After Feng Daozhi finished speaking, he looked at his disciples and smiled, "I have to go on a long trip and will be back in half a month. During this time, I will entrust all the big and small matters in Xuantian Temple to you brothers. If you encounter any difficulties, discuss them carefully. If you are unsure, you can seek the opinions of the elders."

"Yes." Tao Zhixuan and the others nodded quickly.

Feng Daozhi didn't delay. He went back to his room, quickly packed a bundle, and left.

Before he left, he made a special trip to see the guardian spirit beast and asked it a few questions.

These spirit beasts, which have lived for hundreds of years, must know some secrets.

The guardian spirit beast of Xuantian Temple is a black tortoise. Tortoises are naturally long-lived, and a tortoise that becomes a spirit beast lives even longer. However... this black tortoise is rather lazy and is often asleep. Feng Daozhi asked it many questions, but it could hardly answer any of them. In the end, it even complained that Feng Daozhi was disturbing its sleep and used magic to send him out of its cave.

Feng Daozhi shook his head helplessly.

However, a few words from the black tortoise did remind him.

Fifty years ago, the legendary sect leader of Taiyi Sect failed to ascend to immortality and died.

The female sect leader was named Ye Xianya.

No wonder he felt a sense of familiarity when he first heard the name Ye Xianya.

That sect leader was the only person in the past few hundred or even thousand years to have undergone a tribulation, and when the news of her death spread throughout the world, it caused a great sensation.

This was a tremendous blow to these spiritual practitioners.

Even the world's number one expert cannot successfully overcome the tribulation, let alone them.

Feng Daozhi was in his thirties that year, so he was naturally very familiar with this matter.

Fifty years have passed, and it's inevitable that some things have been forgotten.

Leaf Fairy Sprout!

Ye Xianya!

Is there some secret behind this?

This little girl is so amazing, something's really not right.

Unfortunately, the old tortoise didn't tell him anything.

Little did anyone know that not long after Feng Daozhi left, the Xuan Turtle shrank to the size of a palm and secretly slipped out of Xuantian Temple to go to Biyun Temple to find their guardian spirit beast.

The guardian spirit beast of Biyun Temple is a red snake with great strength. Even the Xuan Turtle felt that it might not be her match. However, the two spirit beasts have lived for hundreds of years and have a deep friendship. They have never fought and naturally have no idea who is better.

"Old tortoise, what brings you here?" The red snake's eyes widened.

Behind Biyun Temple is a large mountain, and at the foot of the mountain is a cave where the red snake cultivates.

Tai's lair was familiar to the Black Tortoise, which had visited many times before.

"Judging by the time, it's been about seven or eight years since we last met," Red Serpent said with a smile.

They are all ancient relics that have lived for hundreds of years, so it's normal that they haven't been seen for several years.

Especially now, with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth thin and the path to immortality cut off, these spirit beasts see no hope and begin to lie down.

Whether it's a black tortoise or a red snake, frequent slumber not only reduces energy consumption but may also allow them to live for another two or three hundred years.

The red snake, in particular, has a lifespan that is shorter than that of the black tortoise.

“Little snake, I heard from that old man Feng Daozhi that your Biyun Temple’s abbot is dead,” the Xuan Turtle said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the red snake glared at him fiercely: "I have a name. If you call me that again, I will never let you get away with it."

"You've lived for hundreds of years, what's the difference in your name?" After saying this, the Xuan Turtle transformed into human form, an old man with white hair.

This little snake is so stingy! Ever since they met, it has always called him "Old Turtle," but it insists on calling him by his name.

Tsk tsk tsk... That's really too much!

The red serpent also transformed into human form.

Looking at the young and beautiful woman in red before him, Xuan Gui couldn't help but laugh: "How come you always manage to transform yourself into such a young appearance?"

They're hundreds of years old, and they still won't admit they're old!

“I’m happy to!” the Red Serpent said, sitting down on a stone bench. “I have been the guardian spirit beast of Biyun Temple for over five hundred years. This was originally authorized by the Taiyi Sect. In these five hundred years, more than a dozen abbots have died. After Fang Yuzhen became the abbot, he came to visit me several times, and each time he made some excessive demands.”

Red Serpent frowned as she spoke: "A few days ago, she came over and asked me to help her figure out who killed her daughter. I refused halfway through the calculation because her daughter was an evil cultivator. People like that are dead, so what's the point of calculating?"

"And then there's Fang Yuzhen. She's tainted with evil energy and karma, which shows she's not a pure cultivator. She has impure thoughts and has made some mistakes. It's good that she's dead. I'll keep an eye on Biyun Temple and make sure they choose a virtuous and talented person as the abbot to avoid future troubles."

After hearing the red snake's words, the black tortoise nodded: "As guardian spirit beasts of the mountain, we do indeed have the right to choose a successor."

"Fang Yuzhen's death is no big deal; it won't affect the overall situation of Biyun Temple." The Red Serpent said, looking at the Black Tortoise: "You came to see me not just to talk about this, did you?"

She's just an insignificant person; the old tortoise wouldn't make a special trip for her.

The world today is far too unfriendly to cultivators and spirit beasts like them. They can absorb very little spiritual energy and can only maintain their strength by sleeping, hoping to live for several decades or even a hundred years to see if the world will change in the future.

"Do you still remember Ye Xianya?" the Xuan Turtle asked.

"Of course I remember. She was the only person in this world to undergo tribulation in hundreds or thousands of years. Even though the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had gradually thinned out fifty years ago, she still cultivated to the extreme and attracted a lightning tribulation. I heard from the spirit beasts of the Taiyi Sect that Ye Xianya withstood eighty-one lightning tribulations, but was still destroyed by the Heavenly Dao in the end. Before her soul was scattered, she left a message for the Taiyi Sect, saying that this world could not accommodate ascendants for the time being."

The red serpent sighed, "So... no matter how hard we spirit beasts try, we have no chance of becoming immortal beasts."

When a spirit beast cultivates to its peak, it will also attract heavenly tribulations and have the opportunity to ascend, becoming no different from a human.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Way does not allow cultivators to ascend to immortality, thus cutting off everyone's path.

“I heard from Feng Daozhi that a girl named Ye Xianya has appeared in the capital. She claims that she was enlightened by an immortal and therefore knows the profound arts of the Taiyi Sect. This girl has not been cultivating for long and her strength is not very strong. However… the soul power she unleashed is particularly frightening. It was she who killed your Biyun Temple's abbot, Fang Yuzhen.”

As the Xuan Turtle spoke, its eyes burned with fervor: "Ye Xianya, Ye Xianya, do you think this is a coincidence? A young girl possessing such immense soul power, what does that mean?"

Upon hearing her words, Red Serpent suddenly stood up: "Could it be... that she's back? That Ye Xianya?"

"I don't know either. Feng Daozhi suspects that she didn't completely perish after failing her tribulation back then. Now she has possessed the body of a young girl and been reborn."