The night of the spring night belonged to Dongfang Jing's first night.
After Ling Xiao entered the bridal room and drank wine with the two girls, Luo Meiying still quietly left the bridal room, leaving this place to Ling Xiao and Dongfang Jing.
Any woman's first night was filled with anticipation, excitement, and shyness.
Luo Meiying had already tried it before. She didn't want to be a third party here and ruin Dongfang Jing's most memorable night.
Spring cries, flowers bloom, red lotuses bloom.
In one night, Dongfang Jing turned from a woman to a young woman, her face filled with countless blessings.
Ling Xiao stayed in the Dongfang family for another seven days. He knew all the supreme elders, and he also knew some of the inner sect elders, but he didn't remember any of them. There were too many people, so he couldn't be bothered to remember them all.
He discovered that the Dongfang family's foundation was indeed much stronger than his Proud Smiling Palace's. He had seen dozens of people with just the cultivation of the Emperor.
This scale was something that they could not compare to at the moment.
Ling Xiao had already left the Proud Smiling Palace for quite a few days, and he had some thoughts of returning.
Before he left, he still had some questions to ask Dongfang Zhen and Grandma Dongfang.
"A woman with a lotus mark between her eyebrows?" Grandma Dongfang stared at Ling Xiao with a dissatisfied expression and asked.
She felt that this brat was courting death. He had just married the princess of the Dongfang family as his concubine, and now he wanted to find a woman. This was too disrespectful to the Dongfang family.
Ling Xiao waved his hand and said, "Grandma, don't misunderstand. One of my friends was taken away by this woman with a lotus mark between her eyebrows, so I wanted to ask you if you know what kind of person she is, or what sect she is from."
"So that's how it is. Let me think, this old one hasn't gone out for many years, but I still have some knowledge!" Grandma Dongfang replied.
Dongfang Zhen still hadn't found a suitable body, but his soul had been warmed up, and his aura was much stronger than before. He also fell into deep thought.
Ling Xiao waited nervously. The people of the Great Sage were all old people who had lived for a long time, and their experience was not something that ordinary people could imagine.
If they had never seen him before, then they didn't know how to find such a person.
"Could it be someone from that place?"
Granny Dongfang seemed to have thought of something. Her expression was a little surprised, and there was a hint of fear in her old eyes.
"Where?" Ling Xiao asked nervously.
At this time, Dongfang Zhen said, "You mean the Heaven Cushion Stronghold?"
Granny Dongfang nodded and said, "Do you remember that a group of mysterious people suddenly appeared in the central region over 5,000 years ago? They swept through the Saints of the various powers, and they even ventured deep into various forbidden areas to plunder high-grade spirit items. Our Eastern Sea once had a group of people like that appear, and they seem to be people with lotus patterns."
"I remember now. Those people were Marauders. They directly swept away the foundation of the various factions. If it was not for the old Pavilion Chief of the Spiritual Martial Pavilion joining hands with our various factions, it is likely that they would have completely snatched away the entire Middle Region." Dongfang Zhen also recalled some matters as he replied.
"Who are they?
Where is the Sky Cushion Stronghold? "Ling Xiao asked.
"We don't know who they are either. We only know that they came from the Sky Cushion Stronghold. It is said that it is the closest place to the Heaven Domain, and we have never been there before," Granny Dongfang said.
"Sky Cushion Stronghold?" Ling Xiao frowned as he muttered to himself.
During the year that the Demonic Emperor had taught him, he had rarely told him about the situation in the Heaven Domain, nor had he told him where the Sky Cushion Stronghold was. He had only said that when he became a Saint, he would definitely be able to sense it.
If Yun Mengqi had really been taken away by those people, then it would be difficult.
Before the Demonic Emperor had left, he had solemnly warned him that unless he had become a Saint, he should not even think about finding the path to the Heaven Domain. That was because the Heaven Domain was much more terrifying than he had imagined. Even Saints could fall at any time, and the Holy Emperor was not necessarily invincible. There was still that high and mighty divine existence!
"That's right, my clan's Scripture Pavilion might have some relevant records. You can go in with my symbol and take a look!" Granny Dongfang was quite generous to Ling Xiao.
She directly opened up the Scripture Pavilion for Ling Xiao to read. This was a place that only the direct descendants of the Dongfang clan could enter.
In the Scripture Pavilion, Ling Xiao saw how powerful the Dongfang clan was. There were all sorts of high level profound skills and ancient records.
Ling Xiao thought to himself, "One day, the Laughing Palace will also have all sorts of profound skills and ancient scrolls."
Ling Xiao finally found a record about the Sky Cushion Stronghold. Although it was only two pages, it was enough to let Ling Xiao know where that place was.
At the same time, he also found a record about the lotus pattern. That was the unique symbol of a large power called the "Lotus Sect".
In ancient times, the Lotus Sect had once spread their seeds in the Central Region, but for some reason, they had all disappeared.
Some people said that the Lotus Sect had been destroyed by the Empire, while others said that they had moved to another place.
This matter became a mystery for a time.
"The Lotus Sect appeared with the raiders five thousand years ago. Did they move to the Sky Cushion Stronghold?" Ling Xiao murmured as he closed the ancient scroll.
In the end, he was sure that Yun Meng Qi had been taken away by the Lotus Sect.
According to legend, the majority of the Lotus Sect was made up of women, and only a few men.
Yun Meng Qi's pure water attribute physique must have caught the eye of the Lotus Sect and been taken back to cultivate.
This was Ling Xiao's wishful thinking. He didn't know the truth.
Ling Xiao left the Dongfang clan with Luo Meiying and Dongfang Jing, and returned to the Laughing Palace.
…
Everything was as usual in the Laughing Palace. There was no attack.
The Gu Family had asked for peace, and the Palace Master Sha Tian had failed to kill Ling Xiao. So, the two forces stopped fighting against the Laughing Palace. The Black Demon Sect, which was one of the top eighteen forces, didn't make any moves. This was very strange.
Some big-mouthed members of the Black Demon Sect had divulged the information that their Sect Lord had gone out to travel. So, he hadn't been in the Sect. Otherwise, he would've destroyed the Laughing Palace by now.
As for the truth, no one knew.
In short, the Laughing Palace had a quiet opportunity to develop rapidly.
With the Alchemist Guild's move to the Wind Cloud City, the Laughing Palace had attracted more attention.
The Alchemist Guild had always been in the Medicine City. It was an important symbol of the Medicine City. All the major Alchemy Associations had sent representatives to the Alchemist Guild to represent the Alchemist Guild.
Now that the Alchemist Guild had moved to the Wind Cloud City, it had attracted a lot of attention. All the major forces were trying to find out more information.
They wanted to know if the Laughing Palace and the Medicine Sect had made some kind of deal.
After many inquiries, the only correct answer was that the Supervising Elder of the Alchemist Guild had joined the Proud Smiling Palace and become the Guardian Elder of the Proud Smiling Palace.
The Alchemist Guild had moved to the Wind Cloud City because of the Supervising Elder.
For a moment, everyone was in an uproar.
They didn't expect the Laughing Palace to have such charm. Even the Saint Alchemist of the Central Region had been recruited. It was no wonder that they could resist the Black Demon Sect.
The Proud Smiling Palace became the focus of everyone's attention, and the Wind Cloud City also received a lot of attention. Many alchemists rushed to the Wind Cloud City because the Alchemist Association was a place where alchemists could be appraised. They could obtain the approval of everyone in the Central Region.
The Medicine Gate had also responded to this.
They and the Alchemy Associations established a new Alchemist Guild. The Medicine Sect and the Alchemy Associations issued the new Alchemist Guild.
The power and influence of these two great alchemy sects was still enormous. The response they made at this time was undoubtedly aimed at the relocation of the Alchemist Association.
The two Alchemist Guilds began to face each other. It was destined that the alchemist world would change.
At the same time, the Laughing Palace announced to the public that the Medicine Pavilion was recruiting children who could refine medicine Tenbin as disciples.
This was also Han Kai's preparation for the rise of the Medicine God's inheritance.
…
In the new Alchemist Guild of the Medicine Capital, the Medicine Sect's Grand Elder, Huo Chen, and the Pill Sect's Grand Elder, Dan Fu, were gathered together.
The two of them were drinking thousands of years old tea while talking.
"I didn't expect the worst to happen. It seems that the Alchemy Associations will be disbanded because of this." Dan Fu took a sip of tea and sighed.
Huo Chen sighed as well, "When Elder Han left, our Old Pavilion Master had already predicted that this day would come. All these years, our two sects have not put in the effort to help him rebuild the Medicine Sect. How could he not have noticed that his heart was as clear as a mirror? However, he had not made any movements all this time because he wanted to secretly nurture his own forces and rope in the various large alchemy sects and aristocratic families.
"There's nothing we can do about it. The Alchemy Sect and our two sects are united, but we all know who is stronger at that time. If we let them reappear, I'm afraid … We will be suppressed again!" Dan Fu said.
"Hehe, if a sect wants to develop, it's not something that can be done in a day. How can he do it alone? I just didn't expect him to choose Ling Xiao. That kid's ability is not small!" Huo Chen smiled bitterly.
Dan Fu said disdainfully, "He does have some ability, but if he doesn't focus on alchemy, his achievements will always be limited!"
"You can't say that. He's already a seventh-grade alchemist. If Elder Han trains him with all his might, he might really have the chance to become a Saint Alchemist in a hundred years. At that time, one sect will have two Saint Alchemists, I'm afraid … At that time, their power will be great!" Huo Chen sighed.
He thought of the young figure who had forcefully left their Medicine Sect's space base a few years ago. He couldn't help but feel that he was really old.
Their Medicine Sect had lost a Saint, but they still let him live freely. He really couldn't understand what his old Sect Master was thinking.
"Brother Chen, what countermeasures do you have? Are we just going to let them develop like this?" Dan Fu said with a slightly worried expression.
Although their Alchemy Sect was not one of the eighteen forces, they were not inferior to them. This was all because they were a big alchemist sect.
If the Medicine Pavilion of the Proud Smiling Palace was allowed to develop, their Alchemy Sect would be the first to be attacked. After all, they didn't have the power of the Medicine Sect, and their resources couldn't be weakened.
"There's no other way but to set up an arena with them. Let's defeat them openly!" Huo Chen said.