Xiuxian, I can travel to another world

Chapter 403 Mid-stage of the Golden Elixir
time flies.

For a Grandmaster of the Golden Core...

It is perfectly normal to prepare or plan for something for several years or even decades.

Several years have passed since Zhou Yuantong sent the message that he was going to take action, and now news has finally come again.

A flying boat carrying Zhu Ju and Pei Jingque traversed the vast sky, nearing the edge of the Western Wilderness.

Further west from here lies a vast desert.

Heading east,
The road we came from was lush and green, but also shrouded in miasma—it was the Shiwan Mountains.

Go north.

It was part of the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The airship arrived at a barren hill, circled in the air a few times, and then slowly descended.

Several people were already waiting here.

"Sect Leader Pei."

Dressed in pristine white, Pei Jingque stood with her hands behind her back, her beautiful eyes fixed directly on Pei Jingque.

"I have long admired your name, and today I am finally able to meet you."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou," Pei Jingque said with a faint smile.

"I have often heard of your reputation."

"Oh!" Zhou Yuantong glanced at Zhu Ju and said with a half-smile:
“I am but a mere demoness from the Hehuan Sect, with no reputation, and I am far inferior to Sect Master Pei.”

"Let me introduce you two."

She gestured with her hand:
"Fellow Daoist Jin Fangqiu of the Heavenly Corpse Sect, Brother Zhu has met him, and Sect Master Pei should have heard of him as well."

Jin Fangqiu carried a black coffin on his back, a strange smile on his slightly dark face, and nodded in greeting.

"A loving couple with two Golden Elixir-level cultivators, they are truly enviable."

talking.

He touched the coffin on his back.

Pei Jingque's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

According to the information she found, Jin Fangqiu and his wife were a loving couple and were originally expected to advance to the Golden Core stage together. However, an accident resulted in one of them dying and the other being injured, separating them by life and death.

In pursuit of the Great Dao, or perhaps because he couldn't bear to part with his wife, he transformed her corpse into a zombie, which is the same zombie that appears behind him, the Flying Zombie.

"Fellow Daoist Jin."

Pei Jingque bowed:
"I've admired you for a long time, I've admired you for a long time!"

"This is Lou Yutang of the Netherworld Sect." Zhou Yuantong gestured again, indicating to the man beside her:
"I came here specifically to lend my support."

Lou Yutang!
Late-stage Golden Core cultivator!

Vice Sect Master of the Netherworld Sect!

Zhu Ju and Pei Jingque exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes. They hadn't expected Zhou Yuantong to be able to invite such a master, but this did increase their chances of winning.

Besides Jin Fangqiu and Lou Yutang, there was another person in the room, but this person's face was covered and his true appearance was not revealed. Zhou Yuantong did not intend to introduce him, and the two of them would not ask him for no reason.

"Zhu Ju!"

"Pei Jingque!"

Zhu Ju gestured to the avatar beside him and introduced:

"This is the Daoist friend 'Wukong' whom I met in the East China Sea."

"Wukong?"

Zhou Yuantong smiled, and in her gaze, the fluctuations in everyone's spirit could be discerned.

Not only that.

Everyone has a causal thread, strong or weak, bright or dark, connected to them.

The fluctuations of 'Wukong's' soul were exactly the same as Zhu Ju's, and even the causal lines were faint.

Her thoughts raced, and she smiled faintly as she spoke:
Why would Brother Zhu deceive me?

"However, the Yuanling Stone Embryo of the late Golden Core stage is indeed rare. No wonder Brother Zhu's cultivation has progressed so rapidly, and he is keeping it a secret from others."

Yuanling Stone Embryo!

Late stage of Golden Elixir?

Hear the words.

The expressions on the faces of the people in the room changed.

Jin Fangqiu and Lou Yutang's eyes gleamed with greed, and a sharp killing intent quietly emerged.

The rarity of the Yuanling Stone Embryo is, in some ways, even greater than that of a spiritual artifact, and obtaining it brings numerous benefits.

The artifact is extraordinary.

Refining it is not so simple; if your cultivation level is too low, you might even be drained of your life force by the spiritual weapon.

The Yuanling Stone Embryo is different.

Putting aside the fact that there is no danger in refining it, once successful, it is equivalent to having an extra late-stage Golden Core fighter.

The sheer wonder of using an 'external avatar' to aid cultivation is enough to make it hard to resist.

in this way.

This also explains why Zhu Ju's cultivation progressed so quickly. After all, it was equivalent to having a late-stage Golden Core cultivator helping him. A hundred years to reach the Golden Core stage is nothing but a pipe dream for others, but for him, it was extraordinary.

Feeling the murderous intent, Zhu Ju frowned slightly and slowly stepped forward to shield Pei Jingque behind him. Pei Jingque, however, looked displeased.

It would be one thing if Zhou Yuantong could discern the origin of 'Wukong,' but to say it outright was utterly malicious.

After this incident, it is believed that the news of Zhu Ju possessing an external avatar of a Yuanling Stone Embryo will surely spread throughout the entire cultivation world, and at that time, it is unknown how many people will covet it.

This woman is so vicious!
"Master."

She spoke solemnly:
"let's go!"

"They were the ones who wanted to kill the Hehuan Sect Master; this matter had nothing to do with us."

sound off.

Jin Fangqiu and Lou Yutang's expressions changed, and the murderous intent in the room dissipated.

indeed.

The group had come to kill Qi Baifeng, the leader of the Hehuan Sect, but offending Zhu Ju and the other two would be a greater loss than a gain.

Taking forceful action might not guarantee the capture of the Yuanling Stone Embryo, but a significant loss of strength to one's own side would be unavoidable.

Moreover, they might not have cared about Zhu Ju's help at first, since they were just two newly promoted Golden Core cultivators, but things are different now.

A Yuanling Stone Embryo in the late Golden Core stage is quite powerful, which greatly increases the chances of success.

Zhou Yuantong smiled but remained silent.

Her control over people's hearts far surpassed that of everyone else present, so she was quite certain that Zhu Ju would not back down on this trip.

and so……

why?
'Zhu Ju is of detached nature, only devoted to the Great Dao. Why then is he so fixated on the primordial energy?'

“There is a secret realm in the Western Wilderness, where there is a special spiritual plant that Qi Baifeng comes to pick every few decades.”

With a change of heart, Zhou Yuantong changed the subject:
“This secret realm is very special. Even the Golden Core cultivator of the Hehuan Sect was not told by Qi Baifeng how to enter or leave. So she is likely traveling alone. Moreover, this is the only way to the secret realm. If we set up an ambush here, we will definitely be able to capture her in one fell swoop.”

"Everyone."

"Good work!"

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"Crack..."

A campfire is burning.

Pei Jingque picked up a piece of wood and threw it into the fire, watching the flames roll, his face flickering in and out of focus under the intense light of the flames.

"Sister Pei, why keep people at arm's length?"

Zhou Yuantong sat cross-legged opposite, holding a wine pot, and looked at him with a beaming smile:

"Aren't you curious about the days when Brother Zhu and I spent time together?"

"What's past is past," Pei Jingque said calmly and unhurriedly.

"If I wanted to know, I would ask Zhu Ju, and you wouldn't hide it from me."

"Oh!"

Zhou Yuantong raised an eyebrow, her beautiful eyes sparkling:

"Zhu Ju wants to obtain the innate primordial energy for Sister Pei's sake, right? He's not the kind of person who's persistent, and he certainly wouldn't take risks easily."

"Ah……"

"You two are so loving."

"..." Pei Jingque pursed his lips:

"what do you want to say in the end?"

"It's nothing." Zhou Yuantong took a swig of wine, her eyes glazed over.

"Ms. sir..."

"That was originally what I called him."

"I just want to know why he abandoned me in the first place? Why did he have to lie to me?"

“You know your place very well. Under those circumstances, taking you with me would have meant certain death for both of you,” Pei Jingque said.
He had no other choice.

"Heh..." Zhou Yuantong squinted:

"He knew very well that even if it meant death, I was willing to go with him. He thought he was thinking of me, but did he ever ask what I thought?"

Pei Jingque remained silent.

After a long pause, he finally said:

"Where now?"

"Now?" Zhou Yuantong shrugged.

"People change. Ever since he abandoned me and left someone else in Fengyue Valley, I've told myself that I can never trust anyone again."

"No one!"

"Well……"

As if sensing something, her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she turned her head to look at a mountain peak in the distance.

"Zhu Ju has advanced to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm?"

“So fast!”

Pei Jingque noticed it first, a smile appearing on his face, his tense mood relaxing.

With the help of the Yuanling Stone Embryo, Zhu Ju's cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, but her rapid advancement to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm was still somewhat beyond her expectations.

(End of this chapter)