What Heavenly Law Have I Violated?!

Within Peach Blossom Spring.

As always, it was tranquil and peaceful.

This place seemed to enjoy spring all year round. The peach trees along the river had never withered.

A gentle breeze drifted by, making the branches tremble faintly as countless pink petals fluttered down with the wind, scattering across the shore, the lake, everywhere.

The entire world seemed to have become a sea of peach blossoms. Even the fish in the river would occasionally leap from the water to frolic.

Chen Xun's true body was reclining in a chair, drinking Life-Nourishing Tea and fishing with a rod in hand. A faint, enigmatic smile rested on his lips, as though he had seen something else rather interesting.

For while their avatars were examining that mineral vein's secret realm, a Great Vehicle Realm elder from the Longevity Mountain Range was hurrying this way. He came alone without bringing any disciples, keeping an unusually low profile.

Time returned to half an hour earlier.

Deep within the Longevity Mountain Range, an elderly man with the bearing of an immortal was striding through the air. He was one of the Jade Pivot Sacred Land's elders, named Shen Shi.

His expression was somewhat urgent as he continuously circulated the mana within him. At the same time, he had to remain alert for those ancient savage beasts lurking within the mountain range, which left him thoroughly irritated.

The matter of the mineral vein concerned a great secret of the Jade Pivot Sacred Land from over a thousand years ago. He himself knew little about it.

Before he came, the Sacred Lord had ordered him to preserve this place at all costs. As for any other watching eyes, the sacred land would divert them for him. This showed just how important this mineral vein was.

He had