Chapter 1255 Being Outdone

Mo Shangchen asked the butler beside him with some surprise, and the butler shook his head to indicate that he didn't know either.

"Since Fellow Daoist Lian came out of seclusion, Fellow Daoist Yilian has been in seclusion and has not come out yet."

The butler still said something.

After Mo Shangchen heard this, his eyes flashed and he understood. He guessed that Fellow Daoist Yilian was avoiding Fellow Daoist Lian.

He had heard before that when the few people came out of Qiwu Pavilion, Fellow Daoist Yilian proposed to go their separate ways. It was only because of his invitation that Fellow Daoist Yilian was also interested in the cave of the Divine Transformation cultivator, so he did not leave.

He interrupted the farewells of several people at the right time, because he didn't want to let Fellow Daoist Yilian leave. If one son of luck was not safe, then two would always give him some benefits.

He was not greedy. He just wanted the Universal Disk, the natal magic weapon of the incarnation cultivator. With that magic weapon, combined with his calculation technique, he would definitely be much more powerful in divination, and might even have a chance to achieve incarnation. This was something he had planned for a long time, so naturally, he could not make any mistakes.

"Fellow Daoist Moshang, we are about to set off. Should we call out Fellow Daoist Yilian to avoid delaying our plan?"

Lian Xiye spoke on behalf of his friends.

"It's okay. It doesn't matter if you take one or two days. You can prepare on your own in these few days. If Fellow Daoist Yi Lian doesn't come out of retreat after three days, I will detain you."

Mo Shangchen still didn't want to forcibly interrupt other people's practice. If something went wrong, he would make enemies.

In fact, Lianyi in the yard had already come out at this time, and happened to overhear their conversation, and then she felt even more contempt for Lian Xiye.

After all, he is Lianyi's temporary teammate. Now he actually wants to force his way through and interrupt her training. I really don't know what he is thinking.

Lianyi sneered and deliberately created a fluctuation of spiritual power, adjusting her cultivation to the peak of the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, just one step away from entering the late stage. Then she went back to the room to continue drawing talismans.

Several people outside the yard all felt the fluctuation of spiritual energy in Lianyi Courtyard. Everyone had different expressions, but they were all very glad that their teammates' strength had improved, which provided them with an extra layer of protection.

Only Lian Xiye felt very uncomfortable. He didn't even realize that he had begun to suppress Elaine unconsciously.

Although there were reasons for his previous proposal to forcibly detain the other party, he did have the idea of interrupting the other party's practice in his heart, but because he had a high-sounding reason on the surface, he covered up his selfish motives.

Lian Yi would definitely laugh if she knew what Lian Xiye was thinking. This is exactly the effect she wanted, to make him see the gap between himself and others at all times, not only in identity, background, status, cultivation resources, but also in cultivation speed. He would always be left behind the people around him. Over time, his mentality would collapse.

So on the third day, early in the morning, Lianyi opened the gate without Mo Shangchen knocking on it. She smiled and bowed to the people waiting outside the gate, saying:

"Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"Friend Yi, have you advanced to a higher level without making any noise?"

Du Yan said with a glimmer of envy in her eyes.

"I'm lucky. I was also influenced by the city lord's advancement. Whenever I made some progress, I would seize the opportunity to go into seclusion. I didn't expect to advance to a higher level so smoothly. If I have to thank someone, I should thank Master Moshang. If I hadn't encountered such a good opportunity, I would have had a lot of hard work to advance!"

Lianyi smiled and pushed all the credit onto City Lord Moshang. With this explanation, everyone was more convinced. After all, the City Lord had advanced to the level of Spirit Sorrow. If they could gain a little insight, they would benefit greatly.

Mo Shangchen also said with a smile on his face:

"I watched my father's advancement and gained some insights, which enabled him to advance smoothly. This is a good thing for us. Our cultivation will improve as a whole, and we will be able to deal with crises more calmly."

"Indeed."

Several people agreed with a smile, only Lian Xiye felt very unhappy. However, at this time, he didn't dare to jump out and sing a different tune. How come you two have advanced to the next level, but they haven't? Isn't that just asking for humiliation?

"Now that everyone is here, let's go!"

Mo Shangchen didn't want to waste time, and since his father was out of seclusion, he didn't need to worry about his other brothers and sisters causing trouble. His father could control them anyway, so he might as well look for more opportunities to improve his cultivation.

After Mo Shangchen said goodbye to his father, he set off.

Mo Shangwei looked at the handsome back of his third son, the corners of his mouth twitched. Then he called the eldest son Mo Shangyou over, gave him a few instructions, and left with his youngest daughter Li Meng.

The younger daughter still uses the name Long Limeng, which is also a remembrance of her mother. Although she does not have Mo Shang's surname, she is still his daughter.

Mo Shangwei sent Li Meng to Xuanjian Sect smoothly. As a veteran city lord, he also had his own connections. Besides, his daughter had a single thunder spiritual root, and who wouldn't want to accept a talented disciple?

So Li Meng became a disciple of the great master of Xuanjian Sect and became the youngest closed disciple, officially starting her own cultivation career.

Before Li Meng cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, she was not allowed to leave the Xuan Jian Sect. This could be considered a form of protection for the Xuan Jian Sect's talented disciples. After all, there were many geniuses who died before they could grow up.

Several years later, when Li Meng met the Long family again, she had already reached the Nascent Soul stage. The Long family could not see the situation clearly and still wanted to bully Li Meng. This time, Li Meng swung her sword and killed all the Long family members who had bullied her. She also revealed her backing and told the Long family members to come to the Xuanjian Sect to seek revenge on her.

The Long family was shocked to realize that the child whom they had previously considered a disaster and had long ago kicked out of the family had grown up to this point and was standing in a place they could not reach. Even if they regretted it to their heart's content, it was of no use.

Later, the Long family started to fight among themselves. They felt that someone must have tampered with the spiritual root test, turning a good seedling with a single spiritual root of the thunder element into a mortal without spiritual roots. This blocked the Long family's path to further development and caused the family disciples and Li Meng to have a grudge. Now, not only have they lost their lives, but they are also afraid that the family will be implicated, which instantly made them think of conspiracy theories.

Li Meng didn't even need to do anything, the Long family was in chaos from within, breaking the stable situation that the Long family had been trying hard to maintain.

The beginning of a family's decline is the disunity and mutual attacks among its disciples, who even spare no mortal child. This shows that the family tradition is not right and it is inevitable that it will go downhill.

After this matter spread, some of the more particular families decided to test the spiritual roots of their children twice, once at the age of five and once at the age of seven. If the tests were the same in both times, they would make arrangements for the family's children. This actually prevented some children from being calculated against and buried, and this tradition was passed down in the aristocratic families.

These are all things that happened later. Back to the present, Mo Shangchen and his party first took a teleportation array and arrived at the edge of the desert. They had to walk the rest of the way on their own. It was impossible to take a flying boat over the desert and it would be easy to get lost.