Chapter 354 - Old Loli At The Immortal Family Meeting

In the blink of an eye, autumn had passed, and winter had arrived.

In the early morning, fine white snow slowly fell from the sky, spreading a thin layer of new clothes on the white jade palace on the top of the mountain.

A yin-yang fish that stretched across a radius of hundreds of miles covered the mountaintop palace of the Bright Star Sect. Thousands of disciples dressed in black and white robes stood on both sides of the mountain gate.

The lavender sedan chair with a crescent moon hanging on it slowly flew past the mountain gate, led by more than ten high-level disciples of the Black Star Sect.

The Bright Star Sect disciples on both sides immediately bowed and cupped their hands. "Welcome, Red Moon Immortal Matriarch to the White Jade Capital!!"

Inside the sedan, Si Xuanji, who was wearing a star-patterned robe, opened the curtains a little and glanced at the main peak of the Bright Star Sect, which was known as "White Jade Capital", smiling. "This main palace hall of the Bright Star Sect, made of black jade and white bricks, is really beautiful. Every time I come here and see it, I want to take it back home."

Sitting in front of her, Mr. Qi, who was wearing a purple robe, stroked his beard and jokingly replied, "Hehe... Then, you should discuss it with the Patriarch later and ask him to give it to you?"

Si Xuanji pouted and waved her hands in annoyance. "If I say this, that old man, Zu Yuan, will surely be sarcastic again, saying that I am disrespectful to my elders and don't do my job well. Mr. Qi, please judge for yourself. I look like a little girl in her teens, how can I be considered old?"

Mr. Qi was embarrassed when he heard this. Topics about Si Xuanji's appearance and age were basically like handling a bomb.

To treat her as young and inexperienced was disrespectful to her as an elder.

Saying that she was old would be rude to her.

Either way, it would make her unhappy, and then he would be sent to the frontier to breed Water Dragons.

After pondering for a while, Mr. Qi suddenly remembered a matter that might be of interest to Si Xuanji and changed the subject. "By the way, Matriarch, I heard from Wang Shouren that Young Master Ye of the Hundred Lotus Sect seems to have reached the Incipient Core Formation stage and has begun to prepare for completing the Core Formation."

If she started to talk about Ye Anping, then she wouldn't be bored.

Si Xuanji raised an eyebrow, pretending to be surprised. "Oh? Four years ago, when you, Mr. Qi, recommended him to me as Yunluo's companion, he had just completed his Qi Refining training. How come he is about to form his core now? So fast?"

"Hehe..." Mr. Qi smiled and stroked his beard with a look of satisfaction. "Back then, I saw that he had trained as an ascetic cultivator, and at such a young age, he even taught Pei Lianxue. I was sure he would have great achievements in the future, but he continues to impress me. With his double-spiritual roots qualification, he has passed the Foundation Building stage in just four years..."

Si Xuanji was in a good mood after hearing Mr. Qi praise Ye Anping. She nodded deeply and said, "To be praised so much by Mr. Qi, I think that the Young Master would be overwhelmed."

"He really is good. At least in my impression, few double spiritual root cultivators can cultivate as fast as a heavenly spiritual root."

Mr. Qi stroked his beard and continued, "And Pei Lianxue, who grew up with him, was already able to enter the Core Formation stage so soon after she joined the Black Star Sect. Our sect has gained two outstanding members."

Si Xuanji was inwardly delighted, but she showed an annoyed expression as she replied, "...Unfortunately, Yunluo and Master Taixu's disciple are not as good as these two in terms of skills. Looks like their natural spiritual roots are no match for cultivators with double and triple spiritual roots."

Mr. Qi hurried to smooth things over for Feng Yu Die and Xiao Yunluo. "Young Miss Xiao and Feng Yu Die are both peerless talents in the four regions. Although they were no match for Young Master Ye and Miss Pei during the Foundation Building stage, it is hard to say what will be the situation after the Core Formation stage..."

"..."

These words made Si Xuanji a bit unhappy. She couldn't stand to hear someone say that her "Reverse Star Baby" was inferior.

However, she had to admit that Mr. Qi's words were not wrong.

The so-called Core Formation meant bombarding one's own meridians with thunder tribulation, gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and condensing it into a golden core inside the body.

In other words, the core could not be formed by magic tools or external forces, but could only rely on the physical abilities and spiritual energy that were forged during the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages to resist the thunder tribulation.

The spiritual root aptitude determined Ye Anping's upper limit.

Even though he underwent the ascetic training, he would still be in danger of death if he had to withstand the seventy-two Heavenly Dao thunder tribulations of the Core Formation.

What Si Xuanji valued was Ye Anping's sharp mind and the destiny of that Reverse Star, not his cultivation and qualifications. Therefore, she didn't mind if Ye An Ping formed a second or third-grade golden core.

Surviving the thunder tribulation of the Core Formation stage, this was what Ye Anping had to do.

Based on her understanding of Ye Anping, he would certainly choose to play it safe and face the weaker second or third-grade golden core thunder tribulation.

Mr. Qi saw that Si Xuanji was silent for a long time, and said, "By the way, you haven't met the Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect, right? How about I bring him here to meet you after he completes the Core Formation? You should like him."

"Huh?" Si Xuanji came back to her senses and smiled, waving her hand. "Don't bother, I'm not interested in chatting with a child. When he reaches the Nascent Soul stage, you can bring him over."

"Matriarch, Master Ye may not be very old, but he is mature, and I heard that he is also very good at chess. Don't you like playing chess?"

"I like to play, but it's boring."

Si Xuanji shrugged, and a trace of loneliness flashed in her yin-yang eyes as she turned to look out the window. "Who in these four regions can beat me? And who would dare to? Mr. Qi, haven't you played chess with me for decades?"

Mr. Qi smiled. "Matriarch, I have always wanted to win over you, but unfortunately I am always just one step short."

Si Xuanji sneered and grumbled. "Mr. Qi, it's so boring to chat with you. By the way, you haven't told me yet. The old man of the Bright Star Sect keeps saying that I'm old. Do you think I look old?"

"..."

Sun Juehu nodded slightly upon hearing this and squinted her eyes, smiling at Si Xuanji. "I'm with Sister Red Moon. I will do whatever she does."

Si Xuanji turned to look at Sun Juehu's ostentatious smile, narrowed her eyes slightly, and forced a smile. "Sister Sun, you trust me so much. I am a little flattered."

"Sister Red Moon, you are joking. I grew up listening to stories of you. You swallowed the moon and destroyed my Cold Country. I have never forgotten this feat."

Si Xuanji smiled. "Sister Sun, no need to thank me. Didn't the spiritual moon I spat out help you break through and enter the Void Returning stage?"

"How can that be? I will definitely repay this great favor! I will pay you back in the future."

Seeing the two old ladies stab each other "enthusiastically", Zu Yuan's face turned pale. He was really worried that the two would fight right here, in his Bright Star Sect.

If these two old women were to fight here, he would probably have to redraw the map.

Today, he activated the Bright Star Sect Great Formation, mainly to prevent the two from escalating the situation.

"Ahem..." Zu Yuan coughed twice. "However, although the Nine Dragon Heavenly Seal is a sacred object, it is still unknown if it fell into the hands of the Demon King. I don't think that Demon Fox is qualified to be recognized by the Yellow Dragon. Maybe the Heavenly Seal is still buried somewhere in the Central Region..."

Si Xuanji turned around with a smile. "Old Zu, why don't you go to the Central Region to look for it yourself? Maybe the Yellow Dragon will give you the Heavenly Seal?"

"Why didn't you go find it yourself? If you get the Heavenly Seal, then the Central Region will be yours, right?!"

"I don't have such big ambitions. The beautiful scenery of the Western Region is good enough for me to eat melon seeds, appreciate flowers, and play chess."

Sun Juehu said, "Then, why did you swallow the moon back then? And then you spat out a new moon for yourself?"

Si Xuanji turned around and smiled. "The original moon was too ugly, full of potholes. Wouldn't it be nice if I made a nice new moon?"

Zu Yuan said, "Ahem!! The affairs of the Central Region still need to be discussed in the long run..."

Si Xuanji turned to look at him again. "Well, do you have any melon seeds? Ask your disciples to send some over. I'll listen to you while I'm eating."

...

The tense conversation lasted from early morning to nightfall.

The ***Bright Star ***Sect leader, Zu Yuan wanted to persuade the other three to gather their disciples to besiege the Demon Clan from three sides, but no one was willing.

The Empress of the Cold Country, Sun Juehu, was arguing with Si Xuanji the whole time, while the leader of the Awareness Sect said almost nothing, dozing with his hands folded and his eyes closed.

Mr. Qi, who came with Si Xuanji, seemed to have expected this to happen, so he brought some homework from the Black Star Academy's disciples and started to correct it with pen and ink.

Si Xuanji was bored, eating melon seeds while listening to the people's conversations. She wondered what would have happened if she had brought Ye Anping here.

Would his Reverse Star propel the destinies of everyone present toward some strange places?

"Huh..."

With the background noise in her ears, Si Xuanji looked out the window on the ceiling of the main hall, searching for the star emitting black light in the night sky.

Unexpectedly, she saw a streak of light that struck Ye Anping's Reverse Star, and her eyes widened slightly.

---This was the sign of the Reverse Star meridians breaking, suggesting that Ye Anping had taken the initiative to step into a deadly tribulation.

"..."

Si Xuanji immediately understood that Ye Anping did not choose to go through the second-grade or third-grade Core Formation thunder tribulation as she had thought, but chose the Heavenly thunder tribulation.

"Idiot!!"

With a frown, she slapped the table hard and stood up from the chair.

Zu Yuan, who was in the middle of speaking, paused, turned to look at her, and asked, "Immortal Red Moon... what did you say?"

Si Xuanji glared at him before standing up and turning to look at Mr. Qi who was correcting homework. "Mr. Qi, sorry to trouble you."

?

Mr. Qi turned around with a confused look on his face when he heard this, only to see his sect leader's figure instantly transform into starlight and disperse, vanishing away.

"..."

With an embarrassed expression, he looked at the three remaining Void Returning cultivators, reluctantly put away the ink pen and homework in his hand, and sat down in Si Xuanji's seat, cupping his hands. "The three Immortals, I will continue to discuss the affairs of the Central Region on behalf of the Sect Matriarch. Do you have any objections?"

Sun Juehu smiled. "Mr. Qi, you don't have to be so polite. Sister Red Moon was here before, so I didn't have a chance to greet you. I wonder if you are doing well in the Black Star Sect these days?"

"Hehe... Thank you for your concern, Empress. The Black Star Sect has always been good, and is very convenient to me."