Chapter 210 Tanxian Elegant Courtyard Blood God Cult
"Not yet." Hearing Yu Qingtan still calling him 'Brother Hao,' Hao Can felt very happy, but regarding her question, Hao Can was somewhat embarrassed.
"Brother Hao, I'm planning to establish a Fairy Qingtan fan club in Wendao Immortal City. I wonder if you would be interested in becoming the club president? The compensation is quite generous."
Yu Qingtan said with a covered mouth and a light laugh.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Under the condition that Yu Qingtan offered ten drops of Third-order Spirit Dew as a reward and a thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones as seed funding, Hao Can became the president of the Fairy Qingtan fan club in Wendao Immortal City, although he was still a president in name only.
The next day, Yu Qingtan and her party took the flying boat of True Lord Xinghe to Wendao Sect. The only thing Yu Qingtan needed to bring from the Tianxiang Valley residence was the pot of Five-Colored Soil that contained a mysterious seed, which still showed no signs of sprouting.
After leaving Qing Wei Zhenren and the others in Wendao Immortal City, True Lord Xinghe took Yu Qingtan and the rest to Mount Wendao.
Yu Qingtan followed True Lord Xinghe to pay respects to Sect Master Kongbei Zhenjun of Wendao Sect, then proceeded to the Ancestral Master Hall, bowed to the ancestors, and took a solemn oath to never betray the Sect Gate or the Human Race, officially joining Wendao Sect, getting listed in the sect's roster and receiving the Identity Jade of a true disciple of the Wendao Sect Water Vein.
As for the Soul Lamp, disciples could freely choose whether or not to light it. Yu Qingtan chose not to. Although the Soul Lamp could let the sect know whether the disciple had fallen, it was ultimately a form of restraint and control.
Next, True Lord Xinghe took Yu Qingtan to the Water Vein and assigned her a large courtyard protected by a Fourth Stage Formation.
The courtyard's spiritual energy density was on par with that of a Third-order Spirit Vein cave dwelling, featuring many separated small yards. The spiritual energy density in Yu Qingtan's main yard reached the level of a Fourth-order Spirit Vein cave dwelling.
"Qingtan, why don't you give this courtyard a new name?"
After True Lord Xinghe left, Xiang Yiyi suggested.
"Let's call it Tanxian Elegant Courtyard!"
The said courtyard was located mid-mountain in Mount Wendao, with pines and cypresses intertwined, bamboo adding a touch of green, and a babbling brook flowing through. There were several patches of Spiritual Medicine gardens intertwined, and one could see the three-thousand-feet high waterfall of the Water Vein by looking up, but no noise of the falling water could be heard inside the courtyard.
Everyone felt that the name was straightforward, but sounded nice. Yu Qingtan concentrated a Water Blade, wiped away the original name, and then engraved the words "Tanxian Elegant Courtyard."
Yu Qingtan moved in with Xiang Yiyi, Shui Qingrou, Gao Yue, Ni Shuyu, Wen Jin, Xiang Ru, and Yan Xi.
Co-living with so many beauties was something the Qingtan of her past life wouldn't even dare to dream of. She had left Xiao Tao in Skyscraping Ridge, also considering that Xiao Tao was male, especially since it would be inconvenient after his transformation.
After a brief tidy-up by everyone, Yu Qingtan took the women to the Earth Vein to meet her nominal master, True Lady Rou Jia.
True Lady Rou Jia was, of course, delighted, for she had taken on such an outstanding disciple, and now her other disciples were living closer as well.
Later, Yu Qingtan took Yan Xi to visit familiar faces such as Baili Ya, Tan Suqin, and Feng Buji. Initially, Yu Qingtan wanted to request an audience with Venerable Shenfeng, but unfortunately, he was in seclusion.
On the way to Wendao Sect, Yu Qingtan had also consulted True Lord Xinghe about methods to remove the Soul Constraint. True Lord Xinghe said that a Soul Constraint cast by a Nascent Soul Cultivator was generally not something other Nascent Soul Cultivators could undo, and as for whether a Divine Transformation Cultivator could do it, she was not clear either.
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A bit disappointed, Yu Qingtan used her Divine Skills to switch places with Qing Shuang, who was at All-World Academy, bringing her back to Xiangfei Elegant Courtyard for seclusion and cultivation. From now on, this would be her home.
Yu Qingtan also used the Soul Marking Seal to visit Skyscraping Ridge to check on Xiao Tao, then reappeared in the cultivation cave dwelling of "Xu Kexin" of the Extreme Path Demon Sect.
In the intervals of artifact refinement, Yu Qingtan often took out the Third-stage Top-Grade Ancient Treasure from the Blood God Peak she had obtained from the assassin of Misty Rain Tower, the Dark Cone, to study.
Originally, the Blood God Slaughter nearly crushed Yu Qingtan's avatar to death.
Yu Qingtan had been attempting to refine the artifact ever since she obtained it, but she never succeeded. Moreover, Yu Qingtan discovered that the Spirit Stones required to activate the Blood God Peak were none other than Top-Grade Spirit Stones, as there was a fragment of a depleted Top-Grade Spirit Stone within.
Top-Grade Spirit Stones were seldom in possession of even Nascent Soul Cultivators, and Yu Qingtan had yet to acquire any. She didn't know how Dark Cone had managed to obtain them in the first place.
After learning the art of artifact refinement, Yu Qingtan felt even more that this treasure was extraordinary. Even as a Third Stage artifact refiner, she had no clue about its refinement technique and felt it was naturally perfect.
One day, while Yu Qingtan was contemplating this ancient treasure, an idea struck her. She forced out a drop of her essence blood and sprinkled it onto Blood God Peak.
Blood God Peak suddenly emitted a red light that shot towards Yu Qingtan.
Yu Qingtan couldn't dodge in time, and the red light entered her mind.
Fortunately, it wasn't an attack but a transmission of information regarding Blood God Peak and the Blood God Cult.
It turned out that Blood God Peak did require the use of the Blood Refinement method to be refined, and a hundred drops of essence blood were needed for complete refinement.
As a Body Refinement Golden Core Cultivator, Yu Qingtan had just a little over a hundred drops of essence blood in her body. However, having grasped the Wood Path and being very young with vigorous life energy, she had a very strong essence blood regeneration ability.
It would take Yu Qingtan only ten days to refine Blood God Peak. But for other Golden Core Cultivators, it wouldn't be possible without a decade or more, and it would hinder their cultivation. Dark Cone's short lifespan might have been related to using his essence blood to refine this treasure.
The Blood God Cult, too, was an ancient great sect that had once unified the Southeast Region and had significant influence in the Eastern and Southern Regions, with a history predating the Myriad Beasts Sect.
Blood God Peak was a small fragment of Blood God Mountain, the sect-defending Taoist Instrument of the Blood God Cult.
When the Blood God Cult was destroyed, Blood God Mountain shattered into many fragments. The cult leader and the Divine Transformation Cultivators within the cult sacrificed their lives to seal the cult's gates with their divine skills and hurled them into the endless void, hoping that future generations might inherit the Blood God Cult.
The fragments of Blood God Mountain were refined into the keys to enter and leave the Blood God Cult's gates and were periodically scattered throughout the Southeast, Eastern, and Southern Regions through a Dao Technique that combined space and time.
However, not all Cultivators who obtained the fragments of Blood God Mountain could access information regarding the Blood God Cult. The inheritors the Blood God Cult sought were definitely young prodigies; therefore, only Golden Core Cultivators under thirty could trigger the related information.
"So it's a fragment of a Taoist Instrument, no wonder the method of refinement is so exquisite, I can't understand it at all."
Yu Qingtan muttered to herself.
"The Blood God Cult, as the name suggests, is related to the Blood Dao. According to the information, there might also be heritage of the Paths of Time and Space, which would be quite suitable for Fang Ling. Yet since I've acquired Blood God Peak, I must seize this opportunity."
Thinking of Fang Ling, Yu Qingtan glanced at the Devotee list in her system and was astonished to find that Fang Ling and Fu Nian had already achieved Core Formation, and Ge Wenxiong had reached the late phase of the Foundation Establishment through Body Refinement.
Yu Qingtan felt a subtle pressure and immediately began using her essence blood to refine Blood God Peak.
Ten days later.
Blood God Peak was successfully refined by Yu Qingtan. Although her early-stage Golden Core spiritual power couldn't fully unleash its might, the original ten-zhang-tall artifact could now be reduced to three-zhang-tall, and the blood-colored light screen called Blood God Slaughter could be retracted or extended at will.
"It's quite nice to use for smashing people!"
Most importantly, Yu Qingtan could feel a mysterious rune at its core, which was the key to entering and exiting the Blood God Cult's ruins.
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