Five days later, Nie Wushang finally woke up.
As soon as she woke up, she saw Mo Tiange sitting next to her.
"Tiange!" Nie Wushang was relieved to see her. "I'm finally alive."
Mo Tiange saw that her face was still pale, so she asked with concern, "Are you okay?
How could you be so rash as to go to Lang Tu Mountain alone?
No matter how seriously injured Master Song Feng is, he's still a late stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Even my master might not be able to kill him. You're alone … "
Nie Wushang smiled and said, "I'm afraid I don't have time!
He doesn't have much lifespan left and his injuries are so serious. What if he dies before I act?
Besides, I'm fine, aren't I? "
"Fine?" Mo Tiange snorted. "You call this fine?
Even with miraculous pills, it'll take at least ten or twenty years for your injuries to heal! "
"It's only ten or twenty years."
Nie Wushang was very calm. "I'm not even 300 years old yet, so my lifespan is very long. What's the big deal if I only spend a few dozen years?"
"You're really …" Mo Tiange was speechless.
"Alright."
Seeing her unhappy expression, Nie Wushang smiled flatteringly and clasped her hands together. "I'm still alive, so don't argue with me about this.
By the way, don't you want to know how I defeated my master? "
She successfully aroused Mo Tiange's curiosity. "Why?"
Nie Wushang said slowly, "My master's cultivation level is profound and he's powerful. It's definitely impossible to defeat him head-on.
However, he has a weakness — he once practiced the wrong cultivation technique.
I remember you once told me that there was a person who looked very similar to my master after he cultivated.
In fact, my master didn't cultivate Primordial Devil Aura, but instead, he cultivated Death Aura. However, he was much smarter, so he discovered something was wrong and quickly comprehended the real cultivation technique.
But his body was already damaged, and the Death Aura invaded his primordial spirit. "
"So, with his current state, no matter how high his cultivation level was, he couldn't advance to the Deification realm?"
The Nascent Soul was formed by the fusion of the Golden Core and part of the Primordial Spirit's power. However, the Soul Formation stage required the Nascent Soul to go through thousands of tempering and merge with the Primordial Spirit and the body. No matter which part of the Nascent Soul, Primordial Spirit and body, nothing could go wrong.
For the corporeal body, even if it was damaged, it could be regenerated with the power of the Nascent Soul. However, if it was contaminated by impurities, it had to be removed. It was the same for the Nascent Soul. If it was contaminated by the Death Qi, it could never merge with the corporeal body and the Nascent Soul to advance to the Deity Transformation Stage.
"Exactly." Nie Wushang nodded. "You've also noticed, right?
Could he still be considered a human?
If it wasn't for his profound cultivation, he would've long been tortured into a corpse by the Death Qi. "
Mo Tiange recalled her behavior in Carefree Valley and suddenly understood. "Back then, you used devil crystals to absorb dead aura just to deal with your master?"
Nie Wushang nodded then sighed. "When I saw the magic crystal back then, I faintly felt that it would be a breakthrough.
My master is too powerful. Ordinary methods can't deal with him at all. Only the devil crystals can absorb one's essence energy and have a unique effect. They're a completely different type of method, making it impossible for him to defend against them. "
"Is it the Death Qi or the Essence Qi?
Why don't I understand? "
Mo Tiange was a bit confused. "Since he's plagued by the Death Qi, the Death Qi is his greatest enemy, isn't it?"
Nie Wushang shook her head. "The Death Qi is indeed his greatest enemy, but it's hard to see its effect in the short term. Besides, with his cultivation level, he can successfully suppress the Death Qi, so there's no way to take his life."
"Then you …"
"I used the devil crystals to absorb the Death Qi for two reasons. One was to use the Death Qi to destroy the Immortal's Cave's formation, and the other was to numb him.
My master has seen a lot of Death Qi, so he didn't take it seriously and neglected the real effect of the devil crystals.
His body was already weak, and his primordial spirit was trapped — he should've been a dead man long ago. This shows that his soul power is very weak, and he's only relying on his powerful cultivation level to support himself.
I used the devil crystals to absorb his essence energy and disperse his soul power. That way, I could've won without a fight! "
Mo Tiange thought about what she said over and over again. Eventually, she sighed and said, "You've really racked your brains to make such a good move."
Nie Wushang smiled bitterly. "If it wasn't because I couldn't defeat him, why would I have to do this?
I can only blame myself for being too weak. "
"Blame yourself for having too little time."
Mo Tiange shook her head and said, "With your qualifications, advancing to the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm is only a matter of time, and it's not impossible for you to advance to the Deification realm.
It's just that you're not sure he can wait until that moment. "
"Yes." Nie Wushang looked a bit absent-minded. "Master has lived for too long …"
The two of them looked at each other in silence. They only felt that time was passing. No matter how powerful a cultivator was, there would always be a moment when he or she would disappear, and the path to immortality was still far in the future.
After a long time, Mo Tiange said, "What's your next plan?"
Nie Wushang thought for a while then shook her head. "Nothing."
"…" Mo Tiange heaved a sigh. "How about … you stay here with me?"
Nie Wushang was stunned and hastily waved her hand. "I'm a devil cultivator, and Xuanqing School is a Dao School. This …"
"I'm not asking you to join Xuanqing School," Mo Tiange said with a smile. "In any case, I'm a Nascent Soul Lord Daoist now. It shouldn't be a problem for me to ask a friend to stay here for a long time, right?"
Nie Wushang thought about it carefully. There were only a few places she could go.
Yunzhong was in chaos. The current situation was confusing, and there were killings everywhere. Xiaoyang, this place was even more chaotic. Without strength, people could only be trampled on. In the Celestial Pole, she was Master Song Feng's disciple, so this matter wasn't difficult to investigate.
Originally, Lang Tu Mountain was secretive enough, but now it was exposed.
She was seriously injured and couldn't fight with others, so it was best for her to find a safe place to slowly recuperate. Thinking about it this way, Xuanqing School was really the best choice.
First of all, Xuanqing School was very powerful now. Whether it was in the Celestial Pole or Yunzhong, no one would come to Xuanqing School's encampment to cause trouble.
Second, Mo Tiange was her most trusted friend. She saved her from danger many times, so there was no one more trustworthy than her in this world.
Nie Wushang thought for a while. After confirming it, she agreed. "Okay, thank you."
Mo Tiange waved her hand. "There's no need to thank me between us."
She took out a jade talisman. "You can recuperate here. If you need anything, use this talisman to inform the supervising disciples here."
Nie Wushang took the jade talisman. "Then I won't be polite."
The two of them talked about their experiences in the past few years, as well as the problem of cultivating and recuperating before Mo Tiange left the stone room to let Nie Wushang rest.
* * *
Qin Xi's trip took two months before he returned.
As soon as he returned to his cave, Mo Tiange asked, "What took you so long? Do you have any clues?"
Qin Xi said, "Nowadays, wars are frequent. I didn't go at the right time, and there aren't many cultivators in Kunzhong City. Senior Martial Brother Zhenyang said there would be a large-scale trade fair in a month or so, so he told me to wait.
I thought Kunzhong City was a trade city, so there might be some people with special abilities who knew something, so I agreed.
In these two months, I collected some information. After Senior Martial Brothers and Sisters came back, they also gave us a lot of ideas. "
As he said that, he took out a small bag and poured out many Jade Slips. After a rough look, there were about thirty to fifty of them.
Mo Tiange was dumbfounded. "This is …"
Qin Xi smiled helplessly. "Not all of them are real clues. I wrote down all the similar ones." He picked out one of the Jade Slips and said, "This is what Master and the others concluded after discussing for us to refer to."
Mo Tiange looked at the Jade Slips one by one. After a long time, she finally finished reading them. She frowned slightly and said, "It takes time to experiment with these things. They can't be decided in a short time."
"En, so we're busy."
The two of them moved the things into the Virtual Sky World. Qin Xi asked, "Are you all right in these two months?
How's Nie Wushang? "
"She's recuperating, so I left her here."
Mo Tiange roughly described their conversation and said, "I think she's clear-headed, so she should be fine.
I also asked her, and she said the reason why Master Song Feng became like that was because he practiced that wrong cultivation technique.
Since Great Primordial Devil Technique was put together with the Five-Spirits Sacrifice Temple, it must be a cultivation technique that far surpasses the present world, so it's impossible for it to have this kind of shortcoming. As long as you comprehend it correctly, there won't be any problems. "
"That's good." He was just taking precautions. Since he left her here, he had to be on guard.
"Right, Jing Xingzhi is also in Kunzhong City. He told me something."
"Oh?"
Mo Tiange was very interested in Jing Xingzhi's current situation. "What did Venerable Swordsman Still Water say to you?"
Qin Xi saw that she really wanted to laugh, so he said helplessly, "Don't laugh at him. He's already very serious now."
"Very serious Jing Xingzhi." Mo Tiange nodded seriously then burst out laughing again. "It's so hard to imagine!"
When she was done laughing, Qin Xi said, "Jing Xingzhi told me he found clues about the Qilin."
"Huh?" Mo Tiange was surprised. "So fast?
What kind of clues? Where did he get them? "
Qin Xi sat down at the table, fiddled with the Jade Slip, and asked, "Do you still remember the Qilin the Spirit Beast Sect's founder's mount?"
"Of course I remember. Spirit Beast Sect uses the Qilin as their sect's emblem." All the cultivators in the Celestial Pole knew about this.
"Jing Xingzhi said he accidentally found records about the Spirit Beast Sect's founder's mount in the sect's library. On a whim, he looked for Hua Lingyun from Spirit Beast Sect and asked for some information."
Mo Tiange said with surprise, "How could they easily tell others about the founder's mount? Was Jing Xingzhi deceived?"
Qin Xi smiled faintly. "I don't think so. He paid a price that Hua Lingyun couldn't refuse."
"What was it?"
"The White Tiger's Breath in his hand," Qin Xi said, "He showed Hua Lingyun the White Tiger Sword and gave him some of the White Tiger's Breath."
Mo Tiange nodded thoughtfully. "For Spirit Beast Sect, this is really an irresistible temptation."
"Who said it wasn't?
Hua Lingyun told him the origin of the Qilin mount in detail on the spot then went back to Closed Door Meditation. "
Mo Tiange laughed then grabbed him and asked, "Does this Qilin have anything to do with the Qilin we're looking for?"
"Jing Xingzhi speculated that it should."
"Should?"
Qin Xi shook his head gently. "There's still too little information. Moreover, the world changed not long ago, so many descriptions can't be accurate anymore. We need more time to confirm."
Mo Tiange breathed a sigh of relief. "There's no hurry. Wushang still needs a long time to heal. Quickly tell me, where did the Spirit Beast Sect's Qilin come from?"
Qin Xi took a sip of tea then said neither too fast nor too slow, "In Yunzhong."
"Huh?" This location gave Mo Tiange a headache. "Do we have to go to Yunzhong?"