A year passed, but Lord Daoist Jinghe never left his Immortal's Cave. According to the maids, grandmaster didn't even make a sound this whole year; the Closed Door Meditation Room had always been quiet.
When Qin Xi and Mo Tiange heard this, they glanced at each other in astonishment.
It wasn't that he was surprised that his Master's injuries were so serious, but that he actually held himself back for so long without speaking. It was really not easy.
The two of them went to the Closed Door Meditation Room together. After Qin Xi made a set of hand seals, Lord Daoist Jinghe's voice rang out. "Xi 'er, Tiange, what's the matter?"
Before entering Closed Door Meditation this time, Lord Daoist Jinghe once said he wouldn't come out within ten years. It had only been a year now.
Qin Xi raised his voice and said, "Master, we have something we want to ask for your opinion on."
There was no more sound coming from the room. After a while, the stone door slowly opened.
After the two of them entered, the stone door closed.
When Mo Tiange saw Lord Daoist Jinghe sitting cross-legged, regulating his breath and healing his injuries, his complexion looked a lot better. At the very least, he no longer looked old.
She felt a little more at ease. From the looks of it, her master's injuries were much better.
"Master, how are your injuries?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe opened his eyes. When he saw them, he smiled and said, "Fortunately, you guys brought back those spiritual panaceas. Master's injuries are much better now. Moreover, maybe it'll be a blessing in disguise."
Mo Tiange and Qin Xi were bewildered. They glanced at each other and simultaneously thought of a possibility. They were both pleasantly surprised. "Master, you have a chance to make a realm-breakthrough?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe nodded. Although his appearance hadn't recovered yet, his expression was beaming with joy like before. "Not bad. In this one year of Closed Door Meditation to heal my injuries, I've already comprehended something. The late stage of the Nascent Soul realm isn't like before, where there was an insurmountable gap!"
This was a pleasant surprise.
Both Qin Xi and Mo Tiange were overjoyed. They said in unison, "Congratulations, Master."
Lord Daoist Jinghe waved his hand and restrained himself a little. "It's just a possibility. It'll take at least twenty to thirty years to heal my injuries, let alone make a realm-breakthrough." Right after he finished speaking, he asked them, "Since you came here, what do you want to ask?"
"Yes."
"Master, according to your suggestion, I entered Closed Door Meditation a year ago, while Tiange went out for a walk …"
Soon after, the two of them roughly recounted Mo Tiange's experiences in the past year.
After Lord Daoist Jinghe listened, he first probed Mo Tiange's cultivation level then praised her. "Not bad. Although you've just advanced to the middle stage, your spiritual aura is very stable.
The two of you dual cultivating is indeed a match made in heaven! "
"…" Speaking of Dual Cultivation, Mo Tiange was still a bit embarrassed, so she immediately changed the subject. "Master, give me some advice. What should we do now?"
"What should we do?" Lord Daoist Jinghe was flabbergasted. "What should we do is naturally up to you. Why are you asking me?"
"Master!" Mo Tiange's eyes widened. "We came to ask for your opinion!"
Lord Daoist Jinghe spread his hands and said, "My opinion is that you guys should do as you see fit."
"…" Mo Tiange and Qin Xi were both speechless.
After thinking for a while, Qin Xi said, "Master, I think it's too dangerous to let Tiange go to Yunzhong alone. What do you think?"
"Danger?"
Lord Daoist Jinghe's gaze lingered on Mo Tiange for a while before he finally looked at Qin Xi. "When you were in the middle stage of the Core Formation realm, did master ever stop you from doing what you wanted to do?"
"…" Qin Xi blushed and answered, "No."
In fact, after he formed his Gold Core, he rarely stayed in the sect except for Closed Door Meditation. He often went out for several years at a time …
But he felt it was different, so he emphasized, "But she's going to Yunzhong …"
Lord Daoist Jinghe curled his lips. "So what if it's Yunzhong?
Is it different from the Celestial Pole?
Are their high level cultivators all over the streets?
Or are Core Formation cultivators especially good at fighting? "
Qin Xi was completely speechless.
Mo Tiange asked happily, "Master, you don't object?"
Right after she finished talking about Qin Xi, Lord Daoist Jinghe turned around and glared at her. "You want to go to such a distant place? Have you prepared everything?
Have you arranged everything?
What about the plan? "
Mo Tiange was embarrassed by the three questions. She said, "Aren't I asking for your opinion?
If I'm sure I'll go, of course I'll arrange everything … "
"Hmph!" Lord Daoist Jinghe said rudely, "That's what you say, but the two of you are the same!
You've already made a decision, so why are you asking?
Don't you just want me to help you persuade someone? "
"…" Mo Tiange was also completely speechless.
"You came to disturb my Closed Door Meditation for this kind of thing? Are you bored?
Both of you, get out!
Just tell me if you want to go or not. How old are you … "
In Lord Daoist Jinghe's complaints, the two of them were kicked out of the Closed Door Meditation Room.
After they left the Closed Door Meditation Room, the stone door behind them shut them out. Qin Xi and Mo Tiange looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
They had no choice but to go back first.
They returned to their cave in silence, each with their own thoughts.
As soon as they opened the stone door, Ye Zhenji's cheerful voice came immediately. "Auntie, Master, you're back!"
Mo Tiange forced a smile, but when she looked up, she was stunned.
A Foundation Building female disciple was standing next to Ye Zhenji. She was dressed in Xuanqing School's robe, looking plain and gentle. Although she wasn't stunningly beautiful, she could still make people's eyes light up.
When the woman saw them, she bowed and said, "Grandmaster Shoujing, Martial Uncle Qingwei."
Mo Tiange recognized the voice as soon as she heard it. It was Shui Linbo.
Judging from her appearance, her injuries had healed?
"No need to be so polite," Qin Xi replied faintly, then he looked at Ye Zhenji. "Are you going to move back?"
Ye Zhenji looked at them and scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "Master …" Wasn't this a joke that he had been living with Linbo in Mingxin Residence?
Mo Tiange knew he was thin-skinned, so she glared at Qin Xi and said with a smile, "Linbo's injuries have healed?"
Upon hearing that, Shui Linbo stepped forward and saluted again. "Thank you for your kindness, Martial Uncle Qingwei. Thanks to you, disciple's injuries have healed a lot."
Mo Tiange nodded with a smile.
Shui Linbo's behavior was well-mannered, and she looked much more mature than Ye Zhenji.
"Auntie!" Ye Zhenji said with a smile, "You've been out for a long time. I haven't congratulated you on your realm-breakthrough!"
Mo Tiange smiled. "You've made progress in your cultivation recently, but you still have to work hard.
You've been in the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm for so long, so you should think of a way to advance to the late stage. "
"En, I know. I've been cultivating hard. Don't worry, Auntie."
After encouraging them with a few more words, Mo Tiange said, "Zhenji, your master and I have something to do. You can go ahead."
"… Oh, okay," Ye Zhenji answered, watched the two of them go back to the cultivation room, and closed the stone door.
Upon seeing them, Mo Tiange remembered to ask, "Has Shui Linbo's injuries healed?"
"More or less."
Qin Xi didn't care much. "I heard from Zhenji that Martial Nephew Han Ruo of Soul's Retreat Peak has excellent medical skills. I don't know what method he used to repair her dantian, but she's been feeling better these days and can come out and walk around."
Han Ruo was Kuang Zhu's Daoist name, but Mo Tiange felt that Kuang Zhu's real name was the most suitable for that senior martial brother.
Speaking of this, Qin Xi asked again, "What do you think about this Shui Linbo?"
Mo Tiange was stunned and asked, "What do I think?
Zhenji likes her, so what do you want me to think? "
"Don't you like her and want to take her as your disciple?"
"Oh, about that."
Mo Tiange remembered what she said. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Even if I want to take her as my disciple, it's not the right time to leave now.
Besides, if I take her as my disciple, it'll be like reaching the sky in a single bound for her. It might even affect her cultivation, so it's better to let her grow up first. "
"What you said makes sense." Qin Xi thought for a moment and agreed with her. "Seriously speaking, she's a talented person.
Since she's better, she often comes to help Zhenji manage the cave. I can see that she's steadier than Zhenji, but I don't trust her completely, so I can't entrust some things to her. "
Speaking of this, Mo Tiange said with a smile, "When I went to Linhai this time, I took the opportunity to inquire about her. What she said was true, and her background wasn't fake.
Of course, even if we want to cultivate her, I think we should take it slow. She's not a formal disciple of the sect. If she reaches the sky in a single bound, it'll be inconvenient for her to make friends with other disciples. "
"You're right."
Qin Xi agreed. "In that case, when she recovers, we'll let her choose another cave and put her in the register like ordinary disciples.
However, we can record her in the steward's hall and let her work here.
If she's really reliable and worth cultivating, we'll naturally accept her as a disciple.
That way, with her reminders from time to time, we won't have to worry about Zhenji. Moreover, we can also concentrate on our cultivation if we have a disciple to do things for us in the future. "
Mo Tiange thought about it and felt his idea was good, so she had no objection. "En, let's do that."
In Xuanqing School, after becoming a Core Formation cultivator, people rarely appeared in front of others, and all matters were handled by disciples.
There were very few people like Mo Tiange and Qin Xi. Ye Zhenji was Qin Xi's only disciple, so Mo Tiange didn't have time to accept him.
Now, the two of them should consider this matter. Otherwise, it would be very inconvenient to have no trusted disciples in the school.
After they finished talking about this, the two of them were silent for a while.
After a while, they opened their mouths at the same time. "I …" Seeing that Mo Tiange also wanted to say something, they shut their mouths.
The two of them looked at each other for a while. Mo Tiange coughed and said, "About that matter, do you agree?"
After going around in circles, they finally reached the point.
Qin Xi was silent for a while before he sighed. "I know. In fact, Master still spoke for you …"
"But Master also scolded me," Mo Tiange muttered.
"That's true, but …" Qin Xi smiled bitterly. "Alright, going to Yunzhong isn't a big deal. You're already a Core Formation cultivator, so you can deal with many things by yourself."
He recalled that after he formed his Gold Core, he dared to go to any dangerous place. It was also those experiences that made him grow up quickly. Thinking about it this way, it was good for Mo Tiange to travel more.
He didn't have any objection, but Mo Tiange actually felt embarrassed.
She thought for a while then said, "How about this? I'll leave the specific route to you. If I don't come back and you're worried, you can come to me …"
"En."
Qin Xi answered softly then said, "Don't forget Wanderer Ziwei's request. These days, the steward's hall has been helping you find clues. When there are clues, I'll accompany you to finish this matter."
"I'll remember."