Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 434: Mutual Benefits
In the hall, the figures of Ji Ruyan and Jiang Qiushui had already disappeared.
Upon careful sensing, they were not in the cave dwelling either. They must have left Color Lotus Mountain to wander within the sect.
The Yuan Yang Sect was still safe, so there was no need to worry on that front.
Since Jiang Qiushui had already promised him, it was likely she wouldn’t deliberately try to deceive Ji Ruyan; she wouldn’t be that foolish.
Entering the chilly and cold spiritual beast chamber, Liu Yu fed Little Qing with Nourishing Spirit Pills and Dragon Blood Fruit. After playing with it for a while, he left the chamber and walked towards the outside of the cave dwelling.
Soon, a streak of black escape light shot up into the sky above Color Lotus Mountain and vanished into the horizon.
Liu Yu's destination this time was Qingxiu Peak, the third-tier spiritual mountain where Elder Yan resided.
Although he had spent eight years in Yan State, his connection with the Yan Family had never been interrupted. Through their last contact, he knew that Elder Yan had returned to the sect on rotation.
His purpose for this trip was to convince Elder Yan to gain the Yan Family's support regarding the matter of becoming a true disciple.
Perhaps due to having formed a good bond from the start, Liu Yu had always maintained a good relationship with the Yan Family. Over the decades, it wasn't just Yan Hongyu and Yan Qun'er; many cultivators from the Yan Family had also established good ties with him.
However, at the core, it still boiled down to interests and value.
Now, after two or three decades, coinciding with the moment he needed the Yan Family's help, he planned to open the sale of Nourishing Yuan Elixirs to them.
After all, with the passage of two to three decades, it was quite normal for his alchemy skills to have improved, which could withstand scrutiny.
Liu Yu had always played the role of a cultivator with some alchemical talent.
He had gained quite a bit of cultivation resources from the war in Yan State, and applying those resources to further practice alchemy to refine second-tier mid-grade elixirs was entirely reasonable.
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An hour later, the picturesque Qingxiu Peak quickly came into view.
This third-tier spiritual mountain remained vibrant with spiritual energy, its vegetation lush and neatly trimmed, and the paths flat leading to various areas of the mountain.
A streak of escape light landed, accompanied by a powerful spiritual pressure at the foundation establishment level.
The two outer sect disciples who were chatting were startled and immediately straightened their postures. Once they recognized the figure in the escape light, they quickly bowed and saluted:
“Greetings, Shishu Qingyang!”
As one of the foundation establishment cultivators with a deep connection to the Yan Family, Liu Yu had visited Qingxiu Peak several times. The disciples assigned to guard the spiritual mountain certainly recognized him.
They were all juniors from the Yan Family, and thus could take on this easy task. They had long been instructed not to be negligent, and naturally wouldn’t stop him.
“Hmm.”
Liu Yu lightly acknowledged the greeting from the two outer sect disciples and then walked up the spiritual mountain.
Decades had passed; the two guarding disciples were no longer the same two from before.
He himself remained unchanged, without a hint of variation.
On the way, he had already contacted Yan Hongyu using the sect token, so there was no need to report again; he could go directly to her cave dwelling.
Stopping in front of a cave dwelling near the mountain's peak, Liu Yu casually sent out a sound transmission talisman and quietly waited.
“Rumble…”
As the formation faded, the stone door slowly opened.
A middle-aged woman in a daoist robe, with graceful steps, appeared at the entrance of the cave dwelling, wearing a familiar smile.
This woman had a plump figure and an elegant demeanor; her loose robe couldn’t conceal her towering stature, revealing her graceful curves.