"What?! Night Moon Palace!" Ancestor Qingyan was somewhat shocked.
He was very familiar with that name. After all, Night Moon Palace was now renowned among the Dark Faction.
But compared with powers such as the Valley of Devouring and Saint King Yunteng's Tomb, Night Moon Palace still fell far short.
Yet Ancestor Qingyan did not question the rankings at this moment. Instead, he immediately began pondering whether Night Moon Palace had some hidden trump card.
After all, judging by the previous entries, the Primordial Hall clearly had not ranked them at random.
"Aside from that, has anything else happened?" Ancestor Qingyan asked again.
Luo Feizhou hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Two Radiant Body Realm experts emerged a few days ago."
"Oh?" Ancestor Qingyan sounded somewhat curious.
Radiant Body Realm experts were already extremely powerful beings in the Eastern Wasteland. After all, even in some major sects, the strongest cultivators were only at Peak Radiant Body.
With two such top experts appearing at once, something was surely about to happen.
"Those two seniors came from the Supreme Sword Sect. They were reportedly investigating the Primordial Hall. The Hall Master of the Primordial Hall descended from the sky and gently turned his magical treasure three times, bringing about the deaths of both Radiant Body experts."
Luo Feizhou's last sentence left Ancestor Qingyan silent for a long time.
He did not even realize that, as Luo Feizhou explained, his hands had unconsciously clasped together.
Radiant Body experts, wiped out with ease!
Fortunately, a wooden door stood between him and Luo Feizhou as they spoke. Otherwise, Luo Feizhou would certainly have seen the shock on Ancestor Qingyan's face.
"Afterward, the Supreme Sword Sect's sect master personally took action, only to be easily defeated by the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall again. No one knows what happened after that, but the Supreme Sword Sect's previous sect master personally came out to apologize and declared that they would never cross blades with the Primordial Hall."
"In that case, has the Supreme Sword Sect submitted to the Primordial Hall?" Ancestor Qingyan asked.
"No. According to the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall, the Primordial Hall will always remain neutral and will never favor any power." Luo Feizhou paused, then continued, "Also, the Supreme Sword Sect originally ranked fifth, while our Qingyan Mountain Manor ranked sixth. After what happened that day, the Supreme Sword Sect has now fallen out of the top twenty."
Neutral!
Ancestor Qingyan was still dwelling on Luo Feizhou's previous sentence and, for some reason, breathed a sigh of relief.
"There is one more matter," Luo Feizhou added.
"What is it?" Ancestor Qingyan's heart, which had just settled, rose into his throat again.
"Rumor has it that Cui Ranqing, the wife of Night Moon Palace's palace master, has already reached Peak Radiant Body. Dragon Qi has filled the skies above Night Moon Palace lately, with a golden dragon faintly appearing. And with experts from all the major sects recently listed in the rankings making breakthroughs..."
"She's attaining Sainthood!" Ancestor Qingyan interrupted Luo Feizhou and murmured, "That woman is actually about to attain Sainthood!"
"Exactly! There is another piece of news. Reportedly, Cui Ranqing and her daughter Yu Hongyan visited Hongmeng Mountain earlier. Two people went, but only Cui Ranqing returned," Luo Feizhou added.
There were many implications behind those words. After a single trip to Hongmeng Mountain, she had suddenly found an opportunity to attain Sainthood.
Could such a coincidence really exist in this world?
And with Yu Hongyan having failed to return to the sect, there were many more implications that could not be clearly explained. It was very possible that Cui Ranqing had obtained her opportunity to attain Sainthood by trading Yu Hongyan for it!
"Have Luo Qingxu come here!" Ancestor Qingyan left him with those words.
Delighted, Luo Feizhou nodded in agreement. In fact, this was his main reason for coming to see the ancestor today.
Luo Qingxu was his only daughter, as well as the greatest beauty of Qingyan Mountain Manor. If she could establish a connection with the Primordial Hall, the future benefits naturally went without saying.
How could Ancestor Qingyan fail to understand Luo Feizhou's calculations? He had called for Luo Qingxu merely because she was the most suitable candidate.
An hour later, two streaks of light landed at the boundary of Hongmeng Mountain.
To the outside world, Hongmeng Mountain was still an extremely secretive existence, but to major sects such as Qingyan Mountain Manor, the Primordial Hall's location was no secret.
After all, they even had spies at Night Moon Palace. As long as they knew where Yu Hongyan had disappeared, it was not difficult to deduce Hongmeng Mountain's approximate location.
As soon as they approached Hongmeng Mountain, Luo Qingxu and Ancestor Qingyan felt a terrifying pressure.
However, this was within their expectations, so they were not overly surprised.
After circling Hongmeng Mountain in search of it, the grandfather and granddaughter found the main entrance.
As soon as they entered, they saw two Spirit Condensation Realm cultivators standing guard before the mountain gate.
Luo Qingxu's eyes brimmed with boundless curiosity. She was also in the Spirit Condensation Realm, so she could naturally sense that the two guards before her were at least as strong as she was.
People this powerful are only gatekeepers on Hongmeng Mountain? Luo Qingxu grumbled inwardly. By that reckoning, wasn't she only at the level of a gatekeeper herself?
At this thought, Luo Qingxu could not help pouting. Her large eyes were clear and bright, and her black gauze dress further accentuated her shapely figure.
Yet even with such a beauty before them, the two guards remained unmoved-practically motionless-leaving Luo Qingxu thoroughly deflated.
Ancestor Qingyan bowed respectfully to the two guards. With his strength, he could naturally sense that their true strength was nowhere near as ordinary as it appeared.
"Luo Qingyan of Qingyan Mountain Manor requests an audience with the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall. Sorry for troubling you both to announce our arrival," Ancestor Qingyan said.
At his age, he rarely spoke so respectfully anymore, but here at the Primordial Hall, it was clearly warranted.
"Please proceed directly up the mountain. The Hall Master gave instructions two hours ago," one guard said, his voice devoid of emotion.
Luo Qingxu, beside him, was startled. Two hours ago! At that time, she and Ancestor Qingyan had not even left Qingyan Mountain Manor!
Yet the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall had known they were coming before they had even set out. Could he truly be a Saint, capable of knowing the future without divination?
Ancestor Qingyan was no less shocked than Luo Qingxu, but he simply did not show it.
"Thank you both," Ancestor Qingyan said, then turned and headed up the mountain with Luo Qingxu.
"Ancestor, do you think the Hall Master of the Primordial Hall really is a Saint?" Curiosity filled Luo Qingxu's large eyes. Though she was no longer a child, Saints were still remote beings in her eyes.
"Not necessarily. In terms of divination ability alone, he is already an existence beyond Saints," Ancestor Qingyan said, shaking his head.