Mysterious mirror hanging high

Jing Yu browsed through the posts of [Talking about Mystery and Taoism] for a while and found that the Taoist friend codenamed [Bai Xiao] was indeed very active. There were thousands of posts under his name alone, which was far ahead of all the members of Tianming Tower in terms of the number of posts.

"Is this person so idle? Doesn't he practice cultivation on a regular basis?"

Jing Yu muttered to himself, set up a temporary group, and pulled [Bai Xiao] in.

"Fellow Daoist Bai Xiao, do you have some free time? I have something to ask you."

【Bai Xiao】: "Here I am."

Jing Yu was startled: "An instant reply?"

Bai Xiao: "So it's Fellow Daoist Yiyuan. Did you join Tianminglou just over two months ago? I see you haven't spoken in Tianmingfang yet."

Jing Yu said, "Your memory is quite good, fellow Daoist."

Bai Xiao: "It's because there aren't that many members in the Tianming Tower right now that they pay attention to every detail. But there are always exceptions. For example, the [mortal] fellow who led you into the Tianming Tower hardly ever communicates with the other fellow Daoists. He's so tight-lipped that even I can't quite figure out his background."

"Even the Daoist friend [Yan Di] he brought with him is not very familiar to me."

Jing Yu sighed, "Fellow Daoist Bai Xiao, everyone says you're a know-it-all in Tianming Tower. Do you know who Yuwen Baoding is?"

Bai Xiao: "So you're here to gather information? I have some impression of the person you're talking about. Is he the late Jindan Great Immortal from the Yunchuan Region of Penglai Immortal Continent?"

Jing Yu perked up: "Yes, but I didn't find any information about this person in the [Discussing Mystery and Taoism] section."

Bai Xiao smiled and said, "Well, that's normal. This Master Bao Ding might be a big shot in the Yunchuan Region, but he's just an ordinary person in the entire Xianzhou Realm."

"Except for the God-Transforming Heavenly Monarch, who has been in seclusion for years and has not been concerned with worldly affairs... the attention of most cultivators in the Immortal Continent is focused on the Yuanying True Monarch and the immortal clan or sect he belongs to."

"It's like in a teahouse or tavern in a mortal kingdom, most of the people they talk about are emperors and generals in the court. How could they have the time to care about the county magistrate in a local county?"

"It's just that I'm naturally fond of sniffing out all kinds of news, so I have some understanding of it."

"However, based on the principle of equal exchange, does fellow Daoist have any information to provide?"

Jing Yu was stunned: "It must be news about the Nascent Soul stage?"

Bai Xiao smiled again, "That's not necessary. Anything from a direct descendant of the Immortal Clan or a true disciple of the Nascent Soul Sect will do. The newer the better, and preferably with some color. As fellow Daoist knows, cultivators these days love to hear about those dirty little things..."

Jing Yu twitched his lips and said, "There is something that happened today, in the Yunchuan area of ​​Penglai Immortal Continent."

"Huangfu Zhengqi, a direct descendant of the Huangfu family, died in the [Langhuo Blessed Land]. True Lord Yanjun broke through Taixu with a single sword strike and severely injured True Lord Baoding. He then plotted to slaughter the cultivators of the Yunchuan Territory, but was forced to retreat by True Lord Xiao Beiyue of the Songfeng Pavilion in the Zhongzhou Territory..."

Bai Xiao: "Oh? Is that true? Didn't the [Langhuo Blessed Land] in Yunchuan Region just last a month? How could it end so quickly? Huangfu Zhengqi's death? Interesting..."

"Fellow Daoist, your information is very sincere. Xiao Beiyue is the 'Calligraphy Master', one of the four True Masters of 'Qin, Qi, Shu, and Hua' in Songfeng Pavilion. His combat power is also among the top among the cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. It is reasonable for him to force back Huangfu Yanjun, an early stage Nascent Soul swordsman. But... hehe, Huangfu Yanjun may not have much intention of revenge."

"This news is very important, and it happened today. Since you have done this, I naturally cannot keep it secret."

"Yuwen Baoding is actually not very well-known among the many Jindan Great True Immortals. He can't compare to those favored children of heaven who can be on par with the False Infant True Immortals. But in terms of potential, he can be considered second-tier."

"It's said to be a [Purple Qi Golden Pill], but according to my informants, it's actually still a [Top-grade Golden Pill], just slightly stained with a hint of the Dao rhyme of Heavenly Dao Purple Qi. It's only the top-grade among the top-grade Golden Pills, but it can't be considered a true Purple Qi Golden Pill."

"If you had the chance to open Yuwen Baoding's Dantian and take a look at his golden elixir, you would know that his golden elixir is only covered with a layer of light purple, and is definitely not the pure purple-gold color of the genius who has truly formed the [Purple Qi Golden Elixir]."

"This person has some connection to the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty. As a result, many people, even many Nascent Soul Immortal Clans and Sects, believe that he is a legitimate descendant of the Immortal Dynasty emperor, but is merely a side branch, and his real surname should be [Ying]. In fact, this is completely wrong."

"The number of descendants of the Divine Cauldron Immortal Dynasty who are now living abroad is extremely small. Their whereabouts are secretive, and there are no such things as side branches. How could there be someone as ostentatious as Yuwen Baoding? Everyone knows that he is a remnant of the Divine Cauldron."

"Now it seems that there is no guarantee that Yuwen Baoding's real surname is [Yuwen]. This surname originally belonged to one of the [Eight Divine Generals of Dingding] in the Divine Ding Immortal Dynasty. In fact, the relationship between them and the imperial descendants is just a simple master-servant relationship."

"As for why Yuwen Baoding was able to use the secret bloodline method to draw the divine tripod blessed land from the outer heavens into the world? Most likely, he was sealed with a few drops of [Divine Tripod Emperor Blood] and was simply used as a cover by the true descendants of the Immortal Dynasty."

"Now that he's been severely injured by Huangfu Yanjun's sword strike, I wonder if his foundation has been damaged? If so, he'll probably need to nurture it for a hundred to eighty years. If not, he'll probably retreat to some remote corner to form his infant before emerging from the mountains."

Jing Yu couldn't help but ask:

"Fellow Daoist Bai Xiao, if Yuwen Baoding is truly hiding somewhere to form a fetus, wouldn't that be a huge threat to the Huangfu family? Would True Lord Yanjun really sit back and watch him quietly form a fetus? Wouldn't that just make an enemy for nothing?"

Bai Xiao said, "Fellow Daoist Yi Yuan is probably not from the Immortal Clan or the Nascent Soul Clan, so he doesn't know the rules between True Lords."

"Once a cultivator forms his Nascent Soul, he will instantly possess the ability to travel through the aether. A cultivator in the middle Nascent Soul stage will have his ability to control the aether even further enhanced, and can even directly travel through the aether with his Dharma body."

"Flying in the abyss is much faster than in the real world. For example, flying from Penglai Immortal Continent to Tianxiang Immortal Continent would take even a Jindan Immortal Realm cultivator years at full speed. Which Immortal Realm cultivator would be so bored as to spend years just to travel? For those below the Nascent Soul stage, long-distance teleportation arrays are the only way to travel long distances. However, activating them consumes a huge amount of spirit stones, so it's not particularly convenient."

"But if a Nascent Soul cultivator escapes into the abyss, it would only take a few days to travel from Penglai to Tianxiang."

"But the roads within the vast universe aren't always easy to navigate. The flattest and widest stretches are naturally the open spaces without any obstacles. Once you go deep underground or under the sea, the vast universe becomes rugged and difficult to navigate. Therefore, the only way for a Jindan cultivator to escape the clutches of a Yuanying cultivator is to master earth escape or water escape, besides using space-attributed talismans like the [Great Teleportation Talisman]."