Xu Wanran stuck out her tongue playfully, "I'm only at the second level of foundation building, and I'm still too far away from the spirit transformation stage.
Forget it, I don’t even dare to think about these things, I’d better just practice diligently first.”
"I feel relieved if you think so."
Xu Chunniang felt relieved and took out three bags of spirit beasts, large, medium and small.
"In these spirit beast bags are the rove beetles I raised. In the smallest spirit beast bag are the rove beetles in the Qi training stage, there are thousands of them.
The second spirit beast bag contains more than a hundred rove insects in the foundation-building stage. I have wiped out their spiritual consciousness, so you can drive them directly."
Xu Wanran widened her eyes in surprise, and her heartbeat couldn't help but quicken.
"Foundation-building stage rove beetles, are all these for me?"
"Yes, so many rove beetles together are a very strong force. You must make good use of them."
Xu Wanran nodded solemnly, "Master, don't worry, I won't use them to do anything bad."
After handing over the two spirit beast bags, Xu Chunniang took the last spirit beast bag and warned with a serious look.
"This spirit beast's bag contains a golden elixir-stage rove beetle. It's best not to open it before you break through the golden elixir stage!"
Not long ago, she took three rove beetles that had completed their foundation building process away from the small world, and as expected, she attracted the Sanjiu Thunder Tribulation.
Amidst the rolling thunder and lightning, only a rove beetle was lucky enough to survive the thunder tribulation and break through to the Golden Core Stage.
The other two had already turned into ashes.
Looking at the spirit beast bag in front of her, Xu Wanran hesitated and did not reach out to take it immediately.
The value of the rove beetle in the Jindan stage is immeasurable.
It is estimated that in the entire Baihua Peak, only the peak master and one or two others have raised insects and flies in the Jindan stage.
"Master, this gift is too expensive..."
"Since I give it to you, you can take it."
Xu Chunniang put the last spirit beast bag into Xu Wanran's palm and motioned her to accept it.
Xu Wanran put away the spirit beast bag and suddenly thought of something, feeling a headache.
"Master, do these rove beetles have much to eat? Will the few spirit stones I earn not be enough for them to eat?"
"Don't worry, I have already made preparations for this. Here is some spiritual rice. Use it to feed the rove beetles."
Xu Chunniang took out a ring. There were a lot of low-level spiritual rice in her space, which were no longer useful to her. She could take them out and use them as food for the rove beetles.
Xu Wanran took the storage ring, scanned the space inside with her spiritual sense, and suddenly felt dizzy.
There is so much pure rice, and the quality is pretty good, enough for the rove beetles to eat for many years.
Xu Wanran suddenly felt that she had become rich overnight.
This is not the end. Xu Chunniang had an idea and took out a fan as white as jade, which was the White Jade Fan.
With the Soul-Fixing Mirror, she rarely uses this white jade fan, but it has special effects and can directly act on the soul, making it a very good magic weapon.
"This fan is called the White Jade Fan. I give it to you for self-defense."
Xu Wanran took the white jade fan and opened her mouth to say something, but she felt that the words were too pale to express the gratitude in her heart.
Xu Chunniang patted her on the shoulder and handed her the last thing.
“This jade slip records some of my insights into cultivation and my understanding of Taoism.
Practice well, and if you run into trouble in the future, you can go to Xiaowushan to find Xiaojuzi and Xiaobai."
"Master..."
Tears glistened in Xu Wanran's eyes. After she established her foundation, she vaguely guessed the relationship between herself and Xu Chunniang.
With such an ancestor with profound cultivation, she, as a descendant, should be taken care of.
But in fact, everything she has today was obtained through her own efforts, and she did not rely much on her ancestors.
At the beginning, when she was working hard to accumulate spirit stones in order to obtain a foundation-building pill, she did have some complaints in her heart.
Especially after my father died of illness, I couldn't get over it for a while.
It was not until later that she realized that the ancestor did not owe her anything. If it were not for the ancestor's introduction, she would not even be able to join the Xiaoyao Sect. She had no right to blame the ancestor.
Xu Wanran felt both grateful and guilty.
At this point, there was nothing she didn't understand.
Jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved. The ancestor did not take care of her deliberately in order to temper her character.
"These are just some external possessions, they are nothing. You must remember what you once said, that cultivation is to see this world more clearly."
Xu Wanran nodded heavily, and after watching the old man leave, tears fell.
On the way back to Xiaowushan, Xiaojuzi and Xiaobai remained silent. They realized that they were one step closer to separation.
"Don't be unhappy, you two. I have prepared gifts for you as well."
Xu Chunniang touched Xiaojuzi's head, pinched Xiaobai's body, and took out three carefully crafted formation plates.
"These three arrays, one for attack, one for defense, and one for trapping, can handle most dangers. When I'm not around, you must support each other and stick together."
Little Orange took the formation plate, but his expression was still a little depressed and listless.
Xu Chunniang smoothed its fur, then took out the map of mountains and rivers and the soul-fixing mirror and gave them to Xiaobai and Xiaojuzi respectively.
"These two magical instruments are very powerful, but you have to be careful when using the Soul-Fixing Mirror. Your beast race doesn't have much spiritual awareness, so be careful not to let it eat you."
Little Orange snorted, it’s not that useless!
Before returning to Xiaowushan, I saw a familiar figure from afar. It was the sect leader Yue Lingzheng.
Seeing Xu Chunniang coming back, he bowed respectfully.
"I rushed here as soon as I learned that Master Xu had come out of retreat. I haven't even congratulated Master Xu on his successful transformation into a god yet!"
"Yue..."
Thinking of something, Xu Chunniang shook her head and smiled, then changed the subject, "Master, are you here to see me? Is there something wrong?"
After a moment's hesitation, Yue Lingzheng explained his purpose.
“The entire cultivation world knows that my Xiaoyao Sect has produced a True Saint who has reached the state of Divine Transformation. Everyone in the sect knows about this as well, but Master Xu, you have not shown your face in front of the public since your breakthrough in cultivation.
Uncle Sheng just told me that you will ascend to heaven soon, and I beg you to give a lecture to the disciples before you ascend, so that we can listen to the sound of the great way."
Xu Chunniang subconsciously wanted to refuse. She had only seen a glimpse of the truth, so what qualifications did she have to preach
But after catching a glimpse of the pleading look on Yue Lingzheng's face, he was unable to say no.
"Okay, let's set the time for the opening ceremony at 12:00 a.m. three days from now, and the location will be Xiaoyao Sect's main peak."
Yue Ling was overjoyed, "Then I'll go get ready now."
Three days later, at the main peak of Xiaoyao Sect.
It was just dawn when the Xiaoyao disciples who had heard the news had already been waiting at the main peak for a long time.
At exactly 1 a.m., Xu Chunniang showed up as promised.
Seeing the calm green figure in the forum, the thousands of cultivators present, from Sheng Qingjun who was in the Nascent Soul stage to the young cultivator who had just drawn Qi into his body, all had solemn expressions and no one uttered a word.
"The Tao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Tao. Although I have achieved the level of a spirit, I have only touched the surface of the Tao. I will tell you my understanding of the Tao..."