656: Chapter 656 The Sect Leader

Jiang Xingwan perceived Granny Gui's concerns and comforted her, "You may teach her as you see fit; if it is truly not enough, have Qinghuan take some time to help teach her."

"Disciple obeys!"

"Disciple obeys!"

Granny Gui and Su Qinghuan exchanged a glance, then slowly withdrew with Jingchun.

As they left, the two secretly glanced at Liu Xuan, who was sitting opposite the Daoist Yin-Yang.

Regarding this Saint who had recently become the most prominent figure in the Sect, they silently raised his status in their hearts by several notches.

They had followed Daoist Yin-Yang for so many years, yet they had never seen their Revered Master treat anyone the way she treated Liu Xuan!

Even in front of the other three Dao Monarchs of the Joyous Union Sect, their Revered Master always maintained a condescending posture.

Yet in front of Liu Xuan, a Saint at the Nascent Soul Realm, they faintly felt that their Revered Master treated him entirely as a friend of equal status, or even... in a lower posture.

Could it be...

The two shared a tacit understanding, and a thought simultaneously rose in their hearts: in the entire East Sea, there was only one person who could make their Revered Master treat them with such an attitude, and that was the legendary Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect who had been missing for many years!

The Joyous Union Sect Sect Master had been missing for roughly three to four thousand years, though the specific time was unknown.

Rumor had it that when he went missing, he was at the Late Stage of Soul Transformation, around five thousand years old.

A Spirit Transformation Dao Lord had a Lifespan of ten thousand years; calculating the time, it was very likely that this Joyous Union Sect Sect Master had not died.

Liu Xuan's life experiences were extremely legendary; in less than a hundred years, he had risen to his current level, possessed Prodigy-level talent in the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Secret Technique, and could be treated with courtesy by Daoist Yin-Yang. Putting everything together... combining all these, they suddenly realized they had seen the truth of the matter.

If Liu Xuan was essentially the Joyous Union Sect Sect Master, everything would make sense.

Since the matter involved a Dao Monarch, and such a top-tier figure as a Late Stage Soul Transformation Cultivator, Granny Gui and Su Qinghuan dared not continue thinking about it, tacitly pretending as if they had seen nothing today.

...

Xuanyin Pavilion.

Liu Xuan did not realize that in just a short while, he, the fake Saint of the Joyous Union Sect, had already been upgraded to the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect.

"Xingwan, don't divine my offspring next time, lest you hurt yourself."

Liu Xuan was actually unsure if Jiang Xingwan had been using divination techniques on Jingchun just now, and was even less certain if she had suffered a backlash; saying it this way was just to bluff her.

"Understood!" Jiang Xingwan stared at Liu Xuan for a while, then explained, "Just now I wanted to check on Jingchun's various conditions. Everything was normal at first, but when it involved you, my husband, a terrifying aura immediately descended. If I had dared to continue prying, I had a strong premonition that I would die at any moment."

Jiang Xingwan seemed to see through Liu Xuan's curiosity and continued without reservation, "The strangest thing is that I feel this backlash force did not come from the Heavenly Dao of this Realm, but from you, my husband, yourself."

She leaned forward slightly, her pair of mysterious and beautiful large eyes drawing close to Liu Xuan, and asked curiously, "Who exactly are you, my husband? Can you tell Xingwan a little bit of the truth?"

'From myself?' Liu Xuan pondered carefully for a moment, and seemed to understand why Jiang Xingwan would suffer a terrifying backlash when divining him, while he could perform divination techniques on anything without suffering any backlash.

The System deep within his Sea of Consciousness was not restricted by the Heavenly Dao rules of this world at all; it was an existence that transcended the rules of the Heavenly Dao!

"This..."

"Your level is too low right now; it is better not to know many things!"

Liu Xuan casually brushed off Jiang Xingwan with a sentence, then asked about another very important matter, "Have you obtained the Blood Soul Flower seedlings?"

Jiang Xingwan's mind was still echoing with Liu Xuan's words, 'Your level is too low...', and she was stunned for a long while before shaking her head, "Blood Soul Flowers are difficult to cultivate; the seedlings are as rare as the mature flowers. We still have to wait for a reply from the Yao Race."

"However, I heard from the Central State Dao Court that a Dao Monarch might have a jar of Blood Soul Immortal Brew in their collection, and I am sending people to communicate if they can help buy it for you, my husband."

"Fine!"

Hearing that she hadn't obtained the Blood Soul Flower seedlings, Liu Xuan was a bit disappointed, but if he could obtain another jar of Blood Soul Immortal Brew, that would also be quite good.

"Go ahead and buy it, don't be afraid of the cost; I will compensate you later!"

As he spoke, Liu Xuan took out a jar of spiritual wine that was fiery red all over and carried a sense of warmth from his Storage Ring, placing it on the table.

"This is Xuanyang Immortal Brew, a spiritual wine I developed exclusively. It is made using fifth-grade ten-thousand-year Xuanyang Soul-Condensing Flowers, following the brewing method of the Blood Soul Immortal Brew. Although it cannot compare to the Blood Soul Immortal Brew, it can still have thirty to forty percent of its effectiveness, barely reaching the threshold of a fifth-grade immortal brew. Try it."

Brewing wine and Alchemy shared the same origin. Liu Xuan's Alchemy level was as high as the top of the fourth grade, and he had also obtained the Legacy of a fifth-grade Low Grade Alchemist. The only thing he lacked was cultivation.

The ten-thousand-year Xuanyang Soul-Condensing Flowers matured by the wither-thrive life-death cauldron were not much worse than fifth-grade Blood Soul Flowers. Although Liu Xuan's wine brewing level could not reach the fifth grade, the Materials were strong enough to push the Xuanyang Immortal Brew to the threshold of a quasi-fifth-grade immortal brew.

"You can brew spiritual wine, and it can reach the level of a fifth-grade immortal brew?"

Jiang Xingwan's eyes were full of suspicion. She knew Liu Xuan's Alchemy level was not low, and it was normal for him to be able to brew some ordinary spiritual wine.

But fifth-grade immortal brews were not ordinary spiritual wines; they were always brewed by fifth-grade Alchemists, and almost all of them were produced by the Dao Court.

Exclusively developed, imitating the Blood Soul Immortal Brew, and the effectiveness could reach the quasi-fifth-grade threshold; she felt it was unlikely no matter how she thought about it.

"Try it first." Liu Xuan did not explain much, picked up the wine jar, and poured her a cup.

The wine liquid appeared yellow with a hint of red, like magma, and also like amber; it looked extraordinary.

Jiang Xingwan picked up the wine cup and took a sip, immediately revealing a look of surprise, "It seems there is a gentle Pure Yang force nourishing the soul. In terms of soul-nourishing effect alone, it is at least fifty percent of the Blood Soul Immortal Brew!"

Although it lacked the effect of nourishing Qi and blood compared to the Blood Soul Immortal Brew, for most Cultivators, Qi, blood, and physique were not that important in themselves.

From Jiang Xingwan's feeling, Liu Xuan saying it had thirty to forty percent of the Blood Soul Immortal Brew's effectiveness was already modest. The Xuanyang Immortal Brew had almost half the effectiveness of the Blood Soul Immortal Brew; calling it an immortal brew was not an exaggeration at all!

"The Blood Soul Immortal Brew lacks the effect of enhancing Qi and blood, but it also lacks the side effect of surging desires. If taken out to be sold, the price could easily reach about half of the Blood Soul Immortal Brew."

Jiang Xingwan picked up the remaining half of the wine in the cup and gently swirled it, suddenly sighing, "What a pity! Ten-thousand-year Xuanyang Soul-Condensing Flowers are rare and hard to find; they are even more precious and difficult to obtain than Blood Soul Flowers."

"If this spiritual flower were sold to Ghost Cultivators, its value might be even higher than a jar of Xuanyang Immortal Brew. My husband, this action of yours is a bit wasteful!"

She spoke quite tactfully; in fact, what she wanted to say was that turning ten-thousand-year Xuanyang Soul-Condensing Flowers into this was simply a waste of heavenly treasures!

Didn't Liu Xuan have connections with Ghost King Ghost King Lian Yue? If he had sold the Xuanyang Soul-Condensing Flowers directly to her, she would have been willing to get him three jars of spiritual wine of the same grade.

"No matter!" Liu Xuan seemed not to have heard the hidden meaning in her words, and took out two identical jars of Xuanyang Immortal Brew from his Storage Ring, "Ten-thousand-year Xuanyang Flowers are actually not that precious; I obtained more than one."