Chapter 464: Yun Wanshang: Qingyi, you have fallen in love with him!

“Qingyi greets Master!”

Chu Qingyi arrived before the Colorful Cloud Palace, bowed and cupped her hands in greeting.

A moment later, the palace gates opened with a boom.

A noble woman with a beautiful face, graceful features, and wearing a colorful, magnificent palace gown walked out.

“Qingyi, you’re back.”

Yun Wanshang saw Chu Qingyi before her, and a look of relief appeared on her graceful and beautiful face.

Just by looking at her disciple’s vital energy and spirit, she could tell that this trip had brought significant gains.

However, the next moment, her brows furrowed slightly.

From her disciple, Chu Qingyi, she sensed a faint, familiar aura.

This aura was very similar to Lu Changsheng’s magic power and Yin-Yang Qi from back then.

“This…”

Yun Wanshang’s heart sank slightly, and a sense of foreboding emerged.

She knew that the thing she feared most had still happened.

“Master, I have caused you worry these past few days.”

Chu Qingyi said.

“Come in first. When I saw your soul lamp flickering before, I asked True Monarch Xuanjian to divine your situation. He said your fortune and misfortune were intertwined. Now it seems your gains from this trip were considerable.”

Yun Wanshang took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, and said softly.

Chu Qingyi’s heart trembled upon hearing this.

Her gains from this trip were far more than just “considerable”.

Her original half-step Golden Core had dissolved, and she had formed a second-grade Golden Core.

She was only half a step away from ascending to a first-grade Immortal Golden Core!

Moreover, she had obtained a top-tier sword cultivation legacy like the “Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture”.

Thinking of these things, Chu Qingyi’s heart was a tangled mess, and Lu Changsheng’s figure appeared in her mind.

She steadied her mind, walked into the main hall, and said softly, “I used a secret technique and divine ability in the mystic realm before and suffered heavy injuries, which caused my True Core to shatter.”

“But by a fortuitous coincidence, my True Core dissolved, and I re-formed my core, achieving a second-grade Golden Core.”

Chu Qingyi said this.

She had been raised by her Master, Yun Wanshang, since childhood and would not deceive her.

Furthermore, forming a high-grade Golden Core was something that, even if her Master didn’t notice now, she would realize was unusual later.

“Formed a second-grade Golden Core!?”

Yun Wanshang looked surprised.

One must know that whether it was a shattered True Core, a dissolved True Core, or forming a second-grade Golden Core, they were all astonishing feats.

And these things had all happened to her disciple at once.

Especially since her disciple was only a half-step Golden Core, dissolving her core was basically impossible.

Dissolving her core while severely injured was no exaggeration to call it a near-certain death situation.

But her disciple not only successfully dissolved her core but also advanced further, forming a second-grade Golden Core!

“No wonder True Monarch Xuanjian said that great fortune would follow great danger.”

Yun Wanshang let out a long breath, feeling emotional.

Although this was a great joyous occasion worth celebrating.

The familiar aura on her disciple, however, made her unable to feel entirely happy.

Because the more serious the matter, the stronger her sense of foreboding became.

“I heard that you were saved by a Golden Core Sword Cultivator at that time?”

Yun Wanshang’s beautiful eyes were clear, sometimes gentle as water, sometimes sharp as a sword, as if they could see through people’s hearts.

Although this disciple had extraordinary talent and a clear sword heart, she never hid anything from her.

Therefore, she could clearly see that beneath Chu Qingyi’s calm exterior, her heart was heavy with worry.

“Yes.”

Chu Qingyi nodded and said, “It was this person who saved me, allowing me to form a second-grade Golden Core.”

Although Lu Changsheng had said that she could tell her Master about their matter.

But she felt that such a matter was still too astonishing and chose to keep it a secret for him.

“Alas.”

Yun Wanshang sighed in her heart and shook her head slightly.

Her disciple had grown up and was starting to hide things from her Master.

She picked up the teapot nearby and poured a cup.

Then, with a flick of her finger, the teacup landed steadily in front of Chu Qingyi. She poured herself a cup as well and said softly, “Yier, your heart is troubled.”

“It is naturally a good thing that you have such a great opportunity and fortune, and I am very pleased. But you are clearly burdened with worries now, troubled by something.”

Yun Wanshang looked at her disciple and said calmly.

Although she had a rough guess about what had happened between the two.

But she still wanted to ask clearly and see if there was a way to salvage and resolve it.

“Master…”

Chu Qingyi’s heart was exposed, her delicate body trembled, and she bit her red lip lightly, truly not knowing how to recount her experience.

Seeing her disciple’s appearance, a surge of anger immediately rose in Yun Wanshang’s heart.

One must know that Chu Qingyi was born with a sword heart.

Since she began cultivating, her dedication to the path of the sword far surpassed the pursuit of external things, and she was never troubled by external matters or emotions.

It was precisely because of this that Chu Qingyi’s cultivation journey was smooth and unimpeded, and she broke through to the Golden Core stage at a young age.

But now, this disciple of hers was clearly troubled by external matters, and her sword heart was clouded.

Thinking that her disciple Xiaoxiyue had already been harmed by Lu Changsheng, her Dao heart no longer pure.

Now, the disciple she had raised single-handedly had also been harmed by this person, her sword heart clouded. Yun Wanshang was furious in her heart, wishing she could just cleave this person with a sword.

“Is this sword cultivator Lu Changsheng!?”

Yun Wanshang’s expression was majestic and noble, and she asked coldly.

“Master, how did you know?”

Chu Qingyi was stunned upon hearing this, feeling a little surprised and suspicious.

She hadn’t expected her Master to actually know that this sword cultivator was Lu Changsheng.

What was going on?

Could it be that Master already knew about his situation, which was why Lu Changsheng said she could tell her Master about their matter?

“It really is him!”

Yun Wanshang’s expression was stern.

Even though she had guessed it earlier, receiving confirmation now still surprised her immensely.

After all, more than fifty years ago, this little rogue was only at the fourth level of Qi Refinement.

Now, after more than fifty years, he had already broken through to the Golden Core stage!

This growth rate was simply astonishing!

Let alone that he was just a rogue cultivator or a clan cultivator.

Even looking at the Qingyun Sect, or even the entire cultivation world of Jiang State, it was incredibly astonishing, breaking the thousand-year record of Jiang State!

“Has that rogue returned yet!?”

Yun Wanshang asked coldly, wishing she could go to Bihu Mountain right now, give Lu Changsheng two sword strikes, and vent her anger fiercely.

These past few months, she had been worried about her disciple Chu Qingyi and the situation with that person.

Now her disciple was back.

But the situation she was most worried about had also occurred!

“He should be back by now, right?”

Chu Qingyi said with some uncertainty.

But seeing that her Master’s expression was a little off, she immediately said, “Master, this matter was also thanks to Lu Changsheng. Otherwise, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to see Master again.”

Hearing her disciple still speaking up for this person made Yun Wanshang even more annoyed, and she almost crushed the teacup in her hand into powder.

However, she was not an unreasonable person. Suppressing the anger in her heart, she asked, “Tell me about the specific situation between you two.”

“Yes, Master…”

Chu Qingyi pursed her lips and began to recount her experience in the mystic realm, how she was saved by Lu Changsheng, entered the Tianyuan Treasure Imperial Lotus, and met True Monarch Tianyuan.

“Bang–”

When Yun Wanshang heard about the “Sun Moon Reincarnation Art” for healing, the teacup in her hand shattered with a ‘bang’, crushed into powder.

An aura of vast and profound magic power, heavy as a mountain, permeated and swept through the entire hall, making the air seem to solidify.

“Master, this matter is not Lu Daoyou’s fault…”

Chu Qingyi saw this scene and naturally knew that her Master was very angry, so she quickly spoke up to explain for Lu Changsheng.

“I naturally know!”

Yun Wanshang looked at her disciple’s appearance, her expression cold and her heart troubled.

At this moment, she simply didn’t know what to say.

Just moments ago, she still held a little hope, hoping that the entanglement between the two was not deep.

As a result, they knew each other thoroughly and knew each other’s depths!

However, upon hearing about this process, although she was annoyed and angry in her heart, she also felt a bit of relief.

She was relieved that she had called Lu Changsheng to go to the Tianyuan Mystic Realm, which allowed Chu Qingyi to obtain such a great opportunity.

Otherwise, with such an unexpected situation occurring in the Tianyuan Mystic Realm, even if Chu Qingyi had survived, her Golden Core would likely have been shattered, and her path to the Great Dao in this life would be hopeless.

But thinking that this rogue had not only harmed her disciple Xiaoxiyue but also her disciple Chu Qingyi, she was incredibly annoyed and wanted to go beat him up to vent her anger.

Calculating it, all three of them had been… by this rogue.

Hmm, no, that’s not right. She was in control the entire time, how could she have been harmed by this little rogue!

“Then Lu Daoyou used the ‘Sun Moon Reincarnation Art’ and a secret technique to heal my injuries, and also used the remaining Nascent Soul origin of True Monarch Tianyuan and all the precious medicines to repair my physical body and meridians and form my Golden Core…”

Chu Qingyi saw that her Master had calmed down before finishing recounting the entire process.

As for the trip to Daydream Immortal City at the end, she didn’t mention it.

She only said that after breaking through to the Golden Core stage and stabilizing her realm, she hurried back.

“This little rogue truly has monstrous luck! Such a major change occurred in the Tianyuan Mystic Realm, where even a Nascent Soul True Monarch almost perished, yet the greatest opportunity fell into his hands!”

Yun Wanshang took a deep breath, calmed the emotions in her heart, and her expression was solemn.

When the Tianyuan Mystic Realm was decided to be opened back then, it had already been emptied, leaving only the Legacy Stele.

The reason this Legacy Stele wasn’t moved was partly because it supported the mystic realm.

On the other hand, they also thought of studying it after the legacy inside was depleted.

They never expected that beneath the Legacy Stele, the physical body of True Monarch Tianyuan was suppressed, along with his Tianyuan Treasure Imperial Lotus!

One must know that the reason True Monarch Tianyuan was able to dominate the Southern Wasteland back then was largely related to this Tianyuan Treasure Imperial Lotus, which could be called a top-tier treasure!

What’s more, there was also the legacy of True Monarch Tianyuan inside!

However, upon hearing that Lu Changsheng requested True Monarch Tianyuan to save Chu Qingyi, and even at the cost of his own life origin, used all of True Monarch Tianyuan’s Nascent Soul origin to heal Chu Qingyi and help her form her Golden Core, Yun Wanshang sighed in her heart.

She also understood why her disciple was like this.

After all, no matter what, Chu Qingyi was a person, not a sword, and had seven emotions and six desires!

After experiencing such a thing, how could she not feel any stirrings, still as free from attachments and unstained by dust as before?

Moreover, she had raised Chu Qingyi single-handedly and knew that her disciple must still be hiding some things.

She didn’t even need to think to know that this rogue must have used sweet words to deceive her disciple!

Thinking of this, a surge of anger boiled up in Yun Wanshang’s heart.

He deceived her back then, then deceived her disciple Xiaoxiyue, and now he was deceiving her disciple Chu Qingyi!

Did he really think her lineage was easy to bully!?

“Yier, have you developed feelings for him?”

Yun Wanshang took a deep breath and asked.

To be honest, she also didn’t know how to resolve this situation now.

After all, she could still give guidance in cultivation.

But in terms of emotions, what guidance could she give? She herself was still trapped.

So she thought that if there was just a little sign of it, she should quickly nip it in the bud.

Otherwise, all three of them, Master and disciples…

Thinking of this, Yun Wanshang became furious and thought to herself, why didn’t she just cleave this little rogue with a sword back then?

“Master, I don’t know.”

Chu Qingyi shook her head and said.

She had thought about this question many times on her way back, but she didn’t have an answer.

“Your heart is troubled. When you calm down, you will naturally have the answer.”

Yun Wanshang said, “If you can’t calm down now, then take a trip to Jin State.”

“I heard that the Grand Elder of the Yinming Ghost Sect is preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. Go there to learn about this matter, and while you’re at it, see if the Heavenly Corpse Sect has any movements or situations besides the Five Poisons Cult. Also, use this opportunity to temper your sword heart.”

“When your heart is like still water, free from distractions, you will have the answer.”

Yun Wanshang sighed softly.

Based on her understanding of Lu Changsheng, he would definitely come to pester Chu Qingyi again.

But given their current situation, she didn’t know how to intervene or what to say, even if she wanted to.

Besides, they were both Core Formation cultivators, not children.

If they truly had feelings for each other, she, as their master, couldn’t break them apart.

So she thought about finding something for her disciple to do.

On one hand, it would prevent her from meeting Lu Changsheng.

On the other hand, having something to do and keeping busy would prevent her from being troubled by feelings of love.

If the feelings were just a budding sprout, this could also help to fade and forget them.

“Yes, Master.”

Chu Qingyi pursed her red lips slightly upon hearing this and nodded in response.

But after speaking, she said, “Master, can you help him conceal his affairs?”

“Moreover, I owe him a favor. If he encounters trouble on this trip to Jin, I ask that you help him a little for your disciple’s sake.”

She knew that Lu Changsheng’s situation was too shocking.

Once it spread, it would likely be like the Tianyuan Secret Realm, attracting many people to covet his opportunities and secrets.

Even if Lu Changsheng was fearless, he still had his family.

“Besides being handsome, what else is so good about this person that you speak up for him like this?”

Yun Wanshang was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

Her foolish disciple had her Sword Heart clouded by someone playing with her feelings, and now she was preparing to go out. She didn’t care about her master, didn’t ask about the sect or the secret realm, but was concerned about this little thief.

And with this person’s thick skin, if he really encountered trouble, he would probably rush to Qingyun Sect in the first instance.

“…”

Chu Qingyi was startled, and a strange look appeared in her heart.

She felt that her master seemed to have a great opinion of Lu Changsheng.

Her master had even bestowed the ‘Sun Moon Reincarnation Art’ upon him and her junior sister, and had agreed to their relationship. Shouldn’t she think highly of him?

However, thinking of his relationship with her junior sister, she sighed in her heart again and said in a low voice, “He saved my life after all. How can I forget such a great kindness and be ungrateful?”

“If he causes trouble because of me, I will also feel uneasy in my heart.”

Chu Qingyi said so.

“Alright, I understand. You don’t need to worry about this. I will handle it as your master.”

Yun Wanshang said so, feeling incredibly annoyed in her heart.

She was annoyed whenever she heard about Lu Changsheng now.

Especially with this matter happening, how would she explain it if Xi Yue found out?

“Thank you, Master.”

Chu Qingyi also saw that her master was currently agitated, so she stepped forward to massage her shoulders and spoke in a low voice.

“Okay, go and see Sect Master Brother later. You don’t need to explain too much about the Tianyuan Secret Realm and the matter of the high-grade Golden Core, just say that you obtained an opportunity.”

Yun Wanshang’s expression softened a bit as she said to her disciple, “As for Lu Changsheng, just say that he is a friend you met while traveling outside that year, and you don’t need to explain too much.”

As Core Formation True Persons of Qingyun Sect, they naturally didn’t need to explain every detail when they obtained opportunities outside.

Although revealing a high-grade Golden Core could secure more resource倾斜.

But this kind of news is not urgent to release immediately.

Otherwise, it’s easy to cause unnecessary trouble, such as being noticed by cultivators from enemy countries.

“Okay.”

After the master and disciple chatted for a while, Yun Wanshang let Chu Qingyi go to rest.

She stood alone in the empty hall for a long time, sighed deeply, and sent a voice transmission to Xiao Xiyue, “Xiyue, come and see me.”

“Finally back.”

Lu Changsheng wore a dark profound robe, with an invisible luster flowing around him, looking at the familiar Bihu Mountain below, a faint smile on his face.

He didn’t return home openly.

Instead, he entered Bihu Mountain silently.

After all, Chu Qingyi would be returning around this time too.

If he returned around the same time as her, it might attract the attention of others.

It was better to go home first and see the situation.

“Hmm!? Is this, my husband has returned!”

On Biyun Peak, in the Lu family mansion, Ling Zixiao felt something.

A moment later, she heard Lu Changsheng’s voice transmission.

“Cave Heaven Spiritual Vein… Has it finally advanced to the third rank!?”

As soon as Lu Changsheng entered the Sumeru Cave Heaven, he felt a pure and rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

He saw that the world, which was originally only one or two li wide, had expanded to about five li in area.

“Changsheng, you’re back.”

In the Hall of Longevity, Lu Miaoge, dressed in a simple white dress with a watery temperament, walked out and looked at Lu Changsheng with a joyful expression.

Even though they knew Lu Changsheng was safe, they were still a little worried seeing him not return for so long.

“Miaoge Sis, I made you worry.”

Lu Changsheng immediately stepped forward and hugged his wife, holding her in his arms, sniffing the fragrance of her body, and said softly.

“Big Brother!”

At the same time, Bai Ling and Bing’er, with their pregnant bellies, also came out of the Hall of Longevity, shouting with joy and hugging Lu Changsheng.

“Ling’er, Bing’er.”

Lu Changsheng hugged the two women again.

It had been almost a year since Bai Ling became pregnant.

But from the looks of it, there was no sign of giving birth at all.

Lu Changsheng didn’t pay too much attention to this.

After all, the longer the pregnancy, the better the child’s talent.

The two of them had taken the ‘Yin Yang Fusion Elixir’, so it would be a problem if this child wasn’t conceived for two or three years.

Before long, Ling Zixiao, Lu Miaoyun, and Qu Zhenzhen also arrived at the Sumeru Cave Heaven, all looking at Lu Changsheng with joyful expressions.

“Husband, why didn’t you bring a sister back this time?”

Ling Zixiao looked at Lu Changsheng, looked around, and said with some surprise.

“?”

Lu Changsheng immediately held his wife’s slender hand and said with a serious expression, “What kind of person do you take your husband for? I was just delayed by something, so I’m only back now.”

“Is that so? I heard from Daoist Xiao that a Core Formation Sword Cultivator appeared in the Tianyuan Secret Realm and saved the severely injured and dying Fairy Qingyi.”

Ling Zixiao, dressed in a lake-blue palace dress with her black hair styled into a cloud bun, said with a smile that wasn’t a smile, “I thought my husband had been working hard to heal True Person Qingyi during this time.”

“Hehe.”

Lu Miaoyun and Qu Zhenzhen immediately covered their mouths and laughed upon hearing this.

Lu Miaohuan, on the other hand, looked at her husband with a look of disgust. Every time he went out, he would flirt with others.

“Cough cough…”

Lu Changsheng didn’t argue upon hearing this, and coughed lightly twice, saying, “This True Person Qingyi is Senior Sister Xi Yue after all. How could I just stand by and watch her die?”

After speaking, he immediately changed the subject and said, “Zixiao, has anything happened at home during this time?”

“Not long after the Tianyuan Secret Realm ended, there were rumors that my husband had died in the secret realm… Wangshu and Ping’an went to Jinlong Ridge to establish their authority and deter all sides.”

“And the Sima family also took the opportunity to probe and provoke. Wangshu and Lingxiao went to Yanyu City to take charge and suppressed an elder of the Sima family.”

“Although the caravan encountered some trouble, by slowing down the progress and relying on the family’s puppets, the current situation is still stable.”

“It’s just that the Hemingshan compensated by the Sima family, the family is currently unable to take over the management, and other forces do not dare to manage and operate it, so it can only be left aside for now.”

The few of them came to a small pavilion nearby and sat down. Lu Miaoyun spoke, telling Lu Changsheng about the family’s affairs during this time.

“Not bad, Wangshu and the others have grown up.”

Lu Changsheng listened to the things the family had encountered during this time, and they were all resolved in an orderly manner by his children, feeling very relieved.

Especially his daughter, who was usually playful and lazy, had been the most diligent and active during this time. Lu Changsheng, as an old father, was very relieved.

In his memory, this daughter was still the little girl who used to act coquettish and cute with him all day long.

Unconsciously, she was already able to stand on her own.

“Two months ago, Yunlou returned and has already broken through to Foundation Establishment. Xingyue failed to establish her foundation, but fortunately, she took the Foundation Establishment Pill and did not damage her foundation.”

“Xuanji also attempted Foundation Establishment a month ago and failed. It may take two or three years to recover.”

Lu Miaoyun continued.

“Hmm.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly. He knew about his son Lu Yunlou establishing his foundation.

He just didn’t know that his daughter Lu Xingyue had failed to establish her foundation.

But this was also normal.

Lu Xingyue was only a sixth-grade spiritual root. She was already struggling to cultivate the ‘Medicine King Treasure Cauldron Sutra’ back then, and her temperament was only average.

Hong Xuanji was the same. Although his temperament and ability were not bad, he was a seventh-grade spiritual root after all.

On the other hand, his son Lu Yunlou, with a sixth-grade spiritual root, broke through to Foundation Establishment in one go, indicating that he was quite good in all aspects.

“As for Xingyue, let her rest well and come back when the time is right.”

Lu Changsheng said after a slight thought.

This daughter had quite a talent in the way of spiritual plants, and had already advanced to the second rank. Moreover, she was the daughter of Xia Zhiyue, so Lu Changsheng was still willing to help her more and give her another chance.

“Okay.”

Lu Miaoyun nodded in agreement.

They also favored giving Lu Xingyue another chance.

“Now that the Sumeru Spiritual Vein has advanced to the third rank, Yun’er, organize the family situation later.”

Lu Changsheng continued, asking Lu Miaoyun to make arrangements for the concubines in the family who were at the ninth level of Qi Refining to establish their foundation.

At this stage, it was a bit troublesome to directly take concubines and establish their foundation.

Moreover, most of them came for profit and couldn’t be trusted in a short time, so they needed to be slightly guarded against.

It was better to cultivate the concubines in the family who were completely loyal and had the talent for Foundation Establishment to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Now that the spiritual vein of the Sumeru Cave Heaven had advanced to the third rank, even if there were more Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family, it could still supply them, and there was no need to worry about insufficient spiritual energy.

“Okay, husband.”

Lu Miaoyun had already known that her husband had arrangements in this regard.

It was just that the family’s spiritual vein could not support so many Foundation Establishment cultivators, so it had been delayed.

Lu Changsheng chatted with his wives and concubines for a while, knowing that there were no urgent or major matters at home, so he led the women into the Hall of Longevity.

“Dog man, damn dog man!”

In the Boundless Realm, after Nangong Mianli saw the situation outside through the ‘Divine Sense Gu’, she couldn’t help but curse out loud.

She simply couldn’t understand how this dog man had broken through to Core Formation.

She had been suppressed in the Boundless Realm before, checking the situation outside, and saw Lu Changsheng and Chu Qingyi cultivating together.

Then Chu Qingyi left, and this person kept tormenting her.

Now that she was checking the situation outside, he was doing this kind of thing again.

“Are you a beast!?”

Nangong Mianli really wanted to ask this.

At this moment, she seemed to know how Lu Changsheng’s family had so many children.

If he did it every day, how could there be few children?

“This dog man, he wouldn’t still have this kind of idea about me, would he…”

Nangong Mianli suddenly felt a little scared and shivered.

Although with her cultivation level, she could completely refine it or force it out.

But who knew if this man had any tricks up his sleeve.