Chapter 120 - 103: A Small Gathering in Qinghe

Chapter 120: Chapter 103: A Small Gathering in Qinghe

"Peiyao!" Chen Jianghe and Yu Daniu both looked over.

Amid the surging crowd, the fairy looked as beautiful as a painting. Her appearance had always been peerless, but now her temperament was transcendent. Standing in the crowd, her beauty was beyond description.

"Brother Jianghe, Brother Daniu." The beauty approached, her voice light, ethereal, and pleasant to the ears.

Chen Jianghe and Yu Daniu exchanged a glance and took a deep breath. Then, they cupped their hands in a respectful salute. "Greetings, Elder Gao."

"What are you doing? I’ll be angry if you treat me like an outsider," Gao Peiyao said, furrowing her elegant brows in feigned displeasure.

Neither Chen Jianghe nor Yu Daniu were the lowly junior cultivators they used to be; they were both now Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators. Yu Daniu, in particular, was a high-ranking member of the Yun Family, so he naturally understood what Foundation Establishment meant. Unless they were blood relatives, anyone who met a Foundation Establishment Ancestor had to bow respectfully and address them as ’Elder’.

"Xiaoniu, why aren’t you greeting Aunt Yao? You aren’t as sweet-talking as you were when you were little." Ignoring the silent Chen Jianghe and Yu Daniu, Gao Peiyao relaxed her brows and looked at Yun Xiaoniu with a smile.

"Aunt Yao, you’re still as beautiful as ever," Yun Xiaoniu first praised, then offered a respectful bow. "Your nephew greets Aunt Yao. Congratulations on your successful Foundation Establishment, Aunt Yao. The prospect of longevity is now within your reach."

"HEHE." Gao Peiyao pursed her lips into a light chuckle. Then, looking back at Chen Jianghe and Yu Daniu, she playfully chided, "You two older brothers are acting worse than Xiaoniu."

"Well... HA HA..." Chen Jianghe and Yu Daniu smiled awkwardly, then called out, "Peiyao." As for "Little Sister Peiyao," that was a title they absolutely could not use anymore.

"Let’s not stand around here. I’ve already booked a tavern, and Fellow Daoist Zhou has also arrived. Let’s have a proper gathering," Chen Jianghe said. He led Gao Peiyao, Yu Daniu, and Yun Xiaoniu into the Qinghe Tavern.

They took their seats in a private room.

Zhou Miaoyun congratulated Gao Peiyao and greeted Yu Daniu before sitting back down, lapsing into a desolate silence.

Chen Jianghe’s appearance remained unchanged; forty years had passed like a single day. Gao Peiyao had successfully broken through to Foundation Establishment before her beauty could fade, naturally retaining her eternal youth and fairy-like visage.

Although Yu Daniu had passed Fifty Years Old and was now fifty-six, he cultivated the Cold Pond Body Tempering Technique and had reached Late-Stage Body Refining. Thus, while his features showed some signs of aging, he still looked like a middle-aged man.

However, Zhou Miaoyun looked like an old woman.

"Brother, how come you still look the same as before? You haven’t changed at all. Look at me, I’ve gotten old," Yu Daniu asked curiously.

When he said the word "old," a hint of dismay flashed through Zhou Miaoyun’s eyes.

"That’s right, Brother Jianghe. You look even younger than me, HEHE," Gao Peiyao said with a smile from the side.

Chen Jianghe repeated the explanation he had given Zhou Miaoyun to Yu Daniu, Gao Peiyao, and Yun Xiaoniu. This immediately made Yu Daniu extremely envious, sparking a desire to obtain a Youthful Grass or even a Youthful Pill. Not for his own use, however. His main intention was to give it to his wife back home.

"Brother Daniu wants a Youthful Grass? I could help you secure one within the sect," Gao Peiyao said with a cheerful chuckle.

As the only Immortal Dao Sect in the Celestial South Domain, the Celestial South Sect possessed countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, naturally including the Youthful Grass. Gao Peiyao’s master, Steward Lan, had previously consumed a Youthful Grass, and later even took a Youthful Pill.

After successfully achieving Foundation Establishment, Gao Peiyao became an Inner Sect Disciple of the Celestial South Sect, gaining far more authority. She was now eligible to exchange sect contributions for a Youthful Grass. However, she had no use for it right now. Having reached Foundation Establishment, she wouldn’t start showing signs of aging until after she turned one hundred and twenty. At barely fifty years old, she was still very young.

"HA HA, I’m not a woman, why would I need a Youthful Grass? Look at my brother here—he looks even younger than Xiaoniu. It’s no good, no good," Yu Daniu laughed playfully.

He wasn’t stupid; he naturally understood what Gao Peiyao meant. Gao Peiyao owed him a favor from the past. A favor from a Foundation Establishment cultivator was incredibly valuable. If he wasted it on obtaining a Youthful Grass, Yun Huizhen wouldn’t just refuse to praise him when he got home—he’d be lucky if she didn’t beat him to death.

Chen Jianghe smiled and looked at Yu Daniu, asking, "I see you’ve reached Ninth-Layer Qi Refining. How did the matter regarding the elder position go?"

"Do you even need to ask? It’s definitely in the bag," Yu Daniu laughed heartily.

Yun Xiaoniu chimed in, "My dad broke through to Ninth-Layer Qi Refining before the Mid-Autumn Festival, just in time for this year’s family meeting. So, he is now an Elder of the Yun Family."

"Congratulations, Daniu," Chen Jianghe said.

When they first met today, Chen Jianghe had noticed a change in Yu Daniu’s cultivation aura, indicating he had reached Ninth-Layer Qi Refining. Now that he was an Elder of the Yun Family, it was indeed worth celebrating.

A strange look flashed through Gao Peiyao’s phoenix eyes, and she quickly offered her congratulations to Yu Daniu as well. Zhou Miaoyun also spoke up to congratulate him.

As the Immortal Spirit Wine and Spiritual Cuisine were served, everyone ate and chatted, sharing amusing stories from over the years and discussing their current situations.

Chen Jianghe also shared some surface-level details about his own life. He didn’t mention anything about Fur Ball, and as for Little Black, that was even more out of the question.

Gao Peiyao was now a Foundation Establishment cultivator and an Inner Sect Disciple of the Celestial South Sect. If she could cultivate to Late-Stage Foundation Establishment before the age of eighty, she could become a Core Disciple. If she reached Late-Stage Foundation Establishment after turning eighty, she would only qualify to become a Sect Steward, just like her master, Steward Lan. Then she would be allowed to take in disciples and impart techniques.

As for Yu Daniu, with his Ninth-Layer Qi Refining cultivation, he was now an Elder of the Yun Family, stepping into its true decision-making circle. This elevated Yun Huizhen’s branch to become the second most powerful faction in the Yun Family, right below the Patriarch’s branch.

Most importantly, Yu Daniu had also cultivated to Late-Stage Body Refining. As long as he could reach Perfection before the age of sixty...