After successfully slaying the Golden Lion, Liu Changxu and his companions encountered no further danger. Their journey went smoothly, and they even obtained many precious high-grade spirit materials from the starry sky.
One day in April of the year 3637 of the Great Tang Calendar, after four long years of flight, the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle safely brought Liu Changxu and his companions back to Azure Cloud Palace on Mysterious Yellow Star.
When the Ruyi Void-Escaping Shuttle arrived at Azure Cloud Palace, almost all the Azure Cloud Sect's senior cultivators, including Sect Master Wang Fen, came out to welcome Liu Changxu and his companions warmly. Even Liu Changxu had never experienced such a grand reception before.
What surprised Liu Changxu most was that Li Muchen, the Li Household's ancestor who rarely appeared in public, was among those welcoming them.
Li Muchen could truly be called the Azure Cloud Sect's most senior and legendary Spirit Transformation expert. Even Cao Hui and Chen Hu had to address him as Martial Count when they met him.
It was said that Li Muchen was already over twenty-four hundred years old. He was the grandson of the Azure Cloud Sect's founding ancestor. Because of his advanced age, he had remained secluded in his own cave abode, cultivating in peace and barely involving himself in sect affairs anymore.
On reflection, it made sense. Liu Changxu was no ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator, but a Void Refinement Venerable, the strongest expert in both the Azure Cloud Sect and all of Mysterious Yellow Star. He was fully worthy of a personal welcome from this ancestor.
Faced with this venerable elder of the sect, Liu Changxu showed great respect and took the initiative to greet Li Muchen:
"Changxu pays his respects to Martial Count! Have you been well lately?"
"Thank you