Chapter 885

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

As the words fell, the atmosphere inside the pavilion condensed.

"Xuanhuang Spirit Sect……"

Hearing these four characters, the gentle warmth on Mo Qiu Shui's face faded, his expression turning complex. He fell silent for a good while before speaking, counter-questioning: "Before answering this question, I want to ask you first: do you know of the Xuanhe Spirit Clan?"

Xu Zhangqing, hearing this, flashed a trace of surprise in his eyes, then nodded firmly: "I know. I've heard of it before.

It's said that ten thousand years ago, the Xuanhe Spirit Clan was extremely prosperous, far surpassing the current Three Great Immortal Sects, a colossus in the Tianyuan Realm."

This secret was told to him by Eldest Senior Sister on her own initiative, before she defected from the Immortal Sect.

Mo Qiu Shui nodded lightly, his gaze turning toward the Hei Hu outside the window, a hint of far-reaching meaning rising in his eyes. Only then did he enter the main topic: "You speak correctly. Ten thousand years ago, the ruler of the Tianyuan Realm was not the Three Great Immortal Sects.

Towering above all powers were two colossal forces: one called the Xuanhe Spirit Clan, the other called the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect.

The Xuanhe Spirit Clan, backed by the Xuan River stretching ten thousand li, its clansmen could all command Black Water Xuan Snakes, cultivating bloodline power — the higher the bloodline purity, the stronger the strength.

At its peak, relying on the clan's power alone, it could deter half the Tianyuan Realm.

The Xuanhuang Spirit Sect, however, was completely different from the Xuanhe Spirit Clan.

They took Earth Qi as their foundation, excelled at manipulating Xuanhuang Qi, could enlighten mortal veins to generate Spiritual Veins, and could even forcibly give birth to Dragon Veins.

The depth of their foundation was in no way inferior to the Xuanhe Spirit Clan."

Speaking here, Mo Qiu Shui's tone grew heavier by a few degrees: "But prosperity inevitably leads to decline — this is the constant principle of Heavenly Dao reincarnation.

Ten thousand years ago, the Sea Eye at the Xuanhe Source suddenly dried up, and the entire Xuan River withered day by day.

In the end, only a stretch of the Luo River remained, barely flowing.

Losing the Xuan River's nourishment, the Xuanhe Spirit Clan declined day by day.

The Xuanhuang Spirit Sect's destruction, however, was self-inflicted.

They were too greedy, wantonly interfering with Spiritual Veins, frantically generating Spiritual Veins and Dragon Veins.

This caused the Tianyuan Realm's Five Elements to lose balance, Yin and Yang nearly inverting.

Mountains and rivers split apart, living beings suffered terribly.

Incurring Heavenly Wrath and human resentment, they were jointly hated by all powers of the entire Tianyuan Realm.

Finally, led by the Dongting Immortal Sect, allied with the other two Great Immortal Sects, and then summoning all powers of the Tianyuan Realm, they jointly encircled and exterminated the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect.

That great war lasted a full month.

In the end the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect was destroyed, and the Dongting Immortal Sect took possession of this land, imprisoning all surviving members of the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect, laying down a Myriad Ages Spirit-Draining Array to extract their cultivation, Spiritual Roots, and souls, absorbing the Xuanhuang Qi and Spiritual Vein Power they controlled.

This is how the Dongting Immortal Sect's current fertile Spirit Fields and pure Spiritual Veins came to be.

The Dongting Immortal Sect's glory today was entirely gained by treading on the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect's bones."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing stared wide-eyed, his face full of disbelief, his surrounding mana even growing restless.

He was not shocked by the prosperity of the two ancient powers, the Xuanhe Spirit Clan and the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect, but was fiercely shaken by the Dongting Immortal Sect's hidden secret.

So it turned out, the Dongting Immortal Sect's current development was actually "sucking blood" on the back of the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect!

He suddenly recalled the countless coffins that had surged out of the Hei Hu back then, recalled the various coffins floating in the Yin River, recalled the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect Fang Men and the Xuanhuang Ancient Coffin deep underground.

At this moment, all doubts were suddenly resolved.

No wonder there were so many coffins, no wonder the Spiritual Veins would frequently stir — the root of all this was actually the imprisoned, exploited members of the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect.

With their cultivation and lives, they exchanged for the Dongting Immortal Sect's Spiritual Veins and Spirit Fields.

Seeing Xu Zhangqing's shocked expression, Mo Qiu Shui was not surprised, and continued: "I imagine you should also have perceived the Hei Hu's abnormality.

That Xuanwu suppressed at the lake bottom is actually the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect's Sect-Protecting Divine Beast from back then.

Moreover, ever since the Hei Hu surged with coffins twice in succession, the seal power laid down by the Rain Water Pavilion has been weakening day by day.

And that Xuanwu, taking advantage of the seal's loosening, has gradually recovered its strength.

When Ling Bi broke through to Golden Core back then, I had him choose the Rain Water Pavilion, precisely to deliberately guide a portion of the Heavenly Tribulation's power to attack the Xuanwu.

First, it could share the Heavenly Tribulation pressure.

Second, it was also to seize the chance to heavily injure the Xuanwu.

Suppress its power, not let it break free — otherwise the consequences would be unthinkable."

Xu Zhangqing, hearing this, suddenly understood. So the other party's actions back then actually hid such deep meaning. He steadied his mind and asked in a deep voice: "In your view, how will this matter develop hereafter?"

Mo Qiu Shui's expression was solemn: "The seal's power will only grow weaker, the Xuanwu's power will only grow stronger.

The dead souls of the Xuanhuang Spirit Sect imprisoned underground are also constantly accumulating resentment.

In no more than a few decades, the underground hidden danger will no longer be suppressible.

When that time comes, the Dongting Immortal Sect's High Level will inevitably have to make a trade-off."

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow: "Trade-off?"

Mo Qiu Shui said seriously: "Either directly abandon this land, taking advantage of the Entering the World Plan the Sect set down back then, seizing the current internal strife in Dongyu to thoroughly seize control.

Or, employ Reach the Heavens power to forcibly suppress the underground Xuanhuang Qi and dead souls — only the cost of this method is extremely great."

After obtaining the definite information, Xu Zhangqing fell silent for a moment.

In fact, from the Dongting Immortal Sect's High Level choosing to cooperate with the Three-Eyed Clan, one can see their ambition is extremely great; therefore they absolutely would not, for the sake of suppressing the Spiritual Veins, pay a tragic price.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the future they will not choose to suppress the Spiritual Veins; there is a high probability they will be just as Mo Qiu Shui guessed, leveraging the Entering the World Plan to let the Dongting Immortal Sect's Seven Great Immortal Peaks directly transform into seven forces, thoroughly controlling the entire Dongyu.

The Great Yue Dynasty's destruction was perhaps precisely the Dongting Immortal Sect's High Level instigating from behind.

From this it can be seen, the Entering the World Plan back then was not at all as simple as imagined.

Having figured this out, Xu Zhangqing cupped his fists toward Mo Qiu Shui and said, "Lao Mo, many thanks for telling me these hidden secrets."

This dialogue concerned his future plans.

Mo Qiu Shui waved his hand: "I tell you these, first for Linglong's sake, second hoping you prepare early.

In the future, regardless of what choice the immortal sect makes, we must rely on each other."

Xu Zhangqing said no more, looking at Xu Linglong who was fiddling with the Pure Brightness Yuqing Ling: "Linglong, today is your longevity birthday.

What do you want to eat, what do you want to drink?"

Xu Linglong blinked her eyes, immediately hugged his arm and shook it: "Father, I haven't eaten the Lingfan you make in a long time!"

Xu Zhangqing looked at her with a face full of doting: "Good, Father will make Lingfan for you to eat!"

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By the Luo River, the cold wind howled.

The river water was turbid, rising with bursts of black waves.

Bei Qingtang, in a suit of black clothes, stood on the bank.

Around her body at this moment coiled a faint black light.

And before her, a Black Water Xuan Snake fully a thousand zhang long lay in the water.

A body thick as a giant pillar, pitch-black glossy scales, merged with most of the Luo River.

Bei Qingtang looked at the enormous Black Water Xuan Snake, her eyes revealing a complex expression.

She could clearly perceive that between herself and this great snake there was a bloodline-connected resonance, and could also perceive that the Xuanhe Spirit Clan bloodline within her body was calling to some power in the depths of the Luo River!