In the blink of an eye, another ten years had passed.
In these ten years, Mo Tiange traveled all over Yunzhong. Starting from the small town in the north, she visited all the towns and cities in Eastern Tang State that were just beginning to take shape. She then went to Nanzhou State and witnessed the peculiar phenomenon of Buddhism and Confucianism coexisting.
Finally, she went to the west and lived in the barbarian land for several years. She made friends with those barbarians and heard many strange legends.
During these ten years, she used the name Ye Xiaotian to make a name for herself. Most of the high-level cultivators in Eastern Tang and Nanzhou were friends with her. They all said she had a profound cultivation level, was straightforward, and was a person worth befriending.
Some people coveted her because she was young and had a lot of treasures, but they were all killed by her.
Ten years passed in a flash. She suddenly looked back and found that her gains from traveling in Yunzhong in these ten years were more than her gains from cultivating in the Virtual Sky World in several decades.
The more places she went, the more things she heard. Now, her understanding of Yunzhong was much deeper than many cultivators in Yunzhong.
Ten years of trials and tribulations and ten years of experience broadened her horizons and unexpectedly gave her a deeper understanding of Mo Yaoqing's cultivation experience.
Back then, Mo Yaoqing's cultivation level was completely destroyed. She hid in the secular world and wandered in Yunzhong. She suffered a lot and finally reached the Nascent Soul realm.
This experience gave her a lot of insights, which she wrote down in her cultivation notes.
Although Mo Tiange experienced a lot in the past, she didn't have as deep an understanding as Mo Yaoqing.
It wasn't until now, when she walked the path Mo Yaoqing once walked, saw the things Mo Yaoqing saw, and heard the legends Mo Yaoqing heard, that experience slowly integrated into her thoughts and became her own.
Mo Tiange was originally a person with excellent aptitude and a very stable mind. She also didn't lack panaceas. After integrating these experiences, even if she only cultivated step by step every day and didn't enter Closed Door Meditation, her cultivation level still progressed at a rapid pace.
During these ten years, her cultivation level in the late stage of the Core Formation realm not only stabilized, but also reached the peak of the late stage. She was only a step away from the peak stage of the Core Formation realm.
Having reached this realm, Mo Tiange was no longer in a hurry.
As long as nothing unexpected happened and she continued to cultivate steadily, it was inevitable for her to form her Nascent Soul before she was two hundred years old. At that time, she could rely on her tyrannical strength to cross the South Sea and return to the Celestial Pole.
In the past ten years, as expected, she didn't find a shortcut to return to the Celestial Pole. For this reason, she could only make plans. If there was still no hope at the last moment, she would cross the South Sea by force.
With this goal in mind, she spent the next few years inquiring about the South Sea.
The South Sea of the Celestial Pole was also known as the North Sea in Yunzhong, and very few people knew about it.
Although this sea wasn't as mysterious as the Sea of Returning Ruins, it was far more dangerous. Even the Core Formation cultivators who were on good terms with her didn't know much about it.
There were a few seniors who had seen the dangers of the sea, but when they mentioned it, they all shook their heads. They said that if one wasn't a Nascent Soul cultivator with profound cultivation, they would most likely not be able to return safely after entering the sea.
Mo Tiange didn't give up hope. After a few years, she didn't gain nothing.
For example, there was a kind of tree in Yunzhong called Ironheart Wood. This tree grew for a thousand years and turned into Black Ironheart Wood. This Black Ironheart Wood was extremely tough. Not only was it impervious to ordinary iron, but even spells couldn't harm it. If it was used as a boat, it could resist gales and huge waves.
After learning about this, she went deep into the land of the Western Continent and finally found a Black Ironheart Wood. She pondered about casting this wood into a boat.
In addition to her own affairs, the situation in Yunzhong changed in the past ten years was also quite interesting.
First, Mount Baifu seized the holy relic, the Inescapable Net, and its momentum rose greatly.
Second, Jiuyan Sect's holy relic, the Soul-Restraining Bead, began to be known by everyone.
Third, Nameless Bead appeared not long ago, which caused another competition.
So, together with the Heavenly Devil Tower from several decades ago, four out of the five holy relic appeared one after another.
Because of this, the news that the fifth holy relic was the Fusheng Sword was no longer a secret.
Several Core Formation cultivators who saw the Fusheng Sword were very annoyed. They actually watched the holy relic slip away in front of them.
Later, the news that the Fusheng Sword fell into the hands of a female cultivator from the Outer Endless Sea, Qin Wei, spread throughout Yunzhong.
This unknown cultivator from the Outer Endless Sea who came from afar suddenly became the most popular figure in Yunzhong. Many sects began to track down Qin Wei's whereabouts.
Among them, Jiuyan Sect, Huayan Temple, and Guifang City were the most eager — these three sects watched Qin Wei slip away right under their noses!
Unfortunately, this Qin Wei seemed to have disappeared in Yunzhong. No matter how they searched, they couldn't find any trace of her. Even Nascent Soul experts couldn't find her.
Therefore, some people said that this Qin Wei wasn't from Yunzhong. Perhaps she had already returned to the Outer Endless Sea?
Many people believed this news, but only the people of Jiuyan Sect were suspicious.
Because their sect master, Ling Yunhe, knew that the matter she entrusted to him was no small matter. Before she left, she should have come to ask for the reward.
However, they couldn't find her anywhere, so in the end, they could only believe her. The high level cultivators of Jiuyan Sect couldn't help but sigh. Although this Qin Wei was only a Core Formation female cultivator, her willpower and decisiveness were extraordinary. They were afraid that after she found out she had the Fusheng Sword, she immediately gave up the benefits she was about to obtain and ran far away.
Some of these things were known to Mo Tiange, but some were unknown to her.
What she knew was that she had already become a key figure that cultivators in Yunzhong couldn't find. However, after changing her appearance, she didn't plan to get involved.
Her Illusory Technique was very successful. Many Core Formation cultivators in Yunzhong recognized a late stage Core Formation cultivator called Ye Xiaotian, but they didn't know that this young scholar was Qin Wei, who stirred up a huge storm in Yunzhong.
What she didn't know was that her disappearance made the Nascent Soul big shots in Yunzhong so angry that they secretly gritted their teeth.
Four out of the five legendary holy relic had appeared in the past few decades. If they could gather all five, they could go to Returning Ruins Sea to explore it and maybe they could find the path to the Deification realm.
Unfortunately, this Qin Wei disappeared with the Fusheng Sword, causing their plan to completely fall through!
After all, the five holy relic had disappeared for almost a hundred thousand years before they reappeared in the world. If they missed this chance, they didn't know when they would get another one. At that time, no matter how high their cultivation levels were, they would become a pile of bones.
Just like that, Mo Tiange became a thorn in the eyes of the Nascent Soul cultivators in Yunzhong.
"Master Immortal!" A clear and melodious voice came from behind her.
Mo Tiange stopped and turned around. She saw a young girl wearing Western clothes running towards her. The silver bracelets on her wrist jingled, and every step she took was a musical note.
"Master Immortal!" The young girl stopped in front of her, raised her rosy cheeks, and looked at her. "Are you leaving already?"
Mo Tiange smiled and looked at the young girl in front of her. "Ayi, why did you come?"
The young girl lowered her head and grabbed her braid. After a while, she raised her head again and looked at Mo Tiange with her bright eyes. "Master Immortal, I'll go with you, okay?"
Mo Tiange was stunned. "You …"
"Master Immortal." The young girl's face was shy, but also determined. "I like you, so I want to go with you!"
"…" Mo Tiange smiled bitterly and couldn't help but touch her face.
This wasn't the first time she encountered this kind of situation. In the past ten years, she traveled to many places, and there were often women who confessed their feelings to her, which really made her not know whether to laugh or cry.
When she dressed up as a woman, although there were also men who had feelings for her, they never expressed their love to her. However, she used the Appearance-Changing Technique to disguise herself as a man, and from time to time, she would attract some peach blossoms.
This puzzled her no matter how she thought about it. Could it be that she was more suitable to be a man?
Or that she was too successful in disguising herself as a man, and her appearance was too handsome … But she definitely wouldn't transform into an old man.
"Ayi, I can't take you with me," she said. "You should go back. This is your home."
"Why?"
The Western Continent girl, Ayi, widened her eyes. "We Western Continent women will leave home when we have someone we like!"
"But I …" She paused and said gently and indifferently, "But I don't have any feelings for you, so I can't take you with me."
"Huh?"
Such a straightforward refusal stunned Ayi. After a while, she finally found her voice. "Master Immortal … You … don't like me at all?
Didn't you say I was very cute?
You also said you were happy with me … "
Mo Tiange was stunned. Did this make her misunderstand?
In other words, she lost her sense of propriety. In her heart, she still thought of herself as a woman, so when she said these words, she didn't think it would cause other people to misunderstand.
She sighed. "Cute and love are not the same.
Ayi, go back. We won't see each other again. "
After she finished speaking, she turned around, waved her sleeves, turned into a flight light, and rushed away.
"Master Immortal!" The young girl was very anxious. Her silver bracelets jingled as she hurriedly chased after her.
But how could a mortal's power resist an Immortal's technique?
Soon, she could no longer find that flight light. She couldn't help but squat on the ground and cry.
Mo Tiange's sleeves fluttered as she landed on a mountain. Listening to the young girl's crying, she couldn't help but sigh. She flicked her sleeves and sat down cross-legged.
This was the Western Continent, the most dangerous place in Yunzhong. It was barren and unruly, and resources were scarce.
Sitting on this mountain and looking around, all she could see were bare yellow stones. It was difficult to find any trace of green.
The people living here struggled against the heavens, the earth, and the beasts, surviving with difficulty.
Perhaps it was such a harsh environment that gave them tenacious faith. The people here were all brave and simple.
After a long time, the young girl's crying gradually stopped. She finally stood up and walked back silently.
Mo Tiange stared at her until her silhouette disappeared.
Although she couldn't accept it, such a persistent and passionate feeling made her burn.
Spring flowers fell, autumn wind blew, summer lotus bloomed, and winter sleeps.
Time didn't stop. Year after year, in the blink of an eye, fifty years had passed.
When she came to Yunzhong, she never thought she would not return for fifty years, nor did she think it would be difficult to find the way back.
When they were together, she always felt that between them, there was only this kind of ordinary but long lasting feeling. But at this time, because of this Western Continent girl, she suddenly realized that deep in her heart, there was also this kind of love.
This love wasn't strong, but it was mellow like wine. The longer it was stored in her heart, the deeper it became.
"It's time to go back," she whispered.
Her harvest in the past ten years had exceeded her expectations. Maybe she should find a place to enter Closed Door Meditation, advance to the peak stage, and enter the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop.
In this way, she could rely on her profound cultivation level to cross the South Sea.
She clenched her hands and made a decision.