After resolving his son's matter, Qi Zhiheng went to the alchemy room again to give instructions to his disciples. Over the past five years, Rong Gu and Ye Hanyuan had managed the alchemy room quite well, and Qi Zhiheng had high hopes for them. Since there were quite a few spiritual herbs that had matured in his space, he sent some to his three personal disciples.
Qi Zhiheng's disappearance for several years initially disappointed some of his disciples, who all wished for his personal guidance. Unfortunately, Qi Zhiheng hadn't come for several years, and their alchemy skills had been taught by Rong Gu and Ye Hanyuan.
Fortunately, both of them were level four alchemists, so teaching some level two alchemists was not difficult, and the disciples quieted down.
Qi Zhiheng told his disciples that he was about to leave Nanzhou, which caused an uproar!
Of course, the disciples didn't want Qi Zhiheng to leave! However, it was already a fait accompli, and even if they couldn't accept it, they couldn't change the fact.
Qi Zhiheng raised his hand to signal everyone and said, "Next, your senior brothers will teach you how to refine pills. If we have the opportunity to meet in Zhongzhou, you will still be my disciples!"
Qi Zhiheng didn't say much. After explaining what needed to be explained, he returned to Panyun Peak.
He has instructed his disciples not to publicize his affairs, lest other sects try to trip him up after learning about his situation.
Although his disciples were not necessarily all very quick-witted, they were very obedient to Qi Zhiheng. They were united in keeping their mouths shut.
Although Qi Zhiheng visited the peak masters of several mountains, he did not reveal that he was leaving. Most of the peak masters just thought that Qi Zhiheng was only in seclusion for a few years and came to visit them.
Qi Zhiheng didn't explain. After returning home, he packed his things and had a farewell meal with his family.
The people present were somewhat silent. Although Qi Zhiheng often went into seclusion, everyone knew where he was and that he would come out sooner or later. However, this time Qi Zhiheng was leaving for a place where life and death were uncertain. Overall, it was still a cause for concern.
The triplets were also quiet today, but they didn't say much, afraid that their father and grandfather would be reluctant to part with them.
Qi Zhiheng spoke up, trying to lighten the mood: "We're just going to scout things out first, to make a name for ourselves in Zhongzhou. When you go with the people from Zhongzhou, we'll be your support, won't we?"
"Going forward now, the road ahead is fraught with danger, so you must be very careful. I will take care of things at home, so you can rest assured." As Qi Zhiheng's father, Qi Zhenhe naturally had to state his position.
Qi Dong said, "Have you all taken our life tablets?"
"They're all on me," Qi Zhiheng replied.
The Qi family had each made a life tablet; as long as the life tablet remained intact, it meant they were safe.
As the eldest member of the family, Qi Wantian also wanted to say something: "Everyone should prioritize their own life. It is already a rare opportunity for our family to obtain citizenship for you. Some things are not important even if we don't fight for them. When necessary, life is the most important thing."
"Understood, Great-Grandpa. We will be careful. If there is any problem, we will hide in the space. There is always a way to survive," Qi Zhiheng said.
Qi Wantian nodded, signaling everyone to continue eating.
The next day was actually the day Yang Yitian was supposed to leave. His family simply saw him off outside the courtyard and watched the two walk out of the sect.
After leaving the sect, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian took a flying magical artifact to their destination, following the directions on the map.
The territory of Tianyuan Sect.
A woman was enduring the torment of black flames inside an alchemy furnace. Screams of agony emanated from within, while at the same time, her power gradually increased, showing signs of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Bai Yilian had been waiting for this moment for a long time. When Xu Yan brought her back to Tianyuan Sect, the Netherworld Seed was implanted in her body, so she naturally couldn't move around too freely!
After the man in black handed her over to Xu Yan, she identified Qi Zhiheng as the spreader of the Netherworld Fungus. However, she was defeated, and the Netherworld Seed left in her body could not be removed.
The man in black robes had promised to restore her cultivation, but he hadn't told her that it would be done in such a painful way.
After their plan failed, Xu Yan brought him back and handed him over to the man in black robes.
Bai Yilian questioned the other party about whether his promise to restore her cultivation was still valid! The man in black robes had sworn an oath to his inner demons, so his words naturally stood. Then, he threw her into a large alchemy furnace and began to burn her with Netherworld Fire!
She had crafted the corresponding cultivation technique from the very beginning, allowing her lost cultivation to begin to recover. Little did she know that this technique, along with the Netherworld Seed within her body, was precisely designed to facilitate her fusion with the Netherworld Fire.
Her cultivation did indeed gradually increase amidst the Netherfire, but the process was incredibly painful! The Netherfire was both chilling and scorching! The chill was bone-chilling, and the scorching heat was like burning flesh!
She had endured four years of torment in the alchemy furnace. If it weren't for her resentment towards Qi Zhiheng, she would have died long ago from the daily burning.
In fact, the greatest credit goes to the Netherworld Seed within her body. No matter how much pain she has to endure, she will not die in the Netherworld Fire.
Bai Yilian was showing faint signs of breaking through to become a Nascent Soul cultivator. Once she broke through and became a Nascent Soul cultivator, she would be able to get out of this damned medicine furnace!
The first thing she did after leaving was to find Qi Zhiheng and take revenge!
Qi Zhiheng was completely unaware of Bai Yilian's hatred. He and Yang Yitian followed the map's directions and arrived at the edge of Nanzhou.
This is a vast sea, and Zhongzhou is on the other side of this sea.
"Can't we just fly over there? If we stay on the surface, we might get attacked by sea creatures." Yang Yitian looked out at the sea and saw a huge sea beast leap out of the water and then jump back into the sea.
"Tsk tsk tsk... Looks like someone not to be trifled with!" Yang Yitian used one hand to clean up a rock by the sea and then sat down on it.
Qi Zhiheng said, "The sect leader reminded me that this sea cannot be flown over from above. People who have tried before have all ended up landing in other parts of Nanzhou instead of crossing the sea."
Yang Yitian clicked his tongue: "This sounds like a formation. Why don't we break the formation and then fly over here?"
Qi Zhiheng poured cold water on the other party's unreliable suggestion, saying, "Do you believe that if you break the formation here, and people in the Central Continent find out about our deeds, we'll be wiped out by the people of the Central Continent!"
Yang Yitian pouted somewhat unhappily: "So, in the end, we still have to go to sea?"
Qi Zhiheng said, "That's a must. As for the concealment talisman, give Lingzhou one."
Yang Yitian pulled out a stack of talismans, randomly picked one out, and said, "Here you go! Take it and spend it!"
Qi Zhiheng laughed: "You're the kind of person who can talk nonsense." He took the talisman, enlarged the spirit boat, stuck one on the bottom of the boat, and then put the boat into the water.
Qi Zhiheng leaped up and was the first to jump onto the flying artifact. He said to Yang Yitian below, "Come on up."
Yang Yitian stood up from the rock, patted off imaginary dust from his backside, and jumped into the spirit boat.
The spirit boat slowly sailed away from the shore, and after traveling for a day, the coastline disappeared completely from sight.
Yang Yitian looked rather listless, his gaze fixed on the unseen shore. Qi Zhiheng felt a pang of sympathy for him and went over to ask, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Are you seasick?" The last answer seemed rather dubious…
Yang Yitian wasn't seasick. He said softly, "I miss my son a little." The thought of not seeing his son for decades made him feel listless.
"Your sons are all grown up now, so you don't need to worry too much." Qi Zhiheng had a lot of confidence in his sons, not to mention that he had left them a lot of resources.
At this moment, in the Qi family's courtyard on Panyun Peak.
The triplets were discussing the rings Qi Zhiheng had given them.
Erbao looked at the storage ring Qi Zhiheng had given him from left to right: "What's inside the rings Father gave us?"
Da Bao replied, "I've already checked. I have some spirit herbs in my ring, but they're all level one, and there aren't many level two ones. There's also a large bottle of water, the kind we usually drink from. It's a lot, but it's probably not very useful. Oh, and there's a bunch of spirit fruits that I can't finish. Oh, and some spirit stones too."
What Da Bao didn't know was that Qi Zhiheng had left him with spiritual spring water produced in his spatial storage! It had many benefits for cultivators' bodies, not only slightly improving their cultivation level but also strengthening their physique! Normally, even when cultivators made transactions, they would use a small bottle as the unit of measurement.
The large bottle in his hand was actually a spatial container, filled with quite a bit of Hungry Spirit Spring.
Erbao said, "Mine is about the same." However, his ring contained almost no spiritual herbs, but rather more materials for talismans.
The Three Treasures are similar, but his contains more pills; eating one not only replenishes spiritual energy but also fills you up.
Sanbao was speechless at his father's pragmatic approach! He preferred delicious food to elixirs!
However, Qi Zhiheng was genuinely worried that Sanbao would go hungry, after all, this was his little Shuang'er, and he actually loved Shuang'er the most, and even specially developed a pill for her.
Erbao said, "There are so many fake spirit stones inside! Why?" He felt that his father was too concerned about saving face. If he didn't have any spirit stones, he would use fake ones to fool his sons. What if they didn't know how to spend them? Wouldn't they be laughed at?
Qi Zhiheng, far away on the spirit boat, sneezed and rubbed his nose, somewhat bewildered...
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