Planning for the Earth Cave Sect's Fourth Realm Slot

At the northern edge of Hushan Kingdom, atop an unnamed mountain deep within the forests bordering Haizhou Road, a resplendent palace seemed to emerge from gaps in the vast Cloud Sea. Immortal cranes circled the palace, and immortal aura occasionally surfaced from the mist.

Before the palace stood an enormous terrace. From it, one could observe Sea City hundreds of kilometers away, the prosperity within Haizhou Road, and the merchant caravans traveling along the border.

It was already deep night. Two men stood by the terrace railing, raising their cups as they chatted. They were Zi Xuan and Yu Heng, who had returned from Thousand Wood Temple.

"Changqing's cellar-aged brew truly was rare fine wine. What a pity." Yu Heng raised his cup in a toast to the silent forest beneath the night.

"He is not one of us. Too much entanglement will do neither side any good. You need to learn to keep him at a respectful distance!" Zi Xuan picked up the wine jug beside him and drank straight from it. He wore Hushan Kingdom's most fashionable short shirt, his hair casually tied with a strip of gray silk. He looked like an unrestrained scholar.

Yu Heng was dressed just as casually, wearing only a narrow-sleeved gray robe. At those words, he picked up another wine jug and filled his own cup. After drinking, he asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Three days from now. I will take my Disciples and leave this land of strife!"

"So soon?"

"There is nothing here worth my lingering over anymore. Let them make whatever trouble they want. In the future, what the eye does not see will not vex the heart."

Yu Heng fell silent. Looking out at the boundless land under the night sky, a trace of reluctance showed in his