Chapter 74

"Demon brat, hurry to Lotus Peak! Taiyu." This time it wasn't a divine-sense transmission; even the nearby Qiu Hu heard it clearly.

"The sect master is looking for you? No way..." Qiu Hu's face changed, thinking of the worst possibility.

Wei Yuning wasn't unafraid, but fear couldn't be avoided. Leaving Hidden Cloud Sect to encounter the demon assassin meant certain death; staying in Hidden Cloud Sect still offered a slim chance.

"Wife, my husband is gone, now the household relies on you!" Wei Yuning gave a pout to Thus line: Ye Ying in the pavilion. With things as they are, he instead became indifferent.

Qiu Hu puffed out a laugh, his previously tense mood also relaxed considerably.

"Take the return talisman, attach your divine sense to it, and you can activate it anytime. If things go wrong, I'll take Thus line: Ye Ying away—at least I can keep her safe!" Qiu Hu flipped her hand, and a golden-yellow talisman appeared in her jade palm.

Wei Yuning took the talisman, just as he attached his divine sense to it, the talisman instantly disappeared. However, he could clearly sense its presence, right in his dantian.

Although the talisman wasn't activated, he could feel a vigorous power constantly scouring his body.

"How amazing the talisman is, it actually expands the meridians inside my body!" Wei Yuning exclaimed.

"This is a guide-immortal talisman, of course better than the escape talismans of the cultivation world; it can unleash the user's maximum potential, and the first time it's used it can indeed expand the meridians a bit!" Qiu Hu said.

"Alright, I'm going!" Wei Yuning said again.

Qiu Hu looked at Wei Yuning with a half-smile, suddenly stepped forward, tightly embraced him, brought her mouth to his ear and said: "When you reach Nascent Soul and achieve the status of an earth immortal, perhaps by then I will already be a true immortal; then I will wholeheartedly assist you in achieving Mahayana ascension."

After speaking, Qiu Hu released Wei Yuning, turned and opened the door, entered the room, with a bang, the door was shut heavily again.

Wei Yuning stared for a moment, shook his head and smiled, then walked away resolutely.

When passing by Thus line: Ye Ying's side, Wei Yuning noticed her mind was still immersed in the illusion before her; vaguely, he seemed to hear the urgent sound of waves.

All the way hastening, after passing two small teleportation arrays, Wei Yuning arrived at Lotus Peak.

When winter arrived, the wind and snow on Lotus Peak grew heavier; only a blurry silhouette of the hall could be seen.

Outside the Snowfall Hall, there was no one guarding; the doors stood open, and Wei Yuning entered the warm hall without hesitation.

Inside the hall were about ten people.

They all stood in the open space at the center of the hall, heatedly discussing something. Wei Yuning glanced around; aside from the steward Hongzhi and Sect Master Taiyu, he didn't recognize anyone else, and Senior Xuye wasn't present.

Although these people looked young, ranging from twenty-five to forty, they all bore great presence; most wore wide robes and large sleeves, and an unnamed aura emanated.

Wei Yuning's arrival silenced the crowd; a group of people all turned their gaze to him, the sharpness in their eyes making his skin faintly sting.

Wei Yuning's face turned pale with fright, and he couldn't help but retreat a few steps.

"Demon nephew, come over, greet all the ancestors!" Seeing this, Steward Hongzhi greeted warmly.

"No need for those empty formalities, right, Demon? As long as you're here, no need to ask more; just follow orders, you only need to cooperate with our actions!" said a thin, tall, short-bearded man who looked about thirty.

He had long arms and legs, and on his back he carried a slender black sword about 1.5 meters long; he was one of only two people present wearing neat tight-fitting clothes, the other being a towering bald bare-handed giant like an iron tower.

"Hmm, Qingmo, you need to cooperate with the ancestors' actions; once successful, I will give you great rewards! All actions must follow the orders of Ancestor Xuanfengzi!" At this moment, Taiyu completely lacked the demeanor of a sect leader; he cautiously glanced at the tall thin man and said.

"Xuan class?" Wei Yuning's mind blew up.

The nine founding ancestors of the Yunyin Sect belonged to the Dao generation, morality penetrates the profound and tranquil; the Xuan generation are the fourth-generation ancestors.

In the early days, the Yunyin Sect's disciples did not have a generation every fifty years; that was a new rule established only over three hundred years ago.

The founding ancestors all had cultivation at the level of earth immortals or above, with long lifespans; each of the nine ancestors had their own style when it came to accepting disciples.

Some could accept dozens of disciples in a year, while others might take hundreds of years to accept just one; consequently, the generation system back then was extremely chaotic, and a newly initiated disciple could possibly be the grandmaster of a Golden Core disciple.

However, over three thousand years have passed; aside from Dao Min, the founding ancestors have basically not shown themselves for several hundred to over a thousand years, and the second- and third-generation disciples are the same—the elders of the older generation have either grown old or entered seclusion.

Even if the Xuan-generation ancestors were taken in late by their master, their ages are definitely over five hundred years; the lifespan limit of a Golden Core cultivator is five hundred years, which means that the Ancestor Xuanfengzi before us must at least have the cultivation of a Nascent Soul earth immortal.

To deal with the immortal envoy, the Yunyin Sect actually sent earth immortal–level experts; looking at the others, their aura seems not weaker than Ancestor Xuanfengzi's at all! The sect's foundation is indeed immeasurably deep.

Judging by this posture, the Yunyin Sect is determined to obtain the immortal envoy.

Although Wei Yuning was extremely curious why the sect wasn't afraid of heavenly retribution, the ancestors didn't say, and he certainly didn't dare to ask, but this situation was undoubtedly advantageous for him.

In that case, he was a bit overly worried; the Yunyin Sect had no intention of sacrificing him.

Thinking this through, the soul that Wei Yuning had nearly lost from fright finally returned. Since he didn't have to die, his courage grew again.

"Ancestors, I have something to say!" Wei Yuning suddenly said.

The ancestors chatted among themselves, nobody looking at him. In their eyes, what could a Foundation Establishment disciple possibly have to say?

Seeing this, Hongzhi whispered to defuse the situation: "Qingmo, if it's not something important, let's talk about it later!"

Sect Leader Taiyu glanced over here, barely perceptibly nodding at Wei Yuning to encourage him. It was obvious that, in front of these ancestors, even the sect leader had to act cautiously.

"Uncle, there really is something, concerning the immortal envoy!" Wei Yuning said anxiously.

"Oh, concerning the immortal envoy, what is it? After Ancestor Xuyue informed the sect leader, I also contacted Yunyan, and she confirmed what you said—there really is an immortal envoy who has come!" Hongzhi said.

He feared Wei Yuning would say irrelevant nonsense and upset the ancestors, so he preemptively stopped him from speaking.

"Uncle Hongzhi, do you know that the immortal envoy is a strongman riding a Seven Deer Immortal Chariot?" Wei Yuning asked.

"Strongman? Seven Deer Immortal Chariot?" Hongzhi froze, obviously unaware of this news.

"What did you say? A strongman riding a Seven Deer Immortal Chariot is at least a mighty strongman! It seems this immortal envoy has quite a background!" A deep voice suddenly boomed.

Wei Yuning turned his head and saw a man with gray-white hair but a youthful face walk in; his figure flickered between blurry and clear, and in the span of a half breath he went from the hall's entrance to the center, crossing a distance of over twenty meters.

Upon seeing him enter, everyone almost in unison shouted: "Eternal Year Dao Brother!"

Eternal Year smiled, cupped his fists toward everyone, then his gaze sharp as a torch, he looked at Wei Yuning and asked: "Little brother, is the source of what you just said reliable?"

Wei Yuning was puzzling over this person's identity.

"Calling brothers with a bunch of Yunyin Sect ancestors of different generations is one thing, but also calling brothers with a young disciple who's just reached adulthood? What on earth is his background? He clearly lacks seniority, yet a group of ancestors treat it as customary! It's really strange."