Ascended Without Me: Cultivating with a Genius Son | Chapter 70 | The Cloud Transformation Expedition | Novela.app

Li Xue took a jade bottle from her storage bracelet and tossed it to Yun Mingxuan. "Xiao Xuan, this is a Spirit-Restoring Pill." Yun Mingxuan caught it happily and grinned. "I knew there’d be one for me. Thanks!" He opened the bottle to check the contents, then looked up. "Sister Li, could I have one more?" Yu Ming asked, "What do you need an extra one for?" Yun Mingxuan gave a wry smile. "I just want to settle that debt of gratitude sooner so I don't have to deal with the awkwardness." Everyone immediately understood that Yun Mingxuan wanted to repay Yiyi for the pill she had given him years ago and sever that connection. Yu Ming frowned and said, "I originally intended to use a Spirit-Restoring Pill to settle my own debt with her. Since you want to do the same, I’ll use a thousand-year-old spirit herb instead. Here, take my pill. Refining these Spirit-Restoring Pills used up all the materials we collected; they weren't easy to make." Li Lin thought for a moment and added, "I wonder if Uncle Ji has finished his seclusion. We should notify him so he can settle his debt at the same time. Wouldn't that be better?" Li Xue watched them, dumbfounded. Who said only women were petty? Look at these men—they were being so cautious that they were practically building a fortress against one woman. Seeing Li Xue’s expression, Yu Ming said indifferently, "If she weren't a woman and the Sect Leader’s wife, her attempt to scheme against us would have earned her nothing but death." Li Lin and Yun Mingxuan both nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Li Xue’s lip twitched slightly. This group of black-bellied overlords... it seemed anyone who provoked them was in for a miserable time. However, she agreed with them. If not for their past friendship, she wouldn't have let Yiyi off easily for targeting her son. After all, it wasn't the thief you feared, but the thief who kept watching you. Likely wanting to stop wasting time on such matters, Yun Mingxuan changed the subject. "The mist at Yunbian Mountain will disperse in two months. Should we go join the excitement?" The other three felt a stir of interest. The raw stones in the Dream Realm were becoming increasingly scarce; it was indeed time to head out. "Raw stones" referred to naturally formed spirit stones. The spirit stones currently used by cultivators were all processed; using raw stones was inconvenient for trade because they varied in size and weight. If they were lucky enough to find raw stones of all five elements, it would be even better. Although the spiritual energy in the small world could regenerate slowly, the speed was far too sluggish, necessitating large quantities of raw stones for replenishment. Thus, those claims that such spaces were omnipotent were all lies. There was no such thing as a free lunch; if one didn't want to wait tens of millions of years, one had to supplement the energy. Ten days later, Ji Rufeng arrived at the Yunjin Sect. The Purple Warbler he brought with him had grown three tails and reached the third rank, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage. It could now grow large enough to carry a rider. Li Xue and Li Lin looked on with envy; their own Purple Warblers were still only at the second rank. They immediately resolved to refine several batches of pills for their spirit beasts to give them a good boost. When Ji Rufeng heard what Yiyi had done, his expression turned very ugly. He had watched Li Lin grow up and treated him like a nephew; he was extremely displeased. Originally, he had intended to gift her a mid-grade spirit beast egg—a Green Warbler egg—but now he had no desire to give it to her. He simply grabbed a Yellow Warbler egg to send over instead. The beast-taming techniques of the Bai family from East Beast Mountain were exceptional. Of course, high-grade spirit beasts like the Purple Warbler were not successfully bred every time. The Green Warbler was a mid-grade spirit beast that resulted from a mutation during the process of breeding Purple Warblers, and it was also very rare. The Yellow Warbler, however, was a low-grade mutation from the same process and could not be compared to the Green Warbler. Yet, even if it was low-grade, there were plenty of people who desired one. For Ji Rufeng to send a Yellow Warbler egg as a gift was still considered acceptable. Yun Mingxuan went to Fengming Residence, but since Yiyi was in seclusion, he handed the three gifts to Yun Wenhao. Yun Wenhao sighed inwardly; this incident had completely offended this group of people. He could only express his helplessness regarding the situation. The trip to Yunbian Mountain in two months was what Li Xue and the others needed to focus their preparations on. To this end, Li Xue made a special trip to the market to exchange for a large number of talismans. Among them, she, Li Lin, and Yu Ming were skilled in alchemy, while Ji Rufeng was an expert in beast taming. Yun Mingxuan hadn't learned any technical skills, but he was excellent at socializing; all matters involving dealing with outsiders were left to him. The opening of Yunbian Mountain was undoubtedly a grand event for the cultivation world of the Mangyun Mountains, especially since no secret realms had opened in recent years. Consequently, the five of them took it quite seriously. Li Lin was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment; Li Xue, Ji Rufeng, and Yu Ming were at the middle stage; and Yun Mingxuan was at the early stage. The five of them formed a Plum Blossom Formation, with Yun Mingxuan and Li Lin leading the way, Ji Rufeng and Li Xue on the flanks, and Yu Ming bringing up the rear. A month and a half later, the five of them set off early for Yunbian Mountain.