CHAPTER 819: A REMOTE CULTIVATION CAVE

Translator: CinderTL

Mu Yunxin glanced at the disheveled Song Wen and Lan Chen before bowing respectfully.

"Greetings, Ancestor. Greetings, Senior Yin Shuo."

"Yunxin, why have you come?" Lan Chen asked.

"Reporting to Ancestor, Alchemy Peak has successfully refined the Solidification Pill. I have come to inform you personally," Mu Yunxin replied.

Lan Chen’s eyes lit up, and she stood up.

"Truly?"

"How could I dare deceive you, Ancestor?" Mu Yunxin said.

"How many pills were successfully refined in total?" Lan Chen asked.

"Three," Mu Yunxin replied.

Seeing Lan Chen’s joyful expression, Song Wen couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Immortal Maiden, what is this Solidification Pill? Why have I never heard of it?"

"You may not have heard of the Solidification Pill, but you certainly know its other name. It’s also known as the Youth Preservation Pill," Lan Chen explained.

Song Wen’s interest immediately waned.

The Youth Preservation Pill was rumored to preserve one’s youthful appearance, allowing one to maintain their current looks until death after taking the pill.

However, it only maintained one’s appearance and offered no improvement to one’s cultivation.

Yet, Lan Chen’s face radiated undisguised joy.

For her, Eternal Youth held allure second only to Divine Transformation.

"I obtained the Solidification Pill’s Pill Formula in an Ancient Secret Realm," Lan Chen explained, her voice brimming with pride and joy at successfully refining the pill. "The formula is incredibly ancient, and many of the Spirit Herbs it requires have long gone extinct. Our He Huan Sect’s many Pill Refiners spent years tirelessly experimenting, finally finding substitutes for these rare herbs. However, even these substitutes are incredibly precious. It took the entire sect’s resources to gather just four sets of ingredients..."

After her lengthy explanation, Lan Chen’s initial excitement gradually subsided. She turned to Song Wen and said, "Yin Shuo, would you like to take a Solidification Pill? I can give you one."

Mu Yunxin’s eyes widened in surprise at these words, a hint of envy flickering within them. Having served Lan Chen for years, she knew firsthand the immense effort and dedication Lan Chen had poured into refining the Solidification Pill. Now that she had finally succeeded, Lan Chen, who hadn’t even taken one herself, was offering one to Song Wen?

Mu Yunxin had always assumed that Song Wen was no different from Lan Chen’s other companions. But now, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

At that moment, Mu Yunxin suddenly remembered something.

Thirty years ago, after Song Wen and Lan Chen reunited at the Human Serpent Workshop in Pure Lake, Lan Chen had never grown close to another man.

A flicker of shock flashed in Mu Yunxin’s eyes, but she quickly suppressed it.

It was best not to pry into the Ancestor’s secrets.

Unlike Mu Yunxin’s surprise, Song Wen remained remarkably calm.

"Thank you for your kindness, Immortal Maiden. This item is of no use to me. Please give it to someone else in your sect."

Seeing Song Wen’s lack of interest, Lan Chen didn’t press the matter and simply nodded lightly.

Song Wen turned to Mu Yunxin and asked, "Little Friend Mu, are you married?"

The hair bun atop Mu Yunxin’s head was a style worn only by married women.

"Yes, Senior Yin Shuo," Mu Yunxin replied. "I’ve been married for half a year."

Song Wen was immediately intrigued. What brave soul had dared to marry a disciple of the He Huan Sect?

"May I ask who your husband is?" Song Wen inquired.

"My husband’s name is Fang Xingyan. You’ve met him before, Senior," Mu Yunxin thought.

The reminder instantly jogged Song Wen’s memory. Fang Xingyan was the young Foundation Establishment cultivator they had encountered at the He Huan Heavenly Spring Courtyard years ago.

Song Wen waved his hand, and ten High-Grade Spirit Stones materialized in mid-air, flying toward Mu Yunxin.

"This is a small gift to celebrate your marriage, Little Friend Mu. I hope you’ll accept it."

Mu Yunxin was slightly taken aback, but then she accepted the Spirit Stones.

"Thank you, Senior."

"Ji Yin, do you have a fondness for ’married women’?" Lan Chen’s voice suddenly cut through the air. "If that’s truly your preference, I can lower myself to serve you alongside Yunxin."

Song Wen’s body stiffened, his expression one of utter bewilderment as he stared at Lan Chen.

He couldn’t understand why she would utter such a preposterous proposition.

Mu Yunxin was newly married, yet Lan Chen was suggesting they share a husband.

While Song Wen harbored a flicker of such desire himself, the idea was utterly absurd.

In Song Wen’s view, since Mu Yunxin had chosen to marry, she would surely abandon her previous libertine ways and live chastely. Otherwise, why would she have married at all?

However, when Song Wen glanced at Mu Yunxin out of the corner of his eye, his opinion instantly shifted.

He saw Mu Yunxin’s face flushed crimson, her expression a mix of shyness and coquettishness.

"The upper beam isn’t straight, so the lower beam is crooked!"

"Rituals and music have fallen into decay!"

These two thoughts flashed through Song Wen’s mind.

At that moment, the male cultivator named Fang Xingyan in Song Wen’s mind had transformed into a figure entirely covered in green.

Patting his old waist, Song Wen spoke.

"The Asura Sect has an urgent matter that requires my immediate attention. Immortal Maiden Lan Chen, Little Friend Mu, I must take my leave."

With that, Song Wen turned and walked out.

Mu Yunxin looked slightly disappointed. "Farewell, Senior Yin Shuo."

Lan Chen, however, seemed overjoyed, her eyes curving into crescent moons that sparkled with delight.

"Yin Shuo, remember to visit me when you have time. Don’t always make me send people to find you."

Song Wen hurried toward Qingluo Mountain. As he passed through Wu Yuan Market, he noticed that the crimson banner he had planted on the stone mountain east of the market half a year ago had vanished.

"Did Xue Mei see the signal I left for her?"

A thought struck Song Wen. He changed direction and headed toward Tiancang Mountain.

More than half a year ago, Song Wen’s cultivation had reached the bottleneck of the early Nascent Soul stage.

The fact that he had advanced from initial Nascent Soul to the early Nascent Soul bottleneck in just over twenty years was entirely due to the potent effects of the Blood Demon Pill. Without it, his sixth-grade spiritual root would have required at least a century of arduous cultivation.

As for breaking through the early Nascent Soul bottleneck, Song Wen had never considered relying on arduous cultivation. With his aptitude, he had no idea how many years it would take to break through this bottleneck, or if he would even succeed before his lifespan ran out.

Song Wen arrived at the main hall of the Asura Sect and found Yu Wen. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Song Wen asked, "Chief Yu, has Xue Mei been to Tiancang Mountain recently?"

"Senior Xue Mei came three days ago. She left this jade slip and instructed me to deliver it personally to you, Sect Leader, before departing," Yu Wen said, handing Song Wen the jade slip.

Song Wen took the jade slip and found it sealed with a Restriction to prevent outsiders from prying.

After forcibly breaking the Restriction, Song Wen read the contents.

Ji Yin, my cultivation cave is at Heavenly Heart Lake. If you wish to engage in Dual Cultivation, come to Heavenly Heart Lake to find me.

Song Wen frowned slightly.

Heavenly Heart Lake was located at the border between Yishi Ridge and the Nine Palaces Sect, not far from Jie Mountain. The Spiritual Qi there was far from abundant.

It was unexpected that Senior Xue Mei, a Nascent Soul cultivator, would choose such a remote location for her cultivation cave.

Of course, there was another possibility.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows.

This might simply be one of Xue Mei’s many cultivation caves.

Song Wen wasn’t concerned about Xue Mei’s cultivation cave itself. What puzzled him was why she would invite him to her cave for Dual Cultivation.

The last time they worked together, to refine the Soul Breaking Demon Pill, Xue Mei hadn’t even used her own cultivation cave, choosing instead to refine it on Tiancang Mountain.

(End of the Chapter)

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