Chapter Fifty-One: Going to the Northern Regions
When people in the Cloud Mist Realm mention the Northern Region, they think of harsh cold and snow. Indeed, the Northern Region is the coldest place in the Cloud Mist Realm, but it is not without spring. It's just that spring in the Northern Region is very short, and only a few places experience this brief spring.
This is the Yue Kingdom in the northern region, and it is currently the most beautiful spring day of the year in Yue. The ice and snow have melted, green buds are sprouting from the frozen soil, trees are beginning to bud and leaf, and the sound of flowing water can be heard everywhere.
Everyone is enjoying this rare and beautiful spring day.
In a small town in the Yue Kingdom, there was a tavern. Inside, a woman dressed in white was drinking tea in a corner.
The woman looked to be in her early twenties. Her appearance could only be described as pretty, but her eyes were exceptionally bright, and her demeanor was refined and otherworldly, making it impossible not to take a second look at her.
Beside the woman was a man with an ethereal air, also dressed in white, but strangely, he wore a mask that he never removed. The man in white sat beside the woman, his back ramrod straight, but he remained motionless, like a statue.
The woman was Han Wei, who had used a transformation spell. Han Wei had brought Gu Qi to the Northern Region a month ago. During this month, she had been investigating Gu Qi's past.
Although everyone in the Northern Region has heard of the Blood Sword Immortal, they know less about him than the black-robed old man whose soul was searched by Han Wei.
After much inquiry, all that was known was that Gu Qi had once been a disciple of White Lotus Mountain, becoming the sect leader's apprentice. Later, for some unknown reason, he offended Lou Tingxue, the young master of the Xuanbing Divine Palace. Lou Tingxue massacred his entire Gu family, and Gu Qi killed Lou Tingxue to avenge his family and clan, thus forging a blood feud with the entire Xuanbing Divine Palace.
After being expelled from the sect by Bailian Mountain, he was hunted down by the Xuanbing Divine Palace. No one knows what kind of opportunity he obtained, but in just a few years, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, and he actually formed a Nascent Soul. Later, he destroyed the Xuanbing Divine Palace.
However, because his cultivation progressed too quickly, he attracted the attention of various sects in the Northern Region, who all wanted his opportunities. Many people came to cause him trouble, and in the end, he slaughtered countless sects in the Northern Region, destroying them all.
After drinking a pot of tea, Han Wei and Gu Qi left the restaurant.
Although it was springtime, the wind in the northern region carried a chilly edge. Han Wei and Gu Qi stood on high ground, looking down at the mortal town below. She reached out and removed Gu Qi's mask, revealing his handsome face. She said softly, "This is your hometown."
The man in white stared at her without saying a word.
Han Wei hugged his arm, and then they sat together on the mountain peak. Leaning against the man's shoulder, Han Wei whispered, "I've asked you so many times, but I still don't know what kind of extraordinary encounter you had? When did you leave the Cloud Mist Realm? And when did you return?"
"White Lotus Mountain, is the current leader of White Lotus Mountain your former senior brother? Why don't we go to White Lotus Mountain?"
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Bailian Mountain is named so because its peaks cluster together to resemble a lotus flower.
Ten thousand years ago, White Lotus Mountain was the largest sect in the Northern Region. Later, its strength declined, and it almost faded from people's sight.
More than a thousand years ago, because of Gu Qi, a disciple of White Lotus Mountain who abandoned the sect, the entire Northern Region was almost wiped out in blood, and this sect once again came into people's view. Now, everyone who mentions White Lotus Mountain must mention Blood Sword Immortal Gu Qi.
The current leader of White Lotus Mountain is named Duan Fan.
Duan Fan was the eldest disciple of Danyangzi, the former leader of White Lotus Mountain. After Danyangzi passed away, he succeeded him as leader. Currently, he is at the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage.
The bright moon shrouded the snow-capped mountains. In a grand hall atop one of the main peaks of White Lotus Mountain, many memorial tablets were displayed. The sect leader, Duan Fan, was burning incense and paying homage to the deceased ancestors and sect leaders of White Lotus Mountain.
Suddenly, two figures appeared in the hall where Duan Fan had been all alone. Sensing someone behind him, Duan Fan was startled and whirled around.
Standing behind him were a stunningly beautiful girl in purple and a handsome man in white. Duan Fan was momentarily stunned by the girl's beauty, but upon seeing the man beside her, he exclaimed in shock:
"Junior Brother!"
Han Wei looked at the shocked middle-aged man in front of her, clasped her hands in greeting, and said, "I am Han Wei, greetings from Sect Leader Duan!"
Han Wei?
Duan Fan's pupils suddenly contracted; the name Han Wei was extremely well-known.
The leader of the cultivation world in the Eastern Region, and a disciple of Blood Sword Immortal Gu Qi. Three years ago, many powerful figures in the Eastern Region mysteriously disappeared due to a mysterious palace, prompting many sects from the Northern Region to eagerly rush to the Eastern Region to seize territory. Cultivators from the Shadow Moon Sect and the Frost Pavilion went there with great enthusiasm, only to each lose a Nascent Soul elder. Those who escaped brought back a message:
In the Eastern Region, the Blood Sword Immortal is even more terrifying than before. He has also taken on a female disciple named Han Wei, who is already at the late Nascent Soul stage.
This news shocked the northern region.
Many sects that wanted to carve up a share of the Eastern Region were given a cold shower and dared not entertain the idea again.
But there are also those who don't believe in superstition.
The Thousand Talisman Sect, the Illusion Dream Sect, the Six Flowers Sect, the Ice Fortress, and other sects joined forces, and twenty-one Nascent Soul cultivators stormed into the Eastern Region, only to be killed by the female disciple of the Blood Sword Immortal. She killed twenty-one Nascent Soul experts from the Northern Region and nailed their corpses to the border between the Northern and Eastern Regions.
From then on, the name Han Wei, like that of her master Blood Sword Immortal, struck fear into the hearts of all the major sects in the Northern Region.
After the initial shock, Duan Fan quickly regained his composure. After all, he was an old monster who had lived for over a decade. He returned Han Wei's greeting and said:
"Sect Leader Han, you are too kind. May I ask what brings you here so late at night?"
Han Wei glanced at Gu Qi beside her, then looked at Duan Fan:
"I have some questions about my master that I'd like to ask Sect Leader Duan. Does Sect Leader Duan have time to discuss them with me?"
Duan Fan looked at Gu Qi. Although he couldn't tell that Gu Qi was dead, he could tell that something was wrong with Gu Qi's condition. Standing in front of him, Gu Qi was like a puppet.
Many thoughts raced through his mind. He glanced at Han Wei with a strange expression, then gestured for her to proceed.
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Inside the main hall, three figures were sitting around a jade table.
Duan Fan glanced at Gu Qi's empty eyes, then looked at Han Wei and asked, "Junior Brother Gu, what happened?"
Han Wei did not answer him, but said, "Sect Leader Duan, I just want to know about Master's past."
Seeing that Han Wei wasn't going to speak, Duan Fan's eyes flickered for a moment before he looked at the bright moon in the dark night sky. He sighed and said:
"When I first met my junior brother, he was only six years old. He was so beautiful, as if he were a deity reincarnated. Master held his hand, and he timidly hid behind Master. Master smiled and pushed him out, and only then did he shyly call me senior brother."
“At that time, Master already had four disciples, and I was the eldest. At first, we all liked the junior brother, but his talent was so amazing that it made us jealous. This jealousy grew every time he displayed his superhuman talent, so later, we all distanced ourselves from him.”
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