219: Chapter 219 Lin Xueying Leaves

Time came to the third day.

Early that morning, the thin mist had yet to disperse, and the morning light filtered through the lattice windows, casting mottled shadows.

Inside a private room at the Xuanyang Sect encampment,

Baili Yunche leaned against the head of the bed, his dark cyan robe half-open.

His gaze was tender as he looked at Lin Xueying beside him, who was tidying her clothes, and a strong sense of reluctance surged in his heart.

Lin Xueying was dressed in a light purple flowing immortal dress, her dark hair coiled up with a crescent moon jade hairpin.

She turned around, her beautiful eyes gazing at Baili Yunche, her voice soft.

"Baili Yunche, I have to leave."

"I've been away from the Family for so long, and Grandfather misses me dearly. He already sent three transmissions yesterday, urging me to go home."

Baili Yunche's heart sank. With a stretch of his long arms, he pulled Lin Xueying into his embrace, burying his head in her chest to feel the surging waves before him.

"Ah... but I can't bear to let you go..."

His voice was muffled as his arms tightly clasped her slender waist.

Lin Xueying's pretty face flushed slightly, and she reached out to stroke the hair at the back of his head, saying softly,

"Alright, it's not a life-and-death parting, don't make it so sappy..."

She paused and planted a kiss on top of his head.

"With Yuehuan and Ruyan accompanying you, you won't be lonely anyway."

"Besides... with your cultivation speed, you might be able to come to Canglan Immortal City to find me soon."

Baili Yunche raised his head, looked into her autumn-water-like beautiful eyes, and sighed.

"Alright then..."

He slowly loosened his arms, but his gaze remained glued to her body.

Lin Xueying felt a pang in her heart. Taking a deep breath, she retrieved a mutton-fat white jade token from her Storage Pouch and handed it to Baili Yunche.

"This is my token."

The token was the size of a palm, with an ancient and unadorned character "Lin" carved on the front and the gilded emblem of Wanbao Pavilion on the back, emitting a faint spiritual light.

"If you finish your matters here, bring this token to find me at Wanbao Pavilion in Canglan Immortal City."

"With this token, you can freely enter and exit any branch of Wanbao Pavilion, and no one will dare to stop you."

Baili Yunche took the token, clutched it tightly in his palm, raised his head, and his gaze turned firm.

"Rest assured, I will definitely go to Canglan Immortal City!"

"Mm-hmm, I'll wait for you in Canglan Immortal City."

Lin Xueying smiled brightly, stretched out her jade arm to wrap around his neck, rested her head on his shoulder, and whispered, "Baili Yunche, promise me you must come and see me."

"I promise you."

The two embraced for a long time before Lin Xueying finally hardened her heart and broke free from his embrace.

Her figure flashed, turning into a purple stream of light that disappeared outside the window.

Baili Yunche stood before the window, gazing at that departing graceful figure, silent for a long time.

The morning breeze ruffled his robes. He withdrew his gaze, and his eyes gradually grew resolute.

Canglan Immortal City, he would definitely go!

It was just not right now.

"Let's leave too. The two of you can enter the Divine Cauldron Space, so that you won't take up our own slots."

Baili Yunche turned around and said to Liu Ruyan and Xu Yuehuan inside the room.

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan and Xu Yuehuan nodded.

The two women's figures flashed, transforming into streams of light that plunged into the creation divine cauldron at Baili Yunche's Dantian.

Baili Yunche tidied his clothes, pushed open the door, and strode toward the main hall.

"Baili Yunche is here!"

"Senior Brother Baili Yunche!"

"Elder Baili!"

Along the way, whether they were Inner Sect Disciples or outer sect stewards, everyone bowed in salute upon seeing him, their eyes filled with awe.

Inside the main hall, Sect Master Xuanyangzi and Peak Master Luo Yunshang were already waiting.

"Sect Master, Revered Master!"

Baili Yunche stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Sect Master Xuanyangzi was dressed in a red-gold Daoist robe, stroking his beard and smiling. "Baili Yunche, you're here. Since everyone has arrived, let's set off."

He turned to look at everyone in the hall, his voice resounding: "The Cangxuan Secret Realm is about to open. This is a once-in-a-century Opportunity for our Xuanyang Sect."

"Aside from Baili Yunche, the other eight Elders are already in position. Everyone, board the flying ship!"

As his voice fell, a cyan flying ship a hundred zhang long materialized out of thin air, its hull engraved with intricate flight formation runes.

Everyone successively leaped onto the flying ship. Following behind Peak Master Luo Yunshang, Baili Yunche also stepped onto the deck.

With a roar, the flying ship transformed into a cyan stream of light, speeding toward the Yinwu Mountain Range.

At the same time, the flying ships of forces such as the imperial Family, Beast Taming Sect, Hehuan Sect, Tiandao Sect, Liu Family, and Ji Family also rose into the air from various parts of the imperial capital, cutting through the clouds and converging in the same direction.

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The Yinwu Mountain Range was located in the northwest border of the Cangxuan Empire, stretching for tens of thousands of li and shrouded in a layer of eerie gray mist all year round.

That mist was not ordinary water vapor, but the Yinwu formed by the leakage of the boundless magical power left behind after the Revered Master of the Secret Realm passed away, intertwining with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

This mist could isolate Divine Sense; even the Divine Sense of a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator would be completely devoured if it probed inside.

The Cangxuan Secret Realm was hidden within a nameless valley deep inside the Yinwu Mountain Range.

Regarding the origin of this Secret Realm, a legend spanning several thousand years was passed down in the Cangxuan Empire and even the entire Dongxuan Domain.

It was said that five thousand years ago, an astonishingly talented Loose Cultivator named Gu Tongtian appeared in the Dongxuan Domain.

This person came from humble beginnings yet possessed extraordinary talent, sweeping across hundreds of nations in the Dongxuan Domain single-handedly and slaughtering all opponents of the same Realm with no rivals.

His cultivation reached the heavens and earth, ultimately breaking through to the legendary Body Integration Stage.

However, this person had an arrogant and unrestrained personality, and his actions were both righteous and demonic.

Not only did he offend all the Saints of the Five Great Sects in the Dongxuan Domain, but during a Prodigy Banquet jointly held by the Five Great Sects, he also abducted all the Saintesses of the Five Great Sects, thoroughly ravishing them and turning everything upside down.

The Five Great Sects were infuriated, jointly issuing a kill order and dispatching more than a dozen Body Integration Stage old monsters across millions of li to hunt him down endlessly.

Powerful as Gu Tongtian was, two fists could ultimately not defeat four hands.

After an earth-shaking battle, he was heavily injured, escaped the Dongxuan Domain, and came to this remote border of the Cangxuan Empire.

Knowing that his Lifespan was running low and his injuries were irreversible, he used supreme magical power before his death to carve out this Secret Realm.

This Secret Realm was attached to a spatial node in the Cangxuan Empire, forming a world of its own inside with a radius of tens of thousands of li.

Gu Tongtian sealed all the Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, Cultivation Techniques, Spirit Stones, and even his insights into the Void Refining Stage Dao that he had acquired throughout his life deep within the Secret Realm, awaiting someone predestined to obtain his Legacy.

In the Cultivation World, the Immortal Caves or Secret Realms left behind by Void Refining Stage powerhouses often contained the Opportunity to make a Breakthrough in Realms.

Although Gu Tongtian was promiscuous, his cultivation talent was terrifying. His insights into breaking through from the Soul Transformation Stage to the Body Integration Stage were priceless treasures for any Cultivator stuck at a cultivation Bottleneck.

This Secret Realm opened once every twenty years, and every time it opened, it would last for a month.

If one failed to come out within a month, they might never be able to come out.

Because after the Secret Realm closed, the spatial node would completely hide itself, making it difficult even for Void Refining Stage Cultivators to locate its coordinates in the vast Void Realm.

Moreover, the entrance of this Secret Realm only restricted Cultivators below the Soul Transformation Stage from entering.

This was a Restriction set by Gu Tongtian before his death. His purpose in leaving behind the Legacy was to nurture later generations rather than allowing high-level Cultivators to enter and plunder.

Therefore, those who entered from the major forces were almost all uniform Late Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators. They had been stuck at the Bottleneck for many years and urgently needed the Soul Transformation Opportunity in the Secret Realm.

However, Opportunity was often accompanied by danger.

Within the Secret Realm grew countless ancient exotic Yao Beasts.

Those Yao Beasts had bred in an environment of dense Spiritual Qi for thousands of years, and they were generally much fiercer and stronger than Cultivators of the same Realm.

The outer region mostly consisted of Early Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beasts.

In the middle region, Middle Stage or even Late Stage Nascent Soul Yao Beasts entrenched themselves there.

As for the core region, it was said that there were even Tier 5 Yao Beasts comparable to the Soul Transformation Stage guarding it. Those were the descendants of the Spirit Beasts subdued by Gu Tongtian during his lifetime, generation after generation guarding their Revered Master's Legacy.

Every time the Cangxuan Secret Realm opened, about two hundred Cultivators entered, but those who ultimately survived were often less than thirty percent.

Many Cultivators did not die in the mouths of Yao Beasts, but rather died from the backstabbing of their peers.

Inside the Secret Realm, there were no laws or rules, only the naked law of the jungle where the strong preyed on the weak.