White Jade Capital did not possess anything particularly mystical. Its spiritual energy was merely quite rich, making it a fairly superior grotto-heaven blessed land. Moreover, since only six people had ever lived here, it was rather crude and simple.
Li Yu's palace stood at the very center, while the others had casually chosen places of their own elsewhere.
Ye Tian and the others had now arrived at Li Yu's palace. The place they guarded lay directly beneath Li Yu's feet.
"What is the meaning of your relationship with the Immortal Emperor Venerable?" Ye Tian stopped, turned, and looked at Li Yu.
"The Immortal Emperor Venerable..." A flicker of surprise crossed Li Yu's eyes. He hesitated, but upon seeing impatience flash through Ye Tian's gaze, he gritted his teeth and stopped insisting on keeping silent.
"A million years ago, when our Dao State was still quite primitive and wild, many people came from beyond the heavens. The human race was still in an extremely primitive state, even fighting the Demon Race and vicious beasts for room to survive."
"Until one day, a man appeared. He preached the Dao to our human race, and we gradually gained orthodox cultivation techniques, thus embarking upon the path of cultivation. It was also from that time onward that the human race of our Dao State gradually rose to prominence, driving the vicious beasts and Demon Race into the corners of the wilderness."
"That man called himself the Immortal Emperor Venerable. At the time, I was one of his personal disciples. Yet no one had ever truly seen the Immortal Emperor Venerable's appearance."
"After completing his teachings, he assigned us a task: to establish the Immortal Sacred Ground. It was the first sacred ground to emerge among the humans of the Dao State. The task he