Chapter 772: Whispers of the Past

“A Huaying Pill!?”

Lu Changsheng froze, stunned by the reward.

He didn’t know whether to be happy or frustrated.

He had been hoping the system would draw a Huaying Pill, saving him the trouble. But it never happened.

Now that he had one, the system suddenly decided to give him another.

Sometimes, that’s just how life is.

“You can never have too many Huaying Pills, especially when they’re system-made. They’re always top-notch.”

Lu Changsheng consoled himself.

Although he hadn’t drawn a natural treasure or pill to help him leave the Land of Eternal Night, the value of a Huaying Pill was undeniable. No one would complain about having more.

Especially since pills from the system were always of the highest quality.

The Huaying Pill he had gotten from his son, Lu Quanzhen, was only a high-grade pill.

Lu Changsheng decided to keep this Huaying Pill in his system storage for when he attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

“If I used this Huaying Pill as a betrothal gift, countless fairy maidens would probably be willing to have my babies, right?”

Lu Changsheng lightly stroked his Storage Ring, took out the Ten-Thousand-Year Stalactite Milk bottle containing the Huaying Pill, and murmured softly.

Through his experiences in the Jiang Kingdom and the Starry Sea, Lu Changsheng knew the value of the Huaying Pill was immense, no matter where you went.

Countless Core Formation Grand cultivators eager for Nascent Soul were willing to sign their lives away for a Huaying Pill, serving for decades or even centuries.

But Lu Changsheng was just thinking out loud. With a pile of wives and children, they would need the Huaying Pills in the future; he would never trade them.

Unless… Lu Changsheng glanced in the direction where Caiyun Zhenren had disappeared, wondering how she would react if he used the Huaying Pill as a betrothal gift.

He guessed that even though Yun Wanshang had been away for over forty years, she most likely hadn’t obtained a Huaying Pill and probably only had a few Nascent Soul Spirit Items at best.

“This item is just the icing on the cake to strengthen our relationship.”

Lu Changsheng put the Ten-Thousand-Year Stalactite Milk back into his Storage Ring.

They knew each other inside and out. Did Lu Ancestor still need to rely on a Huaying Pill to boost their feelings?

Wouldn’t that be the same as trading?

With a thought, Lu Changsheng lightly patted his Spirit Pet Bag.

“Whoosh!”

A jet-black cocoon shimmering with an eerie light appeared in the cultivation quiet room.

This cocoon was the Soul-Taking Beast.

After devouring the Six Paths Demon Concubine’s fourth-rank ghost pet, it had entered a deep slumber.

Even when Lu Changsheng encountered the Six Paths Demon Concubine again in the White Bone Demon Palace, it didn’t wake up from its slumber.

“There’s no spiritual energy in the Land of Eternal Night. Will Tihun have problems advancing like this?”

Lu Changsheng knew that the Soul-Taking Beast was molting and advancing to the fourth-rank.

But the Land of Eternal Night was different from the outside world. Lu Changsheng didn’t know if the environment would affect the Soul-Taking Beast.

After all, although demon beasts needed less environmental spiritual energy to advance to the fourth-rank than cultivators, they still had some requirements.

However, the Soul-Taking Beast was different from other demon beasts. It was neither demon, nor beast, nor ghost.

Its growth speed was evident.

It could grow rapidly by constantly devouring vengeful souls and ghost spirits. It was terrifying.

After observing the eerie black cocoon for a moment, Lu Changsheng raised his hand and summoned the Heavenly Yuan Lotus, injecting his restored magical energy into it to check on his son, Lu Quanzhen.

However, the Heavenly Yuan Lotus directly rippled with spatial energy and didn’t open.

“Hmm? What’s going on? Pocket Dimension rejection?”

This wasn’t the first time Lu Changsheng had encountered this situation.

He couldn’t open the Heavenly Yuan Lotus in the Sumeru Cave Heaven either.

He guessed that the Heavenly Yuan Lotus’s pocket dimension was rejecting the Land of Eternal Night and was suppressed.

“Quanzhen is currently undergoing demonic fetus rebirth and should be fine.”

Seeing that he couldn’t open it, Lu Changsheng put away the Heavenly Yuan Lotus and carefully organized his Storage Ring and Storage Pouch.

He checked to see if there was anything that could be used and tested if some of the rare spiritual materials he had collected could help him further restore his magical energy.

After leaving the cultivation quiet room, Yun Wanshang went to her palace and sent people to search for the Golden-Winged Roc.

She instructed them to call out “Golden Roc, Your Majesty!” if they encountered the golden roc bird.

After all, such demon kings were extremely ferocious when not under their owner’s control. If they were to encounter it directly, few would be able to return alive to report.

After entrusting everything, she went to her training room and sat down to cultivate.

Although blood energy and magical energy were dormant in the Land of Eternal Night, rendering cultivation impossible, her Jade Phoenix Marrow Body had a Psychic energy.

The first wisp of magical energy she had recovered depended on the Psychic energy in her body.

As she gradually restored her magical energy and cultivated the Celestial Light Force, she even discovered that she could stimulate her Golden Core Dao Foundation through the Psychic energy, thereby awakening some of the dormant magical energy.

However, over the years, the stimulation effect of this Psychic energy on her body and Golden Core Dao Foundation had diminished.

“If only…”

Yun Wanshang’s star-like eyes showed a hint of colorful light, as if gazing into the distance.

After a moment, she gently pursed her red lips, closed her beautiful eyes, and circulated the fish-like Psychic energy in her body, slowly swimming around her Golden Core Dao Foundation.

Lu Changsheng tried to take several rare Spirit Medicine to awaken his magical energy, but to no avail.

Just as Yun Wanshang had said, only spiritual object born and grown in the Land of Eternal Night that had endured heavenly light and earth light had such an effect.

He didn’t continue to waste his rare spiritual materials and began to study the Celestial Light Force secret technique that Yun Wanshang had given him.

Although he had cultivated for hundreds of years, Lu Ancestor had never seriously studied any cultivation techniques.

But today was different.

Now, he had many top-level cultivation scriptures as a foundation, as well as the Taiyi Spirit and Nascent Soul divine sense, making it easy to learn the Celestial Light Force.

Using several spiritual medicines containing heavenly light as a guide, Lu Changsheng’s blood flowed, and his body seemed to be burning like a furnace.

Immediately afterward, a dazzling heavenly light seemed to shine and burst out from the depths of his body, falling directly into his flesh.

“Is this the Celestial Light? Why does it feel like the Blood Energy cultivated from body refinement techniques or cultivator’s magical energy, but adapted to this world?”

Lu Changsheng murmured as he looked at the faint mist-like heavenly light on his fingertip.

He didn’t overthink it and went directly to Yun Wanshang to ask for guidance.

It wasn’t that Lu Ancestor didn’t want to think or research, but that asking Yun Wanshang was not only convenient but also improved their relationship.

“What? You’ve already mastered Wind Cloud Strength?”

Yun Wanshang was very surprised when Lu Changsheng came and said that he had mastered her Wind Cloud Strength.

She had gathered many cultivation techniques in the Land of Eternal Night, and this was a secret technique that was more compatible with her.

It wasn’t top-level, but it was still an advanced Celestial Light Force secret technique.

It had taken her half a month to cultivate, but Lu Changsheng had directly entered in a short time? If she had known it was so easy for him, she would have passed it on to Lu Changsheng when she was still in the deep mountains.

“Yes.”

Lu Changsheng nodded, and a wisp of Wind Cloud Strength appeared on his fingertip.

“This…”

Yun Wanshang’s red lips parted slightly as she looked at Lu Changsheng as if he were a monster.

“I feel like this Celestial Light Force is a simplified body refinement technique. I used to practice body refinement, so it’s very simple.”

Lu Changsheng explained his understanding.

“You can understand it that way…”

Yun Wanshang said softly, explaining the details to Lu Changsheng, saying that the Celestial Light Force was likely created by the first cultivators in this world based on cultivation techniques and body refinement techniques.

So she and Lu Changsheng, who were from the outer world, had a basic advantage in cultivating this technique.

After all, cultivators’ Blood Energy and magical energy were dormant, but their physical bodies were still strong.

Even if they were only Foundation Establishment cultivators who hadn’t practiced body refinement, their physical bodies were far superior to ordinary people when they shed their mortal bodies and purified their marrow during the Qi Refining breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

“You have a deep foundation in body refinement, so it will be much easier to cultivate this Celestial Light Force.”

Although Yun Wanshang’s expression was relatively calm, she was still amazed by Lu Changsheng’s talent.

In her early years, she thought that the other party was just a small cultivator who was not worthy of her.

Now, the other party had not only grown to the same level as her but also surpassed her in talent.

“So that’s how it is. In that case, can I integrate the Blood Energy of my original body refinement technique into the Celestial Light to form a type of Celestial Light Force?”

After confirming his thoughts, Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

He felt that he didn’t need to cultivate this Wind Cloud Strength and could directly condense a Brahma Devil True Saint Strength.

“This should be possible, but the process is very dangerous.”

Yun Wanshang said after thinking seriously for a moment, believing that this belonged to self-created cultivation techniques and must be cultivated to the peak before attempting.

Moreover, cultivating this kind of thing could cause some danger to oneself if one was not careful.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Lu Changsheng thought slightly, then sat cross-legged and circulated his True Saint Skill of Brahma and Demons according to the feeling of Wind Cloud Strength.

“Zhenren, do you have any spiritual object containing heavenly light on you?”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and looked at Yun Wanshang, who was quietly looking at him.

“Yes.” Yun Wanshang took out several spiritual object from her Storage Ring.

“That’s enough.”

Lu Changsheng directly swallowed these spiritual object.

In just a moment, Yun Wanshang saw strands of heavenly light flowing from Lu Changsheng’s palm.

“? ? ?”

Yun Wanshang was stunned.

She thought that she was gifted and had outstanding comprehension, but now she was stunned.

What did she see? Lu Changsheng had not only mastered her Wind Cloud Strength in a short time but also directly created a Celestial Light Force based on body refinement techniques.

Although this Celestial Light Force was newly born and very weak.

But it contained three types of energy.

One was tranquil and peaceful, as if immortal;

One was tyrannical and overbearing, full of endless oppression;

One was filled with destruction and decay; just through three kinds of energy, she could see that Lu Changsheng’s Celestial Light Force, or rather his body refinement technique, was extremely profound.

At this moment, Yun Wanshang completely understood that the other party was a monster, a complete monster.

She couldn’t compare to those geniuses from the Azure Cloud Sect and the Jiang Kingdom.

A monster like Lu Changsheng could only be compared to the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the top forces in the Southern Desolation.

No, although she had never seen these Holy Sons and Holy Maidens, she felt that Lu Changsheng was even more monstrous.

As long as he didn’t die young, he would definitely be recorded in the Southern Desolation cultivation history!

“No wonder he has grown from a Qi Refining cultivator to this level in just a hundred years. In addition to opportunities and Fortune, it is also related to his peerless talent.”

“Or rather, to be able to get to this point in just a hundred years, opportunities, Fortune, talent, comprehension, and hard work are indispensable.”

Yun Wanshang murmured in her heart.

But for some reason, as soon as this thought came out, she felt extremely awkward.

Where did this little thief work hard?

She didn’t know these years, but when she investigated the other party’s intelligence information back then, he had a group of wives and concubines and hundreds of children, like a breeding pig? Such a breeding pig… worked hard?

Yun Wanshang was stunned and couldn’t understand the Lu Changsheng in front of her.

However, if the other party spent so much thought, time, and energy on women and children and was still so terrifying, how amazing would it be if he cultivated wholeheartedly?

As a member of the sect and having two disciples, Yun Wanshang really didn’t want to see Lu Changsheng’s peerless talent being wasted.

Although cultivating to the peak of the Core Formation Stage at the age of one hundred was already shocking.

But she really wanted to know where the other party’s limit was.

“Zhenren, what’s wrong?”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and said with some surprise when he saw Yun Wanshang’s wooden expression.

“How did you do it?”

At this time, Yun Wanshang no longer pretended and looked straight at Lu Changsheng, wanting to know how he did it in such a short time.

“It’s very simple…”

Lu Changsheng smiled secretly in his heart but said with a gentle expression, introducing the principle between the two.

Although Lu Changsheng’s reasoning was easy to understand, Yun Wanshang knew that she couldn’t do it.

This not only required a complete understanding of the cultivated body refinement technique but also required a subtle control over oneself.

“Zhenren, what is the distribution of power and strength in the Land of Eternal Night?”

At this time, Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of something.

Since it was difficult to slowly search for rare Spirit Items like the Three-Colored Flower.

Then could he expand Azure Cloud City and integrate the forces of the Land of Eternal Night so that he could collect more rare resources? Under normal circumstances, Lu Changsheng was unwilling and too lazy to do such a thing.

But now that he was trapped in the Land of Eternal Night and wanted to leave as soon as possible, Lu Changsheng didn’t mind doing something domineering.

“Distribution of power and strength?”

Yun Wanshang saw Lu Changsheng’s handsome face and faintly guessed his thoughts, gently introducing the situation to him.

For a long time, Lu Changsheng had a general understanding of the Land of Eternal Night.

People like Yun Wanshang were already top-tier experts.

So with all his methods, he was definitely among the top-tier in the Land of Eternal Night.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng planned to find the Golden-Winged Roc first, then restore his Blood Energy and magical energy as much as possible, and then start expanding outwards.

Time flew by, and two months later, Azure Cloud City received news of the Golden-Winged Roc.

Lu Changsheng tossed the Divination Copper Coin and simply calculated a divination. It was smooth all the way, so he went out with Yun Wanshang.

Like the divination, it took most of half a month for Lu Changsheng to successfully find the Golden-Winged Roc.

It was caught up in the Land of Eternal Night, and when it didn’t see Lu Changsheng, it directly lived in this area, occasionally hunting wild beasts and mutated creatures, waiting for Lu Changsheng to come to it.

After all, if it searched everywhere, the distance between the two might become farther and farther. It was better to wait for its master, Lu Changsheng, to find it.

“Is this the spirit pet that caused a ruckus in the Yin Ghost Sect with you back then?”

Yun Wanshang looked at the golden-feathered Golden-Winged Roc under the night, which shone like a round of golden sun, and asked.

She had previously guessed that Lu Changsheng was Yangming Zhenren with a 90% certainty.

Looking at this golden roc bird now, she completely confirmed that Lu Changsheng was Yangming Zhenren.

“Uh!?”

Lu Changsheng was a little surprised.

He didn’t expect Yun Wanshang to know about his ruckus in the Yin Ghost Sect.

But on second thought, Chu Qingyi was with him at the time, so it was normal for Yun Wanshang to know.

“Yes, it’s Jinpeng.”

Lu Changsheng waved to the Golden-Winged Roc and asked about its situation during these days. Besides being suppressed by the demon power, were there any other effects?

“What was your cultivation level back then?”

Yun Wanshang continued to ask, quite curious.

Back then, she handed the Law Enforcement Hall over to her disciple Chu Qingyi and chose to go out and travel because she was stimulated by Lu Changsheng and worried that her cultivation strength would be surpassed by the other party.

“Core Formation Stage third layer.”

Since Yun Wanshang already knew, Lu Changsheng didn’t hide it and said frankly.

Yun Wanshang gently pursed her red lips and nodded slightly.

She had thought about this question deeply and had been unable to determine Lu Changsheng’s cultivation situation.

After all, if the cultivation level was low, how could he fight with the Ghost Bat of the Yin Ghost Sect?

If the cultivation level was too high, then it would be too monstrous.

Since the Golden-Winged Roc was found, Lu Changsheng didn’t delay too much and returned with Yun Wanshang.

Just seeing the Golden-Winged Roc waiting for him here all the time, he couldn’t help but think of Lu Lingjing.

The other party rushed out of the Phantom Ship’s gray-black mist back then, but because he hadn’t escaped, wouldn’t she also be waiting in place? At this moment, Starry Sea.

“Boom boom boom!!!”

A Nascent Soul cultivator wearing armor and holding a trident was fighting a giant whale covered in dark golden dragon-shaped scales with dragon horns on its head.

Although the man and the whale were fighting in the deep sea, the huge movements and magical power fluctuations caused the sea surface to continuously boil and roar, forming endless waves and tsunamis, like a world-destroying disaster.

As they fought, the Nascent Soul cultivator saw that the dragon whale’s strength was terrifying and he was no match.

Continuing to fight might even be dangerous.

He lightly patted his dantian, and his pupils instantly turned into a deep sea blue.

Immediately afterward, layers of ripples appeared around him, and an azure Water Spirit Bead appeared, enveloping him, and then flew towards the sea surface.

“Roar!!!”

Seeing this, the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale’s dark golden dragon-shaped patterns flowed, and its fin limbs flapped like wings, forming a huge tornado vortex, as if the sea water was flowing backward, wanting to leave the figure behind.

Lu Lingjing was very angry.

She couldn’t find Master and was waiting quietly for Master to return here, and this person suddenly came to question her about the Kunpeng egg.

Even though she knew that the Kunpeng egg was on Master, who did he think he was? He even questioned and threatened her, and even attacked her!

Did he really think she, Lu Lingjing, was easy to bully! “Buzz!!!”

As the waves swept through and the sea water flowed backward, the two majestic dragon horns on the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale’s head burst out with hazy light, and then formed a giant blade, tearing through layers of sea water and the void, and further killing the figure.

This Nascent Soul cultivator dared to find the trouble of a fourth-rank demon king like the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale. His strength was naturally extraordinary.

If he hadn’t met Lu Lingjing and had been replaced by a demon king who had just advanced to the fourth-rank not long ago, he would definitely not have been his opponent.

“Boom!”

The trident in his hand slammed down and resisted Lu Lingjing’s Divine Abilities.

But in the next moment, the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale opened her giant mouth, which resembled a deep abyss, and roared towards him.

The giant mouth was like an endless black hole, with an unparalleled powerful devouring power, wanting to swallow the figure into its mouth.

True Lord Pinghai felt that the surrounding aura was heavy, as if the void had solidified. He fully urged his life’s magical treasure, and then the blue light surged in the trident in his hand, soaring to several feet. He slammed down, tearing the world apart, and his entire body escaped into the Great Void.

The Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale’s dragon horns burst out with hazy and brilliant light and directly killed into the Great Void.

Just leaving the Starry Sea and entering the Great Void, her power and aura dropped a bit.

Moreover, she also saw that it was impossible for her to eat this blue-armored man unless Master returned.

“Humph!”

She watched the disappearing blue-armored figure and snorted in anger, causing a muffled thunderous sound in the Great Void, and then returned to the Starry Sea.

“When will Master return?”

Lu Lingjing looked at the endless sea, bored.

“Just now, this person asked me about the Kunpeng egg. Could it be that he is looking for the Kunpeng egg? But how does he know that I know where the Kunpeng egg is?”

Although Lu Lingjing belonged to demon beasts and was very young, as a fourth-rank shapeshifting demon king, she still had intelligence no less than ordinary people.

After thinking for a long time, she felt that she should have been seen by someone when she and Master were looking for the Kunpeng egg.

But she felt that it was wrong. If the blue-armored man saw her back then, why didn’t he come to ask or snatch it? Was he afraid of Master?

But if he was afraid of Master, why did he come to her? She didn’t have the Kunpeng egg.

Lu Lingjing thought for a long time and felt that she couldn’t understand it, so she dived into the deep sea and prepared to continue sleeping and wait for Master to find her.

But just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly thought that the blue-armored man was looking for her to ask about the Kunpeng egg. What if he went to her home to ask about the Kunpeng egg? Now that Master was gone, the mistresses and young masters at home couldn’t beat this blue-armored man.

“Hmm… if Master can’t find me, he will also go home.”

After thinking for a long time, Lu Lingjing decided to go home first.

Master had always asked her to take good care of the home. This time, he probably wouldn’t have time to explain, and maybe he would ask her to go home first.

“I’m so smart!”

Immediately, Lu Lingjing prepared to return to Da Mengze.

But looking at the endless sea in front of her, she was stunned.

How should she go home?

Although she remembered the route from Immortal City of Damengze to the Sea Eye, the Starry Sea, and even near the Kunpeng Nest.

But she didn’t know where she was now or how to return.

But soon, Lu Lingjing thought of a way. If she didn’t know the way, wouldn’t it be good to ask other demons?

“What is the origin of this dragon whale…”

True Lord Pinghai saw that the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale didn’t pursue and said in a deep voice, his eyes deep and his pupils exuding a deep blue light.

Back then, the Kunpeng egg disappeared inexplicably on Black Reef Islands. The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Starry Sea joined forces to deduce and investigate, but there was no clue, so they directly listed all the cultivators and demon kings who had left early as suspects.

After years of investigation, suspicion had been lifted from Ling Xuzi, Fuhai True Lord, Wu Gu Old Demon, and the others.

But the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale remained a prime suspect, as no one knew its origins, and they were eager to find out where it came from.

“This Fourth-Rank Whale King is no ordinary creature. If it were from the Starry Sea, we’d have heard something. Could it be from the Forbidden Sea?”

“But if it is from the Forbidden Sea, what brought it here so suddenly?”

True Lord Pinghai was thoroughly puzzled.

However, he had sensed faint traces of the Kunpeng egg’s aura on the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale, confirming it had definitely been near it.

He planned to invite a few close friends to join him in taking action against the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale.

Jiang Kingdom, Azure Cloud Sect.

“Junior Brother Baiyun, Niece Xiyue, you’re back. Thank you for your hard work. How are things in Yue Kingdom?”

The Leader of Qingyun Sect greeted the returning Core Formation cultivators who had been dispatched to Yue Kingdom with the Heavenly Sword Sect, offering his condolences.

“Not good. Although Yuan Kingdom hasn’t fully committed, Liang Kingdom held back in the early years and is still hiding its strength. Plus, according to intel, Blood Lord Xue Luo of the Asura Sect in Liang Kingdom is planning to break through to Nascent Soul through endless, bloody slaughter.”

Real Person Baiyun looked weary as he reported to the Leader of Qingyun Sect, his expression grim.

Their return wasn’t due to the war ending, but because they had earned enough merit and their time was up, allowing them to return to the sect for rest.

Mainly, the situation in Yue Kingdom was deteriorating, and they were unwilling to risk their lives in the Liang-Yue war.

“Blood Lord Xue Luo.”

The Leader of Qingyun Sect knew of the Asura Sect’s connection to the Blood Sea Sect, one of the seven demonic sects, and their cultivation of Blood Path cultivation methods, using the essence and blood of demon beasts or cultivators as potent elixirs.

Over the years, the Yue and Liang Kingdoms had suffered heavy casualties in their battles, with even Core Formation True Lords falling. It was normal for the Asura Sect to obtain sufficient essence and blood.

Moreover, as far as he knew, Blood Lord Xue Luo was already three hundred and eighty years old.

If he didn’t break through to Nascent Soul soon, his declining health would rob him of the opportunity.

And it seemed to him this was an excellent opportunity for the Asura Sect.

With the Liang-Yue war in a stalemate, Yuan Kingdom wanted to take advantage. If Liang Kingdom could produce another Nascent Soul True Lord, they’d have more to bargain with.

In this situation, Beast God Mountain and Barebody Sect would not only welcome Blood Lord Xue Luo’s breakthrough to Nascent Soul, but would also support him.

But the Leader of Qingyun Sect sighed at the thought of Blood Lord Xue Luo breaking through to Nascent Soul, which would make the situation in Yue Kingdom even more precarious.

Jiang Kingdom and Yue Kingdom were allies. If Yue Kingdom were defeated, his Azure Cloud Sect, as one of Jiang Kingdom’s Four Great Immortal Sects, would naturally be affected.

He looked at Xiao Xiyue beside him, clad in a moon-white dress, her face pure and serene like a detached fairy, and said, “Niece Xiyue, your return is timely. Yuan Kingdom and Yue Kingdom have reached a cooperation. True Lord Juejian is preparing to invite the City Lord and his wife of Dameng City to help.”

“You can ask Changsheng Zhenren about this when you see him later.”

The Leader of Qingyun Sect told Xiao Xiyue.

Although Lu Family of Bihu Mountain was not far from Azure Cloud Sect.

Lu Changsheng, as the Vice City Lord of Immortal City of Damengze, made it difficult for him to visit casually for such trivial matters.

So, it was best to have Xiao Xiyue inquire.

“Understood.”

Xiao Xiyue’s eyes were as calm as water, her beautiful face, like snow piled on flowering trees, veiled in a dreamlike, ethereal glow.

She used to be at peace whenever she saw Lu Changsheng and his daughter, Lu Wangshu.

But these past ten years, she focused on using the Supreme Emotionless Technique while supporting Yue Kingdom to maintain her optimal state, leaving her permanently in this condition.

“What’s wrong with Niece Xiyue?”

Seeing Xiao Xiyue’s emotionless state, the Leader of Qingyun Sect couldn’t help but ask Real Person Baiyun via voice transmission.

The old Xiao Xiyue was cold, but not this cold.

She even seemed to keep her distance from him, her Sect Leader Uncle-Master.

“It should be due to Niece Xiyue’s cultivation technique…”

Real Person Baiyun said, only knowing the general reason.

“Niece Xiyue, you should return and rest first.”

Upon hearing this, the Leader of Qingyun Sect didn’t say much, signaling Xiao Xiyue and the others to return and rest. Then, he began to converse with Real Person Baiyun, inquiring about their trip to Yue Kingdom.

Although they had been exchanging messages, some things were better discussed in person.

“Has Master not returned yet?”

Back at Rainbow Cloud Peak, Xiao Xiyue looked towards Rainbow Cloud Hall at the summit, a ripple of emotion stirring in her otherwise calm eyes.

Besides Lu Changsheng and his daughter, Lu Wangshu, only her master, Yun Wanshang, could evoke such fluctuations in her emotions.

Even Senior Sister Chu Qingyi hadn’t reached that level in her heart.

After returning to her Bright Moon Residence, she remembered that Senior Sister Chu Qingyi had been seriously injured and returned to the sect early. It was only proper that she paid a visit to her senior sister now.

“Greetings, Real Person Xiyue.”

The attendant disciples of Immortal Yi Hall quickly bowed in greeting upon seeing Xiao Xiyue.

“Is my senior sister in?”

Xiao Xiyue, in her moon-white dress, stood tall and graceful, a perfect and exquisite jade statue.

“Hall Master is in seclusion. Please wait a moment, Real Person Xiyue. This disciple will report your arrival.”

Although Chu Qingyi had been in seclusion for years and didn’t receive guests, they dared not refuse Real Person Xiyue, Qingyi Zhenren’s junior sister.

Immortal Yi Hall, backyard.

This backyard used to be simple, but at some point, many jade bamboos were planted, and flowers bloomed everywhere.

In the crystal-clear pond, colorful goldfish swam, reflecting the colorful stones at the bottom, creating a dazzling light.

Chu Qingyi, in a blue-and-white palace robe, stood quietly, watching a cute child wielding a wooden sword.

“Hmm!?”

Just then, she raised her jade hand, and a glistening token appeared.

Seeing the message on the token that her junior sister Xiao Xiyue had come to visit, Chu Qingyi’s heart trembled.

Over the years, she had tried to contact Lu Changsheng many times, wanting to introduce him to their son, Lu Shouzheng.

But each time, her magical energy disappeared without a trace, indicating Lu Changsheng was not within Jiang Kingdom.

She never expected that Xiao Xiyue would return before Lu Changsheng.

If there was anyone she dreaded facing, it was her junior sister Xiao Xiyue.

After all, she didn’t know how to face her junior sister. “Mommy, practice sword.”

As she stared at the Jade Talisman, lost in thought, a childish voice called out.

She saw her son, Lu Shouzheng, holding a wooden sword, calling out to her in a babyish voice, his fair face beaming with a bright smile.

“Mommy will play with you later. Now, let’s go meet your Martial Aunt.”

Chu Qingyi looked at her son, squatted down, took his chubby little hand, and said softly.

Although she was somewhat unsure how to face her junior sister.

But since she already had a son, she couldn’t keep hiding it. It was better to be open about it.

As for saying that this child was someone she had picked up or adopted, Chu Qingyi couldn’t bring herself to do that, nor would she treat her child that way.

“Martial Aunt?”

The child tilted his head, looking at his mommy with some confusion, then Chu Qingyi picked him up and headed towards the main hall.