Yun Yun was a little puzzled when she saw Lin Aoxue suddenly come out of seclusion, because Lin Aoxue had told her not long ago that she would be in seclusion for at least three months, so how come she came out after only one month?
"Aoxue? Why did you suddenly come out?" Yun Yun was a little confused.
"Well, Master, I have to go to Liuyang Mountains again. I may have reached a bottleneck in my cultivation, and I need to fight to break through." Lin Aoxue found an excuse.
Regarding issues concerning cultivation, Yun Yun has never doubted Lin Aoxue's words.
"Oh, no wonder you came out of seclusion. Okay, by the way, something strange happened in the sect again. The entire Floating Cloud Mountain Range has been moved to the edge of the Liuyang Mountain Range. Now it is very convenient to travel back and forth between the Liuyang Mountain Range and the sect." Yun Yun reminded.
Lin Aoxue must have heard about this from Ye Liuyun. When she first heard the news, she had nothing to say to Ye Liuyun. She felt that Ye Liuyun's decision not to synthesize the elixir was the greatest kindness he could show to the sect.
"Ah! The sect has been too weird over the years." Lin Aoxue said helplessly.
"Yes, oh, and Qi Chaoying went insane while practicing martial arts and lost his memory, so he was taken back by Yun Zong. So he should be relatively safe during this period of time." Yun Yun talked about Qi Chaoying's problem again.
Lin Aoxue already knew all these things, and she also understood that it must have been Ye Liuyun who did it. However, to be honest, she felt that her boyfriend was too kind. If she were in his shoes, if she encountered such an enemy who was looking for trouble, she would probably have to find a way to kill him before she could feel at ease.
Of course, Lin Aoxue also told Ye Liuyun about this, but Ye Liuyun just responded to her with this sentence. She didn't want to kill anyone. She felt that killing was only an extreme way to solve the problem, and killing would have a chain reaction. However, using elixirs to solve the problem was the most perfect solution as long as the other party didn't know it was her who did it.
Lin Aoxue couldn't refute it either, after all, her situation was different from Ye Liuyun's.
"Really? That's a good thing indeed. Oh, Master, I won't say any more. I have to go and prepare." Lin Aoxue said and was about to leave.
"Don't take too long. It's best to come back within a year, because big things will happen in a year." Yun Yun reminded quickly.
As soon as it was said that something big was going to happen, Lin Aoxue had to ask.
"Big thing? What big thing?" Lin Aoxue was confused.
"Haha, that's good news. The Nanling cultivation world, the Nanling Grand Event held once every hundred years is about to begin. At that time, all cultivators under the age of one hundred will be able to participate. I hope you can stand out at this conference. In this way, you may be selected by the Supreme Sense Induction Sect and go to the Supreme Sense Induction Sect to practice." Yun Yun explained.
This was indeed great news, but Lin Aoxue was a little confused.
"This? Master, don't you want me to be sent to Yun Sect to practice? Why do you want me to go to Tai Shang Ganying Sect?" Lin Aoxue asked.
Yun Yun also understood that she needed to explain herself.
"Let me be honest with you. If the Yun Sect has a future, I don't object to you going there to practice. But the Yun Sect has no future? The old ancestor of their family who has reached the state of transformation is the oldest among the four intermediate sects. He has no hope of breaking through to the second level of the Yuanshen in his lifetime. We calculated that he only has a hundred years left to live at most."
"A hundred years later, the status of the Yun Sect collapsed. If the Yun Sect wants to maintain its status, it has to compete with other medium-sized sects in Nanling for the position of a mid-level sect. This is a life-and-death battle. Our four major sects are constantly distancing themselves from the Yun Sect, and we don't want to become cannon fodder in this confrontation."
“The Yun Sect asked Yun Che and the others to come back just to tie us up on a warship. They are already prepared for it. Do you understand?” Yun Yun just said.
She felt that she could tell Lin Aoxue about these things.
Lin Aoxue was stunned. This was a sect secret that most people didn't know. Once the Yun Sect's ancestor who had reached the state of Divine Transformation was gone, the sect would definitely not be able to hold on, because the Yun Sect only had one powerful person at the fourth level of the Four Extreme Secret Realm. Once there was no powerful person at the state of Divine Transformation in charge, there would be many intermediate sects in Nanling that would be stronger than the Yun Sect.
In other words, the countdown to the collapse of Yunzong's status has already begun. To be precise, this was the case two hundred years ago.
The Supreme Sense of Induction will not help the Yun Sect create another deity, because there is no need and it is not against the rules. There are too many medium-sized sects in Nanling that are willing to be loyal to the Supreme Sense of Induction.
Some people may ask, why didn't Yun Zong give up voluntarily? Because there is no precedent of giving up voluntarily. As for why there is no precedent, we can only say that this matter is cruel.
"Is it so serious? I understand what you mean. As long as I go to the Supreme Induction Sect to practice, then I can help the sect break away from the Yun Sect later, right?" Lin Aoxue understood.
"Haha, that's exactly what I meant. But it's not just that. As long as you go to the Supreme Induction Sect, our Yunxia Sect will have an extra way out. What's more, the Supreme Induction Sect will not restrict its disciples from returning to their original sect." Yun Yun said with a smile.
Having said that, Lin Aoxue understood everything. The Yunxia Sect was waiting for this Nanling event.
"Disciple understands. I will go and prepare first. I will be back within a year. At the same time, I should be able to break through the Dao Palace realm." Lin Aoxue promised.
Yun Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard this, and thought, it's not that easy to break through to the Dao Palace realm.
As for Ye Liuyun, he had already told Yunxiao and Nalan Yan that he was going to Liuyang Mountains.
"What? You want to go to Liuyang Mountains? Liuyu, although your physical strength is very strong, your cultivation level is only at the early stage of Lingxi Realm. If there is any trouble, there will be many things you cannot handle. Besides, as an alchemist, why should you take risks?" Yunxiao advised.
"Really? Junior sister, this is not necessary, right?" Nalan Yan also felt that it was unnecessary.
But Ye Liuyun just said this.
"But if I don't give it a try, how many more years can I live?"
This sentence made Yunxiao and Nalan Yan silent. In the end, they could only ask Ye Liuyun to be careful, because they understood that Ye Liuyun needed to find a way to break the deadlock of poor qualifications.
Of course, all this is just Ye Liuyun's excuse.
Chapter 149 Go home
Ye Liuyun needs enough reasons to convince Yunxiao and Nalan Yan, otherwise people will definitely doubt the purpose of her going out.
Although Yunxiao and Nalan Yan were quite nice to her, she still had to keep secret things that could not be said.
In this way, Yunxiao had no choice but to agree to Ye Liuyun's going out to Liuyang Mountains to carry out the mission.
There are many types of missions, but Yunxiao specifically told Ye Liuyun not to accept missions involving fighting monsters, but to accept some missions involving searching for materials, which is safer.
Ye Liuyun didn't care. She didn't go out for any real mission, she just wanted to do further experiments on the elixir.
After talking to Yunxiao, Ye Liuyun went to the Affairs Pavilion to accept several tasks. After accepting the tasks, she immediately informed Lin Aoxue.
Lin Aoxue also came to take on many missions, but her missions were basically combat missions. Unlike Ye Liuyun, Lin Aoxue hoped to reach the Dao Palace realm within a year. In this way, she should be able to be selected by the Supreme Induction Sect for the Nanling Event.
To be precise, as long as she reveals her immortal body, she will definitely be selected.
By the way, in fact, through Lin Junxian’s inheritance, Lin Aoxue already knew the background of their Lin family. She didn’t expect that Lin Junxian was actually the ancestor of their Lin family, which means that their Lin family is the descendant of Tianzong.
But she was the only one in the Lin family who entered the world of cultivation, so to be honest, their Lin family had a grudge against the Supreme Induction Sect. So when she learned that the Yunxia Sect wanted her to go to the Supreme Induction Sect to practice, Lin Aoxue fell into deep thought.
She was thinking about how to view the feud between the Lin family and the Supreme Induction Sect thousands of years ago.
After everything was ready, the next morning, Ye Liuyun and Bai Lin were waiting for Lin Aoxue at the sect gate. A few minutes later, Lin Aoxue also came out with Jin Chen.
"Sorry, kept you waiting." Lin Aoxue chuckled.
"Oh, by the way, Aoxue, I think we should go back to Qixia Town first. It should be no problem to go back now. I heard that many people in the secular world have also changed their gender." Ye Liuyun suggested.
Lin Aoxue was stunned and calculated the time. They had not been back for five or six years. It was indeed time to go back. Although as immortal cultivators, once they decided to practice immortal cultivation, it would be best not to have anything to do with the secular world.
Because the life span of mortals is too short, they are destined to become passers-by in the lives of practitioners. What can you do if you go back? Can you change your fate? If not, going back will only make yourself and your family uncomfortable.
Of course, there is another biggest reason. The fights between cultivators can easily affect innocent people. If you get into trouble outside, others cannot trouble you, but they can deal with your family. After all, not all cultivators abide by the rules.
"Are you sure you want to go back?" Lin Aoxue asked seriously.
Ye Liuyun was actually also seeking Lin Aoxue's opinion. If Lin Aoxue felt that she should not go back, then she would probably not go back at all.
If the large-scale gender reversal incident had not happened last time, Ye Liuyun would not have had this idea. Of course, if he had to go back, he could disguise his identity.
"I want to go back and take a look, even if it's just a sneak peek." Ye Liuyun said after thinking it over.
Seeing that Ye Liuyun really wanted to go back, Lin Aoxue immediately smiled indifferently.
"Okay, then let's go back. What are you afraid of? Anyway, I won't be bound by the family ties in this world. Will you?" Lin Aoxue asked back.
Ye Liuyun also shook her head. She was not worried about inner demons or anything like that. She just didn't want to have too deep feelings with her relatives in this world. It would be too painful for her to be separated by the Yin and Yang. Because she had an endless lifespan, the more people she knew, the more painful her future would be. This was also the price of immortality.
"Okay, let's go. This time, ride my mount." Ye Liuyun released Liusu.
Then the two tigers, together with Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue, sat on Liusu's back and flew to Qixia Town, which was not far from Yunxia Sect.
After flying away from Yunxia Sect, Lin Aoxue began to talk about the Nanling event and the Lin family.
"By the way, Liuyun, there is something I need to tell you and I want to hear your opinion." Lin Aoxue said.
Ye Liuyun became interested, so he listened carefully to Lin Aoxue's narration of these two things. Well, to be honest, Lin Aoxue had no interest in the Tianzong hatred.
Although Lin Junxian is her family's distant ancestor, so many years have passed. It is unreasonable for Lin Aoxue, an Earthling, to want her to inherit the Tianzong's hatred and deal with the Taishang Ganying Sect.
After all, to be honest, there are too many families with hatred in the history of human beings on Earth. Thousands of years have passed. Do we still have to remember this grudge?
After a while...
"Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder that mysterious strong man would pass all his inheritance to you. I didn't expect that he was the ancestor of Tianzong and also the ancestor of your Lin family. But your idea is right. So much time has passed, and the Lin family has been passed down for who knows how many generations. Why should we pay for the grudges from a thousand years ago? But Aoxue, excuse me for being frank, some things are probably not as simple as you think." Ye Liuyun said seriously.
What does she mean by this? It means that sometimes, even if you want to let go of a long-standing grudge, others may not necessarily let go.
From the perspective of this world's worldview, a thousand years is not particularly long for the cultivation world. For example, they have been in Yunxia Sect for several years, but Ye Liuyun feels that it is not as long as a year in the secular world.
Because a monk would go into seclusion for several months or even years, so five years is just a fleeting moment.
"I understand this principle, but because of my master's instructions, I still have to go to the Supreme Sense Teaching. You should be prepared and go with me when the time comes." Lin Aoxue reminded.
"Ah? Me? Please, with my qualifications, do you think others would be worthy of me?" Ye Liuyun asked with a roll of his eyes.
"I don't care. I know you will definitely have a way. Just put it this way." Lin Aoxue demanded strongly.
Seeing Lin Aoxue's unreasonable look, Ye Liuyun immediately sighed. There must be a way, but it was too troublesome and would involve exposing some secrets.
A few hours later, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue arrived above Qixia Town.
They sat on Liusu's body, hovering in the sky, observing Qixia Town.
"Ah, a few years have passed, and nothing seems to have changed." Ye Aoxue said as he looked at the mountain town below.
"Nonsense, this is not Earth. By the way, tell me, should I go back with my current identity, or disguise myself as a man?" Ye Liuyun asked.
Lin Aoxue thought about it.
"I think I'd better disguise myself. After all, it may take a long time for me to leave again after coming back this time. I actually asked Master to help keep an eye on Qixia Town. If there is any big event at home, tell me immediately. Grandpa and his family are here. If you turn into a woman and go back, I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it." Lin Aoxue said.
Ye Liuyun nodded.
"That's true." After saying that, she took a disguise pill. After taking the pill, as long as Ye Liuyun did not take the initiative to remove it, she could maintain her disguise and there would be almost no flaws.
As the pill entered his stomach, a cloud of smoke enveloped Ye Liuyun. When the smoke dissipated, a very handsome young man in white appeared beside Lin Aoxue.
This young man looked to be in his early twenties, and his appearance was 70% similar to Ye Liuyun in female form.
"What do you think? I think that if I hadn't turned into a woman, I would look like this when I grew up." Ye Liuyun took out a mirror and looked at himself now.
Lin Aoxue looked Ye Liuyun up and down.
"Hmm, hmm, it looks good. What kind of pill is this? Give me a few. Then, when I leave home, I will disguise myself as a man for fun." Lin Aoxue said with a smile.
"Ah? That's not good. I still want to disguise myself as a man. It's not appropriate for two men to act together." Ye Liuyun was unhappy.
But Lin Aoxue insisted on doing so, and Ye Liuyun had no choice but to give Lin Aoxue a bottle of disguise pills and also told her how to use the pills.
This disguise pill can change the whole body, including clothes, and you can change your appearance as you like. It is definitely a must-have item when going out for training.
After Ye Liuyun completed his disguise, he found a place outside Qixia Town and landed.
After this, Lin Aoxue immediately hugged Ye Liuyun's arm and walked towards the town gate happily.
They were both a little nervous and excited. After all, they had been away from home for five years. What should they say when they see their family later?
They also met quite a few people from Qixia Town along the way, but perhaps because five years had passed, not many people in the town could recognize Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue at a glance.
But as they walked, they suddenly met a young man who was working as a farmer. This young man had originally walked past Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue.
But he seemed to have noticed something and quickly turned around and shouted.
"Sister Xue? Brother Yun?"
This voice made Ye Liuyun and the other two confused. They stopped and turned to look at the young man. The young man looked to be in his twenties and seemed older than both of them.
This is normal. People who don't practice Taoism can only be ordinary people. The life of ordinary people is to be a farmer, woodcutter, hunter, or fisherman.
If you work from sunrise to sunset for a long time, you will definitely look older.
"Eh? Who are you?" Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were stunned and couldn't recognize the person in front of them for a long time.
"It's me, Rorschach?" After confirming the identities of the two people, the young man immediately put down the farm tools in his hands, wiped his slightly dirty face, and said his name.
Before Ye Liuyun became a girl, he often played and fooled around with some of his peers in the town. The same was true for Lin Aoxue. Because they were mentally older, they were the kings of the kids.
"Rorschach? This? Oh my god, you've changed so much that I almost don't recognize you." Ye Liuyun exclaimed.
Chapter 150 Long-lost Family Love
Because in her impression, Rorschach was still a snotty-nosed little kid, but after not seeing him for five years, he has grown so big.
Rorschach is a few years younger than the other two, and should be around eighteen years old at the moment.
"That's right. Five years have passed and I'm already eighteen years old. By the way, I heard that you ran away from home on the day of your wedding and went to the Yunxia Sect in Fuyun Mountain to become a disciple and practice Taoism. How come you suddenly came back? If you two hadn't looked almost the same as a few years ago, I wouldn't have recognized you." Luo Xia asked.
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Liuyun and Lin Aoxue were both embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it.
"Well, things are a bit complicated. By the way, there are no strange changes in the town, right?" Ye Liuyun asked hurriedly.
As soon as he said this, Luo Xia immediately knew what Ye Liuyun was referring to.
"You mean the last time I changed my gender? Well, to be honest, I also became a woman at that time, but I changed back not long after. However, many people in the town did not change back. Most of the friends we played with at that time became women." Rorschach said embarrassedly.
