Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 513 Rewards and Choices
When the news that the Five Colors Sect was uprooted overnight and that its leader Liu Yi, along with his sons and confidants, had all died outside the city spread like wildfire throughout Lanzhou, the instigator had already vanished without a trace.

On a green leaf spirit boat, the mortal Mo Yu was piloting the magical artifact, carrying the troubled Dong Xuan'er, on the road back to Huangfeng Valley.

This incident has caused quite a stir.

The entire Lanzhou was in an uproar. Whether it was the government, the gentry, the martial arts gangs, or even the Spirit Beast Mountain, everything was thrown into chaos.

But no one would have expected it.

The source of this upheaval was initially just a small mine.

Even the Spirit Beast Mountain, the "victim," had long since shifted its focus away from the mine.

Their comrades stationed in the prefectural city received news that "Liu Yi, the leader of the Five Colors Sect, was ambushed and killed by members of the Jingjiao Society."

He immediately summoned the other disciples to discuss countermeasures.

But then, it was discovered that...

The two new junior brothers, Kang and Jiang, have mysteriously disappeared!
Despite sending people to search several times, there was still no news of them; they were nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead.

Now, the remaining three disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain were completely panicked.

They dared not step out of their camp again. The three of them huddled together for warmth and immediately sent an urgent message to the sect, claiming that two of their disciples had disappeared silently in Lanzhou City and were most likely attacked by Foundation Establishment cultivators. They requested the sect's immediate support!
At this point, no one cared about the minor incident at the silver mine anymore.

The land deed that the Five-Colored Gate just bought?
Unfortunately, the official who had issued the land deeds to them had already mysteriously "fallen" into the water and died in the chaos of that night.

And coincidentally, the warehouse in the government where backup files were stored also caught fire.

Even if Spirit Beast Mountain found the land deed in the Five-Colored Gate, it would have long since become a worthless piece of paper, losing all legal effect.

Thus, Mo Yu's mission down the mountain can be said to have come to a perfect end.

……

The spirit boat, like a streak of blue light, traversed the rolling Taiyue Mountains.

Holding the token, the mortal Mo Yu successfully passed through the mountain-protecting formation and returned directly to the familiar Cold Plum Peak.

Before the spirit boat even landed, he saw a fiery red figure standing with his hands behind his back beneath the most proud and rugged ancient plum tree on the peak, his robes fluttering, like an immortal in a painting.

She seemed to have anticipated that the two would return today.

And it seems... that this is a silent implication: I have been in seclusion on Hanmei Peak all along, and I have absolutely not been secretly following you two juniors all the way.

The spirit boat hovered slowly atop the peak.

Mo Yu and Dong Xuan'er stepped off the spirit boat and respectfully bowed to the figure.

"Disciple Mo Yu greets Master!"

"aunt!"

"Ah."

Hong Fu turned her head, her beautiful, aloof face revealing no emotion whatsoever.

She feigned ignorance and asked, "How's the mission going?"

"Reporting to Master, the dispute over the mineral deposits in Lanzhou has been resolved."

The mortal Mo Yu replied briefly: "In addition, during the mission, I unexpectedly discovered two demonic cultivators posing as disciples of the Spirit Beast Mountain."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and took the bodies of Kang and Jiang out of the storage bag and placed them on the ground.

He then took out all the storage bags and spirit beast bags he had seized from the two men and presented them to them with both hands, without keeping a single one for himself.

"A person of the demonic path?" Hong Fu frowned.

When the mortal Mo Yu ambushed and killed the two people in the brothel in the prefectural city, she happened to be attracted by the Jingjiao Society and went to investigate the past identity and background of her disciple.

Therefore, she only left a basic protective divine sense on Mo Yu and Dong Xuan'er to ensure that the two would not encounter any danger to their lives. She really didn't know much about the specific events that happened inside that secret room.

Mo Yu, a mortal who had been watching her expression out of the corner of his eye, guessed that his cheap master might not have been keeping a close eye on him at the time after seeing her subtle reaction.

That's why he deliberately didn't finish his sentence earlier.

Finding out exactly how much Hong Fu knows and doesn't know is crucial for his subsequent actions.

Hong Fu didn't have the ability to read minds, so she didn't know that the seemingly respectful and honest disciple in front of her had already gone through eight hundred schemes in his mind.

She turned around and looked at the two corpses lying on the ground.

A quick scan with his divine sense revealed the presence of residual ghostly energy within the body.

She then took a look at their storage bags from a distance and inspected them.

Although no identifying items were found that could directly prove their identities, their origins could be roughly guessed.

"Judging from their fighting styles, these two should be from the Ghost Spirit Sect."

The mortal Mo Yu remained standing respectfully to the side, offering no comment.

After all, his current status is that of a newly initiated rogue cultivator with no background.

A rogue cultivator shouldn't know too much.

The six demonic sects of Tianluo Kingdom are, after all, separated by the two small kingdoms of Jiang Kingdom and Cheqi Kingdom.

Some isolated cultivators are so out of touch with the world that they don't even know how many major sects or immortal cultivation families exist within the Yue Kingdom.

This, in fact, is the true nature of most rogue cultivators in the cultivation world. After confirming the identities of the two, Hong Fu did not say anything more about the matter.

She raised her head and looked at her disciple, who was standing respectfully to the side, with a hint of approval in her clear, cold phoenix eyes.

"You did a very good job on this mission."

With a wave of her hand, she collected the two corpses and a series of evidence into a separate storage bag.

Then, he took out two storage bags that he had prepared in advance from his bosom, and with a little magic power, he sent them to Mo Yu and Dong Xuan'er respectively.

"This is your reward for completing this mission. The matter concerning this demonic villain is of great importance, and I will reward you further after reporting it to the sect."

"Thank you, Master (Aunt)!"

Dong Xuan'er smiled broadly and happily put away the reward.

After bowing in gratitude, the mortal Mo Yu did not touch the storage bag in front of him.

He bowed deeply to Hong Fu once more: "Master, I have a request. I will forgo all the rewards for this mission, but I only ask that you impart to me one of our sect's techniques!"

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Hong Fu's eyes. "Tell me about it."

"This disciple wishes to learn... the Azure Origin Sword Technique!"

Upon hearing this, Hong Fu frowned again.

It wasn't that she was dissatisfied with Mo Yu's behavior of asking for the cultivation method, but rather that the cultivation method itself contained a major pitfall that would interfere with the cultivation path she had carefully planned for Mo Yu.

Why do you suddenly want to learn this technique?

She asked patiently, "Are you aware that practicing the Azure Origin Sword Technique may lead to the loss of power and the need to start over?"

It has to be said that this cheap master truly treated him as his own personal disciple.

Unlike Li Huayuan in the original novel, who treated Han Laomo almost entirely without any involvement except passing on his skills, this was a completely hands-off approach.

She even kindly reminded him of the potential harm.

The mortal Mo Yu remained calm and said, "This disciple understands. But this dissipation of power is not a true regression in cultivation; it is merely a process of continuously purifying, consolidating, and solidifying one's own spiritual energy."

"Although this method may affect the disciple's cultivation progress in the short term, in the long run, it will be more beneficial for future breakthroughs in major realms. Moreover, after mastering it, the spiritual energy at each level will be far superior to that of other cultivators at the same level!"

Seeing that he hadn't acted on impulse, but had actually done his homework beforehand, thoroughly understanding the advantages and disadvantages of the sword technique before making a well-thought-out decision, Hong Fu's slightly furrowed brows calmed down a bit.

"Your trip down the mountain this time not only perfectly resolved the mining dispute, but also uncovered the demonic villains hiding in the Spirit Beast Mountain. You have made a great contribution. I originally planned to use this as an excuse to ask the sect for a Foundation Establishment Pill for you ahead of schedule."

"With your aptitude, and with the help of elixirs, even if you fail to break through the realm the first time, after a year or two of settling down, when the sect holds its grand competition and distributes Foundation Establishment Pills, the sect will bestow another one upon you. At that time, you will surely be able to successfully establish your foundation."

She earnestly advised, "Although disciples in the Qi Refining stage can cultivate the Azure Origin Sword Technique, even the Xuanjian Sect, which created this technique, mostly only began to cultivate it after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. You can wait until you reach the Foundation Establishment stage before cultivating it, so why rush it now?"

This sincere concern for his path in life deeply moved even the mortal Mo Yu.

But he still stuck to his choice.

"Master."

He bowed again, “Master, I believe that cultivation is like an ordinary person building a tall building from the ground up. The foundation is the most important thing, rather than rushing for quick results.”

"Starting to solidify my foundation now will certainly delay my Foundation Establishment by a few years. But I am not yet sixteen years old. To exchange a few years for a more stable and longer journey on the path of immortality, even if... it only increases the possibility by a fraction, I believe it is worthwhile!"

Hong Fu gazed quietly into Mo Yu's resolute eyes.

After a long, long time.

She sighed softly, "Very well. Since you have made up your mind, I will not force you. It is indeed a good thing to spend a few more years to solidify your foundation."

She took out an ancient, blue jade slip from her storage bag, and with a wave of her hand, gently placed it, along with the storage bag filled with rewards, into his arms.

"Take it; it's what you deserve. Go back and cultivate diligently. Don't let down your teacher's expectations, and don't waste your own talent."

After saying that, Hong Fu said no more, her figure transformed into a streak of crimson light, and drifted away.

The mortal Mo Yu looked at the jade slip and storage bag in his hand, remaining silent.

In fact, the reason he insisted on cultivating this technique now was just to find an excuse to forcibly delay his Foundation Establishment time until the opening of the Crimson Forbidden Land three years later.

He truly remembered the genuine kindness and affection that Master Hongfu showed him.

Mo Yu's personality may vary greatly across different worlds, but "repaying kindness" is a common theme.

'Is it true that because your Dao heart is flawed, you have no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage in this life and are destined to be stuck at the mid-stage of Core Formation?'

Mo Yu, a mortal, felt a slight stirring in his heart, but he was already pondering how to help his master, Hong Fu, break through the shackles and reach a higher level.

At that moment, Dong Xuan'er poked his shoulder with her index finger and whispered with admiration, "Senior Brother Mo Yu, you are really amazing. You actually dared to talk back to Aunt to her face!"

Mo Yu, a mortal, rolled his eyes: "How could I be talking back? I was just explaining my own cultivation philosophy to my master. Don't talk nonsense, I have the utmost respect for my master!"

"Yes, yes, our Senior Brother Mo Yu is the most respectful of his teachers."

Dong Xuan'er gave her a "I don't believe you" look, crossed her arms, and said mischievously, "Do you know that normally, the senior sisters don't even dare to breathe loudly in front of our aunt?"

Ignoring her teasing, the mortal Mo Yu turned and flew straight towards his cave dwelling located beside the medicine garden.

(End of this chapter)