Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Xuan Jing, after hundreds of years of separation, you and I finally meet again..." the dark-skinned young man sighed.

This dark-skinned young man is Han Ping, and now he is actually a genuine Yuanying Zhenjun!

"Fellow Daoist Han, what are you talking about? Although we have never met, we keep in touch from time to time in the [Grand Illusionary Realm]. What's the difference?"

"You've disappeared for decades, and I didn't expect you to have formed a Nascent Soul! How come you haven't held a Nascent Soul Ceremony yet?"

Jing Yu blinked and whispered, "Just by holding this Nascent Soul Ceremony, the spiritual resources I received have almost piled up into a mountain. If I were thick-skinned, I could hold one for the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, and another for the Nascent Soul Late Stage... wouldn't that make me a fortune?"

Han Ping's expressionless face finally cracked a smile, and he transmitted his message, "I'm not as well connected as Fellow Daoist Xuan Jing, nor am I one of Penglai's most distinguished figures. I don't have such great honor, so I'm afraid I won't receive much spiritual resources. I'll simply give up."

Jing Yu patted Han Ping's shoulder and was surprised to find that his Dharma body was very strong. Even if he wasn't at the Nascent Soul stage, he was not far behind. He was secretly surprised. "Fellow Daoist Han is a hundred years older than me, and now he is 527 years old... Logically speaking, most cultivators with his aptitude would have to wait for nearly 800 years to reach the Nascent Soul stage."

"But now, not only has he formed his Nascent Soul, but his physical cultivation has also not fallen behind. I think he must have an amazing opportunity..."

"However, with Fellow Daoist Han's aptitude and foundation, I'm afraid he can only barely form a Nascent Soul, and he won't have too many acupoints. I'm afraid his path to Taoism will stop here." Jing Yu felt regretful. He subconsciously felt that Han Ping should only be able to form a Nascent Soul with one or two acupoints, but this matter was not easy to mention, so he buried it in his heart.

The two of them met when they were still in obscurity, and they had been to secret realms together and experienced life and death together. Naturally, their friendship was very good. Now that Han Ping had made some achievements in his cultivation, Jing Yu was naturally happy for him; but if his cultivation stopped at the Nascent Soul stage due to his lack of talent, Jing Yu would also feel sorry for him.

Han Pingyan said, "Xuan Jing, you also know that I am actually from the Yellow Wind Valley, a rare neutral sect in the Tiannan Territory. Back then, there were still some scattered neutral sects in the Tiannan Demon Territory, but now they are being driven out or exterminated..."

"I've returned to Penglai Immortal Continent this time to attend your Nascent Soul Ceremony and congratulate you on your attainment of the status of True Lord. Secondly... I'm also returning to Tiannan to search for a secret realm left behind in the Yellow Wind Valley."

Upon hearing this, Jing Yu was surprised and said, "Fellow Daoist Han, you are now a dignified Yuanying Zhenjun. Back then, the [Yellow Wind Valley] was just a mere Jindan Dao lineage. Even if there really was a small secret realm left, could it have anything that caught your eye?"

"Xuan Jing doesn't know that although [Yellow Wind Valley] is only a Jindan Dao sect, it is simply a family that has fallen on hard times. The founder of the sect, [Ancestor Huang Feng], was a genuine Divine Transformation cultivator... It is very likely that the secret realm of Yellow Wind Valley contains the treasures inherited by the Ancestor Huang Feng."

Han Ping whispered, "If Xuan Jing is free, you can go with me to explore this secret realm."

Jing Yu was about to agree when he suddenly felt a sense of alarm in his heart. The white causal line connecting him and Han Ping became inexplicably tense.

Jing Yu calmly placed his finger on the causal line, and suddenly many fragmented images flashed through his mind...

Among them was the scene where Han Ping, Yuwen Xiaoyan, and himself explored the Langhuo Blessed Land. After going out, Yuwen Xiaoyan was stared to death by Huangfu Yanjun, a Yuanying sword cultivator.

The perspective of the next picture changes, but it is a scene where Han Ping and several overseas monks of similar cultivation levels go out to hunt for treasure. They encounter a powerful sea beast, which kills all of Han Ping's companions, and only Han Ping escapes.

The next seven or eight scenes all show Han Ping and others teaming up, but the team is wiped out, and only Han Ping escapes death...

Jing Yu's expression changed, and he felt a doomsday omen looming above his head. He suddenly had a premonition in his heart: "If I go to explore the secret realm with Han Ping, I'm afraid my life will be in danger!"

It stands to reason that with Jing Yu's current combat power, as long as he doesn't reach the state of spiritual transformation, there is almost no danger in the world that can threaten his life, but he has this strong premonition in his heart.

So he could only prevaricate: "Well... Fellow Daoist Han, I have just reached the initial stage of my Nascent Soul. I am not familiar with many of the techniques, and my cultivation has not yet been consolidated. I need to retreat for a while longer. I am afraid that I will delay your affairs, so I will not participate."

Han Ping no longer forced himself upon hearing this, but said with regret, "What a pity... I still remember the time when you and I, Brother Xiao Yan, ventured into the Langhuo Blessed Land together. It's a pity that you are gone now, and we can no longer return to the leisurely and comfortable life of cultivation in Xiaoyao Immortal City!"

Jing Yu thought to himself, "I never thought this [Cause and Effect Line] could be so useful... It could actually predict good or bad fortune to a certain extent when the fates of two people are about to intersect."

"And after pulling the causal line, you can even vaguely glimpse the other person's past fate..."

Jing Yu thought of this, and combined with the previous function of the causal line to vaguely perceive the other party's specific location, he almost immediately realized a problem -

"That's right! Thinking about it another way, since I can sense the other person's location through this causal line, doesn't that mean that as long as I don't want to meet them, I can avoid them for the rest of my life?"

"This will prevent the fate of the two from intersecting..."

"Conversely, if I want to connect with their fate, I can also use this line of cause and effect to find them. Our destinies will naturally intersect, giving rise to all kinds of coincidences!"

"Isn't this just a crude way of manipulating fate?"

Jing Yu vaguely understood the truth about fate, and the magic power he cultivated from the "Questioning the Mirror to Observe Fate" method in his body became even more refined.

Just as he was thinking, the void outside the mountain gate shook again, and a tall young man wearing golden armor and holding a golden spear jumped out from it. Judging from his spiritual power, he was actually a True Lord in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

"Haha! Xuan Jing! Congratulations on forming your Nascent Soul!" The hearty laughter of the golden-armored monk came from afar. Yuan Ji and Chi Xu Long rolled their eyes almost at the same time, thinking in their hearts:

"The silly roe deer is coming!"

The monk in golden armor was Yuwen Baoge.

When Jing Yu saw the person coming, he greeted him with a smile and said, "It's the master!"

"Eh..." Yuwen Baoge waved his hand. "Since you've already achieved the status of True Lord, we can call each other peers. I shouldn't address you as 'Sir' anymore."

Jing Yu whispered, "Why do you say that, sir? Xuan Jing was able to achieve the Nascent Soul stage today thanks to your support along the way. Moreover, I have already sworn the Heart Demon Vow, so naturally I will remain loyal to you, sir!"

Although Jing Yu is no longer afraid of Yuwen Baoge and the Yuwen family behind him, he does not intend to bring the matter of the inner demon oath to the table and break off relations with him.

Anyway, this silly roe deer could be made obedient by flattering him a few times, so Jing Yu just regarded it as a joke to tease a fool!