Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 155 - News of War

While passing through the Poison Mist Forest, Xiao Ni's small entourage would be blocked by the inhabitants of the vast forest that covered the large valley that was the residence of the most poisonous sect in the Blue Moon Continent.

The forest dwellers were none other than spirit beasts or poisonous demons that tried to prey on Xiao Ni who flew low enough above the Poison Mist Forest, but since Xiao Ni was emitting an aura that was on par with the Great Soul Realm, all of the forest dwellers immediately moved away without hesitation.

When he entered the region of the Poison Heart Valley, Xiao Ni with his true form attracted the attention of many people. Its large size, its beautiful feathers, and especially its power that was in the Great Soul Realm.

Most of the members of the Poison Heart Valley guessed the Rainbow Stork they saw belonged to one of the ten-star or at least eight-star great sects, but they could not guess the origin of the sect.

"Where should I put you guys down?" asked Xiao Ni.

Xu Yang was silent for a moment while looking ahead then replied, "There, Senior." Xu Yang pointed towards one of the large buildings that had a spacious courtyard.

There were several people standing in front of the building. Among them were Poison Heart Valley Patriarch Xu Gang, Toad Grandfather Xu Lao, and Snake Grandmother She Liu.

"Hm? Above the stork were Yang'er and Yin'er." said Xu Lao after using the Heavenly Senses to examine the guests who were still hundreds of meters away from them.

Xu Gang looked delighted and enthusiastic as his two children returned home. He had long been worried because his two children had been outside the sect for a long time without any news.

She Liu noticed the four-winged stork and whispered to her elder brother, "Senior, do I feel familiar with the stork? Do you feel it too?"

"Hm?" Xu Lao glanced at She Liu for a moment then noticed Xiao Ni again more thoroughly, "You're right, I also feel familiar. Where have I seen him?"

In the past, on one of the sect's outings, Xu Lao had seen a rainbow crane like Xiao Ni, but what he had seen back then was a peak-stage Foundation realm powerhouse. It was not like now that the power of the Great Soul Realm was offsetting his strength or She Liu.

Xiao Ni descended slowly, standing several tens of meters away from the top of the Poison Heart Valley and waiting for the two Xu sisters to descend.

"Dad-dad! Grandpa-! Grandma-ma!"

Xu Yang exclaimed excitedly as he waved enthusiastically about being able to return home and see his family again. Xu Yin took off her iron mask and stored it into the space ring. Her face was smiling thinly but not as enthusiastically as her brother.

The attention of the three high-ranking sect men led to Xu Yang and sculpted. Ever since the great poisoning, Xu Yang had always worn an iron mask to cover up his ugly facial condition. But this time it was not and Xu Yang's face was clean from the festering boils.

"What happened to Yang'er?"

"Senior, is it possible..."

Mixed feeling felt by the three. Happy, confused, and curious.

"Dad, grandpa, grandma.we're home."

Xu Yang saluted followed Xu Yin, but they looked puzzled as the three old men stared at Xu Yang with hard to read eyes.

"Is there something wrong with me?" xu Yang asked as he touched his face and body.

"Oh, that's.he's Senior Xiao Ni, Senior East Wind follower, Grandma." Xu Yin replied.

"Xiao who are you saying? Senior East Wind?" Xu Lao and She Liu both raised eyebrows. Xiao Ni's name was still remembered in their minds. What attracted more attention was because of Xu Yin who mentioned about the East Wind.

Xu Lao and She Liu glanced for a moment before looking at Xiao Ni from a distance. The rainbow bird listened to their little conversation and just kept quiet. As the two people as old as the Poison Heart Valley looked towards him, Xiao Ni transformed into a human fashion that quite surprised Xu Lao and She Liu.

"Ah, so it seems. Xiao Ni was a spirit animal that Senior Feng had become a follower of." Xu Lao muttered in understanding.

Xu Lao and She Liu walked a little quickly closer to Xiao Ni who was walking slowly towards them.

"Senior Greetings..." Xiao Ni greeted. Although he was the same age as Xu Lao and She Liu, but he was a few years younger than the two.

A little confused and awkward, Xu Lao and She Liu returned Xiao Ni's greeting.

"I was assigned Senior Feng to deliver the two of them back to the Poison Heart Valley. Previously they had already met Yao Han, Senior Feng's disciple at one of the places in the Green Forest Country. That young Xu was healed by Yao Han."

Without being asked, Xiao Ni gave the two a brief report that was immediately understandable. Xu Lao and She Liu were indeed shocked, but the sense of pleasure and relief was more domineering.

Xiao Ni was then asked to stop by for a while at the Poison Heart Valley and be entertained. Xiao Ni did not need that, but he accepted it to appreciate the host. Despite the truth, the two old men wanted to hear more stories from Xiao Ni.

"Senior Sorry, I can't tell you much because I came to where they were after Yao Han contacted Senior Feng to let you know. Back then, Yao Han had already treated this Xu brat. The details of the story you can hear from these two young people."

Xu Lao then asked Xu Yin to tell him a story. Xu Yin told her all the things that she felt were important especially after her meeting with Yao Han which then ended up finding Xu Yang by chance.

Something that Xu Yin did not tell about was her encounter with Yutian and Meirong, as well as about her receiving the inheritance technique from Yutian, the Poison God Technique.

After hearing Xu Yin's story, Xu Lao and She Li were silent for a long time with a feeling of awe due to Yao Han's ability to cure the ferocious poison in Xu Yang's body due to the reckless study of the high-level poison science of the Sky Poison Book.

"Senior Feng turned out to have a very great disciple. Even we Poison Cultivators cannot cure Yang'er's condition to this extent..."

Neither Xu Yin nor Xu Yang told the details of Yao Han's healing. Xu Lao and She Liu assumed Yao Han used a method of healing through the administration of anti-poison medicinal pills, as was the case with Feng Xian.

In fact, Feng Xian's poison handling ability was one level below Yutian, considering that Yutian was the best cultivator who had studied poison science for the past thousand years. Even when compared to Yao Han, Feng Xian was still a little inferior to that disciple because Yao Han inherited the Poison God Technique from Yutian.

One hour Xiao Ni was there and wanted to return to Star Moon Island. The Valley of the Poison Heart gave a huge reward that was divided into two space rings. The ring was given to Feng Xian and Yao Han who played a major role in the recovery of Xu Yang's condition.

As he was leaving, an elder came to give an important report. The atmosphere was suddenly silent and tense as the report contained about the resumption of a cultivator's world war after twenty more years of calm.