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Before Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying even arrived in Lianpo City, they learned from the disciples of the Shiren Sect who maintained regular contact just how terrible the current chaos in the cultivation world was.

Taibai Pavilion is now divided into three factions. One faction, like the original Taibai Pavilion, maintains its neutrality and does not participate in any affairs of the Canglan Realm. They still seek out information and provide intelligence to sects and families to maintain their former dignity.

One faction denounced the traitors who colluded with the cultivators of the Canghai Realm to harm the people. They joined forces with the nearest sects and families to resist the invasion of those people and rushed to the forefront of destroying the sacrificial formation and saving lives.

The last faction controls the group north of Green Pool City. They have completely broken ties with the Azure Mist Realm and become the backers of the Azure Sea Realm cultivators. They have already instigated several battles between sects. They accept all cultivators and mortals, regardless of whether they live or die, and use the sacrifices of cultivators and mortals to maintain the spiritual energy of the Azure Sea Realm.

The disciples of the Shiren Sect reminded them to be careful when they were out. The two sect leaders stated that they did not believe that there would be an internal rift in Taibai Pavilion and that all disciples should stay away from Taibai Pavilion.

The voice in the communication jade slip was serious and spoke slowly: "We still don't know the news about Yingzhou and Qiongzhou. Most of the cultivators in Donglai Shenzhou have already united to go to Zhonghan Shenzhou to protect mortals from being drawn into the struggle of the cultivation world."

The atmosphere between the Southern Yue Divine Land and the Western Barbarian Divine Land is tense and on the verge of war. Dozens of conflicts, large and small, have occurred, and everyone is on edge.

As for the Northern Peak Divine Continent, it has always been a place of cultivation for reclusive sects, and we are still unclear about the current situation there.

It is said that the demon race in the Leap God Mountains and the demon race in the Demon Realm have been quite unsettled lately. Please be careful while you are out there. If there is nothing urgent, please return to the sect as soon as possible; the sect needs your strength.”

This communication from Shiren Sect was essentially a radio broadcast. Anyone who had the communication jade slip distributed by Shiren Sect and answered the call could receive the message, but they had no way to reply.

Taking Huanling Sect of Nanyue Shenzhou as an example, those sects and families that willingly submit to the control of Canghai Realm do so to avoid their sects and clansmen becoming sacrifices.

No matter how much the Canglan Realm studies the array used by the Canghai Realm cultivators, they cannot break it. They have to admit that the Canghai Realm's research on arrays is superior to that of the Canglan Realm. Now, apart from violently destroying the array, the Canglan Realm has no way to deal with it.

The pitch-black cauldron used for sacrifice can only be broken by divine artifacts. However, the number of divine artifacts is ultimately limited. Shen Zixiang, the Sword Master of Eyun Mountain in Donglai Divine Continent, and Song Jinmi, the Fairy of Lanyi in Xiying Sect, are working day and night, but they are still struggling to keep up.

Therefore, the choice made by the Huanling Sect is not surprising. They know that they have no way to deal with the situation now, so they might as well prolong their lives.

Another event that shook the entire Canglan Realm—

The Jade Dust Daoist Master Qi Huixian has disappeared.

No one knows what Qi Huixian experienced in Yingzhou. The divine artifact Tianjiangyu transformed into a stream of light and fell from the sky, finding Qi Huixian's disciple, the True Man Yujun, Ji Daoyun. Only then did everyone realize that Qi Huixian had been missing for more than ten days.

The person who reported back to the sect via the jade slip that he was all well was not Qi Huixian at all.

Although Tianjiangyu possessed a spirit and could communicate with people, it couldn't explain what had happened. It only said that after leaving the Haiwen Sect in Yingzhou with Qihuixian, it headed east, intending to go to the Boundary River to take a look.

They had somehow wandered into the fog, where it was pitch black. Qi Huixian sensed something was wrong and sent it out to prevent it from falling into the hands of malicious people.

The Shiren Sect originally intended to conceal this matter from the outside world to avoid demoralizing the cultivators of the Canglan Realm and causing them to consider retreating.

However, with Taibai Pavilion's instigation, the disappearance of Qi Huixian still caused a great stir. They were shocked that a Dao Venerable in the Refining Void Realm could vanish so silently. Moreover, many small sects, upon hearing the news, went from being opportunistic to joining Taibai Pavilion's ranks.

If even Daoist Yu Chen couldn't handle Tai Bai Xie, how could people with such meager cultivation possibly contend with them?

After two days and two nights, Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying finally arrived at Lianpo City, a place where all sorts of people mingled, and demonic cultivators, Buddhist cultivators, and Confucian cultivators could be seen active.

Ruan Luo and the other two changed their appearance and even used pills to suppress their cultivation level, entering the city as rogue cultivators.

Standing on the street, Luo Hanying looked at the crowd of people and felt a sense of loneliness. The feeling of belonging was an indescribable sorrow. She always felt that she was out of place in this world.

"It might sound a bit strange to say this now." Luo Hanying looked at Ruan Chayan and smiled bitterly, "I really want to go home. I miss my dad and my mom."

Ruan Chayan didn't miss her absent parents at all, but if she had to say who she missed, it wasn't that she didn't: "If you put it that way, I do miss Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou a little."

Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou are the nannies who take care of Ruan Chayan's daily life. One was hired by her mother and the other by her father. The couple even disagreed on hiring nannies.

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying discussed it and decided that they could no longer trust Taibai Pavilion, which was now a place for buying and selling information. They had no choice but to slowly inquire with passersby about what had happened between the demon and monster races.

In both the TV series and the novel, it is said that whenever the main characters want to find out some information, they go to the second floor of a teahouse for a drink. So the two of them actually went to a teahouse and ordered a pot of spiritual tea.

Unexpectedly, the teahouse is now buzzing with discussion about an unprecedented secret realm appearing in the world.

Half a month ago, a secret realm appeared in a deep forest in the southwest of the Western Barbarian Divine Continent, bordering the territory of the demon race.

It is said that when the secret realm rift opened, there was a scene of "dragon light shooting into the ruins of the Ox and the Dipper", hence the secret realm was named the Light Ruins Secret Realm.

The cultivators near the Guangxu Secret Realm first explored the area and learned that the rift in the secret realm was currently impassable. Based on their experience, they deduced that the secret realm would not be fully open for about a month, at which time cultivators would be able to enter.

"Given the current situation in the Canglan Realm, do they still have the mood to explore the secret realm?"

Luo Hanying kneaded melon seeds in her hands and whispered in Ruan Chayan's ear, "You really can't tell what's important and what's urgent."

Suddenly, a man lifted his tattered Taoist robe and sat down next to Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying: "Fairy, you're wrong about that. No matter what the Canglan Realm becomes, we still have to cultivate, don't we?"

What do the affairs of those sects and aristocratic families have to do with us independent cultivators?

Luo Hanying stared wide-eyed at the person's appearance and attire—

Isn't this Su Xiaochun? Shouldn't he be near Hongtu City? How did he suddenly arrive in Lianpo City?

Ruan Chayan and Luo Hanying looked at each other, Ruan Chayan's eyes also filled with confusion.