Chapter 493 - 245: Your Name_2
Next, Chu Xuan gave a few instructions to Li Xingchuan, telling him to go directly to meet Yu Zhanfeng and then head to the Li’an Demon Sect to follow Yao Yufei’s orders.
As the news of the Alchemy Dao conference spread, Yao Yufei would send people to secretly guide public opinion, and with the Celestial Alliance reappearing in the world, it would inevitably clash with the Shangguan family, where supreme combat power would be indispensable in this process.
Li Xingchuan agreed earnestly and set off immediately.
Seeing this, Ji Mingyu felt much relieved. The bothering fellow finally left, and they returned to their intimate two-person world~
At this moment, Chu Xuan finally had the time to take out the "Immortal Pill" for inspection. Previously, when he heard Mu Yunzi say that this pill was "just a breath away," he was secretly moved, especially upon hearing about the "Qing Ling Qi of the Nine Heavens."
It should be known that the Xian Qi in his body was refined from eighty-one strands of Qing Ling Qi of the Nine Heavens.
At this moment, the Immortal Qi was drawn out by Chu Xuan from his sea of consciousness. He carefully let it touch the gray pill in his palm bit by bit, fearing that it might get consumed by the pill.
Luckily, after the Life Creation Pill was completely enveloped by the Immortal Qi, it faintly emitted a weak glow, as if it was being nourished by something.
Ji Mingyu, who was close by, had a better understanding of the Xian Qi than this disciple. After sensing it with her eyes closed, she said:
"Not bad. If you’re not in a hurry, letting the Immortal Qi nurture it for ten to twenty years will allow it to transform into a true Immortal Pill."
"If you rush it, it will consume a lot of the Immortal Qi, and it might shrink by half."
Upon hearing this, Chu Xuan was somewhat speechless. This Mu Yunzi was just making wild guesses. Have you ever refined an Immortal Pill? Assuming things, and talking about a breath of Qing Ling Qi? Each breath is more than forty strands, huh?
Fortunately, as long as the Immortal Qi isn’t completely exhausted, it will slowly replenish itself. Like back then, when it was used as firewood by the Six Souls Banner, and now it shows no signs of deficiency.
Hence, the long-term nurturing method almost doesn’t consume the Immortal Qi itself.
At this point, Chu Xuan curiously asked Xiaoxue, "How do you know?"
"Xiaoxue" had to stammer, "I’m just guessing."
Chu Xuan shook his head with a smile, then took out the Six Souls Banner and tossed both the Immortal Qi and the Life Creation Pill into it, as the pill itself couldn’t become intangible and directly enter his sea of consciousness.
The head of the beauty had long poked out from the pouch, having eavesdropped all the way here, and now eagerly asked, "After it’s refined into an Immortal Pill, can I have it?"
Chu Xuan had painstakingly acquired it, originally prepared for her, but at this moment, he hesitated:
"This pill was prepared for myself, thinking that in a life-and-death battle with an enemy, I could take it instantly if seriously injured."
Upon hearing this, the beauty’s head, which rarely showed any change in expression, seemed a bit disappointed, and even her eyes dimmed a bit.
Luckily, Chu Xuan continued, "It’s not impossible to give it to you, but the value of this Immortal Pill is too high."
"You haven’t been my subordinate for many years. If I give it to you and you immediately regrow your body, I’ll have to release you, and wouldn’t that be a loss for me?
The beauty nodded, "After my body grows back, I can continue to help you."
She thought for a moment and hesitantly added, "Is a hundred years okay? If not, two hundred."
After receiving this promise, Chu Xuan smiled and nodded, "You’ve been obedient for all these years, so I won’t bully you, let’s make it a hundred years."
The beauty finally nodded gratefully.
"For now, I’ll keep the pill with me for nurturing. Besides, I hear there’s a Celestial Pool Secret Mansion; if that pool can regenerate your body, this pill can be saved."
The beauty agreed without any objections to the hundred-year servitude contract.
Xiaoxue couldn’t help but internally criticize; Chu Xuan was really good at exploiting his subordinates.
Ji Mingyu was a bit displeased, thinking that if this head really turned into a pretty woman, wouldn’t that threaten her?
She hadn’t had the chance to dissuade him when the beauty continued, "Chu Xuan."
This was the beauty’s second time calling his name. Since she learned to speak, her first words had been "Chu Xuan."
Chu Xuan thought for a moment and replied, "Shouldn’t you call me ’Master’?"
The beauty, however, shook her head, "Chu Xuan, name, I need a name."
"I’m not a monster; I believe I’m an independent entity, a living person."
Chu Xuan looked at the persistent beauty and, after pondering for a while, nodded:
"That’s right, since you have a new consciousness and have learned to speak, it’s time you had a name. We can’t call you beauty’s head forever, it doesn’t sound pleasant."
"Hmm, let me think... got it!" Chu Xuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said seriously:
"Your name shall be ’Meng Xian.’"
"Do you sometimes dream of fragments of the original body’s memories? Since that figure was an ancient Immortal, we’ll call you Meng Xian."
The beauty murmured, "Meng Xian, Meng Xian..." seemingly not opposed to it.
So Chu Xuan went further and said, "If you want a surname, how about mine?"
The beauty shook her head, "No, I seem to recall my surname is Zhang; it should have been Zhang, so call me Zhang Mengxian."
Chu Xuan had no objections, but Ji Mingyu was even more enraged and resentfully bit this scoundrel’s finger.
"Ah, that hurts, what are you doing?" Chu Xuan looked at "Xiaoxue" in bewilderment.
Ji Mingyu merely turned away, ignoring him, as though overturning a jar of vinegar.
The beauty continued to gaze at Chu Xuan, "Thank you."
With that, she retreated into the pouch again, leaving Chu Xuan a bit awkward. Why are you going back now? We’re still on the road.
Fortunately, before Chu Xuan could call her again, the beauty reemerged, nodding, "That water earlier was delicious."
Chu Xuan nodded with a smile, "If you like it, I’ll get you a few more bottles next time there’s a chance."
"Let’s go to our next destination."
"Where to?" Ji Mingyu couldn’t help but curiously turn back and ask.
Chu Xuan didn’t mind her irritation and just rubbed her head, "Purple Heaven Jade Mansion."
"Huh?" Both Xiaoxue and Mingyu were filled with surprise and confusion, but Chu Xuan offered no further explanation, merely gazing distantly into the distance with his hands behind his back.
...
On the way to Purple Heaven, Chu Xuan closed his eyes and silently operated the Cultivation Technique, storing the energy extracted from the Golden Mane Howler into the ’Returning Ruins’ of his Dantian instead of directly using it to enhance his cultivation.
In fact, during the Celestial Evil Period, he did the same. The end of the Celestial Water Returning Ruins Technique explained well, "This method is not tolerated by the world," so he restrained himself during cultivation, setting for himself the bottom line of "not consuming people."
Later, as he progressed in cultivation, Chu Xuan increasingly realized this evil technique was laden with karma, and he couldn’t dispel this karma. If truly unchecked, consuming everything, it would eventually lead to his doom.
Not to mention, after absorbing some beasts’ essence for cultivation, he vaguely felt influenced by the blood energy, even making his temperament more irritable.
Therefore, since then, Chu Xuan has raised his bottom line further, refraining from even consuming beasts.
Even so, despite being restrained, he nearly went astray several times during his cultivation journey, relying on his strong will and the Six Souls Banner’s purification of the spirit to reach the ninth realm.
This life, without alternative paths, Chu Xuan would not deviate from his plan and reverted to practicing the Returning Ruins Technique, leaving no hidden dangers for himself.
Of course, the absorbed energy wasn’t wasted; he could still use it for attacks in the future, perhaps even with amplified power after accumulation.
Purple Heaven Jade Mansion wasn’t far from the Dan Sect, and at the beauty’s pace, they reached the Purple Jade Clear Heaven in less than half an hour.
Revisiting old haunts, Chu Xuan felt somewhat melancholic, but he had long pondered everything thoroughly, so he now showed no hesitance.