One of my fairy-like friends

Why is she blushing? Mingyan raised an eyebrow, noticing something amiss.

He looked at Yuzhu and noticed that she was thinking about something. "Miss's behavior is too pathetic. Wasn't it agreed that she would hide it? If this continues, even Master will find out..."

"You noticed? Notice what?" Mingyan looked at Anran and saw her face flushed. He was a little afraid to look at her... Could Anran have feelings for me? Mingyan blinked.

“Well, I have some things that require me to come to Yaochi, so I came to see you all and, by the way, to completely resolve your problems,” Mingyan said.

Yu Zhu then noticed that she could no longer sense Ming Yan's presence, and was somewhat surprised, "Master... Young Master Ming! Cough cough... Young Master Ming has already gone to Yangling?"

"I...I've broken through to the Qi Sea Realm, so I should be able to resolve Miss Anran's problem now." Mingyan hesitated for a moment before stating this very impactful statement.

"..." Yu Zhu opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing. She just thought to herself, "What kind of monster have I taken as my master... How long has it been and I've already gone from Yinling to Yangling?!"

Upon hearing this, An Ran glanced at Ming Yan, also taken aback. She then smiled shyly, saying, "Young Master Ming's progress is astounding! It's only been a few days since we last met, and you've already broken through to the Qi Sea realm. I'm afraid there's no other genius like you in the world..."

Mingyan smiled and shook his head, "Are you all settling in well at Yaochi?"

“There’s no such thing as being used to it or not.” An Ran shook her head. “Ruyan, let Young Master Ming in quickly. Why are you keeping him out?”

Ruyan? Although Mingyan now knows that Yuzhu's real name is Shui Ruyan, he still cares a little when he hears Anran address Yuzhu in this way.

"Oh...right, right, look at me." Yu Zhu realized what was happening and quickly opened the door. "Young Master Ming, please come in."

Mingyan walked into the room and looked around.

An Ran's room was very simple, but quite cozy. A faint fragrance filled the air, and it was hard to tell whether it came from An Ran, Yu Zhu, or a combination of the two of them.

"Young Master Ming, please sit down." An Ran personally brought Ming Yan a stool and asked him to sit down. Then she slowly sat down on the edge of the bed, her face slightly flushed. "Young Master Ming, you may not know this yet, but Yu Zhu's real name is Shui Ru Yan, a very nice name. Yu Zhu is just the name she was given when she was in the An family. It's not a very nice name. Now that we plan to join the Yaochi Holy Land, we will naturally use her real name, Shui Ru Yan."

"Young Master Ming, what do you think of my name?" Yu Zhu asked Ming Yan cautiously.

"It sounds beautiful." Mingyan said with a smile, "Then I should call you Miss Shui from now on."

"Young Master Ming, you can just call me Ruyan." Yuzhu... should now be called Shui Ruyan. She smiled shyly. Mingyan was her master, and although no one knew about this, it was still strange to be called Miss Shui by her master.

Ruyan? An Ran glanced at Shui Ruyan and felt that Shui Ruyan's attitude towards Ming Yan was somewhat subtle and familiar.

Mingyan nodded and looked at An Ran, "Miss An, let's get started. Extend your hand."

An Ran nodded and stretched out her fair and delicate hand. Ming Yan grasped it, held it in his hand, and used his spiritual energy to carry the power of the sun into An Ran's body.

"Hmm..." An Ran seemed a little uncomfortable, her face showing slight pain. Her eyebrows furrowed, but she quickly relaxed them without making a sound. However, Ming Yan stopped when he saw this. "Are you alright, Miss An?"

"It's alright, Young Master Ming, please continue. I'm just feeling a little unwell, it's nothing serious." An Ran opened her eyes, and hearing the concern in Ming Yan's tone, her pretty face flushed slightly as she spoke softly.

“Then I’ll continue.” Mingyan nodded and continued.

The power of the sun entered An Ran's body, and the enormous yin energy within An Ran's body was completely dissolved upon encountering the power of the sun.

An Ran had too much yin energy in her body, and it was only pseudo-yang, which was uncontrollable and had long since gone out of control. It was a miracle that she was still alive. But now, with Ming Yan's solar energy entering, a trace of real yang energy has finally appeared in An Ran's body.

What Mingyan needs to do is very simple: he needs to help Anran shape Yangling so that Anran's body can generate her own yang energy and achieve balance.

Mingyan had never sculpted a Yangling before, but both the Fengling Jing and the Yueying Jing recorded the methods for sculpting Yangling. Mingyan then sculpted Yangling for Anran according to the method in the Yueying Jing.

It doesn't need to be fully built; just successfully building a prototype will generate yang energy, and then Anran will have to rely on herself.

Chapter 125 Leave it behind as proof

The structure of Yangling is quite complex, and its existence as a substitute for the power of the sun is itself a miracle.

The being who created these cultivation systems, his "mother," was an absolute genius. Unlike geniuses in the conventional sense, who simply followed the path ahead, she was one of the pioneers of that path, defeating all other systems and leaving only the current one.

She possesses the Human King's Body, unlike others who cannot directly utilize the Yin and Yang energies. This is why she created the Yin Tomb and Yang Tomb, two unique mechanisms.

The longevity of cultivators is also closely related to these two mechanisms. Before reaching the Yinling and Yangling realms, although a cultivator's lifespan is extended along with their cultivation level, the extension period is not long. At the Zhaohai realm, a cultivator's lifespan is only between 150 and 160 years, and only a few can live longer. However, after reaching the Yinling and Yangling realms and the Qihai realm, one can live past 500 years, and this effect continues to have an impact. After that, the lifespan increases significantly with each subsequent realm. The resonance between the Yinling and Yangling realms not only creates spiritual energy out of thin air, directly eliminating the potential problem of spiritual energy depletion, but also regulates the cultivator's physical problems. Once both realms are fully cultivated, the cultivator will no longer suffer from the diseases that plague ordinary people.

The body's self-regulation ability will also reach its peak, and very few cultivators will die from illness. The only deaths will be from poisoning, exhaustion of lifespan, accidental death, or murder.

Yangling is like a man-made body organ with extremely high precision. This is the first time Mingyan has created Yangling. He strictly compared it with Yinling in Anran's body. Yinling and Yangling are essentially the same, only their cores are different.

The feeling brought to An Ran by the sun's energy was not as gentle as that of the moon's energy. The intense heat made An Ran feel as if her blood was boiling and burning. However, she bit her cherry lips to prevent herself from crying out. Ming Yan obviously could not be disturbed. Compared to the pain she had endured since birth, what did this feeling matter?

Shui Ruyan was standing nearby, but she was a little anxious. She bit her lip and dared not make a sound, afraid of disturbing Mingyan.

After taking Mingyan to Anran's residence, Ning Feixuan went to Ning Mengru and reported that Mingyan had broken through to the Qi Sea stage.

Ning Mengru nodded. "Don't spread the news about Mingyan breaking through to the Qi Sea in Yaochi, or about the existence in the tomb. Remember to remind Anran and Shui Ruyan as well."

Ning Feixuan agreed. Ning Mengru pondered for a moment and said, "During this time, you should also calm down and cultivate. It would be best if you could break through to the Divine Palace level in the near future."

"Disciple understands." Ning Feixuan bowed and turned to leave.

Night had fallen, and fine beads of sweat were forming on Mingyan's forehead. The process of creating Yangling was like navigating a maze; he dared not take even the slightest wrong step, lest he lose his way and ultimately fail.

Most importantly, this is inside An Ran's body. Ming Yan's solar power is an extreme form of Yang. Although An Ran lacks Yang, the solar power is insignificant to him, but quite violent to An Ran. He dares not move rashly, for fear of hurting An Ran.

An Ran is too fragile. If he is not careful, Ming Yan may not even finish helping An Ran to create Yang Ling, but instead cause An Ran to be seriously injured, or even die. That will not do.

With the last section carved, the basic outline of Yangling was completed.

With Mingyan's solar power as the core, Mingyan was worried that if one side had ordinary yin energy as the core and the other side had solar power as the core, it might become unbalanced again. Therefore, he also replaced Anran Yinling's core with Taiyin energy.

The Yin and Yang energy generated by the power of Taiyin and Taiyang is much stronger than ordinary Yin and Yang energy. Moreover, using the power of Taiyin and Taiyang as the core... this should be the first time. Mingyan observed that the moment Yangling was built, Anran's body began to generate spiritual energy, but there was nothing unusual. Taiyin and Taiyang would not have any adverse effects on her, so Mingyan was relieved.

The reason why Anran Yangling was not completed before is that if both Yinling and Yangling were completed, then the core could not be changed.

Mingyan withdrew his hand, opened his eyes, and looked at Anran. Anran was staring blankly at him. When she saw Mingyan open his eyes, her pretty face flushed, and she couldn't help but turn her head away.

“Miss An, the problem in your body should be completely resolved now. How do you feel?” Mingyan asked with a smile.

"It feels... very warm." An Ran gently stroked her lower abdomen. There was her Qi Sea, Yinling and Yangling. A continuous stream of Yang Qi overflowed from Yangling, not only resonating with Yin Qi to generate spiritual energy, but also making An Ran feel extremely comfortable.

"So this is what it feels like to be free from pain..." An Ran pursed her lips. She had been frail and sickly since childhood and often suffered from various pains. After being tormented for so long, she had gotten used to it.

But as she had gotten used to it, once she truly lost that pain, An Ran felt so much lighter, as if a mountain that had been pressing on her shoulders had been removed, and she felt several times more relaxed.

Even breathing became much easier.

"That's good. By the way, the array pattern I drew on your Qi Sea before... is no longer of any use. Should I erase it?" Mingyan asked. The array pattern was originally meant to alleviate Anran's pain. At the time, Mingyan didn't know how long it would take him to reach Yangling, so he carved the array pattern.

But now that Mingyan has reached the Qi Sea, he has completely solved Anran's problem, so the array pattern is naturally useless.

"Will that array pattern have any side effects?" An Ran asked softly after a moment, her face flushing slightly.

"Side effects? There aren't really any side effects," Mingyan shook his head. "It's just that having it carved there... doesn't look very good, does it..."

After all, it's your own blood. Wouldn't it be embarrassing to have someone else carve your blood on such an ambiguous place as your abdomen?

"Then it doesn't matter." An Ran hesitated for a moment, then gently shook her head. Her pretty face flushed, and she dared not look directly at Ming Yan. She opened her mouth slightly, "I...I want to keep it...as proof that Young Master Ming helped me..."

Proof? Mingyan was taken aback when he heard this word.

He had previously felt that An Ran might have feelings for him, just like he did for Ning Feixuan, and now he could confirm it.

An Ran... probably because I've helped her so many times, she's developed feelings for me?

Mingyan is simple-minded and didn't understand relationships much before Ning Feixuan, but he has learned a lot over time. He is simple-minded but not oblivious.

However, he could not reciprocate An Ran's feelings because he loved Ning Feixuan.

However, An Ran didn't "let slip" her feelings like she had before. Once she confessed, Ming Yan naturally couldn't bring up the topic and reject her.

Mingyan thought for a moment, then smiled and nodded. "Since Miss An doesn't mind, I won't say anything more. From now on, you and Shui... Ruyan will become disciples of Yaochi. I hope you can do me a favor."

“Please speak, Young Master Ming, An Ran will do her best.” An Ran said quickly upon hearing this. She was quite happy. Ming Yan had helped her so much, and she could finally do something in return.

"You must have met the Holy Maiden Ning Feixuan of Yaochi several times. She brought you back personally. What is your relationship with her?" Mingyan asked with a smile.

"Me and the Holy Maiden? The Holy Maiden has a peaceful personality and cares about me a lot. However, due to my physical condition, I am not very willing to make friends and communicate with people. I can't say I'm good at it, but I can still talk to her." An Ran was quite shy. That's just her personality. She has a bit of inferiority complex and rarely communicates with people except for Shui Ruyan.

"Is that so? But it doesn't require you to be too close to her... To be honest, I have feelings for Fairy Ning, but I don't know how to pursue her, so I would like to ask you for a small favor. If you know her usual preferences, I hope you can tell me."

Mingyan didn't expect Anran to actually do anything for him, or rather, he didn't expect Anran to actually find out any information for him. What he wanted to do was actually to tell Anran that he already had someone he admired, so that Anran would let go of her feelings for him.

If he liked Ning Feixuan, then An Ran's affection for him seemed to be a fruitless path. Now that he understood An Ran's thoughts, he should let An Ran know about them as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, An Ran opened her mouth, then reached out and brushed her bangs aside. She lowered her head, remained silent for a moment, then raised her head with a gentle smile, "Yes, Young Master Ming, I will keep that in mind."

Mingyan smiled and nodded, then stood up. "If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now. I need to return to the Holy Land to report some things to my master."

An Ran seemed to want to say something, but in the end, she didn't. She simply smiled and nodded, "Have a safe journey..."

Chapter 126 The Clever Junior Sister

Of course, Mingyan couldn't just leave like that. After leaving Anran's room, he met a fairy from Yaochi and asked her to take him to see the Queen Mother of the West, Ning Mengru.

The fairies of Yaochi all knew Mingyan; he was quite famous. The fairy was very polite and led Mingyan to the palace where the Queen Mother of the West resided. Mingyan stood in front of the door and said loudly, "This junior, Mingyan, has come to pay his respects."

"Come in." Ning Mengru's voice, which sounded like a half-smile, came from the palace, and Ming Yan then walked in.

The palace was quite luxurious, filled with jade. The Jade Pool was located on Jade Mountain, which was also filled with jade. Jade was the one thing they had in abundance.

The entire palace was magnificent, with several jade pillars standing in the center, carved with various legendary mythical beasts and ancient texts, and with laws flowing on them.

Above the palace stood a jade throne, where Ning Mengru sat with a smile on her face, "Yan'er."

"Aunt Ning." Ming Yan bowed, and Ning Mengru waved her hand. "Making you bow is really taking away from my lifespan. Actually, according to seniority, I should be calling you 'ancestor'."

“…Please don’t.” Mingyan quickly shook his head.

“Your elder sister was once the Queen Mother of the West of Yaochi, and she is many times older than me.” Ning Mengru said with a half-smile.

It seems Ning Mengru knows about her sister Wang Qingchu's situation. Did her sister even tell Ning Mengru about these things?

Mingyan scratched his head. "I am me, and my sister is my sister. There is a special relationship between my sister and me. I will still call her Aunt Ning. Aunt Ning is my master's friend, so I should call her that too."

Ning Mengru smiled broadly, "Your cultivation has indeed broken through very quickly."

"Yes, my sister helped me a lot." Mingyan nodded.

"Did our ancestors ask you to convey anything to me?" Ning Mengru asked.

Mingyan shook his head. "No, if my sister wanted to say anything to you, she would contact you personally."

"Our ancestor seems to be in some trouble and hasn't truly awakened yet. She asked me to keep this a secret. Did she tell you how we should help her?" Ning Mengru paused for a moment before asking. A Great Human King Body comparable to an Emperor is too important to Yaochi and too important to the world at present. When Wang Qingchu contacted Ning Mengru, she thought she was dreaming and couldn't believe that the Yaochi ancestor she had heard about since joining Yaochi had actually survived.

For the whole world, and for Yaochi, Wang Qingchu's revival is an excellent thing.

Mingyan sighed softly, "My sister told me that only I can help her, but my current strength is too weak. I need to reach the Human Realm before I can help her..."

"Renying?" Ning Mengru frowned upon hearing this. She knew that Ming Yan was incredibly talented and would reach Renying in a shorter time than other cultivators. However, the problem was that even the shortest time had its limits, and it was impossible for him to reach Renying in just a few years.

This is not as simple as going from the Sea of ​​Illumination to the Sea of ​​Qi. After reaching the Great Realm of Entering Sainthood, each advancement to the next realm requires several years or even decades. Even the ancient emperors, including Wang Qingchu, the Great Adult King Body himself, spent hundreds of years reaching the Human Welcome Realm.