Chapter 742: Chapter 742

Five hundred years passed by quickly.

Within the Purple Toad Mountain Range, a splendid and magnificent palace stood, its plaque bearing the grand characters "Purple Toad Palace".

In a certain practice room, Yuan Rui sat cross-legged on a green cushion, his eyes slightly closed.

A green halo enveloped his body, and on his back, there were huge green bird wings.

A little while later, a Voice Transmission Paper Crane flew in.

The green halo around Yuan Rui dispersed, the green bird wings disappeared, and he opened his eyes.

He channeled a spell into the Voice Transmission Paper Crane and a respectful male voice sounded, "Master, Master Aunt Lin has ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot."

The Qianling Sect traded with the Nine Flames Sect. The Nine Flames Sect handed over the Purple Toad Mountain Range to the Qianling Sect, who sent disciples to guard it.

Having advanced to the Refinement Void Phase, Yuan Rui was stationed in the Purple Toad Mountain Range to receive Spirt Control Sect disciples ascended from the Qian Yang Realm.

"So many years have passed, and Junior Sister Lin has finally ascended."

A look of joy appeared on Yuan Rui’s face.

He took out a Messaging Plate that flickered with yellow light and channeled a spell into it, asking,"Huang Xin, where is she now?"

"She’s inside the Purple Toad Palace right now. You can see her as soon as you come out," the man replied.

Yuan Rui acknowledged and got up to leave.

Inside the Purple Toad Palace, Lin Yutong sat on a chair while a tall, thin youth clad in golden clothes stood beside her.

Yuan Rui came out with a beaming smile.

"Junior Sister Lin, you’ve finally ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot. It’s been so long since we’ve seen each other," said Yuan Rui with a smile. When he had ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot, Lin Yutong had not yet advanced to the Divinity Transformation Stage.

By rights, he should call her Master Nephew Lin. Lin Yutong was Shen Long’s Junior Sister and an Alchemist. It was only a matter of time before she advanced to the Refinement Void Phase, so Yuan Rui naturally addressed Lin Yutong as Junior Sister.

"Uncle Yuan, congratulations on your advancement to the Refinement Void Phase!"

Lin Yutong quickly stood up to pay her respects.

"No need for formalities among our own, this is my disciple Huang Xin in the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot. Junior Brother Shen has advanced to the Refinement Void Phase too and has become cultivation partners with Fairy Chu from the Sun Moon Palace. They would definitely be very happy to know you’ve ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot," Yuan Rui explained.

"Where are Senior Brother Shen and the others?" Lin Yutong curiously asked.

"They are at the Qianling Sect. I just so happen to be returning there. I’ll personally escort you back!" Yuan Rui offered.

Mo Bingbing had sent a sixth-order Array Master to the Purple Toad Mountain Range to set up a large Transference Array, which could directly transport them back to the Qianling Sect.

"Then I’ll trouble Uncle Yuan," Lin Yutong said politely, and followed Yuan Rui into a side room. Inside the room was a huge Transference Array that spanned hundreds of feet in diameter, and the two were transported away.

At the Qianling Sect, Golden Roc Peak.

In the Golden Roc Garden, Chu Buyu and Wang Ruobing sat in a green Stone Pavilion, sipping tea and chatting leisurely.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Chu; I didn’t expect you to repair this treasure so quickly. Senior Brother Shen is skilled in Alchemy, and you are proficient in Artifact Refining. You really are a match made in heaven," Wang Ruobing complimented.

She had asked Chu Buyu to help repair a middle-grade Sky-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, which Chu Buyu swiftly restored.

"Your treasure was not too severely damaged, so it wasn’t difficult to repair. You flatter me, Senior Sister Wang," said Chu Buyu with a smile.

With the help of elixirs, she had successfully practiced the Mysterious Soul Secret Manual to the fourth layer. Spending hundreds of years in covert cultivation, she remained in the early stages of Void Refinement, which was quite normal.

Advancing to even a minor realm was very difficult for a Void Refining Cultivator. It hadn’t been a thousand years since she advanced to the Refinement Void Phase, so this cultivation pace was fairly typical.

"By the way, has Senior Brother Shen not left seclusion yet? I would like to ask him for assistance in refining a batch of elixirs," Wang Ruobing asked curiously.

"My husband is still in seclusion. When he emerges, I will inform Senior Sister Wang," Chu Buyu said with a hint of a smile.

"All right, then I won’t disturb you further. I’ll take my leave now," Wang Ruobing stood up to depart.

Wang Ruobing had hardly left when Yuan Rui and Lin Yutong arrived.

"Senior Sister Chu, Junior Sister Lin has ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot," Yuan Rui said with a wide grin.

"That’s wonderful. If my husband knew about this, he would be overjoyed," Chu Buyu responded.

Fairy Chu Buyu’s face showed delight.

"Senior Sister Chu, is Senior Brother still in seclusion?"

Just as Chu Buyu was about to answer, a joyful male voice rang out, "Junior Sister, you’ve finally ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot."

As the words fell, Shen Long emerged from the Golden Roc Pavilion with a beaming smile on his face.

His aura was much more powerful than before. He had already advanced to the middle stage of Void Refinement.

Shen Long had been in the stage of Void Refinement for over nine hundred years, and with Shen Peng’s advancement to the sixth rank, he had saved himself more than two thousand years of arduous Cultivation. That made it three thousand years in total. If he couldn’t advance to the mid-stage of Void Refinement, that would be truly lamentable.

"Junior Brother Shen, you’ve advanced to the middle stage?"

Yuan Rui asked in amazement, his face full of envy.

His Life-Bound Spirit Bird, the Gold-Winged Thunder Eagle, was only a late-stage fifth rank, just a step away from the sixth rank.

"Mm-hmm, my Life-Bound Spirit Beast advanced to the sixth rank, which saved me some time from the arduous Cultivation. Plus, with the Essence Advancing Spiritual Power elixirs, my Cultivation speed has increased a bit."

Shen Long explained with a smile, turning his gaze to Lin Yutong, and said, "After more than a thousand years apart, Junior Sister, you have at last ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot. Come, follow me first to offer incense to our master."

He led Lin Yutong to a side room, where inside the spirit tablets of Ice Silkworm True Person and Song Lianyue were enshrined.

Lin Yutong offered incense to Ice Silkworm True Person and knelt down for three sonorous kowtows.

"Dad, I’ve ascended to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot."

"The resources in the Lower Realm are just too poor. Junior Sister Lin, it took you so long to reach the middle stage of Divinity Transformation."

Shen Long said with a sigh.

"There’s no helping it. The technique I practice is different from yours. I don’t have a Life-Bound Spirit Beast to feed back, so I need to spend more time on Cultivation."

Lin Yutong explained.

She didn’t practice the Spirt Control Technique and lacked the feedback from a Life-Bound Spirit Beast, Spirit Birds, and Spirit Insects, so she could only progress step by step.

Shen Long nodded his head and walked out with Lin Yutong.

Fairy Chu Buyu and Yuan Rui sat in the Stone Pavilion, sipping tea and chatting leisurely.

"Junior Sister Lin, congratulations on your ascension to the Realm of the Spiritual Pivot. This is a little something from me. Please, accept it! I hope you will reach the Void Refinement phase soon."

Chu Buyu took out a red Storage Bracelet and handed it to Lin Yutong.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Chu, for your kindness, but Uncle Yuan has already given me a share of resources."

Lin Yutong graciously declined.

"Junior Sister Lin, just accept what Buyu gives you! We’re all family here. Our master was very good to me when he was around. With your senior brother here, you won’t be wronged. We all ascended from the Qian Yang realm and should assist each other."

Shen Long took out a green Storage Bracelet and handed it to Lin Yutong.

"Alright then, thank you, Senior Brother Shen, Senior Sister Chu."

Lin Yutong did not refuse again and accepted the two Storage Bracelets.

After chatting idly for half an hour, Sun Lin came in, bowed respectfully, and said, "Uncle Shen, Golden Ape True Monarch has visited and wishes to see you."

"Golden Ape True Monarch?"

Shen Long was slightly startled. He didn’t recognize the person.

"He is a disciple of Thunder Control True Monarch. Yuling True Monarch is one of the top ten Loose Cultivators of the Green Lotus Continent, with a Cultivation of Unity Middle Stage, and is a powerful individual."

"A disciple of Yuling True Monarch, one of the top ten Loose Cultivators."

An interested expression appeared on Shen Long’s face, and after pondering for a moment, he asked, "Where is he now? Is he alone?"

"He’s alone, waiting outside the Qianling Mountain Range. It’s said that he’s been seeking sparring partners everywhere these years and somehow ended up coming to the Qianling Sect"

"Understood, I’ll go out and meet with him."

Shen Long said, dismissing Sun Lin.

"Husband, let me accompany you there!"

"Senior Brother Shen has matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb him anymore."

Lin Yutong stood up to take her leave.

"I need to return to the Purple Toad Mountain Range as well, so I’ll take your leave now. I’ll come over another day when I’m free."

Shen Long and Chu Buyu left the Golden Roc Peak and flew towards the outside.