CHAPTER 207: 207 - MIND WORLD SEED

Soon after dealing with the Lei family, Qingyi and Qingxue left, using the flames of Khaedryss to erase the clues that they had been there.

Not that he was too worried.

There were thousands of families like the Lei and, although such extermination was brutal, it wasn’t exactly uncommon in the Nine Peaks Basin.

As long as they weren’t discovered, any crime was allowed.

They both flew back to the sect with a lighter heart.

On arriving at their residences, they were immediately greeted by the sight of an enormous tiger cutting through the skies, its flaming eyes focused on them both.

"Junior Long Qingyi greets the guardian!" Qingyi exclaimed as he bowed, drawing a laugh from Yanxiao.

"No need for so much formality, kid. I see you’ve both advanced to the crystalline core realm, congratulations." Yanxiao spoke, unable to hide the shock on his face.

Such speed of advancement was in no way inferior to that of the founder of the Eternal River Sect, who had transcended to the immortal heaven.

He really felt as if, for the first time in many thousands of years, he would finally see geniuses capable of defying the heavens and overcoming the tribulation to the immortal heaven.

"The guardian praises us too much," Qingyi replied humbly, but was unable to stop himself from raising a doubtful eyebrow.

"You must be wondering what I want with you, fair enough." The guardian turned around.

"Get on your beast and follow me, you wouldn’t be able to keep up with me with your own flying ability." He spoke, focusing his gaze on Qingxue. "You too."

Qingyi shuddered softly at those words.

Yanxiao knew about Khaedryss? How? He was pretty sure no one was watching him when he used it.

The senses of a transcendent expert were truly unrivaled.

In the end, Qingyi just sighed as he took Khaedryss out of the world of the mind and mounted it.

The dragon looked at the curious tiger for a brief moment before they both looked away, disinterested.

After Qingxue had also picked up her whirlwind phoenix, they both took off, following Yanxiao towards the north of the sect.

"Is that... the guardian’s residence?" Qingxue asked as she saw a burning valley on the horizon.

That place was in one of the sect’s forbidden zones, crowded with beasts from the Nascent Soul Realm and even the Rebirth Realm.

Few had the courage to come there, even with flying beasts.

Qingyi and Qingxue soon understood why when dozens of powerful auras focused on them.

But these auras soon ceased as Yanxiao released his Qi, driving them away.

"Guardian, why exactly did you bring us here?" Qingyi asked as they landed in the center of the valley, surrounded by pools of fiery magma.

Yanxiao slammed one of his claws into the black, burnt ground, causing it to open, revealing a small box.

"Do you know what this is?" he asked, and Qingyi shook his head in denial.

"You must already know what defines a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and a Transcendence Realm cultivator.

In the nascent soul realm, you rebuild your soul itself, or, more precisely, its foundation.

This is how you acquire your world of mind, a world that is vital for advancing to the realm of transcendence, the realm where your soul is so powerful that it transcends the physical body."

Yanxiao raised his paw and it broke into tiny fragments of light before coming together again.

"In that realm, you can survive even if your heart is pierced and even if your body is totally destroyed, you still have a few hours to look for a new host before your soul totally decays.

The only way to truly kill a transcendent is to destroy their soul completely."

Yanxiao continued explaining, receiving the focused gazes of Qingxue and Qingyi.

It was obvious that no one there would pass up the chance to learn directly from a Transcendence Realm expert.

"This little thing here is a Mind World seed." The box opened, revealing a small whitish seed.

"These seeds help form a much more powerful world of mind and greatly increase the chances of advancing to the transcendence realm."

Those words shocked Qingyi and Qingxue.

They had both heard of such seeds, but they were so rare that they were only considered legends.

Hesitating for a brief moment, Qingyi searched for them in his system store.

Even the cheapest one was legendary grade and cost hundreds of thousands of lust points.

’System, is this of any use to me?’

[No. The host doesn’t need such items and, in fact, they would weaken or cause instabilities in his mind world. But it could be useful for his wives].

Hearing those words, Qingyi looked up. "What does the guardian want in exchange for these seeds?"

"Nothing, it’s a gift," Yanxiao said.

That thing had been rotting in storage for tens of thousands of years and it was about time it finally found a worthy owner.

"But still, I have a proposal for you. I want you to agree to be recommended to the Orthodox Alliance."

Qingyi lowered his head again.

He knew the Orthodox Alliance.

A place whose mortality rate was so high that half the disciples who went there died on their first mission.

It was on the edge of the Lands of Death, a part equivalent to 20% of the Nine Peaks Basin, totally controlled by non-Orthodox cultivators.

How could he not know them?

Now he understood perfectly why he had been given this gift.

As one of the founding members of the Orthodox Alliance, Yanxiao could send anyone he wanted there, regardless of the will of the sect leader.

But even so, he couldn’t force the disciples, not without using threats and bribes.

He probably planned to give Qingyi that pill as a way of making the handsome young man owe him and accept his request.

"Husband..." Qingxue grabbed Qingyi’s hand.

She trusted him, what really worried her was the fact that they might have to separate.

"I accept, but on one condition. Qingxue will come with me as my partner and will have no obligation to complete any missions."