Chapter 144: The Meeting of the Titans

Jiang Xiaoxiao put away the golden trident, turned around without looking back, and said, "This is the Seven-Color Phoenix Robe, a matching set with my master's Black Silkworm Nine-Dragon Robe. It can withstand attacks from the Golden Core realm without sustaining damage. Clean yourself up, put it on, and return to the Azure Cloud Sect. My master's secluded meditation should be coming to an end soon."

"What?" Nalan Susu was immensely shocked. Such a precious item was just tossed to her so casually? What on earth was the background of these two people?

Being able to withstand an attack from the Golden Core realm meant this item was effectively a defensive magical artifact of the Golden Core level!

Aside from the inner armor she was already wearing, it was likely difficult to find another defensive magical artifact across the entire Azure Cloud Sect capable of withstanding a Golden Core attack without damage.

A blow from the Golden Core realm could easily obliterate an entire mountain peak; why would someone casually toss away something so precious?

She felt that Ye Wuhai's identity was becoming increasingly mysterious, even sparking a desire within her to explore and understand him...

Nalan Susu did not notice this subconscious change in herself.

With a few minor spells, the water element between heaven and earth was drawn together to form a three-meter-wide sphere of water. A flash of fire appeared, and a ball of flames enveloped and heated the water sphere, transforming it into a sphere of warm water in moments.

She then cast a mist spell, turning the surrounding ten-meter radius hazy and gray. Inside, she stripped away all her defenses and stepped into the water sphere to cleanse herself...

In less half an hour!

Nalan Susu was dressed in the Seven-Color Phoenix Robe, adorned with patterns of phoenixes soaring into the nine heavens with a heavenly momentum. Moreover, this Seven-Color Phoenix Robe could change its color, and Nalan Susu adjusted it to white—pure white!

This echoed the pure black of Ye Wuhai's attire.

Jiang Xiaoxiao glanced sideways at Nalan Susu, who looked like an immortal fairy, and said, "Let's go, back to Azure Cloud."

Jiang Xiaoxiao had already stowed away her golden battle armor and golden trident, replacing them with a golden dress.

She had also replaced the veil on her face with a new one. The effect of this veil was identical to the previous one.

It could block other people's spiritual sense from probing.

Jiang Xiaoxiao did not know if doing this was right, but one thing was clear to her: Ye Wuhai liked beautiful women.

And Nalan Susu was a rare beauty whose cultivation level was not low; her combat prowess was naturally tied to her equipment and profound arts.

If Jiang Xiaoxiao were not the Saintess of the Immortal Moon Holy Land—meaning all her immortal weapons far surpassed Nalan Susu's—she would not dare claim she could defeat Nalan Susu with absolute certainty.

This was the difference of birth, equivalent to being born in a commoner's family versus a noble dynasty; the two were simply incomparable.

You hold a match, while someone else holds a lighter.

You hold a knife, while someone else holds a gun, and by the time you finally get a gun, others already have cannons.

Regarding effort, what you spend ten years striving for, someone else can obtain with a single word.

Yet if you do not strive for those ten years, you will never obtain it at all.

Cultivation is the same; you practice bitterly for ten years, while someone else takes a single medicinal pill that matches ten years of time.

Yet if you do not endure this decade of bitter cultivation, you will only be left further and further behind.

Because you lack massive resources for support, this is precisely the difference between rogue cultivators and sect disciples.

However, rogue cultivators ultimately retain a carefree and untethered freedom.

This is something cultivators who join sects cannot match.

Only with effort comes reward!

Jiang Xiaoxiao and Nalan Susu each raised a stream of divine rainbow and sped away.

In the blink of an eye, only two black dots remained.

In another direction, Ye Wuhai was likewise heading toward the Azure Cloud Sect.

Blazing Sun Sect!

In the grand hall, figures stood in rows on both sides.

These people were all dressed in red robes.

Imprinted on their backs were black sun symbols.

They were all elder-level figures gathered together.

And the person in the primary seat had a golden sun symbol imprinted on his robes; he was the current head of the Blazing Sun Sect, True Monarch Blazing Sun!

His mastery of the Blazing Sun True Art had reached a mystical, pure realm, making him a rare match within the entire Yan region.

True Monarch Blazing Sun appeared outwardly to be a middle-aged man of around forty, but he was actually an expert who had lived for three hundred years.

"How are the preparations for the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm coming along?" True Monarch Blazing Sun asked calmly.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, news from that side indicates that the seal of the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm has been growing weaker by the day, and it is very likely to open within these few days," one person stepped forward and replied unhurriedly.

"This time it is a full three years earlier than the last. It seems this should be the final era," the person said.

True Monarch Blazing Sun nodded, waved his hand, and the person stepped back into place. Then he spoke.

"Word has come from the Yan region that this time, our plan against the Azure Cloud Sect will begin with the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm. Once inside the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm, eliminate any disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect on sight.

Ensure that the entire new generation of the Azure Cloud Sect perishes within the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm.

Beyond this, the most important matter is the inheritance of the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm. With the secret realm opening early this time, its energy is no longer sufficient to support another opening, leaving us with only this final opportunity.

The paramount objective is to find a way to seize the inheritance of the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm.

Secondly, find a way to rendezvous with members of the Yan region's imperial family as much as possible, and then eliminate the people from Azure Cloud."

Said True Monarch Blazing Sun from the primary seat.

"Understood!"

The crowd responded in unison.

True Monarch Blazing Sun nodded, gazed at the people below, and spoke once more, "Is there anything else anyone wishes to report? If not, dismiss yourselves and make preparations."

"Reporting to the Sect Master!"

A figure stepped out from the crowd below and spoke.

"Speak your mind without reservation," said True Monarch Blazing Sun.

"It seems two people recently arrived at the Azure Cloud Sect and have been staying there consistently. According to reports from our scouts, they are very likely reinforcements invited by the Azure Cloud Sect!" replied that person.

"Oh? Reinforcements? What is the cultivation level of those two?" True Monarch Blazing Sun asked.

"According to scouts, those two appear to be a master and disciple. The female is a cultivator at the Golden Core internal organs stage, while the male's strength is unfathomable; our scout could not discern it,"

the elder said, "However, over the past two days, both of them seem to have left the Azure Cloud Sect for reasons unknown!"

True Monarch Blazing Sun pondered for a moment before saying, "You need not concern yourself with this matter for now; I will send someone to investigate thoroughly."

"Understood!"

The elder nodded and returned to his place in the formation.

True Monarch Blazing Sun asked once more if there were any other matters, and receiving only silence, he watched as everyone slowly filed out.

Meanwhile, apart from the Blazing Sun Sect, the same scene was playing out across the Yan region, instructing everyone to remember that upon entering the Suppressing Mountain Secret Realm, any disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect encountered were to be executed without mercy!

Such meetings lasted a long time, after which various issues concerning the Yan region's imperial family were also addressed collectively.

Elsewhere!

"Old geezer, where are you taking this lady?"

"Hurry up and let this lady go!"

Ye Queque was being carried along in flight by the old man for a great distance; she had no idea where they had arrived, knowing only that this place was very, very far from the Azure Cloud Sect.