told you long ago that the person he agreed to go with him must be someone close to him, but you didn't believe me. What do you think? I guessed right, didn't I?
Not only did he agree to go with us, but he also brought her in person! "
The bald fatty hugged his wine jar and said unhappily, "Hmph, you're good at calculating!"
He then raised his chin at Mo Tiange and said to Qin Xi, "None of the five of us are mediocre. Why did you bring a little girl who just formed her Gold Core?
Demonic Mountain is full of danger. What should we do if you implicate us? "
Qin Xi let out a "hmph" and cast a glance at Mo Tiange. He then turned towards the bald fatty and said somewhat arrogantly, "You can also be considered not a mediocre person?
If you're afraid of getting involved, I'll go with Fellow Daoist Kumu and Fellow Daoist Tong. Why do I need you?! "
"You …" It was an obvious mockery. The fat on the bald fatty's face twitched, and he was about to fly into a rage.
Qin Xi went on to say, "Although this junior martial sister of mine has just formed her Gold Core, she has a lot of treasures on her. Although her attacks are a bit inferior, self-defense isn't a problem.
Besides, I'll take care of her safety. You don't have to worry about it! "
Even if they had some friendship with Qin Shoujing, these people were cultivators who had been in the cultivation world for hundreds of years. How could they allow a cultivator who had no ability to drag them down to travel with them?
Now that they heard what he said, they all looked at Mo Tiange doubtfully.
They believed that Qin Shoujing wouldn't lie, but how powerful could a cultivator who had just reached the Core Formation realm be?
Under everyone's gazes, Mo Tiange showed a faint smile. "Fellow Daoists, is there anyone who wants to compare notes with me?"
Kumu and Tong Tianyun didn't react to what she said. The bald fatty hugged his wine jar and was about to speak, but the woman beat him to it.
The woman smiled before she spoke. She walked over and intimately held Mo Tiange's hand. "Little Sister …"
Before she could finish speaking and before her hand could touch Mo Tiange, Qin Xi flung his sleeve. A gust of wind blew, forcing her back several steps.
After being beaten back by Qin Xi again and again today, the woman was also annoyed. She frowned and put her hands on her hips, looking like a shrew in the marketplace. She didn't have any of her previous flirtatious attitude. "Qin Shoujing, you're so unreasonable!
I won't eat your junior martial sister! What do you mean by acting like this?! "
Qin Xi's expression didn't change. He looked at her hand and said, "If you talked to her nicely, I wouldn't have stopped you, but why did you smear poison on your hand?"
The woman didn't feel embarrassed even though she was exposed. Instead, she showed a bright smile. "It was your junior martial sister who said she wanted to compare notes with me. I just wanted to test whether she was vigilant or not. Is that still not okay?
You blocked it for her. What do you think about that? "
Qin Xi said calmly, "Even if you used poison on her, it'd be useless. You might as well save your strength."
"Huh?" The woman was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Her physique is special. Her meridians and dantian are different from those of ordinary people. Your tricks are useless against her."
Qin Xi looked at Mo Tiange and said, "Junior Martial Sister Qingwei, this is Poisonous Lady Du Fengjin. You can just call her Madam Feng.
As for this one, his name is Lei Dongqing. "
Poisonous Lady Du Fengjin?
Mo Tiange's heart skipped a beat.
She had heard a little about Poisonous Lady. She was an individual cultivator with extremely ruthless methods. Although the cultivation technique she practiced was Righteous Path, her methods were a bit evil. People who liked her called her Madam Feng, while people who didn't like her called her Poisonous Lady.
She really didn't expect this Senior Martial Brother Shoujing to be involved with such a person.
However, what Qin Xi said wasn't false.
A cultivator's body had an extremely strong resistance to poison. If a cultivator wanted to be poisoned, they had to start from her meridians and dantian. Mo Tiange wasn't afraid of this. After going through the Five-Spirits Cultivation Method, her meridians and dantian were extremely tough and hard to be injured. It was difficult for so-called poison to have any effect on her.
Mo Tiange raised her hand. "So it's Madam Feng and Fellow Daoist Lei. Nice to meet you." She obviously didn't show the same courtesy to these two people as she did to Kumu and Tong Tianyun.
Since these two people weren't polite enough to her, she also returned the courtesy.
At that moment, Tong Tianyun, who had been watching them with a smile on his face, stood up. The old man glanced at Madam Feng and Lei Dongqing then said to Mo Tiange with a smile, "When Fellow Daoist Qingwei came in just now, I sensed that Fellow Daoist's divine sense seemed to surpass cultivators in the same realm as you. How about letting me and Fellow Daoist Qingwei have a fight of divine sense?"
"Fellow Daoist Tong!" Both Madam Feng and Lei Dongqing were stunned for a moment before they blurted out.
The so-called fight of divine sense could only be used by cultivators whose divine sense had reached a certain level. Generally speaking, only those who had formed their Gold Core could have such a level of divine sense.
A sufficiently strong divine sense could simulate a cultivator's magic, and the simulated magic was directly related to the strength of the cultivator's fighting ability. Therefore, if cultivators didn't want to directly fight each other with their weapons, they could use their divine senses to simulate a fight of magical powers. This way, they could also compare who was stronger and who was weaker.
However, this kind of fight of magical powers could also cause damage to one's divine sense, especially to those with weak divine senses.
Mo Tiange saw that they seemed very surprised, so she guessed that this Tong Tianyun's divine sense might be very powerful.
She then raised her head to look at Qin Xi, only to see him secretly nodding, so she said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Tong, I've just formed my Gold Core, so I hope you won't go overboard."
Daoist Kumu clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Although Fellow Daoist Qingwei is young, you're very courageous. You're worthy of being Lord Daoist Jinghe's disciple!
That being the case, how about this old Daoist be the mediator? "
Qin Xi said, "Fellow Daoist Kumu's words are very good."
Tong Tianyun also said, "It's naturally good to have Fellow Daoist Kumu as the referee."
A so-called fight of divine sense didn't require a large space; even a small room like this one was fine. However, this was a restaurant after all. Not only were there many mortals, but even the cultivators here were mainly low-level cultivators.
It wasn't easy to see Core Formation cultivators here. Most of the Core Formation cultivators in Kunzhong City were probably in this room.
Mo Tiange originally thought they would change places, but unexpectedly, Daoist Kumu took out an upside-down glazed wine cup. His eyes were half-closed as he mumbled something. After a while, he shouted, "Go!" The wine cup suddenly shone brightly and enlarged, covering half of the room inside.
Mo Tiange looked up. Glazed was transparent, so the five of them could clearly see the outside from inside the wine cup.
Daoist Kumu said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Kumu, please, but you must be careful. Although my Heaven-Shrouding Cup is a magic weapon, it can't withstand a full blow from the two of you."
Tong Tianyun smiled while stroking his beard. "Fellow Daoist Kumu, you're too modest. Eighty years ago, if it weren't for your Heaven-Shrouding Cup, we might've died on Demonic Mountain."
Mo Tiange's heart skipped a beat. Did they also go to Demonic Mountain eighty years ago?
Before she could say anything, Tong Tianyun already said, "Fellow Daoist Qingwei, let's get started, shall we?"
Mo Tiange had to put aside the matter just now and nodded. "Alright, Fellow Daoist Tong, please."
The two of them stood in the middle, facing each other, and the other four people made way for them.
Tong Tianyun and Mo Tiange closed their eyes at the same time and circulated their aura to adjust their breaths.
As time passed, a gust of wind slowly flowed between them, rolling up their clothes and hair.
Then, this gust of wind became stronger and stronger, gradually enveloping the two of them until they couldn't see their figures clearly.
Upon seeing this scene, Lei Dongqing uttered an "Huh" and said with a bit of astonishment, "Qin Shoujing, your junior martial sister has just formed her Gold Core, but her divine sense can already transform into wind?"
Transforming divine sense into wind looked simple, but in fact, it wasn't easy.
Wind could only be generated when one's divine sense operated quickly. Who knew how many times their divine senses had exchanged blows for this scene in front of them to have such an effect?
Qin Xi said faintly, "I've already told you. Although she's just formed her Gold Core, protecting herself won't be a problem." Although he hadn't seen her all these years, his master had already told him about her matters.
At first glance, he knew the magic weapons in her hands weren't ordinary items. Moreover, the Soul-Refining Art was originally given to Senior Martial Brother Xuanyin by his master, so he naturally had confidence in her.
The wind in the field became stronger and stronger, causing everyone's sleeves to flutter in the wind.
Not only Mo Tiange and Tong Tianyun, but even the onlookers' expressions gradually turned solemn.
"Bang!"
All of a sudden, a loud sound came from the Heaven-Covering Cup. The people trapped inside the cup felt as if the wind was being cut by a knife. Each of them operated their spiritual aura shields to resist this strong wind.
Although each of them had their own unique skills, these two people were fighting with their divine senses, so they absolutely couldn't be disturbed, so they could only use their spiritual aura shields to resist.
After the first sound, the Heaven-Covering Cup continued to make loud noises one after another, each more violent than the last.
Ku Mu frowned. He looked very surprised as he stared in Mo Tiange's direction.
Since his Heaven-Covering Cup made such loud noises, their fight of divine senses was obviously quite fierce. He knew how powerful Tong Tianyun's divine sense was. This little girl had just formed her Gold Core and didn't look very strong, but she actually had such a strong divine sense?
All of a sudden, the inner wall of the Heaven-Covering Cup exploded like firecrackers. The gale around them suddenly stopped, and the two of them finally showed themselves.
When he looked up, he saw that Mo Tiange looked like she was in pain. Her eyes hadn't opened yet, but blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth.
"Tiange!"
Qin Xi frowned. He quickly stepped forward, pulled her hand, and pressed her meridians. After a while, he heaved a sigh of relief and let go.
On the opposite side, Tong Tianyun's expression also didn't look too good. He slowly opened his eyes and stared deeply at Mo Tiange.
After a while, Mo Tiange finally caught her breath. She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth then cupped her hands towards Tong Tianyun with a smile. "I admit defeat."
Tong Tianyun shook his head. "Fellow Daoist Qingwei, you don't need to be so modest. I've been stuck in the middle stage of the Core Formation realm for three hundred years. Although I've never been able to make a realm-breakthrough, there are very few cultivators in the same realm who can be my match.
Fellow Daoist, you've just formed your Gold Core, but your divine sense is already this powerful — it's already very rare. "
This fight was naturally won by Tong Tianyun, but Mo Tiange's loss wasn't too ugly.
Daoist Ku Mu's gaze shifted between the two of them. He then said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Qingwei, this fight isn't about winning. Since Fellow Daoist Tong said so, it means Fellow Daoist has enough ability to travel with us.
That being the case, the agreement between Fellow Daoist Shoujing is valid. From now on, Fellow Daoist is our companion. "