The Unparalleled White-Clothed Sage's Journey Volume 1 Chapter 2: The Misstep

  After verifying their identities, the jade token was also issued, and this handover is considered complete. Then, Men Jia said: "The three of you have now officially become my East Pole cultivators. Two days later, a floating boat will arrive here, and at that time, you can leave from the Yinxiantai to go to various floating islands. For these two days, I'm afraid you'll have to stay in the guest house behind the main hall temporarily. There are many books about the East Pole realm inside the house that you can read at will. If there's anything else you're unsure about, feel free to come find me and Men Yi in this main hall anytime." After finishing speaking, he stepped aside with Men Yi, letting the three of them do as they pleased.

  However, the three of them did not leave immediately. Xiao Yao was still thinking about the jade symbol in her heart, but she didn't ask Mu Jue and Mu Yi impulsively. Instead, she glanced at Hai Tang and Yuan Chen, and saw that Yuan Chen stood tall and straight, emitting a cold aura all over his body, with an aloof expression that warned people not to approach him. Hai Tang, on the other hand, was standing quietly, although her natural charm was evident, but she had a serious expression and elegant demeanor.

  Without thinking much, she smiled slightly at Haitang and said: "I don't know if Fellow Haitang infused his vitality into the Jade Symbol once or several times just now?"

  To be honest, Xiao Yao's question was a bit abrupt, Hai Tang was slightly stunned, but she didn't show any displeasure, and only replied lightly: "Only once, I don't know what you mean by asking this?"

  Xiao Yao smiled awkwardly, "Just now when I infused it for the first time, the jade symbol was only orange, and it wasn't until after infusing it again that it turned yellow, so I wanted to verify whether fellow daoist's experience is the same."

  "I only infused the yuanqi once, and the jade symbol changed from red to yellow-green, finally revealing the words," Haitang suggested to her: "The situation of the jade symbol is still better asked by Daoist friends Men Jia and Men Yi, they should be clearer."

  "Thank you, Haoting fellow," Xiangya had already asked what she wanted and didn't bother to disturb him anymore. She turned around and walked towards the door, but when passing by Yuanchen's side, she caught a glimpse of a thread of disgust and contempt flashing in his eyes.

  At this point, she didn't think much about the meaning of this, and first recounted her conversation with Haitang to Men Jia and Men Yi. Seeing Men Jia thinking for a moment, he quickly said: "This is not unprecedented, it's possible that Daoist friend didn't grasp the strength well before, just like I said earlier, the test results can change at any time, Daoist friend might as well try again."

  Xiao Yao had expected him to say that and half-jokingly probed: "Repeated testing, who knows if it will damage the jade symbol or not."

  "Haha, absolutely impossible!" Men Jia laughed loudly and said decisively: "Even if the East Pole Domain Master were to infuse his vital energy into it, he would not be able to damage this jade symbol. Perhaps a true immortal could ruin it, but who knows that?"

  Xiao Yao rubbed her nose and also smiled: "It's me being ignorant, making a fool of myself in front of fellow Taoists."

  At the same time, a male voice suddenly interrupted, "It's not just being ignorant and inexperienced, without real ability, don't blame things for not working. Women should be at home taking care of their husbands and teaching their children, what kind of decency is this coming out and showing off?"

  No one expected Yuan Chen to suddenly say such a sentence, and every word was laced with disdain for women. The four of them were slightly stunned, and as women, Xiao Yao and Hai Tang were even more displeased, their brows furrowed in annoyance, the atmosphere suddenly turning cold. But Yuan Chen seemed completely unaware of his own rudeness, still haughtily sizing up the two women from the corner of his eye, his gaze filled with disdain and scorn.

  Those who can fly to the upper realm are all geniuses among millions, and when they were in the lower realm, they were also figures who could turn the world upside down with a single stomp. No one would dare to offend them, let alone insult them verbally. Especially Ha Tang, she was different from Xiao Yao who had always been lurking at the bottom. In her previous life, she was a proud daughter of heaven, and those who had insulted her were no longer in this world. The dignity of a noble lady made her release her pressure immediately, with a hint of intention to fight against Yuan Chen.

  A snicker, at this moment someone chuckled and timely dispersed the tense atmosphere.

  But then he saw a door in the corner and walked into the middle of the two men who were standing opposite each other, smiling: "Fellow Daoist Yuanchen is a cultivator from the Zi Yang realm, right?"

  Yuanchen Hu looked at him with a suspicious gaze and said, "What if it is?"

  "Cough, then I must advise my fellow Taoist to get rid of the habit of underestimating that little girl," Men Yiqiang explained, suppressing his smile. "Do you know that in the Eastern Extreme Realm, any cultivator who flies up from the Zi Yang Realm will generally fall quickly."

  Yuanchen's face sank, "Why?"

  "Because their self-esteem can't accept the fact that they have to work with women in the Eastern Pole, and sometimes even respect high-ranking female cultivators, either they go crazy or provoke powerful female cultivators and get killed," Men Yi looked at him with a hint of depth. "In the Eastern Pole and the other three spiritual realms, it is not about gender but about strength that speaks, whether male or female, demon cultivator or alien race, there is no big difference. However, this is completely different from the custom in your friend's hometown where women are treated as slaves and livestock."

  Yuanchen's face changed slightly, the joints of his hands creaked with a cracking sound, and his expression was so painful that it seemed as if the country had been destroyed and the family had perished. At this time, Haitang also withdrew her oppressive aura, and with a look of sudden realization, she looked at him again, and there were a few more sympathetic gazes in her eyes.

  As for Xiao Yao's sympathetic expression, it was even more pronounced. Although the idea of male superiority and female inferiority had also infiltrated the Xianxia world in Taiji, its influence was not very great. Compared to this, what a difference it made when women who were once slaves suddenly rose above them one day. The mental imbalance caused by this sudden change was evident.

  The land of Ziyang is a completely immortal country, where all the women do not have spiritual roots and cannot cultivate immortality, so their status is extremely low. Yuanchen has lived for tens of thousands of years, today is the first time he saw a female cultivator, and it was also the first time he was sympathized by a woman. At this moment, his handsome face felt embarrassed, and he couldn't care about the occasion, speaking in an unpleasant tone: "No need for you to interfere with trivial matters!"

  "I don't want to interfere," Meng Yi spread his hands, not minding his anger at all. "But I'm also your escort, and there are some things that need to be reminded, especially...". He slowly drew out the last syllable, as if teasing a kitten or puppy, "The master of my East Pole is a female cultivator, so please restrain yourself."

  Yuanchen was suddenly choked, his eyes wide with an incredulous expression, he moved his lips, wanting to say something but couldn't utter a single word. Finally, he simply flung his sleeve and left in a huff, his face deathly pale with anger.

  Watching his figure disappear outside the temple, Men Jia shook his head and sighed: "Although his talent and potential are not bad, this excessively arrogant temperament... is a pity."

  At this time, Hai Tang took a step forward and bowed his hands to Men Yi, thanking him: "Thanks to Men Yi for helping me out just now." She knew that if it weren't for this person's intervention, she would have probably rushed into battle with Yuan Chen by now, and without understanding the situation in the spiritual realm, it wouldn't be a wise move.

  "Haoting Xianzi needn't be so polite," replied the beauty, and Meng Yi smiled with narrowed eyes, humbly saying: "To ensure the safe ascension of the flying ascender is our duty, besides, what I said was all true, also for the consideration of Yuan Chen Daoyou."

  "No matter how you put it, Yuyou has indeed resolved this crisis," Haitang's face revealed the first smile after her ascension, stunning Meng Yu to the point where he couldn't help but mutter: "It's said that Jing Tian Jie produces beautiful women, and indeed it does."

  Haitang was taken aback and couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "I see that Fellow Daoist Yidao seems to be quite familiar with the Lower Realm. Could it be that Fellow Daoist has traveled to various mortal realms before?"

  "I don't have such skills," seeing the other person's curious eyes, Meng Yi was a bit embarrassed and scratched his head. "It's just that I've been doing this for a long time, and I've seen many cultivators from various realms fly up, so I've summarized some of the ways to do it. As I said earlier, apart from the Eastern Extreme Immortal Realm, there are also the Western Extreme Realm, Southern Extreme Realm, and Northern Extreme Realm - three other immortal realms that are different from the mortal realm. In total, there are only four immortal realms. Therefore, when a mortal cultivator ascends, the guiding light will choose the immortal realm closest to their original location. For example, the Jing Tian Realm where you are, and the Zi Yang Realm where Yuan Chen is, both belong to the same large realm as the Eastern Extreme Realm, so about half of the ascending cultivators come from these two realms. Ah... " He turned his head to look at Xiao Yao and asked, "I don't know which realm Fellow Daoist Rong Rou ascended from, but encountering the Void Storm's realm is truly intriguing - would you mind telling me?"

  Xiao Yao listened carefully to the conversation between the two, gathering useful information. Seeing that Mo Yan asked without hiding anything, she replied straightforwardly: "Taiji Boundary."

  Men Erben was just casually asking, but this unexpected answer made him and Men Jia look at each other, both with strange expressions.

  Xiao Yao also noticed that something was off and didn't know what was wrong, so she had to ask: "Two Taoist friends, is there anything wrong with my answer?"

  Men Jia hastily shook his head and explained, "Sorry, it has nothing to do with fellow Taoists. It's just that the two of us found Taiji Realm a bit unexpected when we heard about it. After all, Taiji Realm is closest to Xijian Xiansheng Realm, but farthest from my Dongji..."

  He trailed off towards the end, his voice gradually fading away, as if he was deep in thought and very perplexed. At this point, Mo Yu added from the side: "If it weren't for the fact that the Taiji realm had become famous many years ago due to the great war with the Zhen Xian realm, we wouldn't be so flustered. After all, the light of the response will abandon what is near and seek what is far, it's really inexplicable."

  Xiao Yao smiled wryly, wanting to know that after narrowly escaping the heavenly calamity and the void storm, she had been transferred in the void for a whole half year. It turned out that she had taken a detour, and she had guessed some of the reasons behind it. She said: "The two fellow Taoists must not forget, I encountered the void storm on my way, perhaps it was because of this that the guiding light changed its position."

  Men Jia and Men Yi suddenly looked at each other in surprise, "Indeed, this is extremely likely."

  Then, Men Jia said to Xiao Yao: "I see that your vital energy has not fully recovered yet. Why don't you go to the side room first? There are some spiritual medicines prepared in the house that can help with your injuries."

  Xiao Yao had basically asked all she wanted to ask and was about to leave, so after bidding farewell to the three of them, she headed towards the rear wing of the palace.

  Behind the main hall, there were ten courtyards of moderate size. In front of each courtyard gate hung a stone lantern, nine of which had gone out, leaving only one shining with a dazzling blue light. Recalling how Yuan Chen had stormed off earlier, she suspected that the brightly lit courtyard was where Yuan Chen's fellow disciple lived. She chose a courtyard farthest from it and walked in.

  The courtyard is beautifully decorated, spacious, with pavilions and towers complete, and there are also restrictive measures to block the divine sense, with good privacy.

  However, Xiao Yao had no time to appreciate the scenery, quickly entering the house and closing the door, calling out Leopard and immediately entering the void.

  Inside the void, she poured a strand of immortal energy into the jade symbol without hesitation. As expected, the symbol did not change in the slightest and remained that yellow dog plaque.

  "Leopard," she raised an eyebrow and asked the culprit again, "Are you sure what you just released was true yuan energy?"

  "Damn it! Why are you so annoying?! What is yuanqi?! Isn't yuanqi just releasing a little less of the immortal energy?!" The leopard's eyes slanted, "Just now I had already weakened the immortal energy to its lowest level!"

  Xiao Yao almost spat out blood, and angrily said: "So you're saying that what you actually infused into it was immortal energy? True Immortal Sir, you've ruined it!"

  "Did I mess it up?" The leopard sneered, "It's clear that this thing can't withstand being messed with! Besides, I never said I'd release my yuan energy."

  Xiao Yao heavily slapped the leopard several times, and her face was filled with sorrow. Does this count as a single misstep leading to eternal regret? Good fellow, from now on, even if she's unwilling, she'll have to carry this dog tag and roam the Xianling Realm.