Immortal Descends

Leaving Mingyu Mountain, Chen Xiao slapped three God-Speed Talismans onto his body in succession, rushing back to the Chen Clan at top speed.

Mengmeng and Cai Di had already returned earlier per Chen Xiao's instructions. There was no helping it; the Heaven-Concealing Jade Talisman Chen Xiao had produced at the end was simply too powerful. He had vanished from their sight entirely, and since they had no idea where he had gone, waiting at Mingyu Mountain in a panic was far less productive than simply heading back to wait.

After returning to the Chen Clan, Chen Xiao did not tell Chen Tiannan about the day's events. Chen Tiannan's personality was far too rigid; if he learned that the Nangong Family had tampered with the Mingyu Mountain spirit vein, he would undoubtedly stir up a massive storm.

Chen Xiao did not want that to happen. He intended to muddy the waters of Moon-Gazing City and reap the benefits from the shadows.

Mengmeng and Cai Di had also received Chen Xiao's instructions, and both understood the gravity of the situation, keeping their lips sealed.

However, something happened that nearly made Chen Xiao's eyes pop out of his head.

For some reason, Cai Di had decided to take Mengmeng as his disciple. Mengmeng was naturally one hundred percent willing; Cai Di was a peerless monster capable of poisoning even an Immortal to death. If he wanted to take her as a disciple, how could she possibly refuse?

However, after hearing Cai Di's explanation, Chen Xiao felt relieved.

Mengmeng possessed the Mysterious Baleful Yin Meridian, a physique rarely seen in ten thousand years. If fully awakened, it would likely be no less formidable than Chen Xiao's Immortal Spirit Root. The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had been founded ten thousand years ago by a peerless expert with the very same Mysterious Baleful Yin Meridian.

The blue-black birthmark on Mengmeng's face was actually caused by the leakage of toxins from her Mysterious Baleful Yin Meridian; otherwise, with the magical power of a cultivator, how could a mere birthmark be impossible to refine away?

Once Mengmeng officially began practicing the Ten Thousand Poisons Return to Sect and activated the Mysterious Baleful Yin Meridian within her, the blue-black birthmark would naturally vanish.

Although Chen Xiao had been reborn and possessed the Ten Thousand Poisons Return to Sect, in terms of knowledge and experience, he could not compare to this old monster who had lived for hundreds of years.

Furthermore, Cai Di had meticulously studied poison arts and was privy to some of the secrets of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.

After hearing Cai Di's explanation, Chen Xiao happily presided over the apprenticeship ceremony. Since Cai Di's identity could not yet be exposed, only the members of Chen Xiao's household were present.

Chen Tiannan knew Cai Di's identity. Though he did not understand why this old poison-monster was willing to submit to the Chen Clan, he figured that the temperaments of such eccentric experts were simply impossible to fathom.

Therefore, to further win over Cai Di, Chen Tiannan quite straightforwardly adopted Mengmeng as his foster daughter. Since Mengmeng was three years older than Chen Xiao, she naturally became his elder sister.

Chen Xiao had no complaints about this. He knew very well how Chen Tiannan and Su Mulan treated Mengmeng; although she was nominally a servant, they had long since regarded her as their own daughter.

After his rebirth, Chen Xiao had also long since thought of Mengmeng as a sister in his heart, so he was naturally delighted.

Although Mengmeng's apprenticeship was not made public, the family still gathered together to celebrate joyfully.

The next day, Chen Tiannan sent out invitations across the city, officially adopting Mengmeng as his foster daughter in front of all the citizens. Cai Di joined the Chen Clan under the guise of being Mengmeng's master, becoming an external elder of the clan.

Chen Xiao understood that Chen Tiannan was doing this merely to rope in Cai Di, but there was nothing wrong with that; at least this way, Cai Di would be firmly committed to their side.

To celebrate the City Lord's new foster daughter, the entire Moon-Gazing City held a grand banquet for three days. The heads of the prominent families in Moon-Gazing City, such as the Nangong Family, the Beiyu Family, the Li Family, and others, were all invited to the City Lord's Mansion for the feast.

Chen Xiao, naturally, maintained his usual flamboyant appearance. Dressed in a moon-white robe with gold-trimmed edges, he was draped in a jingle-jangling collection of precious accessories. Holding a large, gold-rimmed folding fan and walking with a swaggering gait, he looked every bit the arrogant dandy.

His cultivation was suppressed to the third level of Qi Refining by a concealment talisman, and his overbearing, haughty demeanor was even more pronounced than before. Everyone knew that the Chen Clan had produced a genius with an Immortal Spirit Root; if this great playboy didn't flaunt his power, he wouldn't be the Chen Xiao everyone knew.

When Chen Xiao saw Chen Tiannan, he couldn't help but marvel inwardly. At this moment, Chen Tiannan was in high spirits, his face glowing with health, looking nothing like someone who had been injured. But a keen observer would notice that his footsteps were slightly unsteady, and beneath the flush of his face flickered an unhealthy pallor—clearly, he was using some method to mask his condition.

This was exactly as it should be. If Chen Tiannan had walked out looking pale, Nangong Shenhe's sharp mind would have seen through the ruse instantly. Only by putting on this show of "protesting too much" could he convince the other side that he was still suffering from his severe, unhealed wounds.

"Yo, isn't this the Third Young Master? Long time no see. I wonder where you've been off to, indulging in pleasure these past few days?"

A voice with a grating, duck-like quality reached Chen Xiao's ears. Chen Xiao turned his head to see a young man dressed even more flamboyantly than himself, sauntering toward him while waving a large golden folding fan.

This youth was the other great dandy of Moon-Gazing City, Nangong Wenyang of the Nangong Family. However, while Nangong Wenyang was a playboy, his cultivation was not weak; he had already reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, far surpassing the former Chen Xiao.

"The city has been much less fun without the Third Young Master's company these days. But don't worry, my Fifth Brother is currently in seclusion and has no time to bother with you."

Nangong Wenyang goaded Chen Xiao.

Ever since the incident where he had teased Nangong Wenxing due to Cai Di's influence, Chen Xiao had rarely moved about Moon-Gazing City. Aside from the three days he spent at Mingyu Mountain, he had remained within the City Lord's Mansion, consolidating his cultivation and carving talismans.

Of course, in the eyes of the city's residents, this was perfectly normal. After being beaten by Nangong Wenyue for harassing Nangong Wenxing, he hadn't learned his lesson and had gone back to torment the girl again—could Nangong Wenyue possibly spare him? Thus, the residents unanimously believed that this fellow was terrified of Nangong Wenyue and was staying indoors to avoid her.

However, the Nangong Family preferred to believe that Chen Xiao had been grounded by Chen Tiannan. If he were to have his meridians damaged by Nangong Wenyue again, the Nangong Family might not find a second person willing to refine Three-Star Pills for him.

"Oh, I was wondering who had such a loud voice. So it's Brother Wenyang. I've been feeling a bit under the weather these past few days and have been recuperating at the mansion. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Chen Xiao acted as if he hadn't heard the goading in Nangong Wenyang's words at all, a wide smile plastered on his face. Nonsense—he had struck a strand of Innate Kui Water Talisman energy into Nangong Wenyue's body. Unless she possessed an Innate Li Fire Constitution on the same level as an Immortal Spirit Root, capable of achieving a balance of Yin and Yang, she was likely struggling to suppress her rampaging true energy right now.

It would be a miracle if she could even come out.

Deep in the hinterlands of Mingyu Mountain, Xianxian and the others, along with that stone bridge, had vanished inexplicably. Although the Nangong Family was furious, they didn't suspect anything else; this wasn't the first time it had happened. Every so often, Xianxian would recover her spiritual power and dive into the spirit vein with the stone bridge, and the Nangong Family would have to spend great effort to fish her and the bridge back out.

However, at that very moment, a massive spiritual pressure suddenly descended from the sky.

"Chen Fengyang, receive the seal!"

A voice of immense vastness descended from the heavens. In an instant, every cultivator in Moon-Gazing City felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation.

An Immortal had descended!

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