Chapter 493

A female Elder of the Longevity Secret Realm spoke; her face was delicate, appearing no more than eighteen or nineteen, clad in a fur-lined vest, like a refined lady who never stepped beyond her household doors.

If she entered the mortal world, she would surely be mistaken for a wealthy noblewoman long confined to her chamber by illness.

No one would guess that this woman was an ancient titan who had cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, a being worthy of the title "Rourou Xianzun."

This woman was Jiang Rourou; once, she had truly been a noble heiress of the mortal world. After enduring countless joys, sorrows, separations, and reunions, she stepped onto the path of cultivation, encountered countless wonders, and rose from a frail woman to break through the Divine Ability Secret Realm, then the Heavenly Man Realm, forging a Jin Dan, surviving the Wind and Fire Great Calamity, attaining the Heavenly and Earthly Dharma Form, reversing fate itself, and finally making the ultimate leap to become an ancient titan with ten thousand years of life.

The wonders she had gained and the trials she had endured could fill an entire book; she herself was a miracle, a legend.

Every ancient titan was a miracle.

Who could imagine a frail mortal woman rising to become an ancient titan with ten thousand years of life?

This story of Rourou Xianzun, if placed in the Shrouding Heaven Realm, would be like a common mortal who stumbled onto the path of cultivation and forcibly ascended to the Emperor Realm.

Of course, there were differences: in the Shrouding Heaven Realm, only one Emperor could exist per age, and the competition was brutally fierce—various royal bodies, divine bodies, imperial sons—all had to slaughter one another until only one could ascend to Emperor.

But the Eternal Life Realm was relatively lenient; one did not need to compete fiercely with others—so long as one broke through one's own limits, slew inner and outer demons, and cultivated step by step, one could reach an exalted realm and attain the Longevity Secret Realm, living over ten thousand years.

The outer demons were all possible enemies: the Yaodaowu Sect, the Seven Veins of the Mo Sect, even covert assassinations by righteous sect cultivators—you had to slay them all to grow.

The difficulty varied, for the environment of the Eternal Life Realm was no better; no one knew when some demon lord might suddenly decide to forge a magic treasure and unleash a massacre.

Rourou Xianzun had endured countless storms of blood and slaughter before reaching her current stature.

This Xianzun felt a certain pang of reflection over the death of the Ghost Emperor.

"Hmph. Who knows if the Ghost Emperor is truly dead? Perhaps this Fang Yu is merely putting up a smoke screen. Look at him now—openly gathering loyalty within the Yuhua Sect. But once Tian achieves the Longevity Secret Realm, all his efforts will be meaningless."

Another male Elder of the Longevity Secret Realm wore a cold, expressionless face, clearly disliking Fang Yu.

He wore a gray long robe and idly played with a black ruyi.

This Longevity Secret Realm titan was called "Ruyi Zi," an Elder who supported Hua Tiandu.

Thus, since Fang Yu now posed a threat to Hua Tiandu's bid for Sect Master, he became instantly alert and found Fang Yu utterly intolerable.

The most critical issue was that since entering the Yuhua Sect, Fang Yu had committed no errors; instead, he frequently gained wonders and contributed to the Yuhua Sect—he had no excuse to punish him.

"Heh. Ruyi Zi, defending your precious disciple Hua Tiandu is only natural, but I do not doubt that Fang Yu slew the Ghost Emperor. As for gathering loyalty within the Yuhua Sect, didn't your precious disciple do the same? He merely does it less now. Last time, during the Taiyuan Immortal Mansion affair, Hua Tiandu gave the Taiyi Sect disciples far more Jiazi Great Pills than he gave to our Yuhua Sect."

A faint smile appeared on the face of the "Rourou" Xianzun.

"Hmph. Speaking of this, I'd like to add something: Fang Yu buys loyalty, but Fang Han is a disaster. I heard he obtained a talisman edict from the Huangquanmo Sect. What is the Huangquanmo Sect? A notoriously infamous Mo Sect. Our Yuhua Sect has taken in a disciple of a Mo Sect and shielded him—is this even proper?"

Ruyi Zi's expression grew even colder at the mention of Fang Han's name.

"Last time, it was precisely Fang Han who secretly aided the Demon Marshal, causing the Taiyi Sect to lose many disciples—he is a spy embedded within our Yuhua Sect, undermining the unity of our Xiandao Sect Sect. My disciple's gift of Jiazi Great Pills repaired the relationship between the two sects. That is why he is permitted to cultivate within the Taiyi Sect's divine artifact, and why the Taiyi Sect's Supreme Elder Taihuang Tian issued a talisman edict betrothing him to Yan Yan Shuiyi, the Taiyi Sect's top true disciple—this is true unity between sects, true unity among the Xiandao Sect Sects. Nothing like the petty tricks of Fang Yu and Fang Han. These Fang family members are becoming more and more detestable!"

Ruyi Zi spoke coldly.

"Oh? Don't forget—we have another Fang family disciple in the Yuhua Sect: Fang Qingxue. Her identity is the reincarnation of the Ancient Electric Mother, tied to whether our Yuhua Sect's three great figures can survive the Heavenly Tribulation and become legendary Immortals. She too is of the Fang family. Ten Hua Tiandus combined cannot match one Fang Qingxue."

"Fang Qingxue…"