Southern Domain, Nether Province, Barren Ancient Mountain Range!
At the heart of the Barren Ancient Mountain Range are numerous mutated and highly venomous beasts.
Some of the greater demons possess auras even more potent than human martial artists at the Inner Qi Realm.
Therefore, the Barren Ancient Mountain Range is also known as the forbidden zone for humans in the Southern Domain.
The Barren Ancient Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles, its vast expanse occupying one-tenth of the Great Xia's Southern Domain.
Moreover, within the Barren Ancient Mountain Range, countless demons and beasts are nurtured.
The danger within the Barren Ancient Mountain Range is so immense that even martial artists at the Inner Qi Realm dare not venture deep.
However, this Barren Ancient Mountain Range, which the world shuns and avoids, still bears traces of human habitation.
In the center of the Barren Ancient Mountain Range, amidst an unremarkable cluster of mountains, stands a majestic and towering peak.
Remarkably, at the mountain's waist, a colossal human structure is situated.
This structure is entirely constructed of wood, surrounded by towering wooden fences.
Upon closer inspection, figures can be seen moving within the wooden buildings, with many humans living inside.
However, these people all wear conspicuous white robes and white crowns.
One after another, they sit cross-legged on the ground, encircling a massive lotus platform at the center.
The lotus platform is engraved with countless blooming white lotuses.
The Pure World White Lotus Sect!
Anyone familiar with this pattern would immediately recognize these people as belonging to the Pure World White Lotus Sect.
On the lotus platform, five figures sit cross-legged—four men and one woman, all around fifty years old.
They are uniformly dressed, each with a white lotus pattern engraved on their foreheads.
Currently, they are seated around a white lotus at the center of the platform.
The white lotus is tightly closed, its slender white stem moving without any wind.
It floats eerily in the void without any support, its white petals adorned with shimmering white light.
Suddenly, the white lotus floating in the void erupts with dazzling white light, and its petals begin to tremble.
This obvious movement naturally attracts the attention of the five individuals.
"Everyone, the Holy Lotus left behind by the Guardian Lord is beginning to change!"
"Could it be that the Guardian Lord is finally about to emerge from seclusion?"
These five are the elders of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, all martial artists at the Inner Qi Realm.
The Guardian Lord they speak of is an existence at the Outer Strength Grandmaster Realm.
Under their expectant gazes, the white lotus slowly blooms.
Upon seeing this, the five immediately stand up from the lotus platform.
Then, they leap down from the lotus platform and head towards the same direction.
That is towards the top of the mountain.
Their Guardian Lord's secluded cultivation place is at the mountain's summit.
"Wu Ling is dead?"
"Is there anyone in Anzhou's White Path Prefecture capable of killing her?"
At the summit, on a futon made of stone, sits a decrepit old man.
He is clad in a white robe, with a large scar on his head, a sparse silver beard on his chin, and deeply sunken eyes in his wrinkled face.
At this moment, the old man's face is ashen, clearly disbelieving of this fact.
The old man raises a hand, with a withered white lotus floating in his palm.
Wu Ling's aura completely dissipated from this world not long ago.
Evidently, the Wu Ling he speaks of is already dead.
Otherwise, this white lotus, which contains traces of Wu Ling's life force, would never wither.
The old man is not angry about Wu Ling's death.
Although she was his disciple, the old man feels no sorrow.
For the great cause of the Holy Sect, he would not bat an eye at the death of ten thousand Wu Lings.
The old man is concerned about the Bronze Bowl artifact on Wu Ling.
That Bronze Bowl artifact was what he had specifically left for Wu Ling to release the strangeness within.
"According to the speed at which that ghostly thing inside absorbs the origin of heaven and earth, it should be about time."
"Could it be that Wu Ling died at the hands of that strange entity?"
The Wu Ling the old man speaks of is precisely the old woman killed by Lu Xuan.
"Forget it, time is short. That trash Wu Ling is not worth the Guardian's personal trip to Qingyun County."
"The Spirit Ruins Land is about to appear again. Completing the Supreme Elder's instructions is more important."
"Heh heh heh, I must thank that dog emperor Xia Mingyue, who is wishfully trying to seize the origin of the Spirit Ruins Land."
"Otherwise, with those damned guys from the Surveillance Division around, this Guardian would not dare to leave this Barren Ancient Mountain Range."
"This time, the Spirit Ruins Land will be the best opportunity for our Holy Sect."
"If the origin of the Spirit Ruins Land falls into our Holy Sect's hands,"
"Then the martial artists of the entire Great Xia Dynasty will be blood sacrifices to the Holy Mother."
"By then, all the suffering of the masses will completely become a thing of the past, leaving only the final Pure Land!"
"That is the only Pure Land belonging to our Holy Sect!"
The old man's eyes gleam with a faint white light, as if he becomes strangely devout when he mentions the Holy Mother.
At this moment, below the mountain peak, five figures face the steep and treacherous cliffs, seemingly oblivious to the danger, walking on the cliffs as if on flat ground.
"Greetings, Guardian Lord!"
After discovering the old man, the five figures perform the same action, kowtowing and paying their respects.
"Nether Province, heh heh heh, release all three White Lotus Holy Envoys for this Guardian, and leave the Barren Valley Mountain Range together with this Guardian."
"Our Holy Sect has been hiding for so many years, letting these blood sacrifices live for so long. It's time for them to feel our pain."
Qingyun County Town!
After dealing with the old woman, Lu Xuan returned to the Lu family without stopping along the way.
Host: Lu Xuan
Realm: Outer Strength Grandmaster (Great Accomplishment)
Cultivation Methods: Sky Burning Saber Technique 1/9, Flowing Light Footwork 1/9 (can be deduced), Vajra Undying 3/9 (can be deduced).
Points: 860
Please confirm whether to consume 400 points to deduce Flowing Light Footwork!
Please confirm whether to consume 90 points to deduce Vajra Undying!
A so-called White Lotus Holy Envoy and a White Lotus Blood Infant brought Lu Xuan 360 system points.
The strength of this White Lotus Blood Infant is similar to that of the White Lotus Blood Infant at Lotus Birth Temple.
Therefore, this White Lotus Blood Infant is estimated to provide Lu Xuan with around 60 system points.
And that so-called White Lotus Holy Envoy should be around 300 points.
"Tsk, Pure World White Lotus Sect, these demonic people..."
"It's a pity, if only I could find the Pure World White Lotus Sect's lair."
"The Pure World White Lotus Sect's lair definitely has monsters stronger than the White Lotus Holy Envoy."
Lu Xuan, seeing that a White Lotus Holy Envoy provided him with 300 system points, revealed a hint of fervor in his eyes.
