Chapter 169: Chapter 113: Ming Yu, You Must Stay Resolute (Part 2)

He thought that sending out the blood puppet would ensure success, but he greatly underestimated someone like Primordial Monarch Taixu.

Outside the valley, as soon as the Monarch personally took action, Lady Baihua urgently ordered people to restart the "live broadcast".

Therefore, the cultivators from Dieyi Workshop all saw the moment the Monarch took action. Their original resentment quickly turned into amazement, while the Wuyou Valley disciples timely explained the background and consequences.

Thus, this relatively small crisis was finally resolved.

Although after the banquet is over, there might still be some unpleasant rumors circulating, it can’t be avoided.

At least, fortunately, the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable had long died, so Wuyou Valley couldn’t possibly conspire with a dead person.

...

With the events coming to a temporary halt, Xu Xiaoxiao, Qingqing, Su Yu, and the others were still discussing.

Chu Xuan glanced at the increasingly worried expression on Pei Shurou’s face and transmitted a question to Gu Haitang:

"What’s the name of that Pei Zhenren? Does she have a title?"

Gu Haitang was more alert upon hearing this, "Why are you asking again?"

Chu Xuan replied helplessly, "Didn’t I see her almost fainting earlier? I’m just curious."

Actually, Haitang found it strange too why Zhenren Pei had such a strong reaction. After hesitating, she responded:

"Pei Shurou, titled [Yun Ni]."

Yun Ni Fairy, Yun Xia Fairy, they differ by only one character, aligning with Chu Xuan’s previous suspicions.

Back at East Immortal Pavilion, he once heard a loose cultivator boastfully claim that years ago, the Celestial Evil Demon Venerable captured the ancestor of a righteous sect, fed them a Rejuvenation Pill, and then committed atrocity, before releasing them.

Originally, neither Chu Xuan nor Qingqing believed it, but unexpectedly, the loose cultivator was promptly captured by East Immortal Pavilion’s enforcement cultivators, who arrived very quickly and efficiently.

From that moment on, Chu Xuan had a vague suspicion but he truly believed he wasn’t that beastly, and there was likely a legitimate reason for it.

Perhaps it was merely a small experiment before implementing the grand revival plan, which didn’t necessarily involve actually harming the other party.

But now, Chu Xuan was no longer confident. Look at Yun Ni Fairy’s post-traumatic stress reaction, are you still trying to deny it!

Oh, and the biggest backer behind East Immortal Pavilion is precisely the Purple Heaven Jade Mansion, and even the Pavilion Master comes from Purple Heaven, adding more evidence...

It’s over, completely over. Chu Xuan’s feelings were complex, and now, he didn’t know how to face the "victim".

"Oh, right," Chu Xuan suddenly remembered something and cautiously asked, "Was Pei Zhenren previously an old lady?"

Gu Haitang found this odd, "What old lady? She still is now."

"No, I mean, did she once maintain the image of a white-haired old woman for some time?"

Haitang slightly shook her head, "Totally never heard of it, why are you so interested in her?"

"Nothing, nothing." Chu Xuan quickly denied.

He thought to himself: Haitang is, after all, a junior, so it’s normal not to know secrets from six or seven hundred years ago. Presumably, Yun Ni Fairy never reverted afterward.

...

On the scene, after Lady Baihua reassured the guests, the next phase finally began as she clapped her hands.

Immediately, flocks of white cranes flew across the sky, each bird carrying a flower basket in its beak, with unknown cyan jade fruits in the baskets.

The white cranes circled down to the field, each platform receiving a basket with Spirit Fruits matching the number of people, one per person, no more, no less.

Chu Xuan casually picked one up, finding the cyan jade fruit slightly glowing, feeling cool and comfortable like a piece of cold jade in his hand.

"Everyone, this fruit is named [Cyan Jade Soul Nourishing Fruit], sourced from the Cyan Jade Origin Blessed Land of our sect, naturally born from a heavenly Spirit Root."

"Once consumed, this fruit can nourish the cultivator’s soul and even heal soul wounds to a certain extent, quite precious."

"Before the official start today, please enjoy this as a small gesture from our sect~"

Many guests were secretly amazed, Wuyou Valley was indeed lavish, hearing there was a Soul Nourishing Wood in the valley that was considered the sect’s lifeline.

Years ago, when Wuyou Valley was broken through by demon sects, this wood was being dug up to be taken as a whole.

But the thing was too large, impossible to fit into ordinary spatial artifacts, plus captured prisoners said the Soul Nourishing Wood wouldn’t survive outside Cyan Jade Origin Blessed Land.

So they were simply preparing to cut it into segments for transport, and as this heavenly marvel was about to be squandered, the timely arrival of the righteous rescue forces allowed it to escape disaster.

The tree bears fruit only once every hundred years, and given such a quantity now, it must be several hundred years’ worth of Wuyou Valley’s stock.

In previous Baihua Banquets, no such treatment was offered, only "distinguished guests" could enjoy, at most two or three dozen people, so guests were amazed.

As the saying goes, accepting favors makes one cautious, receiving unexpected gains, some were already planning to speak well of Wuyou Valley afterward.

Furthermore, such level of celestial treasures is generally not allowed to be taken by guests, but consumed on the spot.

However, some pretended to eat, but secretly hid them, planning either for their juniors to consume them or to sell them, and Wuyou Valley just turned a blind eye.

Outside the valley, the lower-level cultivators envied and envied watching this scene through a stone tablet.