The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

"This is troublesome. It's been sent to the outermost 'Burial Desert'." Yang Qingyuan first took out the map distributed by Huangfeng Valley, compared it, and then confirmed his location.

This blood-red forbidden land covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles, containing various terrains such as mountains, deserts, and lakes.

There is only one desert landscape, and that is the desert where bones are buried right before our eyes.

According to the map, there is an oasis in this desert where bones are buried.

Around the oasis, there is a patch of purple monkey flowers, which is one of the three main ingredients for refining the Foundation Building Pill.

However, because a group of mid-level first-tier flying monsters called "long-tailed vultures" roam near the oasis, very few cultivators are able to pick the purple monkey flower.

After all, flying monsters are much more troublesome than ordinary monsters.

Then Yang Qingyuan took out Wu Sangchong's jade slip, compared it, and discovered that there was a hidden water palace in the oasis lake, which contained more than ten 500-year-old medicinal plants called Hanyan grass.

This water mansion is extremely well hidden. Even Wu Sangchong, who received part of the true teachings of the master of the secret realm, knows about it. The seven major sects have never discovered this water mansion until now.

And the cold tobacco grass was one of the several medicinal herbs that Lei Wanhe instructed Yang Qingyuan to collect.

"It seems I have no choice but to make a trip." Yang Qingyuan put away the jade slip, identified the direction, and headed straight for the northeast.

Although there are no restrictions on flying in this secret realm, no one dares to fly here using magical artifacts.

After all, the flight speed during the Qi Refining stage is too slow; daring to fly in the air would make one a living target.

Fortunately, Yang Qingyuan had already mastered the "Ghost Shadow Tracking Steps," allowing him to move swiftly across the desert at a speed no slower than a galloping horse.

A day later, at noon, a patch of emerald green slowly appeared on the desert horizon ahead.

Yang Qingyuan looked closely and realized that the emerald green shadow was actually an oasis of seven or eight acres.

"We've finally arrived." Upon seeing this, Yang Qingyuan took off the spirit pet pouch from his waist and threw it out.

The pet pouch spun around and spewed out a two-headed monster bird with a wingspan of several meters—the Two-Headed Duck.

The two-headed geese is now a genuine top-tier level one demonic beast, and it has mastered several wind-attribute demonic arts. Its speed far exceeds that of the long-tailed vultures in the oasis, making it perfect for reconnaissance.

"Go and scout the area above the oasis!" Yang Qingyuan instructed. "See if there are any cultivators inside."

Immediately afterwards, the two-headed geese flapped its wings powerfully and took off, flying towards the oasis and circling above it.

Yang Qingyuan thought to himself, "If only I could get some beast-taming techniques with shared vision from the disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain."

He did not possess the inheritance of a beast tamer, and could only give the two-headed duck some simple commands.

Before the two-headed duck could finish investigating, a flying ice crystal sword suddenly shot into the sky from the oasis, aiming at the two-headed duck.

The sword light was extremely sharp, and wherever it went, it stirred up snowflakes. It was actually a rare ice-attribute flying sword.

Fortunately, the two-headed pheasant reacted quickly, flapping its wings to create gusts of wind and soaring into the sky.

The flying sword reached its maximum distance but couldn't reach the double-headed duck, and then fell into the dense forest below.

The next moment, a girl from the Spirit Beast Mountain wearing a green dress suddenly rushed out of the dense forest.

The girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a cultivation level of only tenth level of Qi Refining. She had almond-shaped eyes and peach-blossom cheeks, and a gentle and charming temperament, looking like a girl next door. But at this moment, her beautiful eyes were full of panic as she rode a red wolf beast and fled in panic.

Immediately afterwards, two more female cultivators in their twenties, dressed in white, emerged from the dense forest. They were beautiful and clearly female disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect.

The woman in the lead had a cultivation level of thirteen levels of Qi Refining. She was beautiful and charming, and held an ice-attribute flying sword, the same one that had been used to stab the two-headed duck earlier. However, her beautiful eyes were full of malice.

The woman on the right also possessed the cultivation level of the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and was none other than the old acquaintance "Yan Nanjiao".

Seeing that two disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect had gathered together in just one day, Yang Qingyuan realized that the Hidden Moon Sect must have distributed talismans similar to the Chen family's "Blood Refining Talisman" and "Spirit Fusion Talisman" to its disciples, which would give them a certain chance of being teleported together.

At that moment, Yan Nanjiao saw Yang Qingyuan and was instantly enraged. She stopped chasing the female disciple from Spirit Beast Mountain and instead chased after Yang Qingyuan, shouting from afar, "You, surnamed Yang, killed my brother! Today I will skin you alive!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Qingyuan's eyes flashed with intense killing intent, and he immediately went to meet him.

Seeing this, the female disciple from Spirit Beast Mountain also turned the red wolf around and rushed towards Yang Qingyuan.

"Senior brother from Huangfeng Valley, I am Han Yunzhi, a disciple of Ling Shou Mountain. Shall we join forces for now?" the girl called out to Yang Qingyuan from afar.

Upon seeing Yang Qingyuan, the young woman from the Hidden Moon Sect, who was at the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, said viciously, "Kill this Yellow Maple Valley disciple as well!"

Although this woman is extremely beautiful, her words are incredibly ruthless.

After saying this, the female cultivator patted her storage bag at her waist, took out a blue mirror, tossed it above her head, and chased after Han Yunzhi.

This precious mirror radiates spiritual light, clearly indicating that it is also a top-grade magical artifact.

Han Yunzhi rode a crimson demon wolf to Yang Qingyuan's side, dismounted, and said nervously, "Senior brother, the female cultivator behind us is Zhao Xiaofeng of the Hidden Moon Twin Beauties. The magic weapon she is holding is the renowned Qingning Mirror of the Hidden Moon Sect, which can freeze spells and magic weapons. Only if the two of us join forces will we have a chance of survival."

"Qing Ning Mirror!" Upon hearing this famous magical artifact, Yang Qingyuan immediately thought of the name "Duobao Nu". He wondered if the woman in front of him was the Duobao Nu who should have died at the hands of Han Li and Feng Yue.

After all, Yang Qingyuan's appearance must have changed the original teleportation order.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Yang Qingyuan patted the storage bag at his waist, took out the sword box, and stood it beside him.

At the same time, five beads shot out from his sleeves, hovered above his head, and then condensed into a green protective shield, slowly enveloping Yang Qingyuan.

"A top-grade magic artifact! Refined to the thirteenth level!" Upon seeing this, Zhao Xiaofeng, one of the Twin Beauties of the Hidden Moon, also had a strange glint in her beautiful eyes, and murmured, "No wonder she dared to imitate the hero who saves the beauty."

"It's a pity, though, there are differences between the thirteen levels of Qi Refining."

After saying that, Zhao Xiaofeng summoned the ice-attribute flying sword in his hand.

Yan Nanjiao, who was standing next to her, also made her move, unleashing a watery blue throwing knife, but it was only a high-grade throwing knife.

Seeing this, Yang Qingyuan raised his hand and slapped the sword box next to him.

A crack appeared in the sword case, from which two sword lights, one red and one purple, shot out – the Rainbow Sword and the Purple Cloud Sword.

Two flying swords blocked the ice-attribute flying sword and the flying knife, colliding several times in the air, sparks flying everywhere.

"Two mouthfuls of top-quality flying! Looks like you've got some background." Zhao Xiaofeng snorted coldly, then immediately stretched out her slender jade finger and pointed at the blue mirror above her head.

The cyan mirror hummed, projecting a huge cyan beam of light.

The Rainbow Sword and the Purple Cloud Sword touched the pillar of light and immediately stopped in mid-air, their connection with Yang Qingyuan abruptly ending.

"Senior brother, don't be afraid. This Azure Condensation Mirror is ineffective against demonic beasts. I'll help you!" Han Yunzhi took off the spirit pet pouch from her waist and tossed it into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the pet pouch emitted a beam of white light.

When the white light subsided, a large white eagle with a wingspan of over ten feet was revealed.

The white eagle flapped its wings and flew towards Zhao Xiaofeng, but was blocked in mid-air by a cloud of purple poisonous mist.

Han Yunzhi looked closely and discovered that Yan Nanjiao, who was standing next to her, had taken out a yellow fan and was fanning out streams of purple poisonous mist.

At the same time, Yan Nanjiao also took off the spirit pet pouch from her waist and released a two-headed duck, which then fought with the two-headed duck that Yang Qingyuan had kept.

A large number of gray feathers fell from the sky.

Yan Family Fort prepared a Bone-Melting Treasure Fan and a Double-Headed Duck for each of the Yan Family cultivators who participated in the Ascension Ceremony that year.

"Now that you've lost your flying sword, what do you have to fight me with?" Zhao Xiaofeng, the Twin Beauties of the Moon, revealed a ferocious smile.

Yang Qingyuan remained unfazed and replied, "I lack everything except top-quality flying swords."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sword box next to him opened completely, revealing three flying swords: one blue, one white, and one green. They were the Azure Light Sword, the Thunder Sword, and the Whirlwind Sword.

Yang Qingyuan mobilized the righteous energy within his body and exhaled a stream of silvery light.

The rosy light condensed into a silvery "sword" character, which then split into three and attached to three flying swords.

The three flying swords emitted a crisp sword hum, soared into the air, drew an arc in the air, bypassed Qing Ningjing, and stabbed straight at Zhao Xiaofeng's back...