Chapter 578 - 472: All Partings Must Come

Chapter 578: Chapter 472: All Partings Must Come

Previously, Zheng Duan, who was sent to the Danxia Sect to report Guh Nishang’s successful Core Formation, had long returned, bringing back two letters and a storage pouch.

One letter was from the Danxia Sect Leader Wuhuanzi, expressing a polite joy for Guh Nishang’s successful crossing of the tribulation, gratitude for the Yunshan Sect’s crucial role in it, and also once again thanking Lu Qian for exchanging the Innate Red Grass.

As a token of gratitude, from now on, all the elixirs Lu Qian needs for his personal cultivation will be covered by the Danxia Sect. The storage pouch contains this year’s supply of various elixirs Lu Qian will need, including those for assisting cultivation, healing and recovery, detoxification and barrier avoidance, emergency life-saving, and various other uses.

This elixir gift pack, the Danxia Sect will provide one every year in the future, each enough for one year’s use.

Actually, with Guh Nishang and the Yunshan Sect and Lu Qian supporting each other, it’s hard to say who helped whom. Lu Qian and the Yunshan Sect indeed helped her break through barriers, cross the celestial tribulation, and achieve a transformative change, but Guh Nishang also helped the Yunshan Sect make a name for itself, propping up the Golden Core Sect’s reputation.

Therefore, the Danxia Sect sent such an elixir gift pack, which isn’t particularly valuable in itself, but it conveyed a message.

The Yunshan Sect has henceforth gained the friendship of the Danxia Sect, and Lu Qian has thereby received their recognition.

The second letter was personally written by Master Chi Yu, the wild strokes of his flamboyant handwriting made Lu Qian seem to see once more the Golden Core Master who liked to bare his upper body, his bronze skin shining. Outwardly bold and wild, but actually meticulous, Lu Qian held him in high esteem.

This letter was much more cordial, expressing joy at Guh Nishang’s tribulation-crossing and Core Formation, gratitude to Lu Qian for his assistance, and excitement at the Yunshan Sect’s resurgence in two counties. It also reminisced at great length about past friendships with an old friend—Lu Qian’s Grandmaster Ancestor—and concluded once again by expressing his happiness that the Yunshan Sect has successors.

In short, it was the affection and care of an elder, warming the reader’s heart.

He welcomed Lu Qian to visit the Fire Cloud Peak anytime, and enclosed with the letter was a brewing recipe—the recipe for Star Brew.

He said it was his creation and a treasure of his own. The journey being far, cumbersome to send back and forth, he asked Lu Qian to brew it himself. Should he have any worries, sipping two cups could dispel anxiety and lift spirits. Regular drinking could even boost strength and enhance spiritual power.

Yet unbeknownst to the master, Lu Qian had already tasted Spirit Wine from Guh Nishang, truly unique and worth anticipating.

"When the wine is ready, send word. I’ll lift my cup to the east, you toast to the west, thousands of miles apart, sharing a drink—how delightful! Hahaha!"

At this, Lu Qian couldn’t help but smile, finding the "hahaha" particularly amusing.

So Lu Qian instructed his disciples to search the storeroom for spiritual medicine and began brewing, also constructing a wine cellar near the Spirit Vein Treasure Pearl, burying a hundred vats inside. Fine wine takes time, it will be thirty years before it’s ready.

Deep autumn, September, in Red Maple Valley.

The entire valley was ablaze with maple leaves. Across the vast landscape, layers of foliage were dyed in fiery hues, mesmerizing in their beauty.

But all things come to an end, and after today, these red maples would gradually wither and fall.

Guh Nishang headed south, Lu Qian accompanied her on the journey. Somehow, they found themselves above Red Maple Valley.

Revisiting this place, ten years of memories flooded their minds. Guh Nishang suddenly stopped, landing amid the maple forest to stand and admire the view. Lu Qian descended as well, both understanding in their hearts that a journey of a thousand miles must end in farewell, and this was their final stop.

This farewell was actually a secret. Only a few elders knew that Guh Nishang had left Minglong Mountain, and even fewer knew that, in terms of identity, she was no longer an Honored Guest Elder of the Yunshan Sect.

Regarding Guh Nishang’s departure, Lu Qian had long arranged everything properly, declaring to the outside world that she had entered seclusion. Core Formation Masters entering seclusion was a common practice, and now, with all around being peaceful, it seemed all the more normal.

Although she returned to the Danxia Sect, she would come back every few years to show her face, thereby naturally maintaining the Yunshan Sect’s Golden Core status.

At least until Lu Qian or Wu Yan achieved merit and conduct perfection, crossing the celestial tribulation and attaining the Golden Core.

Since there were such arrangements and preparations, Lu Qian originally didn’t feel particularly melancholic. After all, it wasn’t as if they’d never meet again; a few years were but the blink of an eye, and if an emergency arose, a letter would bring Guh Nishang to assist.

Of course, the premise was that the Danxia Sect hadn’t started territorial expansion.

The Danxia Sect Leader Wuhuanzi had obtained the Innate Red Grass and was now preparing intensely for the Great Heart Demon Tribulation, seemingly intending to first achieve the status of Nascent Soul and then expand territories.

Yet, contemplating all this, standing today amidst the red maples of the valley, seeing Fairy Nishang leaning against a tree in a daze, a sudden surge of reluctance welled up, hard to suppress.

Lu Qian was about to speak when Guh Nishang suddenly tossed over a porcelain bottle. On a closer look, it was the mysterious porcelain bottle left by Master Lingyin.

"There were originally three elixirs in here, but I used one to test the drug effect, so only two are left," Guh Nishang said. "This elixir is also a type of Innate Spirit Pill, its function is to instantly replenish spiritual power and divine sense. But the dan poison is very potent. For someone with Foundation Establishment cultivation, using one would require at least three years to eliminate it, or else it would cause damage to the meridians and divine sense."

"In terms of efficacy, Innate Rejuvenation Pill would be a more appropriate name."