Standing on the shore and gazing at the distant horizon line where the Sun and Moon Gushing Springs meet, Chen Yun suddenly felt homesick.
Although I moved to Qingcheng Mountain from Zhongshan Mountain several years ago, it seems that I have left my hometown. However, both Zhongshan Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain are at least within my own world.
The Yue and Ri Sacred Space is different; it's an independent time and space.
Perhaps it's like what the Mermaid Leader said, that the Penglai Wonderland overlaps with countless realms and heavens.
However, no matter how long Chen Yun has been here, he still feels out of place, as if he's a stranger in a foreign land.
That's why, once all his and his companions' tasks are completed and his mind is relaxed, Chen Yun immediately begins to miss the world he came from.
"I wonder how my teacher, Master Wang, and my student-nephew are doing."
One face after another familiar to Chen Yun flashed through his mind: his teacher, Master Wang Laozhi, Uncle Zheng Wenwu, Wang Zixi, Cai Rujin, Wang Siyan, Zhang Qian, Lin Chen, Li Si, and even Gong Juji and his disciples.
Chen Yun misses them so much.
In the end, after recalling everyone familiar to him, the last shot of Chen Yun's mind stopped on Xie Ziran's face.
That face, so cold and pure, stirred an irresistible desire in him to see it.
Perhaps understanding that love cannot be obtained, Chen Yun suddenly felt dejected. The true qi in his body surged and leaped, just like his emotions.
"Hmm?" Chen Yun instantly discovered something amiss, "My true qi has once again begun to feel uncontrollable. The last time this happened was due to Lady Lin Yunn, after which I killed her and restored my heart state, allowing my true qi to be controlled."
He frowned slightly, realizing that he was caught in a predicament and had to find a way to resolve it as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be endless.
However, this predicament seems to be more difficult to resolve than the last one.
He absolutely cannot have a more further relationship with Xie Ziran.
Chen Yun knew he was in some trouble, "After leaving the Yue and Ri Grotto Heaven, I'll seek my teacher for guidance and advice."
Just thinking about leaving the Yue and Ri Grotto Heaven, he couldn't help but smile, "If my teacher, Master Wang, and my student-nephew knew that I have cultivated to an upper-level master in such a short time, would they be surprised?"
And Lin Chen and Zhang Qian, they don't know how the Yin Soul Cultivation is going.
What about Master Wang Siyan's female cultivator method?
Chen Yun's longing became stronger and stronger, as if he wishes to return to the world he was in immediately.
Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and Long Nu Sanjiao, et al., seemed to be talking about their longing to return home.
"Time flies so quickly."
"Yes, it's finally time to return."
"When I return, I'm definitely going to find a nice restaurant and have a good meal."
"Ha ha, you're so greedy. I'm different; I plan to take my wife and children to enjoy the scenery and water."
As they chatted away, their words were nothing like those of cultivators. They were almost the same as ordinary people.
The seven emotions and six desires are natural human emotions. Chen Yun knows that everyone has been out for so long, they must also miss their homes.
At this moment, Chen Yun saw the water surface surging again.
He activated his visual acuity and carefully looked, only to find that the Jiaotong Leader was alone, traveling on the waves and had returned without bringing any of the Jiaotong warriors.
"Hmm?" Chen Yun's thoughts changed, secretly thinking: "I wonder if he has obtained the nine heavenly immortals' grass from the Jiaotong Leader on behalf of me."
He was very eager to obtain it.
But if the king of the Jiaotong race refuses to give it, there's nothing he can do about it.
Anyways, Longku grass should be fine.
Chen Yun thought that obtaining Longku grass was already a pleasant surprise. As for the nine heavenly immortals' grass, it was up to fate.
Thinking thus, the Jiaotong Leader leaped out of the water and landed in front of Chen Yun.
Chen Yun greeted him, "General."
The Jiaotong Leader bowed, "My benefactor."
Chen Yun asked in an urgent and somewhat disheveled manner, "General, did you bring back the Longku grass and the nine heavens immortal herb?"
As he spoke, he suddenly realized that he was out of line and very anxious. According to his usual character, even if he wanted something very much, he wouldn't ask so impolitely and urgently. He realized that in the past six months since entering the Yue and Ri Grotto Heaven, he had been greatly influenced by his desires.
As for why he hadn't noticed it before, it's probably because the "poison" was not deep enough.
It's like when a person gets sick; at first, they only feel discomfort, and it's only when the illness becomes severe that they realize their body is not functioning well.
Chen Yun felt that he was now in a difficult situation, and like when a person gets sick, the initial impact was relatively shallow, and it had not yet been noticed. However, when he realized that there had been a significant change, he had already "became very sick."
He must return to the real world as soon as possible and then seek advice from his teacher on how to solve the problem.
Fortunately, the Jiaotong Leader didn't think too much about it. He took out a pearl that shimmered with green waves and handed it to Chen Yun, "Benefactor, there are twenty Longku grasses inside and one complete nine heavens immortal herb."
Chen Yun was taken aback, "Are you really able to obtain the nine heavens immortal herb from your king on behalf of me?"
The Jiaotong Leader smiled slightly, "Originally, the king was not willing to give it up. In the end, it was Niuniang who stepped in."
Chen Yun was somewhat confused, "If you couldn't get it, how could Niuniang manage to obtain it?"
The Jiaotong Leader laughed and said, "Niuniang is the daughter of the king and also the third princess of our Jiaotong race. She is most favored by the king, so she was able to obtain it."
Oh, so that's how it is.
Chen Yun silently heaved a sigh of relief, thanking his stars that he hadn't ordered everyone to kill the princess. Otherwise, it would have certainly angered the Jiaotong race, leading to the king leading his army to seek revenge, which would have resulted in an absolute annihilation of his side.
Indeed, the choices in life are truly important.
He had chosen to spare the female Jiaotong one life, and in the end, he found that not only did the Jiaotong Leader and Jiaotong warriors come to help when he was in danger, but also they helped him obtain twenty Longku grasses and a complete nine heavens immortal herb after subduing the dragon.
Chen Yun actually only needed about four or five Longku grasses, but he did need a complete nine heavens immortal herb.
So, his high-performance transformation of essence into qi potion was left with only the flower of immortality.
It could almost be said to be just around the corner.
Chen Yun's mood was very agitated. While thanking the Jiaotong Leader, he took the pearl.
After that, the Jiaotong Leader bid farewell.
......
Returning to the vicinity of his companions.
Chen Yun first took out some heaven and earth essence roots to compensate everyone.
The companions kept refusing to accept them, but eventually, unable to withstand Chen Yun's persistence, they had to take a little bit each.
Just as the things were divided here, Chen Yun looked at Wu Kejiu, Qin Ming, and others, smiled, and asked: "Brothers and sisters, since all the things we need have been obtained, can we start our journey back today?"
Wu Kejiu said happily, "Yeah, let's start our journey back. We can wait at the exit and focus on cultivation for a while."
Qin Ming laughed, "Whether we cultivate or not is secondary. Fortunately, everyone got through this unharmed. It's much better than fifty years ago."
"Yes." Long Nü Sanjiu sighed, "Fifty years ago, there were over one hundred of us, but only about forty-odd people survived." As she spoke, she couldn't help but smile, "Thanks to Mr. Chen this time, otherwise, we might have turned out the same as fifty years ago and didn't know how many people would have died."
"Ha ha, right, right."
"It's all thanks to Mr. Chen."
A group of people were all happily chatting.
Once the decision was made to return, the group did not linger.
Under Wu Kejiu's guidance, everyone used their flying techniques to head towards the direction of Lalu Island.
......
Nighttime.
The group returned to Lalu Island.
Due to the late hour and everyone's fatigue after flying for a long time, they stopped to rest as usual.
Taking advantage of the free time, Chen Yun once again employed his external embodiments to guard him, and then refined the blood essence of the water viper.
In the small forest.
He was fully refining the blood essence of the water viper.
True qi was born within him one after another.
Chen Yun closed his eyes and sensed that the true qi, as before, was divided into three streams: most flowed into his dantian, a third continued to refine his body, and two tenths nourished and strengthened his Yuan Shen (subconscious mind).
The refined blood essence of the water viper truly contains powerful spiritual energy. With each refining, he felt that he became stronger.
Time passed one second after another.
Soon, daybreak came.
Chen Yun did not stop refining the water viper's blood, but instead let his external manifestation use his magic to guide himself back to the real world.
......
Three days later.
The group returned to the area around Ice and Fire Path.
After nightfall, the group found a quiet place in the Ice Path to set up camp.
It was around the midnight of the 23rd lunar month that Chen Yun finished this refinement.
After a while, he didn't open his eyes immediately and continued to feel the changes in his body.
True qi had grown significantly.
His body had also become even stronger due to the refinement of his form.
However, the Yuan Shen (subconscious mind) did not feel any significant increase. It seemed as if the two-tenths of true qi that had been poured into it over the past few days were like throwing them into the ocean.
"It turns out that it's not easy to enhance the Yuan Shen."
Chen Yun slowly opened his eyes and gazed at the stars scattered across the sky, his heart overflowing with thoughts.
This time, the increase in true qi was many times greater. He could roughly determine that after refining the water viper's blood, his cultivation level would be similar to that of an advanced magic-user.
In theory, this is a good thing.
However, after his moment of contemplation, Chen Yun couldn't help but furrow his brow.
"The influence of the desire calamity is very serious. Over the past three days, as I refined the water viper's blood, my true qi has been in turmoil. If it weren't for my relatively good control over myself, and the strong suppression of the abnormality of true qi, I might have actually gone into a frenzy."
Chen Yun inhaled deeply and said, "If this continues, perhaps I won't even make it back and might end up going mad."
He knew he must face this problem directly.
But now, still within the Yuelü Tang cave heaven, it seemed as if he had no way to find a solution.
After all, his teacher is not here, and Chen Yun cannot ask anyone.
How can I solve the situation of true qi turmoil?
Chen Yun sat there, deep in thought, "I don't necessarily need a complete solution, but at least something that can temporarily suppress it."
Suddenly, he had an idea of a heaven and earth essence root.
That's right, snow wuchong!
Snow wuchong is a variant of Chuanxiong, which has similar effects, with powerful functions of activating blood circulation and promoting the flow of qi. If someone has a problem with their qi, they can take this medicine to balance it out. Moreover, it can also increase the amount of "qi" in one's body to some extent.
Of course, this is not the most significant effect of snow wuchong, its most significant effect is to treat people who go mad due to desires.
Like many scholars who only pursue qi but not sex, they often fall into various calamities, such as Chen Yun's duality of qi and sex cultivation, who still accidentally falls into the desire calamity, and those empty-handed scholars are even easier to fall into calamities. If someone goes mad due to desires, they can use snow wuchong to adjust!
Although it only treats the symptoms and not the root cause, if it's truly as magical as you say, it should be able to ensure that I don't worry about going mad and dying prematurely in the remaining half a year in the Yuelü Tang cave heaven.
"If snow wuchong can regulate the state of going mad due to desires, then as long as I always have snow wuchong prepared, even if I go mad due to desires, I won't be afraid."
Chen Yun pondered that with the snow wuchong at hand, he could safely and boldly cultivate in the next half year.
At that time, I'm confident I will be able to refine the water viper's blood and the centipede's foot flesh to reach the advanced magic-user level.
Alright!
The next half year will be dedicated to fully attacking the advanced magic-user level realm!
(Chapter completed)
