The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 306 - 184 Unbearable Past_2
He exerted all his strength and pushed his eyesight to the limit. At this moment, in his eyes, all these specks of light were human souls, including those from Yunxiao Palace as well as residents from the small town beneath Qingjing Mountain. Each soul was unique, and he had to find Ning Xiaoxian among these nearly twenty thousand souls!
He remembered the unique fluctuations of that girl’s soul. Now, he filtered out everyone’s physical forms, faces, and disguises, seeking her location from the genuine fluctuations of her soul!
Tu Jin’s Divine Skills were immensely powerful, but even after repeatedly scanning, he still couldn’t locate the position of the girl’s soul.
How could this be! She was nothing more than a mortal, even if she ran fast, she couldn’t have left Qingjing Mountain’s range in just 15 minutes! Could someone have taken her away?
He soared into the sky, rapidly circling around Qingjing Mountain, then expanded his search radius. Yet, two quarters of an hour later, it was still fruitless.
"Qin Suxia, Ning Xiaoxian, huh!" He was extremely irritated, mumbling to himself about how all women in the world are so troublesome.
Luckily, Heaven finally opened its eyes. Just as he was about to give up his futile search, he finally sensed it—at the original entrance to the secret realm, Ning Xiaoxian appeared.
Her appearance was as abrupt as her disappearance. But what did that matter? All he needed was to take the cup from her hands, to take back his freedom. All else, he couldn’t care less about.
He arrived at the back mountain of Qingjing Mountain almost instantly, and indeed saw the young girl standing prettily under the moonlight, holding what was none other than the Moonlight Cup he had been longing for.
He said in a deep voice: "Give me the cup." His voice sounded like a bass cannon.
Ning Xiaoxian sighed dejectedly, saying: "You promised not to fight with me for this cup, and you even promised twice. Men truly are all talk and no action."
He was momentarily taken aback. Though Tu Jin was ruthless, he was a man of his word, and to go back on his promise now pained his conscience. Otherwise, with his temperament, he would have simply snatched the cup and that would have been the end of it, why bother with idle talk?
"I have other compensations for you," he said softly, reaching out for the Moonlight Cup.
But it was as if a Barrier had been cast again on the cup; no matter how hard he tried, he could not touch it.
Both shocked and angered, he asked: "Could it be that you have already refined the Moonlight Cup?!" He extended his palm to grab Ning Xiaoxian. Now in the bodily form of a Qishou, if his palm struck true, even if she wore the Black Scale Armor, she would likely be crushed to the point of coughing up blood.
Ning Xiaoxian’s face was all smiles, without even a trace of fear. Indeed, as his massive palm was raised above her head, it could no longer press down, just like how he wasn’t able to touch the Moonlight Cup.
At this point, what else was there that Tu Jin did not understand? Though he had no idea why Ning Xiaoxian, a mortal, could control his movements, he dejectedly lowered his massive paw.
Ning Xiaoxian read the resignation in his eyes and laughingly said: "Someone else has refined the cup. Don’t struggle, I’ll take you to see him."
He chuckled bitterly. He did want to resist, but an order had been given by someone in the heavens, so now he couldn’t even flick his Qishou tail, let alone struggle.
Then he saw the young girl stretch out her palm and lightly place it on his foreleg.
The next instant, he entered a brand new world.
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After the initial shock, Tu Jin’s emotions quickly stabilized. After all, he was a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator with a cultivated technique that shocked the world; he wasn’t a naive bumpkin.
He bowed his head. This man in black before him was powerful enough, so much so that even without the restrictions from the Moonlight Cup, he could make him bow and listen. Yet he had been tricked by that woman again, coming tantalizingly close to freedom only to have it slip away, how unwilling he felt!
A flicker of appreciation passed through Changtian’s eyes. Although he had lost eighty percent of his powers, for this Soul Cultivator to remain so composed in his presence was no easy feat.
It took quite a while before the spacious Black Stone chamber heard Ning Xiaoxian’s voice again: "Tu Jin, can you tell us the whole story from beginning to end?"
Although she spoke politely, Tu Jin did not look at her; instead, he had the Qishou body lie down, facing Changtian respectfully and said: "Yes!"
His real name was Tu Yusheng, and his family was impoverished when he was young. At the age of ten, he was selected to enter Yunxiao Palace. He initially thought he could ascend to the skies in one step and become vastly different from mortals. Only after joining the Immortal Sect did he realize that his Immortal Root aptitude was of the worst kind, and because of hardship and wandering with his family when he was young, his constitution was also poor. After joining Yunxiao Palace, he could only do miscellaneous chores for his senior and junior brothers, engaging in laborious and dirty work.
In these troubled times, having a place to call home wasn’t so bad. But fate played a cruel joke on him; he happened to fall in love with the person he should never have fallen for—the only daughter of the second-generation Sect Leader of Yunxiao Palace, Qin Shiyu, named Qin Suxia. There was no need to mention Qin Suxia’s excellent Immortal Root aptitude, not to mention her innate gift. At the age of thirteen, she had become the well-known "Fairy Su Xia" of the Central Nan Zhanbu Continent!
At that time, Tu Yusheng was still just an ordinary worker in the sect, only clenching his fists in envy when other disciples diligently practiced. If things continued this way, they would never have any interaction in their lifetime. However, Heaven finally took pity on him, and Tu Yusheng came across a volume of the Soul Cultivation Method by chance, embarking on a unique path of cultivation behind the back of his sect. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation ticket, Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
