"Grandma, why are you here!" Bai Shouxiu looked at the person outside the door in surprise.
The person outside the door was hunched over, holding a crutch that was taller than herself. Hanging on the crutch was a hanger made of unknown material. She was wearing a gray robe that completely enveloped her small figure in shadow.
She walked into the hall, one step at a time with her cane, followed by a mysterious and ancient atmosphere.
"My name is Bai Hu, and I'm the only one of the Shenxiu people who's still alive from that batch."
As soon as these words were spoken, the aura around the hunched little figure suddenly changed, and the figure suddenly grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and only stopped when it became almost twice the height of the elders present.
Every elder present was a cultivator with profound cultivation. Although they could also enlarge their Dharma bodies, their physical bodies could not change like the person in front of them. This was a true change of the physical body, and none of them could do it.
"What is your purpose?" Li Tie looked at the figure that had turned back to the same appearance as when he first came in, swallowed nervously, and asked.
"We want to stop this sect competition."
The sound came from outside the hall door, and a tall and thin figure appeared outside the door. Everyone felt the arrival of this person, but they no longer had the time to pay attention.
"Brother?" "Brother-in-law?" "Chengxiu!"
The person outside the door walked into the hall, and a tall and thin boy who looked very similar to Bai Shouxiu appeared in front of everyone.
"My name is Bai Chengxiu." Bai Chengxiu introduced himself to everyone and continued, "Let me explain things clearly. In fact, after thousands of years of integration, the members of the Shenxiu clan are no different from the humans in this world. Among newborn babies, only one percent can awaken the Shenxiu bloodline."
"Those who can awaken the Shenxiu bloodline will all have smooth sailing on the path to immortality. However, there are also people in our clan who were born without any spiritual roots for cultivation."
"Even without spiritual roots, the Shenxiu clan could live for at least two hundred years. However, people are never satisfied. Those without spiritual roots began to organize to search for their ancestral land, which is the secret realm of Wuzhi Mountain."
"They believe that as long as they return to their ancestral land, they will find a way to awaken Shenxiu's bloodline..."
In other words, the part of the Shenxiu clan that escaped is now divided into two factions. One faction is trying every means to find their ancestral land, believing that there is a way to awaken their own bloodline; the other faction feels that they should follow the arrangement of heaven and there is no need to return to their hometown.
The two factions each held their own views, and neither side was able to convince the other, but they were of the same ethnic group and could not do anything to hurt each other.
"In other words, the accidents that happened before the sect competition were caused by you!"
As Li Tie spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and summoned his weapons. It seemed that he was planning to have a good fight.
"Fellow Daoist Li, what is more important now is to rescue the cultivators trapped in the secret realm!" Zhang Zhenyu hurriedly stepped forward to persuade.
"We wanted to prevent everyone from entering the secret realm, but a traitor appeared on our side and secretly increased the destructive power of the trap. This was indeed an oversight on our part. I'm truly sorry," Bai Chengxiu said, his face filled with shame.
"But that doesn't make sense. They increased the destructive power of the trap. Wouldn't the consequences be the same as what you want?" Elder Yin Zhiqin of the Yuyin Sect asked doubtfully.
"They originally wanted to select people they liked to enter the secret realm, but it seems they used the wrong method."
Bai Chengxiu answered silently, then he looked at his sister Bai Shouxiu and brother-in-law Su Pandeng.
"What we really want to stop is my elder sister's daughter Su Lingling from entering the secret realm!"
"Why? Is there some secret about Lingling?" Su Pandeng was shocked and angry. He looked nervously at his wife beside him, then looked at his brother-in-law across from him and asked, "Isn't Lingling's sudden illness before the sect competition really an accident?"
"Yes, brother-in-law." Bai Chengxiu nodded and continued, "Lingling's Shenxiu bloodline is the purest and richest. If she accidentally spills even a little bit of blood when entering the secret realm, it will awaken the ancient wisdom tree within."
"The Ancient Wisdom Tree, it really hasn't dried up yet, but it has survived until now, so it must have reached its limit."
Bai Hu's old voice sounded in the hall. She raised her head and looked at the projection of the jade tablet above the hall, her eyes full of nostalgia, and then she slowly told everyone the origin of the ancient wisdom tree.
Bai Hu was only a twelve-year-old girl when she was sent out of Cang Continent. When she left, the entire Cang Continent was already on the verge of collapse. Everything happened too hastily. She didn't know what had happened, either before or now.
"Saint Lord Baihu, do you know the Ancient Wisdom Tree's purpose in gathering these cultivators together?" Lord Ryūkendao asked the question that concerned him most: "Do you think they can make it out alive?"
"Let me tell you the truth. Actually, this secret realm of the Five Finger Mountain appears once every thousand years. Every time, many people go in to explore it. But every time, as long as someone from our Shenxiu clan is there, none of the cultivators who go in can come out alive!"
Bai Hu closed his eyes and remembered that the Shenxiu clan had also organized a team to go in before, but they were completely wiped out and suffered heavy losses.
"how so!"
"What happened?"
All the elders became agitated and walked towards Bai Hu and Bai Chengxiu who were standing in the middle of the crowd, wanting them to explain what they had to say.
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