The Nascent Soul cultivator leading the group spent a long time forming hand seals to set up a magic array, connecting all the spirit boats of the ten cities together before boarding the foremost spirit boat and leading everyone towards the Jingling Academy.
Previously, You You had to take turns with Gu Sixuan and the others to control the spirit boat's flight. Now, with the array guiding it, it has saved a lot of trouble, and she has become free.
Liang Yu remained seated alone at the corner of the boat, focusing on consolidating his cultivation. The Golden Core cultivators, however, seemed exceptionally excited, frequently approaching the spirit boat to curiously examine the magic array. Given their lower cultivation levels, it was rare for them to witness a Nascent Soul stage magic array, so they couldn't help but be curious.
Youyou also squeezed into the crowd. She wasn't curious about the formation, but rather wanted to check the route and location in order to understand the situation of this world.
Yuan Qi and Feng Rong haven't been by her side these past few days because, apart from the dozen or so cultivators, all their family members and servants have been kept in the cabin. After all, most of them are people without cultivation, and staying outside would easily cause them to be harmed by the spiritual energy emanating from the spirit boat. Yuan Qi and Feng Rong are no exception.
The two had no choice but to choose a seat by the window, glancing outside every now and then. Youyou also used her divine sense to communicate with them.
"Xiao You, how is it?" Yuan Qi asked.
“We did go to the north,” Youyou transmitted telepathically. “It seems our guess was right. That place we couldn’t find out was indeed Jinglingyuan.”
"How much longer until we arrive?" Feng Rong asked.
"At our current pace, it will probably take about three more days," Youyou predicted.
"What?" Feng Rong frowned, looking annoyed. "We have to stay in this dilapidated cabin for three more days?!" Yuan Qi also frowned, not because the journey was too far, but because the cabin was too awkward.
Although I knew beforehand that men and women had different statuses in this world, I hadn't noticed it back in Qinghong City. Now I realize just how different they are.
The two glanced around and saw that the entire cabin was filled with men who were all heavily made up and meticulously dressed, looking extremely frail. Goosebumps rose all over their bodies. Feng Rong couldn't even suppress it, and the feathers on her body stood on end.
"Young Master Feng, would you like to try this lip rouge?" The man closest to him seemed to notice his strange gaze and thought he was uncomfortable in an unfamiliar place, so he generously handed over a box of light-colored lip rouge and enthusiastically advised, "This lip rouge was bought by my wife in the capital. It's moisturizing, fragrant, and very easy to use."
"No...no need!" Feng Rong's lips twitched, wishing she could cast an invisibility spell on herself.
“Young master, there’s no need for such formalities.” The other party thought he was embarrassed and continued, “We’re both from Qinghong City, so we should look after each other.” After saying that, he handed the box in his hand to him again.
Feng Rong was speechless. The other party meant well, and she didn't know whether to accept or not. She could only turn to Yuan Qi next to her and say, "Hey, why don't you help me out?"
Yuan Qi immediately turned to look at the deck, but he couldn't see anything!
groove!
Seeing that Feng Rong was hesitant to accept the box and was desperately looking at Yuan Qi beside her, the other party suddenly seemed to realize something, turned to the side and took out an identical box.
"It's alright, I happen to have two boxes of this lip rouge, and Young Master Yuan naturally has some too." After saying that, she stuffed one into Yuan Qi's hand and gave the other to Feng Rong.
Unwanted Phoenix: "..."
Yuan Qi, caught in the crossfire: "..."
Thank you!
"Th...thank you." Suddenly, I really wanted to get off the boat.
Seeing that the two had no choice but to accept, the other party smiled and said in a low voice with a hint of mockery, "I noticed you were staring out the window, were you looking at your wives?"
"..." What wife master? They were just communicating with You You telepathically.
"You two are really lucky to have become the servants of a Nascent Soul cultivator. She only keeps the two of you by her side." The man looked at the two of them with envy, and then pointed to the four or five most ornately dressed men on the right side of the cabin. "The other two cultivators each have at least four or five men with them. It's clear that You Zhenren is truly sincere towards the two of you."
Yuan Qi was speechless and was about to explain when Feng Rong blurted out, "Of course Youyou is sincere to me, and so am I. Who else could she be sincere to besides me?"
The man paused for a moment, seemingly surprised by his confidence, then smiled and continued, "Young Master Feng is right, but sincerity alone is not enough to win a woman's heart."
"Why?" Feng Rong was taken aback and looked at the other person seriously.
"Human hearts are fickle. To win a woman's heart, one must put in some effort. There's a lot to learn here."
"Really? Then tell me quickly!"
"This woman..."
So, Feng Rong, who had just been looking down on these strange people and wishing she could stay as far away from them as possible, turned around and huddled together with them, engaging in a lively discussion about how to please a woman and how to keep the heart of her beloved.
Feng Rong went from being simply curious at first, to gradually becoming more and more convinced, and eventually even started asking others for advice on various techniques for controlling a wife, instantly becoming one of them.
Before long, half the men in the cabin had joined in, each sharing their experiences. Feng Rong seemed to be the most diligent learner, and because she couldn't use magic, she even borrowed pen, ink, and paper from someone to write down notes.
Yuan Qi, the only one excluded: "..." Why do I feel like I'm being isolated?
Sigh, I always feel out of place because I'm not weird enough!
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It wasn't until three days later, when Youyou's voice transmission rang in someone's ear again, that the discussion between someone and all the men in the cabin was interrupted.
"arrive!"
A towering immortal mountain appeared before them, and atop the mountain was an inverted, enormous floating peak, shrouded in mist like a fairyland. Around it floated six or seven other floating peaks of varying sizes, each with a pillar of spiritual light shooting straight into the sky. These pillars were connected by arrays, all converging on the central main peak, thus forming a massive magical image that enveloped the entire Jingling Academy.
Youyou glanced at it. As a place that governs all cultivators in the world, Jingling Academy was not large in scale, and its territory was even smaller than that of the first-class immortal sects in Xianze. However, the array composed of several pillars of spiritual light was somewhat special.
Spirit pillars only appear in places with extremely dense spiritual energy or even spiritual veins, yet the Jingling Academy has six or seven, which can be used to set up arrays. This proves that each of those floating peaks nurtures a spiritual vein. It has to be said that this is the most extravagant of all the immortal sects she has ever seen.
Just by looking at the dense, almost purple aura emanating from the floating peak, one can imagine how rich the spiritual energy there is.
But that formation in the sky...
"Father Yuan, can you tell what kind of formation that is?" she asked Yuan Qi telepathically.
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