The first thing was related to the Broken Love Cliff. Both tribes had been sending people to guard the bottom of the cliff and were constantly searching the area. Although they didn't find Luo Jianqing and Xuan Lingzi, they did discover a huge tree.
Seeing such a big tree, anyone would know that it must be a treasure, but there was a layer of fiery red barrier around the tree. Even the Ghost Flame Ancestor who went down there himself was unable to break the barrier.
The second thing is related to the Demonic Palace.
As everyone knows, the Demonic Palace has been in a state of decline since the battle in the Far North twenty years ago. Originally, the Demonic Palace had four cultivators who had reached the late Mahayana stage of Great Perfection: Demon Lord Mo Qianqiu, Chief Steward Qi Luo, Left Guardian Qin Guihe, and Right Guardian Qin Siyi.
However, Mo Qianqiu was trapped in a small world with Na Jinli, and based on his previous injuries, he should have died ten years ago. Qi Luo's soul was severely injured while helping Luo Jianqing escape, and has never fully recovered.
The Demonic Palace suddenly lost two powerful forces, and because they had assisted Luo Jianqing and the others in their escape, they were bullied and oppressed by the rest of the righteous sect. Although the Demonic Palace was not yet vulnerable to bullying, it was still devastated and extremely desolate.
Ten years ago, on the day Mo Qianqiu was supposed to die, the witch Yunxiang tearfully ascended the throne of the Demonic Palace and became the new Palace Master. However, she was only at the Fusion Stage, and despite her extraordinary strength, she still couldn't convince the crowd.
As a result, the demon cultivators all over the world no longer admired and feared the Demon Palace as much as before, and the cultivators here left or fled.
It is called the Demonic Palace, but it is just a facade and no longer has the dominance it once had to compete with Mount Taihua for the world.
In just twenty years, the world had changed dramatically. Venerable Xuan Lingzi, who once led the righteous against the demons, had faded from everyone's memory. Many young disciples of Mount Taihua had only heard a legend: on Yuxiao Peak, the center of the Seven Peaks, there once lived an unparalleled master, and his disciple was an extremely evil one.
Rumor has it that the powerful being was at the mid-stage of the Spiritualization Realm, while the disciple was only at the early stages of the Tribulation Crossing Realm. Yet, these two of them managed to break through the encirclement of nearly a hundred Mahayana-level venerables from both clans, defeating a Heavenly-ranked Demon Venerable from the demon clan. They have since fled, and no one knows their whereabouts.
Haoming Peak.
A newly initiated errand disciple, sweeping fallen leaves from the ground, whispered to his companions, "I also heard that those two seniors are actually Taoist companions."
His companions immediately opened their eyes wide and asked in surprise, "Aren't they master and disciple? How could they be Taoist couples?"
The errand disciple shook his head and whispered, "Yes, they were both master and disciple, and also companions. Many people in the world despise their actions. Do you know the Broken Soul Sect? It's the leader of the four great sects. I heard that their disciples often speak ill of those two seniors, saying... that they were committing incest, disgusting and vulgar."
"Hush! How can you say this in our Taihua Mountain? Aren't you afraid that Senior Brother Jie will hear it..."
"I've heard it."
A cold, deep voice suddenly rang out from behind the two men, frightening them so much that they quickly turned around to look. Each of them huddled together like a frightened little bird, saying in a trembling voice, "Jie...Jie, we were wrong!"
Xie Zizhuo was dressed in black, his face sullen and devoid of a smile. Seventy years ago, the fourth disciple who had followed his senior brother around, joking and joking, was no longer young. He stood tall among the peaks, grave and unsmiling, like a dark-faced demon.
Xie Zizhuo said calmly, "This evening, go find your Nineteenth Senior Brother to receive your punishment."
The two disciples immediately bowed: "Yes!"
The black-robed monk passed by the two menial disciples. Just before he was about to fly away, he stopped in his tracks. Without turning back, he spoke solemnly, "Twenty years ago, you weren't even born yet, so you couldn't possibly have known anything about what happened then. The demons spread rumors about our Taihua Mountain monks, and you just spread them and believed them. Whether they are Dao companions or not is none of your business. Even if they are Dao companions, so what? They're just people who have spent a long journey of cultivation together. You're only at the first level of Qi Refining. A single look from them could scare you to death. If you dare to spread nonsense behind my back again, I'll expel you from Taihua Mountain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Zizhuo turned into a stream of light and disappeared on Haoming Peak.
The world will never remember the good you have done for them, it will only remember what they want to remember.
Of the seven peaks of Mount Taihua, Yuxiao Peak was deserted, its two bamboo huts now surrounded by weeds. Yet, inside, the quilt on the bamboo couch was neatly folded, and a book lay open on the desk. Everything seemed as if it had happened yesterday, as if nothing had happened.
Everyone who should be there is there and has never left.
Twenty-one years after the battle in the Far North, the human search teams on Xuantian Continent had already searched five of the Eight Great Wastelands and twenty-nine of the Thirty-Six States. The troops, led by the Bai family patriarch, arrived in Yuanzhou.
There were twenty-one small nations in Yuanzhou, the largest of which was Changguo, and the smallest was Qinguo. Upon arriving in Yuanzhou, the Bai family patriarch went to Changguo, a nation known for its understanding of the world of cultivation. The national preceptor was a cultivator in the middle stage of the Out-of-Body Realm.
When they met the ancestor of the Bai family and his entourage, the emperor and the imperial preceptor of Changguo personally received them and told the ancestor of the Bai family about the affairs of Yuanzhou.
The emperor said respectfully, "Your Excellency, you may not know that Yuanzhou is surrounded by mountains, unlike Longzhou and Yuzhou, which are plains with fertile soil. How rich! My Chang State is quite good, as it is close to the Yuan River. The entire upper reaches of the Yuan River belong to my Chang State."
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