Chapter 1597 - The Luo River Forbidden Zone
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nThat very day, word of what happened in the Liang Family’s territory took Cloudwater Immortal City by storm.
nIt soon spread beyond the city!
nAfter all, the Liang Family was an Immortal Lord faction, and both its leader and its grand elder had died in their own territory, alongside fourteen Universe Realm Immortals. It would have been hard for such an incident not to draw attention.
nEveryone could picture it already. This incident was sure to send massive waves across the entire province’s world of cultivation!
nThat very day, a treasure ship left Cloudwater Immortal City, carrying Su Yi, the Fang siblings, and Liang Wenyu.
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nOn board the treasure ship, Su Yi held a jug of wine and stood by the railing. His blue robes fluttered around him.
n“Sovereign, we’ll reach the banks of the Luo River within two days,” Qi Fufeng said respectfully.
n“Mm,” said Su Yi. “Call me ‘young lord’ going forward.”
n“Yes, Young Lord!” Qi Fufeng solemnly assented.
n“The past few months were hard on you,” Su Yi said softly.
nSix days prior, the night he first arrived in Cloudwater Immortal City, he visited an inn and carved a message in a jade slip to make contact with Qi Fufeng.
nAt the time, he commanded Qi Fufeng to investigate Liang Wenyu in secret and learn what he’d been up to over the past three years.
nQi Fufeng shook his head. “It wasn’t difficult at all. On the contrary, I have a guilty conscience. I let you down, Sov…err, Young Lord.”
nHe sighed deeply.
n“You needn’t blame yourself. So much time has passed, and the Immortal Realm has changed a lot since the Age of Fallen Immortals,” Su Yi said warmly.
nHe’d commanded Qi Fufeng to investigate certain past incidents in the White Reed Province. All of them involved Wang Ye.
nThis was because the White Reed Province was where Wang Ye rose to prominence, and it was here that he’d built his foundations. Numerous places and people connected to him remained here.
nQi Fufeng’s orders had involved said people and places.
nFor instance, he’d investigated leads regarding Wang Ye’s subordinates and old friends, as well as the Academy of Eternal Night he’d founded, and whether or not the coronation platform he’d built on Mount Taiwu still remained…
nUnfortunately, so much time had passed, and time had taken its toll. The lands remained, but the Immortal Realm had changed. Most of the people and places he’d known had disappeared into the river of history during the Age of Fallen Immortals.
nEven if Qi Fufeng investigated with all his might, there were limits to what he was able to find.
nAll he knew now was that the faction Wang Ye had builtp on the shore of the Luo River, the Academy of Eternal Night, had long since ceased to exist. All that remained of it was an ancient ruin.
nLaughably, many immortal factions saw the ruins as a place to seek out good fortune.
nThe cultivators of the White Reed Province called them the Luo River Forbidden Zone. They were one of the province’s six most famous danger zones!
nSeveral powerhouses of the Yao Path had even built factions near the Luo River. They wanted the proximity so they could enter the Luo River Forbidden Zone whenever they pleased!
nAnd the Luo River Forbidden Zone was their current destination!
nThis was because according to Qi Fufeng’s investigations, although the Academy of Eternal Night had been destroyed during the Age of Fallen Immortals, its ruins remained. They were spread throughout the Luo River Forbidden Zone, and they’d yet to be fully excavated.
nThat aside, numerous secrets were hidden throughout the Luo River Forbidden Zone, as well as several extraordinarily mysterious and powerful life forms!
nWhen Qi Fufeng attempted to investigate further, he encountered one of these terrifying lifeforms and couldn’t proceed any further.
nIt was like a soul body, strange and covered in electricity and tribulation light. It was elusive and mysterious, and it struck out of nowhere. Even an Immortal Lord like Qi Fufeng almost met his end.
nThis piqued Su Yi’s interest. He naturally wanted to get to the bottom of things.
nAside from the Luo River Forbidden Zone, Qi Fufeng investigated the place once known as the “Little Heavenly Court,” Mount Taiwu. It had disappeared during the Age of Fallen Immortals.
nIt had once been Wang Ye’s cultivation ground. Prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, it was the greatest immortal mountain in the White Reed Province and among the top five in the Immortal Realm.
nFor a time, it was even considered the greatest of the five!
nBack then, Wang Ye built a coronation platform at its peak. Whenever the Central Immortal Court appointed a new sovereign, they were sure to proceed to the peak of Mount Taiwu, where Wang Ye would place their crown upon their head personally.
nOnly then was their rule considered legitimate!
nFor instance, Daoist Master Red Cloud’s ancestor, the Southern Profound Immortal Sovereign, had undergone his coronation ceremony atop Mount Taiwu when he assumed power over the Central Immortal Court.
nIn other words, prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, the greatest of the top five immortal mountains had been widely acknowledged as a holy ground to the cultivators of the Immortal Realm!
nHence the nickname, the “Little Heavenly Court!”
nNaturally, Wang Ye was inextricably involved in all of this.
nBut according to Qi Fufeng, Mount Taiwu had disappeared long ago. No trace of it remained!
nOver the years, countless mighty factions had investigated, but none learned anything at all.
nThis disappearance was now a famous, unsolvable mystery of the Immortal Realm.
nThis too drew Su Yi’s attention.
nThis was because the mountain hadn’t been destroyed; it had simply disappeared from the face of the earth. This was clearly out of the ordinary!
nOriginally, Su Yi planned to visit Mount Taiwu upon his return to the White Reed Province and have a look at the place he’d cultivated in during his past life. He wanted to see if anything had been left behind.
nHe had memories, and he knew that Wang Ye had wielded two world-famous swords in his lifetime.
nThe first was called “Far Reaches.”
nThe second was called “Distant Seas.”
nThere was nowhere his sword could not reach. It was thus indestructible.
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nIt could reach even distant seas and mountains, heedless of the distance.
nIt was much like a famous couplet, which read, “At the end of the ocean, the sky is the shore. When I climb to the top of a mountain, I am the peak.”
nThis was the source of Far Reaches and Distant Seas’ names.
nDuring the Battle of Eternal Night, Wang Ye wielded Distant Seas to cut down thirty-three supremely powerful foes. In the end, Distant Seas was badly damaged and lost on the battlefield.
nAs for Far Reaches? Wang Ye left it atop Mount Taiwu to seal and protect the coronation platform. No one else could wield it.
nOf course, the disappearance of Mount Taiwu naturally implied the disappearance of Far Reaches by extension.
nQi Fufeng said softly, “Young Lord, in my view, although a long time has passed and the Immortal Realm has changed, all you need to do is issue a decree, and those who fought alongside you will heed your call, no matter where they are in the Immortal Realm!”
nHere, he sighed. “The only disadvantage is that doing so would reveal your identity and draw your powerful enemies’ attention, too. It’d lead to endless trouble.”
nSu Yi nodded. “No need to rush. We can just take our time.”
nHis current strength was far from sufficient; it wasn’t time to lay everything out in the open.
nSu Yi thought for a moment, then said, “There are two things I’d like you to do next.”
n“Please command me, Young Lord,” Qi Fufeng said respectfully.
n“First, gather information about the Nine Gates of Heaven, especially the Sixth and Seventh Gates of Heaven.”
nSu Yi then described his encounter with the Formless Demon, Li Fenghan, at the Mirror Lake.
nQi Fufeng was instantly solemn.
nFormless Demons were one of the nine great demon races of the Beyond, and they were natural-born assassins, unpredictable and dangerous to the extreme.
nYet now, at least one expert of this race had crossed the defensive line of the Nine Gates of Heaven to enter the Immortal Realm. Qi Fufeng immediately realized how serious the problem was.
n“You have to be extremely careful. If you discover anything, contact me immediately. Whatever you do, don’t take any reckless action,” ordered Su Yi.
nQi Fufeng nodded. “Second, continue investigating what led to the demise of the Bi’an Spirit Race. No matter what, this blood debt must be repaid!”
nHe’d discussed the matter with Fang Yourong, but unfortunately, she was just a little girl when it happened. She didn’t know who the culprits were either.
n“Understood!” Qi Fufeng solemnly agreed.
nSu Yi took out three jade slips and passed them to Qi Fufeng. “The first of these slips was given to me by the Divine Mysteries Pavilion. With it, you can make contact with their forces and gather information.
n“The second records the distinctive characteristics of the nine great races of the demons of the Beyond, including their cultivation techniques, legacies, and weaknesses, with countermeasures for each.
n“The third slip seals a streak of sword qi. Don’t use it unless it’s truly life or death.”
nQi Fufeng solemnly accepted the slip. “This junior will be sure to give it his all!”
nThat very day, Qi Fufeng left the treasure ship alone to begin this operation.
nSu Yi, meanwhile, went looking for Liang Wenyu and the Fang siblings. “We’ll arrive in Blazing Firmament Immortal City tomorrow. I plan to get you settled in at the local branch of the House of Little Joys.”
nHe’d already asked Xue Hongfeng to confirm that there was a branch there. Once the siblings were settled in, Su Yi could contact Qing Wei. That’d be enough to ensure their safety.
n“When I find out who was behind the deaths of the Bi’an Spirit Race, I’ll naturally help you get revenge,” said Su YI.
nFang Yourong couldn’t help but ask. “Senior, why… Why are you helping us?”
n“I can’t tell you now,” said Su Yi. “But you’ll naturally understand later.”
nFang Yourong hesitated, then asked tentatively, “Can… Can Big Brother Liang come with us?”
nSu Yi nodded. He wasn’t all that prejudiced against Liang Wenyu.
nFang Yourong instantly felt a massive weight lift from her shoulders. “Thank you so much, Senior.”
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nThat night, as the treasure ship made its way to Blazing Firmament Immortal City, it passed a stretch of untamed mountain wilderness. There, Su Yi witnessed a grand battle!
nOne of the combatants was a lady sword immortal in white, an unrivaled beauty with shocking murderous intent. She emanated the characteristic energy fluctuations of a Void Realm True Immortal.
nHer opponent was an Immortal Lord of the heretical path!
nThe two fought amidst the wilderness, and the battle was extraordinarily intense.
nThe heretical cultivator was a man in blood-red robes. His aura was sinister and malevolent, and he gripped a flag with a pole carved out of bone. When he waved it about, countless ferocious evil spirits arose throughout heaven and earth, blanketing the surrounding area.
nIt was as if the entire landscape had transformed into a ghostly domain!
nEven more shockingly, despite the heretical cultivator’s Immortal Lord Realm cultivation, he was at a disadvantage against the Void Realm True Immortal swordswoman!
nWhen Xue Hongfeng and the Fang siblings saw this from a distance, all of them were astonished.
nBut when Su Yi saw the swordwoman’s techniques, his eyes widened with surprise.
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