Chapter 434: Chapter 304: All Because of the Primordial Elixir
Ye Lingyue encountered a cultivation bottleneck, which in the past, she would have been calm and patient, consolidating her cultivation before attempting a breakthrough after a year or so.
However, times have changed. The plague and chaos off the Xixia Plain is fierce, and with Luo Song and Hong Mingyue, these two plague gods, trailing along, if she doesn’t breakthrough quickly and ensure she can find a way to protect her life, this time her venture into the Xixia Plain might be a one-way trip.
Ye Lingyue began martial arts training at thirteen, and in just two years, she charged headfirst into the Elixir Realm.
This, no doubt, included a component of diligent cultivation, but a larger part was because Ye Lingyue had assistance from the two powerful artifacts: Hong Meng Heaven and the Qian Cauldron.
After breaking through to the Seventh Rank, her cultivation began to stagnate.
After Ye Lingyue congealed a Chaos Primordial Elixir, which she wasn’t sure was a Great Primordial Pill or a Small Yuan Elixir, she felt that her cultivation began to mark time.
These past few nights, whether inside the Hong Meng Heaven, or just before dawn, after Ye Lingyue absorbed the Gang and Evil Qi of heaven and earth, that black and gold colored Primordial Elixir inside her had not changed at all.
It was as if it had just congealed to that size, only the size of a cat’s eye.
This made Ye Lingyue a bit anxious.
She had asked several people, including the Reincarnation Realm adoptive father, her mother, and Nie Fengxing; they all tactfully told Ye Lingyue that in the path of cultivation, one must not be too hasty for success.
Especially her mother, Ye Huangyu, who also broke through from the Elixir Realm to the Reincarnation Second Realm abruptly, but after the breakthrough, Ye Huangyu felt her foundation was unstable. When exchanging blows with Nie Fengxing, who was also at the Reincarnation Second Realm, Ye Huangyu could only just manage to parry.
At the same time, they told Ye Lingyue that the Elixir Realm is the first bottleneck a Martial Artist encounters in cultivation, particularly during the process of forming the Primordial Elixir. The better the quality of the Primordial Elixir, the easier it is to break through to the Reincarnation Realm, and vice versa, the more difficult.
And several people, including Lan Yingwu, their Primordial Elixirs reached the size of fists when they were at the Great Primordial Dan Realm, shining like splendid gold.
Thinking of this, Ye Lingyue worried about her own Chaos Primordial Elixir, cat’s-eye-sized and inexplicably colored in black and gold.
No wonder the Chaos Cultivation Yuan Technique is considered Fifth-tier Martial Arts; aside from forming an Elixir quickly, the resulting Primordial Elixir is also quite pitiful.
Her dejection only lasted for a moment, as Ye Lingyue’s eyes once again flashed with confidence.
Actually, things were not that bad. The Xixia Plain was, after all, her territory, and now she had her mother and her prospective adoptive father, Uncle Nie, looking out for her, as well as her subordinates in the Moon City. At worst, she still had...
In the thatched hut of the Hong Meng Heaven, there was the Nirvana Cannon she obtained from Zhao Feng.
The Nirvana Cannon, capable of blasting the Alchemy Beast Triangular Flood Dragon into fragments, might not be able to kill Luo Song or Hong Mingyue, but it could at least severely injure one of the two.
Ye Lingyue decided she would seriously study how the Nirvana Cannon was refined; it would be best if she could learn the refining method and catch Hong Mingyue off-guard when he least expected it.
Half a day later, at a fork in the imperial road, Ye Huangyu and Nie Fengxing had no choice but to part ways with Ye Lingyue and the others.
"Ling Yue, remember mother’s words, you are not yet strong and must not act rashly," Ye Huangyu advised, and only after Ye Lingyue’s urging, she set off with Nie Fengxing towards Qi City.
Although Ye Huangyu was worried, at least the Sixth Prince Xiahou Qi was also there, and even if Hong Mingyue was audacious, she would not dare to harm anyone in front of Xiahou Qi.
In the sky, Hong Mingyue watched Ye Huangyu disappear into the plain, a beautiful yet murderous look appeared on her face.
The eyesores had finally left.
But just as Hong Ming Yue was rejoicing in secret, a burst of hoofbeats suddenly came from the other side of the official road. Several figures were rushing over like a fierce wind.
With the sound of hoofbeats growing closer, even hundreds of meters above the sky, both Hong Ming Yue and Luo Song felt the ground shaking.
Up ahead on a side road, several fine horses appeared, ridden by several Alchemists, with a middle-aged man at the lead, his cultivation level astonishingly at the Reincarnation Second Realm.
Yet behind those fine horses, there followed a massive creature.
A Spiritual Elephant that resembled a small hill, carrying a scantily-clad beast-dressed woman on its back, was heading towards Ye Ling Yue and the others.
The young girl’s cultivation might be secondary, but the Spiritual Elephant beneath her had reached the terrifying Ninth-grade Peak.
Where did this group of people come from?
"It’s Aguduo and Jin Wu Old Monster and their company."
Lan Cai’er, seeing the friends from Moon City arriving, stood up excitedly on her horseback and waved her hands enthusiastically.
As it turned out, Ye Ling Yue had already contacted several people from Moon City as soon as she had entered the Xixia Plain territory, and they were due to meet after she had separated from her mother and the others.
"Ye Ling Yue, we are here on the Emperor’s orders. Why have you brought these riffraff to assist us?" Hong Ming Yue retracted her Canghai Three-life Flute and descended to the plains with Luo Song.
"Hong Ming Yue, you are wrong to say that. These are friends I’ve made in Moon City, all of them are passionate individuals more than willing to serve the court. Junior Brother, you should talk some sense into her," Ye Ling Yue replied with a smirk as she observed Hong Ming Yue’s exasperation.
This Hong Ming Yue, who always appeared aloof and pure as ice in normal times, was just as venomous and similar to her parents in nature.
Don’t assume she wasn’t aware. Hong Ming Yue must have conspired with Luo Song to try and ambush her.
And look where we are, this is the Xixia Plain, her home turf.
"Ling Yue is right, we are all contributing to the court, so why bother with the distinction of yours and mine. Distinguished guests, if you can assist Daxia in finding the source of this strange disease, upon my return to Xia Capital, I will ensure that my father the Emperor rewards you for your achievements," said Xiahou Qi respectfully.
Xiahou Qi, unlike the Fourth Prince, was very astute; he knew that during times of national crisis, the strength of the common people could sometimes be more beneficial than the power of the court.
Hong Ming Yue showed displeasure on her face, but because of Xiahou Qi’s status, she couldn’t say much more.
The Three-Life Valley might be domineering, but it was still a worldly sect, not a supreme existence like the Three Sects that could completely ignore the court and the Emperor’s authority.
Seeing this, Luo Song moved his lips slightly and consoled Hong Ming Yue with a voice transmission.
"Junior sister, don’t worry, her few helpers are at most at the Reincarnation Second Realm, their cultivation is no match for yours truly. When we get deeper into the plains, where the Evil Qi is more intense, then it won’t be too late to make a move," Luo Song convinced, believing that with Ye Ling Yue’s limited cultivation, she wouldn’t even survive entering Black Valley, let alone the inner regions of the Xixia Plain, where the black Qi would suffocate her to death.
Maybe they wouldn’t even have to lift a finger, and Ye Ling Yue would be tortured by the black fog until she was no longer human.
Upon hearing this, Hong Ming Yue’s anger subsided somewhat. She had been a bit irrational these past few days because of her family’s affairs. Luo Song’s words were a reminder to her.
The black fog was difficult for even Hong Ming Yue, who was at the Reincarnation First Path, to resist, let alone Ye Ling Yue.
It would be interesting to see how much longer Ye Ling Yue could remain smug.