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Chapter 816: Fatherly Love Like a Mountain

Chen Xiaohei would forever remember that back in the Dao Academy, Chen Mobai had helped her communicate with the Five Smoke Veil of Taiyi, and then this magical artifact, which had always been aloof towards her, suddenly changed its attitude completely.

Later, Chen Xiaohei even used the contract Chen Mobai had established with the artifact during the sparring sessions at the Dao Academy and Scholarly Palace. She won battle after battle, securing victory all the way, and became the next chief disciple of the Weapon Dao Academy, after Chen Mobai, who had suppressed all the university prodigies of the Immortal Gate.

From that moment on, Chen Xiaohei knew that Chen Mobai's skill in artifact refining had truly inherited the essence of the Weapon Dao Academy, and that any casual move he made could benefit her for a lifetime.

Now, if she could make the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant open its heart as well and truly connect with her, would she perhaps not have to return it in the future?

Chen Xiaohei held such an expectation in her heart.

When Chen Mobai took the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant, he still felt a little uneasy.

After all, this was a fifth-rank magical artifact of the Immortal Gate, and its previous owner was a True Monarch of Spirit Transformation, so it must have seen much of the world.

He began to worry: would it dislike spirit stones?

But since he had already spoken in front of his daughter, he certainly couldn't lose face.

Thinking this, Chen Mobai performed the Agreement of Union and began to communicate with the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant's sentience.

This fifth-rank magical artifact of True Monarch Taiyuan was in a state of slumber at this time. Its programmed routine was to awaken once every ten years, absorb the spiritual energy from a top-grade spirit stone, and then fall back into slumber, maintaining its minimum energy consumption.

But under Chen Mobai's Agreement of Union, the sentience of this Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant was startled awake.

"Who is so impolite?"

After the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant's sentience awoke, it immediately conveyed a very angry emotion.

Chen Mobai understood this perfectly, as he, too, occasionally had a bad temper upon waking.

"Greetings, Senior Lingxiao," Chen Mobai began. "I am Xiaohei's father. Over the years, she has received your assistance, which allowed her to overcome the tribulation of the Nine Yin Absolute Veins. Upon learning of this, I felt it necessary to express my gratitude to you on her behalf."

Chen Mobai immediately stated his identity, stance, and the reason for his actions.

"Hmph, even so, you are still very impolite."

The Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant continued to convey its displeasure, and then its spiritual light began to dim, seemingly about to fall back into slumber immediately.

"Senior," Chen Mobai quickly added, "I heard from my daughter that you only awaken once every ten years to receive a top-grade spirit stone. I now hold a certain position within the Immortal Gate, and I happen to have a fully charged top-grade spirit stone in my possession. I originally intended to use it for my own research and cultivation, but after learning of your great kindness to my daughter, I feel it would be better to give it to you. This is a small token, but it represents my sincere gratitude. I hope you will not disdain it."

Chen Mobai immediately conveyed his proposed terms to the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant.

For a fifth-rank magical artifact, the Immortal Gate usually nurtured it with top-grade spirit stones; it likely wouldn't even consider superior-grade ones. So, Chen Mobai made an estimate and directly stated this.

"You are not entirely impolite after all."

After hearing this, the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant immediately conveyed a message, and then shimmered with a soft, lustrous spiritual light, expressing its fondness for this gift of gratitude.

Chen Xiaohei and Shi Wanyu, who was beside her, stared in awe at this scene, feeling that Chen Mobai was indeed worthy of being the most talented chief graduate of the Weapon Dao Academy throughout history.

Even a fifth-rank magical artifact, under his communication, had such a significant reaction.

"I will nourish this Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant with my true qi these next few days," Chen Mobai said. "By the time you two, mother and daughter, come up the mountain this weekend, it should be about ready. I'll give it to you then."

Chen Mobai didn't want to take out the top-grade spirit stone in front of Shi Wanyu and her daughter, so after communicating with the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant, he came up with this excuse.

"Okay, Dad," Chen Xiaohei exclaimed, "you must really communicate well with it and make it acknowledge me!"

Chen Xiaohei hadn't expected the first step of her hopes to be realized so easily. After hearing this, she immediately nodded repeatedly like a woodpecker and spoke her true thoughts.

Next, Chen Xiaohei reluctantly communicated with the artifact spirit of the Five Smoke Veil of Taiyi.

Just when she thought this artifact would also be reluctant to part, she found that once it landed in Chen Mobai's hands, it burst forth with an unprecedented, brilliant five-colored divine light.

Seeing this, Chen Xiaohei suddenly felt that her previous emotions were utterly worthless.

It turned out that for all these years, it had only been cooperating out of deference to her father.

"Am I really so unappealing to you?"

Chen Xiaohei glared, somewhat exasperated, at the Five Smoke Veil of Taiyi, which Chen Mobai had put away into his domain.

"I'm going to the quiet room."

Chen Mobai said to Shi Wanyu, who was beside him, indicating that she should rest alone tonight. Shi Wanyu nodded slightly, a hint of disappointment in her expression, after hearing this.

In the quiet room, Chen Mobai took out the top-grade spirit stone that he had recharged after using it for his Nascent Soul formation.

"Venerable Sir, how much spiritual energy may I absorb?"

The Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant, seeing the top-grade spirit stone placed before it, suddenly changed its address and its tone became polite.

"Since it is a gift of gratitude," Chen Mobai replied, "then naturally, all of its spiritual energy belongs to you, Senior."

Upon receiving this message, the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant's attitude completely changed, and it began to apologize instead.

"Venerable Sir, I was a bit impolite earlier. Please forgive me."

"Not at all," Chen Mobai humbly replied, "it was I who disturbed you, Senior..."

Chen Mobai indicated that he was the one who had been impolite, and then placed the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant on the top-grade spirit stone. The latter immediately began to absorb without ceremony.

Soon, strands of crystalline brilliance, like silk threads, were drawn from the spirit stone and merged into the pure white jade pendant.

Three days later, when Chen Xiaohei received the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant again, she found that it was radiating a lustrous, glistening light, a radiance it had never displayed when in her possession.

"Dad," Chen Xiaohei said, "you must have expended a lot of your vital essence to nourish it, right?"

Chen Xiaohei, seeing this, was even more moved.

Throughout the Immortal Gate, nourishing a fifth-rank magical artifact with the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator was extremely uneconomical. It was precisely for this reason that when Yu Huiping borrowed the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant from Venerable Qingping, although Elder Baiguang's prestige played a part, a portion of the reason was also this.

Every ten years, one top-grade spirit stone was provided, and while the Immortal Gate bore the brunt of this expense, a portion of that spiritual energy had to be deducted from the Taiyuan Scholarly Palace's finances.

If the finances of the Three Great Halls were ever tight in a given year and the allocated spiritual energy budget was insufficient, Venerable Qingping would have to nourish it with his own spiritual power.

"Compared to your future, what is this small effort?" Chen Mobai said dismissively.

Chen Mobai, however, shook his head indifferently. While the spiritual energy of a single top-grade spirit stone was a very precious resource within the Immortal Gate, for him, who commanded the entire Eastern Desolation, it was as simple as scooping a spoonful of water from a great river.

It truly wasn't much.

'This Venerable Sir truly is a good father!'

The awakened artifact spirit of the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant, after listening to the entire conversation between father and daughter, had an even better impression of Chen Mobai.

During these three days, besides absorbing spiritual energy, Chen Mobai also communicated with it about protecting Chen Xiaohei in the future.

Initially, the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant was unwilling, as it, a dignified fifth-rank magical artifact, how could it be a bodyguard for a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, even for a Nascent Soul Venerable Sir?

Then Chen Mobai stated that he was also willing to provide it with a top-grade spirit stone every ten years.

Furthermore, this agreement would be kept secret, and no one in the Immortal Gate would know about this extra income of a top-grade spirit stone for the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant.

At this instant, the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant was tempted!

It had already forgotten what it felt like to be fully sated with spiritual energy.

However, it was still somewhat hesitant.

It felt that being a bodyguard for a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator was a bit undignified.

Chen Mobai immediately took out a handful of superior-grade spirit stones, about ten or twenty, without counting, and directly offered them to the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant, stating that this was an extra payment for its trouble.

He asked Senior Lingxiao to lend a hand, considering the fatherly affection he held for his daughter.

At that moment, the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant truly understood the meaning of the phrase "the selfless love of parents," and felt its own sentience grow significantly in that instant.

Ultimately, it agreed to the request to protect Chen Xiaohei.

It wasn't for the spirit stones; it was simply moved by Chen Mobai's profound fatherly love.

"You must honor your father well in the future! He is a great man!"

This was the first time Chen Xiaohei received a message from the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant's artifact spirit. After hearing it, while admiring Chen Mobai, she couldn't help but nod proudly.

After consecrating the Spirit Cloud Jade Pendant and agreeing to mutual secrecy, Chen Mobai personally escorted Shi Wanyu and her daughter into the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.

It was a pity that Zhongli Tianyu had gone into seclusion for Golden Core formation; otherwise, Chen Mobai could have introduced this good friend to them. This way, if supplies ran short on the mountain in the future, he could help deliver them.

After entrusting the mother and daughter to Yu Huiping, who had come down to meet them with a joyful and solemn expression, Chen Mobai then left the Five Peaks Immortal Mountain.

He arranged his affairs within the Three Great Halls, returned to his empty home in the evening, left behind his Formless Humanoid Puppet, and prepared to return to the Celestial River Realm to practice the Five-Element Dao Soldiers and destroy the Xuanxiao Dao Palace.

Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to call Yan Bingxuan.

"The next batch of Five-Element Golden Core Pills to be refined," Chen Mobai informed her, "I've already communicated with the other three factions, and it will be Water Essence Golden Core Pills. When the time comes, have the Academy of Nature submit your name, and I will make all the arrangements here."

After exchanging sweet words, Chen Mobai shared a piece of good news.

Although this time they had refined an additional batch of Golden Liquid Jade Reversion Pills, the Five-Element Golden Core Pills were still gathering materials as usual. Given his current status, arranging for them to be Water Essence Golden Core Pills was a very easy matter.

Because the Kunpeng lineage also favored Water Essence Golden Core Pills, as soon as Chen Mobai spoke, Ye Yune immediately arranged for her lineage to agree.

With the addition of the Jumang lineage, Butian had no choice but to compromise.

"Won't this be too much trouble for you?"

"No trouble at all, no trouble at all..."

After chatting with Yan Bingxuan until dawn, they finally hung up.

Chen Mobai couldn't help but sigh, feeling that he was truly too exhausted like this.

But the favor of a beauty was weighty, and he couldn't let it down!

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