The man in black robes nodded repeatedly, then suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at the boy with a serious expression.
"However, I advise you to refrain from interfering in his affairs. Things like directly awakening his power and specifically guiding him to seal the Netherworld Path—it's best to avoid a next time. Otherwise, when he truly returns, see how he deals with you!"
"..." The boy lowered his head.
"Alright, that's all I can say. Anyway, I've never been able to control you. Whether you listen or not is up to you." The man in black robes sighed, looking utterly helpless.
"..." The boy remained silent.
"Oh, right." The man in black robes remembered something else and continued, "You'd better not go looking for trouble with Fenze! I know you two have never gotten along, but he may not remember, but you haven't. Why keep provoking him?"
"I... I didn't!" The boy raised his head angrily.
"If you say no, then no!" The man in black robes shook his head. "I say, you two, one of you has your voice sealed, and the other has your body sealed. You're from the same background, so you could at least be called brothers in misfortune, right? Why do you fight so fiercely the moment you meet? What's the point!"
"Hmph!" The boy snorted coldly and simply turned his head away without saying a word.
"See, I said a few words to you, and you still don't like it!" The man in the black robe sighed deeply, looking like a parent who was worried sick about his child. "Fine, fine, if you really want to follow me, then follow me! I don't care anymore."
After saying that, he flashed away, just as suddenly as he came, and disappeared directly from the house.
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Youyou felt there was something wrong with the last incident of chaos in the underworld. What kind of place was the underworld? It was the land of the dead, a place even the gods couldn't easily set foot in. Moreover, the soul beasts had said that the waters of the River Styx could wash away all the marks on a soul, so a spirit that entered the underworld could never come out unless it was reincarnated. It was a place where there was no way out, so this breach couldn't have been opened from the underworld.
So the question is, how exactly did this gap form?
Youyou specifically asked Ling Qi to investigate and discovered that the place where Mingluan was located was originally a fairly prosperous mortal town. But for some reason, in recent years, the number of people in the town has been decreasing, and in just two years, the entire town has been abandoned.
"I also sent people to inquire in the surrounding towns, and I heard that there was a plague there before. That's why the residents moved away and the area was abandoned," Ling Qi reported.
"A plague?" You You was startled. "Such a serious matter, didn't they seek help from the immortal sects or notify the prefecture?" The plague in this world wasn't the common disease she had in her previous world; it could even be caused by demons. Therefore, they would usually contact the immortal sects or notify the higher-level prefecture to handle it.
“No.” Ling Qi shook his head. “It was said to be a small-scale incident and did not cause any major accidents.”
Youyou frowned. "That's strange. If it's a plague, why does it only spread in this one city? Why is it fine once you move out?"
“I find it strange as well,” Ling Qi continued. “I heard that the plague in that city was quite severe, but they didn’t take any measures. After the residents moved away, the plague miraculously disappeared, leaving the town abandoned. This doesn’t seem like a real plague; it’s more like…”
“It’s like someone’s deliberately trying to drive them away?!” Youyou interjected.
Ling Qi nodded, agreeing with this view.
"So this chaos in the underworld wasn't a coincidence?" You You frowned even more deeply. "Someone deliberately created that breach."
“That’s possible!” Ling Qi said. “I sent some array cultivators to investigate the place the sect leader mentioned, and they found traces of an array remnant there. Although very faint, an array was indeed once present. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find any more information and don’t know what kind of array it was.”
Youyou was even more puzzled. If the breach in the underworld's passage to rebirth truly opened from this side, then who could have done it? After all, that wasn't just any place; it led to the underworld. Even Yuan Qi had said that their divine race couldn't reach the underworld.
The more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed, yet she couldn't find a single clue. Ling Qi continued his investigation but found no further leads, so he decided to put the matter aside for the time being.
Over the next few days, the True Exploration Sect returned to calm, and You You resumed her busy sect affairs. In recent years, the True Exploration Sect's development had entered a period of relative stability, with all matters proceeding smoothly, making her much more relaxed. Aside from daily tasks, she would occasionally comfort Qiu Zhang, whose cultivation had been repeatedly terrified by soul beasts.
The only slightly troublesome ones are the Soul Beast and Fenze. Although they are both born from demonic beasts, they have absolutely no sense of kinship. They didn't get along from day one, and were about to fight every now and then, no matter how Youyou tried to persuade them, it was no use. Even when the sect tried to stop them, they learned to arrange fights outside.
Youyou tried to stop them a few times without success, and after realizing they would do it again, she gave up. Fortunately, the two beasts knew their limits; they fought, but they didn't go too far.
Just when I thought things would stay peaceful, work came along.
"The Five Elements Sect?" You You paused, "Why does this name sound so familiar? Who is their sect leader...?"
“It is Qin Hongtiannu!” Ling Qi replied.
“Qin Hong…” You You thought for a while before realizing, “Oh, is that the one who is very familiar with Qin Yantian?” She remembered that when Qiu Yue caused trouble, because of their relationship, she wanted to let her go and deliberately did not inform her about the competition. However, the other party came to her door directly, and she still fell into the trap by mistake.
“Exactly!” Ling Qi nodded, then hesitated for a moment, “Because of her friendship with the fallen Heavenly Maiden Qin Yan, the Five Elements Sect has been ostracized by various immortal sects in recent years. Originally a first-class immortal sect, it can now only be ranked second or third.”
"So that's how it is." Qiu Yue had offended all the immortal sects back then. Although the Mingxin Sect had disbanded, the anger of the immortal sects would not disappear. It was normal for them to take their anger out on the Wuyun Sect, which had always been allied with the Mingxin Sect. "But I have no relationship with Qin Hongtian Nu. Why would she come after me?"
She was the one who saw through Qiu Yue's conspiracy and brought down the Mingxin Sect. Just as other immortal sects would hold a grudge against the Wuyun Sect, Qin Hongtian should also hold a grudge against her. Over the years, all the immortal sects have been trying to improve relations with them, but the Wuyun Sect has remained silent, barely even making a show of it, acting as if it were isolated from the world.
"It wasn't Qin Hongtian who came, but Venerable Hang Ye, the most powerful cultivator in the Five Elements Sect, who is also one of Qin Hongtian's followers," Ling Qi explained, then added, "I saw that he looked flustered and very anxious. The sect leader wants to see him."
"Then let's meet them!" You nodded. Since they're already here, whatever it is, we have to meet them to find out.
"yes!"
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