Half a year later.
In March, willows are green, flowers are red, and all things come to life.
Outside the villa at the foot of Tianku Peak, a tabby cat was hunched over and hiding in the grass by the courtyard wall, alert as if preparing to hunt. Its green eyes were fixed on the white tiger that was swaying as it came towards it from the bottom of the slope.
Meow!!
Just as Qionglin Shanjun was inspecting the gate of the villa, the tabby cat jumped out, jumped in front of Qionglin Shanjun, and attacked him with a series of claws left and right. After that, it jumped into the courtyard wall as fast as lightning.
Due to the fast speed, the Qionglin Mountain King was still dazed after being hit, and its raised front paw was still hanging in the air, forcing it to forget to put it down.
After a while, a tiger roar shook the forest. The King of Qionglin Mountain was furious. He rushed into the courtyard and saw the little cat demon hiding among the peach blossoms, looking down at it.
The tiger eyes of Qionglin Mountain King glared, and a golden light appeared out of nowhere, chopping straight towards the branch under the feet of the cat demon.
At this moment, a crane cry came from somewhere, and white crane feathers fluttered down. The feathers, as light as nothing, actually dispersed the golden light condensed by the tiger demon in the middle stage of the Jindan realm of Qionglin Mountain.
The tabby cat and Qionglin Mountain King turned their heads at the same time and looked towards the depths of the courtyard.
I saw a woman in white walking towards me, holding a white umbrella with crane feathers. The umbrella cover was tilted to cover her face, and she looked like a fairy.
Qionglin Mountain Lord couldn't help but take a half step back. Although his cultivation was only in the late stage of foundation building, he felt a strong and heavy sense of oppression.
"Mountain, long time no see~"
A sound as clear as a mountain spring came from under the umbrella, making Qionglin Mountain Lord's tiger ears tremble. He watched the umbrella cover being lifted, revealing Jiang Yuebai's elegant smile.
Awooo~
The Qionglin Mountain King shouted happily, rushed over and jumped around Jiang Yuebai, and tried to butt his big head towards him, but was held down by Jiang Yuebai again.
"Stop it, you're already a grown-up tiger, be more mature."
Meow!!
Hearing a cat's meow, Jiang Yuebai looked up and saw a tabby cat rushing towards her from the peach tree. She swung up the Taihe umbrella and grabbed the tabby cat's armpits with both hands in mid-air.
The Taihe umbrella turned into a white light and sank into Jiang Yuebai's body. The tabby cat in his hand struggled excitedly. Its emerald-like eyes were covered with a layer of mist and it kept meowing.
"Where did you get this cat? Why does it look familiar?"
Jiang Yuebai looked at the tabby cat.
"Ah! You are Danggui, right? You actually came to Tianyan Sect to find me."
When I went to my grandfather's hometown to seek the inheritance of Wuweishanren, I met the cat demon Danggui in Qingxi Town. I left it a paper crane with a letter and asked it to wait for its owner to come to Tianyan Sect a hundred years later. Unexpectedly, it really came.
Angelica nodded vigorously, broke free from Jiang Yuebai's hands and jumped onto her shoulders, rubbing her head against Jiang Yuebai's face affectionately and continuing to meow.
Seeing this, Qionglin Mountain King let out a grieved whimper and slowly approached Jiang Yuebai. Suddenly, he smelled a scent on Jiang Yuebai that made his heart beat faster.
Danggui on Jiang Yuebai's shoulder moved closer, raised his head and smelled it, and even raised his upper body to get closer to the bun on Jiang Yuebai's head.
At this time, the orchid hairpin obtained from the Alchemy Guild had been replaced on her bun. During her retreat, she found that this hairpin was just like her original one and could cover up the strange aura on her body.
But this one is even better than the orchid hairpin, as it can even conceal the aura of the innate spiritual object on her body. I don’t know if it is a coincidence, or if the president of the Alchemist Guild discovered something and gave it to her specially.
Seeing Danggui stretching out its claws to pull at her hair, Jiang Yuebai grabbed Danggui and covered the tiger's head with it.
"You two should stop messing around. Does Shanjun know where Qi Ming is?"
The Qionglin Mountain King threw the angelica off his head, looked at Jiang Yuebai suspiciously, and waved his tiger head to signal Jiang Yuebai to follow him.
Jiang Yuebai followed Qionglin Shanjun, and Danggui followed her, to find Qi Ming together.
Jiang Yuebai had long known that his master had brought the Qionglin Mountain Monarch to Tianku Peak to let it guard the mountain.
Qionglin Shanjun is a tiger demon, and Danggui is a cat demon. Perhaps they can become master and disciple.
Her practice in the past six months has been going smoothly. She has refined and absorbed all 999 Green Aphid Coins and successfully entered the late stage of foundation building.
Now there is only one green fly mother coin left. The mother coin has a spirit, so she dare not refine and absorb it rashly. She has to find her master or the supreme elder for protection.
The Taihe Umbrella ritual went smoothly, and the learning of the spirit tree grafting method has achieved initial results, but it still needs to be verified in the field.
The second piece of "Qinglian Music Score" 'Qingxin Qu' has also been learned. This song can lift the spirits, break through obstacles and expel evil spirits. It is also very effective in breaking up illusions and hallucinations. According to the description, it can even make people who are possessed by the devil gradually sober up.
There is a last song in the "Qinglian Music Score". The text is too obscure, so she only translated the beginning. It looks like a powerful killing song.
"Qi Ming."
Jiang Yuebai called out from afar, and when Qi Ming saw that it was her, his worried expression disappeared and his eyes brightened slightly.
"Congratulations to Senior Sister Jiang for coming out of seclusion. You have made another great step forward!"
Jiang Yuebai nodded, "What happened?"
Qi Ming picked up the visiting cards in his hand and said with a smile, "These are all invitations to meet and invite Senior Sister Jiang. It has been half a year since you came back, and there are still so many visiting cards every day."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, without asking who wanted to see her. She asked about Danggui first, and then she found out that the little guy had come to Tianyan Sect during her retreat and was almost beaten to death in front of the mountain gate.
It was also lucky that it met Qi Yue who had just returned from a mission. Qi Yue recognized the paper crane with Jiang Yuebai's mark on it that Danggui was holding in his mouth, so he brought it back.
"Where is my master?"
"I went to Pingjiang Region with True Lord Ying Huai and have not returned yet. However, True Lord Jiuchuan told me that if you come out of retreat, you should go to the Supreme Elder first." Qi Ming said.
Jiang Yuebai frowned slightly. Master Yinghuai Lu Yinghuai was also from the Lu family, but after joining the Tianyan Sect, his relationship with the Lu family became distant. Now he went back, perhaps to deal with the aftermath.
"I was just about to go find the Grand Elder. Also, ask Qi Yue and Guo Zhen to sort out the revenue status and business logs of Huaxi Valley in the past few years. I'll take a look when I get back. Also, go to the Internal Affairs Hall and ask how many valleys are currently vacant in Tianyan Sect. Bring me the map."
"Finally, please help me pass a greeting card to True Lord Canghuo. When I come back from the Grand Elder, I want to ask him some questions about refining spiritual tools. You can write it clearly on the greeting card."
Qi Ming memorized them one by one, "Don't worry, Senior Sister Jiang, I've got them all."
"Thank you, Qi Ming. If it weren't for you and your sister, how could my master and I be so comfortable as the shopkeepers of Tianku Peak and Huaxi Valley? I have four unused seventh-grade magic weapons. You and your sister, Guo Zhen and Shi Xiaowu can each share one."
"Shan Jun, these spirit wines are for you. You can also share them with your friends. I will go find the Supreme Elder first."
Jiang Yuebai stuffed the magic weapon into Qi Ming's hands without saying anything, and left three large jars of spiritual wine.
The white feathers on the Taihe umbrella spread out from all over the body and quickly transformed into an elegant crane, which carried Jiang Yuebai high into the sky and disappeared with a clear crane cry.
Oooooh!
The Qionglin Mountain Monarch frolicked around the wine jar and slapped away Danggui who tried to climb up and drink secretly with one claw.
Qi Ming was flattered as he held four different magical weapons. The seventh-grade magical weapons were the best magical weapons that a foundation-building cultivator could use.
It is easy to obtain for a direct disciple like Jiang Yuebai, but for outer disciples like them with mediocre qualifications, it is very rare to have one.
He had made a fortune at the Fengyun Club before, but he was reluctant to buy one for himself.
Qi Ming smiled knowingly, and was glad that Qi Yue had chosen Jiang Yuebai, which enabled him to escape from the darkness and embark on a bright road.
On Tianxian Peak.
Jiang Yuebai placed the jars of spiritual wine that she had specially collected in front of the slovenly Wen Miao, who rubbed her hands with joy.
"Look, Grand Elder. I went to many villages in the Wu Clan to collect the most authentic local wine for you. Look at the juicy bamboo worms in it. They say that if you take a sip and chew it, it will burst into juice!"
The gentle smile gradually disappeared.
"And this centipede wine is made with the most poisonous green centipede in the Shiwan Mountains. Look at the distinct claws of this centipede. I heard that the outer shell is crunchy when you chew it, and the inside is like jelly."
Wen Miao's face gradually turned pale.
"And this, the most rare one is this toad venom wine. Do you know what toad venom is? It's the kind of venom squeezed out of a poisonous toad that has poisonous bumps all over its body..."
"That's enough!"
Wen Miao was so angry that she took off her shoes and threw them at Jiang Yuebai.
"Stinky girl!!"
There will be three updates today, and then I will resume updating once every day at 7 a.m. and once at 12 p.m. Additional updates will be scheduled every afternoon, and the number of additional updates depends on my typing status.
I owe a lot of debts after the Chinese New Year. I will count them on the last day of this month. February will be mainly about paying off debts. New rules for adding more chapters will be formulated after I pay off this month's debts.
(End of this chapter)