Chapter 486: Chapter 480: Guiding

A few months later, the Flying Boat re-entered the territory of the Immortal City Alliance.

Du Youqian maintained the appearance of Qingxu Tongxuan Guanmiao True Monarch. The arrival of an unfamiliar Nascent Soul Master would always arouse some vigilance.

But as long as he didn’t fly directly into someone’s city, he didn’t have to worry about being stopped.

However, to avoid trouble, Du Youqian suppressed his aura and disguised himself as a Core Formation Master.

Du Youqian had no intention of taking Deng Maoyu to Ruihan City. He didn’t want Deng Maoyu to come into contact with anything related to Master Sui Xiao.

’A wise rabbit has three burrows,’ he thought. ’And all three must be kept separate to serve their purpose.’

The Eight Sceneries must have no overt connection to the Four Principles Sect or Ruihan City.

They landed in a First-class Immortal City called Tongming and rented a cave residence with a branch of a Tier Two Spirit Vein. Then, he had Deng Maoyu begin his Scattering and Re-Cultivation.

Having guided Ling Hua through Scattering and Re-Cultivation before, Du Youqian was now quite familiar with the process. Deng Maoyu managed to retain even more Essence Qi after dissipating his skill, which would make his renewed Cultivation even easier.

An unfamiliar Core Formation Cultivator was still quite conspicuous. While Deng Maoyu was in seclusion for his re-cultivation, several people from the City Lord’s Mansion visited. They tried to subtly probe and figure out Du Youqian’s purpose—as for his origins, they wouldn’t dare to ask.

Du Youqian simply smiled and said he was traveling the world with his newly accepted disciple. They were just passing through this treasured land and would leave soon, once his disciple’s Cultivation had improved.

When they entered the city, someone had seen that Deng Maoyu still had a Foundation Establishment Cultivation.

But now, he only had the aura of the Qi Cultivation Early Stage.

Therefore, the official powers in Tongming City were somewhat wary of Du Youqian. They felt that although he had the noble bearing of an enlightened True Cultivator, he might secretly be a great Demon.

They even suspected him in connection with several recent murders and disappearances in Tongming City, which left Du Youqian not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

But he remained at ease, completely unafraid.

Tongming Immortal City was one of the weaker First-class Immortal Cities, comparable to Dali City. It only had one Nascent Soul Cultivator, who was in the Early Stage.

Even if these people decided to cause trouble, they could hardly harm him in the slightest.

Du Youqian never left the residence, watching over his disciple’s re-cultivation while he himself focused on comprehending Divine Abilities.

One year and three months later, Deng Maoyu successfully reached Foundation Establishment again.

While this speed couldn’t compare to Du Youqian’s, it was Deng Maoyu’s first time re-cultivating, so he wasn’t as experienced with the process. From Du Youqian’s perspective, this was an extremely satisfactory result.

Du Youqian then passed the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core portions of the Supreme Cave Truth Nine Revolutions and Nine Transformations Celestial Dance Scripture to Deng Maoyu. He also gave him detailed guidance on his Cultivation. In his previous life, Du Youqian had cultivated the Seven Transition Celestial Dance Scripture all the way to Nascent Soul Formation. Since the Seven Transition Celestial Dance Scripture was a simplified version of the Supreme Cave Truth Nine Revolutions and Nine Transformations Celestial Dance Scripture, Du Youqian had a profound understanding of it and could offer guidance effortlessly.

He also instructed Deng Maoyu to immediately undergo Scattering and Re-Cultivation after forming his Golden Core. He had to do this three times to complete the first Third Transition before he could even consider Nascent Soul Formation.

Deng Maoyu would naturally not disobey his master’s command.

He wasn’t a Cultivator with a particularly rebellious personality who liked to defy authority.

His betrayal of the Chongzhen Sect had been a last resort. He had no future left in the sect, and only by leaving Momenan could he do justice to his innate talent.

With Du Youqian, his wishes had been fulfilled. He felt nothing but gratitude and naturally had no ulterior motives.

Du Youqian spent some more time with Deng Maoyu, guiding his Cultivation until his practice in the Foundation Establishment Stage was on the right track. Only then did he leave Deng Maoyu there to continue his arduous training, providing him with sufficient resources. Du Youqian himself left Tongming City, transformed back into his Sui Xiao appearance, and returned to Ruihan City.

「Fifteen years passed in a flash.」

In that year, Du Youqian turned 139.

A quick calculation told him that Lin Sha and the other four had turned 17. Du Youqian prepared to set off and guide them.

Over the past fifteen years, although Du Youqian’s Cultivation hadn’t advanced an inch, his progress in comprehending Divine Abilities was gratifying.

He had successfully comprehended the Divine Ability with the Cosmic Attribute, giving him another powerful tool.

In his view, it was a more powerful Divine Ability than both "Copper Skin Iron Bones" and "Inch and Mile."

Unfortunately, it seemed he was somewhat incompatible with the Plague Divine Abilities, and he could never quite grasp it.

So, in recent years, Du Youqian had refocused his energy on Sword Intent.

He planned to spend the next few centuries cultivating while also comprehending all the different types of Blood Slaughter Sword Intent to the state of Great Success. Then, he would attempt to communicate with the Blood Slaughter Sword.

Although the last time in Shaoze Mansion, in front of True Monarch Zhaoxiang Guangde, the Blood Slaughter Sword had said it would wait until he reached Harmonization.

But that was just for True Monarch Zhaoxiang Guangde’s benefit.

In reality, from his private communications with the Blood Slaughter Sword, Du Youqian felt he would have a good chance if he successfully reached Divinity Transformation.

The Flying Boat departed from Ruihan City, following the trade route towards the Four Principles Sect.

When passing through Huailai City, he naturally had to stop for a while and be received by Ye Rui Master.

Little Wukong still looked like a little monkey, but anyone who truly knew of it would never dare to underestimate it.

At the very least, a deep look of apprehension would flash in Ye Rui Master’s eyes every time she saw it.

"My dear little brother, you haven’t forgotten our agreement, have you?"

Du Youqian smiled. "Of course not. Sister, just like you, I yearn for that Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object."

"Little brother is a peerless talent, blessed by fortune. I’m afraid that Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object is already as good as yours," Ye Rui Master said with a flirtatious laugh.

Du Youqian sighed deliberately. "If I were truly blessed by fortune, I wouldn’t still be entangled by that little Secret Technique."

Ye Rui Master covered her mouth in feigned surprise. "Little brother, you mean you still haven’t removed that wisp of aura? Your Divine Sense is so powerful, I thought you would have succeeded long ago."

Du Youqian smiled faintly. "I don’t have that kind of ability. However, I’ve heard that if the caster dies, the effect of the Secret Technique disappears as well. Is that right?"

Ye Rui Master gave a bewitching, soft laugh. "Perhaps. Does little brother want to give it a try?"

Du Youqian shook his head with a smile. "I don’t have the ability to kill you, sister."

A seductive allure poured from Ye Rui Master’s bright eyes, her lips, her cheeks, from every inch of her skin. "My dear little brother, you could try other methods to make your sister ’die.’ You’re so strong..."

As she spoke, her delicate pink tongue licked her jelly-like lips. Her enchanting smile could make countless men willingly die for her.

But Du Youqian only glanced at her before looking away, a faint smile on his face. "Sister, when you successfully cultivated the Supreme Purity Emotion Scripture and reached the state of ’Ruthlessness is the Ultimate Emotion,’ did you kill your Dao Companions with your own hands? Or did you arrange for them to perish in what looked like a coincidence? Or perhaps you asked your masters or friends to kill them for you?"

The allure in Ye Rui Master’s eyes instantly turned to ice. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Do you think that’s the orthodox method of Cultivation? I don’t think so. Just because many predecessors cultivated that way doesn’t mean it’s right." Du Youqian stared fixedly into Ye Rui Master’s eyes.

His voice wasn’t loud, but every word hammered against Ye Rui Master’s heart.

"Cultivating like this... it leaves a flaw. If I find that flaw, you will die, my dear sister!"

With that, Du Youqian rose and strode away.

Of course, Du Youqian hadn’t actually found a flaw in Ye Rui Master.

He didn’t even know if she had a flaw at all.

Those words were merely a bold hypothesis he had formed by combining some things Lin Sha had discussed in the past, with the phrasing adjusted many times.

His purpose in saying them was simply to try and forcefully create a flaw in Ye Rui Master’s mind.

Whether it would have any effect was still hard to say.

In any case, a battle between him and Ye Rui Master was inevitable. At the latest, it would be sixty years from now, after they entered the cave residence and seized the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object.

Ye Rui Master could use her tricks on him, ambushing him with the "Endless Sea of Desire" Secret Technique.

So why couldn’t he use psychological warfare, laying the groundwork decades in advance to create an advantage for himself?

Some people thought that everyone from the Heavenly Emotions and Oceanic Resentments Sect was a lunatic, and that lunatics have no flaws. That was, of course, completely wrong.

The people of the Heavenly Emotions and Oceanic Resentments Sect became lunatics precisely because they had immense flaws in their minds!

They used their crazed and erratic behavior to cover up those very flaws!

After this small clash with Ye Rui Master, Du Youqian didn’t linger and departed immediately.

A month later, he met up with the Ghost Belly Cat Demon King in the Western Domain of the Endless Desert Sea. He eagerly carried the Demon King with him to the Zhao Kingdom, preparing to welcome back the reincarnations of Lin Sha and the others.

「Zhao Kingdom, Wangtao County, Zidong County Town.」

"Greetings, Supreme Elder!" Seeing Du Youqian appear, the Foundation Establishment Disciple from the Four Principles Sect who had been stationed here for seventeen years became as excited as if he had seen his own father after a long separation.

Although the Zhao Kingdom had abundant Spiritual Qi and life was relatively peaceful, he was still in a foreign land and faced many inconveniences.

Du Youqian’s appearance meant that his hard days were finally coming to an end.

"Rise. Tell me, how is the person I asked you to watch over doing?"

"Seventeen years ago, the baby girl the Supreme Elder asked me to keep an eye on appeared to have a Spirit Root, and a decent one at that. So, she was smart and healthy from a young age and learned everything quickly. By the time she was twelve or thirteen, she grew even more beautiful. She looked as if blessed by the essence of nature, like a Celestial Immortal descended to the mortal world. She’s been hailed as the number one beauty in the county, and many powerful figures and nobles want to marry her."

Du Youqian chuckled. "You must have gone to great lengths to protect her."

The Foundation Establishment Disciple didn’t dare take credit, suppressing a smile as he said, "I wouldn’t dare. It was all thanks to the Supreme Elder’s great fortune that I was able to carry out my mission without fail."

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