My Fairy Growth System

Chapter 299 Yu Qingtan's Night Visit to the Cold Prison

"Fine, I will send someone to investigate the matter. But before the results come out, you two will go to the Cold Prison to be punished,"

Guardian Master Zhenjun declared.

He then sealed their cultivation levels and had someone take them to the depths of the Cold Prison.

The two did not resist, yet they still glared at each other with eyes full of hatred.

"No further spreading or discussing of this incident is allowed!"

Guardian Master Zhenjun surveyed the onlookers around him, spoke loudly, and cast an apologetic glance at Yu Qingtan, then vanished on the spot.

With the academy director personally interdicting, naturally no one dared further disseminate the matter, given it was a scandal of the All-World Academy.

Yu Qingtan was about to return home, especially since the crowd had mostly noticed her, and some were there not just to gossip but specifically to watch her.

At that moment, someone approached her.

"Fairy Qingtan, long time no see!" Your next journey awaits at My Virtual Library Empire

"Cultivator Liu, it's been a long time!" It was Liu Qiming from the Formation Institute.

After exchanging pleasantries, Liu Qiming invited Yu Qingtan to his place to discuss the Formation Path.

Yu Qingtan thought for a moment and decided to invite Jing Hao and the other three, along with Liu Qiming to her yard in five days to exchange and study qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, as well as formations.

Liu Qiming and Jing Hao happily accepted the invitation.

Returning to her courtyard, Yu Qingtan went into seclusion to comprehend the Dao with that one or two cups of Enlightenment Tea.

Three days later, Yu Qingtan successfully solidified the complete Dao Domains of the Sound Path, Soul Dao, Path of Time, and Space Path, which had only been in their nascent forms before.

Of course, it was also because Yu Qingtan had been consistently meditating and had the effect of "Love's Sharing," which brought her very close to the first level already.

Yu Qingtan immediately used two Dao Comprehension Perfection Cards on the Path of Time and Space Path, elevating her comprehension to the perfected third level.

Yu Qingtan felt she had reached a new understanding of temporal and spatial realms, and her insights into the Dao Technique "Bleeding Thousand Miles" and the Mind Immobilizing Spell had deepened.

She considered using the three Origin Comprehension Cards on the Soul Dao, Path of Time, and Space Path but wasn't in a rush, wanting to further consolidate her understanding and application of these paths.

As for the Way of the Five Elements, relying on her Five Elements Primordial Immortal Body, she was confident she could comprehend the Five Elements Origin in a relatively short time.

In fact, in regards to the Path of Water she was most familiar with, she felt she was nearly in touch with the Origin of Water already.

On the fifth day, Yu Qingtan emerged from seclusion, and Jing Hao and the others arrived as expected.

Jing Hao and the other four arrived in the morning, and Yu Qingtan exchanged knowledge with them on qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

All four of them had stepped onto the Dao: In qin and chess, Yu Qingtan's level was not far from Shi Kuang and Zhou Lan, and she even taught Shi Kuang the successfully self-created Second Stage Sound Path spell "Ambush from Ten Sides."

In the paths of calligraphy and painting, Yu Qingtan had fallen behind and did not pursue further study. Of course, Jing Hao and Zhong Yao didn't mind, understood her reasons, and still addressed her as Master Yu.

In the afternoon, Liu Qiming arrived and exchanged insights on the Formation Path with Yu Qingtan. Liu Qiming was a Third Stage peak high-grade Array Master, while Yu Qingtan was already a Fourth Stage Array Master.

She used a Fourth Stage Skill Upgrade Card.

Consequently, Liu Qiming was utterly astonished by Yu Qingtan, and they continued their exchange deep into the night, both gaining much from the discussion.

After Liu Qiming left, Yu Qingtan pretended to continue her seclusion.

In truth, she had used "Love's Protection" to raise her cultivation level to the Mid-Nascent Stage and combined the Breath-Concealing Technique, Invisibility Technique, and Five Elements Qiankun Escape to leave her courtyard, heading toward Cold Prison at All-World Academy.

During her conversations with Jing Hao and others, she also brought up the follow-up to the true incident of Wen Ying.

The Academy had conducted a series of investigations into the real Wen Ying and, although they had found some collaborations between the real Wen Ying and the cultivators from Sakura Island, there was no evidence to prove she was a spy from Sakura Island.

Sakura Island, after all, had deep-seated grievances with Yu Qingtan. Now facing a suspect who might be a Sakura Island spy, Yu Qingtan was determined to get to the bottom of it.

Yu Qingtan easily avoided the patrolling disciples of the Academy and arrived at the location of Cold Prison. Nestled deep within the Academy was a quiet valley, surrounded by tall stone walls engraved with complex formation patterns, which shimmered with a faint spiritual light, clearly a formation set up to prevent prisoners from escaping.

Cold Prison was located underground in this valley, divided into four levels, each level's formation becoming progressively stronger, incarcerating Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul cultivators respectively.

Now a Fourth Stage Array Master, she found the formations on the first three levels—one first-stage, two-second stages, and third stage—incapable of stopping her.

She arrived at the entrance of Cold Prison. At the entrance, there was a stele with "Cold Prison" written on it, the characters cold and imposing. Taking a deep breath, she stepped into Cold Prison.

At the entrance, there was a small house where two Golden Core cultivators were on duty, but both were meditating with their eyes closed. Yu Qingtan applied the Breath-Concealing Technique and created a little passage through the formation, which they did not notice at all.

Inside Cold Prison, the chill was biting as if one were in a snowy ice world. The stone walls around were covered in a thick layer of ice, emitting a bone-piercing cold.

The prisoners were confined in cells that resembled ice sculptures, their faces pale and worn, with occasional painful moans echoing through.

Yu Qingtan ignored all this and went straight down. The lower she went, the fewer the cells and the deeper the cold. By the time she reached the third level underground, she found that there were only one hundred cells.

Soon, Yu Qingtan found the cell imprisoning the real Wen Ying. With her cultivation sealed, even as a true Golden Core, Wen Ying was sitting cross-legged, trembling slightly, her face pale.

Yu Qingtan casually placed an Illusion Array outside the cell, then located a weak spot in the cell's formation, made a few adjustments, opened a passage, and entered.

The main protection of the cell was the formation; the lock, made of second-stage Spirit Ore, was as easy for Qingtan to manipulate as if it were made of clay.

"Who is it?"

The formation of the cell had the effect of shielding divine sense, so it wasn't until Yu Qingtan entered that Wen Ying detected her presence.

"It's me!" Yu Qingtan revealed her figure.

"Master Zhong Yao, it's you. You came to save me!" Tears welled up in the real Wen Ying's eyes.

Indeed, Yu Qingtan was now using the Reincarnation Mantra, disguised as a wild cultivator from Sakura Island, the bar's owner, Zhong Yao.

Cultivators from Sakura Island were also skilled in stealth and hiding, so Wen Ying was not surprised that Yu Qingtan had entered invisibly.

"Is it really you?" However, her excitement lasted for only a moment before Wen Ying asked with some doubt.

"You've suffered!"

Yu Qingtan approached and used her spiritual power to warm Wen Ying's body.

Feeling the familiar fluctuation of spiritual power, Wen Ying no longer doubted,

"Master Zhong Yao, how did you come to be here?"

Wen Ying stood up, throwing herself into Yu Qingtan's arms, her chest pressing tightly against Yu Qingtan.

Yu Qingtan was startled inwardly; it appeared that the real Wen Ying not only had connections with the bar's owner, Zhong Yao, but also had a close relationship.

And that address for the bar's owner, Zhong Yao - could it be?

Yu Qingtan embraced Wen Ying's slender waist and said, "I just happened to be in Qu Fu Immortal City on some business, I wanted to find you originally, but I never expected you to be in this kind of trouble."