441: Abandoned Son-in-Law

The next day.

Zhou Tailai awoke from his meditation.

He stood up, casually retrieved the warning array he had set up around him, and placed it into his Storage Pouch.

Then, he took out a map and looked at it.

He chose a direction.

And headed in the opposite direction from where Qing Prefecture was located.

Several days later.

A young gray-robed figure, moving through the jungle, suddenly stopped.

A thought stirred in Zhou Tailai's heart.

He looked upwards.

He saw a white cloud descending from the sky.

Upon it, a figure with white hair and beard, possessing an immortal Aura, sat cross-legged.

"Little friend."

The white cloud descended.

It landed not far in front of Zhou Tailai.

Upon it.

The Elder, gently stroking his snow-white beard, called out with a light laugh.

This is... the Aura of a Golden Core True Person... Zhou Tailai was slightly startled.

He hadn't expected that he, a Qi Refining Cultivator, could actually alarm a True Person to personally come.

Perhaps this wasn't just for the Opportunity of that ancient pagoda.

Could it be that he saw the extraordinary nature of the Heavenly Capital Fate Calculation Method he cultivated?

As Zhou Tailai pondered.

He cupped his hands and bowed.

"Greetings, Immortal Master."

"Oh?"

This time, it was the Elder sitting on the white cloud who was slightly surprised.

This Junior actually recognized the slight Aura he intentionally released so quickly.

He must have extraordinary insight.

"Little friend, this old man has been ordered by our Sect's Grand Elder to invite you to our Sect for a chat."

"May I ask if little friend has a Legacy?"

The Elder on the white cloud smiled slightly and stated his purpose.

But after speaking, a thought stirred in his heart, and he continued to ask another question.

If he had no Legacy.

He could then smoothly invite this Little Half Immortal, who was skilled in calculating heavenly secrets, to join his Sect.

This was also the Grand Elder's intention.

According to the reports from the Sect's Disciple.

Although this Little Half Immortal only displayed the ability to calculate the fate of Qi Refining Cultivator.

The Grand Elder believed that he was not limited to this.

That's why he personally made the trip.

To prevent other forces from getting ahead.

The Elder with white hair and beard waited with a smile for Zhou Tailai's reply.

"Thank you, Senior, for your kindness."

"This Junior has important matters at this time, so I'm afraid I cannot go."

"Moreover, this Junior has his own origins and a path to return, so I must decline Senior's kind offer."

Zhou Tailai apologized.

The Elder with white hair and beard's plan fell through.

He had intended to press further.

But then he saw a token appear in the hand of the gray-robed youth before him.

The token was ancient and profound.

It was engraved with various patterns, a dark glow flowed, emitting a faint, ineffable charm.

The ancient token slowly rotated in the youth's hand.

Turning to the other side, it revealed a character 'Zhou'.

This token... a serpent-patterned zhou character token... The moment he saw this token, the Elder with white hair and beard sitting on the white cloud was startled.

His cultivation was not high enough to access higher-level information.

But being in a Nascent Soul Great Grandmaster Sect.

He naturally knew that the true overlords of this world were those Soul Transformation Divine Venerable.

They were powerful clans with Soul Transformation Divine Venerable overseeing the world.

He had seen the pattern of this serpent-patterned zhou character token before.

Among the marks of the extremely powerful forces that the Sect had listed as not to be provoked.

And... he heard the Grand Elder say that the meaning represented by this token was the First Immortal Clan.

The Elder with white hair and beard was greatly alarmed.

It wasn't until the gray-robed young Cultivator before him retrieved the token in his hand that he recovered.

"Little friend, please don't be offended, it was this old man's presumption."

The Elder with white hair and beard felt fortunate.

It was a good thing he came with good intentions.

And did not intend to kidnap or seize the Legacy Opportunity.

Hoo~ The Elder slowly exhaled a breath in his heart.

"Senior's kind invitation is appreciated, but this Junior must decline your good intentions."

Zhou Tailai said with a smile.

The White-Robed Old Man nodded in agreement, not expecting this Disciple of the Zhou Family to be so easy to talk to.

It was his first time dealing with a Disciple from this rumored force.

And under such circumstances.

He hadn't expected the overbearing Aura he had imagined.

Although he was a Golden Core True Person.

But in front of such a force.

What could a Golden Core do?

"Senior, I'll be taking my leave."

Zhou Tailai bowed.

Cupped his hands and departed.

The Elder sitting on the white cloud stood up and returned the bow.

A moment later, he retracted his gaze, and the white cloud shifted, carrying him away from the mountains and forests... to continue forward.

Zhou Tailai quickened his pace.

He had stayed in Two Realms Mountain a bit too long this time.

His reputation spreading quickly indeed had its drawbacks.

Sure enough, it had already attracted the attention of Nascent Soul-level forces.

Thinking this.

Zhou Tailai's footsteps did not stop.

More than a month later.

Nancang Domain, Xiang Prefecture border.

Zhou Tailai's figure stopped.

Ahead, was a desert.

This desert did not originally exist.

It was formed by creation when the Two Realms merged in the past.

The desert environment was harsh.

Because this place was in Xiang Prefecture.

The spatial fragmentation was even more severe.

Spiritual Qi was scarce.

But on the edge of this desert.

There were still some markets that existed due to the gathering of Cultivator.

Most of the Cultivator here.

Their cultivation was not high.

They had merely come for this newly formed desert.

Wanting to explore the Opportunity and Treasure Trove within it.

It's just unknown who had any harvest.

Zhou Tailai didn't pay attention to these.

Everyone had their own Dao of survival.

His purpose in coming here.

Was that the place of "Ascension" recorded in Qin Xinming's autobiography, was in this desert on the border of Xiang Prefecture.

Zhou Tailai speculated.

With Qin Xinming's strength of only Late Qi Refining Stage.

How could he have Ascended?

There was probably another hidden story here.

Perhaps it was the spatial and temporal changes caused by the temporal turbulence when the Two Realms merged, which led Qin Xinming to the Mingyang Realm.

After all, it was also recorded in Qin Xinming's own diary.

In the Qianling Dynasty.

It was rumored that only by achieving a Breakthrough to Grandmaster, opening the Heaven and Earth Divine Bridge, and entering the Great Grandmaster realm, also known as the Earthly Immortal realm.

Was there a possibility of breaking through the Void Realm and Ascending.

However, this was merely a legend.

The five Great Grandmaster of the Qianling Dynasty each held their own territory, yet none of them were seen to Ascend.

"Great Grandmaster, Earthly Immortal, capable of destroying mountains and rivers, controlling Qi from the Void Realm, with a long Lifespan..."

"This description is equivalent to Foundation Establishment..."

Zhou Tailai thought about the records in Qin Xinming's diary.

He pondered silently.

The pinnacle of Cultivator in the Qianling Dynasty might only be Foundation Establishment.

"Hmm?"

Zhou Tailai, who was pondering and walking towards the desert, suddenly stopped.

He frowned and looked.

He saw a man with tattered clothes, disheveled hair, a pale face, no Spiritual Qi fluctuations, and a somewhat dull expression, walking step by step into the desert.

"This person..."

In Zhou Tailai's eyes, a hazy light emerged.

He had actually felt something just now.

A moment later.

He gazed at the extremely disheveled figure.

"So it's him..."

Zhou Tailai thought about the rumors he had heard in Two Realms Market.

The abandoned son-in-law who was taken as a son-in-law by the Zhang Family but then had his cultivation crippled and was expelled.

After watching for a moment.

Zhou Tailai thought about the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Divine Mountain Alliance who escorted him when he left Two Realms Mountain.

A thought stirred in his heart.

His lips moved, and a subtle sound entered the ears of the extremely disheveled figure.

"Your Opportunity is not here; you should go to the place where the sun rises."