Halfway up Penglai Mountain, most of the pavilions and halls had already collapsed. Only one enormous golden hall still stood firm.
At that moment, quite a few Ye Family cultivators stood before the hall, sighing with emotion.
This hall was Penglai's Council Hall. Though the Ye Family clansmen had never been here before, that did not stop them from having heard all manner of legends about it.
Yet now, not only were they standing here, they had already replaced the plaque with one bearing the Ye Family's name.
Even the various formation patterns on the hall could now be studied up close.
"This pavilion actually contains Fifth Order spirit materials!" As an Artifact Crafter, Ye Jingli felt even more deeply moved.
But then he thought of Clan Elders such as Ye Jingyun, Ye Xingqun, and Ye Xingshui, and fell silent again.
In the end, he merely walked over to Ye Jingyu and asked about his condition.
"Sixth brother, I'm fine. I just expended too much!" Ye Jingyu smiled and shook his head. His hair was now entirely white, and his face was covered in wrinkles. He looked even more aged than Ye Xuecang, so it truly seemed like something was seriously wrong with him.
But in truth, he had merely lost several hundred years of lifespan in an instant and had not yet recovered from it.
Such expenditure was no small burden even for a Nascent Soul Cultivator with two thousand years of lifespan.
However, Ye Jingyu felt that it was worth it.
Although Divine Lord Jiu Ying had ultimately failed, if not for his warning, the number of Ye Family cultivators and Spirit Beasts who had died or been injured this time would likely have multiplied several times over.
"All Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators have been confirmed