Chapter 647: Aftermath 2
Three months later, Xiaolan brought more than a dozen people into the ancient palace.
When the people saw Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue, they respectfully bowed and didn’t sit until they were invited.
"Sect master Shangguang, it’s been a long time." Jiang Yue said, looking at Shangguang Hu with a pleasant smile.
"I have long wanted to visit senior Yu and senior Jiang, but I didn’t dare to disturb them." Shangguang Hu said, and Jiang Yue chuckled in amusement.
"What brings the sect master here?" Yu Nianzhen suddenly asked, and the mood turned solemn.
"Senior Yu, senior Jiang, may I introduce my fellow Daoist Daoists?" Shangguang Hu asked and Jiang Yue nodded.
"Go ahead." He said.
"The three major sects, two evil sects, and five major families jointly manage the Cangxing world. There is also the special existence of the border guards." Shangguang Hu started and quickly continued.
"The three major sects are the Cangxing sect, the Sword sect, and the One Hundred Flowers sect. As the seniors know, I am the sect master of the Cangxing sect."
"These two fellows Daoists are Jin Jianfeng and Lin Hua. Fellow Daoist Jin is the sect master of the sword sect, and fellow Daoist Lin is the leader of the One Hundreds flower sect." Shanguang Hu said, pointing at a male and female cultivator.
The male cultivator had white hair but had a youthful handsome face, while the female cultivator was a gorgeous rose.
After being introduced, the two bowed, and Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue nodded.
"As righteous cultivators, we naturally didn’t invite the evil cultivators to visit the two seniors together." Shanguang Hu said and began introducing the five families.
"I believe Senior Yu and Senior Jiang have met city lord Fang Tiancheng of Alchemy City." Shangguang Hu introduced, and Jiang Yue chuckled.
"It was my mistake to provoke the two seniors. I hope the two seniors will forgive me." Fang Tiancheng bowed, but Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue had long forgotten the matter.
After all, Fang Tiancheng was just a nascent soul realm cultivator.
How could two immortal realm cultivators hold a grudge against someone weaker than them?
If they really couldn’t tolerate Fang Tiancheng, they would have killed him back when he offended them.
"Fellow Daoist Qi Huo is the city lord of the weapon refining city." Shangguang Hu pointed at a burly man, and the person bowed.
"I have seen the two immortal masters."
After Bai Huo was Li Gang; the city lord of Talisman City, Xu Yin; the city lord of Formation City, and Jin Ming; the city lord of Inscription City.
When that was done, Shangguang Hu began introducing the leaders of the Border Guards faction.
"This is fellow Daoist Wei Luo; the general marshall of the border guards."
"Wei Luo has seen the two immortal masters." Wei Luo said and bowed.
"You can let us know if there is anything the border guards need." Yu Nianzhen said, and the other nascent soul realm cultivators couldn’t help but feel envious.
After all, the two immortal masters only offered to help the border guards’ faction.
However, when they thought about it, they felt it was only natural since the border guards were the guardians of the Cangxing world.
"Thank you, two seniors." Wei Luo bowed, and the two nodded.
Following that, Shangguang Hu introduced more leaders of the border guards before the introductions came to an end.
"Two seniors, this time we came here for help." Shangguang Hu said with an embarrassed expression.
"Help?" Jiang Yue asked, his eyebrow raised in curiosity.
"People have been disappearing for a while now." Shangguang Hu said and quickly continued.
"It started with small villages, but the issue has escalated over the years. The residents of a big town disappeared a few months ago."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue glanced at Yu Nianzhen, and both couldn’t help but be surprised.
[Isn’t this the issue they were discussing when we visited the Cangxing sect several years ago?] Jiang Yue transmitted in an incredulous voice.
After all, it had been several decades.
Logically, Shangguang Hu and other leaders should have already solved the matter.
[It seems like it.] Yu Nianzhen frowned.
"Explain." Yu Nianzhen asked.
"In fact, we don’t know much because there are no patterns to the disappearances," Shangguang Hu sighed before he continued.
"The disappearances are all over the place, and both mortals and cultivators are susceptible. Most importantly, the culprits leave no clues. There is no blood, signs of struggle or residue aura. It’s a strange situation." The Cangxing sect master said in a helpless voice.
"Where was the last disappearance?" Jiang Yue asked, his brows creased in a frown.
Hearing this, Shangguang Hu turned to Lin Hua.
"The last disappearance was in my one hundred flowers territory. All three million residents of Plum City disappeared overnight." Lin Hua said with a distressed look on her face.
"We understand." Jiang Yue said, looked at Yu Nianzhen, and both nodded.
"We will go Plum City in a while." Yu Nianzhen said.
If it was before, maybe they wouldn’t have bothered too much.
After all, they were already immortal, and it wasn’t a good idea to overly interfere with mortal affairs.
However, they were still reeling from the premonition and the demon dragon attack.
When they thought of what they had foreseen, they didn’t dare to ignore any abnormality in the Cangxing world.
After the matter was settled, the nascent soul realm cultivators felt relieved, and their complexions eased.
"Two seniors, can we ask about the incident that happened three months ago?" Wei Luo suddenly asked.
Hearing the questions, Yu Nianzhen nodded, and Jiang Yue sighed before he spoke.
"This matter is difficult to explain because we don’t know the details. However, we can say that the Cangxing world is at a critical point." He said.
"What does senior Jiang mean?" Wen Luo asked, his eyes narrowed into slits.
After all, he was a guardian of the Cangxing world.
From long before his time, his Wei family had always been guardians of the Cangxing world.
The instinct to protect the Cangxing world was engraved in his veins, and at this time, he naturally felt that something was horribly wrong.
[Azhen, how much should we tell them?] Jiang Yue suddenly transmitted.
On one hand, he felt everyone was a child of the Cangxing world and had a right to know what was going on.
However, on the other hand, he worried they were too weak, and the truth may hinder their cultivation.
[Let me deal with it.] Yu Nianzhen said, and when Jiang Yue nodded, he turned to Wei Luo.
"Junior Wei, what will it take to regain the initiative in the foreign devils’ battlefield?" He suddenly asked.
"Regain the initiative?" Wei Luo muttered; his face filled with self-mockery
Over the past few centuries, the border guards had barely been keeping up with the foreign devils.
In such a situation, they only dared to think about surviving the day and didn’t dream of regaining the initiative.
"Two seniors, our world has not recovered from the Death Flower Ascension Front war and the mass migration of the masters of the two seniors’ generation. We will need more masters on the battlefield if we want to regain the initiative." Wei Luo lowered his head in shame.
"Closing the fissure between our Cangxing world and the foreign devils’ world may not have been possible in the past, but it won’t be impossible in the future." Yu Nianzhen said, thinking of Ao Tian.
Ao Tian was a primordial dragon and his natal ability was the space law.
When Ao Tian cultivated to a certain level, he would definitely be able to permanently close the fissure.
However, they needed to make sure the foreign devils’ battlefield didn’t collapse before then.
"We must firmly control the battlefield before the chance comes to permanently close the fissure." Yu Nianzhen said in a solemn voice.
"Senior Yu...." Wen Luo didn’t know what to say.
He naturally wanted to close the fissure, but could he force people to enter the foreign devils’ battlefield?
"Azhen and I will personally enter the battlefield. We can’t let the foreign devils’ battlefield become a threat to the Cangxing world." Jiang Yue said, and the nascent soul realm cultivators couldn’t help but be shocked.
After listening to so much, they already knew that something was very wrong.
However, they couldn’t even begin to guess.
"I am willing to accompany the two seniors to the foreign devils’ battlefield." Jin Jianfeng suddenly said, and a trace of sword intent leaked from his body.
"I am also willing to go." Shangguang Hu said and others followed.
"We can’t all go." Jiang Yue said and shook his head.
"There are still many things to do on the mainland."
"Can Senior Jiang tell us more?" Lin Hua asked.
"Let’s just say that our Cangxing world is about to face a terrible tribulation. Before then, we must eliminate potential threats that may cause our world to fail the tribulation. These threats include foreign devils, evil cultivators, and sealed spaces. We must get rid of as many dangers as we can before the time comes."
