Xian Du City. Upon receiving the message, Tian Ji returned to their courtyard and happily informed Elder Chong Tong. They had stayed in Xian Du City for too long, so they directly rented a courtyard.
"Senior, my honored master has news. They will arrive in Xian Du City this afternoon, and I plan to go to the city gate to wait for them." Tian Ji's worried heart finally settled.
"Oh, really? That's great, I can finally have a delicious meal." Elder Chong Tong, thinking of his disciple's cooking, felt his stomach grumble again, as if he hadn't just finished breakfast.
"Mm, I just received a letter." As he spoke, he unfolded the transmission talisman. He chuckled and shook his head at Elder Chong Tong's words.
Tian Ji was drinking tea at a teahouse today, inquiring about news from the Tian Xing Continent. Xian Du City was separated from the Tian Xing Continent by a realm, and many news from the Tian Xing Continent still reached here. Those with realm tokens would travel between the Tian Xing Continent and Xian Du City for business and escorting goods. He had just heard some news about the Tai Yi Sect of the East and hadn't had time to verify it before receiving the transmission talisman, so he hurried back to the courtyard.
"Hurry up, let's tidy up and go. We'll go to the city gate to wait for them." Elder Chong Tong was anxious, wishing he could go find them immediately.
"Alright! We only rented this courtyard for a little over three months, so the remaining rent will be forfeited. I'll leave a letter for the owner and leave," Tian Ji said decisively. His master's Purple Bamboo Boat had plenty of rooms.
At this time, the Purple Bamboo Boat had flown to a dense forest outside Xian Du City, half an hour earlier than Tian Ji had estimated.
"Fairy, this place is two li from Xian Du City. Shall we enter the city?" Steward Zhu came to report to Ju Xian, who was playing chess.
"No, don't enter. You send a message to Tian Ji and Elder Chong Tong to meet us here. We will directly set off to the realm boundary, to the Tian Xing Continent." Ju Xian didn't want to waste any more time. She wanted to quickly settle the matter of the True Person of Tai Yi of the East and ascend to the upper realm. She vaguely felt that her time was running out.
"Yes, I'll go do it immediately!" Steward Zhu didn't say any more and went out to deliver the message.
"Master, passing the realm boundary might expose our whereabouts." Zhao Yangzi, holding a black stone, had already surrounded the white stones so tightly that the white stones were clearly losing.
"Boring, you won again." Ju Xian threw down the white stones, seeing no hope of recovery, and conceded.
"Why?" Ju Xian didn't understand.
"The City Lord of Xian Du City possesses a Spirit Mirror. Anyone who passes the realm boundary will be detected by him. Unless it is a realm token issued by him personally, anyone passing through will alarm him," Zhao Yangzi explained.
"Who is the City Lord of Xian Du City?" Ju Xian was not very familiar with the matter.
"After the Tian Chen Continent and the Tian Xing Continent were divided by Xian Du City, his family has been responsible for guarding the realm boundary for generations. They have the duty of inspection. As for who specifically arranged this, it's too long ago, and the records cannot be found. The Seven Stars Pavilion in the Chao Tian Immortal Sect caught fire, and the bamboo slips recording this matter were burned," Zhao Yangzi said, picking up his cooled tea cup and drinking it down in one gulp.
"It seems there's something that needs to be concealed. Otherwise, why would it be burned so coincidentally? It must have been intentional, right?" Ju Xian's guess immediately revealed a problem. She knew about the Seven Stars Pavilion of the Chao Tian Immortal Sect; Elder Chong Tong frequented it the most. It contained a vast collection of cultivation techniques, including precious ancient texts, rare editions, calligraphy, and paintings!
"Mm, it was finally discovered to be by disciples of the True Person of Tai Yi of the East who had infiltrated the sect," Zhao Yangzi said, walking towards the window. Outside, the trees were lush and the scenery was beautiful!
"What a pity! How can your sect's defenses be so poor? Could there be an insider?" Ju Xian didn't believe that a major sect could be so easily infiltrated.
"Master, you guessed correctly." Zhao Yangzi didn't mention that the insider was his own mother. It seemed everything was premeditated. His mother had colluded with the True Person of Tai Yi of the East so early on. What was the reason? His mother was still very young at the time, and the elders only thought she was young and ignorant, not blaming her much. Moreover, what was burned were insignificant narrative bamboo slips.
"What will happen if we alarm this City Lord? Will he forbid us from going to the Tian Xing Continent?" Ju Xian still felt it would be best to pass through quietly. Otherwise, it would attract trouble again. She finally understood that even if she didn't seek trouble, trouble would always find her!
"It's fine. Let's meet with Tian Ji first. I guess he will have a solution," Zhao Yangzi understood Tian Ji. Having been in Xian Du City for so long, he must have gathered information and come up with a countermeasure.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside. Elder Chong Tong's voice could be heard.
"My dear disciple, hurry out, your master is here. Bring me the delicious food you made, your master is starving!"
"Master, I miss you so much! Why do you only care about food as soon as you arrive? It shows you don't miss me at all." A You pounced on her master as soon as she saw him. When she heard that her master only cared about food, she immediately became indignant.
"How could that be? Your master misses you so much every day that he can't sleep..." Elder Chong Tong said halfway, feeling guilty as he remembered that he had been having a great time exploring Xian Du City every day. https:/
Ju Xian and Zhao Yangzi came out of the tea room and saw Elder Chong Tong coaxing A You, who was being temperamental. In front of her master, she showed the youthful spirit of a young person.
"Tian Ji, Senior, long time no see!" Ju Xian was also happy to see the two of them.
"Master, Qing Yang, are you well?" Tian Ji bowed to Ju Xian.
"Oh, you little fairy, you made us wait so long. Where did you go?" Elder Chong Tong, after coaxing his little disciple, couldn't help but complain to Ju Xian for making him miss the delicious food his disciple had prepared.
"Senior, I'm sorry, we accidentally entered a secret realm and rushed over as soon as we got out," Ju Xian explained.
"Oh, is the rumor true? Did you find any treasures?" Elder Chong Tong's interest was piqued.
"It's already spread to Xian Du City?" Ju Xian was astonished. Xian Du City was quite a distance from Mo Tu City, not close at all!
"Yes, Master, it's been widely rumored. This morning, I also heard another rumor that Fairy Ye, the owner of the Nine-tailed Fox divine beast, gave the treasures she found to Xie Jian, the branch master of the Killer Hall in Wu Xie City, and was even robbed!" Tian Ji chimed in.
"Haha, this is true!" Feng Chu came out of the room, fanning himself.
"Greetings, Senior!" Feng Chu bowed to Elder Chong Tong.
"Eh, your cultivation has advanced!" Elder Chong Tong was surprised when he saw Feng Chu. He remembered that the first time he met Feng Chu, his cultivation was not even close to Nascent Soul stage. Now, he couldn't see through his cultivation. He must have suppressed his realm. He wasn't surprised by Ju Xian; since the first time he met this little fairy, he couldn't see her cultivation. Even when he used the techniques of his Chong Tong, it was just a fog, as if something was obscuring the heavenly secrets.
"Senior has keen eyesight!" Feng Chu admitted generously.
"If I had known, I would have gone too. You must have had a fortuitous encounter in the secret realm." Elder Chong Tong glanced at Zhao Yangzi, then pulled his little disciple over. He then discovered something extraordinary: his disciple's cultivation had caught up to his own. The people on the boat had all improved their cultivation.
"Congratulations to everyone, your cultivation has greatly increased!" Tian Ji quickly offered his congratulations. Elder Chong Tong hadn't mentioned it, and he hadn't noticed it yet.