One of my fairy-like friends

Mingyan doesn't need to consider matters of spiritual veins, nor does he need to test or plan, so each breakthrough is faster than for ordinary people.

Huang Junru sensed Ming Yan's special nature precisely because she could feel the natural spiritual veins within his body.

Without delay, Mingyan began immediately.

Digging a spring is no easy task. It's as delicate as threading a needle in the mortal world. After all, the spring is based on acupoints on the human body, so it can't be dug arbitrarily. One careless step and it will collapse. Moreover, digging a spring will cause a strong stinging sensation. Under these circumstances, it is not easy to carefully control the spiritual energy and dig the spring.

However, Mingyan was already quite familiar with the process, and since there was no need to excavate spiritual veins, it didn't take him long to successfully excavate the new springs "Taixi" on both legs and connect them with spiritual veins.

This means that Mingyan has officially entered a new minor realm, namely "Taixi". Mingyan is now a cultivator in the Taixi realm.

Mingyan tried circulating his spiritual energy—the six springs in his legs, the Yongquan, Jiliu, and Taixi—and the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy increased dramatically... He opened his eyes, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and smiled slightly. Hmm... he'd become stronger...

"Mingyan?"

Huang Feiyan's voice came from outside, "Are you ready? We'll be leaving in no more than 15 minutes."

"Hmm? Fairy sister, I'll take a shower first and be right out." Upon hearing this, Ming Yan sniffed his own body and found it to be slightly smelly. Every time a cultivator breaks through, they expel certain impurities from their body, so it really does smell quite bad if they don't wash.

“Okay, I’ll wait for you,” Huang Feiyan replied.

Chapter Seventeen: The Virgin

Mingyan took a quick shower, finishing in about 15 minutes.

Huang Feiyan was still waiting at the door. She stood with her hands behind her back, looking into the distance. Her figure was graceful and slender. The red dress with the torn hem had been replaced with another red palace dress, which was quite similar to Huang Junru's. The red palace dress with gold trim looked extremely noble. The belt around her waist made Huang Feiyan's waist look even more slender. It was so delicate that it could be grasped in one hand, like a willow by the lake. Her long black hair, which she had worn before, was now coiled up behind her head. Today, Huang Feiyan looked even more noble and beautiful than before.

Upon hearing the sound, Huang Feiyan turned to look at Ming Yan and smiled slightly, "You've come out?"

Mingyan nodded, subtly shifting his gaze, "Please keep Fairy Sister waiting."

"Hmm?" Huang Feiyan's tone rose slightly as she glanced at Ming Yan, a half-smile playing on her lips.

"Oh... Feiyan." Mingyan then realized that the two of them were now friends, and it was no longer appropriate to call her Fairy Sister. Although Huang Feiyan was two years older than Mingyan and could indeed call her Sister, unless the age difference was huge, most women didn't like being called Sister.

"That's more like it." Huang Feiyan covered her mouth and chuckled. Although she looked even more dignified today, Huang Feiyan was still as gentle and graceful as ever. She was the complete opposite of Huang Junru. I wonder why the mother and daughter had such different personalities?

"I need to say goodbye to the sect leader and my master. It won't be long..."

“No need to say hello. Sect Leader Xia and your master will come to see us off later.” Huang Feiyan shook her head, then hesitated briefly before looking at Ming Yan with her beautiful eyes. “Shall we go?”

Upon hearing this, Mingyan said nothing more and followed Huang Feiyan to the mountaintop.

Xia Yanming and the elders of the blessed land were all here. In addition, there were many women dressed in red standing on the mountaintop. Unlike Huang Junru, they did not have mist on their faces. However, most of them were covered with veils. The few women without veils were all very beautiful. Although they could not compare to Huang Feiyan, they were no less beautiful than Yun Ling, and even a few more beautiful.

Mingyan was secretly astonished. Could it be that all the women of the Huang family are this beautiful? The family's genes are just too incredible.

In addition, Mingyan also noticed a blurry figure. He quickly looked away. If he wasn't mistaken, this was probably the Moon Shadow Saint Lord, who had been invited by Huang Junru to handle these aftermath matters again. Mingyan didn't dare to look at her for too long, lest he be thought of as blaspheming her.

After bowing, Mingyan bid farewell to Xia Yanming and Liu Yunfeng. Xia Yanming and Liu Yunfeng did not say much. Xia Yanming gave Mingyan a deep look and said, "Go, don't keep Patriarch Huang and Fairy Huang waiting."

Liu Yunfeng seemed to have something to say, but after Mingyan looked at him, he opened his mouth, but in the end shook his head and said nothing.

Mingyan looked around but didn't see Liu Mengli. He wondered if his junior sister was very sad at the moment... Mingyan pursed his lips and bowed again, "Master, then this disciple will set off."

Liu Yunfeng nodded and smiled, "Don't forget to bring me some wine when you come back."

“Disciple will not forget.” Mingyan nodded seriously, then turned and walked towards Huang Feiyan and Huang Junru. Huang Junru looked at the blurry figure and said, “I will leave the rest to you, fellow Daoist.”

"No need to be polite." It was indeed the figure of the Moon Shadow Saint Lord. His clear and cold voice was highly recognizable. Ming Yan was a little curious about what the Moon Shadow Saint Lord with such a voice looked like, because although his voice was cold, it was also exceptionally pleasant to listen to.

Why can't we see the faces of these highly accomplished female cultivators?

Huang Junru nodded, then beckoned to Mingyan to come to her side. After Mingyan came over, she raised her hand and a beautiful carriage appeared out of thin air. However, there was nothing pulling the carriage. Fine and obscure runes could be clearly seen on the carriage. After a slight flash, they disappeared.

Huang Feiyan helped Huang Junru up the carriage curtain and sat inside first. After waiting a while, she lifted the curtain again and said, "What are you waiting for? Come in, Mingyan?"

Mingyan was taken aback. The carriage didn't look very big, and it felt a bit cramped for three people to get in. It was fine for Huang Feiyan, but what if Huang Junru got in? Would something happen?

"What are you hesitating about?" Huang Feiyan tilted her head, somewhat puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Mingyan did not hesitate, boarded the carriage, lifted the curtain, and went inside.

Upon arriving, Mingyan discovered that the carriage was surprisingly spacious, resembling a mansion despite its ordinary size from the outside. Inside, there was an antique-style hall with quite a few rooms.

"I'll take you to your room, but don't wander around in the carriage. The other elders will be coming in later. They're all young women who haven't had much contact with men before, so they might not be used to it and might act a little casual. I'm afraid you'll have to put up with it," Huang Feiyan apologized in advance.

Elder? Young maiden? The combination of these two words is quite subtle... However, Mingyan was too embarrassed to ask and followed Huang Feiyan to his room.

His room was located towards the back, which Ming Yan noticed as soon as he stepped into the carriage. The spiritual energy inside was extremely abundant, far surpassing that of his original blessed land, Yutai... This made him marvel at the power of a sacred cultivation ground and a true cultivation family. The spiritual energy concentration inside even a mere carriage was higher than that of the blessed land...

The higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the easier it is for cultivators to start from scratch. Moreover, although cultivators in the Transcendent Realm can generate spiritual energy from spiritual energy after constructing their Yin and Yang tombs, it doesn't mean they can't absorb naturally generated spiritual energy after reaching the Yang tomb stage. This is because of certain special circumstances, including but not limited to using techniques requiring large amounts of spiritual energy for a short period, or using external spiritual energy for healing...

Generally speaking, the higher the concentration of spiritual energy, the better.

Mingyan sat down cross-legged. Although he had made a breakthrough, the new spring still needed to be consolidated.

The abundant spiritual energy inside the carriage was just right for Mingyan to consolidate the spring.

The spiritual energy inside the carriage was somewhat different from that outside. The spiritual energy inside the carriage was hotter, more like the spiritual energy that Huang Junru used to examine Ming Yan's physique when she entered through his brow... No, rather than similar, it was exactly the same... This was probably because Huang Junru filled the carriage with her own spiritual energy.

However, the slightly intense spiritual energy had made Mingyan feel somewhat uncomfortable that day, but today he did not feel anything unusual, which suggests that his body had adapted to the slight heat.

At noon, Mingyan opened his eyes. The spiritual energy inside the carriage was far more effective than he had imagined; this rather intensely hot spiritual energy seemed to have a miraculous effect on stabilizing the spring...

Not knowing where he was... Mingyan got off the bed in the room and was about to push the door open to leave, but then he remembered what Huang Feiyan had said, hesitated for a moment, and withdrew his hand.

Those elders seemed to have very little contact with the opposite sex in their daily lives, and it was estimated that no man had ever entered the carriage before, so they might... behave rather casually inside the carriage, wearing revealing clothes and making some crude jokes, which wouldn't be good if he saw or heard them.

Mingyan suppressed his urge to leave the room and sat inside, waiting quietly.

But before long, Mingyan's door was opened by himself. Mingyan looked at the doorway and a beautiful woman in red walked in. She pushed the door open, turned her head and laughed, and without looking inside, she turned around and closed the door. Then she turned around and looked at Mingyan.

Mingyan didn't recognize the woman, but he figured she must be an elder of the Huang family? Although she looked to be only twenty-five or twenty-six, her actual age was definitely much older...

The woman looked puzzled upon seeing Ming Yan, then her expression turned strange. "Young master, although Fei Yan values ​​you highly, you shouldn't have barged into someone else's room, should you?"

Mingyan felt a little embarrassed. He wanted to speak, but for a moment he didn't know what to call her. Elder? That sounded too old-fashioned. Sigh, anyway, she was definitely older than him, so calling her "sister" would be fine.

"Excuse me, this is the room Fei Yan arranged for me..."

Fortunately, the other person was dressed appropriately, so Mingyan didn't need to deliberately avoid looking at them. He said sincerely, "If this has caused you any trouble, I apologize."

"Ah..." The young woman looked around, suddenly realized, and chuckled, "So I went to the wrong room. I misunderstood you. Hehe, you are very polite, just like Fei Yan."

After she finished speaking, the young woman did not leave. Instead, she walked up to Ming Yan and carefully observed him, looking him over from left to right and nodding repeatedly, seemingly extremely satisfied.

Mingyan felt slightly uncomfortable with that object-like gaze. "Is there anything else, sister?"

"Oh dear, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Huang Junyi, and I'm Fei Yan's second aunt." Upon hearing this, the young woman finally opened up the conversation a bit and asked with some curiosity, "What's your relationship with Fei Yan?"

Upon hearing that she was Huang Feiyan's second aunt, Mingyan was secretly surprised and quickly said, "It was my rudeness... Should I call her Second Aunt like Feiyan?"

"No need for that... but why are you calling out to Fei Yan?" Huang Junyi's eyes became ambiguous, and a charming smile appeared on her lips. "You wouldn't... be interested in Fei Yan, would you?"

"This junior had no such intention. I am already honored that Feiyan is willing to lower herself and befriend me. I have no other thoughts about Feiyan, so please don't misunderstand, Aunt." Mingyan shook his head. His smiling appearance was really not that of an elder... Huang Feiyan was gentle and kind, Huang Junru was cold and aloof, but Huang Junyi seemed particularly lively. I wonder who Feiyan's personality is like... Perhaps it's the aunt she mentioned?

On the other hand, the women of the Huang family were simply too beautiful and had such great figures that young Mingyan blushed and his heart raced.

Just then, Huang Feiyan's voice suddenly rang out from outside the door, "Mingyan? We're about to reach the intracontinental teleportation portal. You probably haven't seen it yet, have you? Do you want to come out and take a look?"

"Feiyan is here, hehe." Huang Junyi narrowed her eyes, seemingly not quite believing Mingyan's words, and her gaze towards Mingyan remained rather ambiguous.

"Second Aunt?" Huang Feiyan's voice was somewhat surprised. Then, Huang Feiyan pushed open the door and entered, somewhat astonished, "Why is Second Aunt in Mingyan's room?"

"We just went to the wrong door. You know, we can't even use our divine senses inside my sister's carriage." Huang Junyi shrugged and chuckled. "I won't bother you two anymore~"

Huang Feiyan sensed a hint of ambiguity in Huang Junyi's words, and her face flushed slightly. She realized that Huang Junyi had probably misunderstood why she valued Mingyan so much...

In fact, neither Huang Junru nor Huang Feiyan had told anyone else that Mingyan's blood could save Huang Feiyan's aunt. So these "elders," who were Huang Feiyan's aunts, were unaware of this. Seeing how much Huang Feiyan valued Mingyan, and recalling some special circumstances the family had encountered in recent years, they assumed that there might be some ambiguity between the two.

Seeing Huang Junyi leave, Huang Feiyan sighed softly. She didn't explain further to Mingyan, because Mingyan probably already knew that her second aunt had misunderstood. "Let's go, Mingyan. You must be quite curious about the teleportation portal, right?"

Mingyan nodded and left the room with Huang Feiyan.

Chapter Eighteen: Secrets of the Phoenix Family

"When the intra-continental teleportation gates of the Eastern Continent were being built, our Huang family contributed a lot. The families and holy lands that participated in the construction can use the teleportation gates permanently for free. However, those independent cultivators, some holy lands and families that did not participate in the construction, and blessed lands will have to pay a fee to use the teleportation gates. This money will be used to expand new teleportation gates." Huang Feiyan and Ming Yan left the carriage together. Outside the carriage, several Huang family elders with veils on their faces sat laughing and joking beside the carriage. They were called elders... but they did not look very dignified at all. They looked more like playful girls.

Mingyan felt that the Huang family must be quite special; most families wouldn't be like this, right?

Huang Feiyan greeted them, addressing the elders as "Auntie"...

There are so many aunties! Mingyan's head is spinning from listening...

The carriage quickly arrived near the teleportation gate in the continent. Even from a distance, Mingyan could see the enormous teleportation gate.

The teleportation portal, towering far above the surrounding mountains, stands majestically on the earth. The portal is circular and soars into the clouds, half of which is obscured by mist. A blue light curtain can be seen in the center of the portal.

Complex characters, profound and obscure, flickered on the light screen.

As the carriage approached the portal, a medium-sized town could be seen at the bottom of the massive portal, bustling with people.

Instead of flying towards the town, the carriage soared upwards, passing through the clouds and arriving at the area above the teleportation portal.

The area above was not as bustling as the town below; only two cultivators were stationed there, and they did not stop the carriage upon seeing it.

The chariot passed directly over the two cultivators and flew towards the teleportation gate. It then touched the blue light screen in the center of the teleportation gate and, without making a sound, flew into a strange blue space.

"This is the passage between teleportation portals. You absolutely cannot fly around randomly in the passage, or you might be teleported to some random place," Huang Feiyan explained. "When you return, I will give you a token. With that token, you can use the teleportation portals for free. You should know that ordinary cultivators cannot afford the cost of teleportation portals within their own continent. They usually need to join teleportation groups to reduce the cost and pool their money for a targeted teleportation. But in this way, ordinary cultivators often need a lot of time to wait for the money to be raised before they can teleport. With that token, you won't have to wait."

"Thank you, Fei Yan."

"No need for thanks. If it weren't for you, I might be dead already." Huang Feiyan flicked a strand of hair behind her ear and said with a light laugh, "How can such a small thing express my gratitude..."

"Don't feel like you owe me anything, that would make me very uneasy," Ming Yan said, glancing at Huang Feiyan.

"It's not that I owe you anything, it's just that you've helped me so much, so I should do something for you as my friend, right? Otherwise, I'll be the one feeling uneasy." Huang Feiyan stood with her hands behind her back, looking at Ming Yan with a bright smile.

These words left Ming Yan speechless. Ming Yan chuckled, then looked at the bizarre and fantastical teleportation tunnel and exclaimed, "What immense power could have been used to construct something like this..."

"These teleportation portals are indeed magnificent. In fact, it would be far from enough for us holy families to build them. Several emperors helped with the construction of these portals. Otherwise, even if all the holy families joined forces, it would be difficult to build such sophisticated teleportation portals... Those emperors are all the most respected and strongest people in the world."

The Emperor...

Seeing that Mingyan seemed quite interested in the term "Emperor," Huang Feiyan smiled and said, "If one day you reach the level of my mother, perhaps you'll be able to meet the current Empress who reigns over the world?"

Ming Yan was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, "So there is already a Great Emperor in this world right now?"

Huang Feiyan nodded. "The Qingzi Calendar we use to record time is the imperial title of the current Qingzi Empress who reigns over the world. She became emperor 1501 years ago. The lifespan of an emperor is 10,000 years, but there is a magical medicine called the Elixir of Immortality that can allow an emperor to live a second life. So, theoretically, the Qingzi Empress will continue to rule the world for another 17,000 to 18,000 years. There will always be a chance to see her."

The Great Emperor can live for 20,000 years...? Ming Yan breathed a sigh of relief. A normal person can only live to be seventy or eighty years old, and even if they die peacefully in their sleep, they will only live for a hundred years. A Taixi cultivator like him will only live for about one hundred and fifty years, less than one percent of the Great Emperor's lifespan...

As the two were talking, the carriage had already left the passage, and they could see the sky again.