"So that thing was called an Immortal Stone?"
"Hehe, I knew it was something extraordinary! Boss, do you still remember that disciple of yours named Yue Wenhe? Come to think of it, this was related to that kid Yue Wenhe. Though it ended up drawing an enemy in the Myriad Transformations Realm from the Outer Continent right to our door, the outcome was still good. It was all thanks to Snake Lord's keen eyes!"
Little Fire said smugly, claiming all the credit for itself.
As Little Fire recounted the tale in vivid detail, the inside story gradually unfolded before Zhang Qingyuan.
Roughly speaking, several decades ago,
Yue Wenhe, the chief disciple Zhang Qingyuan had taken under his wing, discovered an ancient ruin while out exploring.
When the ruin emerged, it attracted quite a few people. Yue Wenhe only had time to send a Messaging Talisman to Qianyun Mountain before entering the ruin.
Inside, within a hidden Secret Chamber, he unearthed three crystals sealed away there, each wreathed in an unfathomable, profound aura of rules.
At the same time, however, another cultivator in the Early Cave True Realm from the Outer Continent was present. Seeing such extraordinary objects, the man grew covetous, and conflict broke out.
Yet relying on his own methods, Yue Wenhe defeated his opponent and ultimately departed with the items.
What he had not expected was that
the Outer Continent cultivator had backing. After the matter of the ruins ended, he returned and told his Master about it.
That Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator from the Outer Continent seemed to recognize what Yue Wenhe had taken, and so he came knocking that very night.
Thus arose the incident widely spread through the outside world: a Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator from the Outer Continent coveting Qianyun Mountain's wealth and attacking