Southern Domain Nether State, Desolate Ancient Mountain Range!

At the center of the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range, there are a large number of mutant beasts and venomous creatures.

Among them, the aura of some great beasts is even stronger than martial artists in the Inner Qi Realm.

Therefore, the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range is also known as the human forbidden zone in the Southern Domain.

The Desolate Ancient Mountain Range stretches for thousands of miles in length and covers an area that occupies one-tenth of the Southern Domain of Great Xia.

Moreover, within the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range, there is a vast multitude of beasts.

Even martial artists in the Inner Qi Realm dare not venture deep into the treacherous Desolate Ancient Mountain Range.

Yet, despite the fear and avoidance this place induces in people, there are still traces of human habitation in the Desolate Ancient Mountain Range.

In the center of the Desolate Valley Mountain Range, amidst an unremarkable cluster of mountains, stands a towering peak.

At the waist of this peak, there lies an enormous human structure.

This structure is entirely composed of wood, surrounded by tall wooden barriers on all sides.

Looking closely, amidst the wooden buildings, human figures can be seen; many people live within.

These people are all dressed in conspicuous white robes, with white hats atop their heads.

One after another, they sit cross-legged on the ground surrounding a large central Lotus Platform.

The Lotus Platform is adorned with numerous blooming white lotus flowers.

Pure World White Lotus Sect!

If someone familiar with this symbol were here, they would immediately recognize that these are people from the Pure World White Lotus Sect.

Sitting cross-legged on the Lotus Platform are five people, four men and one woman, all around fifty years old.

They are dressed uniformly, with a white lotus flower symbol etched on their foreheads.

Currently, they are sitting around the center of the Lotus Platform, where rests a white lotus flower.

The white lotus is tightly closed, its slender white stem moving without wind.

It floats eerily in the void, without any support, with white light twinkling on its petals.

At this moment, the white lotus floating in the void suddenly bursts into dazzling white light, and its petals begin to tremble.

The obvious commotion naturally captures the attention of the five people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Holy Lotus left by the Guardian Lord years ago has begun to change!"

"Could it be that the Guardian Lord is finally coming out of retreat?"

These five are indeed elders of the Pure World White Lotus Sect, all martial artists in the Inner Qi Realm.

The Guardian Lord they speak of is an existence in the Outer Gang Grandmaster Realm.

As they watch with eager eyes, the white lotus slowly begins to bloom.

Seeing this, the five of them immediately stand up from the Lotus Platform.

Then, the five figures leap down from the Lotus Platform, moving in unison toward the same direction.

It is the direction of the mountaintop.

The place where their Guardian Lord is in retreat is at the top of the mountain.

"Wo Ling is dead?"

"Is there anyone in Anzhou White Dao Prefecture who could have killed her?"

At the mountaintop, on a stone-built mat, sits a man old and frail.

The man wears a white robe, with a large scar atop his head, sparse silver beard on his chin, and deeply sunken eyes in his wrinkled face.

At this moment, the old man’s face is ashen, evidently unable to believe the fact.

The old man raises a hand, with a withered white lotus flower suspended in his palm.

The aura from Wo Ling had completely vanished from this world not long ago.

Clearly, the Wo Ling he mentions has already died.

Otherwise, this white lotus flower, bearing Wo Ling’s life essence, would never wither.

The old man is not angered by Wo Ling’s death.

Although she was his own disciple, the old man shows no sadness.

For the great undertaking of the Holy Sect, he wouldn’t even blink at the death of ten thousand Wo Lings.

The old man mourns for the bronze bowl spiritual artifact on Wo Ling.

That bronze bowl spiritual artifact was specifically reserved for Wo Ling, used to release the mystery within.

"According to the speed at which that strange entity inside absorbs the essence of the world, it should be around the time."

"Did Wo Ling fall to that eerie presence?"

Wo Ling, as the old man mentioned, is indeed the old woman Lu Xuan had slain.

"Forget it, time is running out. Wo Ling, this worthless being, isn’t worth my personal trip to Qingyun County." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"The Spirit Ruins are soon to emerge, completing the Supreme Elder’s instructions is paramount."

"Heh heh heh, much thanks to Xia Mingyue, that dog emperor, with delusions of greed, attempts to seize the essence of the Spirit Ruins."

"Otherwise, with those damned officials at the Observatory around, I wouldn’t dare leave this Desolate Ancient Mountain Range."

"This time around at the Spirit Ruins, will be the greatest opportunity for our Holy Sect."

"If the essence of the Spirit Ruins falls to our Holy Sect..."

"Then the martial artists of the entire Great Xia Dynasty will become sacrificial offerings of blood to the Holy Mother."

"By then, all suffering of the world will be thoroughly past, leaving only the last pure land!"

"That pure land belongs solely to our Holy Sect!"

The old man’s eyes emit a faint white light, seemingly becoming bizarrely devout upon mentioning the Holy Mother.

At this time, below the mountaintop, five figures face the precipitous, treacherous cliff, as if oblivious, treading freely upon it.

"Greetings to the Guardian Lord!"

The five figures see the old man, and with synchronized movements, bow and kneel.

"Nether State, heh heh heh, release all three of my White Lotus Envoys, and leave the Desolate Valley Mountain Range with me."

"Our Holy Sect has lurked in the shadows for so many years, allowing these sacrifices to go on living for so long. It’s time they feel our pain."

Qingyun County!

After dealing with that old woman, Lu Xuan took a nonstop journey back to the Lu Family.

Host: Lu Xuan

Realm: Outer Gang Grandmaster (Perfection)

Cultivation Technique: Heaven-Burning Saber Skill 1/9, Streamlight Step Skill 1/9 (Can deduce), Vajra Indestructible 3/9 (Can deduce).

Points: 860

Host, please confirm if you wish to consume 400 points to deduce Streamlight Step Skill!

Host, please confirm if you wish to consume 90 points to deduce Vajra Indestructible!

The so-called White Lotus 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 one at Lian Sheng Temple.

Hence, this White Lotus Blood Infant likely provided Lu Xuan with around 60 system points.

And the so-called White Lotus Envoy should be around 300 points.

"Tsk, these freaks from the Pure World White Lotus Sect..."

"What a pity, if only I could find the nest of the Pure World White Lotus Sect."

"The nest of the Pure World White Lotus Sect surely has monsters stronger than the White Lotus Envoy."

Seeing that a single White Lotus Envoy provided him with 300 system points, Lu Xuan’s eyes reveal a hint of fervor.