There wasn’t much of an emotion in Zhu Dong’s voice, and it sounded unnaturally calm.
The reason he had come here to the Eastern Continent was because he wanted to find an opportunity to recover his cultivation even more quickly than before.
Another reason was that he also wanted to witness how great the mortal world’s geniuses truly were.
"It’s alright! I’ve heard that the Holy Daughter of the Ice Mystic Holy Land is also only at the peak of Void Refinement Realm just like you. However, you do not belong to any faction, so it will indeed be a little difficult for you to be considered one of the great geniuses of the current generation."
Long Wanchun replied with a sigh, regretting that if Zhu Dong was born around the same time as him, he would have also been a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator by now.
However, he couldn’t quite put his hands on why did Zhu Dong not want to join any major faction. No major faction would reject such a genius like Zhu Dong.
Even in the Dragon King Temple, he was only there as a guest and did not become a disciple.
Hearing his words, Zhu Dong shook his head and spoke with a grin, "It’s alright, brother Long. One day or another, I will have surpassed all the geniuses of the current generation, after all."
Long Wanchun just laughed heartily at his reply and spoke, "Of course, I have trust in your talent. But don’t be left too far behind, yeah? I might have already ascended to immortality by the time you reach the Immortal Ascension Realm!"
Zhu Dong just smiled at him and didn’t spoke any further.
After some time, the flying ship landed on a massive altar in the air, specifically designed for flying ships, much like a helipad for helicopters in the modern times.
As they got down from the flying ship, Zhu Dong’s eyes darted around as he found the surrounding islands floating in the air intriguing.
Having been an Immortal Sovereign in the past, this was a common sight in the Immortal World where no mortals existed, but it was still refreshing to look back at the Mortal World from time to time.
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He didn’t use his Divine Sense here.
It was common knowledge in the cultivation world that one shouldn’t use Divine Sense in the territory of other cultivators.
If some high level cultivator caught this, being thrown out would be the least concern.
Even the high and mighty Immortal Sovereign of the past had to obey this unspoken rule of the cultivation world as he wasn’t as powerful as before.
Not to mention this was the same case in the Upper Realm, or any place where one went as well.
Immortal Sovereigns weren’t the top of the Upper Realm’s hierarchy!
This was also one of the main reasons behind Zhu Dong’s death as the Myriad Paths Divine King. He had offended a great being of the True Dragon Race and forcibly married that being’s daughter for the other party’s True Dragon intrinsic abilities so that he could breakthrough to an even higher realm.
He thought his backing would help him as he was an Immortal Sovereign, but unfortunately...
He couldn’t help but clench his fist before taking in a deep breath, trying to calm down.
Suddenly, Long Wanchun’s voice came over from the side.
"Brother Zhu, are you just going to stand there? If you want to, you can take a look around the capital, if not, then you can come with me directly to the Genius Assembly."
"Yes, I’ll be following brother Long."
Zhu Dong said as both him and Long Wanchun rose into the air and flew towards the largest island in the middle of the capital, following the lead of the attendant assigned to Long Wanchun who had just come here to recieve them.
They didn’t fly extremely fast, but at a moderate speed as there was no need to hurry for them.
Along the way, Zhu Dong’s attention diverted to an isolated piece of land on the ground, stretching out to nearly a thousand miles but with just the remains of what should have been a grandiose abode of Immortal Cultivators in the past.
His interest was piqued, and he asked Long Wanchun in a low voice, "Brother Long, do you have any idea what happened to that place over there?"
He pointed towards the isolated land.
"That...this is the first time I’m coming here in the Jiangnan Region’s capital. I don’t know much about the happenings around here."
Long Wanchun replied as he rubbed his chin in deep thought.
Hearing their conversation, the attendant sent for their navigation aid slowed down slightly and chimed in, "Milords, if you don’t mind, can I explain what happened to that place? I have been living here for over 3 millennia, and am one of the few top ranked Void Refinement Realm cultivators in the capital of Jiangnan!"
Long Wanchun nodded at his request, allowing him to speak freely.
"Milords, that isolated land actually once belonged to a branch family of the Great Tian Immortal Family of the Central Continent, one of the major powers around the world! However, more than 500 years ago, the entire family was exterminated due to being suspected of holding the inheritance of an ancient expert.
It was only recently revealed by the Great Tian Immortal Family and the Great Qin Immortal Family that this ancient expert was none other than the Divine Sovereign!
Sadly, the inheritance was never found, and the seniors say that a single child not even twenty years old at that time, the only son of that family head survived and the inheritance was on him, however, he was only a mortal and had Five-Elemental Spiritual Roots, having never cultivated before, so most people think he might have already died by now even if he had the inheritance.
Sigh, an entire Immortal Family was exterminated just on the basis of an assumption, and nothing was found in the end. Truly a shame."
The attendant sighed deeply by the end, however, he didn’t show slightest dissatisfaction with the actions of the major factions.
He knew that if he slipped his tongue, he might die here at this exact moment.
"So there is such great history behind that isolated land, huh. A pity indeed that nothing was found in the end."
Long Wanchun lamented.
Zhu Dong, on the other hand, was somewhat stunned as soon as he heard the name "Divine Sovereign" being mentioned.
The inheritance of that existence...is it true?
However, he quickly regained his composure and asked in a low voice, "Interesting. What was that child’s name?"
Hearing Zhu Dong’s unexpected question, the attendant said, "The child’s name? I knew of it at that time when he was born, it was..."
However, by the end, he couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
"I’m sure I knew of his name, but why can’t I seem to remember?"
He uttered out as he thought deeply, searching through his memories.
His words stunned both Zhu Dong and Long Wanchun.
Immortal Cultivators had an excellent memory because of their Divine Sense and the overall better mental capability, even Qi Condensation Realm cultivators.
However, a cultivator at the Void Refinement Realm forgot something that only occurred around 500 years ago, this seemed unnatural.
Unless the event was too short or not of any notable change, but that was definitely not the case for the extermination of this Immortal Family which held a great position in the capital of Jiangnan. It should have been a major incident of that time and might have been frequently discussed for at least a hundred years.
How could he forget one of the key points of this event?
"Milords, it seems my cultivation has had a problem which caused me to lose part of my memories, otherwise, I was sure that I remembered the name of that child!"
The attendant spoke, trying to explain himself, a bead of sweat forming on his forehead.
"I understand, you don’t need to explain yourself. Here, take these Mind Cleansing Pills refined by a Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator. After leaving us on our destination, you can go and cleanse your mind to check if there’s anything wrong with your cultivation or conscious. It will also cleanse any conscious related injury."
Seeing the troubled expression on the attendant’s face, Long Wanchun threw a bottle of Mind Cleansing Pills over to him, which the other party quickly caught and cupped his fists while bowing at Long Wanchun mid air.
"This lowly one will never forget the benevolence of the Sovereign of Storms!"
Long Wanchun just nodded at this, and then, they continued on their way.
Zhu Dong, however, was thinking of something else at the moment.
This is...unordinary.
Did an extraordinary existence interfere or did that fellow really had some problems with his cultivation?
As he thought of this, his grin returned to his face.
The Mortal World...isn’t as normal as I expected it to be.