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Azure Cauldron Mountain.

At the foot of a mist-shrouded peak in the rear mountain.

Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong waited at the mountain's base, their faces full of unease.

A few days earlier...

The cultivator alliance had breached the Azure Cauldron Sect, exterminated all remaining remnants, and then occupied this place.

Not long afterward, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from Ten Thousand Flowers Valley arrived. She was a bewitchingly charming female cultivator known as "Madam Ten Thousand Flowers."

Aaron had directly invited her into the rear mountain for talks. No one knew what the outcome had been.

"Brother Shen, what do you think of this matter?"

Li Jiantong asked with a worried expression.

"Brother Li, you're simply too concerned to think clearly..." Shen Wantong laughed heartily. "Unless necessary, Foundation Establishment ancestors will never fight one another to the death. Since your ancestor was able to kill Qingyunzi, Madam Ten Thousand Flowers surely won't dare press him too hard... From now on, Forest Kingdom will be the Li Family's domain. Allow this younger brother to congratulate you, Brother!"

"Alas..." Li Jiantong was first slightly delighted, but it soon turned into sorrow. "It's a pity that we searched the entire Azure Cauldron Sect treasury but still found no spiritual item capable of extending one's lifespan..."

Shen Wantong's expression likewise turned grave.

A Foundation Establishment ancestor's lifespan was the core issue determining the rise and fall of a faction.

And that Ancestor Qingjing truly seemed to be nearing the end of his allotted lifespan. It was deeply worrying!

Three hours later, a dazzling five-colored streak of light drifted unhurriedly out from the rear peak, scattering flower petals in its wake.

Li Jiantong recognized it. It was Madam Ten Thousand Flowers' Hundred Flowers Fragrant Carriage.

Then Aaron's voice reached both his and Shen Wantong's ears.