Among the three spiritual beasts, Xiaohuo and Xiaofan were in the fifth rank, while Feifei was in the fourth rank.
Xiaohuo was good at fire techniques and possessed Sun Real Fire, which was very powerful. Xiaofan was good at water techniques and grew up in the harsh environment of the sea, so it had a stronger combat power.
Although Feifei wasn't strong, it had a special ability to calm people.
These three spiritual beasts improved Mo Tiange's strength a lot.
She dared to say that there weren't many Core Formation cultivators in Kunwu who had two fifth rank spiritual beasts like her.
Spiritual beasts were very difficult to raise. Although there were many cultivators in Kunwu who raised spiritual beasts, they basically couldn't keep up with their cultivation levels.
After all, corresponding to their long lifespans, spiritual beasts' cultivation speed was also very slow. Without enough medicinal pills for them to eat, they couldn't keep up with cultivators' cultivation levels at all if they cultivated by themselves.
If there were medicinal pills, which cultivator didn't give them to themselves first?
Even Lord Daoist Jinghe and Qin Xi couldn't.
Lord Daoist Jinghe had a spiritual beast institute, but the highest spiritual beast in it was only in the seventh rank and hadn't reached the eighth rank yet.
Qin Xi raised a Chongming Bird, which was only in the fifth rank. Because it couldn't keep up with his cultivation level, he usually didn't take it with him.
As far as Mo Tiange knew, only Spiritual Beast Sect, one of the seven great cultivation groups in the Celestial Pole, had spiritual beasts that weren't inferior to cultivators.
However, their cultivation technique was special, so they had to start raising spiritual beasts with spiritual beast eggs. Spiritual beast eggs were rare treasures, and each person only had one. Therefore, under normal circumstances, there would only be one spiritual beast that truly recognized its master.
But Mo Tiange, who had just broken through to the middle stage of the Core Formation realm, already had two fifth rank spiritual beasts. In other words, her fighting strength was equivalent to that of two people.
Mo Tiange pondered in her heart for a moment before a smile appeared on her face.
With these two fifth rank demonic beasts, even if she was alone now, she shouldn't be in too much danger.
With that thought, she called Xiaofan with her divine comprehension.
Xiaofan quickly flew into the bamboo house, still dripping water. It was very happy in the creek outside the house. Although it had no companions, the spiritual aura in the creek was very rich, so it cultivated very quickly. Moreover, there were countless spiritual herbs waiting for it to eat.
"Master, you called me?"
Seeing Xiaofan's sharp teeth and hearing its crisp voice, Mo Tiange couldn't help but smile. "Are your injuries healed?"
"Yes."
Yifan wiped her dripping body with her fins. Instead of landing, she floated in the air.
He was a sea beast. Landing on the ground was far less comfortable than floating in the air.
"Then, tell me the secret that your grandfather told you."
"Alright."
Lil Fan also had a Spirit Beast contract, so he was much more obedient than Xiaohuo and Feifei. Usually, he was either cultivating in the stream or drooling while looking at those Spirit Grasses. Occasionally, he would communicate with Xiaohuo and Feifei.
Aside from that, no matter what Mo Tiange said, she always complied without any objections, unlike Feifei and Xiaohuo, who occasionally came to disturb her.
"Grandpa said that in about a month's flight to the south of this small island, there will be a large island.
There's a volcano on that big island, and the inside of the volcano is empty. You can reach a very, very deep place along the volcano. Then you can go underground and walk to the end, and you can get out from a hot spring. That's Yunzhong's South Pole Island. "
"Your grandfather didn't tell you the exact location?"
Mo Tiange frowned. The sea was so big, and flying in a certain direction was bound to have some deviations. It wouldn't be easy to find this large island.
She regretted asking the Old Sea Dragon to lead the way.
"Master, don't worry."
Sensing her mood, Yifan proudly raised his head. "We sea beasts have our own way of finding the way in the sea. Grandpa told me, so I can take you there."
"Oh?" Hearing Yifan's words, Mo Tiange relaxed her brows. "That's good."
After a pause, she asked, "Is that road safe?
Are there demonic beasts or dangers? "
"Grandpa said that this road was accidentally discovered by my master. It's very dark inside, but there's no danger."
Mo Tiange nodded and patted Yifan's head. "Go back and continue your cultivation. I'll call you when I need you."
"Yes," Yifan answered obediently, wagged his tail, and flew back to the stream.
Mo Tiange sat cross-legged on the rush cushion, lost in thought.
If she was asked if she wanted to go to Yunzhong, the answer would be yes.
Through Mo Yaoqing's records, she knew that Yunzhong was such a prosperous cultivation world, so how could she not yearn for it?
Her talent was already high enough. Spirit stones, offerings from the elders of Xuanqing School and Bixuan Court, plus the harvest from the trip to Demonic Mountain, she had an amazing amount of spirit stones. Medicinal pills, at least before she reached the Nascent Soul realm, and it wasn't like she didn't have medicinal pills after that.
Apart from that, what else did she not have?
That was experience, a wealth of experience, and a broad horizon.
She wanted to see what other continents were like.
She wanted to know if Confucian and Buddhist cultivators were the same as Dao cultivators like them.
She also wanted to know everything Mo Yaoqing had faced.
She couldn't suppress this desire because she knew that this was what she lacked the most on her path of cultivation.
However, leaving the Celestial Pole to go to Yunzhong wasn't a simple matter, even if she knew the exact safe route.
First, it was too far, and second, it would take too long. Both were prone to accidents.
She even considered going to Yunzhong after returning to Xuanqing School and waiting for Qin Xi to come out of his Closed Door Meditation. However, this would take at least ten or twenty years.
Ten or twenty years wasn't a long time for Nascent Soul cultivators and even Core Formation cultivators, but if she wanted to catch up with Qin Xi, she had to make good use of her time.
She had just advanced, so she needed to travel to strengthen her mental state before she could continue her Closed Door Meditation. It was definitely unwise to enter Closed Door Meditation now.
After thinking for a while, Mo Tiange finally decided that she would go to Yunzhong now, alone!
Of course, before that, she still had to arrange a lot of things.
After all, going to such a far place like Yunzhong would take about a year on the road, and it might take more than ten years to finish the trip. During this time, Qin Xi and Lord Daoist Jinghe would both be in Closed Door Meditation, so to avoid accidents, she had to leave some spiritual plants for them.
After making her decision, Mo Tiange quickly put it into action.
First, she planned to return to Linhai.
Although it took several months to find this place, it only took one month to return.
Because those months were spent searching, she often went the wrong way, but this time, she had the exact route.
After returning to Linhai, Mo Tiange rested for a while then went back to Kunwu through Bixuan Court's Transporting Formation.
She then traveled day and night back to Xuanqing School.
When she finally returned to Xuanqing School, the first thing she did was to see Qin Xi.
Although he was in Closed Door Meditation, Qin Xi only wanted to stabilize his realm this time, so he didn't need to pay too much attention to it. Mo Tiange only touched the restrictions outside, so he stopped cultivating and opened the door of the Closed Door Meditation Room.
"Why did it take you so long to come back?" Qin Xi smiled when he saw her.
Mo Tiange walked towards him, and the two of them naturally hugged.
"It feels like a long time," she said with a sigh, "although it hasn't even been a year."
Qin Xi also felt this way, so he didn't say anything and just hugged her even tighter.
After a while, the two of them had enough hugging and separated slightly.
Qin Xi asked with a smile, "You advanced to the middle stage. It seems your trip was very fruitful. Where did you go?"
Mo Tiange leaned against him, laid down, and leaned her head on his lap. She then tilted her head to look at him. "Guess."
"That I can't guess."
Qin Xi fiddled with her hair, his gaze gentle. "But seeing you so happy, it must be a good thing, right?"
"Of course." Mo Tiange smiled proudly and no longer hid anything. She told him in detail about her experiences in the past year.
Qin Xi listened very carefully. When Mo Tiange said there was a passage between the Celestial Pole and Yunzhong, his pupils shrank and he said keenly, "Yunzhong … You want to go to Yunzhong?"
The two of them had similar characters and lived together for more than ten years, so they had a tacit understanding. Mo Tiange wasn't surprised that he guessed her intentions at all.
She nodded. "Yes, I want to go to Yunzhong.
The cultivators in the Celestial Pole are all trapped on the spirit vein in Kunwu, so I want to go to Yunzhong to see the wider world. "
"…" Qin Xi didn't say anything, but his expression was very solemn.
Mo Tiange's expression also became serious. She straightened up and asked, "What's wrong? Is it inappropriate?"
"No." Qin Xi breathed a sigh of relief, held her in his arms, and said with a sigh, "It's just that I can't go with you right now." He just advanced to the Nascent Soul realm, so stabilizing his realm was the most important thing.
"I know." Mo Tiange paused for a moment but still said, "So I decided to go alone."
The hand holding her froze. After a while, Qin Xi let go of her and looked straight into her eyes. "Are you sure?"
"En."
Mo Tiange nodded. "I'm not a troublemaker. You know this. My current strength is enough to protect myself. There won't be a problem for me to go to Yunzhong alone."
Qin Xi frowned and didn't say anything for a long time.
This matter was too important. Although he had slowly accepted Mo Tiange's idea and was willing to let her travel alone, going to Yunzhong was still too dangerous!
Mo Tiange also didn't say anything.
It wasn't that she didn't know what Qin Xi was thinking, but she had to take Qin Xi's opinion into consideration for such an important matter.
"Is there a way to compromise?"
After a long time, Qin Xi said, "I won't stop you if you want to go to Yunzhong, but I won't feel at ease letting you go alone like this.
It's too far, and if something happens, I won't be able to save you in time. "
Mo Tiange thought for a while and said hesitantly, "How about I draw a map for you and you come out of Closed Door Meditation to find me?"
"…" Qin Xi didn't say anything. Mo Tiange scratched her head, feeling a bit distressed. "You can't come out of Closed Door Meditation now, and I can't wait … Do you still not trust me to protect myself?"
Qin Xi's gaze softened. He looked at her and said gently, "It's not that I don't trust you, but I'm too worried.
I know you can protect yourself, but in any case, I'll be worried if you're not by my side. "
"…" This time, Mo Tiange didn't say anything. She was very touched.
After a while, she said, "How about I ask master?"
Qin Xi thought about it and nodded. "That's fine. Master should give us good advice."