The tiny red lotus flames spun in the palm of his hand, a beautiful sight, but nothing happened.
Qin Moyu breathed a sigh of relief and put away the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
Oh well, it really is fake.
Qin Moyu put the matter out of his mind and did not notice the subtle changes that had occurred in the remnant soul that had been almost forgotten in his body.
He searched the library for a long time, flipping through half of the wooden slips on the three floors, but found very little information.
By piecing together those scattered pieces of information, we can obtain several clues:
First, the Extreme Cold Lands have existed for a very long time, and after the records of the Extreme Cold Lands were made, no cultivators from the Four Continents ascended to immortality.
Secondly, the extremely cold land is not uninhabited; a certain number of humans live there, and everyone possesses the Red Lotus Karmic Fire.
Third, there is a barrier in the extremely cold land, but the conditions for entering are very vague, and weak cultivators cannot even get close to the barrier.
Fourth, as Master Xuanjing once said, the path to heaven is in the extremely cold region, and now the extremely cold region has become a forbidden area, and no one can enter it.
—It's shrouded in mystery.
Qin Moyu sighed deeply. He thought to himself that he really needed to improve his strength. Otherwise, let alone going to the extreme cold, he would be in big trouble if he accidentally exposed Yu Lin's identity to Mo Yuan.
By the way... should we tell Shen Yebai about Yu Lin's true identity...?
Qin Moyu began to struggle with her decision.
The old Taoist priest had known for a long time that Qin Moyu possessed the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and poured cold water on Qin Moyu's excitement when he thought he had a cheat code.
The Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire is a very powerful weapon, but even the most powerful weapon will be stolen if one does not have the strength to match it. Moreover, the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire is also associated with the extremely cold region. The old Taoist priest was very worried that the exposure of the Crimson Lotus Karmic Fire would attract certain people, so he kept Qin Moyu in the sect and repeatedly told him not to go out.
When Qin Moyu was a child, he was intimidated by the old Taoist priest and obediently dared not leave the sect. However, as he became more and more proficient in using the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and his strength increased, he longed to go out more and more.
The old Taoist priest knew that it was better to guide than to block, and after careful consideration, he still allowed Qin Moyu to leave the sect. However, he instructed Qin Moyu to use the Red Lotus Karmic Fire in disguise, which is why there was a person named "Yu Lin".
To avoid being exposed, Qin Moyu gave Yu Lin a cold and aloof persona, encouraging him to speak less and do more, and to obediently return to the sect after going out for a couple of rounds. After several such trips, Yu Lin's reputation grew, but he did not attract the people that the old Taoist had worried about. Therefore, the old Taoist felt at ease "chasing" Qin Moyu out.
Qin Moyu knew that Yu Lin's identity couldn't be hidden forever, and he still needed to use the Red Lotus Karmic Fire more often to improve his strength. However, he was used to hiding things, and it was still a bit awkward for Qin Moyu to suddenly expose his alternate account, especially since he also had to tell Shen Yebai.
If Shen Yebai was still considered a "good brother" by Qin Moyu and hadn't confessed his feelings to him, he would have told Shen Yebai long ago.
It's not that I don't trust Shen Yebai anymore because of his confession, it's just that saying it now feels... strange, as if I really want to accept Shen Yebai's confession.
The thought of Shen Yebai made Qin Moyu's face flush again.
Ugh! How am I supposed to face Shen Yebai now?!
Qin Moyu patted his cheeks, trying to clear his head, and continued to look through the other wooden slips, but a commotion arose downstairs.
Qin Moyu glanced downstairs and happened to meet Xuanjing Zhenren's gaze.
Master Xuanjing waved to Qin Moyu, signaling him to come down, and Qin Moyu put the wooden slip back and went downstairs.
"Senior, are you looking for me?" Qin Moyu asked.
"Are you alright?" Master Xuanjing asked with concern.
"Huh?" Qin Moyu paused for a second, then hesitated, "Should I... do something wrong?"
Master Xuanjing carefully examined Qin Moyu from head to toe, and only after confirming that he was truly alright did he feel relieved.
"...Never mind, it's good that nothing happened." Master Xuanjing had a headache just thinking about Shen Yebai's feelings for Qin Moyu, and he didn't know how to bring it up with Qin Moyu.
Seeing Qin Moyu's bewildered expression, Master Xuanjing's heart softened, and he sighed, "It's alright. Did you find the information you were looking for? I'll take you back."
Qin Moyu nodded and followed Master Xuanjing out of the library. On the way, he casually asked, "Senior, do you know the powerful figure who set up the array in the library?"
"I know him, why are you suddenly asking about him?"
"No, it's just strange. I've looked through many wooden slips, but I couldn't find this great man's name. Where did he end up?"
“It’s normal that we can’t find it.” Master Xuanjing paused for a moment, as if he was recalling something.
"Why?" Qin Moyu was surprised. Shouldn't such a great person who made significant contributions to the sect leave behind a remarkable legacy?
"It was that... ancestor named Xiang Mei, who seemed unwilling to be called by that name and always wanted to change his name to Jiang Hua. You should know that the name Xiang Mei was given to him by the sect leader, and everyone objected. In the end, he simply refused to leave his name behind, and people said that he had gone mad."
"Going mad from cultivation?!" Qin Moyu exclaimed in surprise.
“Sigh, I only heard it from my master before the Four Continents War. He always kept saying he wanted to go home, but he had lived in the Guanlan Sect since he was a child. Where was his other home? He also always missed his wife and parents, but... he was an orphan and had never married.”
Qin Moyu's heart sank. He could imagine how this "fellow villager" would go almost crazy with longing for his family after his unexpected transmigration. Not everyone was like him, who had no ties in his previous life and could simply accept whatever came his way in this reincarnation.
"Do you know where he ended up?" Master Xuanjing asked slowly.
"Could it be..." Qin Moyu looked at Xuanjing Zhenren, and a vague answer appeared in his heart.
really--
"That's right, he went to find the path to heaven, but he has never been seen since... Such persistence, perhaps there really is a family and wife of his in some place unknown to us."
The lack of news means the ascension failed, because the ascension is a very large event and it's impossible that no one saw it. It's most likely that the ascension failed somewhere.
Master Xuanjing spoke with a sigh, but all the sighs were merely expressions of sorrow for the story. The people in the story, however, carried a longing that no one could understand, and now they lay forever asleep in a foreign land.
Qin Moyu felt a pang of sadness upon hearing such a heavy story. Although he wanted to comfort himself that his "fellow villager" might only see Nan Xun's story if he successfully returned to the modern world, he had a gut feeling.
A kind of intuition that sympathizes with one's own kind.