Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

A gust of wind swept across the peaks of Qingzhou.

Two streams of spiritual energy shot into the sky from the two caves halfway up the mountain.

Main hall.

Li Changfeng leaned back in the main seat.

He slowly stroked the few strands of beard under his chin with one hand.

Li Changfeng barely lifted his eyelids.

"Not bad, not bad."

outside the temple.

It was already a dark, dense mass.

Several thousand disciples of the Luoyun Sect had somehow gathered in the plaza in front of the main hall.

One by one, they craned their necks, gazing at the sky.

"It's done!"

"It really worked!"

"Elders, this is... about to break through to the Nascent Soul stage!"

The crowd erupted in uproar.

A junior disciple in the Foundation Establishment stage tugged at his senior brother's sleeve, his voice trembling.

"Senior brother."

"Senior brother, do you think Qingzhou is about to regain its former glory?"

The senior brother swallowed.

"That's right."

"Ever since the Supreme Elder returned from his travels and took up his post in this sect."

"Our Luoyun Sect is about to produce two Nascent Soul cultivators all at once!"

"This area of ​​Qingzhou."

"For thousands of years, we haven't seen a single Nascent Soul cultivator!"

That's true.

Qingzhou is barren.

The spiritual energy is so scarce that even achieving the Nascent Soul stage is difficult.

The Nascent Soul stage was a realm that generations of Qingzhou cultivators had never even dared to dream of.

Boom!

The two beams of light exploded in the sky.

Countless streams of spiritual energy poured down from the exploded point of light.

In mid-air, they gathered into a thick, auspicious cloud.

The clouds were golden.

It was pressed down very low.

"A sign of divine transformation!"

One of the more knowledgeable senior disciples immediately exclaimed in surprise.

Inside the clouds.

Two figures slowly emerged, stepping through the void.

The two figures paused simultaneously.

Then, he bowed deeply towards the direction of the main hall where Li Changfeng was.

To bow down is to show utmost respect.

Until then.

Only then did the disciples in the square get a clear look at the two faces.

"It's the Grand Elder!"

"And the Second Elder!"

Indeed, it was Lei Sha and Han Ye.

Lei Sha was dressed in a crimson robe, his face still bearing the red hue of someone who had broken through to a higher realm.

Han Ye, dressed in a blue robe, couldn't suppress his spirit in his eyes and brows.

Inside the main hall.

Li Changfeng didn't even move his body.

A voice transmission drifted out quietly.

The voice, neither too loud nor too soft, struck the minds of the two people with each word.

"The two of you."

"Don't think that you can relax once you've reached the Nascent Soul stage."

"I want to restore the glory of my Qingzhou."

"Merely reaching the Nascent Soul stage is far from enough."

"I am here to guide you two through this predicament."

"Within two hundred years."

"The two of you can then step into the realm of Void Refinement."

Lei Sha and Han Ye were both shocked.

Two hundred years.

Refining the void.

In any other place, this would be considered a pipe dream.

It could be said by the Supreme Elder Li Changfeng.

Then, people have no choice but to believe it.

"I have other matters to attend to."

The sound transmission faded even further.

"You two, go back and cultivate on your own."

Lei Sha and Han Ye bowed again.

"Disciple will humbly obey the Supreme Elder's decree!"

After bowing.

The two figures slowly descended from mid-air.

As soon as it landed.

The disciples from all sides then swarmed around them.

"Congratulations, Grand Elder, on breaking through to the Divine Transformation Realm!"

"Congratulations, Second Elder!"

The congratulatory cheers rose in waves.

Lei Sha waved his hand, accepting the courtesy.

On the surface, things seemed relatively calm.

But it was Han Ye.

Surrounded by people, he managed to say a few perfunctory words.

His gaze, however, began to wander.

As the disciples who came to offer their congratulations gradually dispersed,

Han Ye then moved closer to Lei Sha's side.

He lowered his voice.

"Senior Brother Lei."

"That Su Chen."

"Have you heard from him lately?"

Lei Sha paused, his breath caught in his throat.

He glanced sideways at Han Ye.

"Junior Brother Han."

"Do you think I can't see through your little scheme?"

Han Ye's expression changed.

Lei Sha ignored him and continued speaking on his own.

"Back then, your nephew died at the hands of Su Chen."

"That day, you personally took action, but you still didn't fare well and were defeated by him."

"You want revenge, I understand."

Lei paused for a moment.

He raised his hand and brushed away a speck of dust from his sleeve.

"But don't forget."

"That Su Chen is a true disciple personally accepted by the Supreme Elder."

"Now, although it has been quite some years since I went to the Xuanhuang Continent."

"But what exactly is the Supreme Elder's attitude towards this disciple?"

"Neither you nor I can be sure."

Han Ye's lips moved slightly.

In the end, he didn't say a word.

"Furthermore..."

Lei Sha's voice deepened even further.

"It is true that you and I have just stepped into the Nascent Soul stage."

"But how do you know that Su Chen hasn't reached the Nascent Soul stage?"

...

Library.

A petite girl was standing on tiptoe.

He was holding a wrung-out, damp cloth in his hand.

With a broad, strong arm, it gently wiped away the wounds that had not yet healed.

Yun'er was originally Wang Yuyan's personal maid.

The person being wiped was named Chen Shiqiang.

It was Su Chen's follower in the Falling Cloud Sect back then.

Yun'er finished wiping the wound.

He took out a pill from his pocket and put it into Chen Shiqiang's palm.

"Take your medicine first."

Chen Shiqiang held the pill in his hand, then swallowed it in silence.

"I never expected this."

Yun'er squatted down, tidying up the medicine bottle while muttering to herself.

"That Elder Han Ye is only at the Nascent Soul stage."

"An elder of a sect, yet he has such a lack of magnanimity."

"Secretly, we sent people to clean up the little bit of influence that the young master left behind in the sect back then."

Ultimately...

"We are, after all, disciples of the Falling Cloud Sect."

Chen Shiqiang leaned against the wall.

He sighed gruffly.

"That's just how it is."

"My true master is not in the sect."

"The fact that the two of us have survived to this day is already a blessing in disguise."

Yun'er put the medicine bottle on the ground.

I'm not happy about it.

In my opinion...

"Let's just go to the Xuanhuang Continent."

"Go find the young lady, go find the young master."

"Why bother staying in Luoyun Sect and suffering this humiliation?"

Chen Shiqiang shook his head.

"But back then..."

"My master uncle has entrusted this library to me..."

"Nonsense!"

Yun'er stamped her foot.

"What time is it? You're still thinking about this dilapidated room."

"You are now at the late stage of the Golden Core realm."

"I am only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm."

"What makes you think you can fight against a Nascent Soul elder?"

"They could crush both of us with a single finger!"

Chen Shiqiang remained silent.

My mind is in turmoil.

Go to the Xuanhuang Continent.

That's easy for you to say.

With his meager Golden Core cultivation level, he wouldn't even be considered an ant in the Xuanhuang Continent.

In case we can't find Wang Yuyan and her true master Su Chen.

Then I and Yun'er probably won't even have the chance to return to Luoyun Sect.

But if we stay...

Right now, I can barely protect myself.

What can protect Yun'er then?

The more Chen Shiqiang thought about it, the more his brows furrowed.

Just when he was unable to make up his mind.

A very faint, feminine fragrance wafted towards me.

...