"If I wanted to find someone else to possess, would I need you? Couldn't I find one myself?" Yuwen Yan said, slightly annoyed. "Besides, I didn't say you couldn't save her. I just said we need to calm down and think of a foolproof plan before acting."
"I am thinking as we walk. If I haven't come up with a better plan by the time we reach the Nangong family, then barging in directly will be the best course of action."
"You..." Yuwen Yan felt like she was about to be angered to death by him.
"Tell me, what is your current cultivation level?" Mo Qi asked Yuwen Yan after a moment.
"Human Immortal cultivation," Yuwen Yan replied calmly.
"How far is Human Immortal cultivation from becoming a god?" Mo Qi asked again.
"Those are two different concepts. If the Heavenly Realm permits, you can become a god even at the Nascent Soul stage, as the Heavenly Realm needs errand runners, doesn't it? But generally speaking, if one's cultivation reaches the Human Immortal realm and they have made contributions on the ladder, their chances are greater."
"What are the benefits of becoming a god?"
"One can have richer and higher-quality cultivation resources. If one works hard enough and has a fortunate encounter, reaching the Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage allows one to enter the Outer Heavens. The Sacred Heaven Realm will no longer be bound by the lifespan of eighteen thousand years, but will possess a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. Grand Unity Golden Immortals have broken through the limitations of the physical body and can then manifest as lotus avatars or peach blossom avatars..."
Mo Qi said with some regret, "Now that you only have a wisp of your soul left, you can't obtain a divine position just by cultivating, right? You still need to make contributions. To obtain a divine position, you must first leave this bracelet of mine and then possess someone else, harming others."
Yuwen Yan thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you help me find those who have lost their souls, or those who are about to die, and I will possess them. Find someone young and beautiful. Otherwise, if I keep living in your place, it will interfere with your normal life, won't it?"
Mo Qi rolled his eyes. Finding people who had lost their souls or were about to die was already difficult, and then to demand they be young and beautiful – wasn't that making things difficult for him?
"I have a friend who is like you, with only her soul remaining. However, she doesn't seem to have consciousness, unlike you who is so active and talkative," Mo Qi said.
"Because she is truly dead, while I am not yet dead. This is due to the cultivation technique I practice. I can survive independently of my physical body, but I cannot leave my physical body for too long, otherwise, it is easy to get lost. Therefore, I ultimately still need to choose to possess someone."
After a moment of silence, Yuwen Yan said again, "Is Tang Qianyu that important to you?"
"It's not a matter of importance. We've only met twice," Mo Qi said, his heart churning. "But if she cannot escape this calamity this time and dies because of me, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life."
After a moment, he added, "This trouble was caused by me, and she should not have to bear the consequences."
As they spoke, they had unknowingly arrived at the Nangong family.
Mo Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, "I've thought of a way!"
"What way?" Yuwen Yan asked eagerly.
"I'll take Nangong Yun's family hostage and force him to hand over Tang Qianyu."
"This... this is also a way," Yuwen Yan said indifferently.
Mo Qi concealed himself and quietly infiltrated the Nangong family.
It was daytime, and there were surprisingly few people in the Nangong family. Mo Qi walked all the way to the inner courtyard and heard a woman's voice from a room: "My son, you're finally awake. You scared your mother to death. Your mother thought you... sob sob sob!"
"Uncle, who injured you?" another young woman's voice rang out.
"It was Mo Xin from the Heavenly Steps Academy." Another man's voice said. Mo Qi recognized it as Nangong Qin's voice.
Mo Qi exclaimed inwardly, how could it be such a coincidence?
From the situation, it seemed Nangong Qin had been injured by him. He had just woken up.
He remembered that he had flicked his fingers randomly and then slapped him. How could he have been so severely injured?
Would it be good to abduct him now? He would probably have to consider his relationship with Nangong Yun first.
Then, the sweet-voiced young woman's voice sounded again, "This damned Mo Xin, doesn't he know you're from the Nangong family?"
Nangong Qin said, "Yes, he does."
The woman said angrily, "And he still dared to strike you so heavily? Does he not want to live? You have suffered damage to multiple meridians and are basically crippled. It's all thanks to him."
"What? My meridians are damaged? Ah! Mother, you must seek justice for me. I don't want to live anymore." Nangong Qin cried.
A cacophony of pulling, persuading, and comforting voices erupted within the room.
The room descended into chaos.
Mo Qi suddenly appeared at the doorway and looked inside. He saw three people in the room: Nangong Qin, Madam Nangong, and the little Nangong girl.
Nangong Qin was sitting on the bed, acting as if he wanted to die, and was making gestures as if to harm himself. The other two stood before the bed, trying their best to stop him.
Mo Qi looked at Nangong Qin with a sympathetic expression, "This brat, always acting like he wants to die, what kind of behavior is this? Your meridians are just damaged, you weren't castrated, why are you howling like this?"
The people inside immediately froze.
Madam Nangong and the young woman stared at Mo Qi, unable to recover for a long time.
Nangong Qin, however, recognized Mo Qi at a glance and was so terrified that his tongue was tied, "You, you, why are you at my house? What do you want?"
Mo Qi smoothed his hair, "I don't have anything important. I just wanted to ask, who is the famous Nangong Yun, the Hall Master of the Fifth Ladder's Azure Cloud Hall, to you?"
"He's my brother, what's wrong?" Nangong Qin said. Hearing Mo Qi mention "famous" so clearly, he assumed Mo Qi was somewhat wary of Nangong Yun, so he answered without hesitation.
"And this little girl, who is as beautiful as a celestial being?" Mo Qi pointed to the girl standing by the bed, looking at him with surprise.
The woman was around the age of budding beauty, with fair and rosy skin, eyebrows like ink wash paintings, and a pair of large, watery eyes. She had a delicate, jade-like nose and cherry lips, looking exceptionally cute and charming.
"She is his daughter, Nangong Chuchu!" Nangong Qin said.
That name is quite fitting!
Mo Qi had an idea in mind.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?" Nangong Chuchu asked sternly.
Madam Nangong also lowered her head and asked Nangong Qin, "Who is he?"
Nangong Qin's face showed fear, "Is, is it Mo Xin?"
"Ah?" Madam Nangong and Nangong Chuchu were both stunned. Despite their curses and condemnations behind his back, when the perpetrator truly appeared before them, they became timid.
Because the perpetrator injured someone and dared to come to their door directly, it meant that this perpetrator was a desperate villain, extremely wicked.
For desperate villains, no amount of wealth, power, or prestige could hold them back.
Madam Nangong, with her greater experience, was calmer. After a few breaths, she began to call out, "Guards!"
At the same time, she formed a hand seal with her left hand, summoned her flying sword, and slashed at Mo Qi.
Mo Qi summoned the Tang Sect's flying blades, which instantly severed her flying sword. At the same time, he closed the distance and, with a wave of his right hand, a phantom of five claws flew out, binding Madam Nangong tightly.
Simultaneously, Mo Qi summoned the Five-Colored Pagoda and, under the terrified gazes of Nangong Qin and Nangong Chuchu, absorbed them into the human layer of the Five-Colored Pagoda.
A commotion arose from outside, and countless people rushed in from all directions.
Mo Qi said to Madam Nangong, "Tell Nangong Yun to bring Tang Qianyu to the Heavenly Steps Academy to find me by tomorrow, otherwise these two will surely die."
After speaking, Mo Qi released Madam Nangong and flashed out. At the same time, he consumed an invisibility pill. Just as he left the room, he saw several people rushing in, "Madam, what happened?"
Madam Nangong stammered, "Didn't you see that person? Hurry, chase him! He captured Qin'er and Chuchu and fled."
These people went into the house again, but there was no sign of anyone.
Mo Qi returned to the Heavenly Steps Academy, first discussed some matters with Dugu Jun, and then began to cultivate.
He and Yuwen Yan had reached a consensus on cooperation.
He used the Soul Suppressing Art to wrap his own spiritual energy, the spiritual energy of elixirs, and his own vital blood to help Yuwen Yan repair and cultivate her damaged soul. Then, Yuwen Yan, using her own spiritual energy, would push Mo Qi's cultivation to improve.
Mo Qi was originally at the transition from the Soul Transformation stage to the Mahayana stage, only lacking a catalyst. With Yuwen Yan's assistance, coupled with the medicinal effects of the Spiritual Energy Pill and Beast Soul Pill, he soon broke through to the Mahayana stage.
Mo Qi suddenly felt invigorated because he was also close to touching the edge of ascension.
After the Mahayana stage comes the Great Mahayana stage, followed by the Tribulation Stage, and then ascension after surviving the tribulation.
The Ascension stage is equivalent to the Human Immortal realm.
The Human Immortal realm is divided into ten levels, much like the initial Soul Condensation stage in the cultivation world.
However, the difficulty of advancing each level in the Human Immortal realm is much greater than advancing each layer in the Soul Condensation stage. Yuwen Yan was already at the first level of Human Immortal, but she had been stagnant for a long time. Now, by madly absorbing "nutrients" within Mo Qi, she had transitioned to the second level of Human Immortal.
Above Human Immortal is Heavenly Immortal, above Heavenly Immortal is True Immortal, above True Immortal is Profound Immortal, above Profound Immortal is Golden Immortal, and above Golden Immortal is Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Therefore, Yuwen Yan still had a long way to go.
However, her primary task was still to repair her soul. Once her soul was completely repaired, she could leave the bracelet and find a new host.
After Mo Qi finished his cultivation, he visited the Tang family and the Chao family again to pay his respects and check on Chao Jing, who had survived the disaster. Chao Xixue was not at home. Chao Jing's attitude towards Mo Qi was still very enthusiastic, at least on the surface.
As for others, they were not so friendly. Under Chao Xiyu's influence, everyone believed that Mo Qi had killed Chao Huayuan, at least on the surface.
Mo Qi stayed for a while and then left.
The next day, he went to the academy's alchemy room early in the morning to refine elixirs for repairing meridians. He was not acting out of pure kindness; he just wanted to increase his bargaining chips when the time came.
Nangong Chuchu was the same, just an additional stake, because she should be the one he cared about the most.
And Nangong Qin was the true hostage. If Tang Qianyu met with any misfortune, he might genuinely kill him.
If Tang Qianyu was still alive, then everything could be discussed. Or, if he was in a good mood, he might even repair his damaged meridians.
Coincidentally, just as he finished refining the elixirs, the Nangong family's army arrived.