Chapter 313 - 270-271: Return to Red Cloud, Old Friends

Chapter 313: Chapter 270-271: Return to Red Cloud, Old Friends

A streak of light flashed across the azure sky.

"I didn’t think I’d run into them again."

Xu Chang’an mused from within his escape light.

A team of nine—three Core Formation Zhenrens and six Foundation Establishment Cultivators—and he had killed seven of them in one go.

If Mo Li returned to his Sect, he would surely be questioned.

He had left a trace of his Primordial Spirit Power inside the Jade Pendant.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Cyan Yang Immortal Sect would understand upon seeing it and wouldn’t hold Mo Li responsible.

From the Netherworld to Canglan, from Canglan to Cyan Yang. He had wandered the Red Dust, comprehending his cultivation, for sixty years now.

Now, Xu Chang’an was preparing to return to the Red Cloud Mountain Range.

From Late-stage Core Formation back then, to Early-stage Divinity Transformation now!

Over one hundred and sixty years had passed!

He still had many old friends in the Red Cloud Mountain Range, and he wanted to go back and see them.

Yu Ruyan, Xiong Da, Cheng Mengying, Jin Ling’Er...

After so many years, perhaps most of his friends had already reached the end of their lifespans and passed away.

But no matter what, he had to go back and see.

’Over a hundred years...!’

Xu Chang’an’s gaze was profound as he traveled by escape light.

...

「Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm, Red Cloud Mountain Range, Langlang Mountain.」

Over a hundred years ago, the Human Race Cultivators launched a massive invasion, drastically changing the situation in the Red Cloud Mountain Range.

The overlord of the mountain range, Red Cloud Mountain, along with many other powers like Sleeping Ox Mountain and Snake and Scorpion Cave, were all annihilated!

The Human Race was dominant. The Xuanwu Pavilion and the Yanyue Sect joined forces, pressuring both the Thundering Mountain Range and the Red Cloud Mountain Range.

The future of the demons in the two mountain ranges was bleak, their demon paths uncertain, and their hearts filled with panic.

It was at this critical moment that the Peacock King of Peacock Mountain, with her Late-stage Core Formation cultivation, fought against a Nascent Soul Realm Great Cultivator!

They engaged in magical combat for several hundred rounds, evenly matched!

Then, the Peacock King unleashed her Five-Colored Divine Light, and the Xuanwu Pavilion’s Nascent Soul True Monarch fell!

With the life of a Nascent Soul True Monarch Great Cultivator, the Peacock King established her supreme renown!

Defying the odds, she had decisively slain a Nascent Soul True Monarch!

After slaying the Nascent Soul True Monarch, the Peacock King showed no signs of fatigue and still had power to spare, going on to suppress and kill several Core Formation Zhenrens in succession.

With that, the crisis of Red Cloud was instantly resolved!

In the ten years that followed, the Peacock King underwent Pill Formation and Infant Formation, stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm!

After stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm, the Peacock King displayed even more supreme, domineering power.

With her absolutely superior combat strength, she traveled alone into the heartland of the Human Race to battle their Nascent Soul Cultivators.

After this battle, all the human Nascent Soul Cultivators perished!

If not for the Human Race’s Ancestral Hall dispatching several Nascent Soul True Monarchs to support the Xuan Yue Cultivation Realm, the human heartland would have long been overrun by hordes of demons!

But even so, all the lost territories of the Red Cloud Mountain Range were reclaimed.

In the hundred-plus years since, the Peacock King advanced with unstoppable momentum, breaking through to the Mid-stage and then Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm.

Today, the Peacock King is already a Late-stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator, her combat power far surpassing others of the same realm, her might suppressing several neighboring cultivation realms.

According to rumors, the Demon Race Holy Hall intended to invite the Peacock King to join them as a Supreme Elder, but she refused.

Due to the delicate balance between the Demon Race and the Human Race, the Red Cloud Mountain Range has not expanded aggressively in these years.

However, within the Cultivation Realm, the status of the Demon Race has been rising day by day.

Taking this opportunity, Langlang Mountain expanded significantly.

The Langlang Mountain of today boasts a top-tier Great Demon at Late-stage Foundation Establishment, as well as several other Foundation Establishment Great Demons.

It occupies nearly a quarter of the largest nearby Marketplace, Lujiao Mountain.

Its influence is so great that it has even surpassed the original Lujiao Mountain.

Having not returned for many years, on this day, Xu Chang’an once again ascended Langlang Mountain.

He walked up the mountain slowly, step by step, like an idle demon admiring the scenery.

He walked along the mountain path as Little Demons from Langlang Mountain passed by, but not a single one could detect his presence.

The Spirit Plant Garden, Spirit Field Valley, Pinglang Valley, Wave Valley, the Library Hall, the Mountain Patrol Hall, the Merit Hall, the Law Enforcement Hall, Hundred Arts Peak, Elder Peak...

Xu Chang’an walked on slowly.

’Xiong Da is dead...’

Xu Chang’an slowly closed his eyes.

The face and smile of that simple-minded oaf seemed to flash before his eyes.

Xiong Da never broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, so his lifespan was limited.

He had passed away over sixty years ago.

In his entire life, Xiong Da never left behind any offspring.

However, the vast majority of the Little Demons on Langlang Mountain had received his teachings.

The Demon Path is long. Friends from the past will eventually fade away, becoming mere passersby in one’s life.

’I should go check on the Golden Yuan Cave.’

...

Inside the Golden Yuan Cave, a woman was seated on a stone chair, listening to reports from several Sequence Elders beside her.

The woman wore a long, golden dress. Her figure was graceful and her face was lovely, just as it had been all those years ago.

But time had still left its mark on her.

Without forming an Inner Core, one could never truly take on a human form!

Her current appearance was merely an illusion technique!

After more than two hundred years, Jin Ling’Er had, after all, grown old.

Xu Chang’an stood beside the woman, looking at her on the stone chair.

He just stood there quietly, seemingly making no effort to conceal himself.

Yet, not a single demon within the cave could perceive him.

"Hundred Flowers Mountain is showing interest in getting closer to us, so send some demons to make more contact. However, be mindful of your attitude. Don’t be too arrogant or domineering! We don’t want the demons on Hundred Flowers Mountain to become resentful of us."

"Prioritize giving the newly acquired Foundation Establishment Pill to the Fifth Elder. He applied for a Foundation Establishment Pill several times before without success. He has rendered a great service this time, so it should be his turn."

"As for the expansion of Hundred Arts Peak, we’ll discuss it tomorrow when the other Great Kings and all the Sequence Elders are present."

"..."

Jin Ling’Er addressed the Sequence Elders beside her one by one.

"Also...

I approve of the Elixir Shop’s expansion and the opening of a branch. The name of the new branch will be..."

For a moment, Jin Ling’Er seemed to be in a daze.

"The Gray Mouse Elixir Shop."

"Yes, Great King."

A Sequence Elder at her side responded.

As the matters were reported, Jin Ling’Er made her decisions one by one.