Chapter 411 The Hidden Space! The Astounding Foundation of the Liu Family!

Water-blue ribbons of Law dragged gorgeous trajectories through the Void Realm.

Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal were enveloped by the power of Elder Liu Lan, shuttling through space.

The surrounding scenery became completely blurred; mountains and rivers turned into streaks of light flashing past their sides, moving so fast that even Jiang Yun's Divine Sense could hardly capture them.

This journey lasted for about a minute.

Elder Liu Lan stopped.

The water-blue light suddenly dissipated, and Jiang Yun felt his feet touch solid ground.

He steadied himself and immediately looked around, examining the environment before him.

This was an unfamiliar world.

Under his feet was a path paved with bluestone slabs, covered in the traces of time, with moss growing in the crevices.

On both sides of the path was a lush bamboo forest; the bamboo leaves rustled in the breeze, and the air was filled with a faint scent of bamboo and the fragrance of soil.

Looking up, a towering mountain Peak stood before him.

The Peak was extremely high, shrouded in clouds and mist above the mountainside, making it unclear.

The mountain was rugged with strange rocks and ancient trees reaching the sky, and occasionally, a few Spirit Beasts would fly out from the forest, letting out crisp calls.

At the foot of the mountain, a clear stream meandered past.

The stream water splashed against the rocks, spraying white foam.

The scenery was beautiful.

But other than that, there was nothing.

No signs of human habitation, no buildings, no traces of any human activity.

It was like a desolate, uninhabited mountain range, primitive and silent.

Jiang Yun frowned slightly, a flash of doubt appearing in his eyes.

"Elder Liu, is this... where the Liu Family is located?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Why is there nothing around here?"

Fox Immortal also narrowed her eyes slightly, her Divine Sense spreading out to explore everything around them.

Her Divine Sense was like an invisible net, sweeping over every inch of land, every stone, and every leaf within a radius of several miles.

A moment later, her brows twitched slightly.

Fox Immortal's voice rang out in Jiang Yun's Sea of Consciousness, carrying a hint of gravity.

"I fear this place is not as simple as it appears on the surface."

Jiang Yun's heart stirred, and he asked via telepathy: "What did you discover?"

"Nothing at all."

Fox Immortal's answer made Jiang Yun even more confused.

"It is precisely because there is nothing that it is abnormal."

Fox Immortal's voice carried a hint of certainty.

"Jiang Yun, look closely. Although the surrounding environment is primitive, the layout is too orderly. The placement of the bamboo forest, the direction of the stream, and the shape of the mountain Peak all subtly conform to the arrangement rules of some kind of Formation. And..."

She paused.

"My Divine Sense detected an anomaly in the space ahead. It looks empty, but the fluctuations of the spatial Law are extremely subtle."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun was shocked.

A spatial anomaly?

Could the Liu Family be hidden within space?

"This place is likely outside the Liu Family."

Fox Immortal's voice continued.

"This Liu Family likely possesses an independent hidden space."

"A hidden world space?"

Jiang Yun blurted out.

His voice was full of disbelief.

This had completely exceeded his range of cognition.

He had not expected that in this world of Beast Tamers, there would actually exist hidden spaces like the independent Small Worlds in a Xuanhuan world.

In all the knowledge he had learned from books before, there was no mention of records regarding such spaces.

Hearing Jiang Yun's exclamation, Elder Liu Lan turned around, her water-blue long dress fluttering in the wind.

The corners of her mouth lifted slightly, and her eyes carried a hint of a smile, seeming quite satisfied with Jiang Yun's shocked reaction.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan, there is no need to be alarmed."

Her voice was gentle, yet carried a faint sense of pride.

"However, I am somewhat surprised."

She looked at Jiang Yun with interest, her eyes showing a hint of exploration.

"With Grand Tutor Dongxuan's methods and insight, you are actually surprised by such a secret space technique? I had assumed Grand Tutor Dongxuan had long since seen similar existences."

Jiang Yun composed himself, suppressing the shock in his heart, and returned to his usual calmness.

He smiled faintly, his voice neither servile nor overbearing.

"Elder Liu is joking. Although I am a Grand Tutor, I am still young, and my experience is limited. This secret space technique is indeed beyond my knowledge. I hope Elder Liu can enlighten me."

Hearing this, the appreciation in Elder Liu Lan's eyes deepened.

To be able to calmly admit one's shortcomings, neither servile nor overbearing, neither arrogant nor rash—this young man's Heart-Nature was indeed excellent.

"Very well, then I will enlighten you, Grand Tutor Dongxuan."

Elder Liu Lan raised her right hand and pointed at the towering mountain Peak.

"This place is where my Liu Family is located."

Jiang Yun followed her finger, still seeing only the mountain Peak and the surrounding forest, without any shadow of buildings.

Seeming to notice Jiang Yun's confusion, Elder Liu Lan continued to explain.

"However, as a Hidden Family, the true location of my Liu Family naturally would not be easily seen by others."

Her voice carried a hint of pride.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan, please look."

She reached into her sleeve and took out a token.

It was a palm-sized token, made entirely of a pale blue jade that Jiang Yun had never seen before; the jade was warm and moist, with light faintly flowing within it.

On the front of the token, an ancient character for 'Liu' ( willow) was carved. The strokes were vigorous and powerful, revealing a sense of weight accumulated over time.

On the back of the token, extremely complex runes were engraved. Those lines were dense and intertwined into a Formation pattern that Jiang Yun had never seen before.

Even with Jiang Yun's identification expertise at the Grand Tutor Level, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he saw those runes.

Those runes were too ancient.

So ancient that even he could only barely identify the purpose of a few of them.

Space, concealment, protection, sealing...

Every rune contained extremely profound power of the spatial Law.

Holding the token, Elder Liu Lan injected a stream of Beast Taming Power.

Hum...

The token suddenly lit up with a pale blue light, which spread outward like ripples in water.

The rune patterns on the back of the token seemed to come alive, beginning to slowly move and emitting an ancient and mysterious aura.

Immediately after, a pale blue rune force shot out from the token and streaked toward the mountain Peak in front.

That rune force was as fast as lightning, reaching the front of the mountain in the blink of an eye.

And then...

It did not disappear into the mountain, but vanished into thin air at a distance of about three zhang from the mountainside.

It was as if it had been swallowed by something.

Jiang Yun's gaze fixed.

He clearly perceived that at the location where the rune force disappeared, the space produced extremely subtle fluctuations.

That wasn't a simple disappearance, but...

Entering into another space!

The next second, a strange change occurred.

"Hum!!!"

A low humming sound came from the Void Realm in front of the mountain Peak.

The sound was not loud, but it carried a rhythm that made the Soul tremble, as if it were the first echo when heaven and earth were first opened.

Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal looked up at the same time.

They saw the Void Realm beginning to twist at the location where the rune had disappeared.

At first, it was just faint ripples, like a stone being thrown into a calm lake.

But soon, the ripples grew larger and more violent, and the entire Void Realm began to tremble.

Then, a crack appeared in the Void Realm.

The crack was initially only a foot long, like a wound that had been cut open.

But as time passed, the crack slowly expanded to both sides, becoming larger and wider.

Ten breaths later, the crack had expanded into the shape of a door.

That was a Gate of the Void Realm.

The portal was three zhang high and about two zhang wide, with a pale blue halo on the edges.

Within the halo, countless tiny spatial runes flowed endlessly, maintaining the stability of this portal.

And inside the portal, it was a deep nothingness.

It was a scene that could not be described in words.

It was not black, not white, but a void that transcended color.

Inside the portal, it seemed as if there was nothing, and yet it seemed as if there was everything.

The power of the spatial Law flowed within it, turning into silver-white light filaments, weaving into a huge net.

Through that Gate of the Void Realm, Jiang Yun could vaguely see a blurred scene behind the door.

Mountains, rivers, buildings, human figures...

But the scene was like being separated by a curtain of water, not clear.

Jiang Yun looked at this Gate of the Void Realm, his heart filled with shock.

This was the entrance to the Liu Family?

A Gate of the Void Realm constructed by spatial rune Laws!

This method had already exceeded his cognition of spatial power.

The Beast Taming Space he possessed, although it was also an independent space that formed a world of its own, could only be entered by his Divine Sense, and his Physical Body could not enter.

To this day, he still hadn't figured out why his Beast Taming Space was in such a state.

And the Liu Family had carved out an independent hidden space in the Void Realm and used such a Gate of the Void Realm as an entrance!

No wonder Elder Liu Lan said that as a Hidden Family, the true location of the Liu Family would not be seen by others.

With such methods, even if someone passed by this mountain forest ten thousand times, they would never discover that a Family was hidden here!

"Your guess was right."

Fox Immortal's voice rang out in Jiang Yun's Sea of Consciousness, carrying a hint of amazement.

"This Liu Family indeed possesses an independent hidden world space. And... the scale of this space is likely far beyond imagination."

Jiang Yun took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.

His gaze fell on that Gate of the Void Realm, his eyes gradually becoming deep.

"A hidden space independent of the outside world..."

He muttered to himself in his heart.

"This Liu Family truly has a grand strategy."

"No wonder the top-tier families in my provincial capital, the Qian Family and the Feng Family, value its existence so much."

Elder Liu Lan put away the token and turned to look at Jiang Yun, her eyes carrying a faint sense of pride.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan, please."

She made a gesture of invitation.

Jiang Yun nodded and stepped toward the Gate of the Void Realm.

Fox Immortal followed closely behind.

Stepping into the Gate of the Void Realm, Jiang Yun felt a blur before his eyes, and the surrounding scenery began to spin.

But this dizziness lasted less than a breath before the surrounding scenery stabilized again.

The scenery changed, and the world shifted.

When Jiang Yun could see the scene before him again, his pupils shrank suddenly.

The world before him was completely different from the desolate mountain range outside.

This was a true paradise.

The sky was a clear azure blue.

Sunlight spilled down from the sky, carrying a gentle warmth, feeling exceptionally comfortable on one's body.

But Jiang Yun noticed that there was no sun in the sky.

The light seemed to radiate from the entire firmament itself.

Under his feet was a wide white jade stone path, about three zhang wide, extending straight forward.

On both sides of the stone path, every ten steps stood a green jade pillar, with lifelike strange beasts carved on the pillars, and a fist-sized night-luminescent pearl embedded at the top of each pillar, emitting a soft light even in the daytime.

On both sides of the stone path were meticulously trimmed gardens.

Exotic flowers and herbs competed for beauty, and Spirit Medicine and Spirit trees could be seen everywhere.

Some Spirit Medicine, Jiang Yun could recognize at a glance.

Those were rare treasures that were priceless in the outside world; any one of them could be sold for tens of thousands of Amethyst crystals.

But here, they were just treated as ornamental plants, planted casually on both sides of the road.

Further away were antique-style pavilions and buildings.

Those pavilions were all built from high-quality Spirit wood and jade, with flying eaves and bucket arches, carved beams and painted pillars; every detail revealed extreme refinement and sophistication.

Between the pavilions, there were connecting corridors, winding and twisting, like immortal palaces suspended in the clouds.

At the highest point was a giant nine-story pavilion.

That pavilion was built entirely of a pale green Spirit jade, emitting a warm luster under the light.

The scope of the entire Liu Family space was even more astonishing.

Jiang Yun looked around; this space was dozens of miles in radius!

Mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, farmland, pastures... everything was there; it was completely an independent Small World!

In that world, countless buildings were distributed.

There were residences for people to live in, arenas for Cultivation, beast gardens for raising Spirit Beasts, pill rooms for refining Medicinal Pills, workshops for forging treasures... there was even a small city, with walls over ten zhang high, streets crisscrossing inside, people coming and going, bustling and lively.

"This..."

Jiang Yun looked at the scene before him, and a stormy sea surged in his heart.

He had originally thought that no matter how strong the Liu Family was, they were just a Hidden Family, with many experts and a deep heritage.

But everything before him had completely exceeded his understanding of the word 'Family'.

How could this be a Family?

This was clearly an independent Small World!

An independent world completely controlled by the Liu Family, isolated from the outside world!

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan, what do you think?"

Elder Liu Lan's voice rang out from the side, carrying a hint of a faint smile.

"Does this secret space of my Liu Family meet the standards of Grand Tutor Dongxuan?"

Jiang Yun took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in his heart.

He turned to look at Elder Liu Lan, the corners of his mouth under the mask lifting slightly.

"Elder Liu is joking. This secret space of the Liu Family is simply unheard of and unseen. I have truly had my eyes opened today."

His voice carried sincere amazement.

Hearing this, a look of satisfaction flashed in Elder Liu Lan's eyes.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan is too kind."

She smiled faintly.

"This secret space was created by my Liu Family's ancestors with Heaven-Defying means, carving it out from the Void Realm. It was only after generations of management and expansion that it reached its current scale."

Speaking of this, her tone carried a hint of pride.

"In this space, my Liu Family is the heaven. The rules of the outside world are all determined by my Liu Family here."

Jiang Yun nodded, his understanding of the Liu Family deepening by another layer.

"No wonder the Liu Family is called a Hidden Family."

He exclaimed sincerely.

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"Such a grand display is no longer a simple matter of living in seclusion outside the provincial capital. The entire Family is hidden within an independent world, not competing with the outside world, yet possessing a terrifying foundation sufficient to crush most external forces."

"This kind of seclusion is true seclusion."

He thought secretly to himself.

"Let's go."

Elder Liu Lan's voice interrupted Jiang Yun's thoughts.

"The Family Head is already waiting."

After speaking, she leaped up, turning into a streak of aqua-blue light and flying toward the tallest nine-story pavilion deep within the space.

Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal followed closely behind, taking to the air.

The three figures swept across the sky above the Liu Family space.

This time, Elder Liu Lan's flying speed was noticeably slower.

It was unclear whether it was because they had already reached the Liu Family's territory and no longer needed to hurry, or because she wanted Jiang Yun to properly appreciate the sights of the Liu Family.

Jiang Yun did not rush her either, observing the scenery below as he flew.

The more he looked, the more shocked he became.

This space was truly massive.

From the air, the entire Liu Family space was laid out before his eyes.

The core area was the Central District where the nine-story pavilion was located.

That was the Liu Family's center of power and the place where the direct lineage resided.

Exquisite residences were scattered in an orderly fashion, each occupying a vast area with pavilions, terraces, rockeries, and flowing water—everything one could imagine.

Surrounding the Central District was the Inner City.

Living within the Inner City were the collateral members of the Liu Family and core vassal forces.

Although the architecture there was not as luxurious as the Central District, it was by no means comparable to ordinary households in the outside world.

Outside the Inner City was the Outer City.

The Outer City was the liveliest place in the Liu Family space, with streets lined with various shops selling Medicinal Pills, runes, treasures, beast cores, Spirit Medicines... almost everything available in the outside world could be found here.

There were even some things that could not be seen in the outside world at all.

Beyond the Outer City were vast stretches of farmland, pastures, forests, and mountain ranges.

Ordinary members of the Liu Family farmed, ranched, and hunted there, maintaining the self-sufficiency of the entire Liu Family space.

This was a complete city.

No, this was practically a small kingdom!

And the Liu Family was the royal Family of this kingdom!

As Jiang Yun flew, he used his Innate Talent Skill to scan the crowds below.

With this look, his heart jolted once more.

Among the crowds below, there were white-haired Elders, men and women in their prime, and children playing.

The lowest Realm among those Elders was above the Amethyst Rank.

There were some Elders whose auras were as deep as an abyss.

Even Jiang Yun's Brick Stone Rank Divine Sense could not see through them.

Those were at least at the Falling Star Rank, or even above the high stages of the Falling Star Rank.

The cultivation of the men and women in their prime was mostly between the Gold Rank and Amethyst Rank.

Occasionally, a few Falling Star Rank experts could be seen, possessing extraordinary temperaments and clearly holding high statuses within the Family.

And those children...

Jiang Yun's gaze fell upon a group of children chasing each other and playing on the street.

The children were about seven or eight years old, with the oldest being no more than ten.

They were laughing and running, chasing a low-level Spirit Beast cub, having the time of their lives.

But when Jiang Yun used his talent to scan these children, his pupils constricted slightly.

Silver Rank.

Gold Rank!

The lowest Beast Tamer Realm among this group of seven, eight, and ten-year-old children was actually the Silver Rank!

Two of the slightly older-looking children had already reached the Gold Rank!

Seven or eight-year-old Gold Ranks!

What kind of concept was this?

In the outside world, being able to reach the Gold Rank before the age of twenty would already be considered a talented Genius.

To reach the Amethyst Rank at this age would make one a Prodigy fought over by all major forces.

Yet in the Liu Family, a group of children still playing in the mud were already at the Silver and Gold Ranks!

"The foundation of this Liu Family... is truly unfathomable."

Jiang Yun sighed inwardly.

Although he had also reached the Amethyst Rank at sixteen years old and his true combat power far exceeded those of the same rank,

How many life-and-death battles had he endured?

How many Heaven-Defying Opportunities had he obtained?

Only then did he reach this point today.

Whereas these Liu Family children had grown up in this independent world rich with Spiritual Qi since childhood, enjoying the top-tier beast-taming and nurturing resources provided by the Liu Family, eating Spirit Pills and medicines rarely seen outside, and Cultivating the beast-taming Cultivation Technique systems perfected by generations of the Liu Family.

Their starting point was the finish line that countless people in the outside world could never reach in their entire lives.

This was the foundation of a Hidden Family.

This was the terrifying advantage accumulated over several generations.

Fox Immortal also noticed the situation below, and a trace of solemnity flashed through her eyes as well.

"Jiang Yun, the foundation of this Liu Family... is very strong."

Her voice rang out in Jiang Yun's Sea of Consciousness.

"This Empress can sense at least a dozen auras in this space stronger than that Elder Liu Lan. Among them, two or three auras are as unfathomable as an abyss, likely having reached the Peak of the Eclipsing Moon Rank, or even..."

She did not continue, but Jiang Yun understood her meaning.

Peak Eclipsing Moon Rank.

Or even higher.

The Liu Family was truly a Hidden Family that had passed down its Legacy for who knows how many years.

Such a foundation could no longer be described simply as 'strong'.

It was a strength that inspired despair.

However, there was no fear in Jiang Yun's heart.

On the contrary, his fighting spirit burned even more intensely.

No matter how strong the Liu Family was, it was accumulated over generations.

He, Jiang Yun, had only Cultivated for a short time and had already reached this point today.

Given time, he might not necessarily be unable to surpass the Liu Family!

Just as Jiang Yun was lost in thought,

The crowd below also noticed the three figures in the sky.

"Look! It's Elder Liu Lan!"

A sharp-eyed young man was the first to cry out,

Pointing at the aqua-blue streak of light in the sky.

"Elder Liu Lan is back!"

This shout immediately drew the attention of everyone around.

In the streets, residences, and squares, countless people looked up toward the sky.

"It really is Elder Liu Lan! Didn't she go to the outside world to handle some business? How did she return so quickly?"

"Look, there are two people following behind Elder Liu Lan!"

A middle-aged man pointed at the sky and said in surprise.

The crowd followed the direction of his finger and indeed saw two figures following behind Elder Liu Lan.

One figure wore a black robe and a silver-white mask on his face, obscuring his features.

But from his build, he appeared to be a youth.

The other figure was an exquisitely beautiful woman, her white clothes like snow and her long hair like a waterfall. A faint five-colored halo flowed around her, and her temperament was ethereal, like a Fairy descending to the mortal Realm.

"Who are those two? Why have I never seen them before?"

"Wearing a mask? They aren't from our Liu Family, are they? Our Liu Family members don't have the habit of wearing masks."

"What? They aren't from our Liu Family?"

An Elder's expression changed abruptly upon hearing this.

"They aren't from our Liu Family, yet they were brought to our Liu Family's secret space by Elder Liu Lan?"

His voice was filled with shock and disbelief.

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd below immediately erupted into an uproar.

"What?! Outsiders?!"

"How is this possible! Isn't our Liu Family's secret space always forbidden to outsiders? Even the heads of first-rate forces who wish to visit our Liu Family can only meet at the guest manor in the outside world; no one has ever been able to enter this secret space!"

"Exactly! Last time when the head of the Feng Family from the provincial capital visited in person, it was only a meeting at the external manor. These two were actually brought directly inside by Elder Liu Lan?"

"What exactly are their identities to make Elder Liu Lan break the rules?"

The crowd discussed fervently, their gazes all falling upon Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal.

There was astonishment, surprise, doubt, and confusion, as well as a hint of vigilance and hostility.

To the Liu Family members, this secret space was their safest home, a Holy Land that outsiders could never touch. Now that two outsiders had suddenly intruded, they instinctively felt rejection.

"That masked fellow's Beast Tamer Realm seems to be only at the Amethyst Rank?"

A youth sensed carefully and curled his lip in disdain.

"Amethyst Rank? That's it? I thought it was some incredible big shot."

"What ability could an Amethyst Rank have to be personally brought in by Elder Liu Lan?"

Another person also frowned.

"The woman beside him is not simple, though. Her aura is deep; even I can't see through her. She's likely at least at the Falling Star Rank."

"So what if she's at the Falling Star Rank? Does our Liu Family lack Falling Star Rank experts?"

Someone snorted dismissively.

"Regardless, to be brought in by Elder Liu Lan against the rules, the identities of these two must not be simple."

A rather steady-looking middle-aged man spoke slowly.

"Don't jump to conclusions; let's wait and see."

Although he said this, his eyes were also full of curiosity.

In the sky, Jiang Yun naturally noticed the gazes and discussions of the crowd below.

Among those gazes were curiosity, doubt, disdain, hostility, and vigilance.

His expression remained calm, not affected in the slightest.

He had long since grown accustomed to such looks.

Back in Black Rock City, when he first took the position of City Lord, countless people had looked at him with similar gazes.

What was the result?

Those who doubted him were now either surrendered or dead.

Fox Immortal was even more expressionless, merely casting a faint glance below.

That glance was as calm as water.

Yet for some reason, those who were just discussing fervently felt a chill involuntarily rise in their hearts when her gaze swept over them, and they all shut their mouths.

The three figures continued flying forward, soon passing the outer and inner cities to arrive before the tallest nine-story pavilion in the Central District.

Elder Liu Lan landed first, with Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal following closely.

The moment he landed, Jiang Yun noticed the unusual nature of this pavilion.

An extremely sophisticated Formation was arranged around the pavilion.

The aura of that Formation was extremely subtle; if Jiang Yun's Divine Sense hadn't reached the Diamond Rank, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

But it was precisely this subtle aura that set off alarm bells in Jiang Yun's heart.

This Formation was very strong.

Strong enough to instantly kill a Falling Star Rank expert.

It might even be able to trap a Eclipsing Moon Rank expert!

The main doors of the pavilion were wide open, and a large plaque hung over the lintel, with three bold, sweeping characters written on it.

"Lingyun Pavilion".

Those three characters, every stroke and line, exuded a sharp aura of thunder.

With just one look, Jiang Yun felt as if ten thousand thunderbolts were rushing at him, making his eyes sting with pain.

He hurriedly withdrew his gaze, inwardly horrified.

These three characters were likely personally written by a powerful Beast Tamer with a lightning attribute beast!

And that expert's Realm was definitely far beyond the Eclipsing Moon Rank!

Just the remaining handwriting could make someone with Diamond Rank Divine Sense feel blinded; what kind of terrifying Realm was that?

Elder Liu Lan noticed Jiang Yun's reaction, and the corners of her mouth curved up slightly.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan is indeed sharp."

She said softly.

"These three characters were written by the seventh-generation head of my Liu Family. That head was an expert who surpassed the Eclipsing Moon Rank. These three characters he left behind contain all of his beast's insights into the Dao of Thunder. If our Liu Family Disciples can comprehend even a fraction of it, it is enough to benefit them for a lifetime."

Jiang Yun nodded, his awe for the Liu Family deepening another layer.

Elder Liu Lan stepped into Lingyun Pavilion, with Jiang Yun and Fox Immortal following behind.

The space inside the pavilion was massive.

The first floor was a spacious hall, large enough to accommodate hundreds of people for discussion at the same time.

The floor of the hall was paved with green jade tiles as smooth as a mirror, with exquisite patterns carved on every tile.

On both sides of the hall were rows of red sandalwood chairs, covered with soft Spirit Beast fur, looking extremely comfortable.

On the walls of the hall hung various scrolls of calligraphy and paintings.

Some depicted magnificent mountain and river scenery, while others were inscribed with profound Law and Profound Truths.

From the ceiling of the hall hung nine massive crystal chandeliers.

Each chandelier was composed of hundreds of fist-sized spirit crystals and night-luminescent pearls, emitting a soft yet bright light that illuminated the entire hall like daylight.

At the deepest part of the hall was a high platform.

Upon the platform sat a chair carved entirely from light green spirit jade.

At this moment, a middle-aged man stood before that chair.

He had his back to the door, facing the wall behind the chair.

The middle-aged man stood with his hands behind his back, motionless.

His back was very broad, like a towering mountain, giving off an unshakable sense of pressure.

He wore a plain green robe without any patterns or decorations, extremely simple.

But it was precisely this extremely simple attire that instead highlighted the majesty of a high-ranking individual on him.

He did not leak any aura, appearing just like an ordinary person.

But Jiang Yun's Divine Sense told him that within this middle-aged man's body was contained a terrifying power sufficient to destroy the heavens and the earth.

That power was like a slumbering ancient Vicious Beast; once awakened, it would surely be earth-shattering.

Elder Liu Lan walked forward, her footsteps very light and her posture becoming extremely respectful.

She stopped about three paces away from the middle-aged man, then bowed, her voice filled with awe.

"Family Head."

Her voice echoed in the hall.

"Grand Tutor Dongxuan has arrived."