Chapter 519: Chapter 512: Your Master Is Not That Kind of Person

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed. Du Youqian had reached Nascent Soul Perfection and was making his final preparations. Within ten to twenty years, he would attempt to break through to Divinity Transformation.

Meanwhile, Deng Maoyu had also begun preparing for his Nascent Soul Formation.

Du Youqian took Deng Maoyu’s Nascent Soul Formation very seriously. He requested leave from Zhao Shan and traveled thousands of miles, assuming the identity of Qingxu Tongxuan Guanmiao True Monarch to deliver a Nascent Soul Pill, impart a Nascent Soul Secret Technique, and more to Deng Maoyu.

He then acted as Deng Maoyu’s Guardian for five years.

Deng Maoyu polished his Magical Power and practiced the Secret Technique before successfully achieving Nascent Soul Formation in one go.

This was Du Youqian’s first disciple to achieve Nascent Soul Formation.

Once Deng Maoyu had stabilized his Cultivation, Du Youqian once again acted as his Guardian, helping him with his Scattering and Re-Cultivation. He waited until Deng Maoyu had rapidly cultivated back to the Foundation Establishment Stage, then departed one day with a great laugh.

"This boy is just like me!"

This was what Du Youqian said in the Chat Group to publicly praise Deng Maoyu.

This made Ling Hua a little jealous. She repeatedly invited her master in the Chat Group to come and personally instruct her, and even private messaged Du Youqian, asking him to also see if her newly tailored Daoist Robe fit well.

Du Youqian could only reply, "I am not that kind of person!"

’I was just under a spell back then!’

As for whether Ling Hua believed him...

Judging by how she later figured out the Chat Group’s new photo-sending feature and took dozens of pictures of herself in Daoist Robes, monk’s robes, and the standard-issue Magic Robes of various Sects to send to Du Youqian, she probably didn’t believe him...

To prevent Ling Hua’s behavior from escalating and crossing the line between master and disciple, Du Youqian had no choice but to make a trip to Zhuge City to properly placate his female disciple.

One good thing about Ling Hua, however, was that while her thoughts were hard to fathom, she never struck seductive poses or threw herself into his arms. She still respected Du Youqian’s authority as her master, always acting like a well-behaved and eager student in his presence.

Du Youqian didn’t hold back his guidance, telling her many key points about Nascent Soul Formation, some of which she needed to prepare for in advance.

Before leaving, he also left a Nascent Soul Pill for her.

Ling Hua looked at Du Youqian calmly with her watery eyes, making him feel a little guilty. "Master, I hope that when I undergo Nascent Soul Formation, you will act as my Guardian, not just toss me a Nascent Soul Pill and leave me to fend for myself."

Du Youqian sneered, "Do you have any idea how precious a Nascent Soul Pill is? If you don’t want it, fine. Give it back."

Ling Hua actually returned the porcelain bottle containing the Nascent Soul Pill to Du Youqian and said gleefully, "Does this mean you agree, Master? That you’ll come and be my Guardian then?"

Du Youqian was struck speechless for a moment, then laughed. "How could my protection possibly compare to a Nascent Soul Pill?"

Ling Hua said with a serious expression, "To me, Master is everything. How could a Nascent Soul Pill be more important than my master’s care and protection?"

Du Youqian was at a loss for words.

’When I took her as my disciple, how did I not realize she was so shameless?’

’But the die is cast. I can only grit my teeth and swallow this bitter pill.’

Zhuge Qing was not in the city. According to the staff at the City Lord’s Mansion, she had been gone for over a decade. She hadn’t given many instructions before she left, only saying that she was going out to visit a friend and would be back in twenty years at the latest.

Du Youqian asked for more details and found that there had been no unusual phenomena at the City Lord’s Mansion over the years.

He guessed that Zhuge Qing had been making preparations and absorbing the medicine’s power all this time, rather than attempting her breakthrough.

It wasn’t until a little over ten years ago, once she had absorbed the medicine’s power and accumulated enough energy, that she finally left to find a safe place for her breakthrough.

Zhuge City was located on a major thoroughfare; attempting a breakthrough to Divinity Transformation here would be too easily disturbed.

Du Youqian silently wished for Zhuge Qing’s success. That way, after his own breakthrough to Divinity Transformation, he could continue their alliance and offer mutual support.

After bidding farewell to Ling Hua, Du Youqian thought for a moment, then made another trip to the Southern Ghost Kindom.

This time, when he sent out a contact signal, Meng Xiao and Xi Mengran arrived quickly.

The two of them... or rather, the two ghosts... had clearly grown much stronger. Their ghostly bodies were more solid, and they were not far from Tier Four.

In terms of intelligence, the two ghosts had also made significant progress, and communicating with them was much smoother.

When Du Youqian mentioned that he couldn’t reach them on his previous visit, Meng Xiao explained, "At that time, Meng Ran and I were engaged in Magical Combat with a powerful enemy over a position of authority. Although we barely won, we were severely damaged ourselves. We went into hiding for several decades to reforge our ghostly bodies and have only recently been able to move about normally again."

"There aren’t any lingering effects, are there?" Du Youqian asked with concern.

Xi Mengran made a ghastly face, and Meng Xiao said, "In conflicts between Ghost Cultivators, the strong can plunder everything from the weak. Meng Ran and I won, so we seized our opponent’s several hundred years of accumulation. Not only are there no lingering effects, but we’ve actually advanced further."

Du Youqian immediately sensed something wrong with this. "Doesn’t that mean the Ghost Kindom is rife with conflict? The strong plundering the weak everywhere, with the weak having not a moment’s peace, only to become fodder."

Meng Xiao seemed to smile. I say ’seemed’ because the expression was still a bit difficult for him; a ghostly body doesn’t have that many facial nerves, making any expression look unnatural.

For example, Xi Mengran was always making ghastly faces at Du Youqian, but maybe sometimes she didn’t actually mean to...

Meng Xiao shook his head. "Rife with conflict? In the battles of Human Race Cultivators, the strong often plunder the weak as well. Is the Cultivation Realm of the Human World not rife with conflict?"

Du Youqian said, "That’s different. The Human World has rules. Even First-class Sects must abide by them."

Meng Xiao said, "The Ghost Kindom is the same. The Ghost Emperor established the rules. Although its current status is unknown, there is still a group of Ghost Emperors who faithfully enforce the rules it laid down. Meng Ran and I were qualified to challenge the regional administrator, initiating a deathmatch—winner takes all. But not just any ghost can casually start a fight. For instance, back when Meng Ran and I first arrived, if we had rashly challenged the regional administrator, the administrator of the next level up would have stepped in to suppress us."

"So you and Meng Ran are the administrators of a region now? How large is your territory, and how much power do you have?"

Meng Xiao’s mouth twitched. "The region we manage is probably a bit larger than the Holy Blood Sect’s Blessed Land back in the day. As for power... we hold the power of life and death over all other ghosts in our territory."

Du Youqian couldn’t help but be astonished.

He listened as Meng Xiao told him much about the Ghost Kindom’s administration, customs, and so on, gaining a slightly better understanding of it.

The political ecosystem of the Ghost Kindom had some similarities to the Human World, but there were far more differences.

You couldn’t view ghosts as people; the vast majority of them were fundamentally different from Human Race Cultivators.

"Speaking of the Thorny Insects, Meng Ran and I have been keeping an eye out all these years, but we’ve found nothing," Meng Xiao said apologetically.

Du Youqian had expected as much, but he was still a little disappointed to hear it. "It’s fine. Just keep looking. By the way, try to see if you can hatch these Thorny Insect Eggs. I’ll also give you this Jade Scroll with my notes on raising Thorny Insects."

Meng Xiao enveloped the eggs and the Jade Scroll with a wisp of a Ghost Cultivator’s Magical Power and said solemnly, "I will earnestly carry out my lord’s command."

Xi Mengran didn’t convey any thoughts to Du Youqian, but it was clear that she followed Meng Xiao’s lead in all things.

"I know you are loyal, and I will never treat you unfairly." When communicating with ghosts, one couldn’t be subtle or speak in riddles; it was best to be direct.

"I will continue to look out for a Successor Cultivation Technique for you and will bring it next time."

"Thank you, my lord. The Ghost Kindom is not welcoming to Human Race Cultivators. You should not linger, my lord. Please leave at once."

Du Youqian offered him a few words of encouragement and gave him a newly purchased Tier Four Long-distance Communication Treasure. "Use this to contact me from now on."

As for the "Chat Group," he decided not to give it to him.

A Tier Three Ghost Cultivator’s mind wasn’t yet that sharp. If he accidentally revealed Du Youqian’s secrets in the group, Du Youqian would be socially ruined.

After leaving the Ghost Kindom, Du Youqian returned to the Zhao Kingdom to continue his Cultivation and accumulation.

He had many things to do. For example, he needed to visit Shaoze Mansion to see if any new geniuses had appeared in Momenan in recent years, and while he was at it, try to sweet-talk the Blood Slaughter Sword again. He also had to find trouble for Master Wu Ji and Shi Shentong, a matter that had been on his mind for centuries. And he needed to advance his standing within the Immortal City Alliance, to bring Dali City completely under his control...

But most important of all was breaking through to Divinity Transformation.

Once he reached Divinity Transformation, none of these tasks would be difficult.

But if he failed to break through, some of them would be harder than ascending to the heavens.

Over the years, he had used the channels of the Zhao Kingdom to sell some of the Treasures and unused materials he had acquired, purchasing resources to continue his own Cultivation.

Of course, now that he was at Nascent Soul Perfection, he saved most of the resources he bought, intending to provide them to his disciples, promising juniors in his family, the talented disciples of the Four Principles Sect, and to support his own Direct Lineage.

One day, Du Youqian suddenly felt that his mind and body had both approached a state of Perfection.

He arranged his worldly possessions and hid them away, left some final instructions in the Chat Group, and then refined the Divinity Transformation Spiritual Object and entered the Closed Death Gate.

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