Chapter 123

Chapter 123: During Seclusion

Wei Yun Ting, Zong Han, and Zong Jin all cupped their hands to Yun Xi. “Thank you for looking after us, clan? Yun Xi. We’re deeply grateful.”

Yun Xi smiled. “We all come from the Wei Family. Of course we should support each other and advance and retreat together.”

Zong Hao did not speak up. Right now, he still did not have Yun Xi’s level of strength, so he did not dare to promise anything lightly.

But just the fact that the two of them wore Inner Sect disciple robes and came here for a walk was already backing up their brothers and sisters. At the very least, Outer Sect disciples would not easily make things difficult for Wei Family disciples.

The three understood what they meant, so when Yun Xi and Zong Hao explained that they would soon go into short seclusion, Yun Ting smiled and led everyone to see the two of them off from the Outer Sect mountain.

Along the way, many Outer Sect disciples saw the five of them. While feeling envy and jealousy, they also learned that the Wei Family had another disciple directly promoted into the Inner Sect. Most of them decided they should befriend Wei Family disciples instead.

After handling all these trivial matters, Yun Xi and Zong Hao hung up their seclusion signs and began consolidating their cultivation.

After Sheng Yu Hong learned from Song Ke that Yun Xi had changed her identity jade plate to an Inner Sect disciple’s, he planned to meet Yun Xi and then introduce her to his master. Unfortunately, he was one step late. When he went to Yun Xi’s new residence, Yun Xi had gone to the Outer Sect.

Sheng Yu Hong could only leave a message talisman at Yun Xi’s residence. But when Yun Xi learned that Sheng Yu Hong had invited her to meet, alarm bells exploded in her mind. She did not want any involvement with the male lead.

From her experience reading novels, the male lead belonged to the female lead, and the second male lead belonged to the readers. A supporting female character like her was usually just a catalyst to deepen the male and female leads’ relationship. She would have to be truly bored to go help build up their romance.

So she chose to ignore it. After hanging up her seclusion sign, she flashed into the courtyard. To prevent Sheng Yu Hong from forcibly knocking on her barrier, she specially took out the newly obtained Fourth Rank formation plate, inlaid nine mid-grade spirit stones, and activated the defensive formation. Only then did she sit cross-legged and cultivate.

And Yun Xi’s worry was not without reason. Not long after Yun Xi went into seclusion, Sheng Yu Hong rushed over.

Seeing the seclusion sign hanging at the entrance, Sheng Yu Hong frowned slightly. After thinking it over, he still raised his hand and knocked. The restriction barrier trembled once, but there was no response.

For a moment, Sheng Yu Hong felt a flash of irritation. He knocked twice more, but there was still no response from inside. In the end, he could only leave in frustration.

True Lord Yu Geng noticed that his eldest disciple had been a bit distracted these past two days. After asking, he learned that the female disciple Sheng Yu Hong wanted to introduce was in seclusion.

“It’s fine. She’s only in seclusion, not leaving the sect. There will always be a day you meet her. Not seeing her now only means your fate hasn’t arrived yet. Why rush?” True Lord Yu Geng said.

True Lord Yu Geng’s mindset was calm. Taking disciples also depended on fate.

“Master is right. This disciple was too anxious,” Sheng Yu Hong said.

Sheng Yu Hong immediately adjusted his mindset and no longer spent too much energy on the Yun Xi who was in seclusion.

On the other side, after Wei Yun Qing returned to Alchemy Peak, she shut herself in her room and threw a massive tantrum. She smashed everything she could smash in the room before finally calming down.

Wei Yun Qing felt that things should not have developed like this. She had a strong premonition that Wei Yun Xi was supposed to be her stepping stone, not someone who outperformed her everywhere. This was not only because of the Illusion Realm she saw during a mindset trial, but also because there was a voice deep in her heart telling her so.

“Hmph! Don’t think entering the Inner Sect means everything is settled. Without a master, you’re still just an ordinary disciple,” Wei Yun Qing muttered.

Then she fixed her expression, opened the isolation formation in her room, and went to check the Foundation Establishment Grass she had been nurturing. That grass was about to mature.

Wei Yun Qing slowly channeled wood spiritual power into the Foundation Establishment Grass. When her spiritual power was exhausted, she sat down and meditated to recover. When she opened her eyes again, she saw Ye Shao Tian.

“Senior Brother Ye, you’re here?” Wei Yun Qing greeted warmly.

“Junior Sister Yun Qing, it looks like you’ve cared for this Foundation Establishment Grass very well,” Ye Shao Tian said with a smile.

“Yes. It’s about to mature,” Wei Yun Qing said.

“Good. Our Foundation Establishment Pill will be ready soon,” Ye Shao Tian said.

Ye Shao Tian was also in a great mood. He had been waiting for the Foundation Establishment Pill so he could form his foundation. That way, he could enter the Inner Sect’s Alchemy Peak directly. He believed his cultivation path would be smoother after that.

Wei Yun Qing thought the same. She wanted to enter the Inner Sect. She could not be worse than Wei Yun Xi, or else how would she step on her later?

After Yun Xi went into seclusion, she repeated her previous training. She advanced through realms again and again. Because she had planted a Dao heart, her mindset was steady, so she did not spend much time stabilizing her cultivation. Instead, she spent more time cultivating techniques, because she wanted her strength to match her realm.

Of course, she did not shut herself away completely. Sometimes, when she got tired of cultivating, she would come out for a stroll. She would also check the voice talismans stuck to the restriction barrier, and sometimes she would check her message jade slip. She did not cut herself off from the outside world entirely.

Three months after Yun Xi entered seclusion, Qin Tong Shuang successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment Stage and became an Inner Sect disciple. Two months later, Long Dao Yu also formed his foundation and moved into the inner peaks.

A year and a half later, Wei Yun Ting and the others gathered three sets of spirit plants needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills and sent Yun Xi a message talisman.

Yun Xi was someone who kept her promises. The night she received the message talisman, she went to the Outer Three Peaks and refined a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills for the Wei Family disciples. Nine pills formed: three high-grade pills, three mid-grade pills, and three low-grade pills.

Yun Xi handed the high-grade pills and mid-grade pills to Wei Yun Ting and let them distribute them themselves. Then she returned unhurriedly to the inner peaks.

The five Wei Family members were delighted. The extra Foundation Establishment Pill could be sold to the sect, and the spirit stones gained could be used to buy other cultivation resources. The five quickly reached an agreement. Based on how much each person had contributed in finding spirit plants, they each took one Foundation Establishment Pill, then sold the final pill. The spirit stones they obtained were split equally among the five.

Of course, all of this excluded Wei Yun Qing, because she had not participated at all when gathering the spirit plants for refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Besides, they heard that Wei Yun Qing had obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill through Ye Shao Tian of the Outer Sect’s Alchemy Peak, so there was no need for them to worry about her.

Wei Zong Hao came out of seclusion after two years. Then he took the Alchemy Peak evaluation and became Alchemy Peak Elder Lu Dan Yang’s alchemy attendant. He began learning alchemy, and every day felt full and fulfilling.

In the third year of Yun Xi’s seclusion, Sheng Yu Hong went to the Inner Five Peaks again. He still did not see Wei Yun Xi, so he could only leave another message talisman and turn away.

Sheng Yu Hong’s movements drew a lot of attention. He came again and again to the Inner Five Peaks looking for Wei Yun Xi, which made some Inner Sect disciples sense something unusual. They also began watching Yun Xi’s movements in secret.

After Long Dao Yu heard about this, his feelings were complicated. The person he admired was actually paying attention to Wei Yun Xi. He began to recall their limited interactions, wondering what was different about Yun Xi that could attract the sect’s Eldest Senior Brother’s attention.

Wei Yun Qing was also unhappy. Using the Foundation Establishment Pill, she succeeded in forming her foundation in the third year of Yun Xi’s seclusion and was promoted to an Inner Sect disciple as well.

After learning that Sheng Yu Hong went to find Yun Xi, she bribed disciples to monitor Yun Xi’s residence, then arranged a ‘chance encounter’ with Sheng Yu Hong.

Without Yun Xi knowing, Wei Yun Qing still established contact with Sheng Yu Hong.