Chapter 790: Chapter 790: Kunlun Mountains [5th Update] Chapter 790: Chapter 790: Kunlun Mountains [5th Update] Liu Chengxiang saw his peculiar expression and, knowing he didn’t believe, heaved a sigh and said, “Xiaoyao, don’t think for a moment that I’m joking with you.”

“Do you know what our Xuan Sect was like during its most prosperous era?”

Li Xiaoyao shook his head.

Shades of pride crossed Liu Chengxiang’s face as he said, “During the heyday of the Xuan Sect, even the Eight Great Sects of Xuan Country couldn’t compare, not to mention these ancient sects. Even the three major guilds would have to give way to the Xuan Sect.”

Surprise registered on Li Xiaoyao’s face.

The Xuan Sect once had such a glorious past?

“That…what exactly are the three major guilds?” Li Xiaoyao’s question seemed a little inappropriate given the context, but he was genuinely curious about the so-called three guilds.

Liu Chengxiang’s brows knitted, his dissatisfaction with Li Xiaoyao’s change in focus apparent, but he still explained, “Alchemist Guild, Artifact Refiner Guild, and Formation Guild.”

“Are they very strong?” Li Xiaoyao asked and then almost immediately regretted it; such a question was obviously foolish and not quite fitting for his intelligence level.

Liu Chengxiang gave him a strange look and said, “These three professions are the elite among cultivators. Any one of them, if plucked out, would be fervently pursued by the ancient sects.”

“Cough cough, you just mentioned that Patriarch Li harbors ulterior motives toward me? I’m not quite clear on the matter; after all, I know myself and there really isn’t anything about me worth coveting.”

“The Divination Sect understands heaven and earth, knows the past three thousand years and divines the next five hundred. My abilities are not yet sufficient to penetrate the next five hundred years, but to see through Li Zhan is not a problem,” Liu Chengxiang said, unable to hide his pride. These abilities, which even other cultivators found immensely powerful, were the foundation of Liu Chengxiang’s status as the State Preceptor.

“Although Li Zhan stood by your side, his intentions never explicitly revealed, I could clearly sense it: he indeed bears malice toward you, and even, I felt a killing intent!”

“Don’t doubt the truth of my intuition,” Liu Chengxiang said earnestly, “Xiaoyao, you have done a great favor for the Xuan Sect, and I don’t wish to see you harmed. Heed my advice, leave the Ancient Li Family, and stay away from Li Zhan.”

“But…”

Li Xiaoyao still couldn’t comprehend it; he truly couldn’t accept what Liu Chengxiang had said.

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“If he were to act against me, I would have no chance of resistance, and besides, I am the heir of the Li Family; it simply doesn’t make sense,” Li Xiaoyao shook his head.

“If you ask me for specifics, I can’t provide them,” Liu Chengxiang said, “All I can vaguely divine is that this crisis of yours will not manifest in the short term; it may take some time to unfold. In any case, just be more cautious.”

Li Xiaoyao nodded, knowing the pressure Liu Chengxiang must have felt to speak out, and he could also sense the good intentions behind his words.

“Don’t worry, in this world, no one can harm me!” His lips curled into a faint, arrogant smile.

Liu Chengxiang chuckled and said, “Let’s go, I will introduce you to some friends, ones who will surely be able to help you in the future.”

“They’re not fortune-telling masters, are they? If that’s the case, forget the introduction. Knowing you is enough for me; I don’t have the time to foster such relationships,” Li Xiaoyao remarked.

“Look at you, so lackluster,” Liu Chengxiang said with a touch of disdain, “In terms of divination, geomancy, and augury, no sect compares to my Xuan Sect!”

“The friends I’m about to introduce to you are from the three major guilds.”

“The three major guilds!” Li Xiaoyao was a bit surprised; he was quite curious about the three guilds, after all. He knew a bit about formations, refining artifacts, and alchemy, but was far from an expert.

He was unsure how his abilities would measure up in the eyes of true professionals.

Now, he was going to meet living, breathing alchemists and artifact refiners.

“Old Liu, I heard from Wu Xuan earlier that the previous Sect Leader of the Xuan Sect has gone missing?” This question had been heavy on Li Xiaoyao’s mind for a long time, but he hadn’t found the opportunity to ask.

When Liu Chengxiang spoke of the Xuan Sect’s glorious past, to be honest, Li Xiaoyao was somewhat skeptical.

How mighty must the Xuan Sect be for even the three major guilds to step aside in deference?

The peak of the Nascent Soul Realm? Or even the Divine Refining Realm?

If they truly had such a powerful master, why would their own cultivation level be so low?

This fundamentally seemed a bit off, contradictory.

When the topic of the master was brought up, Liu Chengxiang’s eyes dimmed slightly, and he said, “Indeed, the master has gone missing.”

“Gone missing? How can such a big living person just disappear?”

Liu Chengxiang took a few breaths and then said, “He went to Kunlun!”

“Kunlun?” Li Xiaoyao was startled, it was actually Kunlun!

Li Xiaoyao had once visited Kunlun. At that time, his cultivation level was very weak, and in Li Changfeng’s tomb, there was a teleportation array that led to Kunlun.

Memories that had nearly been forgotten now resurfaced in his mind with the mention of the word ‘Kunlun’.

Why were only he and Jiuyin able to use the teleportation array to reach Kunlun?

Li Xiaoyao speculated that his ability to use the array might be related to the black storage ring he had obtained at the time.

But with this speculation established, greater doubts surged in his mind.

If it was because of the black storage ring that he could enter Kunlun through the teleportation array, then what was the origin of this ring, forged by Yi Yi, the disciple of the Emperor of Humanity? How could that be explained?

And then there was the mysterious desert inside Kunlun, the immense sky-reaching stone platform in the desert, the mysterious coffin on the platform, and the body inside the coffin… a body that looked exactly like him.

As well as the against-the-heavens artifact, the Patching Heaven Arrow, and the Golden Body inheritance on the stone platform…

And, that letter left from the tides of history.

How should all of these be explained?

Kunlun, that place called Kunlun, seemed to be different from the Kunlun Mountains.

When he entered the teleportation array, it was night, but when he arrived in Kunlun, it became day immediately.

Or perhaps, the passage of time within the teleportation array was different from what he had felt?

“When we were ten, our master went to Kunlun, and since that trip, he never returned.”

Liu Chengxiang’s voice drew Li Xiaoyao back to reality, his voice was filled with solitude, his eyes brimming with memories and nostalgia: “The master was very good to us, extremely so. When we were young, he often took us to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, to the three major guilds. The elders of those guilds, upon seeing our master, showed nothing but the utmost respect.”

“After the master went missing, the decline of the Xuan Sect occurred at a pace nobody had anticipated, and the other uncles and elders also left the Xuan Sect when we were twenty, heading to Kunlun in search of the master.”

“But once gone, it has been thirty years, and to this day, there is no news.”

“Even in decline, the Xuan Sect is still regarded with a hint of respect and fear by the ancient sects and the three major guilds. The reason is nothing else but the uncertainty over whether the Sect Leader has truly departed this world. If one day the master returns, those who have insulted the Xuan Sect will not escape!”

“The master’s capabilities are far beyond what those sects can handle!”

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