The Water Qilin Joins Them, the Three Clans Gather at Dragon-Suppressing Pass

Lu Chen's concern soon came true.

Three hundred years after Yuanfeng's divine sense departed.

An unusual tremor suddenly appeared in the Northern Sea's ley lines outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

At first, only several undersea mountain ranges swayed gently.

Then, faint earthen-yellow divine light rose from beneath the dark waters.

The divine light was not domineering, but it was incomparably heavy.

Every strand seemed to weigh down an entire landmass.

Ancestor Xuan Jia was the first to notice something amiss.

He walked to the inner gate of Dragon-Suppressing Pass and looked into the distance.

"The Qilin Clan."

Ao Lie also opened his eyes atop the black reef outside the outer gate.

"The aura of a Water Qilin."

Upon receiving the news, Han Jue immediately rushed over.

A trace of excitement showed on his face.

"They've finally come."

Ao Lie glanced at him.

"What are you excited about?"

Han Jue smiled. "The Dragon Clan has you, the Phoenix Clan has Feng Li, and now the Qilin Clan is sending someone too. Dragon-Suppressing Pass is getting lively."

Ao Lie said coldly, "You'd better not talk nonsense."

Han Jue raised a brow.

"When have I ever talked nonsense?"

Ao Lie fell silent.

There had been too many times. For a moment, he did not know where to begin refuting him.

Feng Li also arrived atop the pass walls.

She looked toward the place where the ley line divine light was rising, and her gaze shifted slightly.

"It's Lin Yue."

She had met this descendant of the Water Qilin in the Northern Dark Water Palace.

He acted steadily, unlike Ao Yin's domineering nature, nor did he possess Zhu Yan's overwhelming aggressiveness.

During the treasure struggle that day, once he saw Guixu had gained the upper hand, he had taken the initiative to withdraw and had not formed an irreconcilable enmity.

She had not expected him to bring his clansmen to Guixu now.

Not long afterward.

A group slowly appeared outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

The one leading them was Lin Yue.

He wore a water-blue robe embroidered with Qilin patterns, and his aura was even steadier than it had been at the Northern Dark Water Palace.

Behind him were several thousand members of the Water Qilin Branch.

Among them were quite a few elderly, weak, and wounded members.

There were also many young qilins who had yet to take human form, protected in the center by their clansmen.

They looked rather bedraggled.

Fresh wounds still marked some of them.

Lan Shuang arrived atop Dragon-Suppressing Pass with the Book of Cause and Effect in hand.

"Fellow Daoist Lin Yue."

"Why have you come to Guixu?"

Standing outside the pass, Lin Yue solemnly bowed toward Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

"Lin Yue of the Water Qilin Branch requests an audience with the Mysterious Abyss Emperor."

"My clan is willing to be judged by the Book of Cause and Effect and enter Guixu Calamity Evasion."

A wave of quiet discussion immediately arose atop Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

A Qilin Clan branch had come to Guixu as well.

The Dragon Clan had Ao Lie.

The Phoenix Clan had Feng Li.

Now the Water Qilin had arrived outside Dragon-Suppressing Pass too.

This meant that branches of the three clans had gathered in Guixu for the first time.

Han Jue whispered, "I really called it."

Ao Lie shot him a glare.

"Shut up."

Lan Shuang's expression remained unchanged.

She was no longer the Sea Spirit Clan leader who had been chased into a dead end by Ao Zheng.

Guixu had now accepted the Ancestral Dragon's reverse scale and Yuanfeng's frost feather.

Though the arrival of the Water Qilin Branch was startling, it did not make her lose her composure.

"Why did the Water Qilin Branch leave the Qilin Clan?"

Lin Yue was silent for a moment.

"The Qilin Main Lineage ordered my clan to build a ley line defense near Buzhou Mountain."

When those words fell, Ancestor Xuan Jia's expression changed slightly.

"Near Buzhou Mountain?"

Ao Lie's gaze darkened as well.

The friction among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans was growing increasingly intense.

Near Buzhou Mountain, earth veins, water veins, and fire veins converged. Sooner or later, it would become one of the central battlefields of a great war.

Sending the Water Qilin Branch there to construct a ley line defense was equivalent to pushing them into the most dangerous point of conflict among the three clans.

Lin Yue continued, "My clan excels at harmonizing water and earth, making us suited to stabilizing battlefield ley lines."

"But the killing intent among the three clans is growing ever heavier. The area around Buzhou Mountain has already become a dead land."

"If I brought my clansmen there, the young bloodline would not survive."

"That is why I brought them to Guixu."

At this point, Lin Yue raised his head toward the sky above Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

"I know Guixu does not accept those who seek hegemony."

"The Water Qilin Branch is willing to lay down the Qilin Clan's war orders and submit to Guixu's rules."

"If the Book of Cause and Effect judges my clan's slaughter karma too heavy, we will leave on our own."

His words were exceedingly frank.

Lan Shuang nodded slightly.

"Open the Book of Cause and Effect."

The Book of Cause and Effect rose into the air.

Black-and-white radiance descended from Dragon-Suppressing Pass, illuminating the Water Qilin clan.

The Water Mirror soon revealed the Water Qilin Branch's past.

This clan had long dwelled where water and earth met, repairing ley lines and regulating floods.

Within the Qilin Clan, they were not the strongest combat branch, but they were exceptionally skilled at guarding mountains, rivers, and water veins.

They had participated in the Qilin Clan's wars and killed many enemies.

But compared with those branches devoted purely to slaughter, the Water Qilin's karmic burden of killing was not heavy.

They even carried considerable clear light of merit from repeatedly restoring ley lines and rescuing small clans caught in the flames of war.

The Book of Cause and Effect turned.

A line of text emerged.

"The Water Qilin Branch may enter Guixu Outer City."

"Lin Yue has rendered merit in protecting his clan and possesses profound merit from repairing ley lines."

"He may enter the Guixu Guest Official Seat."

Everyone atop Dragon-Suppressing Pass showed subtle changes in expression.

Another guest official.

Feng Li of the Frost Phoenix Lineage had already entered the Guixu Guest Official Seat.

Now Lin Yue had also received the Book of Cause and Effect's approval.

The structure of the three clans' branches was becoming increasingly clear.

Just as Lan Shuang was about to speak, Lu Chen's voice came from the depths of Guixu.

"They may enter."

"Follow the rules."

"They must not participate in the Qilin Clan's internal conflict in Guixu's name."

Lin Yue immediately knelt with his clansmen.

"Lin Yue shall obey the Emperor's decree!"

The Water Qilin Branch knelt in unison.

"Thank you, Emperor, for taking us in!"

Lu Chen watched this scene with extremely complicated feelings.

Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin.

They had finally all gathered.

He had clearly only wanted to cultivate in seclusion in the Northern Sea and keep his four legs safe.

Yet now branches of all three clans had run to Guixu.

Could this place still keep a low profile?

The system's voice sounded at that moment as well.

"Detected the Water Qilin Branch entering Guixu."

"The Dragon Clan's reverse scale, Yuanfeng's frost feather, and the Water Qilin's earth-vein karma have begun to converge."

"The conditions for the evolution of Guixu's land and mountain ranges have been fulfilled."

"Please continue to stabilize the Guixu Minor World."

Lu Chen's heart stirred.

The conditions for land and mountain range evolution?

That was good news.

The Guixu Inner Realm currently had the Northern Darkness Sea and an extremely heavy water aura.

If true mountain ranges could be born, the inner realm's structure would become more complete.

In the future, with Old Shell Fate-Bearing, water and earth would also need to harmonize.

"Forget it."

"They're already here."

"As long as they can reinforce Guixu, that's enough."

After the Water Qilin Branch entered the pass, Guixu Outer City expanded once again.

Lin Yue did not immediately go rest.

He first brought his clansmen to register with the Bureau of Cause and Effect, then voluntarily requested to go to the shores of the Northern Darkness Sea and inspect the imbalances between Guixu's water veins and ley lines.

This greatly pleased Lan Shuang.

He could work.

He followed the rules.

He did not put on airs as one of the three clans.

Guixu welcomed branches like this.

Han Jue, however, ran off to find Lin Yue.

"Can you fight?"

Lin Yue had just finished inspecting a spirit vein when he heard this. His expression froze slightly.

"A little."

Han Jue's eyes lit up.

"Martial Practice Arena?"

Lin Yue shook his head.

"I'll repair the ley lines first."

Han Jue was dissatisfied.

"What about after you're done?"

Lin Yue thought seriously for a moment.

"After finishing this area, there's still the eastern shore of the Northern Darkness Sea."

Han Jue: "..."

Ao Lie sneered nearby.

"At last, someone who won't go crazy with you."

Phoenix Li said softly, "Fellow Daoist Lin Yue has a steady temperament. Guixu needs people like him."

Han Jue sighed.

"Steady, sure. But boring."

Lin Yue looked up at Han Jue.

"If you can wait three hundred years, I can fight you."

Han Jue immediately perked up.

"It's a deal!"

Lin Yue nodded.

"It's a deal."

Three hundred years was not long for cultivators of the Primordial World.

But Han Jue always felt that when this man said three hundred years, he probably meant he would truly cultivate along the earth veins for the full three hundred years before fighting him.

That temperament was even more steadfast than Ancestor Xuan Jia's.

At Dragon-Suppressing Pass.

Lan Shuang watched Ao Lie, Feng Li, Lin Yue, and Han Jue standing together, a strange feeling rising in her heart.

The Dragon Clan.

The Phoenix Clan.

The Qilin Clan.

The Guixu Guardian Team.

These four young people might one day become the true pillars of Guixu's new generation.

On the seventh day after the Water Qilin Branch entered Guixu.

The depths of the Northern Darkness Sea suddenly trembled.

A dense aura of earth virtue rose from the clan seal brought by the Water Qilin Branch.

Lin Yue's expression changed drastically, and he immediately dropped to his knees.

"His Majesty the Primordial Qilin!"

Everyone atop Dragon-Suppressing Pass changed expression once more.

The Ancestral Dragon had come.

Yuanfeng had come.

Now, the Primordial Qilin had come as well.

Deep within Guixu.

Upon hearing that name, Lu Chen's whole turtle body went numb.

"He really came."

"Have the three giants of the Primordial World taken my Guixu for a reception hall?"