Chapter 700: It’s you!
"Alas, Lan Ran, after so many years, your personality is still the same. Being too rigid will lead to failure, the right way to deal with things is to combine rigidity and flexibility! Do you think that Chang Sunyu and I don't know what Shen Tukun meant?
It's just that Shen Tukun is extremely talented. Not only is he an eighth-grade True Immortal, he also has the Ice Evil Pearl in his hand, and Xuansha Peak has also produced many talented people in recent years. Now, among the nine major Xuanfengs, only the Sect Master and I can check and balance him.
But next year will be the deadline for my wind and fire tribulation, and the sect master's wind and fire tribulation will be sixty years later. If I can cross it, at my current age, I will have at least four thousand years left to slowly comprehend the way of Taoism.
The master is extremely talented, and once he crosses this threshold, he will have more time left. If I or the master can cross this threshold, we will naturally suppress Shen Tukun, and I don't think he will dare to be too arrogant.
However, the wind and fire tribulation of an eighth-grade True Immortal is extremely difficult and dangerous, and the hope that I can survive it is very slim. The sect master has the Xuantian Mirror in his hand, is highly talented, and is younger than me, so the hope may be greater, but only slightly greater.
Once we can't get over it, no one in the Nine Xuanfeng can check Shen Tukun. Your and Ranyue's attitude this time may lead to suppression in the future. Especially Xuanting Peak, now that we finally see hope, but such a thing happened again, it's really a bit reckless! "Huangfu Xuan said the last part, with a worried look on his face.
(As mentioned before, the first eight wind and fire tribulations each had a deadline of one thousand years, but the ninth one did not have this limit. The time saved in the early stages could be accumulated and used in the ninth stage to comprehend the Dao of Taoism. Moreover, the younger one is when overcoming the tribulation, the easier it will be in the later stages.)
"Everything will work out when the time comes, and Senior Brother Huangfu will surely be blessed by heaven , so there's no need to worry too much," Lan Ran said.
"My personal matter is small, but the Jiuxuan Sect has been in decline for ten thousand years, and now there is no unity within. How can I not worry?" Huangfu Xuan stood up and said, "Forget it, forget it. Anyway, it has already happened. It will be in vain for me to say more. But you must remember that if I fail to survive the tribulation, you must be more patient in doing things in the future. A little impatience will ruin a big plan!"
After saying this, Huangfu Xuan rolled up a golden light and flew away into the air.
Huangfu Xuan flew through the air, but he did not return to his Xuanrui Peak but went to Xuansha Peak.
In the hall, Qin Ziling keenly sensed the direction of Huangfu Xuan. At first, there was a hint of doubt in his eyes, but soon he became respectful.
Lan Ran was a powerful seventh-rank true immortal. He also noticed where Huangfu Xuan was going. He sighed in his heart and said to Yin Ranyue, "Ranyue, can I have a private chat with your follower Qin Feng?"
Yin Ranyue was slightly surprised, but soon nodded and said, "Of course."
"Qin Feng, is this your first time in Jiuxuan Mountain ?" Lan Ran asked Qin Ziling, and then without waiting for his answer, he said, "I have nothing to do today, so I will take you to Jiuxuan Mountain to have a look around."
After saying that, Lan Ran didn't wait for Qin Ziling's consent. She flicked her sleeves and a cloud of mist rose from the hall, carrying Qin Ziling and herself out of the hall.
Yin Ranyue watched Qin Ziling and Lan Ran float away from the hall on the clouds, with a look of confusion in her eyes.
Yin Ranyue had noticed before that Lan Ran seemed to be particularly interested in her husband and kept looking at him again and again.
Now she actually called him out alone, which really puzzled her.
Outside the Xuansha Palace, Lu Kui and other disciples from Xuanting Peak were stunned when they saw Qin Ziling and Lan Ran flying on the same auspicious cloud.
Isn't he our Peak Master's follower? How come he is together with Peak Master Lan? Wow, what a great guy!
The auspicious clouds kept flying, from the central area where the Jiuxuan Sect’s mountain gate was located, all the way north.
That is a more primitive and vast, rolling and endless mountain forest.
Humans rarely move around here anymore; only various birds, beasts, or monsters born in these places exist.
Qin Ziling didn't know where Lan Ran was going to take him, he just stood behind her silently.
The auspicious clouds flew over the endless mountains and forests, then flew over the vast ocean, all the way to an isolated island, and finally landed on a solitary peak in the center of the island.
Lan Ran stood on the top of the solitary peak facing the wind, with her back to Qin Ziling. She had a plump yet graceful figure, and her clothes fluttering in the wind.
"Since you have followed Master Yin Feng, please return the token I gave you!" Lan Ran said calmly.
Qin Ziling's face changed slightly when he heard this, but he regained his composure in a blink of an eye and took out the token given by Lan Ran from the storage ring.
"It's you!" Lan Ran turned around slowly and looked at Qin Ziling with eyes as sharp as knives.
Qin Ziling's heart skipped a beat and he secretly cried out, "Oh no! I've been playing with eagles all day, but now I'm getting pecked in the eye by an eagle. This woman didn't really recognize me at all. She's trying to trick me!"
"I'm sorry, Master Lan Feng, I..." Qin Ziling said apologetically.
"Everyone has their own aspirations. You have done nothing to let me down!" Lan Ran interrupted Qin Ziling before he could finish his words. Then a gust of wind blew up out of nowhere, rolling up the letter talisman. Then Lan Ran flew away on a cloud without saying a word.
"Hey, Master Lan Feng, take me with you! This place is too far away from Jiuxuan Sect, I will get lost." Qin Ziling was stunned when he saw Lan Ran flying away alone on the clouds, and then he shouted hurriedly.
However, Lan Ran did not even look back, and the auspicious cloud was so fast that it disappeared over the vast ocean in the blink of an eye.
"It turns out that he would rather offend a villain than offend a woman!" Qin Ziling couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself when he saw Lan Ran disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye.
After making fun of himself, Qin Ziling soon smiled smugly and said to himself, "Hey, do you think that if you leave me on this lonely island in the sea, it will take me ten or eight days to fly back? You underestimate me, Qin Ziling.
But it's better to let her look down on me, otherwise she won't be able to vent her anger, and who knows if she will trouble me again one day. After all, I still owe her a favor."
With this thought in mind, Qin Ziling summoned the Sky-piercing Immortal Shuttle, stepped on it, and hurried back at a leisurely pace.
"No wonder Zhu Ji fell in love with him back then. He is indeed quite famous. In just sixty years, he has cultivated from a second-grade True Immortal to a fifth-grade True Immortal. Even I was wrong about him.
If he hadn't been vulnerable to deception, he would have really been fooled by him. Humph, after all, I saved your life, and you rejected my kindness and didn't come to me for help, but you actually dared to pretend that you didn't know me in person and deceived me. How hateful!"
Above the auspicious clouds, Lan Ran became more and more annoyed the more she thought about it. She almost couldn't help but turn around and give Qin Ziling a good beating. However, she was still proud of her status and had already lost her composure by leaving him far away on an isolated island. It was impossible for her to do anything more outrageous.
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Qin Ziling returned to Xuanting Peak seven days later.
In the back garden of Xuanting Peak's master's mansion, Qin Ziling and Yin Ranyue were alone.
"Aren't you curious about why Lan Ran called me out alone?" Qin Ziling couldn't help asking when he saw that Yin Ranyue didn't say a word about Lan Ran calling him out alone.
"You will naturally tell me what you can about the young master. If you don't tell me, how can I ask?" Yin Ranyue said as a matter of course.
"You silly woman, what if I am seduced away by another woman one day? Will you just do nothing about it?" Qin Ziling said lovingly as he hugged Yin Ranyue in his arms.
"At least the young master won't abandon me." Yin Ranyue said.
Qin Ziling looked at Yin Ranyue in his arms and didn't know what to say when he heard that!
"Lan Ran and I met once sixty years ago." Qin Ziling then recounted what happened in Juxian Sea that year, and also briefly mentioned what happened when Lan Ran called him out.
"Hehe, so, Master Lan Feng didn't recognize the young master at first, and the young master confessed it himself?" Yin Ranyue was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then couldn't help laughing out loud.
To her, the young master had always been a capable person who could plan everything for her, but she didn't expect that he would be tricked by Lan Ran this time.
"Haha, it wasn't entirely tricked by her. It was mainly because I was not on guard against her. Besides, since she had doubts, she asked me to show her the token in person. If I continued to hide it from her, it would seem too petty.
Besides, if I reveal my true identity in the future, it will not only make it more awkward for us to meet, but it will also create a rift in our hearts, so I simply didn't think deeply about whether she really recognized me. "Qin Ziling smiled.
"I said that the young master would not be deceived so easily. It turns out that the young master had this intention!" Yin Ranyue said.
"Since when did my Ran Yue learn to flatter people!" Upon hearing this, Qin Ziling slid his hand down to her soft waist and patted it.
"Young Master!" Yin Ranyue's face turned red all of a sudden, and her graceful body was shy in his arms, which made Qin Ziling very excited. He picked her up and went into the bedroom.
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"The talent pool at Xuanting Peak is indeed declining. Ke Changsuo has taken away a group of people, making the situation even more depleted, and people's morale is even more scattered. Now that you, the peak master, have returned, you should do something to revitalize Xuanting Peak and let those who looked down on or left Xuanting Peak take a good look at your power and authority as the peak master." After a flurry of changes, Qin Ziling said after he was dressed neatly with the help of Yin Ranyue.
"Well, Ke Changsuo has taken a group of people with him. This is a good opportunity for me to observe the reactions of my disciples and see who can be cultivated. Now that seven days have passed, I have observed enough. I will distribute some resources tomorrow.
"I want to give Lu Han a few high-quality Wuchen Immortal Pills to improve her cultivation, and Dragon Power Blood Spirit Immortal Pills to strengthen her physique, so that she can break through to become a sixth-grade True Immortal in a short period of time. Master, do you think this is feasible?" Yin Ranyue asked.
"You can decide these things. I have plenty of Wuchen Immortal Pills and 'Du' Immortal Pills' below the sixth grade. The key is to have a reliable character. Lu Han is a loyal and trustworthy person. You can cultivate him vigorously.
You can also vigorously cultivate her disciples. And Fu Biao, who can withstand the pressure at the critical moment, can also be considered a cultivateable person, and you can also vigorously cultivate him.
As long as you train them up and transfer Chu Yunfeng back in a few days, your Xuanting Peak will have some momentum. And with them around, you can practice with peace of mind. Otherwise, if you have to take care of everything, then what kind of peak master are you?" Qin Ziling said.
"Well, thank you, young master!" Yin Ranyue smiled happily.
