And Yun Lan herself was not a veteran powerhouse. Those veteran powerhouses were all elders and ancestors hidden behind the scenes.
Moreover, the Chen Lineage currently lacked manpower. Even with Chen Fan, a Great Emperor, its associated businesses could not return to their peak in a short time.
In other words, this was the initial stage of a lineage's rise. Past unpleasantness ought to be erased as soon as possible. Otherwise, gambling on what might happen later could bring consequences even harder to bear.
Yun Lan glanced at the disciple beside her. "Chanyue, the Chen Lineage is probably beyond our reach now. Don't lose your sense of propriety."
This was no longer about breaking off an engagement. They had to get their attitude right.
Su Chanyue nodded. "Master, I understand."
She indicated that she would never dare act out of line.
I was the one who broke off the engagement, and I'm also the one coming to apologize. What was any of it for? She wanted to cry but had no tears.
She looked at the city before her. How little time had passed, yet it was already Chen Lineage territory... If she had not broken off the engagement before, perhaps she could have come here with every right to do so and enjoyed the richest Spiritual Qi.
Hearing this, Yun Lan said nothing and went straight forward.
"The Falling Cloud Sect requests an audience with the Great Emperor!"
Bai Fengyao popped her head out. She had been the fastest to refine the Pangu Blood and had immediately come to guard their home!
She looked at the two from afar.
"The Falling Cloud Sect? Isn't that the one that broke off the engagement with Master..."
She shouted, "You two, please leave. My master won't see you!"
Although she personally was very grateful to Su Chanyue, her master certainly was not. Not to mention there was also her master's wife. I'm not stupid.
Hearing this, Yun Lan froze in embarrassment. Su Chanyue's expression was also unpleasant. This was Chen Fan's disciple, that divine maiden of the Ancient Phoenix Clan...
Just then, Mo Qingyin appeared and immediately covered Bai Fengyao's little mouth.
She reminded her quietly, "Little girl, behave. This is so your master and his wife can have a child sooner."
Bai Fengyao could only look at Mo Qingyin and nod, indicating that she understood. In that case, this child would definitely have something to do with her!
Meanwhile, Fang Yuehua said from beside them, "Sect Master of the Falling Cloud Sect, all who come are guests. Please enter the city."
How could they turn down such a wonderful opportunity?
The Great Emperor had no guilty conscience, so why should he refuse to see them? Her disciple also needed to meet these two for a formal handover.
Although Chen Fan and her disciple had not returned yet...
Yun Lan immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you, Sage King Yuehua..."
???
Someone from the Divine Dao Holy Land! She had also seen the Divine Dao Holy Land's holy maiden in the Emperor-Burying Mountain Range before...
Could it merely be a coincidence?
She had an ominous feeling, but since she had come, there was no way to back out now.
Seeing that the Lord of Illusory Sound was also here, could Chen Fan have taken the Illusory Sound Pavilion under his control too?
Then, with permission granted, an opening was made in the city-protecting formation from within, allowing her to bring Su Chanyue inside.
They had only just entered.
The dense power rushing into her face directly gave Su Chanyue's cultivation signs of a breakthrough!
With a single breath, she could feel the nearly tangible spiritual power seeping into every limb and bone!
"Master..."
She was shocked. Separated by a single formation, the density of Spiritual Qi on either side was as different as heaven and earth.
She had thought the outside was already quite good, but this place was truly breathtaking.
It was nothing short of the secluded paradise cultivators dreamed of!
Yun Lan noticed it too. "Chanyue, there is at least one Emperor Crystal Vein here, and it is much larger than an ordinary Emperor Crystal Vein."
With her broad knowledge and experience, this served as an explanation. But she could only explain this much and make a few guesses.
An Emperor Crystal Vein! Su Chanyue fell silent. Emperor Crystal Veins were all in the hands of the continent's very top powers and were incomparably precious.
Yet now, after only a few breaths, she had already...
She wondered whether there was any medicine for regret. If she could live here all the time, she could definitely improve her strength rapidly! She could become a top genius of the entire continent, not merely the Heavenly Abyss Domain.
After all, talent was one thing, but precious resources were equally indispensable to a cultivator's growth.
Soon, Fang Yuehua and the others arrived.
"The Great Emperor has not returned yet. Sect Master of the Falling Cloud Sect, why not wait a while?" Fang Yuehua said.
Meanwhile, Mo Qingyin stood to the side, covering Bai Fengyao's little mouth to keep the girl from saying anything wrong.
He hasn't returned? Yun Lan's heart lurched. This felt increasingly ominous.
But after sensing Fang Yuehua's presence, she was even more shocked! It seemed as though she had just finished cultivating. The presence of her bloodline had yet to settle, and faint strands of red, threadlike Spiritual Qi emanated from her.
"Sage King Yuehua, as you wish." She nodded in acknowledgment.
She must have encountered a tremendous opportunity! Otherwise, her presence would not be this formidable.
And the Lord of Illusory Sound and the others were the same.
But she would not ask any further questions.
Soon, they arrived at the Chen Lineage residence.
They had only just stepped through the entrance.
An enormous scarlet pool of blood caught Yun Lan's attention, and her gaze sharpened slightly.
"This..."
Terrifyingly powerful bloodline power rushed toward her, making even her feel immense pressure!
Powerful blood essence? This much!
Fang Yuehua smiled. "Sect Master of the Falling Cloud Sect, there is no need to be surprised. This is a blood pool the Great Emperor created to strengthen the bloodlines of the lineage's disciples."
It was not a secret. After all, since the Great Emperor had chosen to put it right here, he had no intention of concealing it.
Yun Lan fell silent. From that explanation, it seemed Fang Yuehua and Mo Qingyin had both refined this terrifying blood essence!
Looking to the side, she saw others refining this blood essence in teeny, tiny amounts, teasing it out strand by strand and even diluting it.
Su Chanyue watched anxiously, nearly drooling herself to tears. Although she did not know what this blood pool was, anything a Great Emperor brought out was certainly no ordinary thing!
Suddenly, Chen Tianya finished refining beside the blood pool.
Blood-colored power swirled around his entire body, and with a boom, "Transcendent Realm!"
"Hahahaha! I've reached the Transcendent Realm! My bloodline has also grown countless times stronger, and my combat strength has multiplied!"
This had been only a teeny, tiny bit of Pangu Blood. It had nearly made him burst to death.
He did not dare continue either. Otherwise, he really would die. He could not be greedy.
Su Chanyue was stunned. The Transcendent Realm!
They had not seen each other for only a few days, yet Senior Brother Meng, the undercover agent, had crossed an entire major realm in cultivation and already far surpassed her, the sect's holy maiden!
It felt awful as hell. Otherwise, she could have done it too!
But now, she could only watch helplessly.
Bai Fengyao glanced at Su Chanyue's expression and pursed her lips.
"My master and his wife haven't returned yet. Stop thinking about it. My master's wife wouldn't agree either."
Fang Yuehua and Mo Qingyin lowered their heads to look at Bai Fengyao. You certainly know just what to say.
Yun Lan froze completely. His wife!
That ominous feeling grew ever stronger!
Surely it couldn't, surely it shouldn't-at least it wasn't that, right?
His wife? Su Chanyue was utterly taken aback. How little time had passed, yet Chen Fan had already found a master's wife for the Ancient Phoenix Clan's divine maiden?
She had taken the place that should originally have belonged to Su Chanyue!
Fang Yuehua hurriedly said, "Sect Master of the Falling Cloud Sect, why don't you wait indoors for the Great Emperor?"
Yun Lan suppressed her thoughts and murmured assent, pulling the dazed Su Chanyue along.
Just then.
The sky overhead suddenly darkened.
The city-protecting formation opened on its own, and an enormous creature descended.
Its terrifying presence and oppressive might forced everyone back three steps!
It was a demonic beast!
Only after seeing Chen Fan and Ling Qingcheng on its back did they relax.
"Master, Master's wife." Bai Fengyao chuckled. She had no idea where her master and his wife had gone behind their disciple's back...