The four words "Everlasting Rivers and Mountains" struck Zhang Yuanqing's heart like a hammer. He whipped around to look at Elder Hongying, horror on his face, and blurted out:
"You—"
"Are you sure?" Fu Qingyang cut in before he could say more, seemingly determined to stop Yuanshi Tianzun from speaking.
Unlike his expression-changing trusted subordinate, Money Prince remained calm and composed, like the icy beauty in a novel who made men keep their distance.
Zhang Yuanqing immediately shut his mouth, his thoughts churning like raging waves.
"Who is Everlasting Rivers and Mountains?" Fu Qingxuan frowned.
Naturally, she could not have heard of someone who had returned to the Spirit Realm over twenty years ago. When Everlasting Rivers and Mountains had served in the Taiyi Sect, Fu Qingxuan had still been a kindergarten senior class student with pigtails, carrying Little Red's backpack.
"It's Everlasting Rivers and Mountains," Fu Qingyang corrected.
Elder Gao Feng also looked toward Elder Hongying. He had only become a Spirit Realm Walker within the past decade.
Elder Hongying kept staring at that aged face in the distance, shock, confusion, and disbelief frozen on her own face. Several seconds later, she took a deep breath and said:
"He was an elder of the Taiyi Sect, with great seniority—a Spirit Realm Walker from the late Republican era. But more than twenty years ago, he had already returned to the Spirit Realm."
Dark Night Rose's Grand Protector was actually a former Taiyi Sect elder? Yin Ji and the others wore strange expressions.
For them, this information was simply too difficult to process.
"Returned to the Spirit Realm." Fu Qingyang said coldly, "An elder of the Taiyi Sect who returned to the Spirit Realm became Dark Night Rose's Grand Protector? Did he truly return to the Spirit Realm, or did he