Chapter 396: Reunion After Ten Years

Although there was some regret on Huangfu Song's face, the purpose of this trip had clearly been achieved.

"Let's go. With Commander Guan Xingxiu's [Falling Star Divine Sword] protecting us, this trip will certainly be safe and sound."

He summoned the crossing dust boat again, beaming with joy.

Recalling the conversation between the two in the courtyard just now, Li Fan said thoughtfully, "Has the wave of local resistance become this serious now?"

"To the point where you need to go and hire a protective umbrella?"

Huangfu Song said, "It's better to be safe than sorry. Anything can happen in this remote place."

"If trouble breaks out, and they actually tie us both up, throw us into the ashes of the Jinji Flowing Fire, and claim it was an accident…"

"What could we do?"

"With Commander Guan Xingxiu's Falling Star Divine Sword here, it's a different story."

Huangfu Song said with a rather smug look, "Don't look down on him just because he only has Soul Transformation cultivation now. A Soul Transformation realm Cultivator who has fallen from the Dao Comprehension Realm is far more formidable than an ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivator."

"At the very least, in this Lanlin Prefecture where there is no Combined Dao Immortal presiding, Commander Guan Xingxiu's Flying Sword can suppress anyone who refuses to submit."

The fat man took out the small golden sword again, stroking it lovingly, unable to put it down.

Li Fan stared at the Falling Star Divine Sword, faintly sensing a sharp aura of soaring heroism from within it.

Thinking back to the lazy appearance he had just seen, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion in his heart.

"A generation of Combined Dao, simply because he didn't see the situation clearly, has ended up like this."

Afterward, remembering Commander Guan Xingxiu's words, he couldn't help but ask.

"Just now, Senior Guan mentioned that his old leader passed away. Does that mean Immortal Venerable Jicheng has fallen?"

"Correct. It was not long ago."

"He ultimately died quietly in his Tianji Academy, along with that willow tree."

Li Fan couldn't help but visualize the aged face of Immortal Venerable Jicheng.

"If not for [Huan Zhen], I fear that before long, I would be just like him, only able to wait for death to descend in panic."

"What does Combined Dao cultivation matter? If one does not attain eternal life, it is all ultimately vanity."

Seemingly having his heart opened by the emotions brought about by the fall of an old-school Combined Dao powerhouse, Huangfu Song put away the Falling Star Divine Sword and said with great emotion, "Perhaps Commander Guan Xingxiu's despondency is also related to this matter."

"With the foundation of Immortal Venerable Jicheng, who controlled the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Garrison Academy for five hundred years, he still had no hope of eternal life. It shows just how difficult it is to defy the laws of heaven and earth."

"Commander Guan Xingxiu had his cultivation stripped away; wanting to start cultivating from Soul Transformation again is even more difficult."

"You must know, if one wants to reach the Dao Comprehension Realm again, one must use a heaven and earth spirit similar to the previous one as a foundation."

"A heaven and earth spirit is already hard to come by, and if there are requirements for its properties, it becomes almost impossible."

…

While chatting with Huangfu Song, the crossing dust boat reached the central core area of the Lock Spirit Array, the designated location to place the Tianxuan Array Pivot.

Currently, the Formation has not been completely built, and it will still take some time.

Except for the Formation Masters who were also students of the Cosmos Abode, the other Cultivators were not very friendly toward the arrival of Huangfu Song and Li Fan.

At least, that's how it appeared.

However, after Huangfu Song released the Falling Star Divine Sword, these Cultivators had no choice but to restrain themselves.

Meanwhile, in Shi Lin Province, near the former Congyun Sea, now the Congyun Abyss.

Zhang Haobo looked at the endless void not far away, a look of sorrow appearing on his face.

Even though it was not his first time seeing this scene, he still couldn't quite accept it.

His former hometown, that blue ocean full of the breath of life.

When he saw it again, it had actually turned into this state.

"Haobo, please accept my condolences." Xiao Heng walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him.

"What exactly happened back then? How could the vast Congyun Sea suddenly become like this?" Zhang Haobo couldn't help but ask again.

Xiao Heng shook his head: "I don't know either. Back then, Skull Senior suddenly warned that a great disaster might befall Congyun Sea. So, not long after you left for Nine Mountains, I also fled far away from Congyun Sea."

"Ye Feipeng seemed to know something and insisted on not leaving with me."

"I originally thought he was hiding some other opportunity from me, but who would have thought that since then, he has never appeared again."

"I suppose he must have passed away long ago."

"Had I known, I should have tried harder to persuade him back then." A trace of sadness flashed in Xiao Heng's eyes.

After a long silence, he continued.

"Over these years, I have tried to inquire about the changes that occurred in Congyun Sea. But what I didn't expect was that in less than a year, most Cultivators had almost no impression of Congyun Sea at all."

"It was as if this area had never existed."

"Even now, only when I see this abyss before my eyes do I recall the existence of Congyun Sea."

Zhang Haobo said, "It's the same for me. In Nine Mountains for nearly ten years, I didn't have a single memory of Congyun Sea."

"It was only after coming back to find you all and witnessing the Congyun Abyss that the past memories surged forth like a tide."

He paused, then whispered, "This must be the influence of Eternal Celestial Venerable."

Xiao Heng also nodded slightly: "Perhaps before long, this memory in our minds will also, like the former Congyun Sea, disappear completely."

The two looked at each other, speechless.

It was silent by the abyss.

Before long, the silence was interrupted by a rumbling sound coming from not far away.

The two turned back to look and discovered that it was Su Xiaomei and Su Changyu sparring again.

"Brother, be careful!"

Su Xiaomei flashed a strange smile at Su Changyu.

A moment later, dozens of figures in various attires appeared simultaneously, surrounding Su Changyu.

These figures held different weapons but had no faces.

On each blank face, there were only different blood-red symbols flowing.

"Look at this move, let's see if you can block it!"

These faceless blood-faced figures spoke in unison, laughing with strange, cackling tones.

The weapons in the figures' hands emitted wisps of blood-red light.

Countless streaks of blood-red light erupted, accompanying the sounds, about to strike Su Changyu.

Su Changyu was not the least bit flustered; instead, he was closing his eyes.

The instant those streaks of blood light approached him, his outstretched right hand glowed with a lustrous white light.

Moving at extremely high speed, in an instant, it created the spectacle of a thousand hands appearing simultaneously.

Each phantom hand grasped the incoming blood light.

Then, they exerted force simultaneously.

An instant later, the blood-colored radiance had its direction reversed.

Instead, it launched an attack toward those dozens of faceless blood-faced figures.

"Boom!"

The situation reversed in an instant.

Caught off guard, those figures were struck by their own attacks.

Many of the figures vanished as a result.

However, one of them, after taking a hit from a streak of blood light, remained completely unscathed.

Instead, it took advantage of the light from the explosion to quietly approach Su Changyu.

Its figure exploded with a roar.

A giant web of flames was about to envelop Su Changyu.

Su Changyu's expression did not change, but his eyes snapped open.

In each eyeball, there were two pupils.

The four black holes shrank to the size of needle tips at this moment.

The raging flames in front of him were also frozen in an instant.

Su Changyu then struck out with a palm.

The target was not the flames in front of him.

But the secretly hidden Su Xiaomei.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

One phantom palm print after another emerged, and explosions kept sounding all around.

"You can't hit me!"

Su Xiaomei's voice came from all directions, as elusive as a ghost or god.

"Oh?"

"Oh?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Su Changyu's mouth.

High above in the sky, a giant transparent palm had formed, though no one knew when.

It completely enveloped the battlefield where the two were.

Then it pressed down from above.

"Boom!"

The ground sank deep, kicking up dust.

A massive handprint landed on the ground.

And Su Xiaomei, who had been hiding within, could no longer conceal herself.

She was plucked out by the phantom five fingers and bound in mid-air.

"Break for me!"

Su Xiaomei shouted angrily.

Her eyes turned crimson, her tightly clenched fingers loosened slightly, and for a moment there was a trend of breaking free.

Su Changyu extended his right hand and grasped from afar.

Another phantom giant palm appeared.

It stacked together with the previous transparent palm.

Su Xiaomei was thus suppressed again.

"Ahhh! So annoying!"

Su Xiaomei's innate Divine Ability was constantly triggered.

Her hair also gradually turned crimson red.

The surrounding air became distorted due to the intense heat.

But no matter how she struggled, she could never break free from the suppression of the giant palm.

"I lose!"

Accompanied by Su Xiaomei's angry shout, a red sun inexplicably appeared in the sky.

The giant palm phantom turned into nothingness under the scorching of the red sun.

Su Xiaomei, having regained her freedom, had no joy on her face; she retracted her [Red Sun Grotto-Heaven] Domain.

She scratched her head and flew to Su Changyu's side.

"Brother, how did you become so powerful?"

"I suppressed my cultivation to the Golden Core Realm, and now I'm not even your match."

She asked with some curiosity.

"When we left Congyun Sea back then, the Yin Yueting sisters discovered ancient artifacts with residual Dao Rhyme from the ancient era."

"After all these years of restoration, we have been able to experience a wisp of complete Dao Rhyme."

"This [Heaven-Suppressing Palm] move just now is what I comprehended from that Dao Rhyme. Xiaomei, your Comprehension Ability is far superior to mine; I believe you can comprehend even stronger Divine Abilities from it."

…

"When we left Congyun Sea back then, the Yin Yueting sisters discovered ancient artifacts with residual Dao Rhyme from the ancient era…"

At the same time Su Changyu spoke, an identical voice sounded simultaneously.

Forming a strange dual voice.

But as he slowly closed his eyes, the other echo became weaker and weaker.

Eventually becoming barely audible.

Su Changyu had said that this was caused by him practicing a special Cultivation Technique, and Su Xiaomei and the others, having slowly become accustomed to it, did not find it strange.

"Yay! I want to comprehend this Divine Ability too!" Hearing Su Changyu's words, she clapped her hands happily.

Even without opening his eyes, Su Changyu could clearly see the appearance of his sister, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Although she was already at the Nascent Soul cultivation level, she was still like a child who hadn't grown up.

Thinking of this, Su Changyu lovingly patted Su Xiaomei's head.

"After more than ten years of separation, everyone has finally reunited again."

Xiao Heng, who was on the side, looked at this scene and couldn't help but feel a bit gratified.

Suddenly, he sensed a faint fluctuation coming from the hand bone in his storage ring that hadn't been used for a long time, and his face immediately lit up with joy.

Ever since Skull Senior issued a warning and saved everyone's lives previously, it had fallen into a deep slumber again.

Could it be that it had finally woken up now?

Immediately, Xiao Heng impatiently entered the White Bone Vanguard Realm.