I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

Chapter 113 The Everlasting Path of Immortality [Please Subscribe!]

A week later.

After leaving the Dark Moon Valley black market, Chen Qing's Azure Wind Boat silently rose into the night sky, heading towards Half Moon Lake in the west.

Inside the boat, Chen Qing sat cross-legged, his spiritual sense spreading out. While vigilantly observing the surrounding movements, he was also silently calculating his gains over the past few days.

Within seven days, he visited two different places.

—The Treasure Pavilion in Darkmoon Valley, and the black market in Xunyuan County of Wei Kingdom, which is under the jurisdiction of the Water Moon Immortal Sect next door.

They sold quite a few things.

Those demonic artifacts, pills, jade slips, along with the miscellaneous spiritual materials and ores obtained from the secret realm, and the monster corpses that Dan Yu and the others disliked, were all disposed of separately, and they dared not concentrate their efforts on one place.

It wasn't that Chen Qing was overly suspicious, but rather that the batch of goods was too conspicuous.

The eleven people's belongings, when piled together, were worth several thousand spirit stones. Although Manager Qin of Qibaozhai claimed to have an "outstanding reputation," which merchant who could operate in the black market for decades or even centuries didn't have some tricks up their sleeve?

Chen Qing didn't want to be the subject of people's thoughts.

After visiting two black markets, I finally obtained 3400 low-grade spirit stones.

After changing his appearance and cultivation level, he returned to Dark Moon Valley and bought the "Feather God Sword Talisman" and two "Soul-Splitting Nails" at the Treasure Pavilion.

The two items originally cost 2600 spirit stones, but Manager Qin was quite reasonable and rounded it down to 2500.

However, that "Feather God Sword Talisman Treasure" can only be used four times. It will be ruined if it is not nurtured by a Golden Core cultivator. Chen Qing regards it as his ultimate trump card and will never use it lightly unless absolutely necessary.

As for the two "Soul-Splitting Nails," they are weapons used by treacherous people.

With one in hand, one is virtually invincible in the Qi Refining stage; with two in hand, even the early Foundation Establishment stage can make him momentarily disoriented.

Chen Qing carefully stored the talisman and the Soul-Splitting Nail close to his body, then steered the Azure Wind Boat back. He then began to consider another matter: "There are more than 2,500 blue carp and more than 500 spirit sheep chickens at Half Moon Lake. The disciples from the dining hall will arrive in two days. With both items combined, I should get at least 2,000 spirit stones."

"After that, there's nothing left to worry about at Half Moon Lake. It's time to consider returning to Lingyun Sect and asking Meng Yuanbai to arrange a trip to Qinghe Lake."

"I wonder if my father, mother, brother, and sister are getting used to life in Qingzhou City."

Just as he was thinking this, the Qingfeng Boat had already flown over Half Moon Lake. Chen Qing was preparing to land when he suddenly frowned.

Two figures stood outside the Azure Water Ring Spirit Array.

A woman in her thirties, dressed in simple clothes, with delicate features and a hint of hardship in her eyes; a five or six-year-old boy, thin and small, was tugging at the woman's clothes, timidly looking around.

Chen Qing felt a chill run down his spine.

He recognized the woman.

Xu Gui's clansman, the only cultivator with spiritual roots in the Xu family of Qing Shi Gou, at the third level of Qi Refining, had met Xu Gui once before when they went to discuss exchanging spiritual land.

That boy—

A sudden sense of foreboding welled up in Chen Qing's heart, and he quickly pressed down on the Qingfeng Boat and landed.

Hearing the noise, the woman turned around and saw Chen Qing. A look of relief flashed in her eyes. She quickly pulled the boy forward and gave a graceful bow: "Xu Shi Yue Niang greets Fellow Daoist Chen."

She then bowed to the boy and said, "Xian'er, quickly greet Uncle Chen."

The boy bowed respectfully and said in a childish voice, "Xu Xian greets Uncle Chen."

Chen Qing nodded, offered a helping hand, and glanced at the two men before getting straight to the point: "Fellow Daoist Xu, what brings you here? Master Xu—"

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He stopped halfway through his sentence.

He saw a hint of sadness in the boy's eyes, and Xu Yueniang's eyes were already slightly red.

"My second uncle—" Xu Yueniang's voice choked with emotion, "passed away two days ago."

Chen Qing was jolted, as if struck by lightning.

went?

The old man who sat at the stone table on Spirit Beast Peak, holding a booklet and rambling on and on, the steward who kept complaining about his poor chicken-raising skills but never actually got angry, and Xu Gui who cleaved through the Tribulation Cultivator with a single sword and taught him his first lesson—all of that is gone.

Chen Qing remained silent for a long time before asking, "How did Master Xu... die?"

Xu Yueniang took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to her with both hands: "My second uncle passed away peacefully. This is the letter he left behind, instructing me to bring Xian'er to find you."

Chen Qing took the letter, her fingers stiffening slightly.

The envelope was addressed to Chen Qing in neat handwriting, which was indeed Xu Gui's handwriting.

He unfolded the letter and, by the moonlight, read it word by word.

[Chen Qing, it is as if we are meeting in person upon reading this letter.]

By the time you open this letter, I will have already passed away.

I entered the Lingyun Sect at the age of eight, thinking that I was blessed with immortality and that the Great Dao was within my reach; however, I was dull-witted and after eighty-five years of cultivation, I was still stuck at the sixth level of Qi Refining and would never be able to touch the gate of Foundation Establishment.

He lived to the age of ninety-three, but in the path of cultivating immortality, he accomplished nothing and had little to show for it.

Among the cultivators in the world, some are exceptionally talented, while others achieve great things late in life. The majority of the rest lead mediocre lives and are lost in the mortal world.

And you are the most extraordinary person among the younger generation I have ever seen.

When you entered the Beast Taming Peak to raise blue carp, I was disgusted with you at the time; raising fish was a tedious and laborious task, and I was afraid that it would hinder your cultivation of the Great Dao.

However, over the years, your mind remained calm and your cultivation improved daily; only now do we realize that you possess a Daoist heart and a profound understanding of the world.

I have a favor to ask of you, though I have no shame.

My grandson, Xu Xian, is only five years old and possesses four spiritual roots. I do not wish for him to roam the path of immortality in the future, but only that he can enter a sect to cultivate and not become a rogue cultivator, wasting his life.

I know your path is clear and open; you will surely build a foundation in the future.

If the opportunity arises, I hope you will lend a helping hand and help him obtain a discipleship, guiding him onto the path of immortality. I would be eternally grateful.

Having spent ninety-three years in this mortal realm, I possess no other special skills, except for a discerning eye for people and situations. The chaos in Yunzhou is imminent, so do not linger. The path to immortality is perilous, fraught with danger at every turn. Your calm and cautious nature is a good thing, but you must also act decisively.

Make a clean break when necessary, and retreat when necessary; don't let hesitation hold you back!

I have been stuck at the lower levels in this life, never having the chance to glimpse the realms of Golden Core and Nascent Soul, which is truly a lifelong regret.

I wish you would witness the magnificent scenery of the heavens on my behalf.

To see the summit of the sea of ​​clouds, the azure sky and the Milky Way; to peruse the ancient books of great masters, their unparalleled elegance; to travel through this vast world, with its myriad landscapes, to make up for the regrets of my unfulfilled life.

With this, my worldly ties are severed.

Chen Qing, may your path be smooth and your immortality everlasting.

After reading the last word, Chen Qing remained silent for a long time.

The moonlight shone on the letter paper, and the ink, still wet, reflected a faint glow, as if Xu Gui's eyes had also reddened when he wrote these words.

"Uncle Chen—" the boy Xu Xian called out timidly.

Chen Qing looked down at him. He was thin and small, with big, bright eyes, and he did resemble Xu Gui by about 70%.

Chen Qing sighed inwardly. Just as Xu Gui had said, he had been in the Lingyun Sect for eighty-five years and certainly knew more than just Chen Qing.

But since Xu Gui entrusted Xu Xian to him, there must have been a reason.

Xu Gui is ninety-three years old this year. His acquaintances from back then are also around the same age. Some have broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, while others are old and frail with low cultivation levels, unable to help. The gap between Foundation Establishment cultivators and Xu Gui, who is at the sixth level of Qi Refining, is too great, so they obviously don't have much of a relationship. Although there is Xiao Chunan, Xu Gui naturally knows Xiao Chunan's temperament, so it's better to entrust Xu Xian to Chen Qing for safety.

"Your name is Xu Xian?" Chen Qing squatted down and looked at the petite Xu Xian at eye level.

"Um.

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"Want to cultivate immortality?"

Xu Xian blinked and nodded vigorously: "Yes, cultivating immortality allows one to fly!"

Chen Qing smiled, reached out and patted his head, looked at Xu Yueniang, and said firmly, "Xu Xian will follow me from now on. Half Moon Lake is not a long-term place. I will take him to Qinghe Lake in Qingzhou. The spiritual veins there are close to the first-grade high-level, which is enough for this child to cultivate."

"After I reach Foundation Establishment, I'll bring him back to the sect."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yueniang's eyes reddened, and she bowed deeply, saying, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Xu Xian also bowed, the little girl imitating the adults' manner of bowing, which looked somewhat comical.

Chen Qing helped Xu Xian up and looked up at the bright moon in the night sky.

The cool moonlight shone on the clear waters of Half Moon Lake, on the swaying willow branches along the shore, and on this quiet, somewhat lonely night.

Mr. Xu, don't worry.

The scenery you didn't see, I'll see for you; the immortal path you didn't finish, Xu Xian will walk for you.