Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Could it be that these two people really have something to say?" Yuanji was also intrigued and murmured.

"Guan Zhen is, after all, a true disciple of the Sword Pavilion. Now he has even completed his foundation building, and is a definite golden elixir seedling. He even has some aspirations of becoming a top-grade elixir. If that happens, he will be a Nascent Soul seed!"

"Yang Wan is just an inner disciple of Panfeng. How can he really get close to her?"

Jing Yu said calmly, "In the past, there really wasn't much of a chance, but a while ago, that Sword Pavilion Grandmaster who was in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm ascended to heaven. Now, the Sword Pavilion is much less powerful than before, and it seems to be falling out of the Three Pavilions, becoming a force on the same level as the Six Paths of Zhongzhou. Now that the Xuan Ce Sect is a Yuanying Dao lineage, there's nothing we can't reach."

"Besides, I heard that Guan Zhen had originally been preparing to retreat to form his core, but because of the sect master's Nascent Soul Ceremony, he went to Xuan Ce Sect to watch the ceremony before retreating. If he and Yang Wan were to get married this time, wouldn't that be a success?"

"Otherwise, after they form their core, one of them will be a Golden Core True Person, while the other will only be a disciple in the early stage of foundation building. I'm afraid it will be quite difficult."

"The right time, right place, and right people all came together. This is such a strange fate, it's really hard to predict."

Yuanji raised his eyebrows: "It's quite interesting..."

"You guys are here?"

Gongsun Shangyi suddenly appeared in front of the two of them and said to Jing Yu, "Xuan Jing, Master Yuanji, the sect leader invites you."

Jing Yu and Yuan Ji looked at each other. There was only less than an hour left before the Nascent Soul Ceremony. What did Yun Xuance mean by summoning them at this time?

This time, Yun Xuance summoned the two to the Baixiao Pavilion again. Before Jing Yu even entered the pavilion, Xiao Beiyue walked out. Yun Ji beside him whispered, "Master Shu, please come this way. We've prepared a private cave for you to rest in..."

Xiao Beiyue was slightly taken aback when he saw Jing Yu. He forced a smile and nodded, "So it's Xuan Jing. Are you getting used to life in Xuan Ce Sect these past few years? I heard a while ago that you caused a scene at the Mil Mountain Ruins and even got the Golden Lotus Seed right under the noses of a group of Fake Infant True Immortals. You came out on top and made quite a name for yourself..."

"What a terrifying life!"

"Senior Xiao!" Jing Yu and Yuan Ji both bowed and said sternly, "We owe so much to your Qi Tianjiao's help. How dare we monopolize this reputation?"

"Qi Baisheng..." Xiao Beiyue's expression was complicated, and he stroked his beard and said, "Is it Fellow Daoist Yun who summoned you? Please go in and don't keep Fellow Daoist waiting."

Jing Yu looked at Xiao Beiyue who was leaving in surprise. When he stepped into the threshold with Yuanji, he found that there were already five people sitting on the first floor of Baixiao Pavilion.

Yun Xuance, who had regained his appearance of being over thirty years old, sat in the middle, with Nangong Fuhua and Li Jiangmei sitting at the lower left.

On the right was a female cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul stage, with a fierce face and wearing a tight short robe. Jing Yu was no stranger to her. She was Ye Lingyue, the [True Lord Lingyue] of the Ye family on Zhanlong Island, and Ye Xingyun's aunt!

Next to Ye Lingyue was lying on his side a male Nascent Soul cultivator with a plump face and a slightly plump body. It was none other than Ye Xingyun himself!

Jing Yu's mind was clear: "Ye Xingyun is in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, and he is still unable to travel through the void with his physical body. This time, in order to participate in Yun Xuance's Nascent Soul Ceremony, he actually came with his aunt!"

"Xuan Jing and Yuan Ji are here? Sit down." Yun Xuance said with a smile.

Jing Yu greeted all the acquaintances he knew, but then he bowed to Ye Lingyue and asked, "But is [True Lord Lingyue] here in person?"

Ye Lingyue seemed to have known Jing Yu for a long time. She didn't take him seriously, but instead said in a friendly manner, "Are you the Taoist Xuanjing? Seeing is believing... Are you married? My Ye family does have several female cultivators who have achieved top-grade elixirs... I'm afraid you wouldn't be interested in them."

"Uh." Jing Yu's expression froze. He didn't expect Ye Lingyue to start matchmaking the first time they met.

Ye Lingyue then glanced sideways at Yuanji's feminine and handsome face and sighed, "What a pity he's a Buddhist monk... Little monk, do you have any plans to return to secular life recently?"

Yuanji chuckled and didn't dare to say a word. He sat down on the cushion and chanted with his eyes closed.

"Okay, Fellow Daoist Lingyue, there is no need to tease these two juniors." Yun Xuance said.

With Yun Xuance's words coming to his rescue, Jing Yu promptly turned the topic to what he was concerned about: "Master, I just saw Senior Xiao coming out of the pavilion. I wonder..."

"I was just about to tell you about this." Yun Xuance's expression returned to calmness. He took out a gold-embossed post from his sleeve and sent it to Jing Yu and Yuanji with his magic power.

The two of them used their spiritual power to probe in, only to discover that the post was actually a gift list.

"This is the gift from Xiao Beiyue personally to celebrate the birth of the baby." Yun Xuance said.

"Is this a gift from Senior Xiao alone?"

Jing Yu stared at the long and densely packed list of gifts, stunned. "Not to mention the several Nascent Soul-level spiritual resources among them, there's even a top-grade magic weapon! This is the standard equipment for a late-stage Nascent Soul Great True Lord, and they just gave it to me like that?"

"Let alone Senior Xiao's gift, even if he represented Songfeng Pavilion, he shouldn't be so generous."

Ye Xingyun on the side smiled and said, "Rather than calling it a gift from Xiao Beiyue, it would be more appropriate to call it his apology."

"What's the point of this?"

Yun Xuance asked, "Does Xuanjing still remember the [Gentu Cave Mysterious Spiritual Cultivation Formation]?"

"This formation was originally created by Master Shu when he moved the mountain for the Xuan Ce Sect. It is also a well-known treasure formation. Do you know who created it?"

Without waiting for Jing Yu to ask, Yun Xuance answered on his own:

"This [Gen Tu Dong Xuan Spirit Cultivation Treasure Formation] was created by an Earth-type Divine Transformation Celestial Monarch named [Qiu Dong Xuan] from the [Penglai Holy Land], the foremost Taoist sect in Zhongzhou. It not only aids in daily cultivation and helps break through bottlenecks, but also has the miraculous effect of connecting to the mountain's terrain, enhancing magical powers, and protecting the Dharma body."

"Originally, it was a top-notch auxiliary formation. Qiu Tianjun used it to merge the veins of Penglai Mountain with his own path, blending them into one. This greatly enhanced his defensive abilities. Although he was only at the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm, if he focused on defense, he could even remain undefeated against a cultivator in the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm..."

"But even Qiu Tianjun, who created this formation, had never imagined that this formation had a huge drawback. It would gradually connect the Nascent Soul of the cultivators who practiced with this formation to the continental veins, making it impossible for them to leave the ground too far, and even difficult to break through the height of the Nine Heavens Gale Layer..."

"Doesn't that mean I can't ascend?" Jing Yu said in a daze.

"Exactly!" Yun Xuance sighed. "By the time Qiu Dongxuan, who was cultivating with this formation, realized this, it was already too late. His entire Nascent Soul had almost become part of the Penglai Mountain veins, becoming a being similar to a Mountain God. Even though his cultivation had reached the Divine Transformation stage, he could no longer ascend!"