"Is this Shenqi Mountain?"
Before the gates of Shenqi Academy, a group of figures suddenly appeared.
The cultivation base of everyone in the group was above the Mahayana stage. The man and woman at the forefront were adorned with nobility and seemed inviolable. They surveyed the mountain gate of Shenqi Academy.
The disciples on guard were so terrified they almost knelt. They hurriedly said, "Venerables, this is Shenqi Academy, merely a part of Shenqi Mountain."
In the past, the Dean of Shenqi Academy became the Mountain Lord, establishing a Daoist field spanning a hundred thousand li across the Shenqi Continent. Shenqi Academy was also incorporated into Shenqi Mountain.
As they spoke, a dashing and unrestrained young man strode out, loudly proclaiming, "Who dares to be presumptuous at my Shenqi Academy?"
The young man was clad in a maple-leaf red robe and possessed a handsome appearance.
The guard disciples bowed hastily, "Venerable Feng."
Feng Wuya waved for them to rise. He frowned, looking at these uninvited guests, "Who are you?"
He observed that these people did not seem to be from the Shenqi world.
Yun Buyu and Yun Buluo exchanged glances. They hadn't expected that just any cultivator casually walking out of a small academy would already be an immortal.
They suppressed their slight disdain, clasped their hands in a salute, "We are from the Yun family of Yun Shen Continent in the Chongyuan Middle World. We have come specifically to visit Divine Lord Rongku and Immortal Lord Shenqi."
Not long after Qin Si and Bai Shengyi returned from the Universal World, their cultivation bases had already soared to the peak of the Saint realm. Therefore, even though he had not yet ascended to godhood, his reputation had spread throughout the three major middle worlds, and he was honored with the title "Immortal Lord Shenqi."
"So you're looking for Shengyi."
Feng Wuya said with a grin, "You've come at an inconvenient time. They are not here. They said something happened in Yingwu Continent of Chongyuan, so Shengyi and Dean Qin have gone to Chongyuan. However, it should only be a matter of days before they return."
Yun Buyu, who often managed household affairs, immediately discerned from this person's words that he had a close relationship with Bai Shengyi.
She hurriedly asked with a smile, "Then may we reside in Shenqi Academy to await their return?"
Seeing Feng Wuya remain silent, Yun Buyu added, "To be frank, our Yun family's visit this time is an impolite request to seek relatives."
"Seek relatives?" Feng Wuya was puzzled. Whether it was the Bai family or the Qin family, they had resided in the Shenqi Small World for generations. For them from the Chongyuan Middle World to seek relatives, what kind of kinship could it be?
However, Feng Wuya did not dwell on it for long, as Luo Feihua sent him a message.
"Silly Feng, Ayi is back! Hurry to Qianxiao Peak!"
Feng Wuya's eyes lit up. He threw a remark over his shoulder and ran off.
"You all wait at the entrance for now."
A middle-aged man behind Yun Buyu said indignantly, "Are they making us wait like this? This is too ill-mannered. If you ask me, we should just go in. Must we, people from the Middle World, kowtow to the whims of people from the Small World?"
"If Third Uncle is unwilling to kowtow to anyone, then let's return." Yun Buluo's youthful face held a cold smile. "Since Aunt Yunmeng and you are from different branches, there's no need for you to be present."
Yun Buyu also added, "Although Shenqi is a small world, it is a world protected by a Divine Lord. If Third Uncle is tired of living, do not drag our Yun family down with you."
Being lectured by two juniors, Third Uncle Yun's expression grew even more displeased.
Fortunately, at this moment, Feng Wuya reappeared. He grinned and extended his hand in a welcoming gesture, "Please, everyone. Shengyi and the Dean have just returned. They have nothing to do, and can see you."
Feng Wuya did not miss Third Uncle Yun's disdain. He casually tossed a pill in his hand, and suddenly, the pill exploded beside Third Uncle Yun, emitting a sharp, mournful wail.
"What is that?" Third Uncle Yun was startled.
Feng Wuya quickly said, "Oh dear, my apologies. It's some small contraption I was experimenting with, and I didn't quite control it."
Third Uncle Yun's face turned cold, and he intended to teach Feng Wuya a lesson. However, before he could make a move, he sensed a gaze coldly fixed upon him.
It was a scrutiny far exceeding his own cultivation.
Third Uncle Yun immediately withdrew his intentions, his back breaking out in a cold sweat.
Not long after, they arrived at their destination. Third Uncle Yun then realized that the gaze scrutinizing him belonged to the very person they had come to see, Bai Shengyi, the Divine Lord Rongku.
"Does Divine Lord Rongku still remember me?" Yun Buluo said with a wry smile. "The first time I met you at the Yingwu Continent reception, I felt a sense of familiarity. I thought you were from my Yun family's Yunmeng aunt's lineage. You said you didn't know Aunt Yunmeng back then, and since we've also found descendants of Aunt Yunmeng, we let it go."
"Later, in the Universal Secret Realm, we discovered we had been deceived by Yun Youyue. Yun Youyue was not a descendant of Aunt Yunmeng. Her infiltration into the Yun family was also to obtain the Yun family's secret art of cultivating destiny... It was our own poor judgment, and we nearly harmed Piaopiao."
Yun Piaopiao was also present today. Upon hearing this, she stepped forward and said, "Thank you for saving my life in the Universal Secret Realm that day."
At that time, Bai Shengyi was undergoing tribulation. She was surrounded by Prison Fiends and malevolent thoughts. If Bai Shengyi hadn't provided some protection, she would likely have perished.
Bai Shengyi felt a pang of discomfort listening to their vague words and asked directly, "So what you mean is that I am a member of your Yun family?"
Yun Buluo's face was filled with excitement. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Bai Shengyi say again, "My maternal grandmother does have an ancestor named Yunmeng, but everyone knows that that Yunmeng is from the Shenqi world. Have you mistaken me?"
"We won't mistake you!" Yun Buluo insisted. "You don't know, only Yun family members possess the Spirit-Connecting Bone!"
He looked at Bai Shengyi with the affection of an elder towards a junior. However, his constant use of "you" and his youthful appearance made Bai Shengyi's skin crawl.
Bai Shengyi still felt that it might be a mistake.
As the two parties were discussing, Qian Ying's voice was heard from outside.
"Little junior sister, your mother is here to see you."
It was Yue Shuxin.
With the combined efforts of Bai Shengyi, Qian Ying, and others, Yue Shuxin finally woke up. However, her body was still weak and required constant recuperation, which was not a problem for Bai Shengyi.
On the contrary, after Yue Shuxin woke up, she became overly warm and concerned towards Bai Shengyi, making Bai Shengyi somewhat overwhelmed.
She wasn't a gregarious person. Later, perhaps Yue Shuxin also noticed this, and reduced the frequency of her visits to Bai Shengyi, spending most of her time with Bai Qingjiang.
Yes, after Bai Qingjiang was possessed by Xu Ye, a remnant soul remained within him. Bai Shengyi was nurturing his soul with the Sui Xing Divine Fire and Chong Li's Eye. It was unknown when Bai Qingjiang would wake up.
Yue Shuxin was startled to see so many people upon entering, "Yier, who are these..."
However, she didn't realize that the Yun family members inside were also startled to see her.
"So alike! So very alike!"
"She's exactly cast from the same mold as Yunmeng!"
The Yun family's Aunt Yunmeng, who in her youth was capable of sneaking off to play in the small world, was naturally not someone who followed strict conventions.
Yun Buluo said, "Aunt Yunmeng was intelligent from childhood and had unique insights into the art of alchemy. She even compiled the Yun family's millennia of alchemical heritage into a book called 'The Yun Family Pharmacopoeia'."