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After the "false message" incident, Song Yixue's heart belonged entirely to Mo Wen. She soon stepped down as manager of the Song Clan Talisman Shop and moved straight into Mo Wen's cave abode, where the two lived together like a pair of birds in flight.

The two spent most of their time in secluded cultivation. Now and then, they went out together to stroll through the streets and have a meal, living a carefree life.

After returning, Mo Wen found time to open Ji Buqun's and his companion's Storage Bags and reaped a rich harvest.

In Ji Buqun's Storage Bag, Mo Wen found five Spirit Artifacts. The finest among them was a bronze mirror of ancient design.

Mo Wen tested it and found that, when activated with Law Power, the bronze mirror could emit a beam of purple-gold profound light. Its power was formidable, comparable to a strike from a False Core cultivator.

The ancient bronze mirror's greatest flaw was its enormous consumption of Law Power. Even with Mo Wen's abundant Law Power, he could fire only seven beams before exhausting it all.

Aside from the bronze mirror, the other Spirit Artifacts were quite ordinary. They were only second-tier low-grade and hardly worth using.

Ji Buqun's Storage Bag also contained over twenty thousand Spirit Stones, several bottles of second-tier pills, and some miscellaneous items. As for Jade Slips containing Cultivation Methods, there were none at all, much to Mo Wen's disappointment.

The Storage Bag of the assassin with the black dagger contained over fifty thousand Spirit Stones, a Spirit Artifact mask that could alter one's appearance and presence, and a dull gray Jade Slip.

"At last, I get to open a blind box!" Mo Wen used his Divine Sense to break through the restriction on the Jade Slip and discovered that it recorded a secret technique-Formless Escape.

Overjoyed, Mo Wen planned to cultivate the secret technique immediately after reaching Foundation Establishment.

In the days that followed, Mo Wen drew Second-Tier Spirit Talismans while cultivating the Azure Wood Instruction to pursue Limit Breaking.

As time passed, Mo Wen's mastery of the Talisman Dao steadily improved, and his success rate gradually rose to around five percent. With such a high success rate, he could draw at least three Fire Phoenix Talismans a day, greatly increasing his income.

Perhaps because the Song Household did not want to sever its ties with Mo Wen, it still sent Song Xuan to Azure Luan Immortal City to take charge of the Song Clan Talisman Shop there.

Time flew, and nearly half a year passed. One day, Song Yixue finally reached a point in her cultivation where she could advance no further. This state was Qi Refining Great Perfection. If she could not reach Foundation Establishment, her cultivation would never advance another inch in this lifetime!

Mo Wen had already kept a "genuine" Foundation Establishment Pill on hand. He spent tens of thousands more Spirit Stones to buy several Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects for Song Yixue, truly doing everything in his power!

Song Yixue's aptitude and temperament were already exceptional. With everything Mo Wen had prepared for her, her Foundation Establishment process naturally went as smoothly as could be.

In just half a month, Song Yixue succeeded in one stroke and stepped into the Foundation Establishment realm. When she absorbed Spiritual Qi into her body, the vortex it formed reached a radius of seven li. She could certainly be said to have a "deep foundation"!

Generally speaking, a Foundation Establishment cultivator with the weakest foundation would produce a Spiritual Qi vortex with a radius of about one li. For an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was usually between three and five li. Anyone whose vortex exceeded a five-li radius was considered outstanding among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

According to legend, when the True Disciples of those Golden Core immortal sects reached Foundation Establishment, if their Spiritual Qi vortices failed to exceed a radius of ten li, their sects would deem them unworthy of the title and strip them of their status as True Disciples on the spot.

Song Yixue came from a mere immortal cultivation Lineage, yet her foundation was so deep that it surpassed what most people could imagine.

After Song Yixue reached Foundation Establishment, her physique seemed to undergo some kind of transformation. She became even more ravishing, and a hint of soul-stealing allure appeared about her.

Though Mo Wen's Dao heart was steadfast, spending a long time with Song Yixue could still stir lustful thoughts in him.

Ever since the two had become dao companions, they had often shared tender, intimate moments. But Mo Wen knew that preserving Song Yixue's primordial Yin would benefit her Foundation Establishment, so they had yet to take the final step.

Now that Song Yixue's physique had changed, Mo Wen naturally would not rush into it. He planned to study Yixue's physique thoroughly before engaging in the marital act.

Song Yixue had no objection. The immortal path was arduous, and if she could awaken a special physique, she might be able to travel a little farther along it.

In the days that followed, Song Yixue began consolidating her cultivation, while Mo Wen divided his time between cultivating and consulting various texts, hoping to uncover the secret of her physique.

But Azure Luan Immortal City was merely a city formed by a gathering of Rogue Cultivators. Compared with those immortal sects with long histories, its accumulated resources fell far short.

Mo Wen visited several bookshops that sold classical texts, but found no clues about the "Bewitching Yin Physique." He was in no hurry; the level he had access to was still too low. Once he grew stronger, he would surely be able to obtain the information he wanted.

In the blink of an eye, another two months and more passed. Song Yixue finally stabilized her cultivation and emerged from seclusion, her work complete.

After spending several happy days with Song Yixue, Mo Wen began preparing for his own Foundation Establishment. After this period of arduous cultivation, he had finally reached the end of his Limit Breaking path. Since he did not know whether an unusual phenomenon would occur when he reached Foundation Establishment, he decided to find a suitable place for his breakthrough.

At first, he thought any remote place would do. After all, as long as he made it through the process of "Spiritual Qi flooding his body," he could exert his full strength. Even if he encountered a False Core cultivator, he would have nothing to fear!

Only after witnessing Song Yixue reach Foundation Establishment did he realize he had thought too simply.

For Song Yixue's Foundation Establishment, Mo Wen had rented him a Grade A cave abode. The concentration of Spiritual Qi inside was comparable to that of a second-tier high-grade Spirit Vein, already the best setup most Rogue Cultivators in the immortal city could obtain.

Even so, Song Yixue had used nearly three thousand Spirit Stones to replenish the Spiritual Qi during her Foundation Establishment before her body's needs were met.

Given Mo Wen's foundation, which was as robust as that of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator, if he absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi during his breakthrough, his Spiritual Qi vortex might reach a radius of dozens of li, or even a hundred!

With such an immense amount of Spiritual Qi being drawn out, an ordinary first-tier Spirit Vein simply could not sustain it. If the Spirit Vein's tier proved insufficient and left his Foundation Establishment flawed, Mo Wen would regret it too late!

To be on the safe side, he needed at least exclusive access to a second-tier low-grade Spirit Vein to meet the needs of his Foundation Establishment! Of course, if he could have a second-tier mid-grade Spirit Vein all to himself, he could rest easy!

After much deliberation, Mo Wen finally resolved to take back Jingxiu Mountain and reestablish the Mo Clan.

Thus, after Song Yixue emerged from seclusion, Mo Wen told her what he had in mind.

Song Yixue voiced her support on the spot and offered suggestions for the coming operation.

After discussing it, the two went on a major shopping trip in the commercial district to prepare for taking Jingxiu Mountain. In the end, they bought a second-tier high-grade mountain-protecting grand formation, five second-tier mid-grade formation-breaking talismans, and three second-tier low-grade Spirit Artifacts.

Mo Wen spent every last bit of his savings on the shopping trip. If he had not sold a few Spirit Artifacts he had no use for, he probably would not even have had any spending money left!

With everything ready, Mo Wen wasted no time and left Azure Luan Immortal City with Song Yixue.

To conceal their tracks, Mo Wen gave the assassin's Spirit Artifact mask to Song Yixue.

Disguised as a pair of Qi Refining cultivators, the two traveled for over half a month before reaching Red Leaf Market.