Chapter 86: Information on Mount Fengyin
After breakfast, Luo Xue returned to her room on the second floor, saying she needed to make some preparations before going to the restaurant, leaving Nangong Mengxiang alone in the main hall downstairs.
The twin sisters exchanged glances. Sha Yiyi wanted to ask Nangong Mengxiang about Luo Xue, but she was worried about being too obvious.
After all, she was planning to capture Luo Xue, and without knowing Nangong Mengxiang’s attitude towards Luo Xue, she didn’t dare to act rashly.
Sha Keke hid behind Sha Yiyi, feeling guilty after doing something bad, not daring to look at Nangong Mengxiang.
Nangong Mengxiang sat cross-legged on a chair, meditating with her eyes closed.
Although Luo Xue’s medicine was very effective, and coupled with Nangong Mengxiang’s strong physique and recovery ability, her injuries were mostly healed, the near-fatal injuries still left some hidden damage.
Nangong Mengxiang’s current strength was at most 70% of her peak.
Of course, even at 70%, she was still strong enough to crush most peak Foundation Establishment cultivators. This was the advantage of body cultivation.
Body cultivators below the Nascent Soul Realm had a significant advantage over cultivators of the same level.
After all, the massive resource consumption meant that only major sects could afford to support such bottomless pits of resources.
After a few awkward moments, the sound of a door opening came from the second floor.
“She’s coming!”
Sha Yiyi’s heart tightened.
She didn’t know what preparations Luo Xue had made, but the last glance Luo Xue had given her before leaving made her feel inexplicably uneasy.
Had her plan been discovered?
…But why didn’t Luo Xue say anything?
And… she didn’t seem like a cauldron slave at all, but rather carried the aura of a prodigy from a major sect…
As she was lost in thought, a petite figure walked down the stairs step by step.
It was an unfamiliar white-haired girl, wearing a simple, plain white dress.
“Who… are you?”
Sha Yiyi blurted out, her eyes wide.
“You don’t know who I am?”
The white-haired girl smiled, her voice familiar.
“…Luo Xue?”
Sha Yiyi was stunned, and Sha Keke, who had peeked out from behind the counter, was also stunned.
Nangong Mengxiang opened her eyes, and seeing Luo Xue, a look of confusion flashed through her eyes.
But then she twitched her nose, sniffed the air, and her face lit up with surprise.
“Eh, Luo Xue, how did you change your appearance?”
Luo Xue: “…”
Miss Nangong, please don’t waste your good looks by acting like a dog when recognizing people…
“I didn’t change my appearance. This is my true appearance.” Luo Xue said, looking at Sha Yiyi and Sha Keke, observing their reactions. “I disguised myself as a cauldron slave before to avoid trouble.”
Luo Xue did this intentionally.
She changed back to her original appearance to test these two sisters.
If they truly were spies sent by the sect, their reaction should be…
“Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit…” Sha Yiyi was dumbfounded, screaming inwardly, “So it’s not about capturing an escaped cauldron slave, but bringing back a prodigy from a major sect!”
“A mere two… no, five… no, even a hundred Yellow-rank Qi Condensation Pills wouldn’t be enough, right?”
With Nangong Mengxiang’s presence, the difficulty was several times higher.
Sha Yiyi felt very aggrieved. How could their first business deal be hell-level difficulty?
She had already given up on this commission. They could just disband the “Shadow Gang.” It was just their first deal anyway.
Moreover, when she and Sha Keke went out to take on commissions, they used a special technique to disguise themselves, so no one could track them from the man in the bamboo hat.
Otherwise, Sha Yiyi wouldn’t have dared to do this kind of business even if she had a hundred times the courage.
“Um, Luo Xue, why don’t you change back to your previous appearance…”
Sha Keke said weakly.
Sha Keke wasn’t thinking as much as her sister. She just felt that the commission stated that they were to capture a chestnut-haired slave girl, not this beautiful, white-haired girl.
Bringing this Luo Xue to the Youxiang Restaurant, they couldn’t complete the mission.
Luo Xue looked at them deeply, making Sha Yiyi also want to hide behind the counter like Sha Keke, then nodded and said softly,
“Okay.”
Although the sisters’ reactions were a bit strange, they shouldn’t be spies for the sect.
Luo Xue had only revealed her true appearance to confirm this.
It was better to keep a low profile in Ghost Demon Pass…
“No! You look so much better like this!”
Nangong Mengxiang suddenly panicked and hugged Luo Xue from behind, rubbing her cheek against Luo Xue’s hair.
“…”
Luo Xue’s expression was one of helplessness.
“But your scent seems a bit different… Wait a minute.” Nangong Mengxiang twitched her nose and sniffed Luo Xue’s hair. “This scent… is a bit familiar? I think I’ve smelled it somewhere before…”
“Hmm?” Luo Xue was taken aback. “I wash my hair with soap pods. Many people should use the same shampoo as me, right?”
“I know what soap pods are, what’s shampoo?”
Nangong Mengxiang asked curiously.
“Ahem, I mean my hair should smell very common…”
“No, I’m not talking about the smell of your hair.” Nangong Mengxiang frowned slightly. “To be more precise, it’s the smell on your body, or perhaps your aura?”
An aura similar to hers?
Luo Xue’s expression turned serious.
It could only be her past self…
But Nangong Mengxiang shouldn’t have been on Mount Fengyin, right?
If she had been, dealing with Daoist Ziyang wouldn’t have been so troublesome…
“By the way, Luo Xue, you haven’t told me what technique you cultivate.” Nangong Mengxiang asked. “The similar scent might be because of our techniques.”
Before Luo Xue could answer, Nangong Mengxiang patted her chest and introduced herself.
“Mine are the Supreme Forgetfulness Scripture and the Introduction to Body Tempering… That’s what Master said. These two techniques are very powerful!”
…Introduction to Body Tempering?
How could that be…
Body cultivators usually cultivated two techniques, one for body tempering and one ordinary foundation technique, except for extreme body cultivators.
Of course, their mastery of ordinary foundation techniques was definitely not as good as that of ordinary cultivators, but only by cultivating foundation techniques could they use divine abilities. Otherwise, they could only rely on blood energy for combat.
Nangong Mengxiang’s frankness touched Luo Xue, but she hesitated for a moment and looked at the twin sisters.
Nangong Mengxiang could be trusted for now, but the twin sisters weren’t necessarily…
Should she reveal her Peerless Summit Sect technique?
Thinking about it carefully, it didn’t seem inappropriate. Besides Master Wumu, no one had recognized her yet, which meant that the Peerless Summit Sect’s reach hadn’t extended here.
After some consideration, Luo Xue nodded and said,
“I’m from the Peerless Summit Sect, and I cultivate the… Falling Flower Scripture. Perhaps that’s why you find it familiar.”
With that, Luo Xue revealed the aura of her technique.
Sha Yiyi and Sha Keke, hearing these words, were dumbfounded.
They had guessed Luo Xue’s identity, that she might be a prodigy from a major sect, but they hadn’t expected her to be from the Peerless Summit Sect.
What kind of sect was the Peerless Summit Sect? It was one of the nine major sects of the Immortal Domain, controlling an entire province!
Even though they seemed to be at a disadvantage against the Temple of the Nether Spirit, that was because the Temple was a much larger organization.
In fact, the Peerless Summit Sect was much stronger than the Everspring Pavilion, which governed You Province…
“Why would there be such a commission, and the reward is only five Yellow-rank Qi Condensation Pills… This is a scam!”
Sha Yiyi and Sha Keke wanted to cry.
Nangong Mengxiang, sensing Luo Xue’s aura, shook her head.
“No, the scent is wrong, it’s not this aura.”
She looked up at Luo Xue and asked seriously,
“What’s familiar to me is another aura. Luo Xue, you must have cultivated another technique as well.”
“…”
Luo Xue’s expression turned serious.
She could… sense that too?
Was Nangong Mengxiang’s perception that sharp?
Luo Xue rarely used the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture because she wasn’t sure what level this inherited technique was in this world.
She was also worried that revealing it would attract unwanted attention.
Seeing Luo Xue’s expression, the twin sisters knew that it was inconvenient for them to stay here any longer.
Unlike the silly Nangong Mengxiang, Luo Xue hadn’t relaxed her vigilance towards them from the beginning.
They weren’t fools, they could tell.
“We’ll… go upstairs and tidy up. You two chat, you two chat.”
Sha Yiyi said, then pulled the still-dazed Sha Keke and hurried upstairs.
Luo Xue calmed down and looked at the expectant Nangong Mengxiang.
She didn’t cast a silencing barrier—because she didn’t know how to.
“This matter… I hope you don’t spread it around.” Luo Xue took a deep breath. She also wanted to know what made Nangong Mengxiang feel familiar. “Don’t tell a third person—including your master.”
Hearing this, Nangong Mengxiang opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something.
But soon, she nodded.
“Of course.”
After receiving confirmation, Luo Xue slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, a purplish-red light flickered within them, her pupils imprinted with a mysterious aura.
Her aura turned slightly sinister, and even the tips of her hair were tinged with a faint purple.
—This was the first time Luo Xue had fully circulated the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture in this life. At this moment, she was like an ancient divine beast above the world, the pressure of her bloodline faintly emanating.
Nangong Mengxiang’s eyes brightened. Sensing Luo Xue’s aura, her expression gradually turned hazy.
She stretched out her hands, trembling slightly, and gently touched Luo Xue’s cheeks.
“Master…”
“Hmm?”
Luo Xue paused.
“I remember now, it’s Master’s aura.” Nangong Mengxiang lowered her eyelids. “I… I’ve been looking for her for a long time, for hundreds of years, but I couldn’t find her.”
“Master… wait,” Luo Xue suppressed her aura, her eyes filled with uncontainable shock. “Your master, could it be… True Person Fengyin?”
In the Mount Fengyin conspiracy, if not for True Person Fengyin’s soul intervening at the last moment, Luo Xue would have had a hard time escaping from the dying Daoist Ziyang.
And she wouldn’t have been able to save Xiao Yao.
Deep down, Luo Xue had always felt a bit regretful because she could never express her gratitude to True Person Fengyin.
But now… it seemed like an opportunity had appeared.
“True Person Fengyin? Master does seem… to have such a title.” Nangong Mengxiang thought for a moment. “But she didn’t like that title very much. She only used it in front of outsiders.”
“But… is there really such a coincidence in this world?”
Amidst her shock, Luo Xue calmed down.
She wasn’t suspecting that Nangong Mengxiang was lying, she just didn’t trust Nangong Mengxiang’s brain…
“Can you tell me about your master? We still have some time before lunch.” Luo Xue glanced at the stairs. “The two little bosses of the inn are probably still busy.”
“Of course! My master is a very, very good person!”
Nangong Mengxiang was delighted and immediately pulled over a chair, starting to chat.
She talked about how she met her master, their experiences together, and their final separation.
As she listened, Luo Xue could tell that Nangong Mengxiang… might really be True Person Fengyin’s disciple, and it was the True Person Fengyin she knew.
“She was always looking for a successor to a certain inheritance, but she couldn’t find one. And you have other Senior Sisters?” Luo Xue asked.
Nangong Mengxiang nodded.
“A few, but not many. Master was always looking for girls born in the yin year, yin month, and yin day. She screened many, but none met the requirements, including me.”
Like Daoist Ziyang, True Person Fengyin was also looking for a suitable successor for the Xuanyin Phoenix Transformation Scripture, for the powerful being known as “Phoenix Venerable.”
It seemed that Daoist Ziyang’s method of selecting suitable candidates came from True Person Fengyin.
Unfortunately… even True Person Fengyin, after searching for many years, couldn’t find one.
In the end, she died mysteriously, her remains even refined into the Xuanyin Gu Seed.
Nangong Mengxiang was one of the failures. However, True Person Fengyin discovered her talent for body cultivation and taught her an unnamed body tempering technique—the so-called Introduction to Body Tempering.
As for the other technique, the Supreme Forgetfulness Scripture, it was a technique that required severing one’s emotions.
Every time it was circulated, it would directly cut off all emotions, greatly reducing the perception of the physical body and delaying the effects of injuries.
Nangong Mengxiang had used it during the robbery and even relied on this technique to withstand the Core Formation cultivator’s strike.
It was a very powerful technique.
It was said that at the highest level, it wouldn’t just delay injuries but would make one almost immune to them, becoming an invincible existence in the world.
“Haha, back then, many of my Senior Sisters and I lived in the courtyard on Mount Fengyin.” Nangong Mengxiang rested her chin on her hand, a look of reminiscence in her eyes. “When there wasn’t enough space, we would even sleep together. I wonder where they are now…”
“…You lived on Mount Fengyin?” Luo Xue blinked and asked.
“Yes, but only until the Innate Realm. After reaching the Innate Realm, we would have our aptitude tested. If we didn’t pass, we had to leave.” Nangong Mengxiang said dejectedly. “But I was an exception. I stayed for a long time and saw many Senior Sisters leave.”
Luo Xue couldn’t help but twitch her lips.
Why did she feel such a strong sense of déjà vu…
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