90: Chapter 90

Xiao Yun let out a soft sigh and said, "Junior came to this Sea of Dead Silence primarily for the Bone-Corroding Sharks. The fin of a Bone-Corroding Shark is an excellent material for refining Medicinal Pills. Junior needs to use it to have someone help refine a fifth-grade elixir, the Cauldron Gathering Pill."

"I previously killed a lone Bone-Corroding Shark, but I didn't expect there to be two more nearby."

So that was it!

Chen Xuan glanced at the remains of the two Yao Beasts floating on the sea surface, wondering if he should also find an opportunity to kill a few Bone-Corroding Sharks and take their fins for future use.

After considering it for a moment, Chen Xuan abandoned the idea.

Even if he took them, he would still need to find someone to refine the pills. As for Alchemy, there wasn't a single person in the Sect who knew how to do it. Moreover, if he needed any Medicinal Pill, he could just save up Prestige Points and buy them directly from the Mall.

Chen Xuan could still afford to consume Medicinal Pills below the ninth grade.

Qi Yue frowned slightly upon hearing this. "A Cauldron Gathering Pill? Isn't that a pill that helps restore a person's Dantian and meridians? Does this... have to do with the decline in your cultivation base?"

Xiao Yun nodded slightly, drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and then began to tell his story. "Fairy Qiyue might not know, but I have already been expelled from the Zixia Holy Land. Now, I am merely a Loose Cultivator."

"Expelled from the Sect? Is that Zixia Holy Land insane?"

"Back then, during the great war between the Blood Shadow Cult and the Zixia Holy Land, you personally killed two Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Blood Shadow Cult. You could be said to have been fully devoted to the Zixia Holy Land. Why would they suddenly expel you for no reason?"

Chen Xuan also felt a bit of interest and waited quietly to enjoy the drama.

Xiao Yun's fingertips gently brushed the rim of his teacup as he gave a self-deprecating smile. "Six months ago, I was browsing a volume of Sword Arts in the Sect's Cultivation Technique Hall. There was a newly promoted Outer Sect Elder Yang in the Sect. As soon as she entered the hall, she grabbed my sleeve and cried, saying that I was touching her and intended to take advantage of her."

"I hadn't even looked at her once, yet I suffered this framing for nothing. A moment later, the Grand Elder arrived at the hall leading many Disciples."

"In the end, the Sect Master expelled me from the Sect on the grounds that my personal morality was corrupt and I had ruined the Sect's reputation. They even forced me to cripple the results of my many years of cultivation in the Zixia Holy Land."

Good grief... Chen Xuan mentally exclaimed!

After hearing these words, he finally understood why the Samsara Heavenly Dao Eye had given the evaluation "A kind person is bullied by others."

"Absurd!" Fairy Qiyue's expression was cold as she snorted in anger. "That woman was a complete stranger to you, so how could there be any talk of harassment?"

"Exactly." Xiao Yun tilted his head and finished the cold tea in his cup, as if he were treating the tea like wine. After drinking one cup, he poured himself another.

"But she insisted that I had taken liberties with her while no one was in the hall, and she even tore her own collar as evidence. As soon as the Sect's Grand Elder entered the hall, he insisted it was my doing. Seeing the woman's pitiful appearance, the Sect's Disciples also began to gossip and criticize me privately. My guilt was decided that very day."

He smiled self-deprecatingly halfway through. "It wasn't until three months later, when that Elder Yang was promoted from the Outer Sect to an Inner Sect Elder, took over my original position, and became Dao Companions with the Grand Elder, that I understood the twists and calculations involved."

"The reason for her promotion was actually for finding a beast for the Zixia Holy Land who had used his position as an Elder to harm the Sect's Disciples."

After his words fell, Qi Yue was silent for a moment, then she stood up and looked toward the direction of the Central Region.

Her sleeves fluttered as she said in a cold voice, "I never thought that the dignified Zixia Holy Land would actually turn into such a state now."

"An Elder who was devoted to the Sect is expelled, while those who are good at using conspiracies to distort right and wrong live a carefree life. I really want to see if there will still be a place for that Zixia Holy Land in the Central Region a hundred years from now."

Xiao Yun said with relief, "It's good to have left that hellhole. If I had known the Zixia Holy Land was like this, the passion I poured out back then would have been somewhat wasted."

After speaking, he cupped his fists and bowed to Chen Xuan again. "A bit of embarrassing news, I've made Senior laugh."

Chen Xuan waved his hand and said, "It's fine. Just think of it as getting to know the local customs of the Central Region in advance."

"What are your plans for the future? Have you gathered all the Materials for refining the Cauldron Gathering Pill?" Qi Yue turned and asked.

"The Materials have been gathered, it's just..."

"Just what?"

Xiao Yun sighed softly and continued, "It's just that my reputation in the Central Region is already in the gutter. It will take some effort to find an Alchemist who can refine a fifth-grade elixir."

"That's easy to handle. That Alchemy Saint Yun Shu still owes me a favor. Asking him to help refine a Cauldron Gathering Pill won't be a difficult task." After Qi Yue finished speaking, she turned to look at Chen Xuan. "Sect Master, may I be permitted to leave for half a day after we arrive in the Central Region?"

Chen Xuan thought for a moment and nodded. "You may!"

Xiao Yun looked at this Woman in White Dress with her clear and refined appearance and quickly thanked her. "Thank you, Fairy Qiyue. Junior will certainly keep this kindness in mind."

Fairy Qiyue said, "This is merely returning that favor from back then. After this, we will be even."

Xiao Yun didn't mind and silently noted the kindness of this day in his heart.

After hesitating again and again, he couldn't help but ask, "Fairy Qiyue, why did you leave that Profound Moon Palace?"

Chen Xuan turned to look at Qi Yue, his eyes seemingly saying that since he had finished listening to the other's gossip, it was time to hear her story.

"I wouldn't dare hide it from the Sect Master. Qi Yue was indeed once the Grand Elder of that Profound Moon Palace."

"It's just that I was later plotted against and killed. Through a strange combination of circumstances, I ended up in the Eastern Region and met that girl Xiao Lingxian."

In just a few short sentences, she had expressed all the turbulent twists and turns within.

A look of surprise flashed across Xiao Yun's face, which then turned into a sigh. "No wonder that Profound Moon Palace has always claimed to the outside world that you, Fairy Qiyue, were in Life-and-Death Seclusion."

"I reckon they are waiting for some time to pass, and once you have faded from everyone's sight, they will directly spread news that you suffered Qi Deviation during seclusion and perished."

Chen Xuan's expression remained calm as usual. As for Qi Yue's experience, he had already made some guesses from the moment he saw her controlling Xiao Lingxian as a soul body.

Profound Moon Palace, huh? He could find time to pay them a visit.

"Fairy Qiyue, I wonder who the person who harmed you was?" Xiao Yun followed up with a question.

Hearing this, the figure of a woman with a graceful posture couldn't help but appear in Qi Yue's mind. Upon closer inspection, one could find that the woman even bore some resemblance to Qi Yue, as if they were sisters.

Qi Yue shook her head gently and said, "Let's not talk about those things. After the Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony is over, I will personally go to sever this grudge."

"If you need help, Fairy Qiyue, just let me know." After Xiao Yun finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xuan and asked respectfully, "Senior, are you coming to the Central Region to participate in that Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony?"

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Indeed. It is said that the most Prodigy group of people from the past thirty years are gathered at this ceremony, so I thought I'd come and see for myself."

Qi Yue felt that the Sect Master's words were still too modest. With the Aptitude of Xiao Lingxian and the other three, they would surely give the people of the Central Region quite an eye-opening experience.

Xiao Yun, however, took those words seriously. He explained to Chen Xuan with a serious expression, "This session's Heavenly Selection Grand Ceremony is much more formidable than the one thirty years ago. The Saint of the Myriad Manifestations Holy Land has already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer at the age of twenty-eight, and is only one step away from the Golden Core."

"That kid from the Blood Shadow Cult killed a Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer Cultivator with only a Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer base three years ago. Now, it seems he has already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Eighth Layer Realm."

"The Netherworld Holy Land has somehow found a Child of Destiny who even possesses an immortal bone. His cultivation progresses at a tremendous pace."

"Oh?" Chen Xuan tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop and asked, "Tell me more about that Netherworld Holy Land Saintess."