The Divine Wood Secret Realm held a rather special position within Tianmu Peak—or rather, within the entire Cloud Water Sect.
The entire Secret Realm
existed because of that one.
And that being might have existed for over ten thousand years longer than the Cloud Water Sect itself.
It had existed since time immemorial,
watching the wind and clouds of heaven and earth surge and shift as time flowed by.
Why that being had been willing to grant the Divine Wood Secret Realm to the Sect, and what relationship it had with that being—none of the younger generation disciples knew.
But that did not prevent them from knowing
that, to them, that senior represented an immense opportunity.
Several hundred years ago,
a senior from Tianmu Peak had received that being's guidance. He then broke through in a single leap and attained the Cave True Realm, becoming one of the Sect's Old Ancestors by this day.
The legends passed down from the Divine Wood Secret Realm had since stirred the longing and covetous desire of countless Core Disciples.
The upheaval within the Divine Wood Secret Realm now was precisely because a certain Core Disciple of immense strength and status had found some faint traces of that being. He wished to find its whereabouts and seek that supreme opportunity.
From Wei Tianxing, Zhang Qingyuan learned the rough sequence of events.
The result did not actually come as a surprise to him.
However, he had learned one rather important name from him.
"Gongsun Lan?"
Within the dense forest, Zhang Qingyuan strode forward at ease while quietly pondering the information he had learned from Wei Tianxing. His feet moved as though he were using Shrink Earth to Inch; within a few breaths, he had crossed several hundred zhang and drifted away into the distance.
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