237: Chapter 237 Grudges

"Sect Leader of the Northern Profound Sect, Yin Bo." Sect Master Yun Xiao said.

"Five hundred years ago, during an operation to eliminate Demonic Cultivators, we discovered the Seven Star Sect, the ruins of a Sect from ten thousand years ago. Senior Sister's seven star ring was obtained from the Seven Star Sect."

An eighth-rank High Grade Origin Weapon, the seven star ring.

"So, this Yin Bo discovered it too and wanted to kill and seize the treasure, right?" Lin Ming said.

"That's right. That old thing also coveted the Legacy of the Seven Star Sect and wanted to claim it for himself." A cold glint flashed in Sect Master Yun Xiao's eyes.

"At the time, that old thing attacked Senior Sister directly. Accompanying Senior Sister were Elder Mu Shan of the Yongzhen Sect and a female Loose Cultivator."

"The female Loose Cultivator was killed on the spot. Senior Sister and Elder Mu Shan relied on the methods left behind by Revered Master to barely escape, though they suffered significant injuries." Sect Master Yun Xiao said.

"Junior Martial Uncle, didn't the Sect just kill him?" Lin Ming asked in confusion.

Given Yuanxu Mountain's temperament, if someone dared to do such a thing, they would have been ground to dust. How was he allowed to live until now?

"Senior Sister wants to take revenge personally." Sect Master Yun Xiao shook his head.

At the time, when the old fogies in the Sect learned of this, they all wanted to kill Yin Bo and deal with the Northern Profound Sect while they were at it.

Although it was during a time of conflict between the righteous and demonic paths, making such matters quite sensitive.

But for Yuanxu Mountain, there was no such thing as sensitive or not. Since he had done such a thing, he naturally had to be prepared to pay the price.

However, Master Yun Hua stopped them.

She wanted to take revenge personally.

As a result, this wait lasted over five hundred years.

However, in Sect Master Yun Xiao's view, Senior Sister was still a bit too impatient.

She had waited for over five hundred years, so a day or two more wouldn't have mattered.

With Senior Sister's strength at the second level of the Nirvana Realm, wanting to kill an opponent at the fourth level of the Nirvana Realm was indeed lacking; it was not such a simple matter.

That really fits Revered Master's temperament.

After hearing this explanation, Lin Ming was no longer surprised. It was normal to want to settle the score herself.

"Is Revered Master alright now?" Lin Ming asked.

"Rest assured, Senior Sister will be fine." Sect Master Yun Xiao smiled.

He could not let anything happen to Senior Sister.

Senior Sister might not necessarily be able to kill Yin Bo, but for Yin Bo to defeat Senior Sister would not be a simple matter either.

After all, she was Sect Master Yun Xiao's Senior Sister.

"Then we will take our leave." Having obtained the answers he wanted, Lin Ming and the others no longer lingered and subsequently left the great hall.

Inside the great hall, only Sect Master Yun Xiao and the Elders remained.

At this moment, a breeze blew by.

Then, Peak Master Ying Jingming of Lingxiao Peak and Peak Master Zhao Wuhai of Azure Severance Peak appeared there.

"Sect Master, what exactly is inside Wanqi Mountain?" Great Elder Ouyang Rui asked in a deep voice.

The explanation Sect Master Yun Xiao had just given to Lin Ming and the others seemed full of holes to them as well.

Why was Wanqi Mountain a Forbidden Ground?

Why did Wanqi Mountain require a practitioner of the Nirvana Realm to guard it?

On this point, they only knew the most superficial information.

As for the specific reasons, they were completely unaware.

It wasn't just the Elders who didn't know; Peak Master Ying Jingming and Peak Master Zhao Wuhai were also unaware.

"This is not something you should know right now." Sect Master Yun Xiao shook his head.

Some things were not meant for those present to know. Even if they knew, they would be powerless to do anything, which would only add to their troubles. Rather than that, it was better not to know.

Outside the great hall,

Lin Ming was on his way back to Zichen Peak.

But he could hear the conversation inside the great hall clearly.

He knew that Sect Master Yun Xiao must have been hiding something.

It was just a pity that Sect Master Yun Xiao was unwilling to reveal what they were hiding.

These Elders and the two Peak Revered Masters did not ask further. They likely assumed that even if they asked again, Sect Master Yun Xiao would not say anything.

Judging by his attitude, wanting to know what was inside Wanqi Mountain would likely require a powerful cultivator of the Nirvana Realm to have a chance of knowing.

This also made everyone realize that the things inside Wanqi Mountain were problematic—very problematic.

They also tacitly avoided this topic.

The subsequent topic turned to Demonic Cultivators: hunting them down, clearing them out, and so on.

Lin Ming was not very interested in this topic, so he withdrew his Divine Soul.

Zichen Peak

Lin Ming and Su Lianxue returned to Zichen Peak, while Yu Yaoqin returned to Hidden Sword Peak.

"Senior Brother, I am going into seclusion for a few days." Su Lianxue said to Lin Ming.

She had not yet fully digested the gains from this trip. Now that she was back at Yuanxu Mountain, she could properly digest them. With her Senior Brother by her side, she did not need to worry about being disturbed.

"Go ahead." Lin Ming nodded.

After greeting Yan Nian, Lin Ming quietly arrived at his secret Immortal Cave.

During these days, under Revered Master's guidance, Yan Nian had directly abolished her original Cultivation Technique and switched to practicing a new one. As a result, her cultivation dropped from the eighth level of the Sea Opening Realm all the way down to the first level, before climbing back to the third level of the Sea Opening Realm.

However, the aura on her body had become much more solid.

"flame star flowing moon sandalwood"

Lin Ming specially cleared an area to place the flame star flowing moon sandalwood, and tossed in a few ordinary fire-attribute spiritual items for it to absorb.

At the same time, Lin Ming specifically set up two Formations. The first was a Formation to gather fire-attribute Origin Qi, specifically designed to collect fire-attribute Origin Qi to nourish the flame star flowing moon sandalwood.

There was also another Formation to draw in the starlight from outside.

The flame star flowing moon sandalwood still needed to receive starlight energy, so Lin Ming had to specially create a Formation to draw in starlight energy to supply the flame star flowing moon sandalwood.

But these were not the most critical parts.

If it were just this, those people would have long ago successfully transplanted the flame star flowing moon sandalwood.

A drop of water appeared in Lin Ming's palm: a fourth-rank water-attribute spiritual item—Tears of the Heavenly River.

To transplant the flame star flowing moon sandalwood, one must have a water-attribute spiritual item one rank lower than it to provide nourishment, in order to ensure that it itself is not affected.

Otherwise, after transplantation, the flame star flowing moon sandalwood itself would suffer damage, or even wither.

Lin Ming infused this drop of Tears of the Heavenly River into the flame star flowing moon sandalwood and placed the flame star flowing moon sandalwood into this patch of soil.

Everything proceeded very smoothly, and there were no major issues.

Next, he could prepare for the promotion of the flame star flowing moon sandalwood.

As a Spiritual Plant with both fire and star attributes, the conditions for it to promote from the fifth rank to the sixth rank were not difficult.

First, it needed to absorb moonlight energy and starlight energy on the night of the full moon.

Second, it required an ice-attribute spiritual item one rank lower than its own grade.

These were the two conditions for the flame star flowing moon sandalwood to be promoted.

These two conditions were not difficult for Lin Ming.

The night of the full moon arrived very quickly.

As for the ice-attribute spiritual item, although it was relatively difficult to obtain, do not forget that this was Yuanxu Mountain. As a top Sect in the Qingxuan Realm, getting an ice-attribute spiritual item was not a difficult matter.

Lin Ming only needed to go to the Sect treasury to exchange for it.

Even if the Sect treasury didn't have it, he could still go to a merchant association to buy it.

As the saying goes, money makes the mare go.

Lin Ming was indeed not short of money right now.