Chapter 283 Gu Xuan the Elder Mystic

After years of cultivation, the current Spirit Origin Mountain had become the largest sanctuary for rogue cultivators in Border Province. Countless rootless wanderers of the path rented cave abodes here, tending spirit farms and managing ventures.

As a result, the Lingyuan Mountain market flourished, bringing the Chen Family an annual tax revenue of 20,000 spirit stones in recent years.

Chapter 1 Just as Eldrin descended from his flying sword, he noticed Varen already approaching with a warm smile.

"What brings you here today?"

"Come meet that friend of mine."

Eldrin spoke, his gaze shifting to Varen as he noticed that Varen had already cultivated to the third-level perfection of the Violet Mansion.

In the blink of an eye, over 80 years had passed since Eldrin broke through to the Violet Mansion realm. Though Varen had been delayed for some years due to his failed breakthrough, it had now been over 70 years since he too attained the Violet Mansion realm.

For the first 20-some years, without access to a spiritual mountain or salary resources, Varen's cultivation progressed at an excruciatingly slow pace.

After being invited to preside over Lingyuan Mountain, Varen's circumstances finally improved significantly. Not only had he fully repaid the clan's debts, but he also spent 300,000 spirit stones to elevate the Wei Family's Tian'e Mountain to lower third-grade.

Seeing his friend advance to the third level of the Violet Mansion, Eldrin handed him the 2 Cloud-Patterned Creation Pills he had prepared long ago.

"The Cloud-Patterned Creation Elixir is far too precious. How could I possibly accept this?"

Varen (Person Name) hastily declined, feeling too embarrassed to accept such a treasure.

Eldrin chuckled softly and shook his head. "Our Chen Clan's Kael, along with Uncle Lior and the others, broke through to the Purple Palace over 30 years ago—some 3 or 4 decades, to be precise. I estimate they should attempt to reach Purple Palace, Mid Stage within the next 10 years."

"I refined these Cloud-Patterned Creation Pills myself, and since I had 2 extra, I brought them over for you."

"Don't feel embarrassed. Your Wei Clan has cultivated Cloud-Patterned Fruits, hasn't it? You can trade them with me when they ripen."

Hearing this, Varen finally put away the Cloud-Patterned Creation Pill.

The Wei family did indeed cultivate Cloud-Patterned Fruits, but they still needed some time before the fruits would ripen.

Although Cloudveil Fruit could not compare to the 5 Elements Treasure Crystal, it remained 1 of the key ingredients for refining both the Cloudveil Creation Elixir and the Violet Mist Cloudveil Pill.

This fruit has always been relatively scarce, so exchanging it for the Cloud-Patterned Creation Elixir (Divine Pill) is indeed quite appropriate.

After speaking with Varen for a while, Eldrin arrived at Yu Qingyan's cave abode.

Yu Qingyan watched him arrive at Lingyuan Mountain, her eyes flashing with a hint of annoyance as she retorted, "You promised to help me claim a spiritual mountain in Chu Kingdom, yet here I stand without a single sacred peak to my name."

"There is no need to rush this matter."

Eldrin smiled faintly and spoke calmly, "With the beast tide imminent, even if we conquer the spirit mountains of the demon clan, the resources invested in developing them would be lost during the chaos. The gains would never outweigh the losses."

"Why not wait until the beast tide subsides before fighting? That would bring us a century of peace."

Hearing this, Yu Qingyan found his reasoning sound and could only nod in agreement.

Noticing Yu Qingyan’s expression, Eldrin spoke again, “What was it that you sought me for earlier?”

"This matter..."

Yu Qingyan hesitated briefly, a flicker of uncertainty crossing her features before she clenched her jaw and declared, "To be perfectly honest, the reason I sought you out is to ask for your help in avenging me."

"Revenge?"

Eldrin's brow furrowed slightly as he glanced at Yu Qingyan. Matters of vengeance always carried significant karmic consequences.

After obtaining the legacy treasures of Lin Daoyang, Yu Qingyan received artifacts worth 1,000,000 spirit stones, accelerating her cultivation at an astonishing pace. Not long ago, she successfully broke through to Purple Palace, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm).

Given her current level of cultivation, she still lacked the confidence to exact vengeance and sought to enlist his assistance. This indicated her opponent’s strength was at least at the Purple Palace, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm), if not a False Core cultivator—or even a Golden Core cultivator.

Although the 2 had a good relationship, it had not yet reached the point where they would risk life and limb against a high-level cultivator for each other.

"This matter... is a long story."

After a glance at Eldrin's expression, Yu Qingyan began recounting the tale in her gentle, flowing voice.

It turned out that Yu Qingyan also had some background—she was originally a disciple of the Yu Clan, a Golden Core immortal family from Cang Country in the Ji Province.

Nearly 1 100 years ago, the Yu Immortal Clan faced a succession crisis when their final Golden Core Patriarch passed away within the family's spirit vein.

The fall of a Golden Core clan naturally made it a coveted piece of fat meat in the eyes of other major clans, each scrambling to get a taste of the spoils.

At first, the Yu Clan sought to protect their enterprises, relying on their substantial resources to cultivate new Golden Core cultivators. However, after several major battles, they suffered devastating losses instead. Moreover, successive generations of patriarchs met their ends through various circumstances, 1 after another passing into seclusion.

To make matters worse, the last clan leader proved incompetent, failing 3 consecutive attempts to form a Golden Core before ultimately perishing in seclusion, depleting over half of the Yu Clan's accumulated resources.

Left with no alternative, the Yu Clan had to relinquish most of their interests in the spiritual mountains. They even surrendered their family's Grade-4 spirit vein, barely managing to preserve a sliver of their foundation.

But before the Yu Clan could catch their breath, a rogue cultivator at the Great Perfection stage of the Purple Mansion launched an assault on the Yu Clan.

In a single night, the last vestiges of the Yu Immortal Clan were utterly decimated. Only Yu Qingyan, due to her extraordinary talent, had been released long before.

"The 1 who launched the assault back then was named Gu Xuan the Elder Mystic (Person Name), who was the number 1 rogue cultivator in the Cang Kingdom."

This man's lifespan is now nearing its end, yet he has already broken through to the False Core Realm. His abode is hidden within Ronan (Person Name).

Yu Qingyan spoke, a trace of hatred flickering in her gaze.

That Elder Mystic Gu Xuan was a domineering figure. After slaying the high-level cultivators of the Yu Immortal Clan, he systematically hunted down and executed tens of thousands of the clan's low-level cultivators to prevent future retaliation from Yu descendants—truly a ruthless and merciless individual.

It was precisely for this reason that the Yu Clan's cultivators were nearly wiped out, leaving no 1 to protect the mortals of the Yu Clan. This indirectly led to the near-total annihilation of their over 80 million clansmen.

No 1 knows how many ultimately perished in the maws of demonic beasts and fiendish cultivators. There were even legends claiming the reason the Abyssal Cave Lord broke through to Golden Core, Late Stage (Cultivation Realm) was by secretly performing blood sacrifices using countless mortals from the Yu Clan.

In the past, she had sworn a blood oath to avenge her family. Yet now, Gu Xuan the Elder Mystic (Person Name) was nearing the end of his lifespan. If she did not act soon, this final chance for vengeance would slip away forever.

Eldrin frowned upon hearing this. Generally speaking, conflicts among righteous cultivators never involved mortals.

Lyra occupied Qingyang Mountain, yet she made proper arrangements for the hundreds of millions of mortals under the Qingyang Sect.

Most of these mortals were divided up by the major immortal clans based on proximity, while the remainder were placed under the care of Lyra's disciples and descendants, becoming the primary source of cultivators for the Celestial Ruins Alliance.

That Gu Xuan the Elder Mystic (Person Name) was ruthless and cruel. To prevent the Yu Clan from seeking revenge, he relentlessly hunted down their cultivators, yet he refused to provide refuge for mortals. This indirectly led to countless mortals falling prey to demons and monsters, making his actions excessively brutal.

Seeing him frown, Yu Qingyan gritted her teeth and said, "That Elder Mystic Gu Xuan possesses a fourth-tier immortal sword—the Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss, our Yu Clan’s supreme ancestral treasure."

"If you join forces with me to help me exact vengeance and slay him, all his treasures including the Fourth Order Immortal Sword shall be yours."

"And I am willing to offer an additional 300,000 spirit stones as compensation for your intervention."

3 100 1000 spirit stones—even Eldrin felt a flicker of desire.

Especially that fourth-grade immortal sword—whether used as is or smelted into treasure metal to advance a fourth-grade magic treasure, obtaining it would be an exceptionally fine choice.

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