Chapter 672: Chapter 6: Gaze Confrontation, The Mountain of Xihua Chapter 672: Chapter 6: Gaze Confrontation, The Mountain of Xihua Having taken Guan Zhan down from Green Bamboo Peak and seeing that he still wore an expression of utter despair, Qiu Changtian felt compelled to persuade him to relinquish his obsessions.
However, upon further thought, there is a saying, “Do not know thy neighbor’s troubles, persuade not thy neighbor to be virtuous.”
Being fair, if he himself were to face a similar predicament and someone came forward advising him to “abandon the butcher’s knife” and “become a Buddha on the spot,” he would definitely send that person to meet the Western Paradise first.
“Shushan won’t trouble you any further,” Qiu Changtian sighed, “Junior Brother, you should head back to Kunlun for now.”
“Oh, and just to be safe, do not travel across the plateau.
Take a detour through Guanzhong and Qishan.”
“Mm,” Guan Zhan nodded in silence, then departed with sword control, saying nothing more.
Qiu Changtian returned to his residence in Shushan and recounted the events to Xu Yinglian.
Having listened in shock, Xu Yinglian also sighed:
“I never expected such a thing… But then again, our Xu Family of Southern Heaven has its fair share of dark secrets, and it seems almost inevitable for a great clan to produce a few degenerates bereft of morals.”
Hearing Xu Yinglian refer to Elder Leng Quan as a “degenerate,” Qiu Changtian spontaneously agreed.
In reality, although he did not approve of the other’s actions, he could understand why one might commit such deeds-frankly, it was because, in the perpetrator’s heart, there was something more important than spouse and children.
Alas, that considered, perhaps when he betrays Kunlun one day, Junior Sister will look at him with hatred and label him as a “morally degraded degenerate,” too.
At that thought, Qiu Changtian felt an inexplicable sense of depression and sorrow.
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Yet, his reasons were entirely different; he was trying to mend the heavens, to save the world, which was nothing like Elder Leng Quan who had killed his own family for the sake of his cultivation!
Qiu Changtian took some time to mentally prepare himself again before he finally brought up the pressing matter:
“Junior Sister, our journey to the Golden Que Secret Realm this time, I sense it won’t go too smoothly-we must also beware of the Demon Cult making a move.”
“Does Senior Brother worry that the Demon Cult is aware of these matters?” Xu Yinglian frowned and asked, “Looking at the operation this time by Shushan, the secrecy obviously has been incredibly strict.
Even you and I, as representatives of Kunlun’s allies, are still unaware of the location of the Golden Que Secret Realm.
How could the Demon Cult possibly come to know?”
Who knows where the Nether Ghost Path got their information from… Qiu Changtian could not explain, merely shaking his head:
“Regardless, it’s best to be cautious.”
Although Xu Yinglian did not understand, since her husband had said as much, she took it as “caution never leads to disaster” and quietly remained on guard.
On the day appointed by the Jade Capital Sect Leader, Qiu Changtian, Xu Yinglian, and Luo Baiyuan arrived at the Tianji Square atop the Emei Golden Summit.
Glancing around, aside from a few Shushan elders who were leading the group, there were about a dozen more people present-all top-notch Golden Core True Persons with outstanding potential from the Three Pure Orthodox Sect.
Among them, Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu from Shushan, Luo Yan and Shi Liuli from Penglai were all conspicuously present, causing Qiu Changtian to be filled with emotion.
The great Three Pure Orthodox Sect selected top-tier True Persons of the Golden Core generation, and together my wives and I actually made up half their number.
???G?.??
It was simply preposterous!
Once nearly everyone had gathered, the Jade Capital Sect Leader took out a magical treasure in the form of a boat, threw it into the air where it immediately expanded to a hundred zhang in length, and signaled for the Golden Core True Persons of the Orthodox Sect to board.
Upon closer inspection, Qiu Changtian realized it was actually a Heavenly Craft Workshop product, with many features reminiscent of Elder Shi Ding’s style, which was truly remarkable.
En route on the treasure boat, he discreetly counted the number of people again: twelve Golden Core True Persons in total, with three from Kunlun, six from Shushan, and three from Penglai.
From Kunlun were Senior Sister Luo, himself, and Junior Sister Xu.
From Penglai, aside from Luo Yan and Shi Liuli, there was also Tian Lan True Person, at the Obscure Weave Rank of the Golden Core Realm, mainly proficient in the way of Talisman Scripts-although Luo Yan did not know her well, he recognized that she was on the verge of reaching the Nascent Infant Cultivation Realm.
The six from Shushan included Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu, as well as Jinghua, Miaodan, Shi Yuan, and Tian Qi-four more Golden Core True Persons.
Among them, the cultivator with the highest cultivation realm was Jinghua True Person, who was also at the Obscure Weave Rank of the Golden Core Realm, and was someone they had dealt with before-when she was at the Foundation Establishment Realm and entered the Demon Locking Tower, it was this Golden Core True Person who was responsible for leading the team, a direct and close disciple from the line of the Jade Capital Sect Leader.
From this, it became quite clear what the principle behind the team’s makeup was:
Whether it was Kunlun, Shushan, or Penglai, each had dispatched their strongest cultivator at the Obscure Weave Rank of the Golden Core Realm to lead the team.
In other words, the Golden Que Secret Realm probably didn’t allow cultivators outside the Golden Core Realm to enter, hence this team configuration.
Qiu Changtian silently calculated, then noticed the cultivators from the three sects gathering in their respective groups, showing no intention of mingling or making conversation with each other.
This was somewhat odd, because it wasn’t often that cultivators from the three sects gathered openly, and normally they would seize such occasions to get to know each other better.
Why was everyone exhibiting such a wary stance?
Could it be that, within the Golden Que Secret Realm, the three sects were going to compete against each other?
Well, one couldn’t rule out that possibility.
Because they were worried about the presence of spies from the Demon Cult, the cultivators from the three sects had been strictly ordered by their superiors not to share information with each other, which explained this clear division…
“Excuse me,” Luo Baiyuan came to his side and asked in a low voice, “Aren’t you going to stop them, Junior Brother Changgeng?”
“Ah?” Qiu Changtian was startled, “Stop what?”
“It’s about Junior Sister Qiong Ying and Jiao Xiao True Person,” Luo Baiyuan quietly pointed out.
Qiu Changtian looked closely and saw that Xu Yinglian was standing behind him, her gaze, however, did not glance his way at all, but was fixed intently and sharply on the opposing An Zhisu.
An Zhisu held her sword with both hands, her expression cold as she looked back, likewise without the hint of a blink-beside her, Ling Yunpo looked speechless as he tugged at her sleeve, seemingly trying to persuade her of something, but to no apparent avail.
The combustible atmosphere between the two was so intense that other cultivators sensing something amiss didn’t dare approach, lest they get caught in the conflict.
“Hey!” Qiu Changtian quickly lowered his voice, “Junior Sister, what are you doing?”
“Don’t talk,” Xu Yinglian continued staring at An Zhisu, squeezing out the words through clenched teeth, “She’ll lose soon.”
Huh?
Were they playing a game of “whoever looks away first, loses”?
How embarrassing!
Although he also didn’t want to get involved in such a childish feud, Qiu Changtian was still Xu Yinglian’s Daoist Companion and couldn’t just watch his wife and someone from Shushan go on bickering-in case the Jade Capital Sect Leader saw them, it would be troublesome.
So just as he was about to pull away Junior Sister Xu, regardless of the consequences, he suddenly saw An Zhisu snort and turn her head away.
It was Shi Liuli, who had struck up a conversation with her, forcing her to break off the staring contest.
Good job, Miss Shi!
Qiu Changtian then breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly caught a glimpse of the massive mountain range slowly approaching in the distance ahead of the treasure ship.
Xihua Mountain, second only to the Kunlun Heavenly Pillar in height, was the second tallest peak in the entire Divine Land-a legend from ancient times claimed that the Western Queen Mother had built her palace here, hence this peak was once called “Kunlun.”
It was just that later, the name of Kunlun was taken by a mountain range farther north, and Xihua Mountain’s fame also quickly dwindled.
Moreover, its location was so remote that it might not receive visitors for tens of thousands of years.
If the Golden Que Secret Realm was indeed here…
Qiu Changtian held his breath and concentrated, gazing towards the sky above Xihua Mountain.
However, other than the clear blue sky, there was no shadow of any physical structure to be seen.
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