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Chapter 1776: News of 1776
On this side, the Xiahou Family Master had been sent out, and now they were just waiting for the news from the Third Elder.
Su Yuanyuan looked at the eleven people who came over and said nothing.
The Third Elder glanced at his own clan’s juniors, then at the cultivators opposite, knowing full well these people had no intention of forming a vendetta.
He cupped his hands toward Gu Ersheng. "Senior, it was all a misunderstanding before. Now that we’re all here, we might as well resolve this matter. After all, there’s no reason it has to turn into a life-and-death feud over nothing."
"Right, no need for that. My people have only just arrived in the Immortal World, they don’t understand much yet. We came this way wanting to settle this matter as well—after all, we’ll be running into each other often in the future. It’s not like we’re afraid of anything, but leaving things murky like this is no good."
Gu Ersheng’s meaning was very clear.
The Xiahou Third Elder immediately cupped his hands. "Good, Senior, we understand. Since that’s the case, let’s let this matter go."
"Mm." Gu Ersheng nodded.
Su Yuanyuan used immortal power to send the Storage Rings over. "These are the Storage Rings of those few from earlier."
She hadn’t expected they would actually return them. Really interesting—did they look down on them? Still, having them returned was quite nice.
Since things had now been made clear, the cultivators of the Xiahou Family all departed.
Everyone boarded the Flying Boat again. If the Xiahou Family were truly going to just let this go, that was impossible—but on the surface, at least, they wouldn’t be meeting them in life-and-death combat.
"We should keep a closer eye on the Xiahou Family in the future."
Everyone nodded; as if they could disagree.
In the end, having a high-level cultivator at your side was useful.
The Flying Boat continued forward. Chen Xue Man was already too anxious to sit or stand still, truly on edge.
"You hadn’t heard of Chen Rushi before?"
"I’ve seen him once or twice. He’s formidable. But I didn’t know he was from the Xuantian Sect."
Qi Wen nodded. "What you said makes perfect sense."
"Ancestor, what was my father like back then?"
"Your father was very formidable. He could get by just fine on his own here. I imagine quite a few families wanted to recruit him, but he didn’t join any of them."
Chen Xue Man’s face was full of excited smiles. She hadn’t seen her father for far too long; now that she’d heard news of him, her heart was brimming with pride.
Su Yuanyuan had already noticed that quite a few people were paying attention to them, but with Gu Ersheng present, no one really dared to act.
Gu Ersheng felt both familiar and unfamiliar to them—after all, they hadn’t met for several hundred years.
Gu Ersheng hadn’t looked like this before. When he advanced to Golden Immortal this time, he deliberately changed his appearance. Now he looked like a young man, quite different from before.
Su Yuanyuan didn’t bother with that. As long as no one blocked her way, she’d pretend not to know.
Half a year later, the Flying Boat stopped outside the Ronghua City of the Hua Family.
In just an instant, Huadong appeared there. "Welcome back, Daoists. Please, our ancestor invites you in."
Tan Shaoting nodded, and the group followed Huadong into the city.
They had been trapped for over twenty years, only seeing their own people. Now that they’d entered the city, everything looked very fresh to them. Though in truth, nothing much had changed.
When they reached the Hua Family gate, the Hua Family Master was already there to greet them. "Please, Senior."
Gu Ersheng nodded primly. Inwardly he thought, if that old fellow of the Hua Family realized it was me, what kind of expression would he make? Quite looking forward to it.
The group went straight into the main hall, where the Hua Family’s ancestor was already waiting.
In the Outer Immortal Realm, strength was everything, so everyone saluted the Immortal Monarch.
"No need to be so polite, little friends. Please, sit." Hua Changshan said with a smile, though his gaze was fixed on Gu Ersheng.
"Daoist, you are...? We should have met before, shouldn’t we?"
"Hua Lingyun truly is a noble who forgets things easily. I am Gu Ersheng."
"Gu Ersheng? I haven’t seen you in several hundred years—I thought you’d left the East Immortal Emperor Realm." Hua Changshan said through gritted teeth.
This fellow Gu Ersheng was really infuriating. Their grudge had been over immortal plants.
"You flatter me. I’ve just been cultivating all this time—my cultivation too low, always getting bullied."
"Daoist Gu, you really are modest. Back when you were only a Daluo Golden Immortal, you could snatch immortal plants right out of my hands."
"Daoist Hua exaggerates. Those immortal plants didn’t belong to your Hua Family."
Hua Changshan swallowed his anger. "Daoist Gu, that’s quite an impolite way to put it."
"I’ve always been one to speak the truth."
"How did Daoist Gu come to know these few little friends?"
"They’re my fellow disciples." He didn’t dare call them juniors—if they used that to pin him down in the future, he’d have no way to argue.
"Did you little friends go to the Endless Mountain Range specifically to find Daoist Gu?"
Tan Shaoting gave a formal bow. "Yes, he is a senior of our sect."
"Haha, how impressive. Your senior has quite the reputation in the Immortal World. You’re all just as competent."
"Senior flatters us."
Hua Changshan waved his hand. "Which little friend is the one who helped me with alchemy?"
Qi Hong stood up and saluted.
"Little friend, you’re truly remarkable. I’d like to invite you to join the Hua Family."
Qi Hong shook his head. "Thank you, Senior, for your regard, but I have no plans to join any family. Still, our family and the Hua Family can be considered to have some fate between us. If you have need of me in future, as long as it’s within my abilities, I won’t refuse."
Hua Lingyun had known it would go like this. Seeing Gu Ersheng, he knew it wouldn’t be smooth.
Out of respect for Qi Hong, Hua Lingyun stood up. "I’d like to ask Little Friend Tan to help me open the furnace again."
"That’s fine, but I want to know whether there’s any news of the person we’re looking for."
The Hua Family Master immediately took over. "We do have news. The last report regarding Mr. Chen is from thirty years ago—he went into Broken Soul Mountain. After that, no one has seen him come out, and there’s been no further news."
Chen Xue Man instantly grew more anxious. It had been over fifty years since her ascension, and she knew well what Broken Soul Mountain was—that was the most dangerous place in the East Immortal Emperor Realm, one of the top few dangerous locations in the entire Immortal World.
Qi Hong cupped his hands. "Thank you, Senior. Please arrange a room; I’ll open the furnace at once."
"Little Friend Tan, are you planning to go to Broken Soul Mountain?"
"Yes."
"That place is a natural peril, extremely dangerous."
"Thank you for the warning, Senior, but we still have to go take a look."
Hua Lingyun spoke up. "Our Hua Family will send people to go with you."
He wanted to maximize their safety.
Tan Shaoting saluted. "Thank you, Senior, but that won’t be necessary. We can manage on our own. Bringing too many people would be inconvenient."
"Broken Soul Mountain is extremely dangerous."
"Senior, we’ve read the logs; we know the dangers. Precisely for that reason, we can’t have you follow us into such risk."
Seeing their firm attitude, Hua Changshan said no more. He thought, with Gu Ersheng there, they’d be much safer. These people might still be far below the Killing God, but they’re formidable enough.
The Hua Family Master had already arranged the Alchemy Room, and provided resting rooms for the others as well.
"Second Brother, I’ll go with you?"
Qi Hong nodded. Having his family by his side was the same as doing alchemy alone—there was no need to be on guard at all.
Gu Ersheng casually tossed out an Array Plate, one that not even an Immortal Monarch could break.