The child wishes to support his parents, but they do not wait

"Take this letter and deliver it to the Meng Family in the Yinshan Commandery city. Hand it personally to Old Madam Meng." Instructor Liao Feibai took out a letter she had already written and said.

"Also, these ten Marrow Cleansing Pills—you must personally attend to Old Madam Meng and her young grandson as they take them. If necessary, use your True Essence to help them circulate the medicinal power. These are ten bottles of specially made, small-dosage Blood Origin Pills. Each one has only one-tenth the potency of the pills you take. Give these to Little Yue Meng quietly and tell her to take one small pill every day. You know the Bear King Mountain Shoulder Fist, right?"

Ye Zhen nodded.

"You are to teach it personally to Old Madam Meng's only young grandson."

"But what about the sect rules?" Ye Zhen frowned.

"I will take responsibility for everything!" Liao Feibai waved her slender hand, speaking with absolute confidence, leaving Ye Zhen with no choice but to nod.

"Additionally, here are one thousand taels of gold and five thousand taels of silver. When the time comes, you can secretly contact the Meng Family's steward to purchase some farmland for them."

Liao Feibai's instructions were becoming increasingly strange, and her generosity was staggering, but seeing her firm expression, Ye Zhen could only listen.

"Do you have that clear?" After finishing her instructions, Liao Feibai asked.

"I have it clear. But Instructor Liao, the Yinshan Commandery city is so large, and there might be dozens or hundreds of families with the surname Meng. How am I supposed to find this Old Madam Meng? You must give me a specific address," Ye Zhen asked.

Liao Feibai raised her sword-like eyebrows. "A specific address? I don't know it either. However, within the Yinshan Commandery city, as long as you ask for the Meng Family's Old Madam Meng, there is absolutely no other family that would dare to impersonate them."

Ye Zhen frowned; without even a specific address, this task would be difficult. "Instructor Liao, the family I am looking for, could you perhaps..."

"Meng Chuan. Hearing that name, I shouldn't need to say anything more, right?"

Ye Zhen stood in respectful silence. Meng Chuan was a household name in Black Water Country; at the very least, among the Thirteen Northern Commanderies, he was a legendary hero and a former disciple of the Qi Yun Sect. It was just a pity that he died young.

"No need, I know what to do." Ye Zhen said loudly.

After a pause, Ye Zhen asked in a lower voice, "Instructor Liao, is this letter urgent? Would it be alright if I delivered it a few days late?"

"Why, do you have something to do?"

"I plan to go home to visit my parents. My home is in Wuan Commandery, and Yinshan Commandery is a thousand miles south of there. If it isn't urgent, I would like to return to Wuan Commandery to see my parents first, then head to Yinshan Commandery. That would save time," Ye Zhen said.

Hearing this, Liao Feibai's sword-like eyebrows furrowed slightly. "The letter isn't urgent, so a few days early or late doesn't matter. But you are currently at a critical juncture in your cultivation. Before the age of twenty, every single day is precious. Returning home to visit family now will hinder your progress in cultivation. Do you not understand this?

Ye Zhen, in a situation like this, your parents wouldn't want to see that, would they?"

A look of indescribable emotion suddenly appeared on Ye Zhen's face. "Before I came to the Qi Yun Sect, I lived at home without a care in the world, with everything provided by my parents. I lived thoughtlessly.

But after coming to the Qi Yun Sect as a Menial Disciple, I realized that life is not easy. A few months ago, my parents traveled thousands of miles to see me. I suddenly noticed that my father, who was in the prime of his life, already had gray hair at his temples. Even so, they left their travel money for the return trip with me so I could buy pills to increase my cultivation.

This suddenly reminded me of a saying from when I used to study at home—the child wishes to support his parents, but they do not wait."

At this point, Ye Zhen suddenly smiled. "So, I feel that rather than regretting it in the future, it is better to act now. As for my cultivation, I will travel during the day and practice at night; I won't fall behind."

Ye Zhen spoke calmly, but Liao Feibai was suddenly stunned. A trace of indescribable sorrow appeared on her spirited, beautiful face.

"The child wishes to support his parents, but they do not wait... Ye Zhen, you are luckier than I am... Go!"

Just as Ye Zhen stepped out of the instructor's inner courtyard, Liao Feibai called out from behind, "Ye Zhen, wait."

"I didn't know beforehand and wasn't prepared, but here are four more Marrow Cleansing Pills. Take them to your parents as a small token of my regard." As she spoke, a pill bottle flew accurately into Ye Zhen's arms.

Ye Zhen was stunned. Instructor Liao giving a token of regard to his parents—what was this supposed to mean?

This didn't make any sense!

"Still not leaving? Do you want to be struck by a sword?" Before Ye Zhen could react, Instructor Liao's Ice Sword Light suddenly flew out again, bearing down on him with terrifying pressure, scaring Ye Zhen into running away in a panic.

Ye Zhen could sense that this time, the Ice Sword Light was exceptionally terrifying; the moment it appeared, the entire room was covered in frost.

After Ye Zhen left, a layer of mist welled up in Liao Feibai's beautiful eyes, turning into white frost that condensed on her thick eyelashes. Within the Ice Sword Light, Liao Feibai momentarily transformed into a sorrowful frost spirit.

"Sister Liao, you gave a token to Ye Zhen's parents. Those who know will understand you were moved by the scene, but those who don't might think you have feelings for Ye Zhen." Fairy Caiyi walked out from the inner chamber, and with a wave of her colorful sleeves, she instantly dispelled the frost in the room.

Liao Feibai withdrew the mist from her eyes, suppressed her sorrow, and her spirited demeanor returned. "What, Caiyi, are you jealous? Why don't you chase after him and give Ye Zhen's parents a special token of your own?"

Two red clouds immediately appeared on Fairy Caiyi's cheeks. "Sister Liao, you are so bad, always teasing me. See how I deal with you." Amidst silver-bell-like laughter, Fairy Caiyi's hands darted like lightning toward Liao Feibai's underarms, and the two women immediately began to play-fight.

Although Ye Zhen was eager to return home, he did not rush off immediately. Visiting his family was important, but he could not let his cultivation slide. Ye Zhen planned to stay in the sect for two or three more days to learn the basics of the Primal Chaos Unity Art before setting off.

Furthermore, given the miraculous effects of the Marrow Spirit Liquid, Ye Zhen prepared to take some home to secretly give to his parents. He had used up most of the Marrow Spirit Liquid he had accumulated for his breakthrough, so he planned to stay a few more days to gather more.

The Primal Chaos Unity Art, a Human-tier High Grade cultivation technique, was divided into six levels. It was said to be a technique that the founder of the Qi Yun Sect had practiced in his time.

The first three levels focused heavily on refining True Essence, which could be described as tempering and building a foundation. The progress was quite slow, and the time required was nearly double that of other techniques.

However, the fourth level allowed one to refine Gang Qi, forming an indestructible protective True Gang. At the fifth level, the Gang Qi could leave the body for three zhang, making it easy to take a life within ten paces, rendering one nearly invincible.

As for the sixth level, once the Primal Chaos Unity was achieved, one could touch the realm of drawing in the spirit and reaching the Innate state.

The mere introduction to the Primal Chaos Unity Art left Ye Zhen somewhat astonished.

Refining a protective True Gang was the unique hallmark of the third level of the True Essence Realm. In other words, as long as he cultivated this Primal Chaos Unity Art to the fourth level, his cultivation would reach the third level of the True Essence Realm.

The book also contained several pages of annotations written personally by Liao Feibai, as well as points to note when practicing the Primal Chaos Unity Art. With Liao Feibai's annotations, it would be much easier for Ye Zhen to cultivate this technique.

Five days later, on a secluded cliff, Ye Zhen sat cross-legged. His chest suddenly began to heave rhythmically, and his breath rose and fell continuously.

As the aura radiating from Ye Zhen's body became increasingly heavy, the heaving of his chest and abdomen became more and more intense.

"Puff!"

The heaving of his entire body suddenly vanished, and a mouthful of tangible white mist was violently expelled from Ye Zhen's mouth, striking a pine tree the thickness of a bowl five meters away, causing the tree to snap instantly.

"After converting all the cultivation base from the third level of the Essence Blood Origin Body Art, and with the arduous training aided by over a dozen Condensing True Pills, I have finally managed to touch the threshold of the third level of the Primal Chaos Unity Art. The progress of this Primal Chaos Unity Art is truly agonizingly slow."

Murmuring to himself, a look of joy nevertheless appeared on Ye Zhen's face.

Although the progress of the Primal Chaos Unity Art was slow, merely touching the threshold of the third level had increased the total volume of true essence in Ye Zhen's dantian by nearly a fifth. Furthermore, under the dual influence of the Primal Chaos Unity Art and the Mirage Dragon Pearl, the true essence within his body had condensed until it was like liquid mercury.

Compared to those first few drops of true essence he had condensed, it was dozens of times purer.

Just thinking about the power contained within a single drop of this extremely pure true essence made Ye Zhen feel it was terrifying.

With the Primal Chaos Unity Art cultivated to its current level, and in the absence of Condensing True Pills to assist his training, the next step would be a slow, daily grind.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Ye Zhen prepared to pack his bags and head home to visit his family; the time to return home could no longer be delayed.

The date of the Ye Family gathering was drawing near, and this time, Ye Zhen was prepared to bring great honor to his parents!

As an Outer Disciple of the Qi Yun Sect, he had the right to return home for a visit, though he had to register at the Sect Main Hall and with the deacon at Guan Peak before departing.

Relying on his status as second on the Earth Ranking, these procedures were completed very quickly. However, Ye Zhen did not immediately pack his bags to leave the sect; before departing, there was one very important item he needed to bring for his parents—the Marrow Spirit Liquid.

At sunset, Ye Zhen headed straight for Hundred Pine Peak.

"Going to see Sha Fei again? It is truly Sha Fei's good fortune to have a loyal brother like you. I reckon it won't be long before Sha Fei can also advance to become an Outer Disciple." As Ye Zhen passed by, he happened to run into Steward Zhao of Hundred Pine Peak.

"Heh, it should be my good fortune instead. If it weren't for Sha Fei protecting me back then, I wouldn't be where I am today."

After chatting and laughing for a few sentences, just as Steward Zhao was about to take his leave, Ye Zhen suddenly remembered something. "Steward Zhao, I would like to ask you about someone. I wonder if you know of him."

"Ye Zhen, just ask away. Whatever I know, I certainly won't hide from you," Steward Zhao said with a smile.

"Tu Fangye, the True Disciple who once perished, Tu Fangye, you..."

The moment the three words 'Tu Fangye' left his lips, Steward Zhao's expression changed abruptly. He interrupted Ye Zhen and asked in a hushed tone, "Why are you asking about this person?"

"I..."

"Never mind why. Remember, ask less about Tu Fangye's affairs. His business is not something you can inquire about. This person is a taboo of the sect!"

"Alright, I have to go home now. If you want to see Sha Fei, go see him quickly!" Steward Zhao said.

Watching Steward Zhao hurry away, Ye Zhen's expression turned somewhat grave. That the fallen True Disciple was actually a sect taboo meant that the Sect Forbidden Ground in the back mountains was not as simple as he had imagined. He would have to be more careful when inquiring about this news in the future.

At the hour of the rooster, Hundred Pine Peak was at the moment when many Menial Disciples had finished their chores and were resting. Seeing Ye Zhen, an Outer Disciple in black, arrive, even though many were familiar with him, they all stood up cautiously to greet him, their gazes filled with awe.

From a distance, Sha Fei spotted Ye Zhen.

This time, however, Sha Fei did not chat with Ye Zhen in the courtyard as he usually did. Instead, he pulled Ye Zhen into his room and asked with a solemn expression, "Ye Zhen, have you offended anyone recently?"

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