Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 802 - 573: Return to Nanyang, Dragon Palace’s Invitation_2

Chapter 802: Chapter 573: Return to Nanyang, Dragon Palace’s Invitation_2

He took out a jade slip and placed it on the desk beside Ye Jiu.

Then he bowed his hands in farewell and walked out of the grand hall.

"How come you go out once and come back just as distant?"

Deng Xiangjun looked curiously at Ji Jingxi. Shen Yi had left in such a hurry before, but in the end, he returned with Sister Ji. He had thought the two had a decent relationship.

Before waiting for an answer, he looked at the jade slip on the desk: "What is this?"

Ye Jiu picked it up and glanced at it, then frowned, "A communication treasure for contacting the Ban Shan Sect Master? What, does Ban Shan Sect really intend to fight to the death with Dragon Palace alongside us?"

At this point, he couldn’t help but laugh to himself.

Following the Seven Sons of Hong, one only gets a beating without the chance to feast on the rewards.

Yet Ji Jingxi cast her gaze sideways and said, "That Daoist Huang stated that all cultivators of Ban Shan’s two great treasure lands, including himself and the Sub-sect Master, are at Sect Master Shen’s disposal."

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall quickly fell into silence.

Ye Jiu’s smile had not yet faded when he looked at the jade slip in his hand and suddenly felt it grow hotter to the touch.

In front of him, the Ban Shan Sect Master was certainly not considered a strong figure.

But the action of entrusting one’s life and fortune to another was imbued with a trust that even he found palpable.

Even if Shen Yi were Daoist Huang’s long-lost father, it would not be enough for a sect master to make such a decision.

The Ling Yun and Bi Hai Sect Masters, who had lower cultivation and less interaction with Shen Yi, were even more astonished at this moment.

Don’t forget, Sister Ji didn’t say they were at the disposal of the Seven Sons of Hong, but mentioned Shen Yi alone, indicating that this matter had nothing to do with the Seven Sons and was solely due to the face of the Nanyang Sect Master.

How... how could a cultivator of another sect trust Shen Yi more than they, the people of the Alliance Sects?

"Huh."

Ye Jiu took a deep breath, lifted the jade slip, and tentatively asked, "So we fight?"

The other Sect Masters looked over with peculiar expressions.

Even if Ban Shan Sect’s action was indeed shocking, adding these two Earth Realm cultivators would at best give the Seven Sons a bit more ease against the sinister schemes of Dragon Palace, but it wouldn’t be enough to be decisive.

"I was just asking."

Ye Jiu withdrew the jade slip, and the reason he asked the question was actually more because of Shen Yi himself.

To be able to earn such trust from a Unity Realm Stage cultivator, this lad must have something extraordinary about him.

And why did the other party give the jade slip specifically to him and not the other Sect Masters?

Could it be that Sect Master Shen’s thoughts were more aligned with his own?

...

Nanyang Treasure Land.

Li Qingfeng and Xuan Qing had long been standing in front of Ancestral Master Hall to welcome him, and without needing to see with their eyes, as soon as the figure in the dark robe stepped into the treasure land, the entirety of heaven and earth celebrated with him.

"He’s back."

Xuan Qing, sensing the change in the air of heaven and earth, respectfully performed a disciple’s salute towards the horizon.

Although their realms were slightly lower, they were individually taking on the responsibilities of Daozi and Great Elder, keeping the whole treasure land in perfect order.

"So busy... I still wanted to report back to the Sect Master on how the other Alliance Sects have taken care of us these days."

Even though Li Qingfeng couldn’t perceive the changes in the air, he could infer from Elder Xuan Qing’s actions that the Sect Master had already left.

The current Nanyang Sect didn’t have the strength to shelter vassals, and for self-protection, they had to rely on the help of the Alliance Sects.

He remembered when the Sect Master had just returned to the Void, he could take him out of the sect to "attend banquets"; as the Sect Master’s realm rose higher and higher, it seemed like no one in the treasure land could keep pace with him.

However, apart from the Sect Master, everyone else’s days seemed to become more and more peaceful.

In Hongze water and land, peace is what every cultivator aspires to, and everyone knows how this peace comes.

"The Sect Master is aware and will certainly not mistreat the Alliance Sect."

Xuan Qing turned and went back into Ancestral Master Hall. He was perhaps the person among the Seven Sons who understood Shen Yi the most, even harboring thoughts of falling out with immortals for his sake. The small contributions from the uncles now would probably be the most cost-effective deal of their lives.

"..."

Shen Yi arrived at the most familiar mountain peak and paused for a moment.

To his surprise, a majestic hall had appeared on the once-empty mountaintop, surrounded by tranquility. Wisp of incense smoke wafted within, inducing a calming effect on the mind and spirit.

Only a few disciples responsible for the incense, upon seeing Shen Yi, restrained their excitement, bowed respectfully, and dared not disturb any longer, neatly exiting the cultivation hall.

Compared to these disciples, the last figure in a simple dark robe looked not much shocked at the sight of the legendary figure but was filled with deep reminiscence.

"Not cultivating, but here to add incense?"

Shen Yi, uncharacteristically halting his hurried pace, paused for a brief moment.

"Reporting..."

The woman in the dark robe respectfully bowed her hands, and before she could finish speaking, she saw Shen Yi slightly raise his eyebrows.

She pursed her lips with a warm smile in her eyes and then gently lowered her hands. Despite still looking slightly nervous in her expressions, she maintained the casual demeanor she had when Shen Yi first saw her at Creek Terrace Mountain.

"I’ve been diligently cultivating, but when I think of you, I can’t help coming over to take a look."

Although a Divinity Transformation Realm disciple, in the face of a Sect Master at the pinnacle of the Earth Realm, there was a world-apart gap between them. But as long as Shen Yi allowed it, she was still Jiang Qiu Lan, the silent girl who never feared to express her thoughts.

"..."

Shen Yi pondered for a moment and took off a gold bracelet from his wrist.

Seeing this, the girl stepped back slightly, then shook her head. She didn’t say anything about refusing, but instead held a smile, hesitated briefly, and asked the question she’d been longing to ask but never had the opportunity,