128, Qianmen Ridge

  A gentle breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves rustle. The flowing water chimes in. A small stream winds its way downstream.

  If it weren't for the eerie silence devoid of human presence, this would be the most beautiful haven on earth.

  In the virtual sky, Mo Tian Ge had her hands in her sleeves and strolled slowly along the small stream. Behind her, a small creature that looked like a squirrel followed her while chasing after butterflies dancing in the air.

  This little Lava Beast was released by her in the Void Sky Realm for a period of time, and it is unknown what kind of spiritual grass it ate, its cultivation has made rapid progress, and now it has already reached the second stage. It is also unknown whether it is because the Void Sky Realm and Mo Tian Ge's heart are connected, or if the little Lava Beast is grateful, although there is no contract between them, it is close to her as if it were a contracted spirit beast.

  That day, she barely escaped with her life from the claws of a fifth-grade Double-Headed Eagle. As soon as she entered the Void Sky Realm, she was like dead, and she fainted for several months. During this period, the little Lava Beast had been feeding her some unknown spiritual grass. After several months, she finally recovered and could meditate to heal her injuries on her own.

  She was severely injured while resisting the Double-Headed Eagle's high-level Thunder Spell. She thought she would also follow in the footsteps of Yu Family's cultivators, dropping a level in cultivation, but unexpectedly this little Lava Beast brought spiritual grass that stopped her injuries, and her meridians and dantian had undergone Five Spirits Body Refining, being tough and solid, and she actually pulled through.

  The Bi Huang Dan of the You family is indeed a good thing, both internal and external injuries have their uses. After taking Bi Huang Dan, in just a few months, all her injuries were healed.

  After recovering from her injuries, Meng Tian Ge didn't think about leaving either. In the Void Heaven Realm, one could hear the commotion outside, and the battle was extremely intense, so it's better to avoid the war in the Void Heaven Realm for now. As for Luo Feng Xue and the others, she had done her part, whether they lived or died was up to fate.

  So she cultivates, refines elixirs, tidies up her medicine fields and ancient books every day in this Void Heaven Realm.

  The previous master of this Void Heaven Realm was a person from the Primordial Era, and the cultivation methods he collected were all related to Hunyuan, which suited her perfectly.

  After Xiao Lie Hu's promotion, it is unknown whether he underwent a mutation or his own Liuyang True Fire also advanced in rank. The Liuyang True Fire evolved into Taiyang True Fire, almost surpassing the quality of the Dan Ding Sect's Earth Fire.

  For this reason, Mo Tian Ge once again began practicing alchemy, and it just so happened that she had obtained many ancient alchemy formulas from the Dan Ding Sect.

  The medicine fields within the Illusory Heaven Domain have also been tidied up.

  There are countless ancient spiritual grasses here, accumulated for tens of millions of years, densely covering the entire medicine field. In some places, due to the excessive accumulation of spiritual grasses, they cannot get enough nutrients and wither away. Mo Tian Ge sorted them out according to his memory of the Void Heaven Realm, collecting what should be collected and digging up what should be dug up, categorizing and organizing them.

  The original owner's cultivation realm was too high, and many of the spiritual grasses here were not yet usable to her, so she could only store them in a jade box. For this reason, she also built a small bamboo house in the bamboo forest to store them. There were also some basic elixir materials, which she directly picked and refined into elixirs.

  Waiting until the medicine fields were harvested, the small bamboo house was packed to the brim, and the empty space in front of the house was also piled with many weeds. Afraid that some spiritual grass would lose its efficacy after being away from the soil for too long, Mo Tian Ge had no choice but to use all of the several thousand year old spiritual grass to refine pills. This actually caused her pill refining skills to advance by leaps and bounds. Because of this, Mo Tian Ge bitterly smiled - if others were to find out that these spiritual grasses, which were worth a fortune outside, were being used by her to practice pill refining, they would probably kill her. In fact, she had wanted to exchange them for spiritual stones, but it was too chaotic outside and she didn't dare go out.

  After several months, the outside was still booming, and Mo Tian Ge had already refined the first batch of elixirs using the spiritual grass collected from the fields. Qi Xing Dan, Ding Yan Dan, Chang Sheng Dan, these original materials were the most abundant, and Qing Yun Dan also refined a portion, but it was the Jue Ling Dan that she could currently take, which was roughly the same as the original master's boundary, with less spiritual grass, only refining a few bottles.

  After refining the elixir, Mo Tian Ge looked at the bottles and jars on the ground with a bitter smile. These elixirs would be worth a fortune if taken out, but she was trapped here, so they were of little use to her.

  Qihang Dan is used to regulate the spiritual breath, but she doesn't need it now. Qingyun Dan is needed for cultivators in the Dan-forming stage, and she can't use it at present either. As for Dingyan Dan and Changsheng Dan, she ate one of each, but didn't feel much effect from Dingyan Dan, probably because her own cultivation method already has a beauty-preserving effect.

  As soon as she swallowed the Longevity Elixir, she felt her entire body ignite, and for a moment, she couldn't control the spiritual energy coursing through her veins. After a period of adjustment, once her spiritual energy calmed down, she had an indescribable, wondrous feeling, as if...as if her lifespan was boundless.

  According to the foundation-building cultivator's lifespan, it's roughly 300 to 400 years. She is now only 25 years old and can at least live for another 300 years. If the Longevity Pill adds 500 years of lifespan, that would be 800 years! At this thought, Mo Tian Ge was overjoyed in her heart. With 800 years of time, she should be able to advance to the Core Formation stage no matter what. If luck is on her side, even the Nascent Soul won't be a problem.

  After refining all these elixirs, Mo Tian Ge's alchemy skills are now incomparable to what they were in the past. For elixirs like the Longevity Elixir, she has a success rate of at least 50%, and even when compared to a master alchemist, the difference is not that great.

  Unfortunately, there were no more alchemy recipes in the ancient books of this period. Even if there were any, she couldn't understand them with her current level of cultivation, so her practice of alchemy had to stop here.

  There's also good news that her Lian Shen Jue has finally shown initial results, not only can she refine a physical body, but it can also transform into flying knives, silently and stealthily harming people.

  It's been several months again. Time flies by quickly.

  Waiting until the outside was relatively calm, with very few people fighting here, Mo Tian Ge had already stayed in the Void Sky Realm for two years. In those two years, her alchemy skills progressed at an unimaginable speed, and the Spirit Refining Technique showed initial results, so she moved her thoughts and decided to go out and take a look at the situation outside.

  Barren mountain top, scattered stones everywhere, withered flowers, dark red ground.

  Mochen Song came out of the Void Heaven Realm and the first thing he saw was this scene.

  She remembered when she entered the Virtual Heaven Realm. The place was still lush with green grass and fragrant wild flowers, but two years later, it had become such a desolate scene.

  The shattered rocks are the remnants of spells coming and going, the dark red ground is due to the soaking of fresh blood.

  She sighed softly, such a fierce battle, and didn't know if those old friends were still alive.

  She swept her sleeve, took out a white silk handkerchief, transformed into a swift wild goose, and flew westward.

  As far as the eye can see, everything below is just like the mountain top earlier. The flowers, grass and trees are almost all destroyed, the rocks on the mountain body are cracked and some have been flattened to the ground. Bloodstains are everywhere, fortunately no corpses were seen. It seems that the battle has ended for a while, yet not even one person can be seen.

  Mò Tiān gēng zhe méi tóu, jì xù wǎng xī biān fēi qù. jí biàn yāo shòu zhī luàn yǐ jīng jié shù, yě bú huì yī gè rén dōu kàn bú jiàn, tā xū yào xiān zhǎo jǐ gè rén, wèn qīng chá de xíng shì.

  After flying for about two hours, Mo Tian Ge's divine sense finally sensed the cultivator's aura. She was overjoyed and flew towards the direction of the sensation, and soon, she saw the cultivator's trail.

  This is a ruin, with half-collapsed city walls, magnificent but dilapidated palaces, and houses that have collapsed by half. At a glance, Mo Tian Ge guessed that this was likely the residence of some large family. However, strangely, there wasn't a single defensive formation on top. In the intact buildings, people occasionally came and went, dressed in attire that seemed to not belong to any sect.

  She thought for a moment and then flew down.

  Falling to the ground, Mo Tian Ge looked up and saw that there was not even a gatekeeper here. A monk came out from inside, his expression numb, his clothes stained with blood.

  "Brother Dao!" Mo Tian Ge shouted.

  The monk who was called by her had a stiff face, swept over her with a glance, and found that she was a foundation-building monk, and a hint of smile appeared on his face: "Does this senior have something to do?"

  The Heavenly Song God's expression was harmonious and pleasant, and he asked: "May I ask, where is this place?"

  "This junior was taken aback, somewhat incredulous: 'Could it be that senior doesn't know what place this is?' Again, he quickly swept his gaze over her, discovering that she wore the attire of the Xuan Qing Sect, her clothes clean and tidy, her countenance refined. 'Could it be that senior has just left the mountain gate?'"

  Mo Tian Ge paused for a moment, smiled and didn't answer.

  "This master thought he had guessed correctly, and replied: 'We are at the front gate of Tianhuo Mountain. You don't know, after nearly three years of fighting, everywhere is like this. We human masters have died too much, and in the end we formed an alliance, with the seven major sects taking charge, selecting garrisons in various places, leading the survivors...'"

  "So that's how it is......" No wonder the monks here wear all sorts of things.

  He raised his hand again and smiled: "May I see the person in charge here?"

  "This man repeatedly bowed: 'I don't dare to receive the courtesy of a senior, our front door ridge master is also a senior of the Xuanqing Gate, seniors are disciples of the Xuanqing Gate, you can go and meet him - that large hall is it.'"

  "Really?" Meng Tian Ge was somewhat surprised, she had thought that this place was the Heaven Fire Mountain of Dan Ding Sect, and the person in charge should also be a disciple of Dan Ding Sect.

  "I don't dare deceive seniors."

  Mo Tian Ge nodded and smiled at him: "Thank you so much."

  He repeatedly said he didn't dare.

  Saying goodbye to this person, the song of farewell slowly walked into the ruins.

  Outside the main hall, there were finally two guardian monks who didn't know what sect they belonged to. When they saw her, one of them stepped forward and respectfully said: "This senior from the Xuán Qīng Sect, do you have a token?"

  "What token?"

  The two gatekeepers exchanged a strange glance, and the man continued: "It's the token of our Kunwu Alliance. As a senior disciple of Xuqing Gate, you should have received the token from your master when you left the mountain."

  Mo Tian Ge heard this and smiled, saying: "So that's how it is, but I don't have a token."

  As soon as these words came out, the two gatekeeper disciples immediately became tense.

  Moy Tian Ge continued to smile and said, "I am a disciple of the Xuan Qing Sect who left the mountain two years ago. Because I was seriously injured in battle, I have been secretly recovering from my injuries until now that I've recovered, so I don't have an alliance token as you mentioned. However, I do have a Xuan Qing Sect token, which you can present to your master for verification." As she spoke, she handed over her own Xuan Qing Sect token.

  The gatekeeper's disciple took the token with a cautious expression, looking at her calm demeanor: "If so, please don't mind, senior. Wait here for a moment."

  Seeing Mo Tian Ge's gentle attitude and nodding, the guardian disciple felt slightly relieved and went in to report.

  Before long, Mo Tian Ge saw the gatekeeper disciple from earlier hastily running out and bowing to her: "Senior, Master has summoned you."

  Mo Tian Ge smiled and nodded, stepping into the grand hall.

  Although half of the grand hall outside had collapsed, the inside was still intact. However, the scene inside was beyond Mo Tian Ge's expectations.

  She had thought that since this was the main residence, it should be quiet and peaceful, but unexpectedly, inside was bustling with activity, with many people coming and going, and wounded people everywhere, seemingly a place for treating injuries.

  "Xiao Bai!" A somewhat familiar voice. Mo Tian Ge's eyes landed on a young man wearing the attire of a Xuan Qing Men disciple in the crowd, with a solid foundation and an aloof attitude, yet every move he made exuded elegance. At this moment, he was squatting on the ground, examining the injuries of a cultivator.

  "Here!" A young boy in his early teens responded loudly.

  The young man raised his chin: "This guy is handed over to you."

  "Good."

  Hand over the wounded to others, the young man stood up, slowly took out his handkerchief to wipe his hands clean, picked up the identity card on the table, and looked at Moke Tiansong.

  Moy Tian Ge had already recognized him, this was indeed Kuang Zhu Shixiong who had a fleeting encounter at Luo Yan Cliff.

  Kuang Zhuang picked up her ID token, his gaze swept over her, but his scrutiny did not have any unpleasant implications, because his eyes were just cold, without disdain.

  "Song of the Stranger Sky?"

  "Ah, yes, I've met Master Kuang Zhu."

  Kuang Zhuang threw her identity token at her and said, "Didn't you arrive at Danding Gate two years ago?"

  "This problem has been prepared by Tian Ge early, explaining: "I was seriously injured by a fifth-order monster in the battle of Yu's house two years ago. After using the secret technique to escape, I lost consciousness and fainted for several months. Several months later, I woke up from my coma, but due to serious injuries, I didn't dare to appear, so I found a secluded place to hide and recover."

  "Oh……" Without knowing whether the circumstances had accepted her explanation, he turned around and walked past several tables, searching on the highest table until he found a blank token. He engraved a few marks on it and tossed it to her, "This is your alliance identity token, show this from now on."

  "Thank you, Shuang Xiu." Mo Tian Ge took the new identity token and put it in her bag, but saw Shuang Xiu rush past her to take over another injured person, and hastily called out, "Brother!"

  The candlelight didn't stop, and he continued to examine the new wounded. He glanced at her lightly and said, "What's wrong?"

  "......" Looking at the scene in front of her, Mo Tian Ge was speechless for a while before finding her voice, "Do I need to do something?"

  "It's none of your business." He didn't even look at her, "Just mind your own affairs."

  Upon hearing this, Mo Tian Ge found it somewhat hard to believe: "Isn't Master Brother in charge here? Why isn't he assigning tasks?"

  Kuang Zhuo hummed softly and said: "Mission? Just take care of killing the demon, if there's anything I'll notify you myself!"

  "......Oh." Mo Tian Ge was puzzled in her heart, but she also knew that this Kuang Zhu Shixiong didn't seem to want to be disturbed. She asked one last question, "Shixiong, if I have something to ask about, who should I go ask?"

  Kuang Zhuo finished casting a healing spell and looked up at her, then turned his head to call out: "Xiao Gu Zi!"

  "Ah!" A young cultivator of Qi Refining responded promptly.

  Kuang Zhu pointed at her and said to the young man: "This master has something to ask, you're idle with nothing to do, just chat with her."

  "Oh." The young man glanced at Mo Tian Ge, his eyes rolling around in a circle as he smiled and said, "Uncle Master, this isn't a place for talking, please follow me."

  Looking at him again bowing his head to examine the wounded man, Mo Tian Ge felt helpless, but at least someone was willing to answer her questions, so she smiled slightly at this young man: "Thank you."

  The young man led her to a corner of the grand hall, somehow producing two worn-out chairs from who-knows-where. He cast a simple spell and, with a smile, invited her to sit down. Only then did he say, "I don't dare take Master's gratitude for granted. Master, what is it that you want to ask me? I'm not bragging, but there's nothing going on around here that I don't know about."

  "Really?" The young man's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, but with a hint of a smile, Mok Tian Ge had a good impression of him. He smiled and said, "Alright then, if you can answer the things I want to know, I'll give you something nice. How about it?"

  The young man's eyes lit up: "What good stuff?"

  "This was something I happened to come across. If you need it, just use it; if not, exchanging it for a few hundred spirit stones wouldn't be bad either."

  The young man curiously picked up her palm-sized, snow-white dan yao: "This... I don't recognize it."

  Moyin Song smiled to herself and said, "Actually, I'm not sure what it's called either, but it seems to be a Dan Yao for treating Walk Fire Enter Devil. You can ask your elders about it. If you're lucky, it might be worth a lot of money. If not, don't blame me." This was the Qi Xing Dan she had refined, which was one of the less valuable ones among several types of Dan Yao.

  The young man chuckled and pulled Dan Yao over: "Alright, Master, ask whatever you want."

  "Looks like you're really confident." Didn't even answer yet, and already put away the medicine.

  The boy played with the egg silently.

  "I'm asking you about a few people. First, it's the master of Qingyuan Peak, Xuan Yin; second, it's several female disciples under him; and lastly, it's a disciple under Master Qing Yuan."

  The young man's eyes rolled around and he said, "Master Xuan Yin returned to the mountain half a month ago on orders. He should be at Tai Kang Mountain now. The few female disciples Master Shu mentioned under Master Xuan Yin, should be Masters Han, Wei, and Luo, right?"

  "Not bad." Mo Tian Ge smiled and nodded in approval, this kid actually had some skills.

  "If Master Shifu is asking whether these three Masters are good or not, my answer is no. If Master Shifu is asking whether they are alive or not, the answer is yes."

  The song of the wild sky is stunned, this kid is really clever, but what does he mean by saying it's not good?

  The young man seemed to have seen her doubts and this time answered honestly: "I heard what Master Shu said earlier, I think Master Shu should be with these three masters two years ago?" Seeing Mo Tian Ge nodding, the young man continued: "At that year's war, later on, Xuan Yin Master Ancestor arrived in time, so the three masters didn't fall, but among them, Wei Master and Luo Master were seriously injured at the time and were sent back to Tai Kang Mountain. This matter was still handled by us. In addition, Han Master was fine, but it's said that he was also injured a few months ago."

  "Oh, I see." Mò Tiān Gē let out a sigh of relief, as long as they were alive, that was all that mattered.

  "What's the name of another disciple under Qingyuan Shigong?"

  His name is Ye Jingwen.

  "Uncle Ye?" The young man laughed and said, "This is really a coincidence. Uncle Ye just happens to be around here recently. You'll be able to see him soon."