"Fellow Daoist, wake up! This is the mortal realm. Ascended immortals reside in the upper realm." Black Owl's hair swept across Jun Luoying's face, which flushed red and then darkened, his words as cold as his eyes. "Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, this seems to be the territory of the Cold Imperial Sect. Even if your Jun family has built a city here, it should belong to the Cold Imperial Sect..."

Black Owl didn't finish his sentence.

Firstly, he didn't know what changes had taken place on the Danling Continent over the past thousand years;

Secondly, sometimes saying things without making definitive statements is more hurtful than saying them definitive statements.

"Han Yuzong..." The maid was about to say something with her round face raised, but Jun Luoying stopped her.

Jun Luoying's cold eyes continued to scrutinize Hei Xiao from head to toe.

She flipped her hands over and took out two stones, handing them to an old man who had been standing five or six steps away from her. She said, "Judging from what you've said, you are probably a reclusive cultivator who hasn't left the world for many years and is unaware of the major events that have occurred on the Danling Continent."

The old man took the stone, came to Black Owl's side, and his cultivation suddenly burst forth.

Black Owl felt the pressure of cultivation deliberately directed at him by the old man, like a heavy mountain pressing down on him. If he hadn't been on high alert and hadn't held his knees firmly in time, he would probably have been forced to his knees by this sudden pressure.

A half-step immortal!

It seems the Jun family is spoiling Jun Luoying even more, as they are willing to send a wandering immortal to accompany and protect her.

Is it because they're afraid Jun Luoying will become too arrogant and offend the wrong people, suffering losses outside?

Black Owl's gaze grew colder, and his disgust for Jun Luoying intensified: "We have no grudge against each other, so don't push your luck!"

"Hehe, I have just stepped into the Loose Immortal Realm, and my realm is not yet stable. My mistake." The old man smiled insincerely and handed the stone in his hand to Hei Xiao. His tone left no room for refusal: "The Yun family has colluded with demons to wreak havoc on the Danling Continent. The Biyue Sect and our eight great families have reached a consensus to thoroughly investigate the remnants of the Yun family. All cultivators entering the territories of the four major sects and the eight great families must undergo the test of the Heart-Questioning Stone and the Energy Stone to prove that they are not remnants of the Yun family before they can pass freely. Fellow Daoist, please."

"A thorough investigation of the Yun family's remnants?" Black Owl raised an eyebrow in surprise: "A consensus reached between the Azure Water Sect and your eight great families?"

Black Owl felt a tightness in his chest, a feeling of unease.

He knew that behind the destruction of the Yun family, there must have been the involvement of powerful cultivator families from the Danling Continent.

But he never expected that a thousand years later, on the Danling Continent, the Biyue Sect and the Eight Great Families would be so shameless and utterly deceitful!

Black Owl had no impulse to argue with the old man about right and wrong. He picked up the Heart-Questioning Stone and the Moonstone with both hands and said coldly, "Xiao Chen, you rogue cultivator, is this enough?"

The old man glanced at the two stones in his hand that remained unchanged and unresponsive.

He waved for the stone to take away, still wearing a forced smile, and said, "Fellow Daoist, please don't take offense. All of this is for the peace of our Danling Continent, and to protect the cultivators of our Danling Continent from demonic invasion..."

Before he could finish speaking, Black Owl decisively turned around for the third time and walked out of the city.

"You're not allowed..." Jun Luoying was about to chase after him, but was stopped by the old man.

“Miss, you shouldn’t do this in public,” the old man shook his head slightly at Jun Luoying.

Jun Luoying then noticed that there were many people on both sides of the street, who were looking at her with curiosity and admiration.

She was the ethereal and beautiful fairy in their hearts, like a lotus emerging from clear water.

She couldn't do something as reckless as abducting a male cultivator in the street right under their noses; it would ruin her noble and perfect image.