zhè lǐ shì shén me dì fāng ？ lín xuān miàn wú biǎo qíng de shuō dào 。” gāng gāng zhǐ gù zhe jiāng dí rén shuǎi yuǎn ， zhōng tú yī lián zuò le qī bā cì zhuǎn zhé ， rú jīn shēn zài hé chù ， lián tā zì jǐ dōu yǒu xiē bù shèn qīng chǔ 。
这里是什么地方？林轩面无表情的说道。”刚刚只顾着将敌人甩远，中途一连做了七八次转折，如今身在何处，连他自己都有些不甚清楚。
Where are we now? Lin Xuan said expressionlessly.
zhè lǐ shì wù yǐn xiá gǔ 。” dà hàn tūn le yī kǒu tuò mò ， tā hái shì dì yī cì rú cǐ jìn jù lí de jiē chù gāo jiē xiū xiān zhě 。
这里是雾隐峡谷。”大汉吞了一口唾沫，他还是第一次如此近距离的接触高阶修仙者。
After he had managed to keep the enemy at a distance, making several turns in between, he was now unsure of his location.
tōu tōu yòng shén shí zài duì fāng shēn shàng sǎo guò ， què yī piàn xū wú ， bàn diǎn shēn qiǎn yě kàn bù chū ， zhè ràng tā biǎo qíng yuè de gōng jìng le ， duì fāng shí yǒu ** zhēn shì níng dān qī yǐ shàng de xiū xiān zhě 。
偷偷用神识在对方身上扫过，却一片虚无，半点深浅也看不出，这让他表情越的恭敬了，对方十有**真是凝丹期以上的修仙者。
This is the Mist Concealing Canyon," the large man swallowed hard. He had never been so close to an upper-stage cultivator before.
“ wù yǐn xiá gǔ ？” lín xuān méi tóu wēi zhòu ， zhè ge dì míng hěn mò shēng ， bàn diǎn yìn xiàng yě wú ， nán dào bù zhī bù jué zhōng yǐ fēi chū lǒng nán dì qū le ？
“雾隐峡谷？”林轩眉头微皱，这个地名很陌生，半点印象也无，难道不知不觉中已飞出陇南地区了？
He secretly used his divine sense to scan Lin Xuan's body, but found nothing, no trace of cultivation foundation or power flow. This made him even more respectful; this person was undoubtedly a condensation core stage cultivator and above.
bù kě néng ！
不可能！
"Is this the Mist Concealing Canyon?" Lin Xuan frowned. The name sounded unfamiliar, and he had no recollection of it. Could he have flown out of the Longnan region without realizing?
lín xuān hěn kuài fǒu rèn le zhè ge cāi cè ， lǒng nán suī rán jǐn yǒu yī jùn zhī dì ， dàn miàn jī yě zú yǐ yǔ yōu zhōu xiāng bǐ ， jué bú shì zhè me yī xiǎo huì er jiù néng fēi yuè dì 。
林轩很快否认了这个猜测，陇南虽然仅有一郡之地，但面积也足以与幽州相比，绝不是这么一小会儿就能飞跃地。
That's impossible!
“ nǐ shǒu zhōng kě yǒu yù tǒng jiǎn ， jiù shì zhuān mén jiè shào fù jìn fēng tǔ rén qíng de nà zhǒng ？” lín xuān méi tou yí zhòu ， huǎn huǎn kāi kǒu 。
“你手中可有玉筒简，就是专门介绍附近风土人情的那种？”林轩眉头一皱，缓缓开口。
Lin Xuan quickly dismissed that thought. Although Longnan was only one prefecture, its size could rival Youzhou. It wouldn't be possible to cross such a distance in just a short while.
zhè ……” dà hàn liǎn shàng lù chū wéi nán zhī sè ， tā bù guò shì yī luò pò de sàn xiū ， nǎ yǒu chéng mǎi nà shē chǐ zhī wù ， jīng shí dōu yòng lái tiān zhì líng dān le ， yào kàn dì tú ， suí biàn qù jù r rén de chéng zhèn mǎi yī fèn zhǐ zhì dì 。
这……”大汉脸上露出为难之色，他不过是一落魄的散修，哪有成买那奢侈之物，晶石都用来添置灵丹了，要看地图，随便去具r人的城镇买一份纸质的。
"Do you have an epigraphic scroll? The kind that introduces local customs and culture?" Lin Xuan frowned and spoke slowly.
bù guò zhè zhǒng dōng xī tā kě bù gǎn ná chū lái ， bì jìng fán rén huì zhì de dōng xī kěn dìng yǒu hěn duō miù wù ， rú guǒ shén me dì fāng biāo cuò le dǎo zhì zhè wèi qián bèi dà nù ， tā kě chéng shòu bù qǐ gāo jiē xiū xiān zhě de nù huǒ 。
不过这种东西他可不敢拿出来，毕竟凡人绘制的东西肯定有很多谬误，如果什么地方标错了导致这位前辈大怒，他可承受不起高阶修仙者的怒火。
"Well..." the large man looked uneasy. He was merely a penniless wandering cultivator; he couldn’t afford such luxuries, using his crystals to buy spirit pills instead. If he wanted a map, he would have to buy a paper one from any nearby town.
bù qiú yǒu gōng dàn qiú wú guò 。
不求有功但求无过。
But he dared not take it out. After all, if the scroll revealed that they were in Mist Concealing City, it was far from populated and only had some worthless spiritual materials controlled by a minor sect called Hundred Insect Gang. The gang's leader was merely at late Foundation Establishment stage, indicating how weak this region’s cultivation world was, even worse than Yanzhou.
cǐ rén de kǎo lǜ dào yě shì shí fēn míng zhì de 。
此人的考虑倒也是十分明智的。
Upon learning this, Lin Xuan didn’t plan to leave. He intended to find an appropriate place to establish his abode.
jiù zài lín xuān gǎn jué yǒu diǎn shī wàng de shí hòu ， nà qīng yī shào nǚ de shēng yīn chuán rù ěr duǒ ：
就在林轩感觉有点失望的时候，那青衣少女的声音传入耳朵：
"Master, are you afraid the giant monster will come back?" Yue'er spoke softly, as it was only a few tens of thousands of miles from Snowy Morn Mountain.
“ qián …… qián bèi ， wǒ zhè lǐ yǒu yī fèn dì tú 。”
“前……前辈，我这里有一份地图。”
"Don't be silly. That monster has been sealed for so long; it needs to consume cultivators' blood and meat to recover its essence energy. It’s not my enemy, why would it chase me here?" Lin Xuan said with a dismissive look on his face. "If I'm correct, after the sect's defeat at Snowy Morn Mountain, they will surely travel great distances to cultivation-rich areas rather than stay in this remote Longnan region."
shuō zhe liǎn sè wēi hóng ， cóng huái zhōng qǔ chū le yù tǒng 。
说着脸色微红，从怀中取出了玉筒。
"Master has a point," Yue'er agreed, but added, "Even so, we don't need to stay here. Within two thousand li, there isn’t even a condensation core cultivator. Master is looking for body strengthening pills; it’s impossible that such items would be found in this place."
shuō qǐ lái xiū xiān zhě yě zhēn shì liǎng jí fēn huà yán zhòng ， gāo jiē xiū shì jiān de jiāo yì ， cháng cháng shì yī zhì shù wàn jīng shí ， ér xiàng tā men zhè yàng de líng dòng qī sàn xiū ， què qióng dé lí pǔ ， cǐ nǚ jiàng yù tǒng jiǎn fàng zài huái zhōng ， lián yí gè zuì dī jiē de chǔ wù dài yě méi yǒu 。
说起来修仙者也真是两极分化严重，高阶修士间的交易，常常是一掷数万晶石，而像他们这样的灵动期散修，却穷得离谱，此女将玉筒简放在怀中，连一个最低阶的储物袋也没有。
"Hmm..." Lin Xuan nodded.
shàng miàn hái dài zhe shào nǚ de tǐ xiāng ， yě nán guài tā huì liǎn hóng ， bù guò lín xuān zì rán bú huì zài yì zhè ge ， xiù páo yī fú ， yī dào qīng xiá fēi lüè ér chū ， jiāng nà yù tǒng jiǎn juǎn guò 。
上面还带着少女的体香，也难怪她会脸红，不过林轩自然不会在意这个，袖袍一拂，一道青霞飞掠而出，将那玉筒简卷过。
"What? Master has the confidence to condense a demon core?" Yue'er was stunned and overjoyed at the same time.
shén shí chén rù qí zhōng 。
神识沉入其中。
In truth, Lin Xuan himself was surprised. One of his goals when he arrived in Yunzhou was to seek out opportunities, but after all these years, he hadn’t managed to find any body strengthening pill formulas despite various delays.
sān rén zì rán bù gǎn dǎ rǎo fēn háo ， guāi guāi de shì lì zài yī páng 。
三人自然不敢打扰分毫，乖乖的侍立在一旁。
But even with so many distractions, Lin Xuan never slackened in his cultivation. Whenever he had free time, he would meditate and study the divine techniques from Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Scripture. With his demon eye relic always by his side, he had accumulated a lot over time.
yuē bàn zhǎn chá yǐ hòu ， lín xuān tái qǐ tóu ， chūn yù tǒng jiǎn pāo huí shào nǚ shǒu zhōng ：“ yǒu láo gū niáng ， yě suàn bāng le lín mǒu de dà máng 。”
约半盏茶以后，林轩抬起头，椿玉筒简抛回少女手中：“有劳姑娘，也算帮了林某的大忙。”
He estimated that he could condense a demon core; if it failed, he could still look for formulas later.
suí hòu shǒu wàn fān zhuǎn ， jiāng yí gè yǒu diǎn chén jiù de yù tǒng qǔ le chū lái ：“ wǒ guān nǐ men sān rén tǐ nèi fǎ lì liú dòng ， xiū liàn de bú shì shén me hǎo gōng fǎ ， zhè běn 《 shuǐ yuán jīng 》 nán nǚ dōu néng xiū liàn ， ná qù ba ！”
随后手腕翻转，将一个有点陈旧的玉筒取了出来：“我观你们三人体内法力流动，修炼的不是什么好功法，这本《水元经》男女都能修炼，拿去吧！”
Hearing this, Yue'er didn’t argue. The master and servant happily searched for an appropriate place to establish their abode.
“ xiè xiè qián bèi ， xiè xiè qián bèi ！”
“谢谢前辈，谢谢前辈！”
This Mist Concealing Canyon was perfect—about a hundred miles wide with enough seclusion. Although the nearby junior cultivators would come to gather medicinal herbs, they were too weak; setting up a false array could deter them.
sān rén kuáng xǐ ， máng dà lǐ cān bài xià qù ， lín xuān tàn le kǒu qì ， suī rán yǐ tā xiàn zài de shén tōng ， jī hū kě yǐ zài rén jiè hū fēng huàn yǔ ， dàn yě shì cóng dī jiē xiū shì yí bù yí bù áo guò lái dì ， shēn zhī zhè xiē sàn xiū de xīn kǔ ， suǒ yǐ zhǐ yào yǔ zì jǐ de yǒu jiāo jí ， lín xuān chū shǒu cóng bù lìn sè 。
三人狂喜，忙大礼参拜下去，林轩叹了口气，虽然以他现在的神通，几乎可以在人界呼风唤雨，但也是从低阶修士一步一步熬过来地，深知这些散修的辛苦，所以只要与自己的有交集，林轩出手从不吝啬。
Soon, Lin Xuan found a suitable location—a mountain peak over a hundred feet high with a small lake beside it. The scenery was serene and tranquil, originally home to a second-stage snake demon. In this Mist Concealing Canyon, its strength wasn’t negligible, but encountering him and his servant was just bad luck for the snake.
fǎn zhèng tā miè shā liǎo wú shù de xiū xiān zhě ， shōu cáng de gōng fǎ zú yǒu shù bǎi běn zhī duō ， xián zhe yě shì xián zhe ， bù rú tí xié yī xià hòu bèi hǎo le 。
反正他灭杀了无数的修仙者，收藏的功法足有数百本之多，闲着也是闲着，不如提携一下后辈好了。
Yue'er had been itching to fight; she easily overpowered the poor snake, reducing it to ashes.
dāng rán ， jǐn xiàn yú cǐ ， měi gè rén de jī yuán bù tóng ， chú fēi zhēn yǔ zì jǐ guān xì shēn hòu ， fǒu zé lín xuān bú huì kè yì qù zāi péi shéi de 。
当然，仅限于此，每个人的机缘不同，除非真与自己关系深厚，否则林轩不会刻意去栽培谁的。
Then Lin Xuan released sword energy to establish his abode. This task was familiar to him, and in no time, a spacious and bright cave appeared before his eyes.
“ hǎo le ， nǐ men kě yǐ zǒu le 。
“好了，你们可以走了。
Although simple, it was sufficient for cultivation.
“ shì ！”
“是！”
Meanwhile, several thousand miles away from the Mist Concealing Canyon, on an unremarkable hilltop.
sān rén zài cì chōng lín xuān kē le yí gè tóu ， huān huān xǐ xǐ de lí kāi le wù yǐn xiá gǔ 。
三人再次冲林轩磕了一个头，欢欢喜喜的离开了雾隐峡谷。
The hill was barren with no spiritual energy, but three young women stood there. One of them, about seventeen or eighteen years old, had her eyes closed and seemed to have fainted—Zhū Qiàn.
wàng zhe sān rén de bèi yǐng ， lín xuān liǎn shàng què lù chū le ruò yǒu suǒ sī de biǎo qíng ， gāng nà yù tǒng jiǎn zhōng ， tā zhī dào zì jǐ lái dào le yí gè jiào zuò wù yǐn chéng de dì fāng 。
望着三人的背影，林轩脸上却露出了若有所思的表情，刚那玉筒简中，他知道自己来到了一个叫做雾隐城的地方。
Another woman was slightly older, breathtakingly beautiful, with a face that could make the world weep. Her cultivation level was impressive; she was an early Essence Formation cultivator.
jí shǐ zài lǒng nán dì qū ， zhè lǐ yě shí fēn huāng pì ， zhǐ yǒu yī xiē hěn lā jī de líng wù líng dì ， bèi yí gè jiào zuò bǎi chóng bāng de xiǎo zōng mén zhàn jù 。
即使在陇南地区，这里也十分荒僻，只有一些很垃圾的灵物灵地，被一个叫做百虫帮的小宗门占据。
Of course, this was Cloud Fairy.
gāi bāng de bāng zhǔ ， yě bù guò zhù jī hòu qī ， yóu cǐ kě jiàn zhè lǐ de xiū xiān jiè duō me lā jī ， jī hū bǐ yǐ qián de yǎn zhōu ， hái yào lüè xùn yī chóu de yàng zi 。
该帮的帮主，也不过筑基后期，由此可见这里的修仙界多么垃圾，几乎比以前的兖州，还要略逊一筹的样子。
However, at this moment, this proud lady’s expression was respectful as she bowed to another woman.
dé zhī zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng yǐ hòu ， lín xuān dào bù dǎ suàn zǒu le ， zhǔn bèi suí biàn xún yí gè dì fāng kāi pì dòng fǔ 。
得知这种情况以后，林轩倒不打算走了，准备随便寻一个地方开辟洞府。
"Master, you summoned me from afar using a ten-thousand li talisman. What is the matter?" Qin Yán spoke cautiously. Although her master usually treated her with affection, there was anger on her face now.
“ shào yé ， nǐ bù pà jù guài tuì lái me ？” yuè ér yǒu xiē ruò ruò de kāi kǒu ， bì jìng zhè lǐ jù lí xuě míng shān ， jǐn yǒu shù shí wàn lǐ ， tài jìn le 。
“少爷，你不怕巨怪退来么？”月儿有些弱弱的开口，毕竟这里距离雪暝山，仅有数十万里，太近了。
Could it be that Master Xīn had become too close to Lin Disciple, and this made her angry? Cloud Fairy’s heart felt uneasy as she pondered this.
“ shǎ yā tou ， nà guài wù bèi fēng yìn le zhè me jiǔ ， xū yào tūn shì xiū shì de xuè ròu huī fù yuán qì ， yòu bú shì yǔ wǒ yǒu chóu ， kǔn ； zhuī dào zhè ér zuò shén me ？” lín xuān liǎn shàng lù chū bù yǐ wéi rán zhī sè ：“ ruò wǒ suǒ liào méi cuò ， zhè jiā fú tiān le xuě míng mén yǐ hòu ， kěn dìng huì bù cí láo kǔ 「 qián wǎng xiū shì fán shèng zhī dì ， ér jué bú huì liú zài （8 pì de lǒng nán dì qū 。”
“傻丫头，那怪物被封印了这么久，需要吞噬修士的血肉恢复元气，又不是与我有仇，悃；追到这儿做什么？”林轩脸上露出不以为然之色：“若我所料没错，这家伏天了雪暝门以后，肯定会不辞劳苦「前往修士繁盛之地，而绝不会留在（8僻的陇南地区。”
"Nothing. I summoned you here just to have you kill someone," the woman said nonchalantly.
“ shào yé shuō dé yǒu lǐ ， kě jí biàn rú cǐ ， wǒ men yě bù yòng dài zài zhè lǐ ， fāng yuán liǎng qiān lǐ ， jū rán méi yǒu yí gè níng dān qī xiū shì ， shào yé bú shì yào shōu jí duàn tǐ dān fāng ， cǐ chù jué bù kě néng yǒu wǒ men xiǎng yào zhī wù 。”
“少爷说得有理，可即便如此，我们也不用待在这里，方圆两千里，居然没有一个凝丹期修士，少爷不是要收集锻体丹方，此处绝不可能有我们想要之物。”
"Kill?" Qin Yán's hand trembled; she became even more anxious, her voice trembling slightly: "I... don't know who Master wants me to kill."
“ ń ，$$； mó cún jué méi nuò zhe kāi kǒu le 。
“嗯，$$；谟存孓没锘着开口了。
"Bai Fengdāo’s young master, Chen Bǎo," Rúyàn Fairy gritted her teeth, full of hatred on her face.
“ shén me ， shào yé yǒu bǎ wò níng jié yāo dān le ？” yuè ér yī dāi ， bù yóu de yòu jīng yòu xǐ qǐ lái 。
“什么，少爷有把握凝结妖丹了？”月儿一呆，不由得又惊又喜起来。
Not Lin Disciple?
qí shí lín xuān zì jǐ yě yǒu shì yì wài ， yuán běn tā lái dào yún zhōu ， mù dì zhī yī jiù shì xún qiú jī yuán ， kě zhè xiē nián lái shì yù jiàn gè zhǒng gè yàng de dān gē ， dǎo tóu lái jū rán yī zhāng duàn tǐ de dān fāng dōu méi yǒu nòng dào shǒu 。
其实林轩自己也有世意外，原本他来到云州，目的之一就是寻求机缘，可这些年来是遇见各种各样的耽搁，倒头来居然一张锻体的丹方都没有弄到手。
Cloud Fairy felt a wave of relief. She was then greatly curious about Bai Fengdāo; she had never heard of it before.
bù guò shì qíng suī duō ， xiū liàn lín xuān què shì yī kè yě bù céng fàng sōng ， shāo yǒu shí jiān ， jiù huì dǎ zuò ， yán xí fèng wǔ jiǔ tiān jué zhōng de shén tōng ， fǎn zhèng tā yǒu yāo yǎn shě lì ， děng yú jiāng yī shàng pǐn yāo mài suí shí dài zài shēn biān ， zhè rì jī yuè lěi xià lái ， shōu huò yě bù fán 。
不过事情虽多，修炼林轩却是一刻也不曾放松，稍有时间，就会打坐，研习凤舞九天诀中的神通，反正他有妖眼舍利，等于将一上品妖脉随时带在身边，这日积月累下来，收获也不凡。
Who was this Chen Bǎo that could provoke such anger from the master?
gū mō zhe kě yǐ níng jié yāo dān ， rú guǒ shī bài ， zài qù xún zhǎo dān fāng yě bù wǎn 。
估摸着可以凝结妖丹，如果失败，再去寻找丹方也不晚。
But what shocked Qin Yán most was the master’s appearance—she almost didn’t recognize her at first.
tīng lín xuān zhè me shuō ， yuè ér zì rán bú huì fǎn bó ， yú shì zhǔ pú èr rén gāo gāo xìng xìng de xún zhǎo kāi pì dòng fǔ de zhóu ， fāng le 。
听林轩这么说，月儿自然不会反驳，于是主仆二人高高兴兴的寻找开辟洞府的妯，方了。
Few young cultivators in the world had seen Rúyàn Fairy, but high-stage cultivators knew her reputation well. She was the top female cultivator of Cloud Peak; there was no exaggeration to it. Five hundred years ago, she personally exterminated tens of thousands of cultivators attacking Tianya Hǎigé, with eight late Essence Formation stage cultivators among them.
zhè wù yǐn xiá gǔ jiù bù cuò ， yǒu bǎi lǐ fāng yuán zuǒ yòu ， dì fāng gòu （8 pì ， suī rán fù jìn de líng dòng qī dì zǐ huì lái cǎi yào ， dàn tā men xiū wèi tài dī ， zhǐ xū yào bù yí gè huàn zhèn jiù kě yǐ 。
这雾隐峡谷就不错，有百里方圆左右，地方够（8僻，虽然附近的灵动期弟子会来采药，但他们修为太低，只需要布一个幻阵就可以。
Qin Yán knew that not only was her master extremely powerful but also had a beauty comparable to hers—slightly less attractive features, but better figure and skin.
hěn kuài lín xuān jiù zhǎo dào le yī hé shì de chǎng suǒ 。
很快林轩就找到了一合适的场所。
However, the woman before her looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, slender, but very frail with a sickly appearance. Her features were unremarkable; she wasn’t ugly, but if someone said she was beautiful, few would agree.
yī zuò bǎi yú zhàng gāo de shān fēng ， páng biān hái yǒu yī tán xiǎo hú ， jǐng sè qīng yōu ， yuán běn pán jù zhe yī tóu èr jiē de mǎng xì yāo shòu ， zài zhè wù yǐn xiá gǔ ， shí lì yě bù cuò ， bù guò yù jiàn lín xuān zhǔ pú ， zhǐ néng shuō péng yùn qì bù hǎo le 。
一座百余丈高的山峰，旁边还有一潭小湖，景色清幽，原本盘踞着一头二阶的蟒系妖兽，在这雾隐峡谷，实力也不错，不过遇见林轩主仆，只能说鹏运气不好了。
Her cultivation level had dropped to junior stage.
yuè ér zǎo jiù shǒu yǎng ， jié guǒ yǐ dà qī xiǎo ， jiāng nà kě lián de yāo shé hōng shā zhì zhā 。
月儿早就手痒，结果以大欺小，将那可怜的妖蛇轰杀至渣。
If Lin Xuan were here, he would be shocked. He had seen this Rúyàn Fairy before—the weak female cultivator begging for Blood of the Azure Dragon pills in the market district.
suí hòu lín xuān fàng chū jiàn qì ， kāi pì dòng fǔ ， zhè xiàng gōng zuò duì tā lái shuō shú mén shú lù ， bù xiāo bàn zhǎn chá de gōng fu ， yǎn qián jiù chū xí le —— zuò kuān chǎng míng liàng de dòng fǔ 。
随后林轩放出剑气，开辟洞府，这项工作对他来说熟门熟路，不消半盏茶的功夫，眼前就出觋了——座宽敞明亮的洞府。
Why would such a high-stage cultivator from Tianya Hǎigé, one of Cloud Peak’s top cultivators, dress as a lowly wandering cultivator and wander around?
suī rán yǒu xiē jiǎn lòu ， bù guò yòng yú xiū liàn yě yǐ jīng zú gòu 。
虽然有些简陋，不过用于修炼也已经足够。
"Yán, that Bai Fengdāo's young master dared to touch me. Go and exterminate their sect; leave not a single soul alive. All the sect members will have their souls extracted," Rúyàn Fairy said with a murderous expression.
yǔ cǐ tóng shí ， jù lí wù yǐn xiá \& gǔ shù wàn lǐ zhī dì ， yī zuò bù qǐ yǎn de xiǎo shān dǐng 。
与此同时，距离雾隐峡\&谷数万里之地，一座不起眼的小山顶。
Although it was just a touch, for a high-stage cultivator like her, such an affront was intolerable.
cǐ shān guāng tū tū de ， méi yǒu líng qì ， kě shàng miàn què yǒu sān wèi nián qīng de nǚ zǐ 。
此山光秃秃的，没有灵气，可上面却有三位年轻的女子。
Seeing her disciple’s strange look, Rúyàn Fairy seemed to misunderstand: "Don’t worry. Bai Fengdāo is only a minor sect; they have two condensation core stage cultivators at most. With my power, exterminating them would be easy."
qí zhōng yí gè ， shí qī bā suì nián jì ， shuāng móu jǐn bì ， bù zhī wèi hé ， yūn le guò qù ， zhèng shì zhū qiàn rú cǐ nǚ 。
其中一个，十七八岁年纪，双眸紧闭，不知为何，晕了过去，正是朱倩如此女。
"Master, it's not that you are unwell," Qin Yán hesitated.
hái yǒu yí gè ， bǐ tā shāo dà yī diǎn ， fēng huá jué dài ， shí yǒu qīng guó qīng chéng zhī zī ， xiū wèi gèng shì bù sú ， jū rán shì yī wèi yuán yīng chū qī de xiū xiān zhě 。
还有一个，比她稍大一点，风华绝代，实有倾国倾城之姿，修为更是不俗，居然是一位元婴初期的修仙者。
"Of course not. I’m fine. Even if dozens of Essence Formation cultivators came now, I could easily kill them all," Rúyàn Fairy said arrogantly.
bú yòng shuō ， dāng rán shì yún zhōng xiān zi 。
不用说，当然是云中仙子。
"Why do you have to dress like this and suffer the lowly cultivators' disrespect?" Qin Yán was utterly confused. In her mind, Master was noble and beautiful, acting with great decorum, but this time...
Where are we now? Lin Xuan said expressionlessly.
After he had managed to keep the enemy at a distance, making several turns in between, he was now unsure of his location.
This is the Mist Concealing Canyon," the large man swallowed hard. He had never been so close to an upper-stage cultivator before.
He secretly used his divine sense to scan Lin Xuan's body, but found nothing, no trace of cultivation foundation or power flow. This made him even more respectful; this person was undoubtedly a condensation core stage cultivator and above.
"Is this the Mist Concealing Canyon?" Lin Xuan frowned. The name sounded unfamiliar, and he had no recollection of it. Could he have flown out of the Longnan region without realizing?
That's impossible!
Lin Xuan quickly dismissed that thought. Although Longnan was only one prefecture, its size could rival Youzhou. It wouldn't be possible to cross such a distance in just a short while.
"Do you have an epigraphic scroll? The kind that introduces local customs and culture?" Lin Xuan frowned and spoke slowly.
"Well..." the large man looked uneasy. He was merely a penniless wandering cultivator; he couldn’t afford such luxuries, using his crystals to buy spirit pills instead. If he wanted a map, he would have to buy a paper one from any nearby town.
But he dared not take it out. After all, if the scroll revealed that they were in Mist Concealing City, it was far from populated and only had some worthless spiritual materials controlled by a minor sect called Hundred Insect Gang. The gang's leader was merely at late Foundation Establishment stage, indicating how weak this region’s cultivation world was, even worse than Yanzhou.
Upon learning this, Lin Xuan didn’t plan to leave. He intended to find an appropriate place to establish his abode.
"Master, are you afraid the giant monster will come back?" Yue'er spoke softly, as it was only a few tens of thousands of miles from Snowy Morn Mountain.
"Don't be silly. That monster has been sealed for so long; it needs to consume cultivators' blood and meat to recover its essence energy. It’s not my enemy, why would it chase me here?" Lin Xuan said with a dismissive look on his face. "If I'm correct, after the sect's defeat at Snowy Morn Mountain, they will surely travel great distances to cultivation-rich areas rather than stay in this remote Longnan region."
"Master has a point," Yue'er agreed, but added, "Even so, we don't need to stay here. Within two thousand li, there isn’t even a condensation core cultivator. Master is looking for body strengthening pills; it’s impossible that such items would be found in this place."
"Hmm..." Lin Xuan nodded.
"What? Master has the confidence to condense a demon core?" Yue'er was stunned and overjoyed at the same time.
In truth, Lin Xuan himself was surprised. One of his goals when he arrived in Yunzhou was to seek out opportunities, but after all these years, he hadn’t managed to find any body strengthening pill formulas despite various delays.
But even with so many distractions, Lin Xuan never slackened in his cultivation. Whenever he had free time, he would meditate and study the divine techniques from Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Scripture. With his demon eye relic always by his side, he had accumulated a lot over time.
He estimated that he could condense a demon core; if it failed, he could still look for formulas later.
Hearing this, Yue'er didn’t argue. The master and servant happily searched for an appropriate place to establish their abode.
This Mist Concealing Canyon was perfect—about a hundred miles wide with enough seclusion. Although the nearby junior cultivators would come to gather medicinal herbs, they were too weak; setting up a false array could deter them.
Soon, Lin Xuan found a suitable location—a mountain peak over a hundred feet high with a small lake beside it. The scenery was serene and tranquil, originally home to a second-stage snake demon. In this Mist Concealing Canyon, its strength wasn’t negligible, but encountering him and his servant was just bad luck for the snake.
Yue'er had been itching to fight; she easily overpowered the poor snake, reducing it to ashes.
Then Lin Xuan released sword energy to establish his abode. This task was familiar to him, and in no time, a spacious and bright cave appeared before his eyes.
Although simple, it was sufficient for cultivation.
Meanwhile, several thousand miles away from the Mist Concealing Canyon, on an unremarkable hilltop.
The hill was barren with no spiritual energy, but three young women stood there. One of them, about seventeen or eighteen years old, had her eyes closed and seemed to have fainted—Zhū Qiàn.
Another woman was slightly older, breathtakingly beautiful, with a face that could make the world weep. Her cultivation level was impressive; she was an early Essence Formation cultivator.
Of course, this was Cloud Fairy.
However, at this moment, this proud lady’s expression was respectful as she bowed to another woman.
"Master, you summoned me from afar using a ten-thousand li talisman. What is the matter?" Qin Yán spoke cautiously. Although her master usually treated her with affection, there was anger on her face now.
Could it be that Master Xīn had become too close to Lin Disciple, and this made her angry? Cloud Fairy’s heart felt uneasy as she pondered this.
"Nothing. I summoned you here just to have you kill someone," the woman said nonchalantly.
"Kill?" Qin Yán's hand trembled; she became even more anxious, her voice trembling slightly: "I... don't know who Master wants me to kill."
"Bai Fengdāo’s young master, Chen Bǎo," Rúyàn Fairy gritted her teeth, full of hatred on her face.
Not Lin Disciple?
Cloud Fairy felt a wave of relief. She was then greatly curious about Bai Fengdāo; she had never heard of it before.
Who was this Chen Bǎo that could provoke such anger from the master?
But what shocked Qin Yán most was the master’s appearance—she almost didn’t recognize her at first.
Few young cultivators in the world had seen Rúyàn Fairy, but high-stage cultivators knew her reputation well. She was the top female cultivator of Cloud Peak; there was no exaggeration to it. Five hundred years ago, she personally exterminated tens of thousands of cultivators attacking Tianya Hǎigé, with eight late Essence Formation stage cultivators among them.
Qin Yán knew that not only was her master extremely powerful but also had a beauty comparable to hers—slightly less attractive features, but better figure and skin.
However, the woman before her looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, slender, but very frail with a sickly appearance. Her features were unremarkable; she wasn’t ugly, but if someone said she was beautiful, few would agree.
Her cultivation level had dropped to junior stage.
If Lin Xuan were here, he would be shocked. He had seen this Rúyàn Fairy before—the weak female cultivator begging for Blood of the Azure Dragon pills in the market district.
Why would such a high-stage cultivator from Tianya Hǎigé, one of Cloud Peak’s top cultivators, dress as a lowly wandering cultivator and wander around?
"Yán, that Bai Fengdāo's young master dared to touch me. Go and exterminate their sect; leave not a single soul alive. All the sect members will have their souls extracted," Rúyàn Fairy said with a murderous expression.
Although it was just a touch, for a high-stage cultivator like her, such an affront was intolerable.
Seeing her disciple’s strange look, Rúyàn Fairy seemed to misunderstand: "Don’t worry. Bai Fengdāo is only a minor sect; they have two condensation core stage cultivators at most. With my power, exterminating them would be easy."
"Master, it's not that you are unwell," Qin Yán hesitated.
"Of course not. I’m fine. Even if dozens of Essence Formation cultivators came now, I could easily kill them all," Rúyàn Fairy said arrogantly.
"Why do you have to dress like this and suffer the lowly cultivators' disrespect?" Qin Yán was utterly confused. In her mind, Master was noble and beautiful, acting with great decorum, but this time...