Chongming Sect.
Inheritance Hall.
Countless soul lamps gathered, twinkling like stars, their brilliance vast as an ocean.
In the void, Grandmaster Fu Qiong sat high upon a black throne. His gaze, which had been fixed on Qingyao Mountain, slowly withdrew.
The conversation across the distance had ended. Grandmaster Fu Qiong pondered for a moment.
Now, he was simply waiting for Pei Ling's Immortal Path.
If it were an ordinary matter, he would surely have stepped in personally and resolved it for this junior.
But the cause and effect of the Immortal Path...
Every Immortal Path guide would encounter it.
Only the guide could deal with it alone.
If anyone else intervened in such a matter, it would only deepen the guide's entanglement in cause and effect, spawning complications.
Moreover, from what Pei Ling had just said, he did not think this would pose any difficulty for a guide who had been born a peerless prodigy.
Ten years... was a very short time!
At this thought, Grandmaster Fu Qiong glanced toward the Heavenly Vast Palace and calmly ordered, "Si Hong Qingyan, depart at once and stand by near Qingyao Mountain."
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Qingyao Mountain.
At the foot of the mountain.
Tall grass grew wild, and flowering trees filled the air with fragrance.
Zhong Kui Jingyi and Qiao Ciguang stared at the spot where Pei Ling had vanished, their expressions grave.
A commotion arose beside them. The Demon Cultivators who had taken animal forms had finally caught their breath and were returning to human form one after another.
Seeing that Pei Ling had already left, Jiang Fengwu, who had also been kneeling, hurriedly shuffled forward on his knees until he reached Zhong Kui Jingyi and Qiao Ciguang. He kowtowed repeatedly. "This lowly one, Jiang Fengwu, pays his respects to Fourth Princess and Fairy