Chapter 154: Changes in the Outside World

After the four women exited the Underground World, they saw a Sect gate standing a thousand zhang away.

"Huh, how did a Sect gate appear in the Shaxue Mountain Range?" Bing Cheng suddenly felt as if she were out of touch with the world.

Fairy Liyue and the other two women were also somewhat puzzled.

There had never been any Sects in the Shaxue Mountain Range.

"I feel that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the Shaxue Mountain Range is much denser." As a Yao Beast, Bing Ranxue was the most sensitive to nature.

"Could it be that our two Sects built a city in this Shaxue Mountain Range to manage that Small World?" He Ruoxi said.

"Let me contact the Sect first." Fairy Liyue felt a faint sense of unease in her heart and quickly took out a sound transmission talisman to contact Ancestor Xuan Yun.

However, she received no response. This made Fairy Liyue even more uneasy, so she contacted Grandfather Xuan Ruoping, who had remained at the Xuanqing Mountain Sect gate.

An image of Grandfather Xuan Ruoping appeared.

"Yue'er, where have you been for these past two months? Why has Grandfather been unable to contact you all this time?" Grandfather Xuan Ruoping's expression was somewhat gloomy.

Bing Cheng's eyes flashed; she hadn't expected that the Chaos Confusion Array could also block sound transmissions. This was an unexpected gain.

"Grandfather, what exactly happened? Why has a Sect gate appeared out of thin air in the Shaxue Mountain Range?"

Fairy Liyue certainly wouldn't tell Grandfather Xuan Ruoping about what had happened over the past two months. Even though he was her grandfather, the implications were too great, and she didn't want to cause Bing Cheng any unnecessary trouble.

"Sigh." Grandfather Xuan Ruoping sighed. "Come to this Sect gate; I am inside right now."

The image then cut off.

"It seems that changes have occurred in the outside world…" Bing Cheng pondered aloud.

"Then should we go to that Sect gate?" He Ruoxi was also a bit nervous; she hadn't been able to contact Elder Zhang earlier either.

The gazes of the three women all turned toward Bing Cheng.

"Let's go. Since Fairy Liyue's grandfather is inside this Sect gate, there shouldn't be any danger. Bing Ranxue, you must not reveal your aura." Bing Cheng reminded her, and then she also concealed her own aura.

Her mask had now reached the Earth Grade, so even a He-Yi Cultivator might not be able to see through her true face.

Bing Ranxue nodded.

After tidying up, the four women teleported toward the Sect gate.

Previously, they were too far away to see it clearly, but now that the four women had arrived before the Sect gate, they were all stunned by its magnificence.

The entire Sect gate sat within the Shaxue Mountain Range like a majestic Dragon.

And the location where the four women were now was merely at its tail.

Looking from afar, the entire Sect gate spanned ten li, and the Dragon's head was located beneath the entrance teleportation array of the Small World.

"Who are you?"

At this moment, a Soul Transformation Cultivator teleported in front of the four women.

"Senior, are you Senior Nan Yubin of the Nanhai Sect?" Fairy Liyue seemed to recognize this Soul Transformation Cultivator.

"You recognize me?" Nan Yubin began to size up Fairy Liyue, and only after a while did he speak.

"So it is the girl Fairy Liyue from Xuanqing Mountain. I was wondering why you looked familiar."

The Nanhai Sect was a neighboring Sect to the Wukong Cave and also had exchanges with Xuanqing Mountain.

"Senior Nan, what has happened now? Why has such a Sect gate suddenly appeared in the Shaxue Mountain Range?" Fairy Liyue, seeing that it was an acquaintance, quickly asked.

"Sigh, it's a long story." Nan Yubin sighed. "A month ago, a Unity Realm expert suddenly stepped out from the Small World."

"Unity Realm!" The four women all exclaimed.

One had to know that Cultivators above the Golden Core could not enter the Small World, yet a He-Yi Cultivator had emerged from it.

There was only one possibility: that Cultivator had survived the Immortal Demon War.

Bing Cheng's expression was strange; it seemed she had thought of something.

"Senior, may I ask if that expert is a female Cultivator? And a beautiful one at that?" Bing Cheng asked.

As soon as these words were spoken, He Ruoxi and Bing Ranxue also looked at Bing Cheng. Wasn't this exactly the female Cultivator who had been frozen at the bottom of the ravine?

"That Senior is indeed a beautiful female Cultivator. How does the little friend know? Could it be that you also attended the Sect opening ceremony?" Nan Yubin was somewhat puzzled.

He Ruoxi and Bing Ranxue wore expressions of sudden realization. It really was the female Cultivator from the bottom of the ravine. They had thought that the female Cultivator had already perished, but they hadn't expected her to still be alive.

"Then why can I not contact Ancestor Xuan Yun of my Sect?" Fairy Liyue asked.

"Sigh, that Senior said she wanted to establish a Sect here, but Ancestor Xuan Yun and Zhang Qingyun were unwilling, so they were forcefully suppressed and killed." Nan Yubin sighed. No one would be willing if such a thing happened on their own territory.

He continued, "Afterward, that Senior went to Xuanqing Mountain and Wukong Cave to capture all the other Soul Transformation Cultivators. We were also implanted with Slave Seals by the Senior and brought under her Sect."

"Slave Seal?" Bing Cheng frowned.

"Senior, are you saying that all Soul Transformation Cultivators have been implanted with Slave Seals? What about my grandfather?" Fairy Liyue asked anxiously.

"Yes… all Soul Transformation Cultivators have been implanted with Slave Seals…" Nan Yubin's mood was low. He, who had previously been an Old Ancestor of the Nanhai Sect, had now ended up as someone else's slave.

"Do other first-rate Sects not care about this matter?" Fairy Liyue felt her mind reeling; she could not accept this result.

"How could they care? That Senior's cultivation is at the Unity Peak Stage, while the strongest in the nearby first-rate Sects are only at the Late Unity Stage. Moreover, that Senior released the Cultivators from the first-rate Sects, so they cannot find an excuse to intervene in this matter." Nan Yubin added.

"Then what is the current situation at Xuanqing Mountain and Wukong Cave?" Bing Cheng asked.

"What other situation could there be? All Soul Transformation Cultivators have been implanted with Slave Seals and have become Elders of the Xuanbing Sect. The territories of the two Sects have been merged and renamed the Xuanbing Sect territory. From now on, the Xuanbing Sect is a newly risen first-rate Sect."

"Did Ancestor Xuan Yun and Ancestor Zhang Qingyun perish?" Fairy Liyue asked again.

"Their Clones were destroyed, and because they angered that Senior, they are now imprisoned." Nan Yubin still felt some sympathy for Ancestor Xuan Yun and Zhang Qingyun.

"You want to see your grandfather, don't you? I can take you to find him."

Fairy Liyue looked toward Bing Cheng and the others.

Although He Ruoxi had been silent on the side, she clenched her small fists tightly. Thinking of those Elders who had doted on her now being implanted with Slave Seals, she felt immense anger, but she was helpless.

Unity Peak Stage represented what? It could be considered top-tier combat power in the Divine Land.

She had only just stepped into the Nascent Soul stage, and a profound sense of powerlessness enveloped her heart. Her entire body went limp, and she even forgot to use her Spiritual Qi.

He Ruoxi just fell downward like that.

Bing Cheng quickly used her Spiritual Qi to wrap around He Ruoxi and pulled her into her arms.

She then turned to Fairy Liyue and said, "Fairy Liyue, let us part ways here. I must return to the Nine-Finger Sect; I fear that changes will occur very soon."

The third-rate Sects previously affiliated with the two Sects would certainly wage war in a short time to vie for the position of second-rate Sects under the current Xuanbing Sect.

Sect promotion did not only rely on the combat power within the Sect but also on the size of its territory.

The Blood Spirit Sect would certainly not let this good opportunity slip by.

They would probably make a move against the Nine-Finger Sect very soon.

Thinking about it, the root cause of all these changes was Bing Cheng herself. If she hadn't taken that mysterious silver-white crystal, that Unity Realm expert might not have been able to awaken.