Chapter 320

That day, the dragon carriage drove out from the Ice Immortal Pavilion, speeding straight westward.

Dong Ning Xuan

Outside the carriage sat a person with a stiff expression and icy body, hardly any breath; if not for the lack of any corpse spots on his body, one would instantly recognize him as a refined corpse.

Inside the carriage, Yunhe sat cross-legged, a faint golden light glowing around his closed eyes.

Evergreen Sect

Cultivation Base

Ice Immortal Pavilion

In Wu Kingdom, he was the feared Bee Old Devil, but after leaving Wu Kingdom, he intended to temporarily set aside this identity.

Cold Chant Flood Dragon

Spirit Beast Pouch

Bee Elder Demon

Ten Domains Nine Sects Territory

Now the Ten Domains Nine Sects have become the territory of demonic sects, but after his inquiries he learned that the Qingzong Sect had not been destroyed; it had merely relocated its sect to another region.

Martial State

Yunhe thought the region of the Ten Domains Nine Sects was already a vast area, occupied by nine powerful sects, a blessed land of immortal gates that everyone longed for.

Righteous-Demonic War

Only when he returned to stillness again, and an unexpected event occurred within Wu Kingdom's borders, did the enhancement of his cultivation base broaden his vision, raising his horizons, and he finally understood.

To some major sects, the region of the Ten Domains Nine Sects was merely a remote, barren land.

Supreme Mystery Orthodox One Sect

The existence of the Ten Domains Nine Sects was merely a buffer zone deliberately left by those major sects to the east against the demonic sects.

Great Longevity Five Elements True Scripture

But now, from the perspective of a Yuan Ying Cultivator, this 'playing house' had once caused him to flee in panic, desperate to avoid it.

"In other words, the so-called right and wrong, benefits and drawbacks, yield completely different results when viewed from different heights."

According to the information he received, the Qingzong Sect has now relocated to within Mu Kingdom's borders.

Mu Kingdom, one of the largest countries nearest to the Ten Domains Nine Sects' region and close to the Gobi desert, has now become the frontline between the orthodox and demonic sects.

Although the chief of the orthodox, Tai Xuan Zhengyi Sect, and the top demonic sect, Hei He Valley, had two great cultivators agree to pacify the orthodox-demonic conflict, friction between Mu Kingdom and demonic cultivators still existed.

"If one wants to find the continuation of the Great Longevity Five Arts True Scripture technique, it is still best to start from the Qingzong Sect, or more accurately, from my cheap master Huaxin."

Mid Golden Core

The reason he selected the Great Longevity Five Arts True Scripture from the Qingzong Sect's Technique Pavilion as his primary cultivation technique was because of his cheap master Huaxin, who loved eating candied hawthorn.

At that time, Huaxin spent years in the Technique Pavilion; if anyone knew the Qingzong Sect's myriad techniques best, it would undoubtedly be Huaxin.

So, Yunhe prepared to first find Huaxin, see if he could obtain news of the continuation of the Great Longevity Five Arts True Scripture from him; if not, he would consider other channels.

For example, the largest intelligence organization in the entire Eastern Border is the Hall of a Hundred Knowledges.

The distance between Mu Kingdom and Wu Kingdom is hundreds of thousands of li, and Yunhe hasn't gone so foolish as to fly there himself.

In the southwest of Wu Kingdom, at the tri-border junction of Wu, Yue, and Li Kingdoms, there stands a colossal immortal city called Hundred Li City.

The city is a mixture of dragons and fish, with forces from all sides having footholds there; though called an immortal city, it is more like a huge market town.

Within the city, there is a teleportation array that can send one to the vicinity of Mu Kingdom.

After the Cold Chant Flood Dragon pulled the cart all the way to the Wu Kingdom border, Yunhe stowed the carriage and the flood dragon, switching to evasion technique to fly slowly.

At the same time, he concealed his cultivation base, keeping it around mid Golden Core.

Although Yuan Ying cultivators rarely provoke anyone when they travel, they are also too conspicuous, easily attracting attention from all sides, and his reputation as the Bee Old Devil is not small either; he does not wish to cause unnecessary trouble.

Soon after.

In Yunhe's field of vision, a massive city with towering walls appeared.

Although it looked magnificent and splendid from afar, Yunhe felt hardly any disturbance in his heart.

The reason is simple; when it comes to great cities, which one in the Eastern Border can compare to the Cloud Palace City of the Upper Cloud Realm?

After a brief pause, Yunhe flew into Hundred Li City.

Although he concealed his cultivation base, a mid Golden Core cultivator remains an object of reverence and awe wherever he goes.

After entering the immortal city.

He headed straight for the location of the teleportation array, and moreover no one dared to block him.

In the end, he smoothly boarded the teleportation array and departed.

Mu Kingdom.

A vast kingdom densely covered in vegetation, brimming with life, stretching tens of thousands of li.

After Yunhe took the teleportation array from Hundred Li City to the border of Chu Kingdom beside Mu Kingdom, he flew westward all the way and entered Mu Kingdom's territory.

Mu Kingdom is also a major cultivation nation, and its largest sect is the Wood Spirit Sect.

Its sect's techniques are not adept at attack, but they have a strong effect of prolonging life; thus most of its cultivators enjoy longer lifespans than ordinary cultivators.

It is said that the Wood Spirit Sect's Supreme Elder, with early Yuan Ying cultivation, has lived 1,500 years and remains healthy to this day, certainly counting among the long-lived Yuan Ying cultivators.

Besides the Wood Spirit Sect, Mu Kingdom also has a major Yuan Ying sect called Baihua Valley.

Within the valley, there are Yuan Ying cultivators holding the fort.

Besides these two major sects, Mu Kingdom contains many large and small cultivation sects, each relying on one of the two major sects for survival.

The incoming Qingzong Sect, although it has developed discreetly over hundreds of years, is not doing well in Mu Kingdom either; after all, the arrival of Qingzong Sect has, to some extent, squeezed the living space of the other sects.

After entering Mu Kingdom, Yunhe did not directly head to the mountain gate of the present Qingzong Sect; instead, he entered a mortal city, purchased a large quantity of candied haws, and nearly cleared out all the candied haws in the city.

Since he was going to find Huaxin, he naturally needed to bring her favorite candied haws.

After finishing these, he finally went to where the Qingzong Sect is now located.

After a long journey.

Yunhe finally arrived outside the mountain gate of the Qingzong Sect as it is now.

Yunhe stood with his hands behind his back on a mountain peak, gazing at the distant high mountain shrouded in immortal mist, with verdant mountains and lively waters, white cranes dancing in flight, and he silently nodded.

"Although I was driven to this place, compared to the former green mountains of the Qingzong Sect, this mountain does have a bit more of the feel of an immortal's blessed land."

Well.

The mountain gate is the foundation of a sect, yet it is not the sect's sole foundation.

Another point, also extremely important, is the cultivators who train within the sect!

The Qingzong Sect, once a local tyrant sect that ruled a thousand-li area, has relocated here; its territory now spans only a few hundred li, and the number of mortal towns under its jurisdiction is several times fewer than in the Qingyu Domain.

"I wonder how my cheap master's cultivation base is now."

Yunhe smiled and muttered to himself.

A surge of mana rose from his body, and in the blink of an eye he arrived outside the mountain gate of the Qingzong Sect, outside the mountain-protecting formation.

Gazing at the mountain-protecting formation, he slowly extended his hand.

He curled his finger and flicked lightly.

Boom!!!

The Qingzong Sect's mountain-protecting formation immediately emitted an extremely heavy sound, and even the entire mountain gate shook violently.

Immediately afterward, Yunhe no longer concealed his aura; an aura belonging to a Yuan Ying Cultivator instantly enveloped the entire Qingzong Sect.

"The mountain-protecting formation! Is someone attacking?"

"Just what is this aura, this aura"

"A Yuan Ying old ancestor! A Yuan Ying old ancestor has come!"

For a moment.

Within the Qingzong Sect, cultivators all showed looks of shock, and that aura even caused some Qi Refining cultivators to kneel on the ground.

At the same time.

From deep within the Qingzong Sect, three streaks of light immediately flew out.

Among them was an old man with white hair, possessing mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, and two middle-aged individuals, one with early-stage Golden Core cultivation and the other with late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation.

The three flew up to the mountain-protecting formation, saw Yunhe wearing a single green robe with his hands behind his back hovering in midair, felt the terrifying aura emanating from him, simultaneously felt bitter in their hearts, yet hurriedly showed respectful expressions and bowed to Yunhe, saying:

"Qingzong Sect's Li Yunhua, pays respects to senior!"

The leading white-haired old man said respectfully.

This old man's visage was withered, his body faintly carrying a trace of deathly aura, evidently his lifespan was short.

Back then, Yunhe had guessed that the Qingzong Sect certainly wasn't limited to just Huaxin, a single Golden Core cultivator.

Now it seems that Li Yunhua is likely the pillar of the original Qingzong Sect.

However, Yunhe had never met him, and he evidently could not recognize Yunhe either.

Beside him, the early-stage Golden Core cultivator is called Qin Yanhong, and the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is likely the current sect master of the Qingzong Sect, named Liu Hong.

Yunhe had no intention of acknowledging his ancestors and returning to the sect; his gaze swept over the three and finally settled on Li Yunhua, and he said:

"Sorry for the disturbance, I have come to seek Fellow Daoist Huaxin."

Hearing this, the three were all startled.

"When did Huaxin actually befriend a Yuan Ying old ancestor?"

But Huaxin she

Seeing the three's expressions flicker and change, Yunhe's heart stirred, and his face gradually darkened.

"How?"

Feeling the change in Yunhe's aura, the three felt even more bitter.

Finally, Li Yunhua stepped forward and said: "Senior, you are unaware; Huaxin has been invited to be a guest in Baihua Valley."

"A guest?"

Yunhe narrowed his eyes.

"If they were truly just guests, would these three still have such expressions?"

"Please, senior, honor us with a seat in our Qingzong Hall; I will surely tell you the full story." Seeing Yunhe's expression gradually turn unpleasant, Li Yunhua gritted his teeth and forced himself to say.

Yunhe gave him a sideways glance and slightly nodded.

Seeing this, the three simultaneously let out a big sigh of relief.

At least this senior is amenable to conversation, not of an erratic temperament; likely he is out of respect for Huaxin's face.

"Senior, please!"

Li Yunhua hurriedly opened the mountain-protecting formation and respectfully welcomed Yunhe into the mountain gate.

And Yunhe, without any reservation, swept out his divine sense, covering the entire Qingzong Mountain; even places shrouded in prohibitions could not block his divine sense from sweeping across, and indeed he did not detect Huaxin's presence.

The three who felt his divine sense sweep over them dared not utter a word.

"Huh?"

Just as the three were preparing to welcome Yunhe into the Qingzong Hall, his divine sense suddenly seemed to have discovered something.

Immediately afterward, his figure flashed, appearing on a small stone-paved path within the Qingzong Sect before Li Yunhua and the other two could even react.

Before him stood a female cultivator with delicate features and refined appearance, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

The female cultivator stared in shock at Yunhe, who had suddenly appeared before her; she naturally knew that a Yuan Ying Cultivator had come to visit their Qingzong Sect, but she never expected that the Yuan Ying Cultivator would actually appear before her.

She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

Only after Li Yunhua and the other two landed did she finally react, hastily performing a salute and saying:

Junior Qian Minqing, I have met you, senior.

Senior, what happened? Li Yunhua and the three others also looked anxiously at Yunhe, asking cautiously.

But Yunhe's expression appeared somewhat complicated.

He then spoke slowly: "Don't be nervous, Qian Dajiang—who are you to me?"

Senior, do you know my father?

Qian Minqing was somewhat startled.

The person before her is a Yuan Ying Elder Ancestor; her father was merely a Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivator back then—how could he possibly know?

But slowly, Qian Minqing's eyes widened suddenly, and she exclaimed, "Could it be... Yunhe, the Yun senior, is here?!"

Yunhe?

Li Yunhua and the three others exchanged glances, recalling when Yunhe had earlier mentioned the three words 'Qian Dajiang'; Li Yunhua and Liu Hong seemed to think of something as well, looking at the Yuan Ying Cultivator before them with faces full of disbelief.

Could it be the Yunhe from back then?

But how could that be?!

In just over two hundred years, he actually broke through from a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator to the Yuan Ying Realm?

But Yunhe paid no attention to Li Yunhua and the others' reactions, merely asking in surprise:

"Oh? You actually know me?"

With a 'plop', Qian Minqing knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying:

"My father kept your portrait during his lifetime; I have had the fortune to see it several times."

"During his lifetime?"

Yunhe's gaze became slightly dazed, and the image of the shrewd, plump Daoist Qian Dajiang flashed before his eyes; he sighed wistfully.

So this is what it's like, hurrying past over two hundred years?

For the first time, Yunhe felt the passage of time.

In his qi sea dantian, the pair of snow-white wings behind the Yuan Ying trembled slightly.

"Get up." After a while, Yunhe spoke again.

"Yes, Uncle!"

Qian Minqing said, standing up.

Uncle?

Yunhe couldn't help but be speechless.

No wonder she's Qian Dajiang's daughter; her clever demeanor bears some resemblance to him.

(End of chapter)