"Zhao Na, Sun Hui, is my little brother good to look at?", Yan Mei spoke softly. Both the maids instinctively nodded their heads as they were sneakily looking at Xie Long while he was cultivating.
It took a second for them to realise that something was amiss. They turned their heads to look and found Yan Mei with a teasing expression on her face. "Young miss, we.....", they didn't know how to express themselves as they lowered their heads.
"Raise your heads. It is not like you are committing a great crime or something", Yan Mei spoke softly. She took a look at Xie Long and even she was unconsciously drawn to his dashing appearance.
"His appearance alone is like a bewitching technique. Not many girls in this world can resist to look at him. So, I will not blame you two", Yan Mei spoke.
"Pass these books to him. You are free to look but don't disturb him", she instructed before leaving the courtyard.
After cultivating the sutra for a while, Xie Long felt like he could somehow see the energy flow of the heaven and earth. Multiple stards of different types of energy entangled with eachother as they filled the surrounding.
Xie Long located dark strands of energy and violet strands of energy among them. He tried to pull them towards him and the process went smoother than he expected. Black strands and violet strands of energy gathered towards him in an incredible speed. The surrounding around him started to change somehow as darkness energy and thunder energy started to gather.
The sky above his courtyard darkened gradually as thunder rumbled. Zhao Na and Sun Hui looked at Xie Long with utter disbelief and amazement as he triggered such a magnificent change in the surrounding.
"Young master is only at Meridian opening realm yet his cultivation can affect the surrounding. No wonder young miss is attaching so much importance to him", Zhao Na spoke.
"But it will attract too much attention", Sun Hui spoke as she looked at the sky. It was only afternoon yet Xie Long's cultivation made the sky looked like it became evening in advance.
A bulky middle aged man who was in midst of his cultivation opened his eyes. A perplexed expression appeared on his face as he felt the changes in the surrounding.
"What is going on? It seems like someone is pulling down thunder energy forcefully. Who is capable of such heaven defying method?", the middle aged man muttered to himself.
He tried to inquire but the changes in the surrounding suddenly receded. Sky became bright as usual as if the previous changes were only an illusion.
'Ah! So frustrating. Only if there is more darkness energy in the surrounding', Xie Long thought to himself. He had to stop circulating his cultivation method because there was not much darkness energy in the surrounding compared to the thunder energy. As a dual element cultivator, he was aware that he needed a balance between both thunder energy and dark essence energy. Too much of either of the energy would be detrimental towards his foundation. He was about to open his eyes when a faint fluctuation came from inside of his body.
He felt ecstatic because he could tell that the fluctuation was coming from the pagoda world. He tried to sense the fluctuation and his consciousness got pulled into a strange space.
The space was very small. There was grey white everywhere as if an all encompassing fog had shrouded the surrounding. The only visible thing in the strange space was a mirror. It was a large mirror bigger than the height of two person. It was floating in mid air of the strange space.
The mirror was encased by a shining golden material. There were abtruse runes engraved on the golden material which made the mirror appear mysterious and majestic.
A figure materialized on the surface of the mirror while Xie Long was watching. It was such a strange sight that even Xie Long took a step back in caution. Before his eyes, the ethereal figure of an old man materialized.
The old man was wearing a very ancient looking robe on his body. His eyes were clear and bright as he looked towards Xie Long.
"Little friend, finally we have met. Our meeting is earlier than I expected", the old man faintly smiled towards Xie Long. He surprising vanished from the surface of the mirror and appeared infront of Xie Long.
"Are you a ghost?", Xie Long stuttered slightly. The appearance of old man was so sudden that he got flustered.
"Ghost! You can call me that because I am nothing but a tiny strand of soul now", the old man spoke.
"Little friend, I have yet to introduce myself properly. Long ago, I was know as Five harmony yinyang emperor. The name of this pagoda is Nine heavens divine pagoda. It is my dao weapon.
Before I discovered you, I thought it is my destiny to fed away quietly but with your presence, I have slight hope", the old man spoke. His calm and clear eyes had slight emotion as he looked at Xie Long.
'Senior, nice to meet you. It is thanks to you and Xiaoqian that I am still alive", Xie Long spoke. He bent his body and bowed towards the Five harmony yinyang emperor.
"That silly girl is very pitiful. She has a good background but her fate is such that she has to accompany me all these years", the Five harmony yinyang emperor spoke.
"What happened to Xiaoqian?", Xie Long asked.
"She got betrayed and surrounded by enemies", the Five harmony yinyang emperor replied.
"Oh, I understand", Xie Long nodded his head. He was very curious about her enemies but he had self awareness that her enemies would be multiple times stronger than him. So, he decided to ask her or the Five harmony yinyang emperor when he got stronger.
"A very rational decision. There will be no point in knowing her enemies at your current cultivation level", the Five harmony yinyang emperor nodded his head.
"Senior, you.....? How can you read my thoughts?", Xie Long asked with a flabbergasted expression.
"If you have right technique, you can also read others thoughts. Initial, I was planning to meet you after a while. But your search for various paths of cultivation makes me chang my mind. I can't sit back and do nothing if you choose a wrong path in my watch", the Five harmony yinyang emperor spoke.
"Wrong path?", Xie Long frowned slightly.
"Are you taking about the Heretic evil path and dual cultivation path?", Xie Long asked.