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Chapter 1365: Chapter 1359: Home
Finally, he stepped onto the soil of Azure Cloud Prefecture.
The land of Azure Cloud Prefecture was a place even the Imperial Dynasty’s experts found difficult to penetrate.
Array formations were everywhere, yet to Ancestor Lan, they were virtually non-existent.
Ancestor Lan visited the site of the former border war with the Wu Tribe, paid his respects at the Azure Cloud Cemetery, and toured the major factions across the entire prefecture.
When he arrived at the Feng family, he saw Feng Chunlin stroking a coffin and asked in confusion, “Why does Prefecture Prince Feng use such a spiritual artifact?”
The sudden appearance of Ancestor Lan gave Feng Chunlin a fright.
He naturally knew who Ancestor Lan was, having even cultivated in his Dao Field for decades and benefited immensely.
He bowed respectfully to Ancestor Lan and replied,
“This junior’s sins are heavy. Having previously received orders from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, I murdered many commoners and cultivators of Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Knowing I will have many enemies in the future upon my death, and having no face to be buried in Azure Cloud Prefecture, I merely seek to find a place to bury myself after a final battle.”
Speaking of this, Feng Chunlin smiled bitterly.
“I have fought the Wu Tribe, fought Third Prince Qian, fought the Zhao Clan… and my old friends have passed away one by one. The affairs of the world are truly unpredictable.”
Hearing this, Ancestor Lan felt deeply moved.
He gave a slight nod, left behind an ancient text, and continued his wandering through Azure Cloud Prefecture.
This journey eventually brought him to the City of Merit.
Someone was already waiting to welcome him in the City of Merit. It was the Li Clan’s steward, Huang Xiujin, who was polite and refined.
“Ancestor Lan honors us with his presence. This humble one will go inform the lords of the family.”
Upon his arrival, Ancestor Lan’s expression slightly darkened.
Inside the City of Merit, the commoners lived and worked in peace, with cooking smoke rising everywhere.
Though these people were brimming with vitality, they seemed to possess some kind of connection with the City of Merit, making it impossible for them to leave the city too far.
Seeing Ancestor Lan’s confusion, Huang Xiujin didn’t dare to conceal anything from such a monumental figure.
“How difficult is it to bring the dead back to life? Our family’s Fourth Miss of the ‘Yao’ generation seized the karmic luck of heaven and earth, reviving them after their vitality was completely exhausted. As the city revives, the people coexist with the city.”
“It must have cost a tremendous amount of effort, didn’t it?”
Ancestor Lan didn’t know that the commoners of the City of Merit had severed their own vitality back then to protect the city, waiting centuries for the Li Clan members to return, but he could sense the extraordinary nature of the City of Merit and the hardship involved.
Huang Xiujin replied, “A monumental amount of effort, yes. But in this world, debts of emotion are the hardest to repay.”
“Indeed.”
Ancestor Lan entered the City of Merit thoughtfully.
There, he saw the numerous retainers of the Li Clan: the assassins of Skynet who sought only a place of peace, the Martial Emperor who had received a sliver of Dao guidance from Li Yuanwu, the Drizzle Sword Venerable who hadn’t returned to the Sword Pavilion of the Holy Sanctuary in a long time, the youth-like Nirvana Sage Elder…
He drank wine with some, or played a full game of chess with others.
The tranquility inside the City of Merit was starkly different from the frantic fleeing outside Azure Cloud Prefecture—they seemed like two entirely different worlds.
With the Blood Moon approaching, not a single person had left the City of Merit, continuing to enjoy their peaceful lives as usual.
Yet from their words, Ancestor Lan also knew that all of this was hard-won, and everyone revealed a firm resolution to not let the Blood Moon disturb this peace.
Arriving at the main hall of the Li Clan, the family members seemed to sense something and gathered in the hall one by one.
Li Yaoqing and Li Yaotie sat in the seats of honor; he had met these two before.
Below them sat Li Yunlin, Li Tianming, Li Tianqi, and other descendants of the Li Clan.
Each of these Li Clan members was incredibly extraordinary. It was a pity, however, that those who were rushing about outside, whom he had never even met face-to-face, were missing.
He exchanged greetings with the Li Clan members one by one, chatting about everyday matters.
The Li Clan members also conversed casually with Ancestor Lan.
This old neighbor of the family might have been a bit of a trickster, but in the end, he hadn’t turned out to be a deserter.
Suddenly, a ‘clink’ was heard.
The family members furrowed their brows, only to see Ancestor Lan taking out the bundle he usually hung in the Immortal Sect’s forbidden ground, always ready to run away with.
“Ancestor Lan, what is this?”
Li Yunlin furrowed his brows. But this time, Ancestor Lan opened the bundle.
There was no golden light as imagined, nor the aura of unimaginably powerful treasures.
Li Yunlin had wanted to know what exactly this item Ancestor Lan carried with him was more than once. Who knew…
Inside, there were just some slightly more durable pots, pans, bowls, and chopsticks.
“I have comprehended one principle my entire life: wherever a person is, that is where their home is. I am all alone, without a single attachment.”
Ancestor Lan laughed mockingly at himself.
“These pots and pans were the things I wanted to take away when I saw my Master.
I told my Master that with them, I could quickly build a small home. At the very least, having something makes me feel like the place I am in is familiar.”
Normally, the family members would have definitely scolded this old man, but today, they found it hard to open their mouths.
“I am passing these things on to you.”
The Li Clan members hesitated to speak. Ancestor Lan said,
“You are better off than I am. You have your clansmen, a massive family legacy, and the land of Azure Cloud Prefecture will always be here. There will always be a day you return.”
Ancestor Lan saw the deeply furrowed brows of the Li Clan members, knowing they were unwilling to accept defeat.
He smiled, “Having said this much, there is nothing else. I merely wanted to take a look at those who guard the Dao alongside me. The future belongs to all of you.”
With those words, Ancestor Lan stood up.
The family members exchanged glances, unable to understand why Ancestor Lan had hastily come to the family, spoken such inexplicable words, and left behind an inexplicable bundle of pots and pans.
They watched Ancestor Lan walk out of the City of Merit, levitate into the air, and with a single stomp, the sky cracked.
The family members hurriedly chased after him, only to find Ancestor Lan had vanished without a trace.
“Not good!”
Li Yaoqing let out an alarmed cry and soared into the sky. The family members quickly followed, ascending into the cloudy sky, following Li Yaoqing’s gaze toward the west.
Suddenly, a Dao rhythm resembling a massive wall surged violently toward the Western Frontier.
This Dao rhythm encompassed more than half of the world’s three thousand Great Daos, radiating various colors.
It looked like rays of light splashing across a starry sky to form a rainbow bridge.
It seemed as if heaven and earth themselves were insignificant as grains of sand beneath this Great Dao, capable of becoming the greatest shackles in the mortal realm.
In the west, the Blood Moon slowly rose, a brilliant light flashing.
Ancestor Lan’s calm voice resounded throughout the mortal realm!
“All Great Golden Immortals of the Western Frontier.”
“Emperor Shun, Lin Yuan, of the Imperial Dynasty.”
“Great Emperor Taiyin of the Demon Race!”
“Divine Lord Gu Dao, Emperor of the Wu Tribe!”
“Do you dare to fight this old man… at the ends of the earth?!!”
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