The Nine Peaks Grand Competition concluded with Perfection.
Zhou Fan undoubtedly secured first place, and surprisingly, Qin Li achieved an excellent third place.
The second place in the Nine Peaks Grand Competition went to the Personal Disciple of the Luoyun Temple Master, whose Cultivation base had already reached the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, and his Dao Xuan spell techniques had truly inherited his Master's Legacy. Qin Li ultimately lost to her.
Dao Xuan Peak, following the Sect rules, provided Yin Yang Peak with a large amount of resources after the Nine Peaks Grand Competition.
Coupled with the news that Nangong Wan, the Peak Master of Yin Yang Peak, had broken through to the Fourth Stage, which was now known throughout the Temple, Yin Yang Peak and Dao Xuan Peak now subtly showed a trend of being tied for first place in the Luoyun Temple's Nine Peaks ranking.
Peak Master Nangong Wan was in a very good mood and allowed her good Disciple, Zhou Fan, to choose any Low Grade Magic Treasure from the Yin Yang Peak treasure vault.
Zhou Fan chose a Low Grade Magic Treasure named the instant space father and son bead.
This Magic Treasure was divided into two parts: one was the instant space son bead, and the other was the instant space father bead.
It was neither an offensive nor a defensive Magic Treasure, but a special Magic Treasure with a very singular function: to quickly teleport the person holding the instant space father bead to the side of the person holding the instant space son bead.
Legend has it that this Magic Treasure was made by an Artifact Refining Great Master who doted on his precious daughter. Because his daughter yearned for the colorful world outside and found her old father's constant nagging annoying, she wanted to go out and play by herself.
That Artifact Refining Great Master painstakingly collected many precious spatial Materials and finally spent forty-nine days to refine this Low Grade Magic Treasure, the instant space father and son bead.
This way, if his daughter encountered danger while traveling outside, with a single thought, she could use the instant space son bead to call for his help, and he could arrive in time using the instant space father bead.
As soon as this Magic Treasure was introduced, it was highly sought after by countless aristocratic families and Sects in the Cultivation World.
Many people wanted to acquire such a life-saving Divine Artifact for their descendants, but spatial Materials were inherently rare, often not even enough for refining high-grade Magic Treasures or even Spiritual Artifacts.
Therefore, apart from those super-large forces with extremely profound foundations and Legacies spanning hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years, virtually no small forces would use extremely precious spatial Materials to refine such a Low Grade Magic Treasure for protecting juniors.
Yin Yang Peak acquiring this Magic Treasure was purely by chance.
One hundred thousand years ago, the Spiritual Qi and Origin Qi concentration in the Cultivation World began to decrease, and many delicate Heaven And Earth Treasures gradually became extinct under these world changes.
Immortal Dao resources significantly decreased, making Cultivation increasingly difficult for higher-level Cultivators; many high-level Cultivators even experienced a regression in their Cultivation.
They, who once wielded great power, naturally did not want to see their power dissipate in vain. During those years when the Immortal path collapsed, Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques once again became mainstream.
Since they could not sustain their daily Cultivation needs by absorbing Spiritual Qi, they resorted to cannibalism, using low-level Cultivators to refine into Immortal Pills and extracting their souls to supplement themselves.
As long as their Cultivation did not decline, these madmen, who only wished for Ascension and Immortal Ascension to become ancestors, would do anything.
They were already at the pinnacle of the Cultivation World. Even if one or two ascetic Cultivators with a compassionate heart for the world were willing to step forward, it was difficult to shake the prevailing environment of rampant Demonic Path Cultivation Techniques at that time.
The seventy thousand years of gradually weakening Spiritual Qi and Origin Qi were known as the Dark Chaotic Era, the darkest period in the Cultivation World's history.
Countless Divine Abilities and wondrous methods were lost during that period, and countless Immortal Pills and Spiritual Artifacts became unique items thereafter. Most Daoist traditions and profound Cultivation Techniques had their Legacies broken during that Dark Chaotic Era.
The overall strength of the Cultivation World declined by several levels. It is said that at the end of the Dark Chaotic Era, the population of the Cultivation World was only one-thousandth of what it was before the chaos, and the highest Realm of Cultivators was only the Core Formation Realm.
Under such world changes, both Cultivators and Mortals were equally powerless and insignificant.
It was not until thirty thousand years ago, when the Spiritual Qi and Origin Qi in the Cultivation World stopped decreasing and began to gradually recover, that the Dark Chaotic Era concluded with an abrupt end.
The current environment of the Cultivation World is very good; the Spiritual Qi and Origin Qi concentration in the blessed lands are already sufficient for Tribulation Transcendence Stage Cultivators to Cultivate.
However, because the pain of the previous Dark Chaotic Era still lingers, some broken Secret Realms and Sect Legacies from the previous era often emerge.
This instant space father and son bead was a treasure Nangong Wan found in a broken Secret Realm when she traveled down the mountain years ago.
Later, after her travels ended, she returned to Yin Yang Peak and placed this instant space father and son bead in the Yin Yang Peak treasure vault, exchanging it for another Low Grade Magic Treasure that was more suitable for her.
Now, Zhou Fan took out this Magic Treasure, keeping the father bead for himself and giving the son bead to Qin Li, who was about to go down the mountain for travels.
Luan Feng Immortal Nangong Wan watched the scene of the two brothers' deep affection, and her heart was very touched. She felt that the reason Zhou Fan was so good to Xiao Li must be because of his deep affection for her, his Master.
But Zhou Fan just heavily patted Qin Li's shoulder, and after handing the son bead to Li Di, he had an expression that said, "Brother, you understand."
Qin Li's handsome face was slightly flushed. He thought about when he would go down the mountain, fall in love with a woman who stirred his heart, and prepare to take their relationship further.
To make the "Qing Ni Jue" operate again and quickly improve his Cultivation, he could only summon Zhou Dage through this instant space father and son bead to have Zhou Dage act on his behalf, and a strange emotion surged within him again.
He regretted it a little again, but thinking of Zhou Dage's meticulous care for him, and those truly reasonable words, Qin Li ultimately held the instant space son bead tightly in his palm and said,
"Zhou Dage, thank you. If things really develop to that point, I will definitely ask for your help."
Zhou Fan saw Qin Li was so sensible and immediately smiled even more broadly, saying, "Li Di, your business is my business. If you need help, ask for it. Your Dage has a very good Physique."
"Okay, then I'll go down the mountain now."
Qin Li had already packed all the items he would need for his travels, storing them in his Storage Pouch.
Nangong Wan, seeing her son, whom she had painstakingly educated while living alone in her chamber for so many years, finally grown up, also said with great relief,
"Xiao Li, a good man's ambition is in all directions. Your mother is proud of you."
"Li Di, this departure, I don't know when we will meet again."
"Don't always be so naive. It doesn't hurt to be more careful. If you get tired, you can always come back. This will always be your home."
Qin Li looked at Zhou Dage and his mother standing together to see him off, and for the first time, he realized that the two of them were so perfectly matched, a natural pair.
He wiped his slightly sore eyes and said with a smile, "Mother, Zhou Dage, after I'm gone, you two must live well. Even if you become Dao Companions, it's fine. I won't object."
Nangong Wan's face instantly flushed upon hearing this. Zhou Fan held her soft, boneless hand and said to Qin Li,
"Go, go, go. You don't need to worry about your mother and me. Hurry and go down the mountain for your travels. If anything happens, you can also contact us with a sound transmission talisman."
Qin Li nodded heavily, then turned around, carrying a sword on his back, and walked down Yin Yang Peak step by step.
As he reached the foot of the mountain, he waved back, then completely disappeared from their sight.