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Chapter 1324: Chapter 715: Cloud Mist Zhao Family
Zhao Sheng felt that personally questioning was too slow, so he directly deployed the Soul Searching technique, scrutinizing everyone’s life memories.
After all, every member of the Ghost God Sect was guilty of heinous crimes, all deserving death!
"Hmph, there’s nothing! Not even the Nascent Soul knows! It seems the Nine Nether Tower truly isn’t within the Ghost God Sect. To whose hands has it fallen?!"
After reviewing everyone’s memories, Zhao Sheng’s face turned gloomy, and he couldn’t help but let out a cold snort.
The next moment, the heads of the eight people below exploded one after another, red and white brains splattered into the sky. Then, the eight headless corpses fell to the ground, quickly becoming a mess of flesh.
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Sheng suddenly realized he was "fishing by climbing a tree." Since the Ghost God Sect didn’t have it, he might as well directly find the Zhao Clan Members in this realm and inquire there.
With that thought settled, his figure disappeared from the sky.
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Mountain Continent is filled with mountains. The terrain of this continent is complex, mostly consisting of mountain ranges and countless deep mountain valleys, with labyrinth-like caves and underground rivers scattered beneath the earth, including even three massive underground oceans.
In the eastern part of the Mountain Continent, there’s a Spiritually-energetic region called the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. The area is shrouded in clouds and mist year-round, with complex terrain that is rarely visited by people, yet many rare spiritual medicines originate from here.
However, little known is that deep in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range is a man-made spiritual realm, where a beautiful mountain city spanning hundreds of miles sits at the center of the spiritual realm.
The mountain city is named New Zhao City, one of the main bases of the Zhao Family branch in this realm.
It was midday, and in a lush valley outside New Zhao City, where flowers bloomed in abundance and exotic spirit flowers and herbs were seen everywhere, creating a beautiful scene.
At this moment, a snowy-skinned, beautiful young girl in a lotus dress was following half a step behind a graceful woman in green, walking slowly.
These two are mother and daughter.
The beautiful woman belongs to the Xing generation, with the real name Zhao Xingyu, whose cultivation has reached the late-stage Golden Core.
The girl in the lotus dress is named Zhao Lian’er, ranking sixth in the Bo generation. She established her Foundation ten years ago.
"Thinking back to those days, our ancestors fought their way through blood and thorns to establish a foothold in the Mountain Continent. Who would have thought that a thousand years later, the younger generations would forget their original mission entirely? I truly underestimated human nature!" said Zhao Xingyu, the woman in green, with a bitter smile.
"Mother, you have just come out, and your daughter finally has some time alone with you, yet you speak of such depressing matters!" The girl in the lotus dress sighed softly, feeling a bit resentful.
"Lian’er, you don’t understand how illustrious our ancestors once were. It’s a pity the descendants fell short, shaming the ancestors. Now our family has fallen under the banner of another sect," the woman in green paused, looked up at the sky, slightly lost.
Back when she boarded the Supreme Divine Continent to the Spring Birth Realm, nearly five hundred years have passed.
The countryside of her hometown has become blurry over the five hundred years, seen only occasionally in dreams.
"Lian’er, do you know, two thousand years ago, our family had seven Nascent Soul Ancestors seated. A thousand years ago, only three remained, and now, only the Ancestor Meng Han is struggling to uphold the family’s reputation. The decline of the Zhao Family is truly lamentable! I know my limited potential, and it’s unlikely I’ll reach the Nascent Soul Realm this life."
Upon hearing this, the young girl in the lotus dress felt downhearted, but a tinge of resentment too. But thinking about the family’s current predicament, a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes.
"Mother, you don’t need to be like this! The family’s cultivation resources are scarce, managing to barely supply the third uncle to break through to the Nascent Soul is already the limit. The main ingredients for a second Nascent Soul Pill can’t be gathered anymore."
The woman in green looked away at her daughter, smiled, and shook her head:
"I understand, without a special opportunity, my lifetime achievements are likely as such. But you, Lian’er, bear the Wood Spirit Body, with high enlightenment. After joining the Supreme Sensing Sect, you’ve broken through to mid-stage Foundation Establishment in thirty short years. Barring unforeseen events, your future achievements will surely surpass mine, potentially reaching beyond the Nascent Soul Realm."
"Lian’er is grateful for the Master’s meticulous guidance, even gifting many precious elixir pills. The Master regards her daughter as an heir to the lineage, for which I am eternally thankful," said Zhao Lian’er sincerely.
Seeing this, the woman in green hesitated, observed her daughter’s exquisite face several times, and secretly sighed.
"Your Master was my old friend! We once ventured through the Cultivation World together years ago. After several hundred years, she has become a Supreme Elder of the Supreme Sensing Sect. She probably has forgotten old bonds. Lian’er, you in the future..."
The words "be extra careful" hadn’t even left her mouth!
Suddenly, a person appeared before the mother and daughter.
At a glance, this person’s appearance was handsome, exuding an indescribable charm, as if they existed naturally apart from heaven and earth.
It was Zhao Sheng who shifted into presence.
The woman in green saw Zhao Sheng appear out of thin air and her face instantly changed. She immediately pulled her daughter behind her, suddenly holding a green basket in hand, filled with blooming crystalline spirit flowers, each carved from jade.
"Stop! I am not evil!" Zhao Sheng said calmly.
His voice was like a refreshing spring, gentle and cooling, instantly dispelling the mother-daughter pair’s hostility and engendering a sense of goodwill.
"Respected senior, may I ask your honored name? What is your purpose in coming to my Baihua Valley today?" the woman in green politely inquired, bowing.
At this moment, she realized the insurmountable strength gap between her and the person opposite and couldn’t help but tread carefully.
Zhao Sheng didn’t reply, instead, he looked around the valley in front of him and released an overwhelmingly vast Divine Thought, enveloping a thousand-mile range in an instant.
"Hmm, it seems I found the right place! However, the younger generations here are quite disappointing. Such a large Zhao Family, yet only one Nascent Soul to support it. It’s utterly disgraceful! Looks like I need to invest some effort and train these young ones properly," Zhao Sheng muttered disdainfully to himself.
Though his words were quiet, the mother and daughter heard them clearly!
Upon hearing this, the pupils of the woman in green, Zhao Xingyu, contracted to the extreme, then expanded to the fullest. Her heart surged with immense waves, overwhelming and intense.
This person’s tone was grand, but the meaning of his words was simple and easily understood. Clearly, he was also someone of the Zhao Family, but from which branch she did not know!
She had heard from her ancestral elders many times that members of the Zhao Family were spread across countless realms, with unimaginable total influence. Their ancestor was even a Returning to Void Realm Venerable, renowned even in the Upper Realm.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xingyu suppressed her excitement and quickly bowed, her voice trembling, "Clan member of the Xing generation, Zhao Xingyu, greets the elder of our clan. I was unaware of the elder’s presence and apologize sincerely!"
Seeing the situation, Zhao Lian’er immediately tightened her small face and hurriedly followed her mother in a deep bow.
Zhao Sheng nodded lightly, waved a sleeve to lift the two, and said calmly, "There’s no need for you two to know my background, just know that I’m also a Zhao bloodline. It’s fate that we meet, so today I bestow you both an opportunity!"
With that, he flicked his finger, and several beams of Flowing Light shot out. When they reached Zhao Xingyu and her daughter, the light split into two and landed into their arms.
The woman in green had no time to see what had fallen into her arms, immediately expressing her gratitude, "I dare not refuse the elder’s gift! We offer our utmost thanks for the opportunity bestowed upon me and my daughter. We hope to remember the elder’s name, to honor you day and night—"
"Mother, don’t say anymore, that ’elder’ has already left! Quickly look at what’s in your arms! We might have... inadvertently gained a great opportunity!" Zhao Lian’er tugged on her mother’s sleeve, her voice urgent.
Hearing her daughter’s words, the woman in green then looked down at what she held, and was speechless with astonishment!
"Nas... Nascent Soul Pills... there are actually two!"
Besides two top-grade pill bottles containing Nascent Soul Pills, she also held a crystal-clear Medicine Pestle, this treasure shone with a radiant glow, evidently extraordinary at a glance.