Seeking Advantage and Avoiding Harm

The Divine Domain Dojo of a Divine Path cultivator is not something ordinary cultivators would easily enter.

Qingyuan also knew the taboos, but he had opened his Divine Domain Dojo, changing the surrounding environment to conceal his aura and tracks.

"Fellow Daoist, you've come here, I'm afraid it's not just for sightseeing, right?" Qingyuan changed the subject and asked again.

Chen Ming waved a branch in his hand, and a bronze mirror flew out.

Yin Cold Qi condensed on the bronze mirror, and Situ Yuelan manifested her form.

Qingyuan's expression changed. He hadn't expected there to be a cultivator in the Contemplation Realm hidden here, and one who was not weak.

"Fellow Daoist, have you seen any spiritual object that shares the same lineage as my aura?" As soon as Situ Yuelan appeared, she asked directly.

Although she was hidden in the bronze mirror, within Chen Ming's small Grotto-Heaven, Chen Ming had not completely severed the connection between his Grotto-Heaven Dojo and the outside world.

Situ Yuelan had seen and sensed everything that happened outside.

The water pattern on Qingyuan's brow flickered. Thinking he had fallen into Chen Ming's trap, he said coldly, "Are the two of you here to toy with me?"

Chen Ming chuckled, "Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, don't panic. It's just that the spiritual object is extremely important to Fellow Daoist Situ, so we're asking. We have no other intentions!"

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, you achieved your Divine Dharma Body through the Water Pattern. Seeing me, don't you find the aura on my body familiar?"

Situ Yuelan, however, was not polite. She had already seen clues on Qingyuan.

Qingyuan's Divine Dharma Body was clearly cultivated by referencing her Incense and Fire God Refining Art.

Qingyuan's expression changed again. He thought to himself, so the rightful owner has come knocking.

Qingyuan was a divine spirit transformed from a Tribal Totem. Originally, he only knew how to act based on Incense and Fire Thoughts. Later, he obtained a spiritual object, from which he comprehended a cultivation art, and thus refined his Divine Dharma Body. His strength greatly increased, and he broke free from the constraints of distracting Incense and Fire Thoughts, achieving some Free and Unfettered state.

That spiritual object was neither bronze nor iron, resembling plants but with a Yin Cold nature. The Spiritual Energy within it had dissipated after he comprehended the cultivation art.

However, it still possessed divine properties; water could not dissolve it, and fire could not destroy it.

He had studied it for a long time without discovering its profound mysteries, so he hid the spiritual object within his Divine Domain Dojo.

"I won't hide it from you. That spiritual object is formed from my scattered body. You have comprehended its Spiritual Energy, so it's useless now. However, some of my memories are still within it. I need those memories, and the spiritual object is still yours!"

"You have benefited from my physical remains, so don't lose this sentiment!"

As Situ Yuelan spoke, she held the bronze mirror in her hand. Yin Cold Qi gathered, and her Aura rose steadily, becoming extremely terrifying.

"Spirit Condensation Realm cultivator!"

Qingyuan sensed that Aura and was shocked. He hadn't expected the spiritual object he obtained to be formed from the body of the female cultivator before him.

He had his own divine senses and knew that what Situ Yuelan said was true.

Furthermore, the Spirit Condensation Realm pressure displayed by Situ Yuelan, coupled with Chen Ming's presence, made Qingyuan sense immense danger.

Waterway Heartlessness, yet it is also the best at seeking advantage and avoiding harm. Qingyuan instantly saw through the situation and said, "Senior, please wait a moment. Let me retrieve that spiritual object for you."

With that, water patterns flashed on Qingyuan's brow, connecting to his divine domain. In a short while, he retrieved a spiritual object.

"Is it this?"

Situ Yuelan took one look and confirmed it was indeed formed from her body. The chilling aura within could not be faked.

She beckoned, and an aura from the spiritual object flew out, landing on the bronze mirror.

Her previously displayed Spirit Condensation Realm aura had been somewhat stagnant. After receiving this aura, her memories were partially restored, and her aura became more solidified.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Mingzi, the memories within this object contain the magic art for the Sacred Sun Fire, but it's only half. We still need to find the other part!" Situ Yuelan said.

"It's fine. How can cultivation matters always go smoothly!" Chen Ming didn't mind.

"Senior, do you still need to search for other spiritual objects? Although my strength is shallow, I can still lend you a hand!"

Seeing that Situ Yuelan had absorbed the spiritual object's aura, Qingyuan knew she was the rightful owner and his heart immediately burned with anticipation.

That day, Situ Yuelan had fought with someone, and her body had scattered across the Vast Mountain Range. He had sensed it.

That was a battle between Great Cultivators of the Spirit Condensation Realm. A centipede dies but never goes stiff; a starved camel is still bigger than a horse!

He had only managed to comprehend a magic art and forge a Dharma Body just by obtaining the spiritual object formed from Situ Yuelan's body.

If he could latch onto this powerful figure, wouldn't he have more opportunities in the future!

"The fiend beside her, I only sensed a strength of the Contemplation Realm, but fiends are treacherous and cunning. Perhaps he is also a Great Cultivator of the Spirit Condensation Realm hiding his strength. I mustn't offend him!" Qingyuan thought to himself, his expression becoming even more respectful.

He didn't know that Situ Yuelan only possessed the aura of the Spirit Condensation Realm, her actual strength being only at the Contemplation Realm.

When she encountered Chen Ming back then, Situ Yuelan had used this very tactic.

However, Chen Ming had seen through it and hadn't been fooled.

Today, she had managed to bluff the Auspicious Spirit God Qingyuan here.

Situ Yuelan gave Chen Ming a look, and he knew her Spirit Condensation Realm aura was about to falter. He spoke, "Fellow Daoist Situ, quickly retract your aura. You haven't fully recovered yet. If you attract enemies, it won't be good!"

Situ Yuelan seized the opportunity to retract her aura and said, "Do you know where the spiritual objects formed from my body have fallen, and who obtained them?"

Qingyuan hurriedly replied, "Senior, I know of a few places..."

Before Qingyuan could finish, Situ Yuelan waved her hand and said, "I still need to refine my magic to recover. Tell everything you know to Fellow Daoist Xuan Mingzi, and let him make arrangements!"

After speaking, Situ Yuelan turned back into the bronze mirror.

Chen Ming waved the branch in his hand, putting the bronze mirror into his cave-heaven.

"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, tell me what you know, and I'll find it myself. I won't trouble you!" Chen Ming said indifferently.

The more casually he spoke, the more certain Qingyuan became that Chen Ming was hiding his cultivation.

"Senior, rest assured, I will tell you everything I know!"

Qingyuan turned the information he knew into a jade slip and handed it to Chen Ming.

Chen Ming used a secret technique to verify it. Knowing it was true, he said, "Then I won't disturb you any further, Fellow Daoist Qingyuan."

"That child in the tribe, if you have time, Fellow Daoist Qingyuan, please look after him. There's no need for him to know!"

After Qingyuan agreed, Chen Ming suddenly turned into smoke and disappeared without a trace.

"As expected, he hid his strength. With him escaping like this, under the shroud of my Divine Domain Dojo, I couldn't even see which direction he escaped in!"

Qingyuan held the spiritual object in his hand, which had not changed at all. He pondered for a moment, then turned into a wisp of water vapor and submerged into the waves of the Divine Domain Dojo.

The White Fish Red Carp leaped, and the Divine Domain Dojo also concealed its traces.

"Fellow Daoist, your acting skills are superb. You fooled that Qingyuan quite a bit!"

On a hidden mountaintop, Chen Ming said to Situ Yuelan in the bronze mirror.

Situ Yuelan replied, "It's not entirely fooling him. He is originally a Totem God, and the restraint of Incense and Fire Thoughts is much deeper for him than for other Divine Path cultivators."

"He was able to cultivate the Divine Dharma Body, and it has a lot to do with the spiritual object my body transformed into. Since he cultivated my method, he naturally has some reverence for me!"

"The methods passed down by cultivators in the Spirit Condensation Realm cannot be easily cultivated if their origin is unclear!"