Chapter 2174 - 1905: The End of the Line

Chapter 2174: Chapter 1905: The End of the Line

Song Yun and He Sui quickly returned to the Four Symbols Dragon Trapping Formation hall along the Longxuan Sect passage.

The hall was silent, and Song Yun observed the footprints on the ground. Judging from the distribution of the footprints, no one should have been here since. Nine Stars, Nie Wushuang, Lang Xiaoran, and others left Xia Palace through Passage No. 7.

After rotating the trapped dragon pillar and closing the Longxuan Sect gate, Song Yun said to He Sui, "What are your plans? Returning to Taohuayuan?"

"Yes, once I’m out of the Daxia Ruins, I’ll immediately head back to Taohuayuan." He Sui nodded and added, "Don’t worry, I will help you conceal the deaths of He Tiansheng and He Ji. They were not significant figures in the He Family, so no one will investigate. And I won’t tell the family about your possession of the spiritual artifact either."

Song Yun smiled. He had already anticipated that He Sui would do this.

He handed the wooden token obtained from He Tiansheng to He Sui. "Here, this is for you. Otherwise, you can’t return to Taohuayuan."

He Sui received the token. "To activate the Reverse Locking Array, this token is necessary. There are many tokens, but someone like me from the lower ranks doesn’t have one. This is borrowed by my grandfather from the family head. Oh, my grandfather is the family head’s personal servant."

Song Yun asked, "By the way, where exactly is Taohuayuan? Can you tell me about the situation in Taohuayuan?"

He Sui nodded and said, "Taohuayuan is actually within the Azure Dragon Mountain Range, but it’s concealed by an array and only has one entrance and exit through the Reverse Locking Array. Of course, if someone is strong enough to break the hidden array, they can enter and leave Taohuayuan. But there shouldn’t be anyone that strong."

"The spiritual energy in Taohuayuan is much richer than outside, and cultivation speed is significantly faster. Plus, the resources within Taohuayuan are more abundant, whether in cultivation techniques or martial arts; there are plenty. Hence, the cultivators in Taohuayuan generally surpass those outside by far."

"For instance, people like me, He Tiansheng, He Ji, are considered the lowest within Taohuayuan, but our levels outside would be top-tier. Therefore, people in Taohuayuan tend to look down on outside cultivators and generally are unwilling to interact with them, rarely going outside, as everyone focuses on cultivation within Taohuayuan."

"As far as I know, the highest level in Taohuayuan has reached Core Formation, whether it’s initial or middle-stage, someone like me wouldn’t know. But our family head in the He Family is indeed in the middle-stage of Core Formation, and I’ve heard from my grandfather that there are people even stronger than the family head in the He Family, they just don’t show themselves."

"As for others in the He Family, most of the older generation are in the Enlightenment Realm, while the younger generation is primarily in Foundation Establishment, with one or two reaching Enlightenment, considered genius and receiving significant support from the family. Someone my age still in the sss-level has no prospects and is essentially abandoned by the family. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here at the Daxia Ruins."

At this point, He Sui let out a bitter smile and continued, "You see, after so many years, sites like these outside, with genuine value, have already been explored. So, despite the Daxia Ruins entrance opening, people in Taohuayuan are unwilling to visit, leaving the opportunity to me. Otherwise, the Beast Spirit Clan and yourselves are no match for those Foundation Establishment practitioners."

Look down on the Daxia Ruins, huh? Those people don’t know that something like the Ten Thousand Demon Order is suppressed here.

Otherwise, they would swarm in.

Those arrogant guys leave you to pretend, while the good things end up benefiting me.

Song Yun smirked and then thought about what He Sui said regarding the situation in the He Family, even young disciples reaching Foundation Establishment, much stronger than the Hermit Realm.

No wonder they don’t come outside, they’re on a different level entirely.

Still, Song Yun will eventually visit Taohuayuan because Master Yin Xi has been there, and he wants to explore it, hoping to find someone who knows Master Yin Xi’s origin.

Of course, entering Taohuayuan now with his current level would be suicidal.

So he has to quickly enhance his strength, at least reaching Enlightenment.

Returning his thoughts, Song Yun looked at He Sui, and asked again, "Apart from the He Family, are there other families in Taohuayuan?"

He Sui replied, "Taohuayuan isn’t too big or too small, there are many families, but the strongest are the five major families: Zhou, Xuan, He, Huang, and Cao. These five families openly cooperate but have constant minor conflicts amongst each other. Generally speaking, people in Taohuayuan maintain stability while also competing with one another."

"As for the higher-level matters, I’m not clear, but currently, the He Family is considered one of the stronger families among the five, only second to the Xuan Family. However, the He Family has produced a genius, the family head’s son He Dui, who at just twenty-nine years old has already reached the Middle Stage of Enlightenment. As long as nothing goes wrong, he will surely lead the He Family to become the strongest family in Taohuayuan."

Song Yun was not interested in He Dui, and he asked, "By the way, I heard He Tiansheng mention something about a spirit land, what does that mean?"

He Sui explained, "Spirit land refers to places where spiritual energy converges between heaven and earth, mostly hidden by arrays by ancient people, almost entirely disconnected from the outside world. It is said that during the ancient times, Earth was abundant with spiritual energy, but for unknown reasons, the spiritual energy became scarce, which led to the concept of spirit land."