This was Du Jialuo's second time meeting Perfected Liu Xuanyuan. The first time he met Perfected Liu Xuanyuan was ten years ago when Perfected Liu Xuanyuan followed Patriarch Guo Tianshan and the others to the rocky cave abode through the teleportation array.
At that time, Lu Ping and Guo Tianshan, Laozu, and the rest decided to establish Ying Shan Immortal Academy. They introduced Du Jialuo to Enlightened Liu Xuanyuan as the first official disciple of Ying Shan Immortal Academy. It was also then that Du Jialuo met Enlightened Liu Xuanyuan for the first time.
At that time, Lu Ping didn't introduce Du Jialuo too much to Enlightened Liu Xuanyuan. He only said that Du Jialuo was a mortal disciple that he unintentionally saved from the hands of the Ying He Sect cultivators. Enlightened Liu Xuanyuan didn't know that Du Jialuo had been consuming spirit fruits since he was young.
In fact, during these ten years, Du Jialuo did not receive any special treatment in Ying Shan Immortal Academy. Otherwise, he would not have only advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm after ten years. Among the younger disciples who entered the academy at the same time as him, the more talented ones had already advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm after seven or eight years of cultivation.
One had to know that after Ying Shan Immortal Academy was established, it spared no effort in nurturing its disciples because it urgently needed to establish a foothold in the Ying Shan mountain range. In addition, Zhenling's development over the past few years, the treatment of its disciples had long surpassed that of Lu Ping's time in Zhen Ling Side Courtyard. Ying Shan Immortal Academy was completely comparable to Zhen Ling Side Courtyard, and its treatment was even better.
Not to mention, Great Ancestor Guo Tianshan and the others had also plundered a lot of cultivation resources from Ying He Sect and Ying Shan Sect's ruins. They also moved some of the spirit gathering places, spirit veins, and spirit mines to Ying Shan Immortal Courtyard and sent their disciples to manage the place. In a short period of time, Ying Shan Immortal Courtyard had an abundance of cultivation resources. Hence, many talented disciples took far less time to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm than Lu Ping and the others did in Zhen Ling Side Hall.
After Du Jialuo met Enlightened Liu Xuanyuan, Enlightened Liu didn't say much. He only instructed Du Jialuo to go to the back mountain.
Du Jialuo understood. Below the cliff of Ying Shan Immortal Academy's back mountain was the surging Ying River. And beside the Ying River, there was a secret immortal cave. Adept Liu clearly wanted Du Jialuo to go there.
Just as Du Jialuo left the True Spirit Hall, he saw a thin, sloppily dressed mid-stage Blood Condensation cultivator in his twenties hurrying towards him.
As he was passing by Du Jialuo, the cultivator raised his head to look at Du Jialuo. Du Jialuo could sense the aura emanating from the cultivator, which far surpassed his own cultivation base. Knowing that the cultivator was either an Immortal Master or an outer disciple, Du Jialuo politely smiled at the cultivator. At the same time, he noticed the pair of spirited eyes on the cultivator's face.
The young man seemed to be in a hurry as he hurried into the True Spirit Hall. Clearly, he did not notice Du Jialuo greeting him.
Du Jialuo did not mind as he walked towards the back of the mountain.
In the True Spirit Hall, Tian Yue bowed towards Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan. "Greetings, Martial Uncle."
Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan seemed to have guessed Tian Yue's intention. However, he still smiled and asked, "Martial Nephew Tian, I heard that you can already concoct late-stage Blood Condensation pills. It seems like the title of our sect's first Pill Refinement Master will fall on you."
Although Tian Yue was only a late-stage Blood Condensation fourth generation disciple, he was one of the best Pill Refinement Masters among Zhenling's fourth generation disciples. It was highly possible that he would become Zhenling's Pill Refinement Master or even Pill Refinement Grandmaster in the future. Hence, Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan took good care of disciples with such potential. Otherwise, with Tian Yue's Blood Condensation cultivation, how could he enter the True Spirit Hall as he pleased?
Tian Yue smiled humbly. Then, his expression turned anxious as he asked, "Martial Uncle, I heard from Martial Uncle Xuan Fang that our sect's Grandmaster Xuan Ping has come to the Immortal Academy. Is this true? This disciple is eager to meet Grandmaster Xuan Ping! "
Tian Yue was in the Pill Pavilion, but he had never accepted a master. Although Great Master Xuan Fang was taking care of him and his talent in pill refinement was outstanding, none of the second and third generation pill refinement masters in the Pill Pavilion took the initiative to accept Tian Yue as a disciple. To Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan, this matter was very strange.
Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan had heard some rumors about Tian Yue. One of them was that Tian Yue wanted to become the disciple of one of the sect's three Pill Refinement Grandmasters, Enlightened Master Lu Xuanping. He looked down on the other pill refinement masters in the Pill Pavilion. Hence, no one in the Pill Pavilion was willing to accept him as a disciple.
However, from Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan's point of view, looking down on the other pill refinement masters in the Pill Pavilion was fake. Otherwise, Great Master Xuan Fang wouldn't have favored him so much. However, it was very likely that this kid wanted to become Lu Xuanping's disciple.
On the back mountain, Du Jialuo walked through a forest and saw a little girl about ten years old standing on a patch of grass that was half the height of a person. She had a peach blossom on her head. She was standing on the grass and directing the plants around her. They were swaying and dancing to the rhythm of her singing.
Du Jialuo was stunned when he saw the little girl, especially when he saw that the spirit herbs, spirit trees, and even ordinary flowers and trees were swaying to the rhythm of the little girl's singing.
He was no longer the same as he had been in the past. He had learned a lot about the world of cultivation, and knew that if a human cultivator couldn't control such a large area of plant and vegetation magic at such a young age, then this little girl in front of him was most likely a demon.
Du Jialuo knew that Lu Ping had a few spirit pets under him, but he had clearly not seen the little girl in front of him.
Du Jialuo thought about it and decided not to complicate matters. Hence, he planned to go around the side and find a way to go down the cliff at the back of the mountain.
However, just as Du Jialuo was about to leave through a small path on the side, the flowers and plants on both sides of the path suddenly moved towards the center. In an instant, the entire path was covered tightly. There was no place for him to step on at all.
This time, Du Jialuo knew that the other party was clearly coming for him. As such, he did not panic. Instead, he stepped forward politely and said, "Disciple Du Jialuo has come to see Elder Xuan Ping on the orders of Spiritual Master Liu Xuanyuan. Please report on my behalf."
When the little girl saw Du Jialuo's serious expression, she immediately giggled. As she laughed, the surrounding flowers and plants began to sway as well. It was as if they were laughing at Du Jialuo.
No matter how mature Du Jialuo was, he could not help but blush in such a situation.
Just at this moment, another lovely laugh rang out. When Du Jialuo raised his head to look, he saw a beautiful green and red bird standing on a spirit tree not far away. The laughter from before had come from the mouth of this bird.
When Du Jialuo saw this bird, he was happy instead of shocked. He hurriedly said, "Is this Senior Lu Qin-er? Junior Du Jialuo has come to see Elder Xuan Ping."
The little bird on the tree was the Blue Phoenix, Lu Qin-er. She was now at the peak of the fifth layer of the Core Forging Realm. Back when Du Jialuo was cultivating in the cave, he had been teased by this "Senior Lu Qin-er". Du Jialuo did not dare to be the slightest bit negligent. He hurriedly greeted her from afar.
Lu Qin-er flapped her wings and glided over from the spirit tree. She circled above Du Jialuo's head twice but ignored him. Instead, she said to the little girl standing on the grass, "Little Sister Peach Blossom, this brat is someone Big Brother wants to see. Little Sister, please let him pass. Ten years ago, this brat was still cultivating with Big Brother. Later on, just a few days before Little Sister transformed, this brat left. So Little Sister, you do not know him."
Lu Qin-er was the little girl who had transformed from the Spirit Demon Peach Tree ten years ago. In these ten years, the little girl had been using the grass and trees in the back mountain of Ying Shan Immortal Academy to monitor this region. In this region, without the little girl's permission, very few people could enter the back mountain and disturb Lu Ping's cultivation. Moreover, even if an expert tried to sneak in, it would be very difficult to avoid the little girl's eyes and ears.
The little girl's talent was not something Samling, Lu Qin-er, and the others could compare to. Even Lu Ping was rather amazed when he learned of this. She could control flowers and trees, and with her eyes and ears, even Lu Ping felt that it would be very difficult to avoid the little girl's detection within a certain range.
The little girl nodded when she heard Lu Qin-er's words. A cheerful tune sounded from her mouth, like the sound of a breeze brushing past the grass and trees. The path that had been covered by the grass reappeared in front of Du Jialuo's eyes. Moreover, Du Jialuo discovered that this path led in a different direction.
Du Jialuo turned around to thank the little girl in front of him, and then walked towards the back mountain along the path that had just appeared. Lu Qin-er's wings flapped, and her figure immediately disappeared into the clouds.
At this time, Du Jialuo already believed a rumor that had been circulating in Immortal Academy. It was said that Immortal Academy's medicine gathering disciples would often encounter a 'ghostly wall' after accidentally entering Immortal Academy's back mountain's forbidden area. They would be trapped inside for several days, and only when they were on their last breaths were they rescued by Immortal Academy's true masters.
As time passed, Immortal Academy's disciples became more and more respectful towards the back mountain's forbidden area. No one else entered the back mountain because of medicine gathering. Originally, Immortal Academy's disciples all thought that Immortal Academy's true masters were purposely punishing the disciples who entered the back mountain, but now, it seemed like it wasn't Immortal Academy's true masters who took action at all. It was most likely this little girl who had trapped them inside.
Du Jialuo then thought back to the years before Immortal Academy was established. At that time, Immortal Academy's protective formation hadn't been completely established, and experts would often sneak into Immortal Academy to plot against them. However, each time they tried to sneak in, they would be discovered, and then attacked by Immortal Academy's experts. Now, it seemed like this Peach Blossom Fairy's contribution as well.
At the bottom of the cliff at the back of the mountain, waves of the surging Ying River were constantly crashing against the cliffs on both sides of the river, making "Chi Chi" sounds. In the sky above the cliff, a black shadow gradually grew bigger. When it got closer, one would find out that it was a huge Blue Phoenix.
The Green Luan released a clear cry, and then its giant body glided along the surface of Abundant River. A figure leapt off the Green Luan's back, jumping into Abundant River.
Du Jialuo formed a water repelling art, diving seven or eight zhang into the river along the cliff. He could vaguely see an enormous rock cave. Du Jialuo hurriedly walked into the cave.
When he passed through the cave and emerged from the water surface, he saw a familiar figure currently looking at him with a smile.
Du Jialuo's face lit up, and he bowed respectfully, saying, "Martial Uncle Dabao, long time no see! You've gotten fatter and fatter!"
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