Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 280 Ziyang Sect

In the vast and expansive continent of Qianyuan, near the 'Meteor Sea', there is an extremely prosperous sect of cultivators called 'Ziyang Sect'.

Ziyang Sect is a powerful sect that ranks among the top ten of the countless sects of cultivators on the Qianyuan Continent. The sect has nearly a thousand people with the strength of a Sixth Tribulation Loose Immortal or above, and the number of ordinary cultivators is in the millions.

Moreover, the current sect leader of the Ziyang Sect, True Person Mingxu, is an eleventh-level Loose Immortal, whose strength ranks among the top among countless cultivators in the entire Qianyuan Continent.

At this moment, outside a secluded and unique pavilion on Mount Taiyue, the foremost of the nine peaks of the Ziyang Sect, Master Mingxu was chatting casually with an elegant middle-aged man dressed in a black Taoist robe at a stone table.

However, Master Mingxu's mind was clearly not on the present. His gaze kept sweeping towards the exquisite pavilion, and his powerful spiritual sense had already covered it.

On the bed in the pavilion, a beautiful woman with a gentle appearance lay there. Her lower abdomen was swollen high, and her whole body was trembling slightly, clearly indicating that she had entered the final stage of childbirth.

"Sect Master, Mingyu Zhenren is at least a tenth-level Loose Immortal. It's just childbirth; nothing unexpected will happen. Why are you so nervous?"

Beside the stone table, the refined middle-aged man couldn't help but smile as he looked at Master Mingxu.

The Master Mingxu appeared to be around thirty years old, wearing a tall hat and wide belt, with a refined and elegant demeanor.

He listened to the refined middle-aged man's teasing, but wasn't angry. He simply shook his head and smiled.

"Hehe, concern makes you confused, concern makes you confused."

The refined-looking middle-aged man also nodded with a smile:

"Haha, that's understandable. The sect leader has been pursuing Mingyu Zhenren for tens of thousands of years, and now that he has finally achieved his goal, it's normal for him to be a little nervous with his little nephew about to be born."

"You idiot, what do you mean by 'persistent pursuit'? That's a matter of time!"

Master Mingxu glared at him and said irritably, "Xuanyu, I think you've really had nothing better to do lately. The people from the Three Mountains and Seas branch have just discovered a site that looks like a celestial abode. Why don't you go and take a look yourself?"

"Three Mountains and Seas?"

The refined middle-aged man shook his head decisively, "No, no. What good things could be found in that remote corner? The so-called 'immortal abode' is probably just an exaggeration by the disciples below. Immortal abodes aren't so easy to find."

"You, you, even I can't get you to do anything." Master Mingxu looked at him with a helpless tone. "Fine, I'll send Xuanyun on the mission. But don't think you can sit idle. The Dan Pavilion's mission for the next ten years will be doubled. If you fail to complete the mission, you'll have to go to the Dharma Hall to accept your punishment."

Upon hearing this, the refined middle-aged man immediately became anxious: "Double it? Sect Master, let's not even talk about whether the Pill Pavilion has enough manpower, where am I supposed to find all the spiritual materials and herbs needed to refine pills? You, you, you... this is clearly taking this opportunity to retaliate! All I did was say you were persistent and annoying, is it really necessary to get so angry!"

"If you keep talking, it'll double again."

Master Mingxu said leisurely.

"You, me, this is terrible!"

The refined middle-aged man's lips moved, but in the end he could only sigh helplessly and agree.

The two chatted casually outside the pavilion, and time flew by.

Soon, in Mingxu Zhenren's perception, Mingyu Zhenren's aura inside the pavilion began to fluctuate violently, clearly indicating that she had reached the final stage of childbirth.

"Is she about to give birth?"

The two couldn't help but look at each other.

"After what happened, my junior sister has been feeling guilty. I hope, I hope she won't be too sad later."

Master Mingxu silently thought to himself.

Just as he was anxiously waiting, something strange happened above Mount Taiyue!

"Tch~"

A very thin golden streak of light arrived from beyond the sky in an instant, completely ignoring the Ziyang Sect's multiple protective arrays, and instantly appeared above Mount Taiyue. Before Mingxu Zhenren and the elegant middle-aged man could react, it instantly disappeared into the pavilion next to them!

"not good!"

Master Mingxu's immortal energy surged wildly, his speed instantly soaring to its limit as he rushed directly into the pavilion.

To avoid suspicion, the refined middle-aged man did not enter directly, but instead quickly mobilized his immortal energy to cautiously guard the entrance of the pavilion.

"Junior sister, are you alright? Did anything happen just now?"

In the attic, Master Mingxu anxiously spoke to the beautiful woman on the bed.

Upon seeing him enter, the two maids serving him at the bedside hurriedly knelt down to greet him.

"Senior brother."

The woman on the bed looked somewhat weak at this moment.

In this world, the conception of life is the most mysterious and sacred thing. Even powerful cultivators who have achieved great success in their cultivation will inevitably experience a brief period of weakness when they go through pregnancy and childbirth.

Of course, given the powerful physique of cultivators, this weakness will last for a relatively short time, and generally there will be no life-threatening danger.

"Senior brother, I'm fine."

The woman spoke, her weak voice still revealing endless gentleness.

"Senior brother, come and sense it."

The woman pointed to her abdomen.

"Um?"

Master Mingxu frowned slightly, but a wisp of his divine sense directly probed the woman's lower abdomen.

With just a slight sense, Master Mingxu's face showed surprise.

"Junior sister, what, what is this?"

The gentle and refined Mingyu nodded.

"Just now, a golden light came from beyond the sky, and then I sensed that the fetal energy, which was about to fall into dormancy, slowly recovered. I suppose this must be a blessing from heaven for our child; even the heavens couldn't bear to let him leave us!"

"What?! It's...it's actually like this."

Master Mingxu was astonished.

He had heard of many stories of strange phenomena occurring when a baby was born, but he had never heard of anything so mysterious.

What outsiders don't know is that his wife, Mingyu Zhenren, was ambushed by her enemies during a recent trip.

Although Mingyu Zhenren managed to escape thanks to the desperate protection of several loyal guards, she was struck by a palm strike from the enemy.

The force of this palm strike penetrated her body. Although it did not cause her much harm, it severely damaged the two fetuses in her womb, and even caused the life force of the two fetuses to dissipate.

Later, the couple, Master Mingxu and Master Mingyu, tried all sorts of precious treasures and elixirs, but they were still unable to prevent the two fetuses from escaping their lives.

Finally, with no other choice, Master Mingxu used a secret method similar to that of a demon cultivator who devours parasites, extracting the life force of one fetus and transferring it to the other, thus stabilizing the life force of one of the fetuses.

However, the other fetus was already damaged and had a large amount of life force drained from it. Its own energy had weakened to the extreme, and its energy could hardly be sensed before birth.

However, at this very moment, Master Mingxu once again truly sensed that there were two extremely active life energies constantly fluctuating inside Master Mingyu's abdomen. Although the fluctuation of one of the energies was extremely weak, he still truly sensed it!

"Could this truly be a sign of Heaven's mercy upon Mingxu?"

(End of this chapter)