Chapter 472: The Sun and Moon Illuminate Mountains and Rivers (Chapter 31)

Ling Jiuxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Good news: Lord Long was indeed the legendary True Immortal, though Ling Jiuxiao still found it hard to believe.
Bad news: he'd been tricked again, but that didn't matter.
Seeing that he had achieved part of his goal, Long Jueshen said to Wang Shu beside him, "Little Tree, it'll hurt a bit later, bear with it."
Wang Shu was confused.
At that moment, Long Jueshen extended a sharp dragon claw, his fingertip swiftly sliding down. With a cry of pain from Wang Shu, a branch landed in Long Jueshen's hand.
Wang Shu felt wronged.
Long Jueshen said, "You emanate the aura of life essence, the best source of life. Even my blood isn't as potent as yours, so I'm borrowing a branch from you."
Long Jueshen understood why his master had chosen to bring Wang Shu to the Immortal Realm with him.
Feeling the life force emanating from the branch in his palm, Long Jueshen secretly marveled. This was definitely a walking tonic; if other powerful figures in the Immortal Realm discovered it, even the most ancient True Immortals would be tempted.
Under Long Jueshen's manipulation, Shen Qingli's previously lifeless pale face gradually regained its color.
As Shen Qingli opened her eyes, Ling Jiuxiao was overjoyed.
"Now that everything is alright, I must return to the Mountain and River Sect. The immortal energy in this Eastern Realm is far too thin; I'm finding it difficult to adjust."
Long Jueshen had no intention of lingering to watch the two's tender moment. He led the reluctant Wang Shu, tearing open the passage back to the Mountain and River Sect.
At parting, Long Jueshen glanced back at Ling Jiuxiao, who repeatedly said, "Respectfully seeing off Lord Long and Lord Shu!"
Wang Shu, standing to the side, suddenly felt guilty and quickly stepped into the passage.
Long Jueshen chuckled, swaggered into the crevice, and then the dragon and the tree vanished.
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Within the Mountain and River Sect
Wang Shu settled into a spot.
Long Jueshen, however, seemed to sense something.
"The aura of those guys lingers here... Was the Master fighting them just now?"
As a former member of the True Immortal army in the Immortal Realm, Long Jueshen naturally knew some of the Immortal Realm's secrets.
On the cliff, with Long Jueshen and Wang Shu's return, the vast ocean returned to its calm state, as if nothing had happened.
Su Chen glanced down at the tree below.
He said nothing, and the Mountain and River Sect returned to calm.
.......
Within the Immortal Realm
After Long Jueshen and Wang Shu left, Ling Jiuxiao and Shen Qingli, the lovers who had almost been separated by life and death, began to whisper sweet nothings. Even the elders in his mind couldn't stand it and protested.
Unfortunately, the protests were ineffective; Ling Jiuxiao could easily block all the elders' senses.
Just as Ling Jiuxiao and Shen Qingli were deeply in love...
"Ahem..."
Ling Jiuxiao was startled.
Although he had clearly blocked the elders' voices, another voice echoed in his mind.
It seemed somewhat familiar.
A giant, verdant tree took root in his mind, and then an ordinary-looking young man materialized on it. The young man's appearance...
Ling Jiuxiao tentatively asked, "Tree Master?"
The young man muttered, "It's me. I didn't mean to interrupt you."
Ling Jiuxiao: "......."
Actually, being interrupted was a good thing.
Ling Jiuxiao asked curiously, "Tree Master, didn't you return to the Mountain and River Sect?"
Ling Jiuxiao had personally witnessed Long Jueshen and Wang Shu return to the Mountain and River Sect together.
Now, that tree appeared in his mind.
The young man said, "Returning to the Mountain and River Sect is my true form. This is a wisp of my soul that I left in you... I want to see the outside world."
"Since birth, I have never left the back mountain."
Wang Shu was bitter.
He originally thought he was a weakling.
Unexpectedly, he encountered a max-level boss in the beginner's village.
Seemingly afraid that Ling Jiuxiao would misunderstand and provoke that terrifying man, Wang Shu added, "I did not betray the sect. If you are willing to help me conceal my whereabouts, I can help you to the best of my ability. Although I am not as powerful as Long Jueshen, you have seen my abilities."
The ability Wang Shu referred to was that the life force of a single branch of his tree could bring Shen Qingli back to life from a state where only a wisp of her soul remained.
Ling Jiuxiao pondered for a moment, concealing his inner elation.
He naturally knew the tree's extraordinary abilities... If he brought this tree along, wouldn't he have an immortal healer buff?
Ling Jiuxiao agreed to the King Tree's request.
At this moment, the elder, still shielded from the outside world, suddenly felt a sense of unease.
He... seemed to be about to lose his job!
........
Since the last time Long Jue Shen helped Ling Jiuxiao overcome a crisis,
ten thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye.
In these ten thousand years, the Mountain and River Sect had experienced explosive growth, occupying countless worlds with its powerful foundation.
However, recently, Han Xiyue discovered an unknown and powerful world, far surpassing the worlds they had previously occupied. Its strength was naturally much greater, causing the Mountain and River Sect to suffer a great loss for the first time, with heavy casualties.
There was even a tendency for it to invade the territory where the Mountain and River Sect was located.
This left Han Xiyue and the other high-ranking members of the Mountain and River Sect with deep worries.
Han Xiyue thought, "Perhaps... I should go to the back mountain."
That's where the true strength of the Mountain and River Sect lies.
Just as Han Xiyue was about to get up,
a ring appeared out of thin air in the main hall of the Mountain and River Sect. From within the ring, a dazzling golden tail dangled, then slowly revealed its full form.
That figure was none other than Long Jueshen!
"These ants are not worth your time, Master. This dragon is more than enough."
........
In another world,
this place is called the Origin Realm, filled with primordial power. Cultivating with primordial power is close to the Great Dao, making it a rare blessed land even in the Immortal Realm.
In this realm, naturally, many powerful forces stand tall.
There stands a towering city, the central hub of the entire Origin Realm. The city lord of Origin City is currently the strongest being in the Origin Realm, and also the most talented person in the history of the Origin Realm!
Dugu Wudi, true to his name, was born with invincibility. In just tens of millions of years, he dominated the Origin Realm, sweeping away numerous forces from the Immortal Realm that had invaded it. His true form even personally visited the Immortal Realm, seizing countless sources of origin and single-handedly reshaping the Origin Realm from the brink of collapse.
Dugu Wudi appeared to be a young man, with flowing black hair held back by a single wooden hairpin. He stood at the very center of this vast world.
An elder of the Immortal Realm within the main city stared into those pupils, which held no distinction between black and white, resembling a bottomless abyss.
Dugu Wudi lazily remarked, "Could it be that those fellows from the Immortal Realm are about to return and invade my Origin Realm again?"
"Haven't those old geezers had enough of being beaten by this city lord yet!"
The elder shook his head: "City Lord, this time it's not the Immortal Realm invading my Origin Realm... but a strange world, whose primordial aura is even denser than that of my Origin Realm!"
Dugu Wudi's eyes immediately lit up with interest.