The white light from the Transporting Formation dissipated, and Mo Tiange looked around.
"Elder Ye, we meet again!" Wei Haolan stood in front of her with a smile.
Forty years had passed, but her cultivation level hadn't changed, and her appearance hadn't changed much either.
Wei Haolan was only about a hundred years old back then. Even if she couldn't make a realm-breakthrough in her lifetime, she still had more than two hundred years to live.
Judging from her current appearance, she seemed to be living a good life.
Mo Tiange also smiled. "Sect Head Wei, it's been many years since we last met. How have you been?"
"Thanks to Elder Ye's blessings, I've been very happy these years."
The two of them looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
Wei Haolan watched as the two of them walked out of the Transporting Formation. She looked at Tang Shen reproachfully. "Junior Martial Brother Tang, how could you be so careless?
You've been missing for so long; we almost thought you died. "
Tang Shen lowered his head and said apologetically, "Senior Martial Sister Sect Head, I'm sorry. I overestimated myself and didn't handle things well."
Wei Haolan didn't blame him anymore. She just said, "Since you're back and you've contacted Elder Ye, let's forget about this matter.
Junior Martial Brother Tang, you've worked hard these past dozen years. We'll talk about other things later. Go rest first. "
"Yes."
Tang Shen grunted in response. He then reached into his Qiankun Bag and took out the medicine. "Senior Martial Sister Sect Head, these are medicinal pills for core-formation that Elder Ye helped me buy. In addition, Elder Ye also helped me buy a high-grade breath-concealing technique. These spirit stones were paid for by her first."
Wei Haolan took them then thanked Mo Tiange with a smile. "Elder Ye, this time, it's all thanks to you."
Mo Tiange smiled and waved her hand. "Since I'm Bixuan Court's guest elder and I've accepted your offerings, I should do something for Bixuan Court when I need it."
Upon hearing what Wei Haolan said, Wei Haolan no longer thanked her. She said to Tang Shen gently, "Junior Martial Brother Tang, you don't need to worry. You're working for the school. Since you lost this batch of spirit stones, the school will take care of it for you. Rest assured."
Tang Shen felt slightly relieved. In order to buy medicinal pills for core-formation, he had brought a huge number of spirit stones with him this time. After losing these spirit stones, he felt very remorseful. Only after he heard Wei Haolan's consolation did he feel a bit better.
"Thank you, Senior Martial Sister Sect Head. I'll take my leave first.
"Yes."
As Wei Haolan and Mo Tiange watched Tang Shen leave through the tunnel with his head lowered, Wei Haolan and Mo Tiange looked at each other and smiled.
Wei Haolan made an inviting gesture then started walking together with Mo Tiange. As they walked, she said, "In fact, I originally didn't agree to let Junior Martial Brother Tang go, but Junior Martial Brother Tang always yearned to go to Kunwu. Seeing that he's become more and more mature in handling matters these past few years, I took the risk and let him go. I didn't expect something would still go wrong."
Mo Tiange smiled faintly and said, "This matter can't be blamed on him. It's just that the timing he went to Kunwu wasn't right."
"I know." Wei Haolan sighed. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have said nothing.
Junior Martial Brother Tang has been a lot more careful these past few years, but his constitution is still a disaster. If he goes out, it's hard to guarantee that he won't have an accident. "
Mo Tiange smiled faintly. "This problem can't be solved unless he forms his Gold Core one day and successfully cultivates the Breath-Concealing Technique."
"It's easier said than done!"
Wei Haolan rubbed the space between her eyebrows. "Junior Martial Brother Tang's cultivation has been going smoothly these past few years, but he's still a fine line away from the late stage of the Foundation Building realm. He's never been able to make a breakthrough."
"This kind of thing can't be rushed."
Mo Tiange comforted her. "Some people have an epiphany in one day, while some people stay where they are for dozens of years. Breaking through realms depends on personal experience."
Wei Haolan smiled. "Since Elder Ye has returned, I have to ask you to give me some advice."
Mo Tiange only smiled. "I can only give some advice about realm-breakthroughs. I can't give too many pointers. After all, everyone's situation is different."
"En, I understand what Elder Ye said."
After walking for a while, Wei Haolan suddenly turned to look at Mo Tiange and said with a smile, "Look at my memory. I actually forgot such an important thing.
Elder Ye, I still haven't congratulated you for advancing to the Core Formation realm. You're not even a hundred years old, but you're already a Core Formation cultivator. You can be considered a rare genius in a thousand years. "
Mo Tiange had heard a lot about geniuses in Kunwu. She smiled and shook her head. "Sect Head Wei, don't praise me. Not to mention rare geniuses in a thousand years, Xuanqing School alone has produced three cultivators who advanced to the Core Formation realm before a hundred years old. I really can't accept this."
"Oh, right."
Wei Haolan nodded, looking at her with endless envy. "It's really because Xuanqing School has produced geniuses one after another in the past several hundred years."
Mo Tiange just smiled, but she was actually very proud of herself.
Xuanqing School had indeed produced many outstanding cultivators in the past several hundred years. Other cultivation groups would be considered good if they had one or two in a thousand years.
Wei Haolan's gaze shifted, then she said, "This is only one of the reasons.
Not long ago, the manager of Mount Yuheng's guildhall reported that Elder Ye already performed Dual Cultivation, and your husband is Xuanqing School's new Nascent Soul cultivator, Lord Daoist Shoujing. I really have to congratulate Elder Ye. "
Mo Tiange smiled. "Thank you. Sect Head Wei's news is really fast."
Wei Haolan shook her head and said, "Elder Ye's Dual Cultivation was two years ago, but I only learned about it recently. Our Bixuan Court's guildhall in Kunwu is still not doing enough. This isn't a secret, so we should've reported it earlier."
What she said was related to Bixuan Court's specific affairs. Mo Tiange was only a nominal guest elder, so she just smiled and didn't say much.
The two of them quickly left through the tunnel and arrived at the conference hall.
Wei Haolan invited Mo Tiange to sit down then asked a disciple to serve tea. She then brought up another matter: "Elder Ye, although I asked Elder Ye to send Junior Martial Brother Tang back, there's no need for you to be transported here together. Presumably, Elder Ye doesn't lack spirit stones and is in a hurry to come and get them, right?"
Mo Tiange smiled. "In any case, I'm Bixuan Court's guest elder. We haven't seen each other for many years, so isn't it good for me to come and take a look?"
"Of course it's good to come and take a look, but my intuition has always been very accurate."
Faced with Wei Haolan's faint smile, Mo Tiange could only sigh. "Alright, I do have some matters …"
Wei Haolan then asked, "Do you need help with anything?"
"Not at the moment."
Mo Tiange pondered in her heart. This matter was still unclear, so she didn't want to talk about it in detail. After all, this matter was a bit difficult, and Bixuan Court didn't even have a Core Formation cultivator now.
Wei Haolan was a smart person, so she didn't pursue the matter. She just said, "If there's anything you need help with, Elder Ye, please don't hesitate to ask."
"Thank you."
Mo Tiange then asked about Bixuan Court's situation in the past several decades, and Wei Haolan answered her questions one by one.
Back then, after Bixuan Court was almost exterminated, an opportunity arrived.
The discovery of the spirit stone vein in the Eastern Sea and the change in the group's rules allowed Bixuan Court's strength to recover rapidly. In the past several decades, the number of Aura Refining and Foundation Building disciples they had already surpassed their original number. The only thing they lacked now were Core Formation cultivators.
Mo Tiange then asked, "Elder Tang's still in the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm. Are there already cultivators in the group who can advance to the Core Formation realm so quickly?"
Back then, Tang Shen was chosen as a temporary elder because his ability in fights of magical powers had greatly improved. In terms of cultivation level, the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm wasn't bad either.
Wei Haolan sighed. "How can it be that fast?
Right now, there's a senior martial sister and a senior martial brother in the group who've reached the late stage of the Foundation Building realm, but they haven't reached the peak stage yet. I'm just taking precautions. After all, core-formation medicinal pills aren't easy to find — they might not be found even after several decades. "
Mo Tiange nodded silently.
Back then, Shangguan Yunhao was a good example. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't find core-formation medicinal pills for so long and thus had no hope of advancing to the Core Formation realm, he wouldn't have entered a demonic barrier so easily and betrayed the group.
"This time, if it weren't for Elder Ye, we wouldn't have been able to get these core-formation medicinal pills, so I still have to express my gratitude to Elder Ye."
Mo Tiange smiled and waved her hand. "Sect Head Wei, I really can't accept your thanks over and over again."
Wei Haolan was startled, but she soon smiled again. "Alright, I won't say thank you words in the future. It's fine to just keep them in my heart."
After chatting for a while, Wei Haolan saw that Mo Tiange had nothing else to say, so she tactfully stopped talking and asked someone to take Mo Tiange to rest.
After leaving Bixuan Court's conference hall, Mo Tiange strolled around.
Traces of the destruction caused by Ren Yufeng back then had already disappeared. Those pavilions, terraces, and buildings had all been renovated, and the monastery gate had also been rebuilt and was constantly decorated with flowers and plants.
The female cultivators' skillful hands made Bixuan Court look even more beautiful and pleasant than those big cultivation groups in Kunwu.
Along the way, many Aura Refining disciples came and went; there were both male and female cultivators.
When they saw her, all of them widened their eyes in astonishment. This was because her clothes were different from theirs, but it was also because of her cultivation level.
A Core Formation cultivator! She's actually a Core Formation cultivator!
The Aura Refining disciple who led the way for her had a proud look on his face as he announced to these people, "This is our guest elder, Elder Ye."
Thus, along the way, countless disciples saluted her. "Greetings to Elder Ye."
Mo Tiange felt very helpless. She never liked this kind of ostentatious display. Fortunately, the place she wanted to go wasn't far, so she soon arrived at the VIP building.
Originally, Wei Haolan wanted to let her stay in the Dao-Achieving Pagoda, but Mo Tiange refused.
The Dao-Achieving Pagoda was, after all, the symbol of Bixuan Court, and she wasn't a real elder of Bixuan Court. She only returned to Linhai to look for the cultivation experience Mo Yaoqing left behind.
Just now, Wei Haolan already gave her the spirit stones needed to buy cultivation techniques and medicinal pills. She also gave her more than ten thousand spirit stones, saying she was a guest elder's sacrifice.
In fact, she obtained a lot from Bixuan Court, so she really didn't want to take advantage of them.
Mo Tiange stayed in the VIP building for several days.
During her stay, Wei Haolan invited her to meet Bixuan Court's Foundation Building cultivators. Although female cultivators were still dominant, Bixuan Court had quite a few Foundation Building male cultivators in recent years.
Seeing how young she was, the newly advanced Foundation Building cultivators were extremely astonished.
It wasn't easy for a Core Formation cultivator to come to Bixuan Court, so Mo Tiange had to pass on some cultivation experience to these Foundation Building cultivators. In addition, she also accepted Wei Haolan's invitation to teach several cultivators who had hopes of advancing to the Core Formation realm.
By the time everything was done, seven or eight days had already passed.
Mo Tiange wasn't in a hurry. Although Mo Yaoqing's Jade Slip recorded the route, she still had to slowly comprehend it.
She could take advantage of this time to ask Wei Haolan some things about the sea.
Although she was already in the Core Formation realm and her cultivation level was much higher than Wei Haolan's, she had no experience going to the sea except for that one time in the Northernmost Sea sixty years ago. Furthermore, that time wasn't accurate. The situation in the Northernmost Sea was very different from that in the Eastern Sea.
When Wei Haolan heard Mo Tiange wanted to go to the sea, she didn't ask much. She just told Mo Tiange in detail about the general things she had to pay attention to when going to the sea, as well as the relatively dangerous sea beasts in the vicinity.
However, because of her cultivation level, these things could only be used as references. After all, Wei Haolan also hadn't been to the deeper parts of the sea. Mo Yaoqing's Immortal's Cave, on the other hand, was in the depths of the Eastern Sea.
Several days passed. When Mo Tiange finished preparing everything, she finally set out.