Southern Return! Southern Return! Southern Return!
The scene shifts, and the death scene is set thirty years later.
Li Fuchan had also considered that if the image of death could be viewed to replace the process of entering consciousness and making Tribulation Divination, it would not be a bad idea.
At least this way, when the image shatters, the Tribulation Qi won't increase.
However, this scene completely shattered his illusions.
Putting aside the fact that the image of death would disintegrate, the mere blurring of the time span dispelled his previous idea.
This time, the scene that appeared was actually Peaceful Way Abbey.
The tranquil atmosphere of the Immortal Sect of the past is gone, and the halls and pavilions are now desolate and bleak.
Many disciples are in seclusion. The one currently in charge of sect affairs is a disciple whom Jia Hua took in before his death. He is of average talent, but he has some skills in managing sect affairs.
The Abbey Master, Quan Yong, is dead, and the entire temple is now devoid of even a single person to oversee its Outer Scenery.
If even one or two of Quan Lian True Person's twelve disciples had survived, their descendants would certainly not have been so incompetent.
I heard that Quan Lian Quan Xiu True Person, is extremely skilled at teaching disciples. When Quan Yong was cultivating, it was this senior brother who taught him on behalf of his master.
At that time, Quan Yong was not yet the Abbey Master, and his talent for cultivation was not good, but Quan Xiu taught him very seriously and never showed the slightest impatience. Later, Quan Yong was able to break through and Aperture Opening, which can be said to be entirely due to Quan Xiu sacrificing his own cultivation time to help him.
If this senior master were still alive, the sect would not have ended up in such a state.
Even if all else fails, it would be good if the Abbey Master's three disciples were still around. Back then, Senior Brother Zilu was only one step away from breaking through to the Outer Scenery, but unfortunately, there was no further communication with him after he left the mountain, and he most likely met with some misfortune.
Even so, 365 disciples remained in Peaceful Way Abbey.
They have one Tongzhi: they all share the surname Quan.
They share the same ancestor and the same unwavering conviction.
Southern Return.
Go back to South of the Yangtze, that's my hometown.
Some people are constantly reminded of this by their elders from a young age, and as they are reminded, they become curious.
Some people don't care about returning to the Southern Lands or that vague hometown. The reason they are standing here is simply because they have been instilled with the idea of Southern Return since childhood.
In the crowd, someone asked their senior brother or sister, "Why are we Southern Return?" The senior brother or sister thought for a moment, then hesitated before answering, "Our master said that our ancestors are in the Southern Lands, so we should return to the Southern Lands."
The person asking the question seemed to understand but not quite, and nodded. Whether willing or unwilling, whether by choice or not, at this moment, they all stood here. The Hunting Grounds were open, and the energy cultivation of over thirty years had finally come to fruition.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Southern Return!" The others echoed in response, their voices rising and falling, forming a deep, resonant sound that reverberated through the deserted mountain gate.
Gu Tong witnessed this scene through the "Clear-Sight Subtlety Mirror".
This Law Treasure is rotated among the sects every five years, and this year it just so happens to be his turn.
Ultimately, the Six Mountains Immortal Sects of Beiwei are all one family.
No matter how fierce the fighting and killings were in the past, it didn't matter now that he wanted to Southern Return, he intended to take the more than three hundred disciples of Peaceful Way Abbey with him.
Even now, a worry lingers in his heart. "I wonder what will happen after I return to the Southern Lands."
The Great Compassionate Venerable Wisdom King was able to Attaining the Dao because someone needed him to Attaining the Dao. The Southern Return the Ancient Chu to the south was because someone needed them to return to the Southern Lands and use their Ancient Chu Remnants destiny to break through the destiny left by the pre-Qin period.
They're all just tools.
Just as he was pondering this, a disciple entered the hall and reported, "Sect Master, Fei Yangxie of the Fei Household from Southern Border requests an audience."
Gu Tong thought for a moment before remembering that the Fei Household had come from the Southern Border to seek refuge with him years ago. He had used their services once and then abandoned them. Their current request for an audience likely came at a considerable cost. So he nodded and said, "Let him come."
A moment later, a middle-aged man hurried into the hall. He was thin, and his face bore the weariness of a seasoned traveler. Upon seeing Gu Tong, he bowed and said, "This junior, Fei Yangxie, head of the Fei family, greets the sect leader." Gu Tong nodded, his gaze falling on him, and asked, "What is it?"
Fei Yangxie dared not rise, lowering his head even further, and said respectfully, "This junior is overjoyed to hear that the High Sect is about to Southern Return. I wish to offer an Outer Scenery Law Artifact to celebrate the High Sect's Southern Return."
As he spoke, he took out a Jade Box from his Storage Bag. Inside the box lay a jade Jade Ring with its clasp fastened. The jade was warm and lustrous, with a faint reddish light flowing within it.
Gu Tong glanced at it and gestured to the disciple beside him to bring up the Jade Box. He held the Jade Ring between his fingers, closed his eyes and sensed it for a moment, his eyebrows twitching slightly.
This Law Artifact is quite unusual; it contains three Fire Essence. If used unexpectedly, even ordinary cultivators at the Outer Scenery would suffer losses.
Not to mention that this Jade Ring also possesses the ability to be refined.
What is the name of this magical Law Artifact?
Fei Yangxie replied, "The Twenty-Month Azure Fish Ring '."
Gu Tong nodded, looked at Fei Yangxie was still prostrate below the steps, and asked again, "Do you want something from me?"
Fei Yangxie remained silent for a moment before speaking in a low voice, his tone dry and cautious. "I only ask for protection so that the Fei Household can continue."
Gu Tong put the Jade Ring back into the box, pondered for a moment, picked up a blank talisman paper from the table, and with a flash of spiritual light at her fingertips, wrote a handwritten Handwritten Order.
He handed the letter to his disciple, then turned to Fei Yangxie and said, "I'll leave you a copy of this letter. If your family has the courage, continue to operate here, cultivate at the foot of Biji Mountain, and multiply. In the future, if someone occupies this mountain, they might take you under their rule, and you could also watch over the foundations of my Cangxian Sect in the north. If you are unable to do so, the Gao family of Huai Shuo is still alive. Take this letter to Huai Shuo, and they will be happy to take you in." Fei Yangxie accepted the letter with both hands, his throat bobbing, but he ultimately said nothing more, and bowed deeply. "Thank you, Sect Master."
After Fei Yangxie left, Gu Tong came to the outside of the main hall.
He sighed, looked at the disciples of the Hidden Worthies Gate behind him, and said softly, "Let's go, Southern Return!"
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"Has Jiang Chengzi not returned yet?"
On Boyue Mountain, Jiang Yan asked.
He appeared to be middle-aged, with slightly full cheeks and a gentle, scholarly air about him. He wore a tall hat and a blue and white long robe, with a long sword strapped to his back. The scabbard was dark and undecorated, with only a section of the hilt protruding diagonally from his shoulder.
The disciple below respectfully replied, "Reporting to the Mountain Master, Senior Brother has not yet returned. Twenty-three years ago, his Life Tablet was intact, but now the energy he left within Life Tablet has completely dissipated, making it impossible to determine his condition through the Life Tablet."
Jiang Yan nodded.
Jiang Chengzi has already mastered Sword Qi, and his Sword Essence is not far off. However, he has been missing for thirty years, and his fate is unknown.
This made him regret his earlier rash decision to send him to the Secret Seal of the Great Zhi Pivot.
Those people from the Pivot Court never returned; it's unknown whether they left or encountered some accident.
What is the current situation at Peaceful Way Abbey?
The disciple replied, "Peaceful Way Abbey was the first to set off, and soon after Hidden Worthies Gate set off on their journey, with Peaceful Way Abbey Hidden Worthies Gate following behind."
Jiang Yan nodded and said, "Apart from that Great True Person of Meihai, Quan Yong is the most Quan Yong in his obsession with Southern Return. I wonder what he would think if he saw the current situation."
Although Quan Yong was dead, he was Great True Person in life, so the disciple dared not question him, but only asked, "Mountain Lord, when should we set off?"
Jiang Yan said, "Let's wait a little longer."
"The sword of You Province originated from Boyue of Jiuyi. Qu Yuan and Jiang Ziya were originally from the same family, sharing the same sword. How could they possibly have gone first?"
The moment he finished speaking, a sword's cry rang out from outside Boyue Mountain.
Jiang Yan stood up, went outside the hall, looked at the sword light shining in the sea of clouds of Boyue Mountain, chuckled, and the long sword behind him Soundless unsheathed and landed in his hand.
With a surge of Law Power, he gently slashed into the distance, pushing aside the sea of clouds to reveal a distinguished middle-aged man in elaborate robes, a long sword at his waist.
Qu Chengong has arrived.
Jiang Yan looked at the disciples behind him and said loudly, "Southern Return!" Looking up from the sky, one could see many cultivators gathering on a road, dressed in blue and white robes, wearing tall and short crowns, long swords, white whisks, Daoist robes, and feathered garments, converging like a stream, surging Southern Lands.
Boyue, Jade Rooster, Shouyang, Jiuyi, Meihai, Feihuang.
Two hundred years of time, thirty years of scheming and plotting—whether they were tools or Chess Piece, whether they were treacherous villains or benevolent gentlemen, at this moment, they all Southern Return.
The image of death shattered at that moment.
Li Fuchan stood up from the secret room.
With a swift movement, he arrived in front of Quan Yong, who was trapped by the Heart-Locking Stele.
"Long Thunder Awakens the Cloud Voice"
A Sword Qi flew out, Quan Yong's head flew up and fell back down, where he caught it in his hand.
A joyful laugh seemed to echo from within his belly, then vanished.
As the Inner Vision crumbled and the Dao Fruit dissipated, a misty Azure Rain began to fall within a Secret Seal, accumulating into pools of water. The Jade-Green light in Quan Yong's eyes vanished.
Li Fuchan remained expressionless, his gray-black pupils revealing no discernible emotion.
He was about to leave, and whether Quan Yong lived or died was not important to him. But as he was about to break free from "Li Thunder" and no longer be bound by it, he was bound to do something, regardless of good or evil, right or wrong.
Quan Yong's actions were indeed despicable, but he had his own principles. Unfortunately, he only persisted in his pursuit of Southern Return. After "Li Thunder" was gone, Li Fuchan's actions were solely for the sake of seeking the Dao.
Quan Yong's death was destined to be a milestone on his path of seeking enlightenment.
This was the first time since his rebirth that he acted according to his own will, rather than Coercion by anyone or anything.
Li Fuchan murmured, "This will never be the last time."
The "Jade Pivot Thunder Canon" appeared in his palm. Li Fuchan communicated with the portal, stepped into it, and disappeared.
[Southern Return Road] Completed