After getting Li Yan's reply, Yu Banjiang went to inform his master.
After listening to his disciple's narration, Shangguan Tianque was surprised to find that the other party had brought a seriously injured ascended monk back to the sect without his knowledge.
He couldn't help but immediately give him a few words of warning, as he knew what this disciple was thinking.
However, it is still too reckless to bring back a Nascent Soul or even a God Transformation cultivator and then inform them after a few days.
He knew that after Yu Banjiang failed twice in his attempts to reach the Nascent Soul stage, his state of mind had become increasingly depressed. Not only had his resolve to practice Taoism been shaken, but he had also thought of death in his heart.
This caused some of the things he did to be like two completely different people compared to before.
Yu Banjiang himself knew that something was not right with him, and he wanted to do something real for the sect before he died.
To be precise, to do something for Shangguan Tianque.
Shangguan Tianque could only turn his attention to Li Yan after giving a few warnings. After carefully questioning Yu Banjiang, he came over to meet Li Yan.
"Hmm? What realm is he in? He seems to be in the early stage of Yuanying, or in the middle stage of Yuanying, but sometimes he feels like a mortal?"
After the yellow-robed young man's spiritual sense swept over Li Yan, he found something uncertain and could not help but scan him several more times. He did not hide his actions.
However, he didn't know that Li Yan had only a slight sense of his investigation and couldn't determine how the other party was investigating him.
Shangguan Tianque sensed that the other party's realm seemed very unstable, but looking at Li Yan's expression, his energy and blood did not seem to be depleted.
It was only because the Nascent Soul in Li Yan's body was dormant, but his physical body was too strong, so the circulation of his magic power and blood made his state of mind appear very unstable.
However, the young man in yellow robe confirmed the issue he was concerned about with just a glance. There was indeed a repulsive force between Li Yan's soul and the rules of heaven and earth here. The other party must be an ascended cultivator from the lower realm.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Shangguan!"
Li Yan also cupped his hands. He had previously told Ban Jiang about his serious injuries, but he did not tell him that his Nascent Soul was in a coma or that there was a problem with his sea of consciousness.
Even if the other party saved him, with Li Yan's personality, he would never tell the other party about his true injuries, which would undoubtedly expose his biggest weakness.
He was unconscious and out of control before, but once he can control some things, Li Yan will definitely try his best to reduce his own danger.
"Hello, Fellow Daoist Li. I wonder which continent or realm in the lower world you are from
Hehehe… I have no intention of asking about your privacy, I am just a little curious. If you are not comfortable talking about it, then just pretend that I did not ask.”
The handsome young man in yellow robe still had a smile on his face. Although he said this, he was actually trying to find out about Li Yan's background.
Li Yan knew that if he didn't say anything, it would only make the other party feel uneasy.
"I am a casual cultivator from the Wind God Continent!"
Li Yan said.
"Wind God Continent? This is one of the more famous continents in the lower world. Is it the continent with wind beasts?"
"Yes!"
"It seems that there aren't many monks who ascend there. It is said that it is because of the existence of wind beasts!"
"Oh? Fellow Daoist Shangguan has seen other ascended monks?"
Li Yan's heart couldn't help but move, and his eyes fluctuated slightly.
“Hehehe… I have met a few people, but most of them are just casual acquaintances, and I don’t know their specific origins.
As for my understanding of the lower world, I only occasionally talk with others about ascended monks. In addition to admiring your strong fighting power, I have also heard people talk about some things about the Wind God Continent, so I know a little bit, but I don’t know if it is accurate. "
Shangguan Tianque said with a smile.
"That's true. We fight wind beasts all year round, and the number of cultivators above the Nascent Soul stage is not as many as in other continents. Fellow Daoist Shangguan, I wonder how many ascended cultivators come to this world every year?"
"Every year? Fellow Daoist Li, you are wrong. Although there are only four realms in the Immortal Spirit Realm, each realm is vast and boundless.
That is a vastness that cannot be measured by cultivators below the Mahayana level!
Compared with the native cultivators in the fairy world, the cultivators from the lower realms who ascend to the immortal world are like a drop of water entering a big river. It is also an opportunity for our sect to meet Fellow Daoist Li.
When you stay here for a long time, you will understand that even if you stay in one area for a decade or a hundred years, you may not be able to meet an ascended monk. The fairy world is too big!"
Shangguan Tianque shook his head.
After that, the two talked for more than an hour before Shangguan Tianque stood up to say goodbye. Before leaving, he thought for a while and then said to Li Yan.
"Fellow Daoist Li, please stay here for a few days. I will give you a reply within three days regarding the matter of the 'Immortal Liquid'!"
Li Yan also smiled and said there was no problem.
Now that he knew the preciousness of the "Immortal Liquid" and that there were two Nascent Soul cultivators in the "Pojun Sect", Li Yan understood that the other party said this because he wanted to discuss things with the other Nascent Soul cultivator.
After all, the "Immortal Liquid" cannot be taken out just like that, and I guess the "Pojun Gate" will have to consider it carefully.
Hundreds of thousands of high-quality spirit stones, if the "earth spot" is opened, Li Yan's wealth will be reduced by half, and he will be in great pain.
After Shangguan Tianque left, Yu Banjiang spoke a few more words to Li Yan, then said goodbye and left.
But when he was leaving, Li Yan saw Yu Banjiang pick up the broom leaning against the door, his eyes regained that vicissitudes of life, and he walked downstairs step by step...
Looking at Yu Banjiang's leaving figure, Li Yan stood by the railing and looked up at the sky. A crescent moon appeared in the sky, with countless stars shining down.
The place where Li Yan lived was not a cave or a courtyard, but a ten-story octagonal attic. The attic had wind chimes on the eaves, glazed tiles and carved wood, giving people a sense of vicissitudes, just like Yu Banjiang himself.
Li Yan lived in a room on the fifth floor, and the doors and windows of the other rooms were closed.
When night falls, only the room where Li Yan lives and a room on the first floor will be lit up by the soft light of the formation.
After Li Yan's spiritual sense was unable to detect the other rooms, he didn't know what the other rooms were used for, but through so many days of observation, he knew that only he and Yu Banjiang lived here.
"This should be a place similar to the 'Collection Pavilion'!"
Li Yan thought in his heart.
During the day, Yu Banjiang would open some rooms and go in to clean or sweep them. After nightfall, he would pick up a broom and sweep from top to bottom layer by layer like a monk guarding a pagoda...
"Yu Banjiang seems to be cultivating his mind! This should be for the formation of a baby."
Li Yan didn't know much about Banjiang's situation, but he could see that his intention was the same as when he entered the mortal world to train in order to find a chance to form a baby.
The direction that Yu Banjiang chose should be a kind of Zen practice similar to that of a monk, calming his mind and waiting for that slight opportunity to come.
Li Yan didn't know that the other party had failed to form a fetus twice. Doing this here was not just a matter of waiting for an opportunity, but more about cultivating a calm state of mind and healing the trauma.
After Li Yan's eyes moved away from Yu Banjiang's back, he kept staring at the shallow crescent moon in the sky, which was no longer the familiar huge full moon in his memory. "In such a situation, the Wuliang Sect is not in the Northern Pastoral Realm. My luck is really better this time, cross-domain... cross-domain..."
He let out a long breath as he thought about what was in his mind. Helplessly, his thoughts flooded in like a tide!
As he looked up, Li Yan gradually remembered that faraway place, the people waiting for him on different continents. In his heart, he felt a sense of loneliness and desolation, like a shadow...
At the same time, on the top of a mountain, under the moonlight, the dark shadows of the green pines were scattered obliquely, reflected on the stone surface of the ground, and the breeze brought coolness to the night sky!
Under the green pine, on a smooth boulder, there were several wine jugs. On one side of the boulder, a man was lying there, dressed in a red robe, leaning against the thick trunk of a green pine, his back facing the endless abyss behind him.
In the moonlight, in a jade hand with a porcelain-like texture and luster, a wine jug was being held upside down, and the sleeve had slid to the elbow, revealing skin as white as mutton-fat jade.
She was looking up, her green nose and jade-like face reflected in the silver moonlight, her long black hair was hanging down in disarray, her fox eyes were slightly charming, the green mountains were in the distance, and the nearby water was misty.
Just after she poured a sip of wine into her mouth, there was a flash of light on the top of the cliff, and a handsome young man in a yellow robe appeared in front of her. The woman seemed not to notice, and the wine jug in her hand was still tilted, and a clear line of wine gurgled into her throat.
When the young man in yellow robe saw this scene, a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.
"Junior sister!"
After hearing this, the woman in red slowly put down the wine jug in her hand, but still held it in her white and jade-like hands.
She glanced at the young man in yellow robe, with a hint of drunkenness in her eyes, which made her look even more charming and alluring.
"I'm back. How's that guy?"
The woman seemed to be in her early twenties, and her voice was as sweet as the sound of a spring, giving one the feeling of clear spring water flowing into one's heart.
"He is indeed a cultivator who ascended from the lower realm. He is most likely from the Wind God Continent, but he should not be a casual cultivator. His realm is fluctuating too much at this moment, and he looks seriously injured. But he is most likely a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul."
The young man in yellow robe answered quickly, and he just stood there, with tenderness in his eyes, quietly looking at the beautiful woman in red.
"From the Wind God Continent, in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul? The cultivators there fight against wind beasts all year round, so their combat power is also very strong.
It is easy for a normal mid-Nascent Soul cultivator to defeat a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator from our region, but I wonder if it can fight against a late-stage cultivator?"
The pleasant voice of Qingquan sounded again. While the woman in red was speaking, she raised her hand and another stream of clear wine went down her throat.
“This may not be true for late-stage great monks. The monks who ascended from the lower realms are strong, but those who can deal with late-stage great monks with their early- to mid-stage strength are actually rare.
After all, the power of the laws comprehended by the late great monks cannot be compared with the first two levels! "
The yellow-robed young man said thoughtfully.
He could see that Li Yan was seriously injured, so he couldn't come to a final conclusion based on his spiritual observation just now, but he still gave his opinion very objectively.
“If he is willing to stay, then that’s fine. Anyway, our sect’s main enemies have no dealings with the sects that established their heritage in the lower realms.
After he stays here, he will just observe secretly. In the early stage, he will not be given any special rights. He will just be a nominal elder."
After the pleasant voice was heard, there was another sound of sake going down the throat, and the yellow-robed young man's eyes flickered.
"But he is seriously injured, and he will have to stay in seclusion for a long time! At the same time, we have to pay for the 'Immortality Liquid'. I am afraid that once his injury is healed, he will just walk away, and that would be a loss.
After all, if you sign a contract with the other party, he will still have some reservations, and once the critical moment comes, he may not be willing to help you sincerely. "
"Then what do you say we should do? This kind of thing is supposed to be observed. With the sect in this state right now, could the situation be any worse than this?"
The woman's pleasant voice became much lower when she said this, and her pair of charming eyes looked back at the young man in yellow robe.
The young man in yellow robe walked quietly to the tree, then sat down cross-legged next to the beautiful woman. He picked up a wine jug on the boulder, but found it was very light and empty. When he picked up another one, there was still no wine.
He couldn't help but shook his head. At this moment, a hand as white as jade, holding a wine jug, was handed over to him.
"Hey, there's more here!!"
The young man in yellow robe took it with a smile and drank it directly with his head tilted back. The beautiful woman blushed when she saw this.
After taking a sip, the young man in yellow robe held the wine jug with both hands, like an old man holding a jug, and then he let out a long breath.
“Junior sister, if… I mean if, if I can’t succeed this time and you feel it’s hard to stand alone, then let’s disband the sect!
With your cultivation level, it won’t be a problem for you to find a third-rate sect!! That way… then you can focus on your cultivation without distractions, and it won’t be difficult to break through to the Spiritual Transformation stage.”
The young man in yellow robe spoke carefully, his voice very soft.
But after he said this, the surroundings suddenly became even quieter, as if a cold sword appeared in the darkness, suddenly reflecting a cold light, and a sense of coldness emerged.
"fart!"
After a few more breaths, the woman in red suddenly straightened up from the position she was leaning against the tree, and the expression on her pretty face suddenly changed from charming to angry.
"Junior sister, this sect originally had no foundation. It was created by you and me. In fact, there is no need for any inheritance burden.
As for those disciples below, we have protected them for so many years and taught them the skills that should be taught. We cannot protect them for their entire lives.
If they can produce a Nascent Soul within three hundred years, then they can help the sect. Otherwise, it is time for them to fly high..."
"I say you are just talking nonsense. What do you mean three hundred years? How many years do I have left? We killed people in a sea of corpses and a mountain of blood, and this place is the only place that has survived until now. I will not give up."
The red-clothed woman's expression turned cold, but the yellow-robed young man was not angry and still had a smile on his face. He knew that his junior sister just couldn't bear to leave this place.
There were too many life and death experiences between the two of them here, and she was unwilling to let go of them.
"Junior sister, your situation is different from mine. You have been accumulating strength for a long time. As long as you have the elixir..."
"You still say that!"
The woman in red snatched the wine jug from Shangguan Tianque's hand, and her aura was already surging.
"Hehehe... Then I'll do as you say. However, we need to observe Li Yan carefully in the next few years, otherwise we will suffer a great loss. That bottle of 'Immortal Fluid' is too expensive..."
Shangguan Tianque smiled bitterly and could only not mention the matter again.
"Don't you think his injuries haven't healed yet? If he's been in seclusion for dozens or hundreds of years, then there's no point in observing him!!"
"He also told me that he should be able to recover within sixty years. Otherwise, he will pay the corresponding amount of spirit stones as compensation, even including the cost of renting the cave."
"Oh? There is such a statement. Did he come up with it himself?"
"He was the one who proposed it and signed the contract voluntarily, but I rejected it on the spot."
"Then this monk is very interesting. He seems like someone who doesn't want to take advantage of others!"
The anger on the red-clothed woman's face finally disappeared, and she was quite surprised by Li Yan's proposal.