Time flew by, and a thousand years passed.
Red Rainbow Mountains, Zhu Clan.
A sprawling estate stood there, its plaque bearing the three large characters: "Red Rainbow Garden."
Zhu Yongsheng, Shen Long, Zhu Yiyun, Shen Ou, and over a dozen other Golden Immortal Cultivators sat within a Cyan Stone Pavilion, drinking tea and discussing the Dao.
Shen Long had appeared under a false guise, and Zhu Yongsheng and the others had failed to see through it.
"Daoist Qian, you reached major accomplishment in the Law of Force at such a young age. May I ask which sect you inherited your teachings from?"
A medium-built golden-robed elder spoke up.
Golden Glass Sword Venerable, a Golden Immortal Middle Stage cultivator and the Great Elder of the Hundred Swords Sect.
"I have neither sect nor school. By chance, I obtained a Fifth Grade Dao Pill containing the Law of Force, and after spending more than two million years, I cultivated the Law of Force to major accomplishment."
Shen Long fabricated an excuse.
He had released Shen Ou and Shen Li, having them pose as Golden Immortals of the Huang Clan to bolster its prestige.
Shen Long publicly claimed to be Zhu Yongsheng's friend. The Zhu Clan had sent Golden Immortal Cultivators to attend the Huang Clan's Golden Immortal Celebration, leading outsiders to believe that the Huang Clan possessed Golden Immortal Cultivators.
The Hundred Swords Sect and the Yu Clan did not know of Shen Long's relationship with the Huang Clan. The Zhu Clan's upper echelons knew, but they had not spread the news, as Shen Long had requested.
"A Fifth Grade Dao Pill? Tsk, tsk. Daoist Qian, your luck is truly excellent."
A full-figured green-skirted woman wore a face full of envy.
Yu Suqing, a Golden Immortal Middle Stage cultivator and an ancestor