In the rank 5 region of the Cloud Sea, there was a spirit beast more than 3,000 feet tall in the star fog. This spirit beast looked like a tiger, and it had a sharp horn 100 feet long that gave off a cold glow.
There were more than 30 people sitting on the back of this spirit beast.
They all had calm expressions and were cultivating with their eyes closed. There were men and women among them, and their bodies gave off fluctuations of cultivation.
Before them, there was a man standing next to the horn of the spirit beast. This man was middle-aged and his purple robe moved without any wind. He had his hands behind his back as he silently looked at the fog ahead. No one knew what he was thinking.
Behind this man was an old man who respectfully followed. He was accompanying this man as he looked forward.
The old man softly said, "Sect Master, according to the speed of the tiger, we will arrive on the continent of Mo Luo in one more day."
These people were cultivators of the Purple Dao Sect. Originally, it wouldn't take them that long to arrive on the continent of Mo Luo. However, due to the matter of the pill recipe and jade, the sects of the rank 6 region had invaded, so the Purple Dao Sect had to delay their arrival.
After dealing with all the trivial matters and cooperating with the search of the rank 6 region, the Purple Dao Sect immediately set off toward the Origin Sect.
His gaze was still on the fog ahead as if he was thinking. After a long time, the middle-aged man nodded and calmly said, "There must be an answer to everything that needs to be resolved."
The old man was startled and didn't understand the meaning behind the words of the most respected person in the Purple Dao Sect. In his mind, this trip to the Origin Sect would be easy, so there was no need for an answer.
"Sect Master …" The old man was about to speak when the middle-aged man shook his head and said, "You don't understand. A great chaos is about to rise and the Cloud Sea will no longer be calm."
The old man silently pondered and didn't speak.
"For a pill recipe and jade, not only are rank 6 cultivators rushing over, even rank 7 and 8 cultivators are rushing over. Is it worth it …" The middle-aged man seemed to be talking to himself, and there was a hint of gloom between his eyebrows.
The old man softly said, "That pill recipe and jade are too valuable, so it is inevitable that people will be tempted."
"That pill formula is an inauspicious item. The first time it appeared, it caused a calamity in the Cloud Sea. Now that it has appeared a second time … I just don't know who took the pill formula. The longer the pill formula is exposed, the greater the scope of the calamity will be." The middle-aged man shook his head and sighed.
The old man hesitated for a moment before replying in a low voice, "According to our investigation, it was the Poisonous Old Woman from the Five Venoms Sect who took the pill formula and jade slip and hid them."
"Don't underestimate those old monsters of the rank 6 sects!" The middle-aged man smiled.
The old man was stunned for a moment. He thought about it carefully and said in confusion, "Could it be someone else?"
"If that poisonous old woman really took it away, would Five Venoms Sect still exist?"
The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with wisdom as he said softly, "With the Poisonous Old Woman's cultivation, how could she have withstood the power of Shi Luoxing's self-destruction? How could she not be found after such a thorough search?
How could he kill Clear Flower Sect's Noble Money while escaping!
That Noble Money is at the Nirvana Shatterer stage. Who could have killed him in just one incense stick of time before the second wave of Clear Flower Sect cultivators arrived? "
The old man gasped and his mind trembled. It took him a long time to recover, and his eyes were filled with terror.
"Clear Flower Sect's Noble Money was killed!" He obviously didn't know about this.
"The Poisonous Old Woman couldn't have done all of this. Only the mysterious cultivator who really obtained the jade and pill formula could do this.
This person must have killed Noble Money because he had no other choice. He must have encountered Noble Money when he left the wild continent and aroused suspicion, so he had to act. "The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with admiration and sympathy.
"Ruthless and decisive, he killed Noble Money in a clean manner. He even diverted the attention of the Stage Six Cultivators to the Poisonous Old Woman, stirring up a dense fog to gain some time. Before the Stage Six Cultivators could react, he successfully escaped from their blockade.
"Even I wouldn't be able to do this if I was in his shoes.
"More importantly, this person is extremely cunning. I don't know if there is a deeper meaning in shifting the target to the Poisonous Old Woman. If he really saw through the truth of this matter and shifted the blame to the Poisonous Old Woman, then his mind is like a demon's!" The sympathy in the middle-aged man's eyes became even stronger.
The heart of the old man beside him pounded. He pondered a bit but was still a bit puzzled.
The middle-aged man didn't turn his head, but he seemed to know the old man's doubts and softly said, "If we successfully obtain the jade and pill recipe, it will be an auspicious sign for the rank 6 region. However, if we let the jade and pill recipe disappear after we have the clues, it will be a disaster.
"What they need is an explanation!
An explanation for the rank 7, 8, or even 9 regions … "
The old man's eyes were filled with understanding, but there was also disbelief. His chest heaved up and down for a moment before he said, "That's why they allowed the Five Poison Sect to continue to exist and are certain it was done by the Poisonous Old Woman. Even Noble Money's death was done by an expert of the Five Poison Sect!"
The middle-aged man smiled as if he was talking to himself.
"This mysterious cultivator is smart and gave the rank 6 cultivators an explanation. No matter what happens in the end, with this explanation, their disaster will be reduced a lot.
"Otherwise, how could there be no Nirvana Shatterer cultivators in the search team and only some Nirvana Cleanser cultivators searching for a mysterious person that can kill a Nirvana Shatterer cultivator in less than an incense stick of time … If I was the sect master of a rank 6 sect, I might have erased all the clues for that mysterious cultivator. If that happened, only the Five Poison Sect would die!"
The old man beside him was shocked. He looked at the middle-aged man with deep respect, dread, and even a hint of fear in his eyes.
He had followed the middle-aged man, Lu Yuncong, for many years and had watched him go from obscurity to the peak. The Purple Dao Sect was only a small sect in the rank 5 region 3,000 years ago, but in the hands of this person, it could be considered very powerful. Although it wasn't the strongest in the rank 5 region, the name Lu Yuncong was something everyone in the rank 6, 7, and 8 regions knew of.
"I really want to deal with this mysterious cultivator … I have a premonition that I will meet him one day …" The middle-aged man's eyes were filled with anticipation. His figure with his hands behind his back was like a mountain in the eyes of the old man.
The old man silently pondered.
Time slowly passed. The tiger broke through the star fog and moved faster and faster.
When they were only half a day away from the continent of Mo Luo, there was a flash of blue light. This blue light was demonic and penetrated the star fog, causing the fog to turn blue as if it was being dyed by the blue light.
The tiger immediately stopped and its eyes were filled with vigilance. There was even a hint of fear. It let out a roar, but it didn't dare to move forward.
This sudden scene immediately caused the thirty or so cultivators on the back of the ferocious tiger to open their eyes at the same time. Their expressions were calm as they silently stood up and coldly stared ahead without the slightest hint of panic!
This was because they were cultivators of the Purple Dao Sect, core disciples of the Purple Dao Sect. They were the direct disciples of the sect master, Lu Yuncong!
They had their pride. They could die, they could lose, but they couldn't panic. Even if a mountain collapsed before them, they had to remain calm.
The old man beside Lu Yuncong had a serious expression as he stared at the strange, blue light.
Only Lu Yuncong's expression didn't change at all. He calmly stared at the fog as if nothing had happened.
The blue fog spread out and gradually shrouded the surrounding 10,000 feet. A moment later, the blue fog churned and a beautiful figure walked out.
She had blue hair and was wearing white. Her exquisite face didn't have the coldness of an iceberg or the gentleness of the sun. There was only serenity and elegance.
There was a flute in her jade-like hand. She was like a fairy that had walked out from the void and descended into the world.
As the celestial maiden gradually closed in, the instant her figure appeared, the blue fog within 10,000 feet surged violently and slowly turned corporeal. It turned into a blue dragon that was 10,000 feet long.
This fairy was standing on the head of the blue dragon and calmly looked at Lu Yuncong. There was no fluctuation in her eyes and they were pure without any impurities.
It was like a serene pool that could intoxicate others. Under his gaze, even the most tyrannical person would calm down and feel a sense of inferiority uncontrollably rise in their hearts.
"Li Qianmei!"
Lu Yuncong still had his hands behind his back as his gaze fell on the woman. Although he was surprised by her serenity and the beauty of her domain, his expression didn't change at all.
"Rank 9 Heaven Breaking Sect, Li Qianmei!"
The old man beside Lu Yuncong retreated a few steps and became vigilant. He immediately recognized her. She was the only blue-haired woman in the Cloud Sea Star System, Li Qianmei!
"Qianmei greets Brother Lu." The woman smiled and bowed at Lu Yuncong.
"Fellow Cultivator Li praises me too much." Lu Yuncong clasped his hands and smiled. "Brother Lu, Qianmei has three questions to ask. I hope Brother Lu can answer them." The woman smiled softly and her expression became even more calm.
Along the way, she had asked many people the same question. Everyone who answered was outstanding, but in the end, she still didn't get the answer in her heart.
In the end, she only managed to ask one of her three questions. No one could make her ask the second question, let alone the third.
Lu Yuncong nodded. "Please speak."
The woman softly said, "The first question is, what is the heavens?"
Lu Yuncong looked at Li Qianmei. After pondering a bit, he slowly said, "The cage is the heavens!"
The woman frowned and looked very moving. A moment later, her eyes lit up and she revealed a smile like a blooming lily.
"Brother Lu's answer is very interesting. Qianmei wants to know why the heavens is a cage."
Lu Yuncong smiled. "This is the second question?"
The woman twirled her blue hair and softly said, "No, it's still the first question. Can Brother Lu answer it?"