Pure Yang!

Chapter 401 Jiang Yunxian's Past! One of the Top Five in the World
Under a clear blue sky, a silver-white airplane streaked across the sky above Yujing City, heading towards Zhenwu Mountain.

Inside the cabin, Zhang Fan sat by the window, feeling as if he were covered in lice.

He sat awkwardly, his eyes constantly glancing at the back seat out of the corner of his eye. He felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, like he had thorns in his back, like he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.

It's no exaggeration to say that this trip was Zhang Fan's most agonizing journey.

The reason is simple: it's just too strange that these three people are sitting together behind me.

Jiang Yunxian goes without saying; she is not only Li Yishan's stepmother, but also one of the three palaces of the Wuwei Sect, and the master of the Xuan Palace.

Unfortunately, one of the two people sitting next to her was the old ape who guarded Lao Jun Mountain, a top-tier demon in the world.

The other is the youngest Celestial Master of Zhongnan Mountain.

Jiang Yunxian, Ye Beichen, Cang Qingtian!
The fact that these three people were on the same flight and even sat together seems almost bizarrely coincidental.

"Young man, do you have kidney problems? You're always moving around."

Just then, Cang Qingtian's voice came from behind, buzzing like a drum, instantly attracting the attention of the surrounding passengers, and all eyes fell on Zhang Fan.

"If your kidneys aren't functioning well, go to the toilet," Cang Qingtian added.

Even the flight attendants passing by couldn't help but stop and glance at Zhang Fan, who blushed and quickly lowered his head.

"What are you doing? You seem distracted?"

Fang Changle glanced at it and whispered.

"I……"

Zhang Fan hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone, opened his text messages, and typed a message.

"The one behind him is the Lord of the Xuan Palace!"

The message flashed in front of Fang Changle, and Zhang Fan quickly deleted it.

However, a simple sentence made Fang Changle's expression change drastically.

"mysterious……"

He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Before he could finish the word, Zhang Fan raised his foot and stomped on Fang Changle's foot, almost puncturing the plane.

Fang Changle quickly fell silent and turned to look, only to see Zhang Fan staring at him fiercely.

At this moment, he finally understood why Zhang Fan had been restless ever since he sat down.

This flight was terrifying and bizarre.

"The Lord of the Mysterious Palace!"

Just then, a detached voice came from behind, buzzing like a hammer, and it came from Cang Qingtian.

Those four simple words sent chills down the spines of Zhang Fan and Fang Changle.

The two looked at each other and saw deep surprise and doubt in each other's eyes.

“Others follow in their fathers’ footsteps, but you follow your husband’s lead. Li Cunsi has been dead for so many years, and you have also taken the throne as the master of the Xuan Palace.”

Cang Qingtian leaned against the outermost seat, his eyes closed, looking calm and collected, his indifferent words carrying a hint of sarcasm.

"Old Ape, it's been almost twenty years since you last came down from Lao Jun Mountain, hasn't it?"

Jiang Yunxian rested her chin on her hand, leaned against the window, her lips slightly parted, but her expression was relaxed and casual.

Ye Beichen stood between her and Cang Qingtian.

“I remember the last time you came down the mountain, it was to chase after Zhang Lingzong.”

"Humph!"

Cang Qingtian's eyes remained closed, but he snorted coldly: "Back then, he was just a kid who only knew how to run for his life, as dejected as a stray dog."

"Yes."

"At that time, his supernatural powers were not yet fully developed, and he barely survived the second calamity of the darkest night," Jiang Yunxian said with emotion.

"But even so, Elder Ape, you failed to nip him in the bud. Instead, you fell into that old cat's trap in Ailao Mountain."

As she finished speaking, Jiang Yunxian's lips curled up slightly, revealing a mocking smile.

"Humph!"

Cang Qingtian snorted coldly: "That old thing is just relying on the geographical advantage of Ailao Mountain. If it dares to come out, why would I be afraid of it?"

In terms of age, that old cat was older than him; in fact, it could be said that it was one of the oldest living demons in the world.

Over time, the old cat's cultivation naturally became profound and extraordinary. With the help of the unique terrain of Ailao Mountain, among all the demons of the mountains and seas, apart from the so-called number one demon in the world, the [Wang Yan], no one could surpass it.

"Elder Ape, it seems you've wasted so many years of cultivation on your mouth," Jiang Yunxian mocked.

"If you want to die, just say so."

Cang Qingtian gave a cold, light shout, his eyes snapping open with a lightning-fast glint.

Instantly, Zhang Fan and Fang Changle's expressions changed drastically. They felt an invisible pressure surging from behind them, as towering as a ten-thousand-foot-high mountain and as vast as a wild beast in the wilderness.

“Yunxian, you’ve been too close to Zhang Lingzong and have been influenced by him too much.”

Just then, Ye Beichen spoke.

"If it weren't for him back then, you wouldn't have met Li Cunsi, and you wouldn't have left Zhenwu Mountain!"

With just one glance, Zhang Fan's eyes trembled violently, and even Fang Changle beside him showed a strange expression.

“Zhenwu Mountain!?” Zhang Fan was astonished.

Li Yishan's stepmother, the dignified master of the Xuan Palace, is actually a disciple of Zhenwu Mountain!?

"If it weren't for him, perhaps you would have already become Daoist partners with Liu Nanxu, a loving couple, living together in harmony, which would be a beautiful story," Ye Beichen said with emotion.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan's expression became even more interesting, and Fang Changle couldn't help but show a look of suspicion.

Liu Nanxu, the youngest Celestial Master of Zhenwu Mountain, is a figure of equal renown to Ye Beichen. It seems that she has an unclear and ambiguous past with this Master of the Xuan Palace.

However, if what Ye Beichen said is true, and Jiang Yunxian really came from Zhenwu Mountain, then she and Liu Nanxu should be considered as fellow disciples, which has a bit of a childhood sweetheart feel to it.

"This circle is also..." Zhang Fan pursed his lips, thinking to himself.

The relationships between people are always more fascinating and complex than we imagine.

"Ye Beichen, you see things so clearly, how come you still can't forget Li Linglong after all these years?" Jiang Yunxian said with a light laugh.

"Cough cough cough..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Fan couldn't catch his breath and started coughing involuntarily.

Almost simultaneously, Ye Beichen glanced in his direction, intentionally or unintentionally.

"So young, how can you be so weak?" Cang Qingtian's cold voice rang out again.

"What are you doing?"

Fang Changle turned his head and mouthed something to Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan lowered his head and remained silent. He couldn't possibly tell Fang Changle that Li Linglong was his mother!

"Why are you so quiet now? Weren't you quite talkative just now?" Jiang Yunxian turned her head and chuckled.

"I remember back then, at the Dan Yuan Dharma Assembly, disciples from various Daoist sects gathered at Zhenwu Mountain to study and cultivate, staying there for more than half a year..."

"At that time, there were two people who were hard for Li Linglong to get rid of: one was you, and the other was Cui Hanyi from Qingcheng Mountain."

At this point, Jiang Yunxian's smile deepened.

However, when that name was mentioned, Ye Beichen's expression remained unchanged, but his gaze gradually turned cold, and even a hint of disgust rose up.

"Back then, you were young and it was the first time you experienced the trials of love. How come after all these years, even after you've attained the rank of Celestial Master, you still can't forget it?" Jiang Yunxian teased.

"Is Li Linglong really that good?" Jiang Yunxian's smile grew wider.

"She's married, and she has children..."

"Cough cough cough..."

Zhang Fan couldn't help but cough again.

“Young man…” Cang Qingtian couldn’t help but speak up.

"Yunxian, you shouldn't have been on this plane."

Ye Beichen was unwilling to waste any more words on this topic, so he suddenly changed the subject and said...

"Is there anything wrong with that?" Jiang Yunxian said calmly. "You are no longer a member of Zhenwu Mountain, and the Transcendental Master's disciple-acceptance ceremony has nothing to do with you," Ye Beichen said coldly.

Jiang Yunxian paused for a moment, then said, "I am indeed no longer a member of Zhenwu Mountain, but my mentor..."

Her words abruptly stopped, and a look of reverence appeared in Jiang Yunxian's eyes.

“Jiang Yunxian, have you forgotten your identity? You are now the master of the Xuan Palace. You have just shown your face and walked right into the trap.”

Cang Qingtian's heavy voice suddenly rang out, carrying a thunderous majesty.

This old ape had been cultivating in seclusion on Lao Jun Mountain for over three hundred years and had seen everything. Now, with its majesty revealed, it naturally had no taboos.

From his perspective, all the evil elements of the Wuwei Sect should be exterminated.

"Elder Ape, do you intend to make a move here?" Jiang Yunxian asked calmly.

"Given your current status, even if I kill you, I doubt Chu Chaoran will say anything," Cang Qingtian said coldly.

As he spoke, he turned to look at Ye Beichen: "Little Ye, not long ago you and Mao Xiaoyun released the Lord of Jiang Palace..."

"Taking the Lord of the Xuan Palace now isn't a bad deal."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan and Fang Changle, who were sitting in the front row, were already terrified. If the three great masters were to make a move on this plane, how terrifying would that be? Not long ago, Zhang Fan had personally experienced it.

"I'm never flying again!" Zhang Fan thought to himself, as if a voice was screaming.

"The struggle for the orthodox tradition has always been bloody."

After a long silence, Ye Beichen finally spoke. He and Jiang Yunxian had known each other since they were young, and that was a private affair. Once it came to the struggle for the Dao lineage, all feelings and grudges had to give way.

"Interesting," Jiang Yunxian smiled.

“Bei Chen, I admire your decisiveness and ruthlessness, but you also need to understand the situation.”

"You two working together think you can keep me here?"

“Yun girl, you can give it a try,” Cang Qingtian said in a deep voice.

"Fine, even if the two of you can keep me here together, what if I'm not alone?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Beichen's eyebrows shot up, and a terrifying glint flashed in Cang Qingtian's eyes.

In an instant, Zhang Fan felt two powerful waves radiating outwards from the cabin, as if searching for something.

"The might of the Celestial Master!"

At this moment, the cramped cabin seemed to transform into a lake, and the thoughts of the two celestial masters were like that endless lake, with everything within it under their surveillance.

"Don't waste your energy. Even you wouldn't be able to detect his presence."

A slight smile graced Jiang Yunxian's beautiful face, but her words were anything but ordinary.

An existence that even the two great celestial masters couldn't detect!?

"Yun girl, are you bluffing?" Cang Qingtian sneered.

Even with their abilities, they couldn't detect such a being; in the entire world, it could be counted on one hand.

"Old Ape? You don't believe me?" Jiang Yunxian laughed.

hum...

Almost at the same moment, as if to confirm Cang Qingtian's conjecture, a ripple arose from a corner of the cabin, like a pebble thrown into a lake, immediately stirring up layers of ripples.

Immediately afterwards, the ripples spread out, turning the endless tide upside down.

The raging tide surged and the turbid waves rose into the sky, and the fluctuations created by the two masters of the Celestial Master level vanished in an instant.

"This……"

At this moment, both Zhang Fan and Fang Changle showed deep shock. They knew that there was a master hidden on the plane, a master even more powerful than Jiang Yunxian, Ye Beichen, and Cang Qingtian.

This master was able to suppress the auras of the two great celestial masters in an instant, to the point that his very existence could not be detected.

Such a terrifyingly powerful individual is definitely among the top five in the world.

"You are so brave!"

Ye Beichen concealed the fierce glint in his eyes and looked at Jiang Yunxian with a meaningful gaze.

"Bei Chen, we're just going to observe the ceremony; we won't do anything," Jiang Yunxian said calmly.

No one could stir up trouble or harbor any disloyalty at the Transcendent Master's disciple-acceptance ceremony. She was only there to observe the ceremony, wanting to catch a glimpse of the master's grace and the continuation of the True Martial Mountain's incense offerings.

That's it!

"So, I hope this journey will be peaceful and quiet." Jiang Yunxian smiled faintly, then slowly closed her eyes.

"I'm going to sleep for a while."

Cang Qingtian and Ye Beichen exchanged a glance, their brows furrowed, and remained silent.

The journey felt both peaceful and oppressive.

More than two hours later, the plane finally landed at the airport in Shiyan City, Jiangbei Province.

"Bei Chen, Elder Yuan, would you like to travel together?"

Jiang Yunxian retrieved her luggage and looked back at her two old friends.

Cang Qingtian's face was terribly gloomy, but Ye Beichen remained silent.

"Then I'll take the first step."

Jiang Yunxian smiled faintly, turned around and left. From beginning to end, she didn't look at Zhang Fan once, as if she didn't recognize him.

Ye Beichen and Cang Qingtian watched the departing figure, then got up and followed.

"Holy crap, they're finally gone."

Just then, Fang Changle breathed a long sigh of relief and slumped into his chair.

Ordinary people wouldn't feel anything facing three masters of the highest level, but this Maoshan disciple felt immense pressure.

At this moment, his clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Let's go too."

The passengers had all disembarked from the plane one after another. Zhang Fan stood in his seat, looking back.

"What are you looking at?" Fang Changle's heart skipped a beat, as if she had seen through his thoughts.

"We can't detect experts of that level; perhaps he's already disembarked."

"Right."

Zhang Fan nodded and took off his luggage.

"let's go."

When the plane arrived, he had already received a message from Li Miaoyin, who was already waiting outside.

"Your wife came to pick you up at the airport?" Fang Changle teased.

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhang Fan rolled his eyes.

"Please give way."

Just then, a soft voice came from behind. Zhang Fan, carrying his luggage, subconsciously made way for him.

Immediately afterward, a young man walked past Zhang Fan. He had handsome features, fair skin, and an unusually thin build.

He had just walked by, and the breeze he stirred carried a strange fragrance.

Zhang Fan stood there, stunned, watching the figure gradually disappear into the distance, feeling that the strange fragrance seemed familiar.

Right there... in the once desolate mountains, in the magnificent temple.

"he is……"

At that moment, Zhang Fan's pupils suddenly contracted.

"What's wrong with you?" Fang Changle noticed something was wrong and quickly asked.

"he is……"

"You know that person? Who is he?" Fang Changle's heart skipped a beat, as if she had guessed something.

"Mr. Nian!"

Mr. Nian, the Vice Master of the Wuwei Sect!
(End of this chapter)