by Dragon King
Zhao Yanzi took the light dress and measured it against herself happily, finding that it was just her size!
This traditional dress had several precious gems inlaid in it, which resembled the dress that Duan Yao was wearing!
“I’m going to Sixth Heaven to clean up my past.” Duan Yao looked at Hao Ren and said, emphasizing each word.
“Grr… Grr…” Curled up in the grass, Little White who had been trying hard to absorb the level 10 demonic core arched its back and growl at Duan Yao.
Ignoring Little White, Duan Yao continued to stare at Hao Ren.
“Erm-hum,” Hao Ren nodded slightly.
“You, go with me,” Duan Yao continued.
“You…” Zhao Yanzi gritted her teeth and walked to Hao Ren’s side, blocking him from Duan Yao with her body.
After some thinking, Hao Ren realized that Duan Yao had obstacles in her cultivation since she hadn’t cut ties with Sky Mountain Sect in her heart, and this was why Lady Zhen brought her back to get rid of the knot in her heart.
Since Sky Mountain Sect had sent Duan Yao to Ethereal Summit, they still thought that she was with the Herb King Master. It would make sense if Hao Ren took her to Sky Mountain Sect.
“Ok.” Hao Ren nodded.
Hao Ren still owed Duan Yao a favor for helping him in the Demon Sea, so he agreed to accompany her back to Sky Mountain Sect.
Surprised that Hao Ren would agree, Zhao Yanzi took half a step forward immediately and said, “I’ll go with you!”
As she said that, Zhao Yanzi drew out the Purple Green Treasure Sword.
“Let’s fight! You can’t be at the Nascent Soul Realm!” she challenged Duan Yao.
After retreating half a step lightly, Duan Yao knocked on the body of the Purple Green Sword with her knuckle.
Ding! With the crisp noise, Zhao Yanzi stumbled and dropped to the ground with the sword in her hand.
It convinced Zhao Yanzi that Duan Yao had really reached the Nascent Soul Realm!
With her Foundation Establishment Realm, Zhao Yanzi was no match for Duan Yao’s little finger!
In the dark night, Duan Yao seemed more beautiful than before! Although there still were traces naughtiness, she had the aura of a little demonic girl!
Desperate, Zhao Yanzi knew that Duan Yao far surpassed her, and the latter was showing mercy by not taking back the Purple Green Treasure Sword!
In other words, Duan Yao might think that the Purple Green Sword wasn’t worthy of her attention anymore!
Zhao Yanzi was confident a moment ago, but her self-esteem got a big blow.
In fact, Duan Yao wanted to take back her sword, but she remembered Lady Zhen’s warning. She wasn’t allowed to cause any conflict when encountering Hao Ren and the others during this short trip to Sky Mountain Sect.
“Let’s go!” Hao Ren released the golden boat and pulled Zhao Yanzi onto it.
Zhao Yanzi was a jealous girl; Hao Ren wanted her to go with them so that she wouldn’t get suspicious.
Now that Sky Mountain Sect was severely damaged, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to them.
Although Duan Yao had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, her power wasn’t overbearing in Hao Ren’s mind.
Duan Yao didn’t get into Hao Ren’s boat. Instead, she flew up in the colorful traditional dress that Lady Zhen gave to her and rushed out of the array formation, heading toward Sixth Heaven.
Standing on the boat, Zhao Yanzi disliked Duan Yao, but she had a good impression of Lady Zhen since the latter brought her gifts every time they met
While Hao Ren steered the boat at the bow, Zhao Yanzi put on the traditional dress that Lady Zhen gave her and circulated her nature essence through it, feeling so light that she could fly in it!
This traditional dress that was personally made by Lady Zhen was beautiful. When Zhao Yanzi spun, the edges of the dress flew up with the blinking precious gems.
With its great speed, Hao Ren’s golden boat arrived at Sky Mountain Sect in the blink of an eye. Duan Yao flew in the colorful traditional dress with her Nascent Soul Realm strength and was able to catch up with Hao Ren’s speed.
The many buildings that had been destroyed by Hao Ren in Sky Mountain Sect were mostly repaired. The bright lights inside the sect showed that the disciples were busy cultivating.
As rewards for their efforts in helping Hao Ren build the array formation for Ethereal Summit, three mid-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in Sky Mountain Sect had recovered their strength. However, the strength of the sect was far less than their original peak state where they had one peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, three mid-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, and five low-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
Recently, Sky Mountain Sect had tried their best and got a precious essence-unlocking note, but it had no effects when it was shot into Lingwu Master’s body.
Besides searching for the spiritual herbs that Herb King Master needed, the sects on Sixth Heaven were all working hard to help the middle-level disciples to cultivate since one more Nascent Soul Realm cultivator meant more deterrence!
As to some of the impatient sects, they had begun to attack the sects whose Nascent Soul Realm cultivators hadn’t recovered their realms. Spirit stone mines and spiritual herbs were robbed!
With three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the sect, Sky Mountain Sect was still safe, but people were worried that other sects would join forces and attack together!
Everyone knew that Sky Mountain Sect had the most spiritual herbs, the best spirit beasts, and several high-quality spirit stone mines!
Right now, everyone in Sky Mountain Sect including Lingwu Master and the disciples was regretting attacking Ethereal Summit. However, they had to defend the sect as they couldn’t stand by and watch the 1,000-year-old sect be destroyed!
When every disciple of the sect kept alert for dangers, two lights came from the distance.
Dozens of Core Formation Realm cultivators immediately flew up on flying swords to block the enemies.
At this moment, any small mistake could destroy the sect! In the past few days, two sects had been overturned!
If not for the interference of the sects on Seventh Heaven, all the sects on Sixth Heaven would have waged wars against each other.
“It’s… Junior Sister Yao!” The Core Formation Realm cultivator in the front yelled.
Hao Ren slowed down the boat, staying behind on purpose.
“Junior Sister Yao is back! Junior Sister Yao is back!”
The news spread quickly in Sky Mountain Sect.
Swoosh! The three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, Sect Master Duan Ye, and his wife all flew out immediately.
“Yao!” Duan Yao’s mother had tears on her cheeks before she got close to Duan Yao.
After Duan Yao was sent to Ethereal Summit by her cruel dad, Duan Yao’s mother was prohibited from going to Ethereal Summit and looking for Duan Yao. She had cried many times in the past few days.
Floating in the high sky, Duan Yao’s eyes turned red when she saw her mother flying over shakily on a flying sword.
Boom! Duan Yao suddenly released her aura as a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator!
The three Nascent Soul Realm elders standing on flying swords almost lost their balance while the Core Formation Realm cultivators behind them stumbled in astonishment!
Duan Yao was only at low-tier Core Formation Realm when she was sent out of Sky Mountain Sect!
But now, she was at the Nascent Soul Realm!
No… They couldn’t call her, Junior Sister Yao, anymore. They had to refer to her as Aunt-Master!
A 15-year-old Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was unprecedented and shocking!
“Yao?” Duan Yao’s mother who was flying toward Duan Yao also stopped in the high sky, wondering if the girl in front of her was indeed her daughter.
“Aunt-Master Duan!”
Dozens of Core Formation Realm cultivators suddenly greeted Duan Yao together. Since she had reached the Nascent Soul R
ealm, according to the rules of Sky Mountain Sect, she was now their Aunt-Master!
In most of the cultivation sects, the ranks were not decided by age but strength. It meant that all the Core Formation Realm cultivators were one generation lower than the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
“I… am not your aunt-master,” Duan Yao said as she gritted her teeth.
Seeing the familiar faces of her senior brothers and sisters in the sect, Dan Yao had tears in her eyes. This was the last time that she would return to Sky Mountain Sect.
“Mom…” Then, she called out in a low voice.
This was also the last time that she would see her mother. When she was sent out to Ethereal Summit, she hadn’t had the chance to say goodbye to her mother.
“Yao!” Hearing her word, Duan Yao’s mother finally was convinced that the girl in front of her was her daughter, and tears gushed out of her eyes.
“Now that you’ve left of Ethereal Summit, you must come home!” She persuaded while looking at Duan Yao.
“Please come home, Aunt-Master Duan!” Dozens of Core Formation Realm cultivators shouted at once.
With only three Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, the big Sky Mountain Sect could barely guard itself. If they had one more Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, the sect would be better protected.
Ye Yan who had shown affection to Duan Yao was among the Core Formation Realm cultivators.
He had cut ties with Duan Yao, and now he was surprised that Duan Yao had reached the Nascent Soul Realm in such a short time.
“Is it the result of dual cultivation?” While looking at Duan Yao’s slim figure, he was struck with this thought.
Sparing no glance at Ye Yan, Duan Yao looked at her father carefully.
In just a short time, Sect Master Duan Ye had gotten thinner.
Having just reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Duan Yao was inexperienced and couldn’t tell that Duan Ye’s exhausted look was due to his failure in charging at the Nascent Soul Realm.
Sky Mountain Sect was on the verge of collapsing.
“How about Grand Uncle-Master?” Duan Yao held back her tears and asked.
“Your grand uncle-master feels dead inside, and he locked himself in the back mountain. He doesn’t plan on coming out anymore,” Duan Yao’s mother said with a sigh.
Hua… Standing on the golden boat, Hao Ren flew over slowly with Zhao Yanzi.
695 Belong to the Demon Sea!
The appearance of Hao Ren’s golden boat alarmed the cultivators of Sky Mountain Sect, and they backed off several steps when they saw Hao Ren standing at the bow of the boat.
The three Nascent Soul Realm elders, the Sect Master, and his wife stood their ground and cupped their hands at Hao Ren. “Greetings to Master!”
No one was sure if Hao Ren was the Herb King Master; he was a bit too young to be the Herb King Master. Even if he weren’t, he was extraordinary as the senior disciple of the Herb King Master.
This was why the cultivators greeted Hao Ren as Master as if he were Herb King Master himself.
On Hao Ren’s golden boat stood another young girl who looked to be of the same age as Duan Yao, and she wore the same style of traditional dress as Duan Yao.
Staying close to Hao Ren, she seemed to be Hao Ren’s junior sister, but their relationship seemed more intimate than that.
After looking at Hao Ren, Duan Ye suddenly realized that Duan Yao was returning to visit her family after becoming the concubine of the Herb King Master or the senior disciple of the Herb King Master.
He was hurting inside, but he supposed that Duan Yao had achieved the goal of joining Ethereal Summit and could speak for Sky Mountain Sect.
Standing on the boat, Zhao Yanzi looked at Duan Yao and the cultivators of Sky Mountain Sect silently.
The male cultivators of Sky Mountain Sect were also sneaking glances at Zhao Yanzi, finding her pretty and exquisite. They were envious of the Herb King Master for having such a lovely concubine.
Then, they were upset that Duan Yao, the cutest girl in Sky Mountain Sect, had become a concubine of the Herb King Master as well.
Although Zhao Yanzi’s aura was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm, they all thought that she was also at the Nascent Soul Realm, just like Duan Yao.
Those Core Formation Realm cultivators who had been to Ethereal Summit were even more jealous when they remembered that Hao Ren had two beautiful maids who were top-tier Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.
With the Herb King Master’s power, he could do anything he wanted, and no one dared to challenge him!
While looking at Duan Yao, Hao Ren was oblivious to the many thoughts in the cultivators’ minds. After some consideration, Duan Yao said to Duan Ye, “Dad, I want to see Grand Uncle-Master.”
If it were before, Duan Yao wouldn’t be able to summon figures like Lingwu Master. However, since she had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and was one realm higher than her father, Duan Ye didn’t dare to reprimand her.
Duan Ye turned his head and issued an order to a Core Formation Realm cultivator behind him, and that cultivator flew to the back mountain quickly on a flying sword.
“Yao…” Duan Yao’s mother looked at her and called out in a low voice.
Hovering in the high sky, Duan Yao suddenly flew to stand beside Hao Ren on his golden boat.
Standing on the left and right sides of Hao Ren respectively, Duan Yao and Zhao Yanzi both wore colorful traditional dresses and looked like two dolls.
Whoosh… The Core Formation Realm cultivator flew back from the back mountain.
On his flying sword stood an old man, and he was no other but Lingwu Master.
With sunken eyes, a haggard face, and a loose Taoist robe, Lingwu Master didn’t have the aura of a master like before.
After falling from peak Nascent Soul Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he couldn’t recover his original realm and thus had become a wastrel. It was a massive blow to him.
If he weren’t told that Duan Yao had reached the Nascent Soul Realm, Lingwu Master would never have come out from the back mountain.
At this moment, he stood on the flying sword of that junior disciple and studied Duan Yao with cloudy eyes, finding that she had indeed reached the Nascent Soul Realm!
Although his realm had dropped to the Foundation Establishment Realm, his eyes were still sharp!
Remembering that he had to sacrifice Duan Yao for the safety of Sky Mountain Sect, Lingwu Master got emotional when he saw that she had reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
“I’m grateful to Dad and Mom for raising me, to Grand Uncle-Master for teaching me, and to the senior brothers for helping me,” Duan Yao said to them in a clear voice while standing beside Hao Ren.
She took out a small bottle from her pocket and continued, “Grand Uncle-Master, this is a Black Jade Blood Pill that I begged from my master, and it can heal damaged meridians completely.”
Hearing Duan Yao’s words, Lingwu Master who looked like a depressed old man looked up instantly.
He had never heard about the Black Jade Blood Pill, but his hope rose when he heard that it could heal damaged meridians.
The huge essence-locking note from Eighth Heaven had almost shattered all his meridians. While he tried to maintain the Foundation Establishment Realm, his nature essence was gradually running out.
If he couldn’t find a way to recover his realm, his body would age quickly, and he would die in weeks. That was why he had locked himself in the secret chamber in the back mountain, ready to welcome the end of his life alone.
“This is a bottle of Bone Strengthening Powder made with the bone powder of level 8 demon beasts. Please take it to Senior Brother Mo so that he can recover to the Core Formation Realm.”
Duan Yao took out another grey bottle and handed it to the cultivator who accepted the pills for Lingwu Master.
The expressions of these cultivators of Sky Mountain Sect changed slightly when they heard the words, level 8 demon beast.
; There was no trace of level 8 demon beasts even on Seventh Heaven, and the remains of a level 8 demon beast were more precious than a spirit stone mine!
They had never heard of the Bone Strengthening Powder but knew that the effects of the elixir must be extraordinary since it was made with the bone powder of level 8 demon beasts!
Their glances shifted from Duan Yao to Hao Ren, thinking that the Herb King Master was so powerful that he could produce miraculous elixirs even unknown to Sky Mountain Sect which excelled in elixir-making.
“Also, the fact that the Herb King Master gave this elixir to Duan Yao means that she is a favorite of the Herb King Master, which isn’t surprising since Duan Yao is so vivacious and lovely,” a lot of cultivators thought to themselves.
Seeing their glances, Hao Ren knew that they thought the elixirs came from him.
While shaking his head, he didn’t explain.
Everyone had a different point of view. When Sky Mountain Sect surrounded Ethereal Summit, it was natural that Hao Ren fought back with all his strength and destroyed more than half of the structures of Sky Mountain Sect.
However, for Duan Yao, Sky Mountain Sect was her home where she grew up. There were her senior brothers and sisters and memories. After the battle at Ethereal Summit, Sky Mountain Sect had declined quickly, which was why she hated Hao Ren.
“Dad, Mom, here is a bottle of Pregnancy Pills which can solidify your foundations. I hope you can give birth to a little brother who will be better-behaved than me.”
Duan Yao took out a red bottle and tossed it to her father, Duan Ye.
Standing on a silver flying sword, Sect Master Duan Ye caught the bottle, opened the wood cap, and smelled the scent of the dozens of pills in the bottle.
It was a very intense aroma of elixirs!
Sky Mountain Sect excelled in elixir-making, and Duan Ye had seen all kinds of elixirs. He had heard of the Pregnancy Pills before, and they were elixir pills that the ancient cultivators took to conceive offsprings without damaging their realms.
After all, it was against the law of nature to cultivate, and it was a rare fortune for cultivators to have kids. That was why the cultivators experienced more danger than mortals when they tried to have children.