A Thatched Cottage

Chen Yan had come to the Zhenwu Court to find Lu Li because he had no idea what to do with the list he had discovered in Cangwu Study on Qingchan Peak.

Lu Li's advice had been straightforward.

There was no need to concern himself with anything. He only had to hand the list to Li Haoran.

The image of the frail, white-haired old man surfaced in Chen Yan's mind.

Seeing Li Haoran was no simple matter.

The Supreme Cardinal Elder of the Empty Mountain Sect had kept himself aloof from worldly affairs, almost in seclusion, ever since three thousand years ago.

Let alone Chen Yan, who was merely an early-stage Guiyi Realm cultivator and had yet to fully establish himself among the sect's Supreme Four Courts.

Even the other three Supreme Authorities of the Empty Mountain Sect would find it quite difficult to see Li Shuji.

Chen Yan had honestly told Lu Li of his misgivings.

But Lu Li's answer was still simple:

"Just go. He'll see you."

Chen Yan followed Lu Li's advice.

He went to the Cardinal Court to meet Li Haoran, but the person he encountered was another Supreme Elder of the Cardinal Court.

That Supreme Elder was named Yan Wei. He was highly senior in the Empty Mountain Sect's Supreme Cardinal Court, but did not draw much attention.

He had only heard that Yan Wei seemed to have some personal ties with Li Shuji.

Li Haoran was the only great figure in Chenping Continent today who had been active since the era before the Immortal Path was severed.

He had held the position of Supreme Cardinal Authority of the Empty Mountain Sect for seven thousand six hundred years.

Over those seven thousand six hundred years, several generations of Supreme Elders had come and gone in