Chapter Thirty-Seven Leaving the City

  Meng Xuan made up his mind and decided to leave Siling City soon to head to the Eastern Sea Holy Land in search of a fairy gate to learn from.

  But before he left, there were still some things to do, such as settling the Meng family and then refining a furnace of elixir for his father, Old Master Meng. These two things are simple, and the safety of the Meng family will be taken care of by Jianlu, Qingqiuling, and even the garrison general Liu Dajiang of Sifang City. At least they can ensure the Meng family's peace for a hundred years.

  As for the matter of refining elixirs, it was merely a trivial task. After annihilating Hei Mu Shan, Meng Xuan obtained a large quantity of spiritual medicine. He could simply pick a few kinds from among them and start refining. Moreover, what he wanted to refine were only the most ordinary types of elixirs. This type of elixir could only prolong one's lifespan and had no use for cultivation. In the immortal sects, it could be said that this was the lowest grade of elixir. Refining them was extremely simple.

  The elixir that prolongs life, to put it bluntly, is not mysterious at all. As long as it can eliminate hidden dangers in the human body, make the physique strong and robust, and prevent a hundred diseases from occurring, then one's lifespan will naturally increase accordingly.

  In the eyes of the immortals, only elixirs that increase cultivation are good elixirs. This type of elixir is just an ordinary elixir.

  After finishing all these things, Meng Xuan's only concern was Qiao Yu'er.

  Now everyone in the Meng family, from top to bottom, has taken Qiao Yuer as their own second young mistress.

  After all, Meng Xuan did it for her, not to mention killing someone in anger, but also brought her close to the mansion and spent thousands of taels of silver to buy land and shops for the Qiao family, hiring a housekeeper. No matter what, it doesn't look like an ordinary friend's behavior. Even this time Meng Xuan destroyed Hei Mu Shan, many people secretly discussed that he actually did it to avenge Qiao Yue'er's father.

  In the inner chambers of women in Sichuan Castle, this saying is especially prevalent.

  Those young ladies who rarely go out of the house, occasionally gather together and talk about Qiao Yue'er and Meng family's second young master. They say that in the past, the two were childhood sweethearts, with hearts that matched each other. After Qiao Yue'er's father was taken away by Hei Mu Shan, Meng Xuan vowed to avenge her. So, Meng family's second young master resolutely went to Qing Cong Mountain's Xian Men to learn the magic of subduing demons.

  "You all say that Meng Er is the abandoned son of Xianmen, but who would have known? Meng Gongzi was actually the most favored disciple of Xianmen's elder, but he insisted on going down the mountain to subdue demons for Qiao Yue'er. His master refused, so he rebelled against Xianmen and was expelled. Otherwise, do you think Xianmen is foolish enough to accept someone with the surname Xiao into their inner circle while rejecting Meng Gongzi?"

  Many girls who don't know where they heard these words from, then seriously tell them to others.

  "Wow, Meng Gongzi is really deeply in love with Qiao Yuer, so handsome..."

  "If there were also men who treated me like this, I would truly... die contentedly..."

  At one time, countless flower girls in Sichuan were infatuated with the "romantic Meng Gongzi" in this rumor.

  As for these remarks, Master Meng also seemed to be in full agreement.

  He was very much in agreement with Meng Xuan taking Qiao Yu'er as his wife. In his opinion, even if Meng Xuan was about to leave to seek the Tao, it would still be good for him to marry a wife and have a child at home first. Anyway, he understood Qiao Yu'er's temperament - she was gentle, kind-hearted, came from a clean family background, didn't fight with others, and followed the traditional path of a virtuous woman. Whether Meng Xuan was at home or not, she would be able to take care of their child peacefully and wait for his return.

  Speaking of which, on the Tianyuan continent, there are indeed people like Meng Xuan who, before going out to seek the Tao or seek immortality, would first marry a wife and have children to carry on their lineage. Such people who go out to seek the Tao may never again have any connection with the mundane world, but they will still have a bloodline that continues in the mortal realm. Who knows, maybe after thousands of years, they will return and enlighten their own descendants.

  Of course, there is another point that must be mentioned. Having descendants to carry on the family line in the mortal world means that the ancestral incense will not be extinguished. This incense has great benefits for cultivators as well. Just think about how worshiping a single Wolf Ancestor in Black Wood Mountain can grant it unparalleled power, so what if it were a person receiving this incense? It would likely be equivalent to thousands of Spirit Pellets.

  The Tianyuan continent does not allow private temples, worshiping ordinary immortals, but incense and offerings within the clan are allowed.

  However, Meng Xuan found it difficult to accept this tradition.

  After all, he was a traverser who had been influenced by the civilization of his previous life. If he were to marry a girl, he would have to take care of her for the rest of his life. He couldn't possibly do something like leaving his wife and children in the mortal world while he himself went out to seek the Tao without any worries, not returning for hundreds of years. For him, doing so would actually affect his Dao heart because of the attachments in his heart.

  For this reason, Meng Xuan rejected Mr. Meng's proposal and took the initiative to recognize Qiao Yue'er as his adopted daughter on behalf of Mr. Meng.

  Although she is a adopted daughter, in fact, she was raised as her own biological daughter. When she gets married, there will be dowry to send her off.

  On the day when Master Meng openly proposed to adopt Qiao Yuer as his adopted daughter, Qiao Yuer felt a little downhearted.

  However, she also understood that Meng Xuan was doing it for her own good, and so she reluctantly agreed.

  Afterwards, Meng Xuan stayed for another month, helping Old Man Meng refine the elixir of prolonging life and also thoroughly curing Qingmu's illness. Now, Qingmu's body is completely free from any lingering illnesses, and she can cultivate with a clear conscience. With her talent, it won't take more than a few years for her to surpass Shuixi Niangniang, and there's even a possibility that she might break through the True Qi realm and reach the True Spirit realm, becoming a demon fairy.

  During this time, Meng Xuan also made a special trip to Jianwu to visit Leng Shizhen and sincerely asked him for advice on swordsmanship.

  After the battle with Lang Zhu, Meng Xuan also understood that although Leng Dashi had never broken through to the True Spirit Realm and was still a mortal, his swordsmanship was truly extraordinary. Now that he had obtained the "Reversal Sword", he naturally wanted to learn some sword techniques from Leng Dashi, who was an excellent teacher. Firstly, Leng Dashi's self-taught "One Question" sword indeed had its unique aspects. Secondly, Meng Xuan could also take this opportunity to use his "Great Sickness Order" on Leng Dashi once.

  After helping Leng Dashi cure his illness, Leng Dashi owed him a favor. According to the three rules and one order, no matter when, as long as he was seriously ill, Leng Dashi had to unconditionally help him with one thing. Later, when covering up Hei Mu Shan, although Leng Dashi also lent a hand, it was just helping out of righteousness, and did not allow Meng Xuan to use the serious illness order to ask for help.

  If it were someone else, Meng Xuan would have reserved this opportunity for himself. However, since he had a deep understanding with Leng Daoshi and found that he was indeed a heroic and respectable person, he didn't want to let him owe him a favor.

  As for Meng Xuan's profound meaning, Leng Dashi was unaware, but when he saw Meng Xuan asking him to teach swordsmanship, he was extremely delighted and immediately taught the subtleties of the "One Question" swordsmanship without any reservation. Like Qing Deng, he highly valued Meng Xuan's future prospects and considered it a rare opportunity to pass on his own swordsmanship to such a promising young man.

  Master Chengdeng was also very enthusiastic and wanted to introduce Meng Xuan to a fairy gate. Meng Xuan originally wanted to decline, because he had already made up his mind to go to the East Sea Holy Land to seek the Tao. However, he did not expect that Master Chengdeng would introduce him to a master whose fairy gate was also located in the East Sea Holy Land, and it was one of the largest fairy gates in the East Sea Holy Land, "Tianchi Fairy Gate", which happened to be a perfect match for Meng Xuan.

  So Meng Xuan agreed and took the letter of introduction from Master Cheng Deng, but he also made it clear that after arriving at the Holy Land of Donghai, he would observe for a while and might not necessarily really become a disciple of Master Cheng Deng's good friend.

  Everything was settled. On a rainy night, Meng Xuan put on his rain cape, took the large red calabaza left by his master, and quietly departed.

  Originally, Master Leng, General Liu, and Shuinyue Niangniang had all said they would see him off properly when he left, but he was naturally averse to goodbyes, so he deliberately avoided them, leaving behind only a letter, hoping that everyone would take good care of the Meng family.

  "A straw raincoat and a jug of wine, I'm off to seek immortality in the vast expanse!"

  On the hillside, Meng Xuan looked back at Sicheng for a moment, let out a soft sigh, and turned to leave.

  The path to seeking immortality is by no means a smooth one, but rather fraught with danger and uncertainty, so much so that even he himself has no confidence in his ability to return.

  It's very likely that he will never come back once he leaves.

  But he had to go, reborn in this life, since he knew that there were immortals in the world, and that there was a strange and wonderful world out there, how could he not explore it? Moreover, he still had his master's great kindness to repay, his rebellious sister to slay, and the legacy he promised his master to reestablish, which he had yet to accomplish. It was fundamentally impossible for him to spend his whole life in a small place like Siling City!

  "Farewell, Sichuan!"

  "Xian Dao, I have arrived!"

  He took big strides forward, his heart full of courage and determination, and his vital energy began to flow freely.

  "Boom..."

  As his true energy increased, his speed also became faster and faster. In the dark of night, even his shadow could hardly be seen.

  During this period, he helped Aoki eliminate the remaining evil energy and his cultivation also improved again, breaking through the eighth layer of true energy.

  Meng Xuan raised his true energy and in half a time unit, he had already walked out several hundred miles.

  As he was about to rest, just before dawn, he suddenly heard a faint cry coming from the darkness.

  He was bold and fearless, not afraid that there would be evil spirits haunting this desolate mountain wilderness. He followed the sound of crying and walked for about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea before he saw a grave mound in front of him, and the crying sounds were coming from inside.

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