Chapter 768: Xia You (II)
Baixiang Valley.
Li Xizhi had cultivated for half a year in peace. As winter gradually set in and snow began to fall, the mountain forests turned into a sea of white. This place held a different kind of beauty compared to the scenery of Jiangnan, one that brought great peace to the heart.
Having stood guard for quite some time, he encountered a period of shifting spiritual energy in the heavens and earth, with flows of Heavenly Glow coursing through the air. Li Xizhi’s foundation was already solid, so he consumed a Talisman Pill and smoothly advanced to the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
The two who had come with him, Yu Yuwei of Panqi Peak and Quan Yi of Linghe Peak, had also begun to settle in. Yu Yuwei’s two disciples had arrived, and even Quan Yi, who had once seemed timid and uneasy, had found peace in his cultivation.
The group would often gather in the courtyard, chatting while facing the vast snowfall. Two juniors served tea at the front, while the rest of the valley’s cultivators knelt nearby, listening in fascination. They drank wine and discussed minor Daoist matters; it truly felt like a scene of carefree leisure.
From time to time, the checkpoints around the valley, managed by the residents, would send someone to report. The stationed Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators brought news, but there were never any major incidents, just a few devil cultivators who had stirred up trouble and fled through the area.
"Brother Xizhi!" The middle-aged man, Quan Yi, now addressed him as a peer. Though he was slightly older, he no longer dared to act superior. He said, "What a beautiful snowfall this is!"
Li Xizhi had grown familiar with Quan Yi over the past six months. The man had grown up within the sect, was not particularly scheming, and had neither wife nor children. He only had an elderly mother living on his home peak.
He had no intention of seeking a Dao companion, nor did he have close friends. The greatest accomplishment in his life had been achieving Foundation Establishment Realm, and all he wished for now was to protect his mother and let her live out her old age in peace. He had been conscripted here against his will, but after more than half a year, he’d warmed up and even started to smile again.