Mysterious mirror hanging high

As Yuwen Baoding finished speaking, a series of strange "boom" sounds suddenly came from the deep crater.

Suddenly, irregularly shaped fiery red rocks "grew" on the walls of the crater, like cauliflowers, quickly filling the entire crater.

Even after this fiery red rock completely filled the original meteorite crater, it did not stop "growing". Instead, it continued to expand, and a fairy mountain actually grew out of thin air in its place!

Looking at the immortal mountain rising from the ground, Yuwen Xiaoyan was amazed. "It is said that once the blessed land or cave heaven that exists in the vast universe is connected with the real world, it will manifest special phenomena in the real world. This is the first time I have seen it."

Han Ping also raised an eyebrow. "Ordinary secret realms are just portals that appear in the real world. They are not deeply connected to the real world, so there are usually no strange phenomena. Once this blessed land's first-level space is connected to the real world, it will be like a huge ship running aground, revealing only the tip of an iceberg on the shore of the real world."

"Xuan Jing, don't think that this fiery red fairy mountain doesn't look majestic. In fact, the space inside is likely thousands of times larger than its apparent size!"

Jing Yu looked up at the fairy mountain that appeared out of nowhere in the present world, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "It's actually quite majestic..."

Then he had another question: "It's fine for an ordinary secret realm, but it only has a portal in the real world. It's extremely hidden. Many cultivators have stayed in the secret realm for months, and the outside world may not know anything about it."

"The appearance of this blessed land has caused such a big stir, and a fairy mountain has been erected outside the fairy city. I'm afraid it can't be kept secret for long, right?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Yuwen Xiaoyan sneered, "This blessed land is located outside Xiaoyao Immortal City. Naturally, most of those who can enter it first are cultivators from my Xiaoyao Alliance. How many Jindan Seeds from the four major sects are studying in the Immortal City? Aren't most of them my brother's mistresses?"

"Among the four major sects, the Xiaolei Temple, the closest to Xiaoyao Immortal City, is millions of miles away from here. Our Yunchuan Region is a small place, without any obvious long-distance teleportation arrays. By the time they smell the scent and come over, all the land in this blessed land will have been cleared out by our Immortal Alliance cultivators!"

"Besides, the three Great Immortals of my Immortal Alliance have gathered here, clearly intending to take this blessed land in one gulp! Aside from the Huanhuo Sect, which has two Great Immortals, the other three sects each only have one Great Immortal. Even if all five of them were to arrive, they wouldn't necessarily be able to secure a good outcome."

Before Yuwen Xiaoyan finished speaking, a few black spots suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

These black dots grew larger and larger. A foundation-building cultivator who had cultivated the divine power of spiritual vision finally saw the clue and exclaimed, "It's a building ship!"

"The long-distance ships of the four major sects!"

"what?"

Yu Wen Xiaoyan was shocked. "The four major sects? Why would they choose this date..."

Those large ships in the distance quickly sailed towards the fairy mountain and stopped in front of the three great immortals of the Xiaoyao Alliance.

A moment later, several beams of light flew out from those large ships. After the light dissipated, three cultivators, two women and one man, walked out of them, releasing their spiritual pressure. They were actually three great immortals in the late Jindan stage!

"Master Zhu Yan of the Huanhuo Sect, Lei Zi of the Xiaolei Temple, Qiu Wanling of the Bishui Sect..."

Yuwen Xiaoyan's face darkened. "Except for the Huanhuo Sect's newly promoted late Jindan Master Hongfu, and the Houtu Sect's old Master Banshan, whose life span is almost over... they're all here!"

"Three of the five great masters from the four major sects are here today!"

"Not to mention the true disciples and inner disciples of the four sects within the building ship..."

"How did they get the news?"

Jing Yu said in a serious tone, "This large building ship is a very conspicuous sight. Logically speaking, it has penetrated deep into the heart of the Xiaoyao Alliance, and the local markets should have been alerted. But now it has quietly arrived at the foot of the Immortal City. It is obvious that several great immortals are covering their tracks."

"But with this cover-up, even if a great master takes action personally, the speed of the building ship will continue to decrease. The original two-month journey will be slowed down to at least four months."

"This means they got the news four months in advance..."

Han Ping sighed: "I'm afraid there is a traitor in the Xiaoyao Alliance, and his status is not low."

"Who is it?" Yuwen Xiaoyan said angrily, "He's a traitor! Don't let me catch him..."

----

"Master Zhu Yan, thirty years have passed since we parted at Huanhuo Sect's mountain gate. I hope you are doing well."

Yuwen Baoding didn't seem surprised that several great masters from the four major sects came here. His expression remained unchanged and he actually greeted the middle-aged male cultivator who was in the lead.

"Yes... thirty years." Master Zhu Yan looked like a slovenly middle-aged man with a red, trough nose. He held a wine gourd in his left hand and a palm-leaf fan with a missing corner in his right. His expression was somewhat complicated.

"Thirty years ago, Hong Fu was promoted to the rank of Great Immortal. Brother Yuwen and Fairy Yuehua came to our Huanhuoshan Gate to congratulate her..."

"Brother Yuwen completely destroyed Hongfu's protective magic light with three moves that day, injuring her. This greatly disgraced our Huanhuo Sect. The grand celebration of his promotion to the rank of True Person became a joke."

"Hongfu has lost her spirit ever since then and has been hiding inside the mountain gate for a full thirty years without going out. Hehe... it's all thanks to Brother Yuwen!"

Yuwen Baoding, however, remained nonchalant. "How can you be so ridiculous? It was just a brief exchange of ideas. How could Fellow Daoist Hongfu be so hung up on this one victory or defeat for thirty years?"

Master Zhu Yan gritted his teeth and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but the great masters did not set up a soundproofing formation when they were talking, and the nearby cultivators could almost hear their conversation clearly, all of them whispering.

"Is there such a thing?" Jing Yu below stared at the several great masters who were confronting each other in mid-air and said in surprise.

"Thirty years ago, this incident caused a huge uproar. The Huanhuo Sect's reputation was completely ruined, and True Person Hongfu was nicknamed the 'Weakest Great True Person in the Yunchuan Region'. This matter was known to almost everyone in the Immortal City. Perhaps because Xuanjing was still in a remote market at the time, no one had heard of it..."

Yuwen Xiaoyan chuckled softly and said, "It's not that Master Hongfu is too weak, but that my ancestor is too strong!"

"The female cultivator on Zhu Yan's left, with lightning flashing between her eyebrows and a magical sword on her back, dressed in Taoist attire, must be the current Xiaolei Temple master, Lei Zi?"

"Exactly!" Yuwen Xiaoyan said, "This Jurchen is also a legendary figure among the four major sects."

"It is said that this person was just an ordinary outer sect disciple of Xiaolei Temple. He wasted over seventy years before he was able to establish his foundation. Later, he obtained an ancient martial arts manual called [Mysterious Thunder Broken Jade Sword Manual] from somewhere, and from then on, he soared to the sky. Even though the elders in the sect were not optimistic about him, he grew up to become the only Great Immortal of Xiaolei Temple today."

"Mysterious Thunder Shattering Jade Sword Classic?" Han Ping looked surprised and asked, "Are you sure this is the name?"