"Master!" Upon hearing Feifei's voice, Mo Tiange opened her eyes.
This was the fifth year since she escaped from City Lord Mei and hid inside the Virtual Sky World.
During these five years, she never went out. First, she spent one year to force the Primordial Devil Aura out of her hand. Then, she spent the next four years in Closed Door Meditation to recuperate and heal her injuries.
A Nascent Soul cultivator's attack was no small matter. Although she managed to escape, her injuries weren't light. After these five years, she still hadn't fully recovered. Based on her own estimation, it would take another four to five years.
Mo Tiange sighed. Seriously speaking, it was still because her foundation wasn't solid enough.
Back when she was in the Foundation Building realm, she took advantage of Zhong Muling's Five-Spirit Fruit and advanced from the early stage to the middle stage in one fell swoop, saving her more than ten years.
Later, for the sake of forming her Gold Core, she patiently slowed down her cultivation speed. This was both for the sake of her mental state and for the sake of her weak foundation. Because of this, she didn't encounter any difficulties when she formed her Gold Core.
Now, her problem was similar to that year.
She formed her Gold Core at the age of eighty-six and advanced to the middle stage in just thirteen years. This time, although it wasn't as exaggerated as when she was in the Foundation Building realm, she was still able to advance so quickly because she took advantage of Dual Cultivation.
A weak foundation was bound to bring about an unstable cultivation state. Even though she traveled all over the world for the sake of cultivating her mental state and came to Yunzhong, which was a vast ocean away, she still couldn't completely solve this problem.
Now, she was only 106 years old. Not only was she already in the middle stage of the Core Formation realm, but she even wasted several years recuperating. If this matter were to spread, it would really be shocking.
After she carefully considered her injuries this time, she felt it might not be a disaster.
After she was injured, she had to spend time recuperating and recuperating. Only in this way could she restore her cultivation level before she was injured. This way, she would have the opportunity to slowly lay a more solid foundation.
After all, her goal was to advance to the Nascent Soul realm and then advance to the Deification realm to become an immortal.
"Master, I'm calling you. Can't you hear me?" Feifei's delicate voice rang out, but its tone was very hateful.
Mo Tiange felt a bit helpless. Ever since Feifei awakened, she felt she had completely lost her dignity as a master. However, she also felt it was very boring to argue with a spiritual beast about this, so she just let it be.
"What do you want to say?" Mo Tiange asked.
Feifei raised its paw and pointed at the hut next door. "There seems to be some movement over there."
She was the one who tidied up that small hut for Nie Wushang to live in for the time being. Ever since Nie Wushang swallowed the Primordial Devil aura five years ago, there hadn't been any movements. Since Nie Wushang had to heal herself, she didn't pay much attention to it.
Feifei, on the other hand, often ran over to take a look with great interest. Therefore, Mo Tiange was relieved to let Feifei take care of Nie Wushang.
Although this little fellow's personality was a little hateful, it was extremely intelligent. There was no need to treat it as a spirit beast at all. There was basically nothing to worry about that was given to it.
There had been no change in the past five years, but now, there was actually a change?
For the time being, Mo Tiange stopped treating her injuries. She stood up and walked towards the small room.
Through the small room's window, Mo Tiange saw that the Primordial Devil aura surrounding Nie Wushang seemed to have mostly disappeared.
Her aura, on the other hand, was much more stable.
Apparently, Nie Wushang had already absorbed more than half of the Primordial Devil Aura in the past five years. At the very least, she wouldn't suffer from a backlash.
As for the movement mentioned by Feifei, she observed for a while and found that Nie Wushang's breath was heavy, seemingly showing signs of waking up.
Mo Tiange furrowed her brows.
"Master, do you want to throw her out?" Feifei suggested mischievously from the side.
Mo Tiange rolled her eyes at it.
In fact, whether it was Feifei, Xiaofan or Xiaohuo, none of them were very friendly to other people who invaded this area.
Back when Qin Xi was here, Xiaofan wasn't and Feifei hadn't awakened yet. But at that time, Feifei and Xiaohuo were already indifferent to Qin Xi.
This time, she brought Nie Wushang inside, so the attitude of these three spiritual beasts was even more obvious.
Xiaohuo completely ignored them, Xiaofan occasionally complained, and Feifei even said from time to time that it wanted to throw her out.
However, in any case, she was still their master, so they didn't dare to really do anything. Feifei had also always been taking good care of Nie Wushang.
"What else can we do?"
Feifei lightly jumped onto her back, put its hand on her shoulder, and looked inside through the window. "Who knows when she'll wake up? What should we do then?
This secret is no small matter! "
Mo Tiange reached out and flicked it off her shoulder. She said, "Get ready to go out."
"Huh?" Feifei was stunned. "Are we really going to throw her out?"
Mo Tiange stared at it with a faint smile. "Weren't you just persuading me to throw her out?
Why are you soft-hearted now? "
"I'm not soft-hearted." Feifei pursed its lips and said, "It's just that you're soft-hearted, Master. You definitely won't really throw her out."
"…" Having a spiritual beast that was too smart wasn't necessarily a good thing.
Mo Tiange shook her head and used her divine comprehension to call Xiaofan and Xiaohuo. "Both of you go into the spiritual beast bag. We're going out."
Xiaohuo couldn't speak, so it stared at her with puzzled eyes.
Xiaofan, on the other hand, shouted, "Master, what about your injury?"
Before Mo Tiange could answer, Feifei interrupted, "Master, you're not going out to fight. What does it matter?"
"But …" Feifei's attitude made Xiaofan very angry, but it didn't have Feifei's guts. In front of its master, it didn't dare to fight back.
"It's all right." Mo Tiange promptly said, "We're just going out to do something. It's been so long; there won't be any problems."
As she spoke, she pulled Xiaohuo over first and stuffed it into the spiritual beast bag. Xiaofan and Feifei did the same. Seeing her insistence, they could only obediently jump in.
Once everything was ready, Mo Tiange took out a pair of gloves from her Qiankun Bag and put them on.
These gloves were made from the natural silk brocade she left behind after refining the Heaven and Earth Fan. Apart from the hard-to-find Qiyun Stone and the thousand-year-old Chalcedony, she had spent a lot of money to buy the other materials, so she still had some left.
Since she couldn't touch Nie Wushang directly, she took out the natural silk brocade and made this pair of gloves.
As long as she put on the gloves and touched Nie Wushang, she wouldn't be eroded by her Primordial Devil aura.
Once everything was done, she opened the small house's restriction and pulled Nie Wushang out of the Virtual Sky World.
As soon as they left the Virtual Sky World, they felt a gust of cold wind.
Mo Tiange looked around. The surroundings were still foggy. She spread her divine sense, but she still didn't sense any cultivators' auras.
It had been five years, so City Lord Mei naturally wouldn't still be here waiting to hunt them down.
Besides, his plan had failed and he'd killed so many Core Formation cultivators with powerful backgrounds. Afterward, he'd definitely become the enemy of various forces. Those forces had many late stage Nascent Soul cultivators, so he probably couldn't protect himself.
Mo Tiange put away her thoughts and looked at Nie Wushang. After a moment of contemplation, she took out a black robe from her Qiankun Bag and firmly covered Nie Wushang.
This black robe was only ordinary clothing and couldn't hide her Primordial Devil aura. However, this way, she looked no different from a devil cultivator and wouldn't arouse other people's suspicion.
Soon after, Mo Tiange supported Nie Wushang and chose a direction opposite to Descending Star City.
When she entered the Bewildering Trace Fog, she didn't go too deep, so it only took her some time to leave.
This fog only made people lose their sense of direction; it didn't have any other disadvantages.
After flying north for about an hour, Mo Tiange finally saw a city between the mountains.
Beilin Country was mostly mountainous, so most of the devil areas were located in the mountain ranges.
The city under her feet was also filled with thick devil aura, which was a bit thicker than Descending Star City. It should also be a devil area.
Mo Tiange didn't hesitate and descended.
Although this devil area was close to Descending Star City, its scale was much larger than Descending Star City's. It shouldn't have anything to do with City Lord Mei, so she could rest assured.
Soon, she landed in front of the city's gate.
In general, all cities belonging to cultivators had a no-fly order, so it was better to walk into the city and abide by the rules.
This city was very tall. The city walls were made of an unknown material, but they were actually pitch-black. A flag with a ghost face was fluttering on top of the city wall.
At first glance, Mo Tiange felt this ghost face was very familiar. After carefully examining it, she remembered that she saw Yang Chengji's Ghost Face Banner several years ago. It looked exactly like this.
Could this be Guifang City?
Mo Tiange muttered in her heart then walked towards the devil cultivator guarding the city.
When the devil cultivator saw her and Nie Wushang, he didn't dare to neglect them and asked politely, "Seniors, are you here to travel or to visit a friend?"
Sure enough, this was Guifang City.
Mo Tiange's expression was as usual. She said faintly, "My friend is injured, so we're looking for a place to stay."
The devil cultivator had already noticed Nie Wushang. Judging from her momentum, she was obviously a powerful devil cultivator, but she was being supported by a Dao cultivator. He looked a bit strange. He originally wanted to ask again, but he didn't expect Mo Tiange to answer him.
Maybe it was because Mo Tiange's expression was too calm, or maybe it was because their cultivation levels were enough to intimidate him, but the Foundation Building devil cultivator only looked at them once before he moved aside. "According to the rules of our Guifang City, as long as you don't do anything harmful to Guifang City, any cultivator is free to come and go.
Seniors, please. "
Mo Tiange nodded at him then helped Nie Wushang into the city.
Since this was Guifang City, it should be safe.
They had met Yang Chengji once before, and their cooperation was quite pleasant. There were no conflicts between them.
Guifang City was one of the three great devil areas, so it shouldn't have anything to do with Descending Star City, so they didn't need to worry about City Lord Mei.
With this thought in mind, Mo Tiange casually stopped a devil cultivator passing by. "Excuse me —"
That devil cultivator had just entered the Aura Refining realm, so he was rather flattered to be stopped by a Core Formation cultivator. He stuttered, "This … Senior, what … orders … do you have?"
Mo Tiange calmly asked, "Do you know if there are any inns in the city that rent Immortal's Caves?"
Upon hearing this question, the devil cultivator calmed down a bit. He bowed and answered, "Senior, I don't know if other inns can rent Immortal's Caves, but the biggest inn in our Guifang City definitely can."
"Oh?
Where's that inn? "
The devil cultivator pointed at the other end of the street. "What a coincidence! That inn is nearby. Senior, please look. If you go this way, you'll see the tallest one. It's called Immortal Devil Residence."
Mo Tiange nodded. She casually took out a spirit stone and tossed it to him. "Thank you."
The devil cultivator was delighted to receive the spirit stone. "Thank you, Senior!"
Although devil cultivators like them couldn't use spirit stones directly, they could use them as money. A spirit stone was very precious to a cultivator who had just entered the Aura Refining realm like him!
After putting away the spirit stone, the devil cultivator raised his head, only to see Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang's figures had already disappeared from the street. He couldn't help but reveal an envious expression. "When can I have such a high cultivation level …"