Profound Spirit Continent, inland.
The Yunmeng Mountains stretched for ten million li. Exotic flowers and rare herbs bloomed everywhere, while immortal cranes and spirit apes roamed among jagged strange rocks and waterfalls that cascaded down from the heavens. This was the Chu Family's ancestral home.
The Chu Family's ancestor, Chu Tianhong, had come from the Divine Armaments Sect. He was proficient in Artifact Refining Art, and the Chu Family was famous throughout the Cultivation World for its Artifact Refining Art. It controlled several large Metal Ore Veins.
According to rumors, one of the Chu Family's Heavenly Spirit Root clansmen had become a disciple of the vice sect master of the Divine Armaments Sect. The Chu Family's prospects were excellent.
For Chu Tianhong's ten-thousandth birthday, the Chu Family had held a grand celebration and invited many factions to attend. A large number of guests had poured into the Chu Family's territory, so the Chu Family had increased the number of people on patrol.
Chu Yiyun had cultivated for three hundred years and was currently at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. He led a patrol team.
A clear, resonant birdcall came from the distant sky, and a streak of seven-colored spirit light appeared on the horizon.
"Someone's coming."
Chu Yiyun's expression hardened as he looked toward the distant horizon.
Before long, the seven-colored spirit light stopped. It was actually a peacock with a wingspan of a thousand zhang. Its tail feathers were seven-colored, and more than a hundred cultivators stood upon it. Their clothes all bore the image of an Azure Lotus. At the head of the group were Wang Qingcheng and Sun Yuejiao.
"The Azure Lotus Island Wang Family!"
Chu Yiyun's expression tightened, and he hurriedly bowed. "This junior, Chu Yiyun, greets Senior Wang."
"Little Friend Chu, we were invited to