Water Mansion.

Chen Mobai looked at the Qingtong sapling on the desk. This spiritual tree, in this place full of spiritual energy, had already grown its third leaf.

It was just like the Biyu Wutong he visualized in his sea of consciousness.

The effect of the “Qinghuo Pill” was indeed extraordinary.

After Chen Mobai took one, his originally stable divine consciousness actually increased by one-fifth. The third leaf of the Qingtong sapling in his visualization quickly sprouted and grew under the amplification of the pill’s power.

His divine consciousness directly broke through a level, advancing to the realm equivalent to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Now his divine consciousness could not only observe the Dantian Qi Sea, but could even extend to the five internal organs. However, if he wanted to examine every corner of his body along the meridians, he was still somewhat lacking in strength.

The “Qinghuo Pill” was so miraculous that Chen Mobai was tempted to swallow all the pills Qing Nv had given him.

Unfortunately, although this pill had no pill toxicity, it could only be taken once every seven days.

Chen Mobai could only suppress his excitement and watered the Qingtong sapling.

As long as this spiritual tree was placed in a place with spiritual energy, it could continue to grow.

After he brought it to the Water Mansion, he never moved it.

However, its growth was indeed very slow. It had been a year, and it had only grown one more leaf.

Chen Mobai was thinking about whether to transplant it from the pot and put it in the red soil in the side hall.

But after thinking about it, he decided not to risk damaging the growth environment of the jade bamboo and forcibly transplant a new spiritual tree.

Just as Chen Mobai was preparing to return to the Immortal Gate.

Suddenly, there was a movement in the Bishui Formation.

The entire Formation seemed to be gently fluctuated, as if someone was knocking on the Formation.

Chen Mobai was startled and immediately rushed out of the study, holding the Formation flag in one hand and his mobile phone in the other.

He thought it might be the Nanshan bandits coming to his door, but under the protection of the second-order grand Formation, and knowing that the source of the Formation’s spiritual power was a top-grade spiritual stone, he was confident and did not directly return to the Immortal Gate to hide.

“Who’s there?”

Chen Mobai, holding the Formation flag, walked out of the Water Mansion gate. Through the thick waves of the lake, he could only see a vague figure standing on the water.

The person seemed to have a way to see Chen Mobai inside the Formation, and shot a sound transmission talisman at him.

Chen Mobai originally didn’t want to let this sound transmission talisman into the Formation, but he found that the style looked familiar.

Wasn’t it the same as the sound transmission talisman Yuan Chiyi had sent before?

He thought of another thing and immediately waved the Formation flag to receive the sound transmission talisman.

【You’re the only one missing here. We’re going back to Jumu Ridge tomorrow. Are you regretting joining our sect?】

It was indeed a true disciple of the Shenmu Sect.

Chen Mobai slapped his forehead. He never expected that the people from the Shenmu Sect would be the first to come to him.

He waved the Formation flag to open the water surface, looked at the person on the lake from inside the mansion, and it was Sister Ding who looked very young.

“I’m sorry, Sister Ding. I was chased by the Nanshan bandits a while ago. I barely escaped back here. I’m afraid I’ll be killed by them on the way back to the market. I dare not go out.”

Chen Mobai confirmed that it was a true transmission of the Shenmu Sect, and immediately began to complain.

After hearing this, Ding Ying tilted her head and smiled, then took out her right hand from behind her back and threw the two skulls she was holding in front of Chen Mobai.

“This…”

Chen Mobai took a closer look and found that they were the two Nanshan bandits who had been chasing him.

One of them was He Qun, who was staring wide-eyed, dead but not closing his eyes.

“Thank you, Sister Ding, for standing up for me. I’m grateful for your great kindness. If there’s anything I can do for you in the sect in the future, please feel free to command me.”

Chen Mobai was grateful, and he put his attitude forward first.

But Ding Ying on the other side waved her hand, indicating that it was not her credit.

“It was Brother E Yun who personally took action and helped you cut off the trouble. However, the leader, Lei Tao, had a precious second-order mid-grade spiritual talisman and escaped.”

“But you don’t have to worry about Lei Tao coming back for revenge. Brother E Yun is very face-conscious. After Lei Tao escaped from him, it aroused his competitive spirit.”

“It seems that Brother E Yun has taken this matter as his last worldly concern before his Foundation Establishment, and is now chasing the leader of the Nanshan bandits thousands of miles away.”

After hearing this, Chen Mobai was stunned.

Although he knew that joining a big sect would definitely be like enjoying the cool under a big tree, he didn’t expect that E Yun, the third-ranked true disciple, would help him cut off the trouble.

However, this was definitely a good thing.

He was thinking about crossing Yun Country to go to Jumu Ridge before, but now it’s fine, he can just follow the main force.

“Thank you for Brother E Yun’s help.”

Chen Mobai bowed to the void, at least he was polite.

“Hurry up and pack your things and follow me. The others arrived at Nanxi Market three or four days ago. If it weren’t for your outstanding spiritual root talent, I definitely wouldn’t have made a special trip to notify you.”

Ding Ying rolled her eyes and said, as if Chen Mobai shouldn’t have made her work so hard.

“Yes, Sister Ding.”

Chen Mobai didn’t think about inviting Ding Ying into the Water Mansion for a cup of tea. After all, there were many good things inside, so it was better not to show them to outsiders.

After he came down, he only took his backpack, then directly closed the Water Mansion, and turned the power of the Bishui Formation to the maximum.

“Let’s go.”

Ding Ying didn’t care about what Chen Mobai’s cave mansion looked like. After seeing him come up, she took out a green leaf from her storage bag around her waist.

Her cherry lips pursed, and she blew gently.

The green leaf grew with the wind and turned into a green boat.

“Get on.”

Ding Ying jumped on first. Chen Mobai originally thought it was a magical tool for crossing the lake, but when he got on, he realized that he was just inexperienced.

The green leaf boat, astonishingly, lifted them both into the air.

Fortunately, he wasn’t afraid of heights and had been on an airplane before. After taking a couple of deep breaths mid-air, he got used to the sudden sensation of flying.

Ding Ying looked on with a puzzled expression.

It was known that not everyone in the Shenmu Sect, even among the true disciples, possessed a flying artifact.

The first time a cultivator flew into the sky, they would at least be scared into trembling. Chen Mobai, however, seemed calm and composed. Could it be that he had experienced a flying artifact before?

But she couldn’t be bothered to think too much about it.

Chen Mobai, fearing that he might say something wrong, kept his mouth shut all the way.

The two of them traveled in silence, and about half an hour later, they landed within the vicinity of Nanxi Market.

Ding Ying put away the green leaf boat in advance and landed on a barren hill in front of the market.

“Don’t reveal that I have a flying artifact.”

After saying this, she took the lead towards the market.

“Yes, Senior Sister Ding.”

Chen Mobai immediately nodded in agreement and followed her.

In Nanxi Market, there were indeed many unfamiliar loose cultivators.

These were the new disciples that Yuan Chiyi and Ding Ying had recruited into the Shenmu Sect after the spirit testing examination in Yun Country this month.

Chen Mobai counted roughly, there were nearly a hundred people.

Among them, they were clearly divided into four groups, standing in the central square of the market.

Seeing him coming, one group immediately surrounded him.

“Senior Brother Chen, you’re finally here.”