Mountain Village? Holy Land?

Li Fan returned to the small mountain village and delivered the firewood he had chopped to Uncle Zhang's house.

"Little Li, thank you so much for your trouble!"

Uncle Zhang said with a smile.

"It's nothing. I'll chop the firewood for you too."

He swung his axe and began to chop wood.

Meanwhile.

Two streaks of rainbow light flashed, and three figures appeared in front of the small mountain village.

"Girl, does that senior expert live here?"

"It doesn't seem like it."

Wei Yushan's face was filled with doubt.

He couldn't sense any extremely powerful aura; in fact, it could be said to be... utterly ordinary.

It looked like just a common small mountain village.

"I'm not sure either, but that senior said he was returning to the village... This seems to be the only small mountain village around."

Mu Qianning was also a bit uncertain.

"This is normal."

Yu Qishui, however, said, "Many true masters and experts like to wander the mortal world or live in seclusion in the mountains!

'Tigers and leopards hide in deep mountains, and qilin appear in the fields,' that's the principle!"

Wei Yushan immediately sobered up and thought, This is very true. He said, "It was my mistake."

How could such an expert be judged by ordinary standards?

"Let's go take a look."

Yu Qishui waved his hand and led them inside.

"Oh, three guests, where are you from?"

As soon as they entered the village, they encountered Aunt Zhang.

Wei Yushan sized up Aunt Zhang and said with his divine sense, "An ordinary person."

But Yu Qishui's eyes suddenly glanced at Aunt Zhang's hoe, and a trace of shock flashed in his old eyes!

"That hoe... there's something unusual about it!"

He stepped forward, bowed slightly to Aunt Zhang, and said, "May I ask, Auntie, if I could borrow that hoe for a look?"

Aunt Zhang was confused. What were these people doing?

"It's just a broken hoe, what's there to see?"

Aunt Zhang asked in bewilderment, but she still put the hoe down.

Yu Qishui took the hoe and immediately became excited!

"Dao Rhyme, this hoe is filled with Dao Rhyme!"

"This hoe must have been used by an unparalleled expert, leaving behind a trace of its aura!"

He exclaimed, "To leave behind such Dao Rhyme... it seems our ancestor really succeeded in his Nirvana. He's very likely to have broken through... at least to the Void Integration Stage, or even the Mahayana Stage?!"

Mu Qianning and Wei Yushan were immediately shocked.

Mahayana Stage!

--Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Severing, Void Integration, Mahayana, Integrated Body!

This was the cultivation realm division of the Profound Heaven Realm -- above Integrated Body, one touched upon the word 'immortal'.

There were only a few Mahayana Stage cultivators in the entire Fire Kingdom; they were all supreme overlords.

If they had a Mahayana Stage expert stationed here, then Lie Huo Mountain would be nothing more than an ant!

"It seems that expert... no, ancestor, is really here?"

Wei Yushan murmured.

"Excuse me, which senior used this hoe?"

Yu Qishui anxiously asked Aunt Zhang.

"Me, well... and Little Li often comes to help me weed too."

Aunt Zhang answered nonchalantly.

Little Li?

Upon hearing this, the few of them exchanged glances.

Could a Mahayana Stage expert have any connection with this ordinary woman in front of them?

And her words clearly treated him like an ordinary person, familiar but not reverent.

"Oh my, I still need to go plant vegetables. Don't hold me up."

Seeing that these three strangers seemed a bit off, Aunt Zhang snatched back her hoe and walked towards the vegetable patch.

"Let's go, follow and see!"

The three of them followed.

After Aunt Zhang entered the vegetable patch, she began to weed.

"That... that's your vegetable?"

Yu Qishui was shocked once again.

"This isn't just a vegetable, these are all Top-grade Spirit Medicine..."

Wei Yushan's breathing quickened!

This aunt's vegetable garden was simply worth more than their entire Lihuo Sect!

--The entire Lihuo Sect only cultivated three Top-grade Spirit Medicine!

In this village, vegetables were grown into Top-grade Spirit Medicine?

He really wanted to ransack this vegetable garden!

"Auntie... this plot of land..."

Yu Qishui said in shock.

"Oh, this land was also cleared for me by Little Li. He's a diligent person."

Little Li again!

"Just casually clearing a piece of land can grow Chinese cabbage into Top-grade Spirit Medicine?"

"This is a fairy tale!"

Yu Qishui of the Lihuo Sect was stunned. At this moment, he began to doubt, could even the Old Ancestor have such power after Nirvana?

"Auntie, can I have these weeds?"

At this moment, Wei Yushan stepped forward, pointing at some weeds that Aunt Zhang had just removed.

Aunt Zhang found it even stranger. What did he want weeds for?

To feed pigs?

"Take them if you want. I don't mind."

Upon hearing this, Wei Yushan hurriedly collected a large handful of weeds.

These were all Top-grade Spirit Medicine.

The young disciples of the Lihuo Sect desperately needed these things.

Thinking of this, his heart felt bitter. The things his sect treasured like jewels were truly just roadside weeds in this small mountain village...

"Let me try it!"

At this moment, Yu Qishui suddenly grabbed a handful and began to chew.

"Mmm! Good medicine, good medicine! Its medicinal effects are even stronger than the three plants in our sect!"

He praised it with a mouth full!

"This is bad, have I run into three lunatics?"

Seeing this, Aunt Zhang felt a chill run down her spine. Why were they eating weeds? She quickly picked up her hoe and hurried away.

"In my opinion, our Old Ancestor has turned this place into a pure land!"

Yu Qishui spoke!

Wei Yushan couldn't help but say, "Being able to casually grow Top-grade Spirit Medicine like vegetables... only a Holy Land Level Force would dare to do this, right?"

Hearing this, Yu Qishui became even more excited, "Perhaps the Old Ancestor wants to use this place as a foundation to make our Lihuo Sect soar to the heavens!"

"Let's go, let's go see the Old Ancestor!"

They continued to walk deeper into the village.

As they walked, they were continuously shocked!

"Master, why does this ditch give me a different feeling? It feels like the water flowing within has sentience?"

"Master, look at this fruit tree. I don't know who planted it, but it actually shows signs of Spiritualization!"

"Master, look at this straw hat... why does it feel like a Magic Tool to me?"

Along the way, they saw various objects in the mountain village. Wei Yushan was constantly shocked and kept asking Yu Qishui questions.

Many details showed the circulation of profound Dao Rhyme!

"Master, look, this stone house, why does it have a sense of Great Dao Harmony? It's naturally integrated and complete, as if it was formed by heaven and earth... This is simply a Supreme Grotto-heaven!"

When they reached a stone house, their eyes widened.

"This house was built for me by Little Li. His craftsmanship is excellent. If any of you need a house built, you can go to Little Li."

An elderly, hunched man chuckled. Li Fan often helped them, and his skills were top-notch. However, in this mountain village, he couldn't earn much money. So, the old man wanted to take this opportunity to promote Li Fan.

Yu Qishui, Wei Yushan, and the others exchanged complicated glances once more.

"Let's go! I can't wait any longer. The Ancestor's cultivation must have reached a terrifying realm. Our Lihuo Sect will surely prosper!"

Yu Qishui's eyes were wide with excitement. He directly asked the old man for Li Fan's direction, then grabbed Wei Yushan and Mu Qianning, hurrying off.

Meanwhile.

Li Fan had already chopped most of the firewood. Due to years of training, he didn't feel tired at all.

"Little Li, something's wrong! Three beggars just arrived in our village!"

At this moment, Aunt Zhang suddenly ran over with a group of villagers.

"Beggars?"

Li Fan was confused.

Aunt Zhang then recounted what had just happened.

"They looked so greedy, even at a hoe and a patch of vegetables. They even ate weeds... If they're not beggars, then what are they? They must have come to our village to beg. But that girl is really beautiful... Why don't you marry her? It's pitiful for her to be wandering around..."

Aunt Zhang spoke with vivid detail.

"Yeah, Little Li. Those people were also staring at the fruit trees you planted for me. The fruits aren't even ripe yet! Three starving ghosts..."

"They're suspicious. They seem to be targeting you, so you need to be careful..."

Everyone spoke up, kindly reminding him.

Li Fan thought for a moment. The girl they described looked a bit like Mu Qianning, whom he had met before in Red Leaf Valley...

However, he wasn't worried. He was penniless; what could they possibly want from him?

"May I ask, Mr. Li, are you here?"

Just then, a voice rang out.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Yu Qishui, Wei Yushan, and Mu Qianning from the Lihuo Sect walking up the road ahead.

"Little Li, it's them!"

Aunt Zhang pointed.

Li Fan looked up and saw Mu Qianning, a smile forming on his lips. It really was her.

But she didn't look like a beggar...

"Two Sect Masters... he, he is that senior."

Mu Qianning spoke softly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Qishui immediately sized Li Fan up. However, he couldn't detect the slightest fluctuation of spiritual energy! He was just like an ordinary person!

Yu Qishui gasped. Even a Mahayana Stage expert should have some spiritual energy leaking out, but this person before him was completely undetectable. Could he be even beyond the Mahayana Stage?

This was too terrifying. Such a figure would definitely be well-known throughout the Profound Heaven Realm!

"Master... look!"

Wei Yushan pointed towards the "pile of firewood" beside them!

Yu Qishui looked, and instantly, they stared intently at the pile of "firewood"!

"It really is Mystic Fire Wood... and of very high quality..."

"Any single piece of it, if found in the outside world, would cause a scramble. Here, it's actually just firewood..."

Yu Qishui was shocked. What kind of person would burn Mystic Fire Wood as firewood?

"Master, how is it? Is the Soul Imprint Token reacting?"

Wei Yushan asked next.

To confirm the Ancestor's identity, they had brought a life token that had once sealed a trace of the Ancestor's soul imprint before coming. If it was truly the Ancestor, the Soul Imprint Token would react. Even if a cultivator underwent Nirvana, their soul would absolutely not change.

Yu Qishui also quickly checked it, but then his expression stiffened, and he said, "No reaction."

"We... we've mistaken someone...?"

Wei Yushan's face turned extremely grim! Disappointment! Such disappointment! If this were their Lihuo Sect's Ancestor, then their Lihuo Sect would undoubtedly achieve infinite glory! But now, it seemed they might have found the wrong person