NCCnovel Chapter 345 The World Will Change
Chapter 345 The World Will Change
Chapter 345 The World Will Change
A moment later, in a quiet courtyard of the cave.
The Mysterious Yin Fairy was sitting cross-legged, cultivating and comprehending the relationship between the origin of the demonic flames and the heavens and earth, hoping to further advance her cultivation.
Seeing Chen Yi land, she turned around, her gaze cold and aloof.
"Auntie," Chen Yi said bluntly, "when will your Black Lotus Fairy be able to come to my Qingyun Cave Heaven to oversee affairs?"
Fairy Xuan Yin shook her head slightly and sighed, "She's tied up with worldly affairs, so she probably won't be able to come over anytime soon."
Chen Yi nodded; this was within his expectations.
"In that case, may I recommend someone?" Chen Yi looked into Xuan Yin Fairy's eyes and said with certainty, "It's my maid Hu Mingyue from the Star Moon Sect. Her cultivation has reached the late Golden Core stage. She is meticulous, skillful, and impeccable in her dealings with others. She is perfect for helping us handle those complicated mundane affairs."
Upon hearing this, Fairy Xuanyin raised an eyebrow and looked at Chen Yi suspiciously: "Hu Mingyue? Is that the little girl whose looks and temperament are no less than Fairy Qingyue of the Star Moon Sect?"
She paused, her tone becoming more wary: "You and Fuji have only just started dating, is it appropriate to have such a beauty by your side? And I heard she's your junior, your niece, right?"
Chen Yi chuckled and spread his hands, saying, "What did you think of me, Aunt? Mingyue and I have been cultivating in the Star Moon Sect for decades. We have a purely platonic uncle-nephew relationship, and nothing has happened between us."
He took a step forward, his expression calm: "Besides, Bu Er and I are not in a Daoist relationship. We have no vows or agreements. Even if there are other fairies, Bu Er will not have any problems."
Xuan Yin Fairy's eyes flickered slightly, as if she wanted to say something.
Chen Yi didn't give her a chance to interrupt, and continued, "Or is it that you, Aunt, hope that I and Bu Er will become Daoist partners? That we are both in love with Bu Er, and that I will never have relationships with other women again?"
"Moreover, in the end, although Hu Mingyue calls me Uncle Chen, my relationship with her father was only that of someone I knew when I was a mortal. There was no real kinship or agreement between us as elders."
Even if something were to happen between me and that girl Mingyue, there would be no ethical or moral constraints.
Does my aunt think that in the cultivation world, there can't be anything between people with such a superficial mortal elder-junior relationship?
You see, mortals only live for a few decades, so a generation's difference between them is significant. But we live for nearly a thousand years, so even a difference of several hundred years isn't a big problem, let alone a few decades.
These words were so direct they were almost blatant, yet they also revealed the casualness and ruthlessness unique to cultivators.
Xuan Yin Fairy's gaze wandered, her fingers unconsciously twisting the corner of her sleeve, and two blushes rose on her cheeks.
"Of course I'm not forbidding you from seeing other people, do as you please. It's true, in the cultivation world, nieces and elders are just empty titles, and there's no real constraint of seniority."
As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to have burned her tongue, her speech suddenly quickened, even carrying a hint of dismissal: "Alright, alright, I need to regulate my breathing to stabilize my realm, you go and do your thing."
Without waiting for Chen Yi's response, she waved her wide sleeves, and a gentle yet irresistible gust of wind pushed Chen Yi out of the cave entrance.
With a "bang," the stone door slammed shut.
The restrictive aura completely blocked any attempts at detection from within or outside.
With her back against the cold stone door, the Xuan Yin Fairy's previously forced composure crumbled instantly.
She raised her hand to cover her chest, where a thud like a drum was coming from.
Thump, thump.
"I've really lost my mind—"
She murmured softly, her palm pressed against her burning cheeks, and stamped her foot in embarrassment and annoyance.
How could a dignified Nascent Soul cultivator utter such shameless words in front of a junior? What do you mean by saying that nieces and elders are unimportant? I don't know what this kid means by saying that a difference of several hundred years in age doesn't matter.
Was he implying something to me?
Through the barrier of light, she watched Chen Yi's departing figure, her pearly teeth gently biting her lower lip.
"If Fuji heard these words, who knows what she would say about me."
Chen Yi stood outside the cave, touched his nose, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.
Senior Xuan Yin's personality is becoming more and more like that of a young girl.
He turned and rose into the air, his gaze sweeping over the vast Qingyun Cave Heaven beneath his feet.
The spiritual energy of the fourth-grade superior spiritual vein was so dense that it formed a mist that flowed slowly among the mountains.
The entrance to the Azure Cloud Secret Realm was faintly visible in the distance, continuously drawing in a wisp of primordial power from this world.
Now, within this cave, he, Xuan Yin, and Ning Bu'er all need to go into seclusion to cultivate and break through to a higher realm.
A large family business needs a trustworthy person to manage it.
A beautiful and ethereal face appeared in Chen Yi's mind.
With a flick of his wrist, a pale golden communication talisman appeared between his fingers. He imprinted his divine sense on it, carefully choosing his words: "Mingyue, how have you been lately? Uncle Chen has now taken over Qingyun Cave Heaven. The spiritual veins here are of the fourth rank and of superior quality, and there is also a secret realm that connects to the origin of heaven and earth."
"Right now, Senior Xuan Yin, Fairy Ning, and I are all in seclusion, and this grotto-heaven is lacking a steward. If you have some free time, you can come here to cultivate together and help Uncle Chen with some tasks."
With a flick of his finger, the communication talisman transformed into a streak of light, instantly piercing through the clouds and shooting towards the Star Moon Sect, tens of thousands of miles away.
The Star Moon Sect is located tens of thousands of miles away.
This is a place located deep within a fourth-order spiritual vein of the sect, a hidden paradise within a cave.
Hu Mingyue sat cross-legged, not using any of the Star Moon Sect's techniques, yet a faint glow swirled around her.
Her features were exquisite, but her expression was terrifyingly cold, completely devoid of the warmth and humanity she possessed when she served as Chen Yi's maid.
If Chen Yi were here, he would be astonished to find that Hu Mingyue at this moment was not like the girl he had spent decades with, but rather like a fairy high in the heavens, looking down on all living beings.
She was only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, yet she was doing something that even a Nascent Soul True Monarch might not dare to imagine: she was directly communicating with the primordial energy of this world.
Even Chen Yi, who has now reached the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage, has never touched this ability.
As she breathed, the surrounding void trembled slightly, as if this world both rejected her and had no choice but to submit to her.
Nowadays, Hu Mingyue is becoming increasingly extraordinary in both appearance and temperament.
If Qin Chengcheng, Ning Bu'er, Yuan Lingling, and others are top female cultivators in the Great Qing cultivation world, like exquisite flowers blooming in the mortal realm, then Hu Mingyue is like a celestial being who has mistakenly entered the mortal world, seemingly out of place in this turbid world.
Suddenly, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes.
In the void, a ray of golden light ignored the cave's restrictions, appeared out of thin air, and hovered in front of her.
Hu Mingyue scanned the area with her divine sense, then gently pinched the knuckle of her index finger with her right thumb, making a slight calculation.
A moment later, a cold glint appeared in her eyes. She shook her head slightly and muttered to herself, "It seems Chen Yi is in trouble. He seems to have discovered me too—that's unusual."
She slowly rose to her feet, her plain white skirt fluttering even without wind.
"He was able to raise his divination skills to the peak of the fourth level by using a fragment of the Xuan Tian Gourd left behind by that man. He is indeed a rare genius in this world."
"Fine."
Hu Mingyue's gaze pierced through the stone wall, looking towards the distant void.
"I went over to help him avert this calamity, thus settling my karmic ties with him in this realm."
After thinking for a moment, she raised her hand, clenched her fist in the air, gathered spiritual energy, and instantly formed a communication talisman. With a casual wave of her hand, golden light transformed into a rainbow and rushed out of the cave.
After doing all this, her figure swayed slightly, and the aloof and otherworldly aura around her receded like the tide.
In the blink of an eye, she transformed back into that ordinary Golden Core female cultivator who was extremely beautiful, but only "extremely beautiful." The coldness in her eyes turned into gentleness. She got up and flew towards Fairy Qingyue of the Star Moon Sect to bid her final farewell.
Half a month later, at Qingyun Cave.
Three figures stood before the main hall on the cloud-shrouded peak.
A stunningly beautiful late-stage Golden Core cultivator bowed respectfully to Xuan Yin Fairy, Chen Yi, and Ning Bu'er in front of her, her posture impeccable: "Junior Hu Mingyue greets Uncle Chen, Senior Xuan Yin, and Aunt Ning."
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The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Ning Bu'er's previously tense back instantly relaxed.
When Ning Bu'er saw Hu Mingyue descend from the clouds, she found that Hu Mingyue's appearance, figure, and temperament were no less than her own, and even slightly superior. Ning Bu'er was slightly displeased and felt an instinctive sense of crisis.
But upon hearing the title "Aunt Ning," she blushed instantly, as if a cat had been stroked.
She cautiously glanced at Chen Yi out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that Chen Yi's expression remained unchanged, without rebuttal or reaction, she felt relieved and a big smile appeared on her face.
"Oh dear, Fairy Hu, don't talk nonsense. Your Uncle Chen and I haven't officially settled our relationship yet."
Though she said that, Ning Bu'er's actions were incredibly swift. She directly pulled out a lustrous array token and stuffed it into Hu Mingyue's hand, her tone as warm as if she were speaking to a close sister: "Here, take this! This array token is from one of the five core fourth-tier top-level cave dwellings in my Qingyun Cave Heaven, with the most abundant spiritual energy. It's right next to my and your Uncle Chen's cave dwellings. You can cultivate here in peace!"
Clearly, Ning Bu'er was very satisfied with Hu Mingyue's address and attitude; that single address, "Aunt Ning," was priceless.
Chen Yi stood to the side, giving Hu Mingyue a deep look.
He was surprised.
Twenty years had passed since they last met. Not only had this girl's cultivation progressed remarkably quickly, reaching the late stage of the Golden Core realm, but her aura also gave Chen Yi a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar.
When I scanned it with my divine sense, it was as if I were looking at flowers through a fog.
Chen Yi felt a chill run down his spine. Even with his current divine sense and perception, he still couldn't see through her.
Those he cannot see through must possess secrets of the fifth rank or higher.
Chen Yi withdrew his gaze and said gently and calmly, "Mingyue, once you're here, make yourself at home."
We may be cultivating in this cave for a long time. As for external affairs, you can handle them yourself; if you can't, you can come to me or Senior Xuan Yin.
"Okay, Uncle Chen."
Hu Mingyue nodded obediently, her expression respectful.
Subsequently, she took over the authority handed over by Ning Bu'er and began to take charge of all external affairs of Dongtian, quickly getting into work mode.
As she turned around, her eyes flickered slightly.
That was also what she was thinking: to use this place to cultivate and restore her cultivation to a certain level, and then leave this inferior cultivation world.
During this time, I will help Chen Yi one last time, which will be considered as settling the karmic ties between the two of us in the mortal realm. We probably won't have the chance to meet again in the future.
Regarding Hu Mingyue's return to his side for cultivation, Chen Yi returned to his study and pondered it over repeatedly before finally sending a letter to Old Hu.
This was the first time in nearly a century since Chen Yi came to Zhongzhou that he had taken the initiative to contact that elusive old man.
Unexpectedly, Chen Yi received a reply a few days later.
In the letter, Lao Hu first expressed his gratitude to Chen Yi for taking care of Mingyue.
He then abruptly changed the subject, mentioning that he was currently trapped in an unspeakable place and couldn't get out for the time being.
At the end of the letter, Lao Hu solemnly warned: ten years from now, the entire Daqing may undergo significant changes, and Chen Yi must be careful in dealing with it.
Old Hu didn't go into too much detail in the letter, but the message didn't completely dissipate after the talisman was sent; instead, it left behind a special fluctuation of heaven and earth.
Chen Yi probed with his divine sense, carefully sensing the surroundings.
boom!
A muffled thunderclap seemed to echo in my mind.
It was a fluctuation of the power of heaven and earth similar to that of the Great Azure Realm, vast and boundless, yet fundamentally different, seemingly—half a level higher.
Chen Yi frowned, realizing that Lao Hu's message talisman might have a deeper meaning.
He carefully sealed away the wisp of energy and put away the communication talisman.
"Upheaval—"
Chen Yi muttered to himself, a sense of urgency rising in his heart.
After that, he sealed off his cave, activated the great formation, and began a serious seclusion to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Millions of miles away.
In a place where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is extremely abundant, the most core secret realm of heaven and earth contains the primordial power of the Great Azure Cultivation World, which is several times more abundant than the Azure Cloud Cave Heaven where Chen Yi is located.
This place is the core secret realm of the Ji family.
At the entrance to that secret realm, where a fifth-order grand formation sealed off the area, a curtain of light swirled, radiating a suffocating pressure.
A handsome middle-aged cultivator, who looked to be around forty years old, was sitting cross-legged in front of the formation, meditating with his eyes closed.
His aura was as deep as the sea, and his cultivation had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.
At this moment, he was trying his best to sense the opportunity of heaven and earth behind the fifth-order grand formation, intending to find a chance to break through the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage.
The ancestor of the Ji family, Ji Yinglong.
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Before long, a beam of light descended, and the head of the second branch of the Ji family hurriedly arrived, quietly reporting on the recent developments in the cultivation world.
Ji Yinglong, who had been indifferent, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard some information.
"Um?"
His gaze was like lightning, piercing straight at the head of the second branch, his voice low and oppressive: "You mean—that Xuan Yin Fairy is only five hundred years old, yet she has already touched upon the level of the quasi-fifth rank in terms of supernatural powers?"
The second-in-command broke out in a cold sweat and said in a trembling voice, "Yes—and according to my observation, its primordial yin energy is pure—"
Ji Yinglong's lips slowly curved into a meaningful smile as he interrupted him, his tone revealing an undisguised interest: "You mean, her natal Yin essence hasn't been broken yet?"