Secrets

"Sister Lu Man, do you think Young Master Xiao Yu would be happy to see me?" Qing Lin asked, looking at Lu Man sitting next to her.

Lu Man looked at Qing Lin and smiled, "You don't need to worry about these things. Your Young Master Xiao Yu won't care about your strength. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let you come back to the Heavenly Snake Mansion with us!"

"Yes, yes, sometimes Qing Lin, you're just too cautious. You should be more confident. You're the Saintess of our Heavenly Snake Mansion now, and the future Mansion Lord of the Heavenly Snake Mansion. You shouldn't be so lacking in self-confidence!" Elder Qing added from the side.

Elder Qing had witnessed Xiao Yu's strength a few months ago, as well as the alluring and aloof beauty beside him. Her terrifying aura seemed even more terrifying than that of the elders of the Heavenly Snake Mansion. Only the Mansion Lord, who was in seclusion for many years, could give her such a feeling.

Thinking of this, Elder Qing looked at Lu Man and asked, "Elder, the Mansion Lord has been in seclusion for years, and she didn't even appear at the Saintess's inauguration ceremony. Do you know when the Mansion Lord will be able to emerge from seclusion?"

Lu Man shook her head and said, "I'm not entirely sure about that right now either. The last time the Mansion Lord went into seclusion, it was because he fought with a big shot from Central Plains and seemed to have been slightly injured, which is why he decided to go into seclusion. Now, almost twenty years have passed, Mansion Lord should probably emerge from seclusion soon!"

Elder Qing looked at Lu Man in shock and asked, "Who on earth is this person who could injure our Mansion Lord?"

When the Mansion Lord was injured, Elder Qing was not yet an elder in the Heavenly Snake Mansion, so she was unaware of some of the inside stories. She thought that the Mansion Lord had made a breakthrough in his cultivation and that was why he was in seclusion. Now it seems that this is not the case!

Qing Lin, standing to the side, also looked at Lu Man with great interest. Lu Man, seeing the gossipy looks in Elder Qing and Qing Lin's eyes, sighed slightly and said, "I only know the general outline of what happened back then. Among the forces in Central Plains, they were collectively known as: One Hall, One Tower, Two Sects Three Valleys, Four Pavilions."

"Among them, the Soul Hall is the most powerful, followed by the Pill Tower, and the one who has a grudge against our Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord is the Yellow Springs Pavilion Master of the Four Pavilions, the Yellow Springs Venerable!" Lu Man Barbarian said slowly.

When Qing Lin and Elder Qing heard the name of Yellow Springs Venerable, a look of shock flashed in their eyes. Anyone who could be called Venerable after his name must be Dou Zun. Such strength could be said to be invincible in the Northwest Continent. They did not expect that their Mansion Lord would have the strength to compete with Yellow Springs Venerable!

Lu Man continued, "Back then, our Heavenly Snake Mansion had a formidable reputation on the continent. However, in that battle, our current Heavenly Snake Mansion Lord was defeated by Yellow Springs Venerable using despicable means, resulting in a significant decline in his strength. He had no choice but to lead the Heavenly Snake Mansion back to the Northwest Continent!"

Seeing the regret and resentment on Lu Man's face, Qing Lin raised her small face and said firmly, "In the future, our Heavenly Snake Mansion will definitely return to Central Plains, and I will definitely defeat that Yellow Springs Venerable!"

Upon hearing Qing Lin's words, Lu Man immediately giggled and said, "Great! Qing Lin, you are the hope of our Heavenly Snake Mansion. Even while in seclusion, the Mansion Lord has high hopes for you. The fact that our Heavenly Snake Mansion Heavenly Snake Mansion found such a heaven-defying eye as the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils is the key to our rise!"

Elder Qing, standing to the side, asked, "Just what kind of strength does our Mansion Lord? And what about Yellow Springs Venerable's strength?"

Lu Man pondered, "Back then, the Mansion Lord seemed to be on par with Yellow Springs Venerable, both having just broken through to the Dou Zun realm. But now, twenty years have passed, so the Mansion Lord and Yellow Springs Venerable must have both improved their strength!"

"Alright, the realm of Dou Zun expert is still too far away for you. It's getting late, let's rest!" Lu Man said while stirring the campfire.

Not far away, Nalan Yanran overheard the entire conversation between Lu Man and the others. Shocked, she thought to herself, "We actually encountered people from the Heavenly Snake Mansion here? The Heavenly Snake Mansion people I met at the Mo Family in Yan City must be this Lu Man. That girl seems to be someone both the Heavenly Snake Mansion and the Mo Family have their eyes on. And now I've run into her here!"

"Young Master Xiao Yu? Could it be that they came to the Black Corner Region this time also for Xiao Yu?" Nalan Yanran frowned inwardly. The power of the Heavenly Snake Mansion was not prominent in the Northwest Continent, but she knew that it was a relatively low-profile force. Just based on Lu Man and that Peak Dou Emperor magical beast, it was not comparable to the Misty Cloud Sect. Moreover, according to what the green-clothed woman just said, the Mansion Lord the Heavenly Snake Mansion was actually Dou Zun expert!

Nalan Yanran didn't want to run into these people from the Heavenly Snake Mansion, even though they seemed to know Xiao Yu. Just then, Nalan Yanran prepared to leave quietly.

At this moment, a fierce burst of energy, accompanied by a whistling sound, rushed towards Nalan Yanran. Nalan Yanran's expression changed drastically, and she no longer cared about concealing her figure. She stomped hard on the tree branch with her toes, and the thin branch was instantly broken. Nalan Yanran's figure fluttered away from the area like a butterfly.

Boom!

Just as Nalan Yanran left, the spot where she had been standing was blasted by that force, making a cracking sound. A giant tree, as thick as two people could hug, was directly cut in half, and wood chips rained down everywhere!

"Who are you? How dare you eavesdrop on our conversation?" Lu Man's emerald green Dou Qi surged wildly, and she looked at Nalan Yanran, who had dodged her attack, with cold and astonished eyes.

Nalan Yanran stood on another large tree, her full chest rising and falling slightly as she looked down at the Lu Man below, who exuded a chilling killing intent. The aura of a Dou Emperor emanating from the Lu Man caused a slight change in her expression.

"I was just passing by and didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation!" Nalan Yanran's light and clear voice came from under the black robe, causing Lu Man, Qing Lin, and Elder Qing, who were standing under the tree, to be slightly taken aback.

"Are you a woman?" Lu Man asked, frowning.

"Nalan Yanran, Misty Cloud Sect Master of the Jia Ma Empire, greets Senior Heavenly Snake Mansion!" Nalan Yanran lifted her black robe, revealing her delicate and pretty face as she looked at Lu Man and the others.

Lu Man was stunned when she heard Nalan Yanran's voice. Both of them were from the Northwest Continent and had been in the Jia Ma Empire for a long time, so she naturally knew about the Misty Cloud Sect.

"Isn't Misty Cloud Sect Master Yun Yun? How did it become Nalan Yanran? Aren't you the Young Sect Master?" Lu Man asked with some confusion.

Qing Lin, on the other hand, became somewhat excited upon hearing Nalan Yanran's words. She remembered that Young Master Xiao Yu was also from the Jia Ma Empire, and now that she heard that Nalan Yanran was also from the Jia Ma Empire and was a woman, she immediately felt a sense of goodwill towards her.

"Are you also from the Jia Ma Empire?" Qing Lin asked Nalan Yanran with a clear and bright voice.

Nalan Yanran nodded somewhat awkwardly and said, "I come from the Jia Ma Empire. Yun Yun is my master. For some reasons, she is no longer the Misty Cloud Sect Master!"

Upon hearing Lu Man, Lü Man simply nodded. Nalan Yanran looked at Qing Lin, and after exchanging a glance with Qing Lin, she suddenly felt a flash of green light, and then Nalan Yanran froze!