In the sky above Guifang City, several people were standing in the air where the fog lingered.
These people were all wearing monk robes and straw shoes. They were bald and scarred, holding Buddhist staffs and dressed like monks. However, the color and style of their kasayas were slightly different.
Among them, the one with the most exquisite kasaya and the strongest momentum was an old monk with white eyebrows and a white beard.
This old monk was sitting cross-legged on the lotus platform with his palms together and his eyes closed. He was surrounded by other monks with Buddhist beads hanging in front of his chest.
"Juexin, is it here?" the old monk asked.
When he asked, his eyes were still closed, his face was calm, and he didn't move at all.
A middle-aged monk standing next to him lowered his head and answered, "Yes, Master. I've investigated. The person we're looking for is here."
"En." The old monk nodded slightly. "Lead the way."
"Yes," the middle-aged monk answered respectfully.
Then he looked up and said to the others, "Junior Martial Brothers, let's go."
Under the guidance of this middle-aged monk, a group of people hid in the fog and quietly sneaked into Guifang City.
However, none of the cultivators in Guifang City noticed them. Even the city-protecting restriction didn't move.
At this moment, if there were high-level cultivators here, they would find that the old monk with a kind face was actually a cultivator in the late stage of Nascent Soul, and the disciples around him were all in the Core Formation realm.
Mo Tiange opened her eyes, looked at her hands, and was overjoyed.
With enough medicinal pills and three years of Closed Door Meditation, she finally advanced to the late stage of Core Formation realm smoothly!
This speed wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow either.
Before this, her cultivation level was high, but her mental state cultivation hadn't reached the realm where success would come naturally.
In the past three years, while she cultivated, she used all kinds of panaceas to help her stabilize her spiritual aura and calm her mind. Only in this way could she smoothly advance to the middle stage of Core Formation realm step by step.
For traditional Daoist cultivators like them, if their mental state wasn't strong enough, it would be much more difficult for them to advance.
Unfortunately, many Daoist cultivators didn't understand this. Although they knew they had to cultivate their mental state, they didn't pay much attention to it.
In this world, spiritual aura was scarce and cultivation was difficult, so many Daoist cultivators took the same path of cultivation as Devil Cultivators. They only pursued strength and didn't pay attention to mental state cultivation.
Once she sensed the abundance of spiritual aura in her body, she stretched her body then opened the cultivation room's restriction.
As soon as the door was opened, Feifei ran in.
"Ah, Master, you really did advance."
Feifei's cheerful voice made Mo Tiange instinctively feel like there was a conspiracy.
She asked warily, "What are you doing?"
Fei Fei blinked. "No, I'm just saying." After a while, it wagged its tail and said, "Master, it's been twenty-nine years."
Mo Tiange understood what it meant.
Twenty-nine years. It had been twenty-nine years since they discovered that the South Pole Island had sunk.
In other words, it had been more than forty years since she left the Celestial Pole. The remaining time was less than a hundred years.
Although she accepted Wanderer Ziwei's task together with Daoist Fangzheng, with Daoist Fangzheng's cultivation level and lifespan, the possibility of him completing the task within two hundred years was next to none, so she had to do it herself.
Even if she couldn't do it, she had to return to Ziwei's Immortal's Cave in the Celestial Pole. Otherwise, even if Wanderer Ziwei suddenly became kind and didn't want her to die, it would be useless.
"Twenty-nine years …" Mo Tiange sighed. Time was tight!
Since she hadn't taken care of the Virtual Sky World for three years, Mo Tiange spent some time tidying it up.
She first ordered the two stone sculpture puppets to tidy up the medicinal fields and then to repair the bamboo house.
As for the three spiritual beasts, they didn't need her care at all. Xiaohuo grew up here, so it was more familiar with the spiritual plants in the medicinal fields than she was.
As for Feifei and Xiaofan, they already had spiritual intelligence, so she didn't need to worry about them at all.
Afterwards, she left the Virtual Sky World.
As soon as she stepped out of her cultivation room, the door of Nie Wushang's cultivation room opened at the same time.
"Sure enough, you made a realm-breakthrough smoothly." Nie Wushang, who was sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, raised her head and smiled at her.
Mo Tiange looked at her with surprise. "You also made a realm-breakthrough!"
Nie Wushang was now in the late stage of the Core Formation realm. Her Primordial Devil Aura had converged a lot, but her power had become stronger.
Nie Wushang straightened her clothes, got off the bed and walked out of the cultivation room. The two of them sat down casually in the hall.
"When we first met, I was in the late stage of the Foundation Building realm and you were in the middle stage.
My cultivation level was higher than yours, and I'm older than you, so how could I fall behind you? "
Mo Tiange was stunned, then burst into laughter. "You actually remember this!"
In the cultivation world, it was very common for the younger to have a higher cultivation level than the older. Very few people would judge their cultivation level by age, unless they thought highly of themselves and were unwilling to admit defeat.
Mo Tiange didn't expect Nie Wushang to be so competitive.
"I always have to find some motivation for myself."
Nie Wushang said sternly, "By the way, since you've advanced to the late stage, what are you going to do next?
It doesn't matter to me now. It doesn't matter if I enter Closed Door Meditation here until I reach the Nascent Soul realm, but you don't seem to be able to, right? "
This was exactly what Mo Tiange was worried about. She thought for a while then said with a sigh, "What else can I do?
The turmoil in Yunzhong is almost over, so it shouldn't matter if I go out now.
That being the case, I'd better go find Ling Yunhe. On one hand, I can collect my debt, and on the other hand, I can ask him for information. "
Nie Wushang nodded. "That's a good idea." She then smiled. "Have you asked around?
Is Ling Yunhe still alive? "
"This …" Mo Tiange also didn't know.
In Guifang City, the news she heard were all mixed. Eastern Tang was, after all, a bit far away. Even if Jiuyan Sect was the number one sect in Yunzhong, devil cultivators didn't have much interest in its sect head.
However, Ling Yunhe shouldn't be that unlucky, right?
"No matter what, he's the sect head of Jiuyan Sect, and he's favored by the elders. He shouldn't have been sacrificed, right?"
"Probably."
Nie Wushang shrugged. She didn't care about Ling Yunhe. In any case, the debt he owed her wasn't very useful now. "When are you going to leave?"
"Probably …" Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt a chill on her back. She and Nie Wushang looked at the door at the same time, looking vigilant.
"There's someone," Nie Wushang said in a low voice.
Mo Tiange nodded lightly, stood up, and completely activated the restrictions around the cave. At the same time, she spread her divine sense.
"They're coming for us," she said.
It was very easy to distinguish this point. The cave they chose was very remote. Although there were other cultivators living in the surroundings, they laid restrictions and didn't receive any voice transmissions, so those cultivators were smart enough not to disturb them.
But now, there were several auras outside that were heading straight for their cave abode. Among them, there was one aura that was even more shocking!
"Nascent Soul cultivator …" Nie Wushang also sensed it, and her expression was a bit strange. "Why are there Nascent Soul cultivators?"
"Moreover, their auras are extremely strong. They don't seem to be ordinary people."
They lived with Nascent Soul cultivators all year round, so based on their experience, it was very easy to distinguish between the early stage and the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
This person's aura was definitely that of a late stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Moreover, his aura was deliberately restrained, and he was deliberately coming for them!
Now, they wouldn't believe it if they said they were being too sensitive.
As expected, those people finally stopped in front of their cave abode.
"Jue Xin," the old monk on the lotus throne called out with his eyes closed. He didn't move at all.
"Yes, Master," the middle-aged monk whose Buddhist name was Jue Xin answered respectfully. Without needing any instructions, he already stood out.
Jue Xin stood in front of the cave's stone door and said loudly, "Benefactors in the cave, we monks from Mount Baifu's Huayan Temple take the liberty to ask for an audience."
The monk's voice wasn't loud, but his breath was steady. His voice was like a heavy bell, entering the ears of the two people inside the cave.
After a while, there was still no movement. The monk spoke again, "Two benefactors, we are monks from Mount Baifu's Hua Yan Temple. We take the liberty to request an audience with you!" His tone was neither hurried nor slow, but there was a hint of grandeur in it.
A moment later, the cave's stone door was finally opened. Two women appeared in front of the monks.
One of them was black and the other was white, a Taoist and a Devil.
Mo Tiange stood half a step ahead of Nie Wushang. Her gaze swept over the monks in front of her and finally fell on the late stage Nascent Soul old monk. She saluted him and said, "Greetings to Senior Buddhist.
May I know why Masters have graced us with their presence? "
The late stage Nascent Soul old monk still had his eyes closed and didn't answer. Monk Jue Xin, who shouted just now, also didn't say anything. All the monks' gazes fell on the young monk standing on the side with his head lowered and his palms clasped together.
The tall young monk raised his head and his gaze fell on Mo Tiange. He took two steps forward and stood next to Monk Jue Xin.
Soon after, he cupped his hands and saluted Mo Tiange. "Benefactor, do you still remember this poor monk?"
Upon hearing what he said, Mo Tiange stared at the monk with a slight frown.
This monk didn't look different from the others. He was wearing the same monk's robe and straw shoes, had a respectful attitude, and was in the early stage of the Core Formation realm. Among this group of monks, he didn't stand out at all.
However, when Mo Tiange looked at him, she felt a sense of familiarity.
This feeling wasn't strong, which meant this person definitely wasn't someone she had a deep impression of. Maybe they only met once or twice, and it was a long time ago.
Seeing that she didn't answer, the monk said again, "Forty years ago, when I was still in the middle stage of the Foundation Building realm, I offended Benefactor in Sky Snow City. Benefactor, do you still remember?"
Forty years ago, Sky Snow City!
Mo Tiange hadn't seen many cultivators in Yunzhong, and Buddhist cultivators were even fewer. Upon hearing what he said, her eyes suddenly widened. "So it's you!"
Seeing that she recognized him, the monk smiled. His attitude was still calm. "I am.
It's been many years since we last met. Benefactor, how have you been? "
Mo Tiange took a deep breath then turned around and gave Nie Wushang a meaningful glance. Her meaning was: These people are coming for me.
She already remembered who this person was. Forty years ago, there were two Foundation Building cultivators who tried to rob her in Sky Snow City. One of them spoke rudely and was killed by her, while the other one had a good character, so she let him go.
It was from them that she obtained the Inescapable Net.
Thinking about the Inescapable Net, Mo Tiange already understood why these people were looking at her.
The Inescapable Net in her hands must be the sacred Buddhist relic left behind by Great Master Hui Yin. It wasn't an imitation — it was the real deal!
She didn't answer. Instead, she shifted her gaze to the old monk Yuanhou, whose eyes were still closed.
The old monk had a smile on his face and a kind countenance, but he didn't say anything.
"May I ask who you are, Great Masters?"
The middle-aged monk, Jue Xin, chanted the name of Buddha then said, "Benefactor, we're disciples of Mount Baifu's Huayan Temple. This is this poor monk's master and also our temple's Puji the Venerable. His Dharma name is Wuming.
This poor monk's Dharma name is Jue Xin, and these are my junior martial brothers. This is Jue Wu. "In the end, he deliberately pointed at the young monk who spoke to her before.
Mo Tiange nodded slightly. Although the other party didn't come with good intentions, his attitude was very polite, so she couldn't be rude. She cupped her hands and said, "I'm from the Outer Endless Sea. My surname is Qin and my given name is Wei.
This is my good friend, Tiancan.
Presumably, Great Masters' purpose in coming here has nothing to do with her, right? "