Half a Year Later: A Combined Chapter!

"I haven't yet congratulated Senior Sister on obtaining the Beast Taming Inheritance. Her future is limitless."

Lu Qingfeng cupped his hands and smiled.

"Junior brother, please don't tease me."

Yue Miaoyin shook her head, "My little inheritance is hardly worthy of my junior brother's attention."

These words truly came from the heart.

Yue Miaoyin inherited some skills in beast taming from the cave abode of her predecessors. However, she was only one or two levels above the Sunset Glow Sect.

Regarding Lu Qingfeng.

Yue Miaoyin knew that she didn't even look at this kind of inheritance.

Leaving aside other matters.

The puppet-making technique alone was enough to amaze Yue Miaoyin. Not to mention the various powerful Technique Method, as well as the abilities to refine pills and forge weapons.

Like a deep well, with no bottom in sight.

Yue Miaoyin stared at Lu Qingfeng, and seeing that he smiled without saying a word, she changed the subject and asked, "Junior Brother, do you know that something earth-shattering happened last night?"

"Oh?"

"What is it?"

Lu Qingfeng appeared surprised, but inwardly he smiled.

He killed Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun last night, and Yue Miaoyin came to Peak Rain Mountain today. It's obvious that it's for this reason. Of all the thousands of cultivators in the Gathering Cloud Mountains, only Yue Miaoyin would associate the deaths of the two with him.

Seeing Lu Qingfeng's surprise, Yue Miaoyin Lu Qingfeng's beautiful eyes sparkled as she leisurely said, "Golden Billows Sect Jin Jiuxiao Sect and Feng Yun the Demon-Slaying Fort are dead. The person who made the move is mysterious and unpredictable, seemingly a member of the Demon Dao."

"Junior brother, do you know who made the move?"

Lu Qingfeng chuckled upon hearing this, "How would I know that a powerful Demon Dao cultivator could kill two Spirit Void Cultivator overnight? Senior Sister is joking."

Upon hearing this, Yue Miaoyin immediately smiled and said, "Then, junior brother, do you think this person will make a move against the Sunset Glow Sect? Of the Four Gathering Cloud Sects, three have suffered calamities, and now only my Sunset Glow Sect remains, teetering on the brink of disaster. It is truly perilous."

"Those who follow the Demon Dao will surely flee far away after a single strike, and they will not linger in the Gathering Cloud Mountains."

"Even if this person wants to take action against the Sunset Glow Sect, as a guest elder of the Sunset Glow Sect, my junior brother will certainly not stand idly by."

Lu Qingfeng said.

Yue Miaoyin's smile widened. "With your words, Junior Brother, I am relieved."

Leaving that topic aside, Yue Miaoyin chatted with Lu Qingfeng for a while before taking her leave.

Lu Qingfeng watched Yue Miaoyin descend the mountain until her figure disappeared. The smile on his face vanished, the rosy complexion disappeared, and a pale face appeared.

"As expected, you can't hide it from her."

Shaking his head, Lu Qingfeng turned and entered the cave abode to recuperate from his injuries.

Last night, he first killed Jin Jiuxiao, and then, dragging his heavily injured body, rushed to Late Cloud Peak to kill Feng Yun. He unleashed his Divine Ability, frantically mobilizing his True Essence, causing the injuries he sustained months ago to recur. If he doesn't recuperate in time, it may leave lasting damage.

Fortunately, the Gathering Cloud Mountains in chaos at that moment.

Little Peak Rain Mountain can finally be at peace. I can take this opportunity to both cultivate Ironfire Ants and fully recover from my injuries.

Time passes.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Six months later.

Brocade Cloud Peak.

Zhou Yuan, Yue Lingxi, Mei Qingyan, Sui Hanshan sat in a circle, with Lu Qingfeng prominently among them.

"I never expected that such a dramatic change would occur in the Gathering Cloud Mountains after only half a year away!" Mei Qingyan's voice was deep, and his face still showed surprise.

More than half a year ago, he and Yue Lingxi went out of the Gathering Cloud Mountains to inquire about materials for Lu Qingfeng.

Before I even returned to the Gathering Cloud Mountains a few days ago, I received news of the deaths of Jin Jiuxiao Feng Yun.

I was shocked.

They rushed back immediately without stopping.

Fortunately, the Sunset Glow Sect was unharmed, and Zhou Yuan was also unharmed. However, whenever he thinks about this incident, he still feels lingering fear.

"The three factions, having committed numerous injustices, will inevitably perish; it is no wonder they have met their end today."

Lu Qingfeng laughed.

Of everyone present, he was the only one who had no worries.

The remaining four, including Zhou Yuan, have been living in constant fear and anxiety for the past six months, lest the 'Demon Dao powerhouse' deal with them and the Sunset Glow Sect in the same way that the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, Jin Jiuxiao, and Feng Yun did.

However, after only six months, the storms subsided and everything returned to calm.

Nothing happened at the Sunset Glow Sect.

Zhou Yuan was also unharmed.

I feel much more at ease now.

Only if that person still doesn't appear in a few years will Zhou Yuan be completely at ease.

Lu Qingfeng, standing to the side, saw the confusion, fear, and sense of Yu Sheng among the crowd, but his expression remained unchanged.

Zhou Yuan, Mei Qingyan, and the other three chatted for a while, and he occasionally spoke up.

The matter was then considered closed.

Mei Qingyan, with a carefree heart, looked up at Zhou Yuan and said, " With Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun killed, the Golden Billows Sect and the Demon-Slaying Fort are leaderless. This is the perfect opportunity for my Sunset Glow Sect to the Gathering Cloud Mountains!"

For hundreds of years, the Four Gathering Cloud Sects have all desired to monopolize the vast Gathering Cloud Mountains.

Amidst the chaos, this hope fell upon the Sunset Glow Sect.

Mei Qingyan snapped out of her shock, her eyes widening in surprise.

"It's already been done."

Zhou Yuan stroked his beard and smiled.

Mei Qingyan had just returned to Brocade Cloud Peak and was not yet aware of the current situation in the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

Half a year ago, after Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun died, the Sunset Glow Sect was in a state of panic, and Zhou Yuan and Sui Hanshan were also quite frightened and on high alert.

But they still didn't let this great opportunity slip by.

First, they quickly seized and took over all of the Scarlet Rainbow Sect's properties. Then, they advanced from two directions, one side gradually encroaching on the properties of the Golden Billows Sect, and the other side gradually encroaching on the Demon Demon-Slaying Fort.

With the deaths of their two strongest leaders, morale is low and chaos reigns, leaving them with no will to fight.

As a result, they suffered repeated defeats.

The Sunset Glow Sect conquered most of the Gathering Cloud Mountains, but ultimately had to stop because of the limited number of Foundation Establishment cultivators and insufficient resources.

Shift from expansion to internal digestion to avoid biting off more than you can chew.

In the past six months, the Golden Billows Sect and the Demon-Slaying Fort have experienced chaos, defeat, and steadfast defense, ultimately leaving them with less than half of their assets and mountain strongholds. Without the presence of Spirit Void expert, they have been reduced to a subordinate sect.

If Spirit Void Cultivator cannot advance to the next level soon, even if the Sunset Glow Sect does not intervene, the many Rogue Cultivators of the Gathering Cloud Mountains will not give up this great opportunity.

Even now.

The small part of the territory outside the Sunset Glow Sect in the Gathering Cloud Mountains also began to develop towards chaos and disorder.

Rogue Cultivator Foundation Establishment cultivators among the independent cultivators took advantage of the chaos to occupy mountain peaks. Some gathered in groups of three or five, while others gathered dozens of Postnatal Realm cultivators to establish their own sects.

This also includes Foundation Establishment cultivators and many disciples who lost their affiliation after the collapse of the Scarlet Rainbow Sect.

The situation was in complete chaos.

The Golden Billows Sect and the Demon-Slaying Fort were in a state of chaos and had no way to control the situation.

Even within their own ranks, without the suppression of the Spirit Void Cultivator, divisions began to emerge, with Foundation Establishment elders increasingly declaring independence, gradually showing a trend of splitting and disintegration.

Of the Four Gathering Cloud Sects, only the Sunset Glow Sect remains, dominating the scene.

Occupying numerous mines, medicinal herb gardens, and Spirit Mountain Shell Grounds, their numbers have more than tripled compared to six months ago!

Once these gains are fully digested, the Sunset Glow Sect will surely reach new heights. While it's impossible to predict the Spirit Void Cultivator, at least the number of the Postnatal Realm disciples and Foundation Establishment cultivators will experience an explosive growth.

In fact.

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

If the Golden Billows Sect and the Demon-Slaying Fort could offer some resistance during the rapid expansion of the Sunset Glow Sect, it would have been difficult for Zhou Yuan, a mere Spirit Void Cultivator, to allow the Sunset Glow Sect to expand so quickly.

At the time, both factions were in a state of chaos, and they also felt that the Sunset Glow Sect was facing imminent disaster. Even if they expanded now, these assets would still belong to them after Zhou Yuan's death or even the collapse of the entire Sunset Glow Sect.

So they retreated again and again.

Unexpectedly, six months later, the Sunset Glow Sect remained unscathed and instead became the undisputed overlord of the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

Not only in the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

In the mundane world.

The troops of the Sunset Glow Sect gathered in six cities and began their siege. They first targeted the seven cities of the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, which had lost their backing. Wherever the army went, the seven cities surrendered without resistance.

After integrating thirteen cities, six months later, they finally launched an offensive against the six cities of the Golden Billows Sect and the five cities of the Demon-Slaying Fort.

With both factions in a state of decline, the Sunset Glow Sect launched a counterattack, upholding righteousness and displaying fierce power.

It's only a matter of time before we take over the eleven cities belonging to the two factions.

Without the supply from secular cities, the two factions will eventually decline.

"Good!"

"The three factions joined forces to deal with my Sunset Glow Sect, but who would have thought that things would turn out this way!"

Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyan's face flushed with excitement, and she couldn't help but clap her hands and laugh heartily, quite thrilled.

He spent over two hundred years in the Sunset Glow Sect and developed a deep affection for the Sunset Glow Sect.

The three factions joined forces to deal with the Sunset Glow Sect in a precarious situation.

Mei Qingyan had long harbored deep hatred for the three factions.

Now that the three factions have either been destroyed or are in decline, I am naturally overjoyed.

Not just Mei Qingyan.

Zhou Yuan, Yue Lingxi, and Sui Hanshan also wore smiles, clearly pleased with the favorable situation. However, there were still many hidden worries, including the potential threat of powerful Demon Dao cultivators.

But for now, the Sunset Glow Sect is undoubtedly the overlord of the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

After a while.

The crowd calmed down.

Zhou Yuan glanced at Lu Qingfeng and said, "I heard from Elder Guqin that Elder Lu has recently developed a spiritual pill called 'Blazing Sun Pill', which seems to have a miraculous effect on the advancement of acquired cultivators to Postnatal Foundation Establishment. I wonder if it's true?"

For the past six months, Zhou Yuan has been in charge of the Sunset Glow Sect, first fighting against the three factions of the Scarlet Rainbow Sect, and then against the Golden Billows Sect and the Demon-Slaying Fort. Even after the deaths of Jin Jiuxiao and Feng Yun, he still had to worry about himself and the Sunset Glow Sect, as well as oversee the Sunset Glow Sect's expansion in the Gathering Cloud Mountains.

Therefore, although he had known about the 'Blazing Sun Pill' for a long time, he only had time to meet with Lu Qingfeng today to inquire about it.

"The Blazing Sun Pill?"

Mei Qingyan was surprised and looked at Zhou Yuan, asking, "It can actually help cultivators who Postnatal to Foundation Establishment? Could it be the legendary 'Foundation Establishment'?"

Among all aids for Foundation Establishment, the most renowned in the world is undoubtedly the 'Foundation Establishment'.

However, the formulas for Foundation Establishment Pills are mostly held by major immortal sects. The Juyun Mountain Range is located in a remote area, and the Luoxia Sect was merely inherited from a rogue cultivator at the Spirit Void Realm, so it did not possess any Foundation Establishment Pill formulas.

Mei Qingyan had only heard about it.

Having heard that the Blazing Sun Pill has miraculous effects on Foundation Establishment, I immediately thought of the Foundation Establishment.

"It cannot compare to the Foundation Establishment."

Seeing Mei Qingyan looking over, Lu Qingfeng shook his head and smiled, "It's only slightly helpful. If one has a solid foundation and profound knowledge, but is stuck at the Foundation Establishment stage, a single Blazing Sun Pill can provide assistance. However, if one's foundation is unstable and Root Bone is extremely poor, no amount of Blazing Sun Pill will be of any use."

Ultimately.

The Blazing Sun Pill carries the connotation of adding flowers to brocade or providing charcoal in snowy weather.

However, unlike the Foundation Establishment Pill, it does not have the effect of turning the tide.

"Elder Lu is too modest."

"Four Blazing Sun Pill created three Foundation Establishment cultivators. In my opinion, they are no less impressive than the legendary Foundation Establishment!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan laughed heartily.

"Four Blazing Sun Pill turned three Foundation Establishment cultivators?!"

Upon hearing this, Mei Qingyan and Yue Lingxi exchanged a glance, both showing surprise on their faces.

If that's true, then the Blazing Sun Pill is incredibly precious. If one could obtain a continuous supply of Blazing Sun Pill, wouldn't the Sunset Glow Sect be able to produce dozens, even hundreds, of Foundation Establishment?!

"It's not that exaggerated."

Seeing their expressions, Lu Qingfeng knew they had misunderstood, and explained helplessly, "Those who took the four Blazing Sun Pill before were all top talents in the True Qi Realm of the Sunset Glow Sect, only one step away from Foundation Establishment. Even without the Blazing Sun Pill, they could still advance to Foundation Establishment on their own in a few years or even a decade or more. The Blazing Sun Pill just helped and shortened the time a bit."

"To advance to the Foundation Establishment even earlier is also a remarkable achievement!"

A light shone in Mei Qingyan's eyes.

This is truly a double blessing.

The Sunset Glow Sect first seized a large portion of the Gathering Cloud Mountains by fortuitous opportunity, becoming a local overlord. Now, with the acquisition of the Blazing Sun Pill, they can create even more Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Given time, the Sunset Glow Sect might just become a sect like the Mystic Origin Sect.

The Gathering Cloud Mountains can also become a sacred place in the hearts of cultivators and sects within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, just like the Profound Origin Water Realm!

"It is truly a stroke of good fortune for the Sunset Glow Sect to have Elder Lu!"

Yue Lingxi couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought that in my lifetime I would still have the hope of seeing the rise of the Sunset Glow Sect."

"Senior sister."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuan and the other two all felt something.

Lu Qingfeng looked at the most senior elder and felt a surge of emotion.

Five years have passed since I entered the Sunset Glow Sect from the Weeping Marsh. When I first met Yue Lingxi five years ago, she was already an old woman, but her eyes still held a certain charm.

But five years later, he looked increasingly old, and his eyes gradually became cloudy.

Mei Qingyan, Zhou Yuan, and the others had been chatting happily, while Yue Lingxi had only chuckled softly and rarely spoke. She seemed quite tired.

The last time Lu Qingfeng saw Yue Lingxi was seven or eight months ago.

Upon seeing her again, he immediately sensed a somber, gloomy aura emanating from Yue Lingxi.

It seems his time is drawing near.

"Senior sister, the sect is on the verge of becoming powerful. Why don't you wait a little longer and witness the Sunset Glow Sect rise in the Gathering Cloud Mountains and be revered by all?"

Zhou Yuan took out a jade box from his waist and handed it to Yue Lingxi. " Of the Four Gathering Cloud Sects, only my Sunset Glow Sect remains. On the next trip to the Hundred Herbs Garden, we can take all sixteen Foundation Establishment spots. A mere Revival Fruit is nothing special."

Lu Qingfeng looked at the jade box.

What's inside the jade box is naturally the Rejuvenation Revival Fruit, which can extend one's life by ten years.

"Never mind."

"What's the use of wasting ten years of your life? Let the next generation use it."

Yue Lingxi waved her hand, still refusing.

Zhou Yuan clutched the jade box, his expression somewhat somber. Sui Hanshan remained silent. Mei Qingyan, in her haste, wanted to offer further advice, but seeing the weariness on Yue Lingxi's face, she held back her words.

Yue Lingxi is open-minded.

He remained remarkably calm in the face of Life and Death.

She knew that even if she gained another ten years of life, she still had no hope of advancing to the Spirit Void. Thus, living ten years in vain would be useless, Revival Fruit would be wasted.

Zhou Yuan spoke casually.

It seemed that after the Sunset Glow Sect gained dominance in the Gathering Cloud Mountains, they could have as many Revival Fruit as they wanted. But Yue Lingxi knew perfectly well that, under any circumstances, such spiritual fruits that could extend lifespan were always in short supply.

If she uses one more, she might snatch the fortuitous opportunity from the younger generation, causing the Sunset Glow Sect to lose a Spirit Void Cultivator.

Therefore, their attitude was firm.

Lu Qingfeng was filled with admiration upon seeing this. He asked himself honestly, if he were nearing the end of his lifespan, with ten years left to live, he doubted he could have been so carefree, disregarding the needs of his descendants and others!

"Why are you acting like a child!"

Yue Lingxi looked tired, but she smiled and scolded him. Then she looked at Lu Qingfeng and said slowly, "I will not live to see the day when the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Sunset Glow Sect are as numerous as clouds and rain. However, with Elder Lu here, I believe that Sunset Glow Sect will definitely be at its peak!"

"Elder Lingxi."

Lu Qingfeng responded, unsure how to reply.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Yue Lingxi smiled, pulled a cloth bag from Mei Qingyan's waist, and placed it in front of Lu Qingfeng.

"This is--"

Lu Qingfeng guessed what was in the Storage Bag, but still looked up at Yue Lingxi.

Yue Lingxi said, "These are the materials that I and Junior Brother Mei collected from our fellow cultivators and shops in the Profound Origin Water Realm. They are all the materials listed by Elder Lu."

"Thank you for your help, elders."

Lu Qingfeng accepted it and thanked him repeatedly.

He knew what the two were thinking, and he also knew what Zhou Yuan and Sui Hanshan meant. Although they intended to win them over and befriend them, they were so dedicated to his affairs, especially Yue Lingxi, who, despite her old age, had been traveling around for half a year to collect various materials for him, which truly touched Lu Qingfeng's heart.

"No trouble at all."

"Before I leave, I'd also like to go out and have a look around. This Profound Origin Water Realm is truly impressive, and the Mystic Origin Sect is quite impressive too..."

Yue Lingxi's voice grew softer and softer, her head slowly drooping until she finally fell silent.

"Senior Sister—"

Zhou Yuan stood up, took a few steps back, and bowed deeply.

Mei Qingyan's eyes were bloodshot as she turned her head away.

Sui Hanshan's eyes reddened, and he closed them.

"Well!"

Lu Qingfeng watched as Yue Lingxi's life faded away like a candle flame, and sighed deeply.

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