Four people were sitting in front of several elders from the Heaven Secret Sect, and their expressions looked angry after Ye Zhong told them about Nangong Nichang.

The young man shouted at Ye Zhong. “Hey, Old Man! Why did you let my future wife go? Shouldn’t you have known that I would come here to pick her up?”

“Huang Ba! You better behave yourself in our sect!” Wu Qingcheng shouted at him. “Even though you are the young master of the Huang Clan, we will not tolerate your attitude.”

“Humph!” Huang Ba snorted and challenged them. “Do you guys think this sect is so great? Do you think you can do something against me?”

“You-“

“Stop it.” Another female elder stopped Wu Qingcheng directly. ‘He’s just an arrogant brat, so you don’t need to get angry with him.’

‘Tch!’ Wu Qingcheng gritted her teeth after hearing that. ‘Are you really going to allow this arrogant brat to look down on us, Bo Qingyao?’

Bo Qingyao sighed softly before answering her. ‘Haven’t you heard the rumors about the Huang Clan’s involvement with those heretics? Even though we are strong, the Huang Clan is still stronger than us, and we also don’t have clear information about those heretics, so you don’t need to escalate this issue.’

Seeing them like that, Huang Ba looked at them with a triumphant smile, but just as he was about to provoke them again, Nangong Yuhai immediately stopped him.

“We didn’t come here to look for trouble, so you don’t need to provoke them anymore.” Nangong Yuhai then asked Ye Zhong. “Where is my daughter now?”

“Yuhai, you don’t need to bother asking us about your daughter’s whereabouts.”

Ye Zhong and the others immediately stood up to greet the young man. “Welcome back, Sect Master.”

“En.” The young man nodded to them and spoke to Nangong Yuhai again. “Someone took your daughter away without our knowledge, so we don’t know about her whereabouts.”

Huang Ba’s face darkened after hearing that, but he didn’t dare say anything to him, especially after he felt the pressure from the sect master of the Heaven Secret Sect directed at him.

Huang Zuxian, who was sitting beside him, also visibly trembled, as the man also suppressed her with his aura. ‘Damn it! Despite his youthful appearance, this guy possesses the strength of our ancestor!’

However, they breathed a sigh of relief as soon as Nangong Yuhai’s wife enveloped them with her aura. “Ruan Shaojie, they are kids, so such pressure is unnecessary, right?”

“You are right that they are just kids, Qian Ye.” Ruan Shaojie replied as he nodded in agreement. “However, that brat Huang Ba is too arrogant, and he dares to look down on my sect, so I have to teach them a small lesson, right? Otherwise, people will think that we are afraid of the Huang Clan.”

Qian Ye sighed at that. “All right, I will represent them to apologize to you, so we don’t need to prolong trivial matters like this, okay?”

“If he dares to open his mouth one more time to challenge us, I will kill him on the spot.” Ren Shaojie coldly said as he withdrew his aura. 𝒍𝓲𝓫𝒓𝒆𝒂.𝙘𝙤𝒎

Qian Ye then asked him. “Who was the person who took our daughter away? How could that person do such a thing under your watch?”

“There are other skies above the sky, and there are many people who are stronger than me or Huang Xiaoxian.” They couldn’t refute Ruan Shaojie’s words, as they were also aware of it. “However, you guys must know someone who can do it very easily, and no one can stop her from doing it.”

“Hmm?” The four people looked at Ruan Shaojie seriously, and Qian Ye suddenly realized something. “Don’t tell me that that person has returned to the upper realms, and she was also the one who took my daughter away.”

“Bingo!” Ruan Shaojie smiled in satisfaction at Nangong Yuhai and Qian Ye’s shocked reactions, but the other two looked confused by it. “That person has indeed returned to the upper realms, but I haven’t met her, nor do I know her purpose in taking your daughter away.”

“Who are you talking about, Aunt Qian?” Huang Zuxian asked her.

Qian Ye sighed heavily before telling her. “Her name is Jiange Xiuxi, and she is the founder of Sunset Valley. However, she has disappeared for too long, and I didn’t expect that she would suddenly return. If she really took Nichang away with her, then no one of us can find them.”

“That’s true.” Nangong Yuhai also spoke to them. “So many people have tried to find Jiange Xiuxi’s whereabouts in the past, but no one managed to find her; not even Ancestor Huang could find them.”

“So what should we do now? We have prepared my wedding with Nichang, and we have sent out invitations, so this matter will tarnish my clan’s name.” Huang Ba spoke to the two with a darkened face.

They couldn’t help but sigh, and Nangong Yuhai said to him. “We can’t do anything for now, and Ancestor Huang will be able to understand the situation.”

“That’s right.” Qian Ye agreed with her husband. “Since Nichang is no longer here, we should go back now, and I will talk to Ancestor Huang myself about this matter.”

Afterwards, they said goodbye to Ruan Shaojie and the others, and Nangong Yuhai led them to leave the room, but Huang Ba kept glancing at them hatefully.

After they were out of their sight, Wu Qingcheng asked him. “Sect master, is it true that Jiange Xiuxi is back? But why did she bring Nangong Nichang with her?”

“You can ask Little Zhong; he should have met her before.”

Ye Zhong laughed wryly when Wu Qingcheng and the others turned to him. “She did come to see me some time ago, but I couldn’t tell you guys about her return, or she would beat me up. As for the reason why she took Nichang away with her, I don’t know about it myself, so I don’t have a definite answer for you.”

“Then where is Nichang now?” Wu Qingcheng asked him again. “I’m sure that you know their destination, or else you wouldn’t be able to act this calmly, especially since you love her so much like your own granddaughter.”

Bo Qingyao also said to him. “Moreover, she not only brought Nichang, but she also brought Lingzhi along with them, right?”

“Yes.” Ye Zhong didn’t cover it up. “She did bring Lingzhi with them, and they should be at the Eternal Spring Sect now.”

“The Eternal Spring Sect?” The two women were shocked to hear that.

“You guys don’t need to react like this, you know? Jiange Xiuxi has a close relationship with the Tian Clan, and Tian Ya is the sect master of the sect, so it’s natural for her to bring those two little girls there.” Ruan Shaojie then told them something else. “Anyway, I ran into people from the Sunset Valley on my way back, and they were gathering female cultivators with the ice element, so I thought they might be setting up a new sect.”

“A new sect?” Bao Qingyao then said. “Sect master, if your guess is correct, that means they will build that new sect in the northern region, right?”

“After all, the northern region is too cold, and no one lives there, so that region is the most suitable place for those ice cultivators. However, I still can’t understand Jiange Xiuxi’s reason for founding the sect, but we will probably know about it soon.” Ruan Shaojie then warned them. “Anyway, I have a hunch that something bad will happen soon, but I don’t know what or when it will happen, so I want you guys to prepare countermeasures for the worst situation from now on.”

“Yes, sect master.”

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Meanwhile, Ling Yun and the others were already preparing to enter the mist, but Ling Yu’er complained to him. “You’re really crazy, husband! You dual-cultivated with Big Sis Hu for too long, and I’m so exhausted now.”

“Haha.” Ling Yun laughed and hugged her waist. “Tian Hu hasn’t appeared for too long, so I’ve been too engrossed in dual cultivating with her.”

“Humph!” Ling Yu’er snorted at him. Even though she had swallowed the Qi Restoration Liquid, she still felt extremely exhausted from their actions. “So what now? Do we have to go into this mist as a group?”

“Yes.” Zhiyu Yushen nodded to her. “However, you guys still have to be careful, especially since there are some misleading formations inside, and we could get separated without realizing it.”

“How about we tie threads around each other’s bodies, Senior?” Ling Xiya asked her. “That way, we can easily find each other’s location if we get lost there.”

“Unfortunately, your idea can’t be used.” Zhiyu Yushen rejected her idea outright. “You can do that kind of thing if you go to a normal forest, but the inside of this mist is completely different. In fact, my group and I have done that in the past, but we were still separated because of those formations.”

Ling Xiya and the others sighed after hearing that, and Zhiyu Yushen spoke to them again. “Mo Chen and I will walk in front, and Zhou Yu will protect our rear. Tian Yueling and Jiao Lu will walk on our right, and Yun Gongzhu will walk on the left. The rest of you will walk in the middle with Xiao Xiao, so we can protect you if those beasts attack us.”

– To Be Continued –