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Chapter 307: Want to Come to the Immortal Realm?

Xu Xuanling put on a half-doubtful look, "Then why——"

"Liu Shuyue also doesn’t know this." Chen Xuan interrupted, "The Celestial Mist Skill she cultivated is exactly the same as the one she taught you."

Or rather, the original version of Celestial Mist Skill was traded to him, and later Liu Shuyue practiced it again, but she still hasn’t reached the eighth level. Using a scanning gun, he could see clearly that the descriptions of the two abilities were exactly the same.

If he had known it would cause such a misunderstanding, he should have directly asked Ji Yun what was going on when he discovered a change in Ji Yun’s Heart Method last time.

"How could Immortal Master Liu not know?" Xu Xuanling argued logically, "It’s been ten or twenty years since we last met, and there’s not a single sign of aging on her face. Doesn’t that indicate she’s been cultivating a superior Heart Method from the start?"

"These two things are completely different..." Chen Xuan rubbed his forehead helplessly. How was he supposed to explain that? A day in the Immortal Realm equals a year on earth? Creating an Immortal Master persona already took a lot of effort to cover up. Continuously lying to disciples wasn’t a good choice.

"I haven’t changed either, why don’t you doubt me?"

"Master, I understand that you don’t know a thing about Technique." Xu Xuanling said earnestly, "If Immortal Master Liu wanted to deceive you in the aspect of Immortal Technique, she’d undoubtedly succeed, as you couldn’t even tell what kind of Heart Method you’re cultivating."

Goodness... I’ve been underestimated.

Chen Xuan rolled his eyes. He indeed knew nothing about cultivation, but he was far superior to the Cultivation Genius in terms of ability recognition.

"Do Jiu and Hua think the same way?" he asked tentatively.

"I don’t know, you should ask them."

"Aren’t they in seclusion? Besides, you must know."

"I..." After being stared at by Chen Xuan for a while, Xu Xuanling confessed, "Okay... we’ve discussed this, actually, both of them tend to trust Immortal Master Liu more. So last time during the busy counterattack of the army, he took time to organize the results of his spell research and handed it over to you and Immortal Master Liu. He wanted Immortal Master Liu to discuss improving the Immortal Technique after reviewing these books. But as you know, there was no follow-up after that..."

Even the thought of rolling his eyes left Chen Xuan.

So last time Ji Yun enthusiastically brought the cultivation books to actually test his master a bit!

No wonder, after discovering Liu Shuyue hadn’t come, Xu Xuanling showed a brief expression of regret—not regretting not seeing Master Liu, but confirming that Master Liu was indeed avoiding the matter, making her hope disappear, realizing that she and the Wei Family siblings were just disciples taken in carelessly and soon forgotten behind.

Although she didn’t explicitly express these words, Chen Xuan could almost visualize her inner bitterness and discontent.

The problem was thirty years flew by here, while only a few months passed in the other world! Even though Hot Pepper Village and Jiang City have a certain time flow difference, Liu Shuyue occasionally coming to the store as a clerk kept this disparity from expanding.

In a mere few months, whether she could finish reading those books was questionable.

"Oh, this token was handmade by Ji Yun." Xu Xuanling took out a jade plaque emitting a faint blue glow from his bosom, roughly palm-sized, and handed it to me before entering seclusion, saying if there’s a chance to meet you or Immortal Master Liu, I should give it to you."

"What is this?" Chen Xuan took it and found it to be almost transparent, evidently a rare treasure.

"It’s the Sect Leader’s Command Token of the Lotus Cloud Sect. With it, you can have any sect disciple handle affairs for you. You can also use it to open any secret door within the sect. Ji Yun even wrote these rules into the sect’s regulations, ensuring future successors of the Lotus Cloud Sect follow them." Xu Xuanling answered, "I don’t understand why he did this...but when asked, he just said one sentence: ’Once a teacher, always a teacher.’"

Turns out he remembered this.

Chen Xuan remembered he only mentioned it casually at that time.

But thinking this way, wouldn’t the misunderstanding be deeper? After all, Liu Shuyue personally came to Ji Yun and Ji Lian for help last time, yet didn’t mention anything about concealing spell teachings.

Back then, he chatted with the siblings a bit, seeing no unusual response, nor any hint of resentment, just pure joy at being able to help an Immortal Master.

No way...

After scrutinizing Xu Xuanling, Chen Xuan suddenly realized, given Ji Yun’s comprehension ability, he couldn’t still naively believe Liu Shuyue was some enigmatic True Immortal after visiting other worlds. He might have suspected concealed teachings but certainly not as seriously as Xu Xuanling had stated.

The only one truly having an opinion was likely Xu Xuanling.

In thirty years, the siblings had seen the Immortal Master, but she hadn’t. Now even the siblings were in seclusion, leaving only Xu Xuanling as the Only I am Venerable Sect disciple of her generation.

Additionally, although Chen Xuan hadn’t asked, he could basically guess that her father, family...those who had survived could be very limited by now.

Now in a new cultivation phase, with great life extension, the first challenge she faces possibly isn’t a cultivation method but the unavoidable human issue as social creatures: loneliness.

Thinking this way, he indeed hadn’t shown enough concern for this disciple.

Chen Xuan couldn’t help but reach out and pat her head.

She was startled, looking at her master in a daze, instinctively wanting to lift her hand to resist but halted halfway, unable to push him away.

"Anyway, remember, Liu Shuyue hasn’t kept any cultivation-related matters private from you—you’re her first official disciples she’s teaching."

The villagers of Hot Pepper Village don’t count...they’re followers of Liu Shuyue.

Chen Xuan paused and continued, "Also, would you like to live in the Immortal Realm for a while? You’d see me every day, occasionally bump into Liu Shuyue. Of course...suitable Cave Heaven Blessed Lands for cultivation are available, a Spiritual Qi-rich room could be arranged for you without hindering your practice..."

Xu Xuanling was completely stunned.

Her eyes widened like bells.

"Ah...forgot you’re now the Vice Sect Leader of Lotus Cloud Sect, must be busy most of the time, probably couldn’t spend time with me—"

"No, I’ll go!" Xu Xuanling interrupted.

"But what about sect affairs?"

"I’m not the only one managing things; they handle sect affairs much more efficiently than I do." Xu Xuanling replied without hesitation, "Now the war has ended, I can definitely make time, yes, I must go!"

"Great." Chen Xuan smiled, "But going to the Immortal Realm cannot be a free stay, you’d need to help me manage the shop and guide your master in understanding those new spells. Trust me, once you meet with Immortal Master Liu, you’ll realize what I’ve said wasn’t a lie."

A goodbye spanning decades is indeed too long.

For ordinary people of this era, that’s nearly half of a lifetime.

If Xu Xuanling was given a room and let her work in the store, the time gap between the two worlds should be narrowed. This way, guests wouldn’t leave quietly.

Additionally, concerning these improved abilities, Chen Xuan also felt there’s more than meets the eye.

Others may be unable to realize the changes in abilities, but he can determine their differences through the names, descriptions, and ratings of abilities.

Regardless of why the original Celestial Mist Skill lacks lifespan extension, or if many functions were cut off, based on the improved Celestial Mist Cloud Birth True Skill, it seems to be a superior Heart Method to Celestial Mist Skill, or should outperform the original Heart Method. Yet, in the Ability Store rating, both belong to gold rarity, which is puzzling.

Is it because of the uniqueness of the Legendary Ability?

The store could easily add another tier above the gold level.

Or simply start with Celestial Mist Skill at purple rarity instead.

It can’t be, because the Ability Store is too makeshift, with a classification range that’s too broad?

Chen Xuan sensed the matter might not be so simple.