CHAPTER 347: CHAPTER 154: MR. CHEN’S SPEAR! THE FAIRY’S FIRST DUAL CULTIVATION! (6K)_2

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Chen Mo had a puzzled look on his face.

This conversation sounded quite off!

He only meant to mentor Ling Ningzhi a little, how did it end up with him becoming the Ling family’s son-in-law?

"Mr. Ling..."

"I’m feeling a bit tired, so I won’t keep you any longer. Zhi’er, see the guest out."

Ling Ningzhi came up to Chen Mo, her pretty face slightly flushed, "Mr. Chen, let’s go."

"..."

Chen Mo, still in a daze, followed her out of the small courtyard, feeling as if he had been set up by the old man...

...

After they left, the courtyard returned to silence.

Ling Yishan leaned back in his lounge chair, swaying leisurely, seeming quite pleased.

Yuan Junfeng frowned slightly, asking in a low voice, "Elder Ling, considering this is a lifelong matter for Ning Zhi, isn’t this too hasty?"

Ling Yishan shook his head, saying, "Twenty years old, peak Fifth-Level Martial Artist, Alchemy Master level, soul power fluctuation even stronger than a Fourth Rank Soul Cultivator, with an excellent mindset... If we don’t seize such a Heavenly Pride, we might miss this chance!"

"Now the winds of change are roaring across Jiu Zhou, undergoing a transformation unseen in a millennium. No one can stop this world-altering momentum, not even Tianshu Pavilion."

"Chen Mo is blessed with destiny, and if Zhi’er follows him, at least she won’t be crushed by the great trend, for I can’t protect her for much longer..."

Hearing the final sentence, Yuan Junfeng was startled, "Elder Ling, your health..."

Ling Yishan waved his hand, "Don’t worry, I’m not dying anytime soon."

Yuan Junfeng’s voice was somewhat low, "If the Creation Golden Pill can be refined, it would rebuild your Dao Foundation and give you a second life..."

"Is it that easy?" Ling Yishan said blandly, "It’s not just that immortal materials are rare; even if you gather all the materials, who can refine the pill?"

The Creation Golden Pill has not appeared for nearly a thousand years.

According to the pill recipe, to refine this pill, one must use the world as the furnace, yin and yang as the fuel, Heavenly Thunder as the fire, and utilize the changes of the twenty-four solar terms... Who has such formidable means? Probably not even Ji Hongxiu can manage that!

"Everything is predestined, if not for worrying about Zhi’er, I would have long grown tired of this drawn-out existence."

"The road of the Alchemy Dao has its limits; do not bargain with Yan Luo for more lifetime..."

Ling Yishan sighed softly.

He lifted his hand to gently stroke the cracked bark of the locust tree, where a faint bluish luminescence appeared between the patterns, illuminating the vermilion chains coiled among the branches.

The iron chain plunged deep into the treetop, ending in a bronze oracle disk, which faintly displayed eight mottled characters: Eternal Guard of the Underworld, Command the Afterlife.

Creak—

The chains swayed, emitting a light sound.

Ling Yishan’s face grew slightly pale, his brows furrowed, as if enduring something with great effort.

It wasn’t until a quarter of an hour later that his expression returned to normal, his clothes soaked with sweat, and he leaned against the chair as if completely drained, his face appearing more lined with wrinkles, his eyes filled with deep exhaustion.

The gleam on the tree trunk faded, and the chains and oracle disk retreated back into the shadows.

"To break through the barrier, one must pay a price."

"Ji Hongxiu failed to cut the Three Corpses and was branded with Dao Patterns; I endured the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, to be shackled by Dao Lock, all of this is Heavenly Dao’s malice..."

"Speaking of which, what price did Yu Youhan pay?"

"Logically, her price should be the heaviest, yet she seems unaffected..."

...

...

Chen Mo followed Ling Ningzhi along the corridor, walking through the courtyard towards the main gate.

Along the way, Ling Ningzhi kept her head slightly lowered, her gaze wandering, as if she wanted to look but didn’t dare.

Recalling what Grandpa had just said, it seemed like he was entrusting her to this bad man...

Even though she hadn’t sorted out her feelings yet...

Grandpa is so presumptuous!

"Brother Chen!"

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out.

Chen Mo turned his head, only to see Li Siya quickly running over, panting, "You’re finally here, I’ve nearly been tortured to death by the Alchemy Department. They insisted I invite you to give a lecture..."

"..."

Hearing this, Chen Mo felt a headache coming on.

He had only casually given that explosive-haired guy a few pointers, who knew it would cause such a stir.

He really didn’t have the leisure to teach a group of rough men all day, he would rather go dual cultivate with Saintess Gu...

"Mr. Chen is here!"

Suddenly, a shout came from not far away.

Like a stone causing a thousand ripples, a group of Green Robed Tributors rushed out from various attics, their eyes lighting up upon seeing Chen Mo, and sprinted towards him.

"Quick, don’t let him escape!"

"Whether we can reach Fourth Rank is all on Mr. Chen!"

"Master Chen, I’ll give my respects first!"

"..."

Seeing the crowd like a flood and beasts, Li Siya’s face changed slightly, pulling Chen Mo by the arm into a small path, "Brother Chen, follow me!"

Instinctively, Chen Mo pulled Ling Ningzhi along, following him and weaving through the attics.

Watching the two holding hands tightly, Ling Ningzhi’s face blushed slightly, though she did not pull away.

It took them a full quarter of an hour to shake off the oh-so-persistent pursuers from the Alchemy Department.

Li Siya caught his breath, somewhat embarrassed, "Brother Chen, don’t be upset, these people are obsessed with alchemy, the allure of breaking through to Fourth Rank is just too great for them..."

Chen Mo didn’t say much, simply looked around and asked curiously, "Where have we run to?"

Before them stood a square building, completely black, with walls seemingly seamless as if no gaps between bricks could be found, the surface so smooth it was reflective, like black mirrors pieced together.

The surroundings were very quiet, not a single soul in sight.

"This is the Formation Path Department, with fewer people than other departments, but all of high rank, almost all above Fifth Rank Array Masters," Li Siya explained. "They usually study demon-restraining arrays and decode the Eightfold Exorcism Array, so they rarely show themselves..."