Nonsense! Master is not my wife.

She pinched the magic formula and silently chanted the method to clear her mind and calm her nerves. Soon she felt clear-headed and the remaining drunkenness was gone.

"Yes, my uncle was worried that I drank too much at the banquet last night, so he took me back to Aoxue Palace."

At this time, Zhu Yingqiu finally recalled some fragments of memory: "I remember that I suggested to my uncle-master that we walk back, and then I fell on the road. My uncle-master asked me to lie on his back and carry me. Afterwards, we seemed to talk a lot..."

Zhu Yingqiu forgot for a moment what she had talked about with her uncle last night. She only remembered that she fell asleep on her uncle's back while talking. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself lying in the bedroom of Aoxue Palace.

"After sending me to Aoxue Palace, did Master Uncle go back?"

When Zhu Yingqiu thought of this, he felt a sense of inexplicable loss in his heart for some reason.

Just then, she suddenly caught sight of a bowl of porridge on the table next to the bed.

"This is... left by my uncle?"

Zhu Yingqiu's eyes, which had been gradually dimming, suddenly brightened up again. She reached out and brought the bowl of porridge to her. She could see wisps of hot steam rising:

"It's still warm. Did the uncle just leave?"

Zhu Yingqiu got up from the bed, walked quickly to the window, pulled the curtains with one hand, and suddenly sunlight filled the entire bedroom.

Zhu Yingqiu looked out the window. From the angle of the window, he could clearly see the road leading to Aoxue Palace.

But to Zhu Yingqiu's disappointment, she did not see Yin You.

As if sensing the movement in the bedroom, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a beautiful woman in a long dress walked in and bowed slightly to Zhu Yingqiu:

"Market Master."

Seeing this person, Zhu Yingqiu quickly asked: "Xuanzhi, have you seen Uncle Yin just now?"

Xuan Zhi nodded slightly upon hearing this: "I have seen it."

Zhu Yingqiu's eyes lit up with joy: "When did Uncle Yin come here? And when did he leave?"

Xuan Zhi answered them one by one: "Master Yin did not leave after carrying the Lord back to Aoxue Palace last night. Instead, he sat in the Lord's bedroom all night and only went to the kitchen to make a pot of porridge this morning. Just now, Master Yin seemed to have received some news and left Aoxue Palace in a hurry."

Listening to Xuan Zhi's words, the trace of loss in Zhu Yingqiu's heart quietly faded away, replaced by irrepressible joy.

……

Seek Tao Peak.

Yin You greeted the elder guarding the territory and entered the Snow Moon Secret Territory again. At this time, two figures had been waiting on the Snow Moon Mountain for a long time.

A few days ago, Yin You and Tian Zhen came here and asked Xueyue how to rescue Ao Qingyue and the other two who were trapped on the road to ascension. Although Xueyue had not figured out a solution at that time, she already had a general direction in her mind.

Yin You had just received a message from Xuan Su, saying that Xueyue had already thought of a way to rescue them, and asked him to come to Xueyue Mountain as soon as possible. Yin You then hurried over.

Yin You quickly walked up to the two of them and said apologetically, "Sorry, I'm late."

Next to him was Tian Zhen who had just revealed his figure.

Xuan Su shook his head slightly: "I've only been here for a while."

Xueyue said, "Since we are here, I will just tell you directly."

Upon hearing this, Yin You and the other two held their breath and listened carefully.

"Let's first talk about the great formation in Xuanyue City that can connect to the path of ascension."

Xueyue said in a deep voice: "I have deduced countless times through the remaining aura of that formation over the years, and I have figured out the operating principle of that formation."

"I thought about reconstructing the formation, and then reversing it to teleport them back to the Five Realms from the Ascension Road, but later I found that this method was not feasible."

"The reason why the formation was able to communicate with the Ascension Road before was because the demon world left a backup plan on the Ascension Road in advance, which enabled the formation to communicate with the Ascension Road. However, that backup plan was only a one-time use and would automatically become invalid after being used once."

"I took a second choice and thought of using the cultivator's tribulation to ascend to heaven to communicate with the ascension path. It just so happened that the person sleeping in Kong Miaoyin's body could temporarily restore the ascension path, allowing him to sense the cultivator who successfully transcended the tribulation and was about to ascend, and then lower the ascension path."

“But this method also has flaws. Let’s talk about the ascension thunder tribulation first. Even if someone successfully survives the ascension thunder tribulation, the ascension path will only be open for a short period of time, and it cannot really send them to the upper realm. The cultivator who survived the ascension thunder tribulation has already achieved an immortal body, and the world of the Five Realms can no longer accommodate him. He can only choose to cut off his own cultivation or spread his Dao throughout the world. No matter which method is used, it is not a perfect method.”

"However, regarding this shortcoming, Fellow Daoist Xuan Su has already given me a perfect answer. She has a forbidden technique that has the mysterious effect of tracing back to the source, which can just fill this gap."

Xueyue nodded gently at Xuansu and continued, "In addition to the ascension thunder tribulation, there is another problem. After so many years, I don't know how deeply the ascension path has been eroded by the breath of annihilation and the crack creatures. It is also unclear whether it can still sense the call from the five realms ascended monks and lower the ascension channel."

"So I thought of the formation that the demon had set up in Xuanyue City. Although the formation was automatically destroyed after being used once and was disconnected from the Ascension Road, it was still connected. After many deductions, I realized that the formation still retained a very faint connection with the Ascension Road."

“So I came up with this idea. Let you, Yin You, survive the ascension thunder tribulation at the old site of the great formation in Xuanyue City. At the same time, Daoist Tianzhen can communicate with Kong Miaoyin on his way to ascension and awaken the cultivator sleeping in his body, allowing him to resume his ascension path.”

"After these steps, the Ascension Road, which has been restored for a short time, will sense the breath of the Ascending Cultivator through a slight connection with the Xuanyue City formation and lower the Ascension Channel to them. At that time, they only need to wait for the right opportunity and return to the Five Realms through the Ascension Channel."

After hearing Xueyue's plan, Yin You and the other two were silent for a while, secretly pondering every detail in their minds.

Then they each raised their own puzzles to Xueyue, and Xueyue answered them one by one and explained the reasons.

The few of them discussed this from morning till late at night, and only felt relieved after confirming that every step was correct and there were no problems.

Yin You slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. Although his face was full of fatigue, the light in his eyes was extremely blazing:

"Let's name this operation 'Operation Ascension'."

Chapter 239 Leaving

On the ninth floor of the Weapon Storage Pavilion, in a training room.

Yin You was sitting cross-legged on the ground in a casual manner. Opposite him, there was a tall and somewhat slovenly female cultivator sitting cross-legged.

She has a very eye-catching long fiery red hair, like a burning flame, which is very eye-catching.

Under the red hair is a pure and elegant face, but because of the dark circles under the eyes, she looks a little listless. Even though she is wearing a coarse robe, it is difficult to hide her fiery figure.

This person is Tao Zhilan, a new ninth-level weapon refiner who has emerged in Xuelingxu in recent years.

She and Yin You are of the same generation, and they call each other senior sister and junior brother, and they have a good relationship. Yin You got the rare Qinglong sword from her.

At this moment, she was carefully examining the condition of the Qinglong sword in her hand. After checking it with various methods, she relaxed a little and put the Qinglong sword back into the sheath.

"There's nothing wrong with the Qingtaki sword."

Tao Zhilan looked up at Yin You, a look of relief on her face: "It seems that Junior Brother has practiced a lot over the years. This Qinglong Sword has been upgraded from the peak of the seventh-level spiritual weapon to the ninth-level spiritual weapon."

As the weapon refiner who forged the Qinglong Sword, Tao Zhilan naturally knew the great potential of this spiritual weapon. Although it was only at the peak of the seventh turn, it was enough to rival the peak of the eighth turn, and it also possessed the peculiar ability of self-growth. As long as the master carefully refined it, it would surely break through the ninth turn limit in time and reach the realm of the supreme spiritual weapon.

Even though Tao Zhilan has now become a ninth-level weapon refiner, it is still difficult for her to enter the realm of heaven and man and reach the mysterious realm of learning from nature, let alone forge a spiritual weapon like the Qinglong Sword.

So after seeing the growth of Qinglong Sword, Tao Zhilan felt quite relieved and felt that her decision to give Qinglong Sword to Yin You was not wrong.

Tao Zhilan pushed the Qinglong sword in front of Yin You.

But Yin You did not reach out to take the Qinglong Sword, but said to her: "Senior Sister, actually I came here this time to return the Qinglong Sword to you."

Tao Zhilan was quite surprised when she heard this: "Why? Is there something wrong with the Qinglong Sword?"

She had just used many weapon-refining techniques to carefully examine the Qinglong Sword and did not find any flaws.

Yin You shook his head slightly: "The Qinglong Sword has no flaws, but... I can't use it now."

Yin You smiled bitterly and explained, "Senior Sister also knows that I major in the Way of the Five Elements. I originally practiced the Way of the Sword only to increase my offensive means. In these years of practice and fighting, I have used the Qinglong Sword less and less."

"One is that the Way of the Five Elements is profound and mysterious. I put too much energy and attention into it, which led to the neglect of my sword practice."

"Secondly, when I fight an enemy, I usually use the Five Elements magic. Even if I need to use weapons, I usually just condense my energy into weapons and use them with a wave of my hand."

After saying that, Yin You looked at Tao Zhilan in front of him with a slightly apologetic look: "This Qinglong Sword can be called a divine weapon, and it is extremely precious. If it is handed over to a sword cultivator, it will surely shine and shock the five regions. But in my hands, it will only be buried. Please, Senior Sister..."

Before Yin You could finish his words, he felt a weight in his hand. It turned out that Tao Zhilan had directly picked up the Qinglong Sword and stuffed it into his hand.

She propped herself up and got very close to Yin You, looking directly into his eyes: "You bought this Qinglong Sword, there is no reason for you to return it. Senior Sister cannot accept this."

"Take good care of this sword. Although condensing Qi into a weapon is quick and convenient, there will always be a time when you need the Qinglong Sword. If you really can't use it, you can give it to someone else. I won't ask any questions, but you can't return it!"

Tao Zhilan withdrew her body, held her forehead and said, "No matter what, I am now a ninth-level weapon refiner. I can't forge any spiritual weapon I want myself. There is no reason for me to ask my junior brother for it."

Seeing her firm attitude, Yin You sighed and had to put away the Qinglong Sword.

A few days have passed since they finalized the ascension plan, and time is almost left for the Cang Lei Holy Sect meeting to begin. Tomorrow, Zhu Yingqiu will take the accompanying elders and disciples on a spirit boat to the Cang Lei Holy Sect to attend the meeting.

At that time, Yin You will also leave Xuelingxu with Xuan Su and go to the Thirteen Hidden Clans in the Xingyue Sea to find Xue Qingyou, and find a suitable time to go to Xuanyue City to implement the ascension plan.

So on the day before leaving, Yin You wanted to take this opportunity to return the Qinglong Sword to Tao Zhilan, but he didn't expect that the other party would refuse to accept it.

"correct,"

Tao Zhilan watched Yin You accept the Qinglong Sword, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Junior brother, will you attend the Cang Lei Holy Sect's meeting tomorrow?"

Yin You shook his head: "I have other things to do, so I can't go to the meeting."

"Oh, I see." Tao Zhilan felt a little regretful.

Seeing this, Yin You asked, "Is Senior Sister going?"

Tao Zhilan nodded: "Well, it just so happens that many monks from the Cang Lei Holy Sect have gathered here, and I heard that they will also hold a grand trading event. I wanted to go there to find some refining materials, so I signed up to participate."

Yin You thought that by that time, the Cang Lei Holy Sect would have gathered almost all of the top cultivators in the Northern Territory, and the resources such as rare treasures of heaven and earth, secret techniques, and materials for refining equipment and elixirs would indeed be extremely abundant.

"Then Junior Brother will celebrate here for Senior Sister finding the refining materials she wanted."

Yin You smiled and bowed to Tao Zhilan.

Tao Zhilan also laughed: "I'll borrow your good words."

……

Day two.

At the mountain gate of Xuelingxu.

A giant, snow-white, gracefully shaped spirit boat was suspended in the air, with countless mysterious runes appearing and disappearing around it.

The Nine-turn Spirit Boat, the Snow and Moon Spiritual Immortal Boat.

Zhu Yingqiu and other cultivators who were going to attend the Cang Lei Holy Sect meeting have all arrived. In addition to them, many elders and disciples also rushed over upon hearing the news to see them off.

The lineup for this trip was extremely luxurious. In addition to Zhu Yingqiu, the acting Ruins Lord known as the "Little Supreme", there were also the second elder Mu Shiyan and the third elder Gong Yiya, both of whom were well-known Ten Realm masters in the Northern Territory with extraordinary combat power. In addition to them, there were also the ninth-level weapon refiner Tao Zhilan, the ninth-level alchemist Liu Ningxiang, and dozens of other elders and disciples.

It can be said that this is the most luxurious traveling team since the Northern Territory Armistice Conference a hundred years ago, bringing together most of the top combat forces in Xuelingxu.

Yin You naturally came to the scene as well. He stood in the crowd, looking up at the fairy boat floating in the air, and could see the figures of Zhu Yingqiu and others.

Zhu Yingqiu was also looking at the elders and disciples below. After seeing Yin You's figure, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

"Let's go," she ordered.

As if in response to her words, the protective formation covering the entire Snow Spirit Ruins opened a corner, and the immortal boat under the feet of everyone suddenly burst into countless lights, flew out of the Snow Spirit Ruins, and disappeared at the end of the sky in an instant.

After standing there and watching for a while, Yin You turned around, left the crowd, and flew in another direction.

At the edge of a sect protection formation, Xuan Su had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Yin You appear, the two smiled at each other and left Xuelingxu together.

Chapter 240 Cang Lei Holy Sect

The starry night is bright and the fairy boat is speeding.

In a secret room, Zhu Yingqiu sat cross-legged with Qingchou placed horizontally on his knees, and practiced with his eyes closed. A sword force from his body slowly gathered and condensed, carrying a kind of breathtaking power, filling the entire secret room.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door, followed by a clear voice: "Lord of the Village, Lord of the Village..."

In an instant, all the knife power in the secret room dissipated. Zhu Yingqiu opened his eyes, and a sharp knife light flashed in his eyes:

"What's the matter?"

"The third elder seems to have discovered something and is calling you to the deck." said a clear voice.

"Okay, I'll be there later."

After receiving Zhu Yingqiu's reply, the Xuelingxu disciple left.

After consolidating his cultivation, Zhu Yingqiu stood up, hung Qingchou around his waist, opened the door and walked towards the deck.

At this time, several elders and disciples had gathered on the deck, all of them curiously surrounding a female cultivator.

This female cultivator had her black hair tied up in a bun, her face was delicate but a little thin, and she always had a worried look on her face with a frown on her brow. She was dressed in white, and had a spiritual weapon that looked like a compass in her hand. She was muttering something in her mouth.

Zhu Yingqiu walked quickly to the man and said, "Third Elder."

This thin female cultivator was none other than Gong Yiya, the third elder of Xuelingxu, a powerful being of the tenth realm who practiced the Way of Life.

When Gong Yiya heard Zhu Yingqiu's voice, he looked up at her, nodded slightly at her, then lowered his head again, staring at the compass in his hand.

Seeing that she looked serious, Zhu Yingqiu did not interrupt her rashly. Instead, she followed Gong Yiya's gaze and looked at the compass in her hand.