Chapter 751: Inheritance Pt.2

If Mu Songfang, Shi Huai, and Wang Chenglin were chosen by Shang Xia in the institution to help spread his path of cultivation in the institution because of the request by Kou Chongxue, Hai Yuanyuan would be considered Shang Xia’s true disciple whom he would pass his inheritance down to.

He guided her cultivation from a young age and one can say that she had completely assimilated to Shang Xia’s path of cultivation. She wasn’t like Mu Songfang and the others who would be affected by other cultivation systems and feel some sense of doubt about what they were doing.

Ever since Hai Yuanyuan entered the Outer Division, she started cultivating down the path Shang Xia had taken and she quickly entered the Martial Realm. Or it was more appropriate to call it the Essence Realm like what Shang Xia had coined.

Because of Shang Xia’s influence, Hai Yuanyuan greatly worshiped him. After entering the Essence Realm, her cultivation path went down the same road as Shang Xia. With the assistance of a piece of wood from a sufficiently old Lightning Tree, and Shang Xia’s personal supervision, she succeeded in her cultivation of the Lightning Collection Blood Art. She also comprehended the Chaos Essence Lightning Palm. As such, she was considered an expert in the grand completion stage of the Essence Realm.

Not too long after, she successfully entered the Yin Yang Realm. The medicine she used was also the Powder of Purification which was a unique recipe the Crimson Soul Tablet came up with. Naturally, she chose to follow the way of the sword like Shang Xia had done.

After Hai Yuanyuan entered the Inner Division, Shang Xia made a special trip deep into space and brought back 2 pieces of meteorite metal for the Weapons Hall to craft a pair of low-grade serrated swords. He gave the pair of swords to her on her birthday.

The little lass was pretty talented in the way of the sword and after receiving the pair of swords, she made great accomplishments in her understanding of the extremity of distance. There were even signs where her sword intent was starting to transform into a martial intent.

It was then that Shang Xia interrupted her and prevented her from reaching the grand completion stage. Instead, he suggested for her to train in other extremity intents to better understand the true meaning of yin and yang.

The little lass never doubted Shang Xia. She then comprehended the extremity of speed and very quickly reached the same level where she would be able to comprehend her martial intent.

She had developed her extremity of distance and speed to the large completion stage and now that the students of the institution would be sent out for real training, Shang Xia would no longer intentionally suppress her cultivation.

The little lass wasn’t a fool. She quickly picked up on the reason behind his agreement. “Uncle, haven’t you always been telling me to be patient and not rush my cultivation? Isn’t it because I don’t have any real combat experience?”

“Ever since the battlefield between the two worlds was merged into the You Continent, everything here has been pretty peaceful. The training expeditions of the institution were merely for you guys to expand your horizons. Only through real combat will cultivators be able to grow stronger and advance. It would strengthen your foundations and allow you to progress more in the future.” Shang Xia explained.

Hai Yuanyuan nodded, but she didn’t really seem to understand the intricacies behind the meaning of his words. Shang Xia didn’t continue to explain. Instead, he hoped that she would be able to learn after going through real battles.

Looking at the swords in her hand, Shang Xia chuckled again, “Are these swords still suitable for you? Should I go to the Weapons Hall to get them to upgrade them to mid-grade weapons?”

Hai Yuanyuan shook her head immediately. “There’s no need! Having a pair of low-grade weapons already makes me a target of envy for many students in the institution. If you turn them into mid-grade weapons, many people will probably try to rob me before we leave for the region Across the Ocean!”

Shang Xia roared with laughter in response. “Heh, let’s see who’s daring enough to try robbing you!”

Of course, he was merely joking when he wanted to upgrade her weapons. Luckily, she understood that having weapons of too high a grade wasn’t actually beneficial. Shang Xia was extremely gratified that she had such considerations.

Well, that might be the case for weapons, but Shang Xia still brought out 2 jade cases and placed them before her.

When she opened them, she saw 2 stacks of talismans.

One stack contained rank two talismans, and there were 18 of them in total. They were split into 6 different types of rank two talismans. The other stack had 12 rank three talismans and there were 4 different variations.

She immediately pushed the cases away the moment she saw their contents. “Uncle, there’s no need for them! I still have a bunch of talismans you gave me from before.”

Shang Xia chuckled softly, “Just keep them. I made these in my free time and you can use them in times of need, or to help your fellow students.” A helpless smile appeared on his face next. “Actually, I was planning to give you a few rank four talismans too. However, you won’t be able to use them at your current cultivation level.”

Hai Yuanyuan had no other reason to reject the talismans now that he had spoken. Even though the talismans were considered low-level talismans, they would still rouse the envy of many Talisman Masters in the Talisman Hall. Now, they had been given to her by the legendary rank five Talisman Grandmaster of the institution.

Soon after, she brought up several questions she had about cultivation and Shang Xia went through them one by one. They only stopped when Hai Min yelled for them to eat dinner.

After they were done, Hai Yuanyuan returned to her room to continue her training. Shang Xia remained behind to help Hai Min do the dishes and clean up the area.

“Will Yuanyuan be in any danger during the training expedition?” Hai Min asked with an exceptionally serious expression on her face.

Grabbing the chopsticks and bowls she had picked up from the table, Shang Xia chuckled, “Relax, they won’t be able to avoid running into dangerous situations. However, no matter how dangerous the situation is, she won’t truly be in danger. Of course, you can’t tell her this. Otherwise, the training expedition would be useless!”

Hai Min heaved a sigh of relief before snorting softly, “I know that. Do I need you to tell me something as obvious as that?”

“Hehe, I almost forgot. Our Heroine Hai here is one of the members of the famous Eighteen Horsemen of the You Continent!” Shang Xia didn’t miss a beat in his reply.

Rolling her eyes at him, Hai Min snorted, “Stop messing around. What if Yuanyuan hears this?”

Shang Xia glanced at Hai Yuanyuan’s room even though using his sense of sight was extremely useless since his divine will was strong enough to observe everything in the courtyard before turning a little more serious. “Oh right, even though you haven’t taken your training too seriously, you have already reached the late-stages of the Martial Intent Realm. Are you planning on improving even further to enter the Martial Extermination Realm?”

With a vacant gaze, Hai Min glanced at Shang Xia before thinking about it for a second. She eventually sighed, “I’ll let nature take its course. After all, I haven’t been too keen on cultivation.”

Nodding slightly, he continued, “Alright, I understand. I’ll get you a suitable extermination origin and you can feel free to refine it whenever you feel like it. As for your advancement medicine...”

“You won’t have to worry about my advancement medicine.” Hai Min interrupted him suddenly.

She paused for a second before averting his gaze slightly. “Oh right, my mother might be returning from the Ji Continent soon. I’ll discuss it with her when she returns...”

“Alright, you can make the decision.” Shang Xia chuckled.

The night passed wordlessly as the nightingale sang...

Early the next day, Shang Xia prepared to leave after having breakfast.

“Are you leaving already? Aren’t you going to head over to the institution with Yuanyuan?” Hai Min asked, slightly confused.

“The members who were sent to the Three Unity Island returned and I have to head over to the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. Yuanyuan has to head over to the institution on her own today...” Shang Xia chuckled before disappearing from the courtyard.

Hai Yuanyuan stared at the spot where Shang Xia disappeared with a look of envy.

Standing at the side, Hai Min chuckled, “Silly lass, with your uncle’s guidance, you will be able to become like him one day and stroll through the sea of stars if you wish.”

Turning around to stare at Hai Min, Hai Yuanyuan dropped a question completely unrelated to whatever she was talking about earlier. “Mother, do you notice that Little Zheng is looking more and more like Uncle?”

“Wei Zheng?” Hai Min was surprised but she seemed to understand the hidden meaning behind her words. She chided, “Damn lass, what do you know about this? Don’t let your imaginations run wild. Hurry up and go to school in case you’re late.”

Making a silly face at her mother, Hai Yuanyuan ran out of the courtyard.

She barely got 100 feet away from the courtyard when she saw a familiar carriage before Wei Qiongyi’s residence.

Slightly curious, Hai Yuanyuan turned her head to look and saw Wei Zheng running up to the carriage with an excited look on his face.

As the curtains of the carriage were blown to the side, Hai Yuanyuan Shang Xi seated within. She knew that Shang Xia was the paternal aunt of her Uncle Shang Xia.

“Auntie Shang, where are we going to play today?”

“Damn brat, didn’t I tell you before to call me your Aunt? I’m your paternal aunt!”

𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

“Hehe, Aunt Xi, where are we going today?”

“Let’s head to the outer city today. I have a manor there and I’ll bring you over to take a look.”

“Yay! To the outer city! Oh... We have to be back before dark. Otherwise, Mother will definitely get mad at me...”

“Relax...”

The carriage quickly rolled off and traveled down the street.

Hai Yuanyuan was already 15 and she was no longer a clueless young girl. For example, she understood that Shang Xi was her Uncle Shang Xia’s blood-related aunt and a cousin of her grandmother. That would mean that her Uncle Shang Xia’s father was also cousins with her grandmother. Her Uncle Shang Xia was her mother’s maternal cousin but it would be a little too distant for her to call him ‘Maternal Uncle Shang’ and she stuck with whatever she had been calling him.

She also knew that due to differences with those in the older generation, her mother had been keeping her distance from the Shang Clan. Even after Shang Pei returned to the clan, Hai Min and Hai Yuanyuan didn’t interact much with the members of the Shang Clan other than Shang Xia.

...

Shang Xia didn’t pass through the Tongyou Paradise to appear in the Beyond Heavens Pavilion. He directly appeared beside the pavilion.

After the first trade fair on the Three Unity Island, they held one every year. The only time their schedule was disrupted was 3 years ago due to the massive battle between the experts of the Azure Ascension World and the Spirit Abundance World. The trade fair went through several revisions and improvements and gained quite a bit of fame. Due to its special location in space, many people were flocking to the Three Unity Island.

Back then, the Three Unity Island was created by the Northern Sea Mystic Sect, Divine Capital Sect, and Eternal Palace. Even though a fourth Elysium had been born. The Three Unity Island didn’t change its name. The only difference was that a fourth Martial Dipper Realm expert from the Xiangyang Elysium was deployed to join the others to keep watch on the island.

Other than the Martial Dipper Realm experts from the 4 Elysiums, no other Martial Dipper Realm experts were allowed to step foot on the island.

...

Bu Jingshuang was the expert arranged by the institution to bring members of the institution over to the Three Unity Island. He was one of those rare experts in the institution who had the same seniority as Kou Chongxue and even though his cultivation level was lower than people like Sun Haiwei and Chu Jia, his prestige in the institution was still extraordinarily high.

“Fate dipper essences are getting rarer during the trade fairs...” Bu Jingshuang shook his head and sighed after meeting Shang Xia.

The anticipation Shang Xia had was dashed the moment he heard the news.

Fate dipper essences appeared really frequently after the battle 3 years ago.

The experts of the various factions started to make deals with each other on or around the Three Unity Island in order to gather fate dipper essences or Origin Dippers they required.

The Tongyou Institution and Shang Xia also grasped onto the opportunity and traded many fate dipper essences and Origin Dippers during that time.

That was how Ji Wenlong and Shang Bo obtained their second fate dippers in the first place. Shang Xia also obtained 20 fate dipper essences that way.