My little sect, which disappeared a thousand years ago, has become a sacred site!

Celestial Sacred Land, Tianyuan Mountain Range

Ye Qingxue, Bai Ling'er, and Yue Lingxi returned together without deliberately concealing their auras, which were quickly sensed by the other three disciples within the Holy Land.

In a flash of light and shadow, Xiao Yi, Yun Tianhe, and Han Feng appeared almost simultaneously.

"Senior Sister! Third Senior Sister! Fourth Senior Sister!"

Ye Qingxue nodded slightly and asked:

"Xiao Yi, how's the situation at the Holy Land these past few days?"

Xiao Yi's smile faded, and he replied seriously:

"Reporting to Senior Sister, everything is as usual. The regular selection and preaching of the 'Heavenly Abyss Holy Scripture' are still underway."

However, a promising talent emerged this year, having reached the ninety steps of the Ascension Platform.

According to the rules, he has been temporarily placed under the Ninth Peak, and the formal apprenticeship ceremony can be completed once the Ninth Junior Sister returns.

"Hmm, not bad."

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Ye Qingxue's eyes, and then she asked again.

"Mengyao should already know that Master has returned, right?"

Xiao Yi nodded:

"Don't worry, Senior Sister, I already sent the message to Zhongzhou through special channels."

Ninth Junior Sister must have already received it, and is probably already preparing to return to the Holy Land.

"What about Jingyu?"

Ye Qingxue then asked, looking at Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi paused for a moment, but quickly replied:

"It's being circulated."

"it is good."

Ye Qingxue asked no more questions and strode into the depths of the sacred land.

"Let's take care of the backlog of miscellaneous tasks from the past few days first."

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Heavenly Demon Pavilion

After a short rest, Gu Changyuan did not linger. He briefly instructed his ten disciples, entrusted Gu Xing'er to Tu Shan Hanyan for a few days, and then prepared to set off for the Heavenly Demon Sect.

With his abilities, all he needs to do is set up a fixed-point teleportation array in the Heavenly Demon Sect that connects with the Heavenly Demon Pavilion and the Heavenly Human Holy Land. After that, traveling between the three places will only take an instant, which will be very convenient.

Gu Changyuan nodded slightly, and with a flick of his body, he was about to transform into a streak of light and leave.

Xiang Xuanyin, who was standing to the side, quickly stepped forward:

"Master, may I travel with you? I wish to go towards Qingliang Mountain, which happens to be in the southeast direction, and it's on the same route as yours."

Gu Changyuan naturally wouldn't refuse and nodded in agreement.

The two moved at an extremely fast speed, with the mountains and rivers rushing past them and the wind whistling past their ears.

A day passes in the blink of an eye.

The two finally arrived at the border between the demon realm and the human realm. The spiritual energy here was much thinner than in the demon realm.

One can vaguely sense the blend of human warmth and demonic energy from the demon realm, creating a rather peculiar atmosphere.

On the side closer to the human realm, there lies a city, or rather, a large town.

The city walls were not high, but they were very well-maintained, and the streets were bustling with people.

"Master, this is my destination—Xuanyang City."

Xiang Xuanyin stopped and looked down at the city below.

In the center of the city, a colossal statue, tens of meters tall, stands prominently.

It was a giant, coiled, and lifelike black snake with its head held high.

The snake's eyes were inlaid with some kind of dark crystal, which gleamed in the sunlight, making it look majestic and mysterious, silently overlooking the entire city.

Gu Changyuan looked down from the air, a hint of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

This place was not unfamiliar to him.

Many years ago, this was just a remote, desolate, and almost lifeless little mountain village with only a few hundred villagers who depended on the weather for their livelihood and lived in poverty.

That year, the mountain village suffered a rare drought. For several years, there was a lack of rain. Occasionally, a light rain would fall, but for some reason, it would evaporate in an instant. The earth cracked, the crops withered, and the water source was almost cut off.

Hundreds of people are struggling to survive, starving.

Desperate villagers believed the words of a passing sorcerer and began to pray to heaven and offer sacrifices to the legendary "Dragon King" to pray for rain, but they never received any response.

At that time, Xiang Xuanyin was nothing more than an inconspicuous little black snake near the mountain village.

Although he often wandered around the mountain village, the villagers only saw him spying on them and had no intention of harming him or harboring any ill will towards him.

During this time, some desperate villagers even knelt down and worshipped it, and some naive children even shared some food with it.

One day, he accidentally swallowed a peculiar vine fruit growing under the ruins of an ancient well at the entrance of the village.

Unbeknownst to him, this seemingly ordinary fruit was the very thing that silently absorbed the moisture and earth's essence from within a radius of dozens of miles, causing the village to suffer from perennial drought.

After Xiang Xuanyin mistakenly ate it, he not only did not suffer any harm, but actually turned misfortune into good fortune.

The boundless essence and a trace of ancient energy broke through his ignorant spiritual aperture, suddenly granting him rudimentary intelligence and a weak ability to cultivate.

After gaining enlightenment, he gradually realized that the root of the village's suffering was related to himself, and he also sensed the villagers' simple despair and prayers.

As he instinctively refined the water elemental energy within his body, his physique gradually grew, and his control over the power of water became increasingly clear.

So, on a long-drought evening, a giant black snake, now several meters long, appeared in the sky above the village, attempting for the first time to mobilize the scarce water element in the world.

Dark clouds gathered, and sweet rain fell, nourishing the parched land and reviving the dying crops.

After the initial shock, the villagers were filled with ecstasy and awe.

They regarded the black snake as a "snake god" sent by heaven to save them, and spontaneously carved the first snake-shaped wooden statue, worshipping it devoutly as a deity.

However, the good times did not last long.

As the village gradually came back to life and the power of faith began to gather, the "Dragon King," who had been prayed to but never answered, finally appeared.

It was a blue dragon that had cultivated for hundreds of years. Relying on a small amount of dragon blood and faith, it barely reached the Golden Core stage and acted arrogantly in this region, proclaiming itself the "Dragon King".

The black serpent's "overreach" in manipulating the clouds and rain, and its interception of faith, angered it.

The "Dragon King" arrived with wind and thunder, declaring the black snake to be an "evil spirit" that had stolen heavenly power and that he would unleash "heavenly punishment," not only to kill the black snake but also to massacre the village as a warning to others.

Having only recently gained power, Xiang Xuanyin knew he was no match for the enemy, but unwilling to involve innocent villagers, he resolved to face the situation alone and fight to the death.

Gu Changyuan appeared, saved him, and helped him awaken his true bloodline.