The conversation began because Li Ze, a cultivator at the Peak Realm, decided to retire from the Nanxuan Alliance. In the end, the topic returned once again to Li Ze.

This time, it was Chen Zhixing who brought it up.

"Taoist Dayu, Li Ze… I once heard my grandfather mention his name. Hmm, back when my grandfather just began his cultivation, this Taoist Dayu was already an elder at the Peak Realm. I heard he has quite a connection with the Celestial Saint Palace, which is great. The Nanxuan Alliance indeed needs such a revered elder to manage things."

"Hmm, my brother Qingyuan thinks the same. Unfortunately, this Taoist Dayu is eager to return to the mountain for seclusion, perhaps his cultivation has advanced again."

"Then we should congratulate him!"

"Haha, Zhixing speaks wisely. When my sister sees Taoist Dayu next, she will convey my junior brother's words. I think Taoist Dayu would be glad to make friends with you."

The conversation ended there.

Guu Xun'er had no news.

Qin Yi knew that she didn't have enough influence to persuade the Ziwei Chen Family to release her. Otherwise, the conversation would have ended with an invitation for a meal, during which they would encounter a maidservant who bears a resemblance to Guu Xun'er, and who would catch her uncle Mo Qingyue's eye and become an Outer Disciple in the Celestial Saint Palace.

As for the Celestial Saint Palace using power to force the Ziwei Chen Family to give up a newly acquired concubine, that's completely out of the question.

Such claims, even if her master Qingyuan himself came, would not be possible.

As for Li Ze's deep connection with the Celestial Saint Palace, it's nothing more than gossip.

No matter how deep Li Ze's connections are, could they surpass the three-thousand-year relationship between the Celestial Saint Palace and the Ziwei Chen Family?

Even Qin Yi herself is only sixty-two this year, and how long has it been since she joined the Celestial Saint Palace?

They came to claim a person, Chen Zhixing refused, so that's it. What more could they do?

Unless Qin Yi is discovered by the sect to have the potential of Longevity, or if that Taoist Dayu Li Ze attains Longevity in one go. Otherwise, the matter is settled with no possibility of change.

After walking down Ziwei Mountain, finally free from the suppression of the Ziwei Divine Prohibition, a relaxed Qin Yi couldn't help but grit her teeth and say:

"Too arrogant, uncle. The Ziwei Chen Family just won't show us any respect, even for a trivial female cultivator?"

"Respect? Me?"

Mo Qingyue was taken aback by these words. Seeing Qin Yi's dissatisfied face, she chuckled and pointed at herself: "Why do you think Chen Zhixing must show me respect, just because I am an Elder of the Celestial Saint Palace?"

"Otherwise, he is merely a noble family scion, and even though he has the title of a genius, isn't he still..."

Slap!

A crisp slapping sound echoed in the night sky.

"Do I deserve it?"

Retracting her hand, Mo Qingyue looked at Qin Yi, who was covering her face, and couldn't help shaking her head: "I really don't know what Qingyuan Brother has been teaching you all these years, making you think that the Three Great Sacred Lands can casually oppress noble families."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yi couldn't help but tremble, then bowed her head in a posture of learning.

"Yi'er is ignorant and hopes uncle will guide her."

"Guidance is out of the question. If you truly want to know, go back to the mountain and ask your master. I can only tell you, when dealing with noble families in the future, I hope you measure your strength carefully. Don't treat it lightly. If you provoke an ordinary small noble family, it's alright. But if you provoke a top noble family like the Ziwei Chen Family, even if they kill you, as long as it's done cleanly, the Celestial Saint Palace won't cause a conflict with them for just one person."

Qin Yi suddenly raised her head, full of disbelief!

Mo Qingyue frowned at her expression: "Why are you looking at me like that, can't understand it?"

"..."

"How did Qingyuan Brother teach such a foolish disciple!"

Saying this, Mo Qingyue showed some irritation: "According to logic, I am the same generation as Chen Zhixing's grandfather. Your generation should correspond to the Chen Family's 'Tian' generation, while Zhenzheng and her peers correspond to Chen Zhixing's generation, right?"

Qin Yi gritted her teeth and lowered her head: "It's the disciple's incompetence shaming the Holy Palace."

She thought Mo Qingyue was suggesting their juniors were incompetent, causing Mo Qingyue, an elder Saintess, to have to equate herself with Chen Zhixing.

Seeing this, Mo Qingyue chuckled: "Indeed, it was right for Brother not to let you inherit my position."

Qin Yi: "??? "

"Since I correspond to Chen Daoyan, you correspond to Chen Tianchen, and Zhenzheng corresponds to Chen Zhixing, then where was our previous generation?"

"..."

"The Ziwei Chen Family, over three thousand years, always had the ancestor Chen Tianyuan controlling the family without interruption or being wiped out. Where then are the cultivators of the 'Dao' generation above? Could they all be failures, and further up in the hierarchy not producing a cultivator in the True Self Realm, or was Tianyuan's Peak Ninth Layer useless, resulting in the death of all the 'Dao' generation and above?"

"Are you saying...?" Qin Yi's eyes revealed a hint of disbelief, even feeling like she was discovering the world for the first time!

"I didn't say anything. If you want to know something, just go back to the sect and ask your master. Go, go, I haven't even fully digested the death qi I've absorbed recently. This matter ends here, don't come and bother me about it later."

Leaving such a remark, Mo Qingyue leisurely returned to her own flying ship and flew back to the Celestial Saint Palace.

Hmm.

What was that saying, the Sacred Lands and the Noble Families jointly rule the world!

But the world, it's not just the East State!

The five major states, four vast oceans, the Xingluo Islands, countless secret realms.

Which of these places is not within the world's scope?

The world of the East Continent has the Ziwei Chen Family, then wouldn't the other four great states also have them, and perhaps in the Xingluo Islands, among countless secret realms, might there be sanctuaries where the Three Great Sacred Lands do not intervene?

These matters in the Celestial Saint Palace, are known only to the Longevity Masters and some top cultivators of the Peak Realm. Mo Qingyue only gathered a few tidbits from hearsay.

Without speaking of others, there is one thing Mo Qingyue is sure about.

The Ziwei Chen Family has influence overseas!

Suspended Mountain!

Historically, any prominent Chen family member with no hope for Longevity was taken to the overseas Suspended Mountain. Her old friend Chen Daoyan also went to the Suspended Mountain and was never seen again.

And the Ziwei Chen Family is no lone example.

Almost every newly-emerging noble family in the East Continent, like the Meng Family, the Pang Family, or even the Situ Family of Si State, would eventually be exterminated if they stood against sects, but the top noble families might have connections and thus avoid complete annihilation.

Specifically, Mo Qingyue doesn't know the whole story.

Still, the cause of it must be that there is enough equality between the two sides, and at least in the eyes of the Longevity Masters within the Celestial Saint Palace, these truly top-level Longevity Families are qualified to contend with the Celestial Saint Palace.

"That is just how it is," Mo Qingyue mused, her mind flickering back to when Chen Daoyan sought her out, intending for his grandson Chen Zhaosheng to join the Celestial Spider Organization.

Yes.

At that time, Chen Zhaosheng was 'possessed,' and thereafter, never returned from the Suspended Mountain.

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