Translator: CinderTL
Mu Yunxin glanced at the disheveled Song Wen and Lan Chen before bowing respectfully.
"Greetings, Ancestor. Greetings, Senior Yin Shuo."
"Yunxin, why have you co?" Lan Chen asked.
"Reporting to Ancestor, Alchemy Peak has successfully refined the Solidification Pill. I have co to inform you personally," Mu Yunxin replied.
Lan Chen’s eyes lit up, and she stood up.
"Truly?"
"How could I dare deceive you, Ancestor?" Mu Yunxin said.
"How many pills were successfully refined in total?" Lan Chen asked.
"Three," Mu Yunxin replied.
Seeing Lan Chen’s joyful expression, Song Wen couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Immortal Maiden, what is this Solidification Pill? Why have I never heard of it?"
"You may not have heard of the Solidification Pill, but you certainly know its other na. It’s also known as the Youth Preservation Pill," Lan Chen explained.
Song Wen’s interest imdiately waned.
The Youth Preservation Pill was rumored to preserve one’s youthful appearance, allowing one to maintain their current looks until death after taking the pill.
However, it only maintained one’s appearance and offered no improvent to one’s cultivation.
Yet, Lan Chen’s face radiated undisguised joy.
For her, Eternal Youth held allure second only to Divine Transformation.
"I obtained the Solidification Pill’s Pill Formula in an Ancient Secret Realm," Lan Chen explained, her voice brimming with pride and joy at successfully refining the pill. "The formula is incredibly ancient, and many of the Spirit Herbs it requires have long gone extinct. Our He Huan Sect’s many Pill Refiners spent years tirelessly experinting, finally finding substitutes for these rare herbs. However, even these substitutes are incredibly precious. It took the entire sect’s resources to gather just four sets of ingredients..."
After her lengthy explanation, Lan Chen’s initial excitent gradually subsided. She turned to Song Wen and said, "Yin Shuo, would you like to take a Solidification Pill? I can give you one."
Mu Yunxin’s eyes widened in surprise at these words, a hint of envy flickering within them. Having served Lan Chen for years, she knew firsthand the imnse effort and dedication Lan Chen had poured into refining the Solidification Pill. Now that she had finally succeeded, Lan Chen, who hadn’t even taken one herself, was offering one to Song Wen?
Mu Yunxin had always assud that Song Wen was no different from Lan Chen’s other companions. But now, it seed that wasn’t the case.
At that mont, Mu Yunxin suddenly rembered sothing.
Thirty years ago, after Song Wen and Lan Chen reunited at the Human Serpent Workshop in Pure Lake, Lan Chen had never grown close to another man.
A flicker of shock flashed in Mu Yunxin’s eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.
It was best not to pry into the Ancestor’s secrets.
Unlike Mu Yunxin’s surprise, Song Wen remained remarkably calm.
"Thank you for your kindness, Immortal Maiden. This item is of no use to . Please give it to soone else in your sect."
Seeing Song Wen’s lack of interest, Lan Chen didn’t press the matter and simply nodded lightly.
Song Wen turned to Mu Yunxin and asked, "Little Friend Mu, are you married?"
The hair bun atop Mu Yunxin’s head was a style worn only by married won.
"Yes, Senior Yin Shuo," Mu Yunxin replied. "I’ve been married for half a year."
Song Wen was imdiately intrigued. What brave soul had dared to marry a disciple of the He Huan Sect?
"May I ask who your husband is?" Song Wen inquired.
"My husband’s na is Fang Xingyan. You’ve t him before, Senior," Mu Yunxin thought.
The reminder instantly jogged Song Wen’s mory. Fang Xingyan was the young Foundation Establishnt cultivator they had encountered at the He Huan Heavenly Spring Courtyard years ago.
Song Wen waved his hand, and ten High-Grade Spirit Stones materialized in mid-air, flying toward Mu Yunxin.
"This is a small gift to celebrate your marriage, Little Friend Mu. I hope you’ll accept it."
Mu Yunxin was slightly taken aback, but then she accepted the Spirit Stones.
"Thank you, Senior."
"Ji Yin, do you have a fondness for ’married won’?" Lan Chen’s voice suddenly cut through the air. "If that’s truly your preference, I can lower myself to serve you alongside Yunxin."
Song Wen’s body stiffened, his expression one of utter bewildernt as he stared at Lan Chen.
He couldn’t understand why she would utter such a preposterous proposition.
Mu Yunxin was newly married, yet Lan Chen was suggesting they share a husband.
While Song Wen harbored a flicker of such desire himself, the idea was utterly absurd.
In Song Wen’s view, since Mu Yunxin had chosen to marry, she would surely abandon her previous libertine ways and live chastely. Otherwise, why would she have married at all?
However, when Song Wen glanced at Mu Yunxin out of the corner of his eye, his opinion instantly shifted.
He saw Mu Yunxin’s face flushed crimson, her expression a mix of shyness and coquettishness.
"The upper beam isn’t straight, so the lower beam is crooked!"
"Rituals and music have fallen into decay!"
These two thoughts flashed through Song Wen’s mind.
At that mont, the male cultivator nad Fang Xingyan in Song Wen’s mind had transford into a figure entirely covered in green.
Patting his old waist, Song Wen spoke.
"The Asura Sect has an urgent matter that requires my imdiate attention. Immortal Maiden Lan Chen, Little Friend Mu, I must take my leave."
With that, Song Wen turned and walked out.
Mu Yunxin looked slightly disappointed. "Farewell, Senior Yin Shuo."
Lan Chen, however, seed overjoyed, her eyes curving into crescent moons that sparkled with delight.
"Yin Shuo, rember to visit when you have ti. Don’t always make send people to find you."
Song Wen hurried toward Qingluo Mountain. As he passed through Wu Yuan Market, he noticed that the crimson banner he had planted on the stone mountain east of the market half a year ago had vanished.
"Did Xue i see the signal I left for her?"
A thought struck Song Wen. He changed direction and headed toward Tiancang Mountain.
More than half a year ago, Song Wen’s cultivation had reached the bottleneck of the early Nascent Soul stage.
The fact that he had advanced from initial Nascent Soul to the early Nascent Soul bottleneck in just over twenty years was entirely due to the potent effects of the Blood Demon Pill. Without it, his sixth-grade spiritual root would have required at least a century of arduous cultivation.
As for breaking through the early Nascent Soul bottleneck, Song Wen had never considered relying on arduous cultivation. With his aptitude, he had no idea how many years it would take to break through this bottleneck, or if he would even succeed before his lifespan ran out.
Song Wen arrived at the main hall of the Asura Sect and found Yu Wen. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Song Wen asked, "Chief Yu, has Xue i been to Tiancang Mountain recently?"
"Senior Xue i ca three days ago. She left this jade slip and instructed to deliver it personally to you, Sect Leader, before departing," Yu Wen said, handing Song Wen the jade slip.
Song Wen took the jade slip and found it sealed with a Restriction to prevent outsiders from prying.
After forcibly breaking the Restriction, Song Wen read the contents.
Ji Yin, my cultivation cave is at Heavenly Heart Lake. If you wish to engage in Dual Cultivation, co to Heavenly Heart Lake to find .
Song Wen frowned slightly.
Heavenly Heart Lake was located at the border between Yishi Ridge and the Nine Palaces Sect, not far from Jie Mountain. The Spiritual Qi there was far from abundant.
It was unexpected that Senior Xue i, a Nascent Soul cultivator, would choose such a remote location for her cultivation cave.
Of course, there was another possibility.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows.
This might simply be one of Xue i’s many cultivation caves.
Song Wen wasn’t concerned about Xue i’s cultivation cave itself. What puzzled him was why she would invite him to her cave for Dual Cultivation.
The last ti they worked together, to refine the Soul Breaking Demon Pill, Xue i hadn’t even used her own cultivation cave, choosing instead to refine it on Tiancang Mountain.
(End of the Chapter)
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