Beyond The Heaven, on the floating island where Profound Auction House was located, Xiang Linmo was sitting before a table, staring at a blue Qingfeng Pill on his palm. The tiny, round-shaped pill looked unremarkable, and it wasn’t a precious high-grade pill either.

“Hah…” Xiang Linmo sighed lightly before putting the pill back into a small porcelain bottle.

“Sitting in the room alone and sighing gloomily.” A woman’s delicate voice came from outside. “Are you a youth in love thinking of a beauty?”

“Don’t be kidding.” Xiang Linmo smiled bitterly and turned to look at the door. There, Xue Jinwen was leaning lazily on the door, smiling charmingly as usual in a red dress.

“What kind of beauty do I think?” He looked at the woman. “Why are you here?”

“My family sent people to inform that the decennial Medical Cultivator Conference will be held this year in the Eastern Realm’s Xingluo City. Are you going to attend?”

“Huh?” Xiang Linmo was surprised, “Xingluo City?” Even if Xiang Linmo wasn’t native of Eastern Realm, he wasn’t unfamiliar with the name. It must be the city where Xingluo Pavilion, one of Eastern Realm’s three major sects, was located.

“Why Xingluo City?” Xiang Lingmo was confused. “Xingluo Pavilion is Eastern Realm’s strongest sword cultivation sect.”

Medical Cultivator Conference was an event held once every ten years. It was first started seven hundred years ago and has lasted for hundreds of years. The conference was a chance for medical cultivators from all over Three Thousand Worlds to gather together and exchange their knowledge. Its most important agenda, however, was to select the members of the Xing Alliance that would preside over the matters of medical cultivators in all four realms of Three Thousand Worlds.

In addition, a tournament would also be held to give a chance for new medical sects or young medical cultivators to make their name. It was also an excellent opportunity for wandering cultivators1 or talented medical cultivators from weak sects like Xiang Linmo. If performed well, they might get recruited by a larger sect and could change their fate.

Xiang Linmo was aiming for this opportunity and had been preparing for the conference since three years ago. It’s just that this conference was generally hosted in turn by major medical sects of four realms. The last conference ten years ago was precisely held by the Xue clan from the Western Realm, which was Xue Jinwen’s clan.

“Xingluo Pavilion? I heard it always act fair and upright.” Xiang Linmo was confused and looked at Xue Jinwen puzzledly. “But that is the holy land for sword cultivators and has nothing to do with us medical cultivators.”

Xue Jinwen raised her eyebrows and smiled charmingly: “There has never been a set rule when choosing the venue for Medical Cultivator Conference. No one said that only the medical sect can host it. I heard that….” Xue Jinwen was born in the Xue clan, and was a disciple of a great sect that could be ranked into the top three in Western Realm. She naturally was much better informed than Xiang Linmo. “…the new Xingluo Pavilion master, a young man, fell in love with a female medical cultivator. In order to get a smile from the beauty, he worked hard to win this opportunity. Tsk tsk….” Xue Jinwen chuckled lightly. Her face didn’t hide her faint envy. “How enviable. Willing to work so hard just to make his beloved happy. What a heroic, generous, romantic man…..I like it.”

Xiang Linmo: “…”

“What are you hesitating for?” Xue Jinwen smiled, “Could it be because Xingluo City is going to host the conference, you no longer want to go?” She paused, “I heard that you are preparing to travel to the Eastern Realm, and will rarely be here. Now that the conference is going to be held in the Eastern Realm, isn’t it just right?”

“Yes.” Xiang Linmo nodded. He stood up and cupped his hands towards Xue Jinwen: “Thank you, fellow Daoist Xue. I have to leave now to prepare my travel to the Eastern Realm. You…” He hesitantly asked: “Will you also go?”

“Naturally.” Xue Jinwen nodded. She turned her head, gazing into a distance. From this place, she obviously couldn’t see the disciples of the major sects that were still squatting to catch ‘Xiao Qi’ outside the Profound Auction House.

Xue Jinwen smiled again: “Do you think Xiao Qi will also go?”

Xiang Linmo smiled wryly: “How do I know? Recently it has been very lively here. I heard that people also used all kinds of excuses to find you every day, just hoping that you might know something about Xiao Qi.”

“No, “Xue Jinwen’s smile turned even brighter. “I don’t even know whether that delicate and cute face was a disguise or her true appearance. She looked to be seventeen or eighteen. If her age is real, then I don’t know what kind of hidden sect can cultivate such a young and talented genius.”

“From your words, Xiao Qi probably won’t attend the Medical Cultivator Conference.” Xiang Linmo was a little disappointed, “I don’t know if she will visit Beyond The Heaven again.”

“She will.” Xue Jinwen said confidently: “Last time she asked me about some medicinal ingredients and how to order them. My guess is…” She squinted her eyes: “That little girl should be a talented disciple sent by her sect to the outside world to gain experience. Because of that, the elders deliberately gave her only very limited travel funds. That’s why she will come again. After all, here is Beyond The Heaven…” Xue Jinwen raised her eyes to gaze at the highest floating island in the sky. “If someone can’t find what they need even in Beyond The Heaven, it will only be more difficult elsewhere.”

“So…” She said confidently, “Xiao Qi will definitely come here again.”

***

Three Thousand Worlds, Eastern Realm, Fentian City.

Meng Qi stood outside the city gate, exasperating——after half a month, they finally arrived!

Qin Xiumo stood next to her, his face was even darker than his black attire.

On Meng Qi’s other side stood the white-robed Su Junmo. In front of other people, he was a standard noble young man. Handsome and aloof, with a distant and lofty temperament. Whenever they were, he always attracted countless women’s attention.

But when there was no outsider…

Merely trying to recall made Meng Qi almost collapse. Right! In her previous life, she indeed had experienced the lethality of this noisy fox’s endless chatter. However, she forgot to account for one horrifying fact: when she met Su Junmo in her previous life, he was severely injured and couldn’t even maintain his human form. In other words, Su Junmo at that time was much weaker than he was now.

“Meng Qiqi…”

“Shut up!”

“Shut up!”

Su Junmo had just spoken one word, but Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo immediately yelled in unison. A walking chatterbox wasn’t that horrible. But a walking chatterbox whose cultivation base was much stronger than them, that was truly horrible! They couldn’t do anything at all, even if he followed them all the way with his lethal noise!

Su Junmo blinked in aggrievance, but closed his mouth obediently. He didn’t dare to disobey Meng Qi. Who knew when this female cultivator, whom his Lord ordered to find, would become the future Demon Queen, his female lord.

“Let’s enter the city.” Meng Qi actually preferred a smaller, quieter establishment. But this time, she directly took the two men to the largest inn in the city center——since this fox was here, they better stayed where there were many people.

Fentian City was one of the top ten largest cities in the Eastern Realm. Compared with Qingfeng Town, the city itself was dozens of times bigger. Fentian City was very prosperous. From the city gate all the way to the east, people came and went every way. It was very lively.

Most of Qingfeng Town’s inhabitants were ordinary people. Except for Qingfeng Valley’s disciples, they rarely encountered any cultivators. In Fentian City, however, the proportion of cultivators compared with ordinary people wasn’t small. On the shops on both sides of the street, beside the standard establishment such as restaurant or inn, many sold refined pills, magic tools, cultivator’s weapons, and such.

It wasn’t Meng Qi’s first time in Fentian City. But in her previous life, she only came in passing and didn’t have time to leisurely look around. This time the situation was different. Only by walking along the street, she found many interesting things.

“We’re here.” Meng Qi’s group quickly arrived at Ruyi Inn, the largest inn in Fentian City. It was close to the city center and was a bustling establishment. The inn occupied a large area, with a restaurant in the front and rooms for staying guests in the back. At this time, the restaurant part was full of people coming and going. With so many strangers around, Su Junmo would definitely keep his mouth shut.

Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo finally gained a moment of tranquil. In this half month, even if they told Su Junmo to shut up, he would at most endure for an incense stick of time, and soon found a reason to start blabbering again.

“Three guests, welcome.” Ruyi Inn’s waiter quickly greeted the group. “Are the three of you going to eat or to stay?”

“Stay.” Meng Qi said, “Give me a quieter room, please.”

“I understand.” The waiter smiled and led Meng Qi’s group to the back of the restaurant. “Unfortunately, the city recently received an influx of guests from the Western Realm. Now we only have one empty independent courtyard. However, the courtyard has four rooms. How about it?”

“Please take us there.” Meng Qi smiled at the waiter.

Qin Xiumo followed behind Meng Qi as usual. On their journey here, Meng Qi paid for all his food, lodging, and transportation. Even if his debt kept increasing, he didn’t care. The more he owed her, the happier he was. It was best if…he couldn’t pay back in this lifetime.

Ruyi Inn’s layout was indeed fascinating. After passing the restaurant in the front, they arrived at a beautiful garden. There were seven or eight gazebos in the garden, each was separated by a certain distance. Many decorative plants and flowers were planted around the gazebos, which give them nice natural shades. Standing outside, the plants also made it harder to see the inside. Overall, they looked elegant and pleasant.

The waiter saw Meng Qi’s gaze and explained with an enthusiastic smile: “That is our inn’s private sitting room. Each one is protected by a special array. Unless it is a powerful cultivator at least in the Spirit Severing stage or above, they won’t be able to hear the guests’ conversation inside.”

“Very interesting.” Meng Qi smiled.

Su Junmo’s eyes lit up: “Can you book one for us? We would like to eat something first…”

“Not hungry!” Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo once again said in unison.

Su Junmo: “…” This baby was wronged, but didn’t dare to disobey the future Demon Queen.

Meng Qi took a deep breath. This fox really challenged her temper. During this travel, being with him day and night made her constantly irritable. She suddenly felt a little sympathy towards Lu Qingran. Meng Qi certainly didn’t believe that Su Junmo still hid his true nature after getting close to Lu Qingran. Yet Lu Qingran was able to endure and even stayed with him like a glue every day. Truly remarkable.

Thinking about Lu Qingran, Meng Qi’s eyes flickered. After Lu Qingran disappeared from Qingfeng Valley’s great hall that day, Meng Qi never saw this senior sister again. When she and her group departed, Qingfeng Valley was very desolated. The sect leader was still there, but most of the disciples had gone, and many were leaving to Fentian City. Meng Qi didn’t know whether Lu Qingran returned to Qingfeng Valley afterward or not.

With that in mind, Meng Qi walked behind the waiter, who took them along the stone-paved path through the garden.

“Brother Su.” Meng Qi and her group had just stepped into the garden when the flower vine in front of one of the gazebo swayed open, and a young man in a dark blue robe came from inside.

“It’s really brother Su!” The man saw Su Junmo and immediately walked towards the group with a bright smile. “I heard my younger sister said that you are coming to the Eastern Realm. My friends and I are still guessing whether we will encounter brother Su. But didn’t expect to coincidentally meet you in Fentian City.”

The blue-robed man smiled even brighter: “If my sister knows, she must regret not coming to Fentian City with me.”

Su Junmo smiled slightly: “Brother Xue is joking.”

“These two are?” The young man surnamed Xue turned his head at Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo. His eyes flashed in surprise. The man in black was in the Golden Core stage. The woman was….eh? Foundation Establishment?

The young man’s smile didn’t change: “Brother Su, why don’t you introduce me to the two fellow Daoists?”

Su Junmo glanced at the young man before introducing him to Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo: “This is fellow Daoist Xue Chengxuan.” After a pause, he added: “He is from Feng Alliance’s Xue clan, and the number one among his family’s younger generation.”

“Brother Su is joking. I’m not worthy.” Xue Chengxuan smiled slightly, “But as the eldest son, my age is indeed the number one.”

Western Realm, Feng Alliance, Xue clan…

Eh?!

Meng Qi’s calm expression suddenly changed. Her eyes brightened, and her face looking at Xue Chengxuan was different from before.

Su Junmo didn’t know how to describe Meng Qi’s current expression. It wasn’t flattering, but similar to a sword cultivator who stepped into Xingluo Pavilion, an Eastern Realm’s spell cultivator who visited Fentian Palace, or himself before the Demon Realm’s Celestial Tree….In short, it was a kind of joy someone naturally showed when seeing the holy land of their cultivation path.

Su Junmo glanced at Xue Chengxuan silently. The time he spent in the Western Realm wasn’t short, and he was familiar with the four major clans of Feng Alliance. Although Xue Chengxuan was being modest just now, his talent in cultivation and medical skill was extremely high. Not only among the Xue clan but even looking at the entire younger generation of Feng Alliance, Xue Chengxuan was extremely outstanding.

“This is Meng Qi from Qingfeng Valley, and this is Qin Xiumo.” Su Junmo introduced his two travel companions.

“Fellow Daoists.” Xue Chengxuan politely greeted them.

Qin Xiumo replied indifferently.

“Fellow Daoist Xue.” Meng Qi returned the greeting, then looked at Xue Chengxuan with bright eyes. “Even in the Eastern Realm, I have long heard about Feng Alliance’s name.”

Xue Chengxuan smiled slightly. He didn’t dislike Meng Qi’s gaze. Although her eyes were obviously very bright, they were devoid of any scheme or greed. “Is fellow Daoist Meng also a medical cultivator?” Xue Chengxuan couldn’t help asking.

“Yes.” Meng Qi nodded.

“If you don’t mind, how about join us.” Xue Chengxuan turned sideways and made an inviting gesture: “This time, I am out for a trip with two colleagues. After receiving notice from our elders, we came to the Eastern Realm. As a fellow medical cultivator, we can share our knowledge, which can be considered as a small Medical Cultivator Conference in advance.”

Xue Chengxuan smiled politely. He was handsome, polite, and hailed from the famous Xue clan. Also, both his talent in cultivation and medical skill was very high. At such a young age, he has reached the fourth realm of the Nascent Soul stage, and his medical cultivation was in the fifth rank. Not only the position of Xue Clan’s next clan head, he was even rumored to be the future Feng Alliance’s leader. Therefore, Xue Chengxuan has always been popular with the young female cultivators in the Western Realm.

Meng Qi nodded: “Then, we will bother you.”

Su Junmo: “…”

He looked at Meng Qi and Xue Chengxuan. Having been with this girl for almost half a month, he naturally knew some things about her. Su Junmo wasn’t blind. He was smart and sensitive by nature, so he could clearly see that Meng Qi didn’t like socializing. Along the way, she didn’t talk much with even Qin Xiumo, and generally ignored himself.

But now, she was smiling at Xue Chengxuan…not good!

“Please come in.” Xue Chengxuan stepped aside to open the gazebo’s entrance, then gestured towards Qin Xiumo, “Fellow Daoist Qin, please come in.”

“Brother Su…” He smiled at Su Junmo, “Both of my colleagues inside also know brother Su. They will be very happy to meet you here. Please come in.”

Su Junmo didn’t have any choice. He nodded, and after entering the gazebo, rushed to sit next Xue Chengxuan, separating him from Meng Qi. Indeed, Su Junmo knew the two people inside. They were also members of Feng Alliance, Murong Fei and Wen He. Xue clan, Murong clan, Wen clan, and Li clan were the four major clans of Feng Alliance.

Xue Chengxuan introduced Meng Qi and Qin Xiumo to the two. Since they both knew Su Junmo, along with Xue Chengxuan’s hospitality, the atmosphere soon became harmonious.

“Is fellow Daoist Meng also going to the Medical Cultivator Conference?” After exchanging some latest news with Su Junmo, Xue Chengxuan smiled at Meng Qi, “If so, we can go together.”

“Medical Cultivator Conference?” Meng Qi knew about this conference. However, after leaving Qingfeng Valley in her previous life, she traveled Three Thousand Worlds alone before meeting her master by chance, and thus never joined any sect again. Therefore, she only heard that this Medical Cultivator Conference was a grand gathering held once in ten years by Three Thousand Worlds’ top medical cultivators, but never attended in person.

“Right.” Xue Chengxuan was a little surprised, but quickly explained: “This year is precisely the tenth year. At the beginning of next month, Xingluo Pavilion will host this year’s Medical Cultivator Conference in Xingluo City.”

“Xingluo Pavilion’s Xingluo City?” Meng Qi was very surprised.

“Yes.” Xue Chengxuan nodded with a smile.

A trace of awkwardness flashed on Murong Fei and Wen He’s faces. No matter how strong Xingluo Pavilion was, people would still be surprised to hear that a sword cultivation sect would host a conference for medical cultivators. When they first heard about it, their expressions were similar to Meng Qi.

“But Xingluo Pavilion, isn’t it a sword cultivation sect?” Meng Qi asked confusedly.

“It’s indeed so.” Xue Chengxuan nodded with a smile, “I heard from my father that Xingluo Pavilion’s new pavilion master has made a promise. During these ten years, he will go to the Starfallen Sea to hunt monster beasts and bring back anything that can be used for medicine.”

“I see.” Meng Qi suddenly understood, “No wonder.”

The majority of medical cultivators were immersed in improving their medical cultivation and only learned some basic offensive techniques for self-defense. Starfallen Sea was the place said to be connected with Three Thousand Worlds, Demon Realm, and Demon Race. There were many kinds of rare flowers and plants, monster beasts and spiritual beasts, many of which could be used to refine medicine, and some were even classified as a legendary class. However, the Starfallen Sea was extremely dangerous. Cultivators below Spirit Severing stage would only meet with certain death there. Even Spirit Severing cultivators could hardly survive, let alone hunting for monster beasts. If someone really wanted to explore the Starfallen Sea, they at least had to be in the Void Comprehending stage.