Pink auspicious clouds appeared in the sky above Canglan City.
Hongluan looked down at the devastated city below with a surprised expression.
"Is this the city where the Hongyun sisters live? It's far too shabby!"
"A great battle at the Nascent Soul Realm level once took place here," Venerable Miaoyu said calmly.
However, he was somewhat surprised to sense the lingering Nascent Soul Realm power within the city.
He originally came here to take Mo Hongyun back, and also to meet with that coward who dared to touch his woman.
But what he saw before him made him realize that things were not as simple as he had imagined.
What made him even more anxious was that he couldn't sense Mo Hongyun's presence in the city.
Or are we too late?
"A battle at the Nascent Soul Realm level?" Hongluan was slightly surprised. "There aren't many Nascent Soul Realm cultivators left in the Lesser Cang Realm, so why are they fighting?"
"Who knows? We can just ask someone."
With a casual grab, the Venerable Miaoyu was instantly bound by an invisible force, his face filled with terror, as he burst through the roof and flew into the sky.
When they arrived high in the sky and saw Venerable Miaoyu and Hongluan, they were even more shocked.
"Senior, spare my life!"
The old man was filled with fear and immediately begged for mercy.
He was, after all, a powerful cultivator at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, yet he was captured and brought to the sky without any power to resist.
The two people before him were undoubtedly supreme experts whom he could not even imagine and absolutely could not provoke.
However, the Venerable Myriad Desires showed no intention of even speaking to him.
Two strange pink lights suddenly appeared in the eyes of the old man in the Golden Core realm.
The old man with the Golden Core cultivation level immediately stiffened, his eyes went blank, and his face showed a look of great pain.
"The Soul Searching Technique... It seems my husband is truly enraged, even resorting to such a forbidden technique."
Hongluan felt a slight chill run down her spine.
The Soul Searching Technique can cause great damage to the soul of the person being targeted.
At best, the spirit and soul will suffer severe damage; at worst, the soul and body will be completely destroyed.
Therefore, generally speaking, righteous cultivators are quite wary of such Taoist arts that are against the natural order and will not use them easily.
They will stop others from using it, and will fight to slay demons and monsters.
As the old man's face contorted in agony, the Venerable Miaoyu gleaned the information he desired from his soul.
He withdrew his primordial spirit power and stopped the soul search.
But at this moment, the old man in the Golden Core realm had a dazed look on his face, and drool was faintly drooling from the corner of his mouth.
Clearly, with his Golden Core realm soul, he simply couldn't withstand the soul-searching power of a Primordial Spirit realm expert.
Having suffered severe damage to his soul, he has become an idiot.
Looking at the Golden Core Realm elder drooling in his hand, Venerable Miaoyu revealed a hint of disgust on his face.
He casually tossed the person to the ground, not caring whether the person would be killed by the fall.
"Husband, have you found out what happened here? And where did Sister Hongyun go?" Hongluan asked.
"There was a conflict between the Nangong family and the Gongshu family, and one of the direct descendants of the Gongshu family died here."
The Venerable Miaoyu gave a simple explanation.
"The Nangong family and the Gongshu family?"
Hongluan was surprised again.
These two are not ordinary aristocratic families.
Even among the thirty-six great clans, they are considered to be powerful families with above-average strength.
Even a powerful sect like the Hehuan Sect has to be careful.
How could these two families have come to conflict? And my husband also said that a direct descendant of the Gongshu family died here.
For a moment, Hongluan's heart trembled.
She keenly sensed that the sister named Mo Hongyun seemed to have been involved in something terrible.
"The city lord of this city is a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator from the Nangong family, and he is also Mo Hongyun's uncle."
Mo Hongyun caused some trouble in the city, which eventually led to a battle between several Nascent Soul Realm experts from the Nangong and Gongshu families.
The direct descendant of the Gongshu family, Daozi, died in this conflict.
The Venerable Miaoyu spoke slowly, his brows furrowing.
Things really did take him much more than he expected.
First of all, he was unaware that Mo Hongyun was connected to the Nangong family.
However, given Mo Hongyun's background, why didn't she ask the Nangong family for help back then?
If he had known this earlier, he might have given the Nangong family face and given up on this woman.
Could there be another hidden story behind this?
However, he now understood why Mo Hongyun's 【Joyful Heart-Eating Curse】 had suddenly been lifted.
Even his own consciousness was silently extinguished, and not a single trace of information could be transmitted back.
Even when he used his magic weapon, he couldn't deduce anything.
If this was orchestrated by a master from the Nangong family, then everything makes sense.
However, this made Venerable Miaoyu hesitate.
If this matter involves the Nangong family, then he will have to treat it with utmost care.
"So the Hongyun sisters are involved. Could this be the reason why my husband rushed over?"
Upon hearing the words of the Venerable Miaoyu, Hongluan suddenly understood.
"Husband, what should we do now? Where have the Hongyun sisters gone?"
Just as the Venerable Miaoyu was about to answer.
Suddenly, he felt a chill and abruptly looked up, staring ahead.
Hongluan, sensing something amiss, also turned her head.
Then the two saw a flying boat appear from the distant horizon, and in an instant, it was right in front of them.
Top-grade flying boat spiritual weapon!
Sensing the power emanating from the flying boat, Venerable Miaoyu's expression turned solemn.
The flying boat-shaped magical artifact is both offensive and defensive, and also possesses extreme speed, making it far more valuable than his auspicious cloud magical artifact.
Those who can wield such magical treasures must be extraordinary experts.
"Could it be the Venerable Miaoyu of the Hehuan Sect?"
Just as Venerable Miaoyu was on high alert, a voice came from inside the flying boat.
Immediately afterwards, five or six figures emerged from the flying boat.
Several of them were watching him and Hongluan with great vigilance.
When he saw the middle-aged man in the dark robe at the head of the group, Venerable Miaoyu's eyes narrowed slightly.
He quickly regained his composure and said, "I wondered who this expert was. It turns out to be the fourth patriarch of the Gongshu family. It seems you've come here because of the death of your family's Daoist disciple?"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people opposite him were all taken aback.
The middle-aged man in the dark robe also sharpened his gaze: "Judging from what Your Excellency has said, the death of my Gongshu family's Daozi is none of your business?"
"Do you think I killed your family's direct descendant?"
Venerable Miaoyu immediately understood why the people opposite them had looked at them with hostility as soon as they came out.
He naturally didn't want to take the blame.
He immediately explained, "You've misunderstood. I've only just arrived in Canglan City myself."
Seeing the city in ruins, they inquired with the residents and learned what had happened.
The deaths of your Daoist disciples have nothing to do with me.
"Oh? The Venerable One is a dignified Supreme Elder of the Hehuan Sect, a powerful being with a Four Tribulations Primordial Spirit."
Why would it be such a coincidence that it appeared in Canglan City, a small town in the lower realm?
If I remember correctly, the Hehuan Sect didn't seem to have set up a teleportation array in the Lesser Cang Realm, did they?
The middle-aged man in the dark robe narrowed his eyes, but he did not readily believe the words of Venerable Miaoyu.
The timing of their appearance was far too perfect.
A powerful cultivator at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul realm suddenly appeared in a small place like the Lesser Cang Realm.
This is inherently abnormal.
Not to mention, the other party was clearly surprised when they saw us earlier.
All of this made the middle-aged man in the dark robe begin to doubt the Venerable Miaoyu.
"You don't need to worry about why I'm here. If you still have doubts, why don't you go into the city yourself and ask around?"
"Let's see if it was really the real person who killed your Mo family's direct descendant, the Daoist prince!"
The Venerable Miaoyu did not reveal the purpose of his descent to the mortal realm.
Although he was wary of the Gongshu family, he was not so subservient as to be completely obsequious.
At best, Gongshu Laosi's level of skill is only comparable to his.
If it really comes down to a fight, he might not necessarily be at a disadvantage.
Seeing the composed expression on Venerable Miaoyu's face, the middle-aged man in the dark robe hesitated.
He thought for a moment and then instructed the people behind him, "Go down to the Tianji Workshop in the city and inquire to see what exactly happened."
"Yes, Ancestor!"
Immediately, two people flew downwards.
The defensive formation of Canglan City had already been broken by Gongshu Yu.
The City Lord of Canglan, who was in charge of the formation, has already left.
In addition, the guards inside the city lord's mansion were also healing their wounds.
So the two of them landed in the city without any hindrance.
Not long after, he flew back with one person.
“Ancestor, this person claims to be the manager of Tianji Workshop and says she knows exactly what happened yesterday.”
But the woman the two brought back was one of the Heavenly Mystery Master's confidantes, the beautiful woman.
"Luo Yan pays respects to the Ancestor."
The beautiful woman sensed the presence of everyone around her; each one of them was enough to terrify her.
He immediately realized that the cultivation level of each of these people was far above his own, and none of them were people he could afford to offend.
"Are you from the Tianji Workshop in Canglan City? I remember that Gongshu Qian was in charge here."
The middle-aged man in the dark robe had a slight frown on his brow.
Before he came down, he went to his clan to learn about the situation in Canglan City of the Little Cang Realm.
"The shopkeeper has been captured by the city lord and taken to the city lord's mansion. Two Nascent Soul Venerables have also been taken to the city lord's mansion."
The beautiful woman answered cautiously.
"They're not dead?" The middle-aged man in the dark robe's expression shifted. "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
"This is how it is, Ancestor..."
Luo Yan quickly recounted what had happened in the city in the past few days.
It all started when a mysterious talisman maker was suddenly invited from the Treasure Pavilion, who then seized control of the city's talisman market with a large quantity of cheap talismans.
They went on to talk about yesterday's battle at the Nascent Soul Realm, how Young Master Yu was severely injured by the mysterious talisman maker and then killed by the city lord himself.
Finally, regarding Tianji Fangzhu and the others, they were all detained by the city lord and taken to the city lord's mansion.
There wasn't a single exaggeration in his words.
They all told the whole story in the simplest and most straightforward way.
The beautiful woman knew that the people in front of her were all powerful figures she could not even imagine.
I doubt that even the slightest fluctuation of my soul could escape their detection.
If you speak carelessly and make things worse, you might end up hurting yourself.
After listening to the beautiful woman's story, everyone fell silent for a moment.
No one expected that what happened in this small Canglan City would be so complicated.
Minor matters like seizing the talisman market are insignificant in their eyes.
However, the subsequent battle at the Nascent Soul Realm level made everyone's hearts skip a beat.
"You mean, Gongshu Cai and his group were ultimately defeated because Nangong Yuanwu accidentally detonated his magical artifact."
And Gongshu Yu was defeated head-on by a mysterious young Golden Core cultivator?
Even the middle-aged man in the dark robe was somewhat surprised.
He originally thought that Gongshu Yu had two Nascent Soul Realm experts following him, and that he also had a protective jade talisman.
Even ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivators couldn't possibly defeat him.
Therefore, his death must have been related to an extremely powerful expert.
Unexpectedly, the most direct cause was that Nangong Yuanwu had detonated the spiritual weapon.
“Yes, Ancestor,” the beautiful woman replied respectfully.
"What is the origin of that young golden elixir who defeated Gongshu Yu?"
On the Gongshu family's side, a red-haired young man asked somewhat anxiously.
"I don't know the origin of that young Golden Core cultivator, I only know that he is the mysterious talisman maker invited by °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° the Treasure Pavilion."
It is said that he is a cultivator who came to Canglan City from the outside world not long ago.
But its exact origins and background remain unknown.
"How is this possible..."
The red-haired youth was immediately shaken.
He never expected that Gongshu Yu, one of his rivals, would be defeated by another young Golden Core cultivator.
It should be noted that he usually held Gongshu Yu in high regard.
They believed that the Emperor's Heart Technique he cultivated was merely a facade.
But in reality, he still quite recognized Gongshu Yu's abilities.
If the two of them were to actually fight, even if he was confident, he would only have a 60% chance of winning at most.
But now I hear that Gongshu Yu was defeated head-on by a young Golden Core cultivator, and completely crushed him without any chance to fight back.
This was something he could hardly believe.
Even if the person who made the move was at the peak of the Golden Core realm, Gongshu Yu shouldn't have suffered such a complete defeat.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask again, "Are you sure that person is at the Golden Core stage?"
“This...” The beautiful woman hesitated.
She was naturally not sure, but intuitively, she felt that the mysterious talisman maker did not possess the unique aura of a primordial spirit master.
"Alright, haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?"
At this moment, the middle-aged man in the dark robe said calmly, "Whether he is in the Golden Core stage or not, we'll know once we capture him."
"That must be the City Lord's Mansion. I want to see just where this Nangong Yuanwu gets his audacity to kill the Daoist son of my Gongshu family!"
After saying that, the middle-aged man in the dark robe put away the flying boat beside him and flew towards the city lord's mansion in the center of Canglan City.
The red-haired youths and their companions quickly followed behind.
"Husband, what should we do?"
The Red Phoenix spirit transmitted its question.
"Of course we followed. It's rare for the Gongshu family and the Nangong family to fight. How could we miss such a spectacle?"
Venerable Miaoyu never expected that so many things had happened in Canglan City.
Having just heard that Mo Hongyun had also gone to the City Lord's Mansion, he certainly couldn't leave now.
He had hesitated before, wondering whether he should give up since Mo Hongyun was related to the Nangong family.
But now, it seems the Gongshu family is about to clash with the Nangong family.
He also felt that he might take advantage of the situation to fish in troubled waters.
If he could take Mo Hongyun away, then there would still be hope for his path to enlightenment.
...
Just as the wise and witty one was making his own plans.
Meanwhile, in a valley in the Tianyuan Great World, Lu Qing was surveying his surroundings.
