Xiang Sheng didn't have to wait long before he saw Wei Tang and the other man flying back to the courtyard. After they landed, the rainbow light dissipated, and both of them couldn't hide their disappointment on their faces.
She vaguely sensed the location of the sword mark and found that Luo Qingyun had returned and was now in the utility room at the foot of the mountain.
After all, Wei Lesheng was the first true disciple of the Thousand Star Palace and had a lot of experience. He quickly put away that trace of loss, and forced a gentle smile on his usually serious face, looking strange.
"Xiao Sheng'er, can you tell me about your mother?"
"Of course."
Xiang Sheng glanced at the two of them and changed the subject, "But in exchange, you two seniors must also tell me about my mother's past deeds, otherwise I won't say a word."
Tang Yin sighed and came over to touch Xiang Sheng's head, but Xiang Sheng took a step back to make way for her.
Tang Yin was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "After all, I am your elder, so just ask whatever you want to ask."
A moment later, Tang Yin and Xiang Sheng sat down in the house, while Wei Lesheng went back to continue looking after the broken knife. He had promised Ying Changfeng first, and although he really wanted to know what Luo Qingyun had experienced in the past ten years, he could only endure it for the time being and wait for Tang Yin to tell her later.
"Your mother is a true disciple of the Thousand Star Palace. She is the most senior among her peers and has the deepest cultivation. Therefore, we all respectfully address her as Senior Sister."
Tang Yin's eyes flashed with reminiscence, and her tone became softer. "Elder Sister has a gentle personality and never bullies others by relying on her cultivation. She took great care of me when I was young. Besides Master, she is the most important person to me."
Xiang Sheng listened silently without saying anything.
"A hundred years ago, Master died in Ghost Gorge."
Tang Yin's eyes were filled with sadness. "Everyone says she was a hero who saved the world and that her death was more tragic than anything else, but I don't feel relieved at all. I just know that the person closest to me is gone..."
Xiang Sheng was puzzled when he heard this and couldn't help asking, "Who is the master you are talking about?"
Tang Yin wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled, "Little Sheng'er, I haven't told anyone else this secret yet. You're the first one to know. My master is Empress Sheng Ji, Xiang Sheng!"
Xiang Sheng was stunned immediately.
Why doesn't she remember accepting Tang Yin as her disciple in Lingyu City?
"That was over a hundred years ago."
Tang Yin sighed more than she had accumulated over the past year. "I was very young then and didn't know anything. I only heard the word 'Master' from the City Lord's grandfather, and immediately thought of Sheng Ji. From then on, I regarded Sheng Ji as my only Master.
As I grew older and became more sensible, I finally understood the meaning of the relationship between master and disciple. My master didn't accept me as his disciple, but in my heart, we'd already been inseparable for years, so how could I change that easily?
Xiang Sheng recalled that Tang Yin had voluntarily given up following her and stayed in Lingyu City. After hearing these words, her gaze towards Tang Yin became more complicated.
Tang Yin was still in her emotions and didn't notice the strange look in Xiang Sheng's eyes. She took a deep breath and said, "Why am I telling you all this? Or should I talk to your mother? Let me ask you, do you know about the strange place?"
"Of course I know."
Xiang Sheng immediately replied, "The news has spread among the sect a long time ago. Because of a strange incident, an elder of our Wanjian Sect died."
"Um."
Tang Yin pursed her lips, a cold light flashing in her eyes. "Thirty years ago, the leader of Tianyan discovered the first crack in the Earth Yin Realm in the Ghost Stream branch and sealed it. Since then, my Dongzhou has often been attacked by the Earth Yin Demons, but no one knows where the demons came from. Until eleven years ago, the strange land appeared for the first time."
Eleven years ago...
Xiang Sheng narrowed her eyes slightly. What a coincidence, it was the year when she successfully reincarnated.
"The white mist in the strange land is invisible and formless, and true essence cannot have the slightest effect on it. Moreover, if a mortal stays in it for too long, they will go mad and eventually kill each other. Our five major sects all sent people to the area, and suffered heavy casualties."
Tang Yin's knuckles turned white from pinching, "Senior Sister, it's in there."
Tang Yin seemed to have been holding it in for a long time and really needed someone to talk to. Even though she knew that Luo Ran might not understand what she said, she still told him all the details she knew.
Eleven years ago, the five major sects joined forces to enter the mysterious land for investigation. In the Thousand Star Hall, the Wei and Luo families were competing against each other. The one sent on this trip was Luo Qingyun, and her cousin Luo Qingchen was accompanying her. Although his strength could not be compared with Luo Qingyun's, he was not bad either, and was also in the Jindan stage.
I thought that if the five major sects took action, the matter of the mysterious land would be quickly investigated, but I didn't expect that what the sects were waiting for was not good news, but the bad news of "the whole army was annihilated".
Yes, without exception, all the disciples of the five major sects died in the strange place. The life plates of the disciples placed in each sect shattered almost at the same time, causing an uproar and panic among the people.
In the end, it was the Tianyan Sect Leader who personally intervened, but he was unable to do anything about the strange place and could only bring out some of the bodies. The remaining bodies were either too mutilated to be distinguished, or there was no trace of the remains at all.
The Thousand Stars Palace retrieved Luo Qingchen's body from the Tianyan Sect and gave him a grand funeral, but Luo Qingyun only had a cenotaph.
When Xiang Sheng heard this, a hint of thought flashed in his eyes.
In other words, only Luo Qingyun knew what happened in the mysterious land eleven years ago.
If she had stood up back then, no matter what she said, there would be no evidence to prove it. Other sects were already angry about losing their true disciples, and the Thousand Star Palace was bound to arouse public outrage.
In addition, the source of chaos caused her to lose all her cultivation, and she became disheartened, so she finally chose to retreat from the world?
This speculation makes sense, but it lacks the most important part: what happened in the mysterious place back then.
She always felt that things were not as simple as she thought.
"I'm done."
Tang Yin looked at Xiang Sheng without blinking, as if to say, it's your turn.
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