Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 447 - 256: Mu Yunxiu: So It Was You...

Ling Changqing tossed all the spoils he’d acquired into the Era Star Palace Grotto Heaven Blessed Land for storage. This space was like an independent grotto-heaven, a small world in itself, that could hold Storage Magical Artifacts for a considerable amount of time.

A little over an hour later, the magical battle raging in the sky began to show signs of stopping. It seemed the Nascent Soul True Monarchs from both sides had reached an agreement and decided to call a temporary truce.

By now, Ling Changqing had quietly amassed hundreds of Storage Magical Artifacts and dozens of decent Magical Treasures, leaving him thoroughly satisfied.

Just then, with a cry of pain, a severely injured young woman fell from the sky, crashing down dozens of paces away.

"Mu Yunxiu?"

Ling Changqing’s expression faltered. He recognized the peerlessly beautiful girl with her graceful, distant-mountain brows and delicate, timid air. It was the Mu Family’s ’Heaven’s Favored Daughter,’ whom he had once met at Meteor Fall Abyss in Dragon Soul Valley: Mu Yunxiu.

The young woman had once used the pretext of trading Spirit Gold Materials to strike up a conversation with Ling Changqing, trying to steal him away, only to be shut down by Yu Yalan and her sister.

The young woman’s Cultivation was at the Golden Core Peak. The fact that she had managed to hold on for so long was likely because she was a Body Cultivator, with a Physique far more powerful than that of other Cultivators at her level.

After a moment’s hesitation, Ling Changqing saw several Cultivators from the Saint Yu Immortal Dynasty rushing over. He bent down, pulled Mu Yunxiu to her feet, and brought her into the Era Star Palace Grotto Heaven Blessed Land.

Besides Zhao Wanyi and her sister, Yu Yalan, Yu Youqin, Yu Ruoshuang, and Luo Qingxuan were all resting in the blessed land. Since they all knew Mu Yunxiu, he figured they would take good care of her.

He continued to scavenge for a while longer. Only when the fighting in the sky had completely ceased did Ling Changqing quietly stop and put a great distance between himself and the battlefield.

...

「Thousands of miles away, in an unknown mountain cave.」

The unconscious Mu Yunxiu stirred and slowly awoke. The pain from the wounds all over her body wasn’t as severe as she had expected. ’Is it because my own healing ability is just that strong?’

Keeping her eyes shut, she tried to move a little and found her limbs were still responsive. All her arms and legs were intact, and there were no signs of poison.

The eldest young miss of the Mu Family breathed a small sigh of relief. This meant she hadn’t suffered any irrecoverable injuries, and there would be no negative impact on her cultivation journey.

"...Little sister, are you awake?"

Without warning, a soft and enchanting voice murmured beside her ear.

Startled, Mu Yunxiu’s eyes flew open, and a familiar, beautiful face came into view.

"You... You’re Sister Yalan?"

Her bright eyes widened in astonishment as she scrambled to sit up in bed.

’This eldest young miss of the Yu Family... hasn’t she been missing for years? Why has she suddenly appeared before me now?’

’And... she’s already a Nascent Soul True Monarch? It’s simply unbelievable!’

Dressed in a bright red Feathered Robe that accentuated her stunning curves, the glamorous and poised Yu Yalan smiled and spoke gently.

"I never thought we would meet again here after so many years. And this time, it wasn’t me who saved you, but my husband."

"Husband? You actually have a Dao Companion?"

Mu Yunxiu felt like she couldn’t wrap her head around it.

’Back then, for the sake of the Child of Destiny, Ling Changqing, this young miss had gone so far as to break off her engagement with a direct heir of the Mu Family. But then Ling Changqing disappeared, and she vanished right along with him. No one knew where she had gone.’

’To think that now, not only was she a Nascent Soul True Monarch, but she had also become someone’s Dao Companion?’

"Who else could my Dao Companion be but Ling Changqing?"

Yu Yalan smiled faintly and pulled the handsome young man in magnificent purple robes over to her side. He had a truly regal bearing.

"So... you’re the legendary Child of Destiny? You didn’t look like this back then."

Mu Yunxiu sized Ling Changqing up, her beautiful eyes shimmering, unable to conceal her excitement.

’When I approached him to trade Spirit Gold Materials, he was so easygoing and approachable. He’s clearly a good-natured person.’

Ling Changqing spoke gently, "Fairy Mu, you should consider yourself very lucky. Otherwise, you would most likely have been decapitated by now."

Mu Yunxiu smiled, her big, beautiful eyes curving into crescents.

"Having you, the Child of Destiny, personally intervene—that’s the best luck I could have possibly had!

Since you saved me, I’m yours from now on!"