Xun Kun froze with his teacup in hand. Only after setting it back on the table did he ask,
"Master, what happened?"
Linlang briefly explained how Huaxian Sect had lost the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, as well as the subsequent efforts by sects from every region to search for it.
Xun Kun raised his eyes and asked,
"Did Huaxian Sect not say how the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers was lost? If it was not seized when the sect fell, then did Huaxian Sect's Old Ancestors not notice when it disappeared?"
Zhu Ye said disdainfully,
"If cultivators from the upper realm made their move, how could Huaxian Sect's Old Ancestors possibly have noticed?"
Linlang agreed,
"Indeed. The loss of the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers may have been a test by Evil Cultivators from the upper realm. Unfortunately, Huaxian Sect did not take it seriously enough, which led to the current situation. Huaxian Sect must bear at least half the responsibility for this battle."
Linlang's analysis was already quite close to the truth.
Xun Kun was somewhat speechless. So they had spent ten years grinding away against Evil Souls inside the Scroll of Mountains and Rivers, and Ranxi had even self-destructed her only Immortal Artifact just to heavily injure Longya, only for it to end like this. Ranxi would probably curse someone out when she learned of it.
Meanwhile, after Buddha Son Yunchen returned to Yunmen Temple's encampment, he was welcomed by all the Buddhist cultivators. This battle had also brought glory to the Buddhist cultivators through Yunchen.
Seeing that his former junior brother had now far surpassed him, Yun Ze was filled with emotion. Smiling, he led Yunchen into the tent, where Master Yunyi had already been waiting.
"Amitabha! Greetings, Master!"
"Yunchen, there is no need for such