"Fellow Daoist Fei, on behalf of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven, I invite you to serve as an elder!"
Xia Feixue looked at Xiao Fei with a smile, enthusiastically extending an invitation.
"Why is that? Fellow Daoist, you should know that my soul is injured, and advancement is hopeless."
"Hee hee hee! If I say I fancy your character, Fellow Daoist Fei, would you believe me?"
"No!"
Xiao Fei shook his head firmly. Regarding his character, even he himself had no confidence.
He felt he wasn't the kind of good person who sacrificed himself for others; at most, he was just not too bad.
"I sincerely invite you to join the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven. I hope you can agree."
Xia Feixue stopped explaining and directly extended the invitation to Xiao Fei again.
Xiao Fei pondered for a moment. It seemed he always had some inseparable connection with this Golden Cloud Cave Heaven.
Last time, this woman had directly captured him and brought him to the mountain, making him a handyman responsible for fetching bathwater for the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven.
This time, there was supposed to be no involvement from the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven. Who knew that in the end, the situation took a turn, and all the envoys from the great sacred lands abandoned him, leaving only Xia Feixue to extend an invitation to him.
Xiao Fei initially had no strong desire to join other forces. He enjoyed his freedom.
However, after learning that his soul injury was not easy to treat, he felt it was necessary to join a force to see.
He had previously operated as a rogue cultivator in the Immortal Realm, essentially living on the fringes of the Immortal Realm, unable to access some more core things.
These forces had long inheritances and monopolized all the effective resources in the Immortal Realm, including many ancient texts and materials.
If Xiao Fei wanted to consult ancient texts and resources, he could only join these forces.
Before, he would ask Zhu Yu for guidance on anything he didn't know, but he felt he couldn't rely on her too much.
Listening to both sides makes one enlightened. What if Zhu Yu was wrong?
Without further hesitation, Xiao Fei accepted Xia Feixue's invitation and became an elder of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven.
Xia Feixue gave Xiao Fei a general overview of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven and arranged a cave dwelling for him in a place with dense immortal energy on the mountaintop.
From now on, Xiao Fei had an overt identity in the Immortal Realm: an elder of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven.
Although his status in the entire Immortal Realm was not very high, it was not too low either, just right.
After joining the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven, there were no specific duties for him to perform. He remained as free as before.
During this period, he spent his days consulting the ancient texts collected by the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven.
Especially those related to the soul, he meticulously read every punctuation mark several times.
After reading all the points, he realized that according to the records in these ancient texts, his condition was indeed almost an incurable disease.
The few methods recorded were also extremely difficult to achieve.
This was either because the materials were too scarce or the operational methods were too profound and unknown to anyone.
As for the immortal medicines and methods mentioned by Zhu Yu, he searched through all the ancient texts and only found one.
Moreover, the description in the ancient texts was somewhat vague and unclear, far less detailed than what was in the jade slip Zhu Yu gave him.
However, he discovered that reading these ancient texts was very helpful to him.
For example, the immortal medicines Zhu Yu introduced to him.
Zhu Yu spoke of them casually, as if they were ordinary items, and he had indeed found several in the ruins of the Hao Yu Sacred Land.
But in these ancient texts, these immortal medicines were described as unique treasures in the Immortal Realm, and obtaining even one was a great fortune.
According to the ancient texts, the Ten Thousand Year Immortal Marrow Liquid was of great help for True Immortals to break through to Heavenly Immortals.
Only one or two drops were sufficient each time.
Xiao Fei was so excited upon reading this that he slapped his thigh, fracturing it on the spot.
He had drunk an entire bottle of Ten Thousand Year Immortal Marrow Liquid at that time!
No wonder he felt the effect was quite good after using the Ten Thousand Year Immortal Marrow Liquid.
Even the other immortal medicines he had planted in his space had not been used before he had already broken through to the Heavenly Immortal realm.
It seemed that what Zhu Yu taught him had a significant discrepancy with the current situation in the Immortal Realm.
Perhaps because Zhu Yu was the Hao Yu Immortal Lord in the past, with immense power, his perspective was naturally higher than others.
Treasures that were considered unique by others might have been obtainable by him with some sacrifices.
Or perhaps Zhu Yu was an outdated relic, no longer keeping up with the times and out of touch.
After Xiao Fei finished reading all the ancient texts, he found no effective treatment methods and could only temporarily follow the methods Zhu Yu introduced.
The jade slip Zhu Yu gave him contained three types of immortal medicines that could treat his soul injury.
They were "Luohou Immortal Fruit," "Qianyuan Immortal Fruit," and "Ginseng Fruit."
Xiao Fei had also inquired about these three immortal fruits among rogue cultivators, but there were no results. Everyone had never heard of these three immortal fruits.
However, he was now an elder of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven. His previous status as a rogue cultivator could not compare. He could command all the disciples of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven to help him search for these immortal fruits.
Xiao Fei prepared a jade slip containing the treasures he was looking for, as well as a reward scheme for any news or direct discovery of the treasures.
He was now wealthy and offered enticing conditions, believing that the disciples of the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven would search with all their might after seeing them.
A small bamboo house on the peak of Golden Cloud Mountain was Xia Feixue's usual residence. When Xiao Fei came to find her, she seemed to be about to go out, and they met at the entrance.
"Fellow Daoist Feixue, are you going out?"
"I happen to have something I want to discuss with you," Xia Feixue said quickly upon seeing Xiao Fei.
"What is it, Fellow Daoist Feixue?"
Xiao Fei was a little curious. Since he joined the Golden Cloud Cave Heaven, Xia Feixue had never actively sought him out.
"It's like this. We received news that many Dao Worms have appeared in the lower realm, causing havoc.
The Jade Void Sacred Land is organizing a team to go down to the lower realm to conquer them and eliminate the worm plague.
Our Golden Cloud Cave Heaven has been assigned to send at least two True Immortals and ten Earth Immortals to participate.
So I wanted to discuss the personnel matters with you."
Xiao Fei understood that Xia Feixue's discussion meant she wanted him to participate in the campaign.
The Golden Cloud Cave Heaven previously had three True Immortals. After his joining, there were only four True Immortals.
This time, they had to send two True Immortals, which meant deploying half of their True Immortal manpower. The chance of Xiao Fei being assigned was indeed very high.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Fei, what did you want to see me about?"
Xia Feixue remembered that Xiao Fei had also come to see her and asked proactively.
"I wanted to commission you to help me find these immortal fruits."
As he spoke, Xiao Fei handed over the jade slip in his hand.
Xia Feixue took the jade slip and examined it with her immortal sense, showing a thoughtful expression.
"Fellow Daoist Feixue, do you know the whereabouts of these immortal fruits?"
"I have never heard of the 'Luohou Immortal Fruit' you are looking for. I have heard of 'Qianyuan Immortal Fruit' and 'Ginseng Fruit.'
However, these two immortal fruits are also extremely rare. I only know the whereabouts of the Qianyuan Immortal Fruit!"