Jade Cauldron Paradise

Jade Cauldron Paradise

Everyone reacted for a moment, and Ye Fan's classmates felt that this Sacred Physique sounded extremely powerful.

The elders from the other major Heavenly Caves all sighed and walked away, losing interest in Ye Fan and finding the whole thing dull.

Several elders from the Spiritual Void Cave Heaven were instantly extremely disappointed.

This kind of constitution had looked down upon the heavens before the Ancient Era, and furthermore, nine consecutive Sacred Physiques had fought across the firmament to protect the Human Race.

However, after the Ancient Era, the Sacred Physique truly declined, completely unsuitable for cultivation, and no longer could any Sacred Physique successfully cultivate to completion.

Ye Fan suddenly went from being the popular favorite to someone everyone loathed and nobody cared about, feeling rather awkward as well.

Ye Fan, come with me to Jade Cauldron Paradise.

Seeing that Pang Bo wanted to speak, Jiang Yun spoke first.

Elder Ma Yun, Ye Fan is my younger brother, my only relative left in this world. The two of us descended upon this land together, helpless, with no backing and no return path, nor do we know where we are going. Therefore, I wish for Ye Fan to enter Jade Cauldron Paradise to cultivate together with me. I hope Elder can grant this request.

Jiang Yun looked at Elder Ma Yun and said this with genuine emotion, after which he bowed slightly and offered a formal greeting ahead.

Oh, you said your name is Jiang Yun? Could you be of the Jiang surname from the Eastern Wilderness? Elder Ma Yun asked with an astonished expression.

He truly had not expected that this future Immortal Seedling, who had similarly consumed the sacred fruit of the Desolate Forbidden Land, would also bear the Jiang surname.

Behind their Jade Cauldron Paradise was the support of the Jiang Family, an ancient aristocratic family, and they held a natural affinity for the Jiang surname.

Granting the request of a future Immortal Seedling still afforded him enough face to bring someone back.

Yet this sudden and completely unrelated remark left Jiang Yun somewhat bewildered, though Jiang Yun knew what Elder Ma meant.

It is this Jiang.

Jiang Yun wrote out the ancient character for his surname in the void. Fortunately, Jiang Yun had done some research on his surname and knew how to write this ancient character.

We really do have a connection. Who knows, perhaps you even possess some bloodline of the Jiang Family. Bringing Ye Fan along as well is no problem at all.

Elder Ma Yun happily patted Jiang Yun on the shoulder and agreed.

Jiang Yun felt somewhat puzzled. Although the Jiang Family was indeed powerful and stood as a top-tier aristocratic family in the Eastern Wilderness, the people of the Jiang Family had multiplied in the Big Dipper for over one hundred thousand years, and human beings with the Jiang surname numbered countless billions.

Could Elder Ma Yun possibly look upon him with special regard simply because his surname was Jiang?

Hearing what Jiang Yun said, Ye Fan was also deeply moved.

Having arrived in this unfamiliar land of the Eastern Wilderness in the Big Dipper, everyone else was utterly friendless, but to still have a relative who constantly thought of him was a very blissful matter.

Thank you, cousin.

After bidding farewell to Pang Bo, Ye Fan also walked over, his eyes nearly turning red.

Next, among the six Heavenly Caves, the Spiritual Void Cave Heaven picked out three more people, and each of the other Heavenly Caves took two more people.

Aside from Ye Fan, the Ancient Era's Sacred Physique, every single Heavenly Cave had taken away four people.

These people who had come from Earth to the Big Dipper were all separated. After wishing each other safety, they each followed the elders and transformed into streaks of rainbow light to depart into the distance.

The next time they heard news of them, they would either have embarked on the path of cultivation, or perhaps their bones would be buried in a foreign land.

Elder Ma Yun led Jiang Yun, Ye Fan, and two classmates as they rode upon a rainbow and traveled. Along the way, they sped forward like lightning, but unfortunately, it was the dead of night, so they could not appreciate the magnificent mountain and river scenery of the Eastern Wilderness.

Along this journey, the doubts in Jiang Yun's heart were also resolved, and he understood the reason why Elder Ma Yun had attached greater importance to him upon hearing his surname was Jiang.

Jade Cauldron Paradise was supported behind the scenes by the Jiang Family. If he successfully cultivated, entering the Jiang Family would become even more convenient, and Jiang Yun was extremely satisfied with this outcome.

After about an hour or two of effort, looking into the distance ahead, there was a stretch of mountain ranges that emitted a hazy halo amidst the night. One could faintly see cranes flying and halls standing in rows, presenting the complete scene of an immortal dwelling.

We are about to reach the mountain gate. Elder Ma Yun reminded them.

In the blink of an eye, they arrived right before the immortal mountains.

Jade Cauldron Paradise was embraced by a ring of immortal mountains, shrouded in clouds and mist. Viewed from afar, it looked very ethereal, resembling an untainted pure land outside the world.

A natural and peaceful aura pervaded here; the peaks were verdant and the valleys lush, with flowing springs and leaping waterfalls, flourishing vegetation, and spiritual birds and beasts, making it as beautiful as a world within a painting.

Before the mountain gate of Jade Cauldron Paradise, a strange beast stood guard. Its body resembled a fierce ox and its head resembled a Qilin, with a body length reaching eight or nine meters, lying prone in a pool of water with its eyes half-closed.

Seeing that it was Elder Ma Yun approaching, the strange beast did not pay excessive attention to him.

Elder Ma Yun was unfazed by this, nodding slightly and gesturing to the strange beast before leading Jiang Yun and the five others, who were still in a daze, toward the mountain gate.

Passing through a patch of dense white fog, they truly entered the interior of Jade Cauldron Paradise. Inside, one verdant immortal mountain after another resembled green jade, speckled with brilliant luster and shrouded in immortal mist, with waterfalls cascading down like white ribbons condensed from starlight, extraordinarily gorgeous against the backdrop of the night.

In the center stood a snowy white towering mountain, its entire body like jade, devoid of a single blade of grass, flashing with specks of luster and shaped like a round tripod, surrounded and clustered by the surrounding peaks.

It truly lives up to its name as a blessed heavenly cave; the scenery is extraordinary, like a pure land outside the world. Jiang Yun sighed in admiration.

Next, along both sides of the path, ancient trees towered into the clouds, alongside artificially developed medicine gardens. Inside them were arm-thick ginsengs, nine-leaf spiritual Ganoderma, head-sized Polygonatum, and so on—and these still seemed to be only the most ordinary herbs.

There were even stalks of medicinal ingredients that Jiang Yun did not recognize, flashing with specks of crystalline radiance, containing divine light within, and swirling with faint mist as if breathing.

Among the ancient trees, halls and pavilions stood erect, perfectly integrated into the mountain environment.

Instantly, boundless anticipation for his future cultivation career arose within Jiang Yun.

Soon, Elder Ma Yun made arrangements for Jiang Yun and Ye Fan, leaving the two of them in a small mountain valley.

Inside this place was a small courtyard containing three houses, with a babbling stream flowing right before the door, where fish of various shapes and postures swam past.

An angler coming here surely wouldn't return empty-handed.

The scenery here was picturesque, tranquil, and natural, and a light breeze swept past as if washing away all worries, while the days of trembling in fear drifted away.

The other three classmates were arranged in different places.

Jiang Yun was now enjoying the treatment of an Immortal Seedling, so he had a private courtyard to himself; the entire small valley had only this one courtyard, and the other three classmates didn't have this privilege.

Jiang Yun and Ye Fan strolled around the small valley before entering the small courtyard; though called a small courtyard, it wasn't actually small.

Instead, it was quite large, about three or four hundred square meters in size, resembling a small plaza.

It was just that the courtyard was empty, and apart from a huge peach tree and a set of stone tables and chairs, there wasn't much else.

The two of them couldn't be bothered to tidy up either, and after inspecting the three houses, they found that two of them were for living in, each with a bed and some simple furniture, looking antique and rich in charm.

The other house was empty, with some ashes still remaining on the ground, and the outline of a alchemy cauldron could be vaguely made out on the cyan floorboards, perhaps a pill room used by the previous owner to refine medicine.

The private courtyard had no gate, but the two of them had nothing to conceal anyway, as barriers were useless in the world of cultivation.

Jiang Yun and Ye Fan were extremely tired and didn't want to talk by candlelight or sleep intertwined at night, so it was better to sleep in separate rooms.

Each chose a room and fell into a deep sleep upon lying on the bed.

The next day, when the sky was fully bright, Jiang Yun was awakened by a calling voice from outside, and he pushed open the room door and walked out.

Ye Fan was also awakened by this voice and walked out from his room as well.

The two exchanged a glance and walked together toward the calling voice at the entrance.

Walking closer, they found a young female Daoist child, about eleven or twelve years old, with red lips and white teeth, a chubby face with some baby fat, and a food box placed beside her feet.

With her bright, dark eyes, she stupidly stared at Jiang Yun and Ye Fan, two people in such strange attire, having never seen anyone dressed like this in all her years.

"Are the two of you Jiang Yun and Ye Fan?"

The young Daoist child's slightly milky voice came over.

"That's right, it's the two of us. Little Daoist child, are you here to bring us food?"

Jiang Yun walked forward, patted the young Daoist child's head, and asked.

"Can you not pat my head? Senior Sister Shuanglan says that doing this will keep me from growing tall."

The young Daoist child's voice turned slightly unhappy.

"Oh, is your Senior Sister Shuanglan taller than me?"

Jiang Yun felt this young Daoist child was quite interesting and couldn't help wanting to tease her.

The young Daoist child raised her head, blinked her eyes, looked at Jiang Yun's height, gestured with her hand, and pondered for a moment.

"She seems shorter than you, not as tall as you."

"Then let me ask you, when it comes to growing tall, do taller people understand more, or do shorter people understand more?"

"Taller people understand more, for sure."

The young Daoist child said quite firmly.

"So, you can listen more to Big Brother here; I have a lot of experience in growing tall, and with me patting your head like this, you will definitely grow a bit taller after a month."

Jiang Yun squatted down and looked at the young Daoist child with a sincere expression.

"Is that true? Then I'll wait and see after a month. If you're lying to me, I'll—I'll not bring you food for three days!"

The young Daoist child wore a conflicted expression and nodded half-believingly.

"Do I look like a liar?"

The young Daoist child shook her head.

"This is your meal for today, and I'll bring it to you again tomorrow. I have to go back! Otherwise, I'll have to eat leftovers! Eating leftovers stunts your growth."

The young Daoist child handed the food box to the two of them and hurried away in a rush.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Dingdang."

The young Daoist child's voice came from afar.

"Can all the children inside the Heavenly Cave run this fast?"

Ye Fan watched Little Dingdang's figure swiftly receding and couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement.

"Indeed, this is a bit too fast!!"

Jiang Yun was also somewhat amazed; running a hundred meters at this speed would take only six or seven seconds.

The two brought the food box to the stone table in the courtyard and opened the double-layer food box with some anticipation; the food eaten by cultivators shouldn't taste bad, right?

As a result, upon opening the food box, the two were dumbfounded, staring at each other and not knowing what to say.

The food was far too simple and plain: lotus root slices, Solomon's seal, poria cocos, Gastrodia elata, lotus seeds, and a medicinal herb they didn't quite recognize.

They all looked like quite mild medicines.

Let alone grease, there wasn't even any water.

Refusing to believe it, the two opened the next layer—it was identical, presumably meant as a double portion.

"This meal... for a day?"

Ye Fan was somewhat dazed. With his Ancient Sacred Body, back on Earth he was a big eater who couldn't live without meat.

How could these things ever fill him up?