Chapter 620: Return to Yuling Sect after the New Year

Linhezhou, in front of the mountain gate of Yuling Sect.

Two streams of light were rushing towards the direction of Yuling Sect.

Hua Wu, the new foundation-building disciple who was in charge of inspecting the sect, couldn't help but look changed drastically when he saw this.

"Who are you? Why are you trespassing into my Yuling Sect? Why don't you stop immediately?"

Hua Wu shouted loudly.

As he was speaking, just as he was about to pick up a warning talisman and activate it, a shadow suddenly came rushing over from a distance.

Before Hua Wu could react, the warning talisman in his hand disappeared in an instant.

Soon, Hua Wu's warning talisman appeared in the hands of a young man.

"Haha, I haven't been back to the sect for such a long time. Don't you juniors even recognize me?"

The young man was Chen Xuan, and he looked at Hua Wu with a smile.

Although the aura of the late Jindan stage perfection in his body was completely restrained, it could still make Hua Wu's expression change drastically.

"Reporting to the senior, I joined the Yuling Sect only 20 years ago. I just succeeded in building my foundation not long ago."

"It's just that I have never seen you, the senior, in the Yuling Sect."

Hua Wu's expression was solemn.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "So you are a new disciple. No wonder you don't know me. But, I am also a member of the Yuling Sect. I will not embarrass the disciples of my own sect."

As he spoke, Chen Xuan's mind moved, and the pressure of the late Jindan stage on his body was suddenly released.

Soon, several streams of light shot out from the depths of the Yuling Sect.

The leader was Chen Xuan’s old acquaintance, the Golden Butterfly Fairy.

"Eh? Isn't this Junior Brother Chen?"

The Golden Butterfly Fairy's beautiful eyes swept over Chen Xuan and she was immediately surprised.

Soon, she seemed to understand something, and she looked at Hua Wu and said with a smile: "Nephew Hua, don't you juniors talk about Uncle Chen every day? Why, now that you have seen Uncle Chen today, you actually stopped him without respect?"

"Ah, this..."

Hua Wu looked embarrassed.

His eyes swept over Chen Xuan, and he suddenly realized that the young Jindan stage expert in front of him was actually the famous Uncle Chen in the Yuling Sect.

"Reporting to Master Jindie, I remember that Master Chen was still in the early stage of Jindan more than a hundred years ago. But now, Master Chen has reached the late stage of Jindan. This..."

Hua Wu looked embarrassed.

Fairy Jindie smiled and said, "Your Uncle Chen is not only powerful in combat, but also very good in cultivation. If Brother Chen standing in front of us was still in the early stage of Jindan at this moment, I would have taken action long ago."

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

Chen Xuan also smiled and waved his hand, motioning Hua Wu to go down.

Hua Wu agreed and quickly left with the patrol team.

"Senior Sister, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are doing well!" Chen Xuan said with a smile.

As he spoke, Chen Xuan's spiritual thoughts quickly swept over the Golden Butterfly Fairy.

Seeing that Fairy Jindie was still in the late stage of Jindan, he couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Senior Sister, in all this time, haven't you tried to reach the Nascent Soul stage?"

"Haha, Junior Brother Chen, did you come back this time to attack me on purpose?"

Fairy Golden Butterfly gave Chen Xuan a displeased look.

This made Chen Xuan look embarrassed.

On the other hand, Jinniu Zhenren on the side said with a smile: "Junior brother, you may not know that not long ago, Junior Sister Jindie failed in her attempt to reach the Nascent Soul stage. However, with her aptitude, the success rate of reaching the Nascent Soul stage is still quite high."

Chen Xuan nodded in agreement.

He glanced at everyone and saw that almost all the Jindan stage experts he knew were here.

But when he saw that True Man Green Python and True Man Purple Python were missing, Chen Xuan frowned slightly.

"Where are Senior Brother Qingmang and Senior Brother Zimang? Could it be that they went out for something?" Chen Xuan asked.

At this point, everyone's expression darkened.

In the end, it was Fairy Golden Butterfly who spoke first.

"Junior Brother Chen, during the time you were traveling, Senior Brother Qingmang passed away due to the end of his life."

"As for Senior Brother Zimang, he has now successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul stage and has become the third Nascent Soul stage ancestor of our Yuling Sect."

"However, Junior Brother, you returned at an unfortunate time. Grandmaster Zimang just left the sect not long ago to visit a friend. I don't know when he will be back."

Chen Xuan felt extremely complicated when he heard this.

When he had not yet achieved enlightenment, True Man Qingmang helped Chen Xuan a lot.

But now, when Chen Xuan returned to the sect again, True Man Qingmang had already passed away.

Although this kind of thing is very common in the world of immortal cultivation, Chen Xuan still feels very heavy.

"Hey, when I get back, I will definitely go to Senior Brother Qingmang's grave to pay tribute." Chen Xuan said.

"this is necessary!"

Fairy Golden Butterfly nodded.

After a pause, Fairy Golden Butterfly continued, "In the eyes of many lower-level cultivators, we, the Jindan-stage cultivators, are already like gods. In fact, only we ourselves know that if we cannot advance to the Yuanying stage, our lifespan will only be a short four hundred years."

“Even if you successfully advance to the Nascent Soul stage, your life span will only be a thousand years. Only by advancing to the Spiritualization stage and ascending to the Spirit World can you live longer.”

"Junior brother, although Senior Brother Qingmang has passed away, as an elder of our Yuling Sect who was in the Jindan stage, he did a lot of good things for our Yuling Sect. His tablet is placed in the Merit Hall. You can go and pay tribute to him at any time."

"As for you, don't be too sad. Life and death are just very common things for us cultivators."

After listening to this, Chen Xuan nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Chen Xuan was in a low mood, everyone naturally felt embarrassed to say these bad things.

Fairy Lan Die was sharp-eyed. She glanced at Fairy Miao Yu behind Chen Xuan and asked immediately, "Junior Brother Chen, how come you brought back a female cultivator in the Jindan stage after your trip? Could it be..."

When Chen Xuan heard this, his expression changed drastically.

"Senior sister, please don't talk nonsense. If Mei'er knew..."

"Oh? Mei'er? Hehe... I have heard that you and Fairy Wu Zhaomei have secretly decided to spend their lives together. Now it seems that this rumor is true? But, Junior Brother, you brought such a beautiful female cultivator back to the sect. Aren't you afraid that Fairy Wu will be jealous? If Fairy Wu really comes to our door, we will not help you."

The Blue Butterfly Fairy looked at Chen Xuan jokingly, her beautiful eyes full of strangeness.

At this point, Fairy Jindie also said, "That's right. Not only will we not help you, we will also help Fairy Wu deal with you. A heartless man will be killed on sight!"

Before Chen Xuan could say anything, True Man Fire Crow and True Man Golden Bull beside him coughed lightly.

But the Blue Butterfly Fairy and the Golden Butterfly Fairy seemed not to hear it.

The unfriendly look still stared at Chen Xuan.

Seeing this, Fairy Miaoyu quickly stood up.

"Junior Miaoyu greets all the uncles!"

Fairy Miaoyu bowed gracefully to everyone.

And he called everyone "Uncle Master".

Now, the expressions of the Blue Butterfly Fairy and the Golden Butterfly Fairy became extremely wonderful.

"Fairy, you are also a cultivator in the Jindan stage, and you actually call us uncle-master?" Fairy Jindie asked in confusion.

"Reporting to Master Jindie, this disciple is a disciple that Master accepted from outside. Master uncles, please don't misunderstand me."

Fairy Miaoyu said this and secretly glanced at Chen Xuan.

Seeing that Chen Xuan looked normal, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, True Man Taurus and True Man Fire Crow both burst into laughter.

"I'm telling you, Junior Brother Chen's character is trustworthy. Junior Sister Jindie, you two are just too anxious."

"Isn't it? Haha... You guys really side with Fairy Wu in everything! You really don't care about the friendship between fellow disciples."

Upon hearing this, the Blue Butterfly Fairy and the Golden Butterfly Fairy looked extremely embarrassed.

But soon, the two women each took out a top-quality ancient treasure and gave it to Fairy Miaoyu.

When Miaoyu saw this, she was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly.

Upon seeing this, Jinniu Zhenren and others also gave Fairy Miaoyu a gift.

After everyone finished exchanging greetings, Chen Xuan took Fairy Miaoyu and headed straight for Tongyou Valley.

At this moment, the immortal cultivators in Tongyou Valley had already received notification from the sect, and they were all standing at the entrance of Tongyou Valley waiting for Chen Xuan.

Among them, a graceful figure in the early stage of Jindan was particularly eye-catching.

It was Liu Lan’s Taoist partner, Fairy Goldfinch.

"Welcome back, Senior Brother!"

The Goldfinch Fairy laughed.

As soon as he finished speaking, countless immortal cultivators below spoke in unison.

"Welcome back Master Chen!"

"Welcome back, Elder Chen!"

It has been a long time since I returned to Tongyou Valley. Chen Xuan's divine sense swept over the cultivators in Tongyou Valley, and he couldn't help but reveal a solemn look.

"Junior Sister Jinque, why don't you see Niu Xiaoshan and his wife?" Chen Xuan asked.

Niu Xiaoshan and Zhu Yu were among the first cultivators to follow Chen Xuan.

When Chen Xuan left Tongyou Valley, the two of them had already successfully established their foundation.

In the Yuling Sect, he is also considered a famous figure.

Unexpectedly, when Chen Xuan returned this time, he found that these two people were not there.

"Reporting to Uncle Master, Junior Nephew Niu and Junior Nephew Zhu passed away decades ago due to the coming of their final days."

Fairy Goldfinch explained, and soon her beautiful eyes turned to a young man at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"Brother Chen, this is the son of nephews Niu and Zhu, named Zhu Long. After nephew Niu and his wife passed away, they specifically told me to ask Brother Chen to take care of Zhu Long for them, considering our friendship."

When Chen Xuan heard this, his expression became extremely complicated.

He really didn't expect that during his trip out this time, so many old friends in the sect would pass away.

A faint sadness shrouded Chen Xuan's heart, making him more anxious about practicing.

"If a cultivator's realm continues to stagnate, he can only choose to sit and die. Although I am now in the late stage of Jindan, I still cannot be careless."

"Since I have returned to the Yuling Sect this time, I should also prepare to reach the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible."

Chen Xuan muttered secretly.

His eyes also turned to Zhu Long.

"Zhu Long, right? Don't be afraid, come here!"

Soon, Zhu Long was brought to Chen Xuan by the Golden Bird Fairy.

Chen Xuan observed carefully for a while and found that although Zhu Long was not very old, he looked very similar to Niu Xiaoshan and his wife. Then he smiled with satisfaction.

"Looking at you reminds me of the time when I met your parents when they were young. You are only a Qi Refining disciple now, but fortunately your cultivation aptitude is not bad. From now on, you will be my registered disciple."

"When you successfully advance to the foundation-building stage, you can formally become my disciple."