Chapter 155: Entering The Jiang Family, The Family Head's Invitation

No one could lift the Xuanyuan Sword?

The cultivators’ eyes suddenly contracted.

In their understanding, although the Heavenly Emperor’s chance of obtaining the Xuanyuan Sword on this trip looked slim, after all, no foreign races later poured into Beixuan Continent from that millstone.

From this it could be seen that the Heavenly Emperor most likely obtained the Xuanyuan Sword and mended the crack.

But according to what Jiang Minghuang said, even members of the Jiang family couldn’t lift the Xuanyuan Sword. So how could an outsider like the Heavenly Emperor possibly do that?

Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor didn’t obtain the Xuanyuan Sword at all?

Was it that the old Heavenly Emperor only imagined the crack existing?

And if the Heavenly Emperor didn’t complete the old Heavenly Emperor’s second task, he would not have received the medicine promised.

Was the resurrection of Bai Qing’er the work of Unorthodox Sect Leader, Bai Chonglou?

In an instant, many thoughts sprang to the cultivators’ minds.

Ye Chen was even more shaken, the more he thought, the more exhilarated he became.

At this moment, although the cultivators didn’t say it aloud, Ye Chen could feel them drifting further from him.

If Bai Qing’er was revived by Bai Chonglou.

If Gu Changqing later killed the old Heavenly Emperor without misunderstanding.

If Gu Changqing used Jiang Minghuang’s sister as a sacrificial spirit and there was no misunderstanding.

Then, even if the Heavenly Emperor’s battle beyond the realm had greatly moved the cultivators before, after all this, they would still stand with him.

At this moment, Ye Chen felt as if he were about to part the clouds and see the mountain clearly.

“Heavenly Emperor, I refuse to believe that everything you’ve done is secretly all a misunderstanding!”

“I’d like to see, when each and every one of these things is revealed to the world, how many will still be willing to stand with you.”

Ye Chen’s heart suddenly brightened.

…

Inside the mirror.

Gu Changqing shaved his beard, changed into a clean white robe, and arrived at a palace hidden deep within the immortal mists.

It was a palace with red tile walls throughout, vast and majestic, with endless divine beasts carved upon it, looking imposing and grand.

But as soon as he approached the palace, a rich floral fragrance wafted to his nose.

It smelled wonderful, calming the mind.

In the palace courtyard, the peals of children’s laughter rang out.

Gu Changqing entered the courtyard and saw two figures.

One was a little girl with a topknot braid, wearing a pink-and-white palace dress, swinging on a swing and giggling foolishly. Her big eyes were clear and bright.

The other wore a long pink dress, the hem trailing on the mist-wreathed ground. The woman squatted among the clouds like a celestial fairy.

“Big brother~!”

The little girl saw Gu Changqing, leapt up, and excitedly threw herself into his arms.

The girl from before had shed her dirty appearance. She smelled fragrant, her small face delicate as carved jade.

Gu Changqing pinched the girl’s cheek, lifted the little girl into his arms, and looked toward Mu Nanzhi.

Since the Dragon Clan trip, the woman’s face had fewer smiles. In her eyes there was less of the former defiance and more melancholy.

She was still as delicate as a canary. Her fair face had slightly reddened eyes and looked somewhat haggard.

“I’m going out for a while, please take care of this little girl.”

Gu Changqing looked at Mu Nanzhi and spoke softly.

“Does my father want you to go?” Mu Nanzhi asked.

Gu Changqing did not answer, placed the little girl back on the swing, and gently said, “Wait here for me, don’t run off, okay?”

The little girl obediently nodded.

With that, Gu Changqing left straight away.

“Be careful.”

Mu Nanzhi’s voice came from behind.

She ran out of the palace courtyard, her skirt dancing and stirring the immortal mists. Leaning at the gate, she looked at Gu Changqing with a complex gaze.

Gu Changqing looked back, a trace of surprise in his eyes.

Perhaps sensing the atmosphere, Mu Nanzhi turned her head away and didn’t look at him, only crisply saying, “Enough people have died. Come back alive.”

Gu Changqing was silent, gave a soft affirmative sound, and turned to leave.

…

The Thirty-Three Heavens.

The Jiang Family!

As a top aristocratic clan, a terrifyingly deep-rooted longevity family, the Jiang Family resided within the Thirty-Three Heavens.

The Beixuan world was immensely vast. The place Gu Changqing and Jiang Minghuang had once traveled was the lowest realm, the human world!

And each layer of the Thirty-Three Heavens was more vast and magnificent than the human world.

Here the spiritual energy, the qi was even more concentrated, and the power of the laws even purer.

In this world of the strong devouring the weak, the best immortal sects and blessed lands were always occupied by the more powerful beings.

The Jiang Family was a majestic clan whose status was second only to the Heavenly Palace.

Within this realm, Gu Changqing rode a divine rainbow and quickly arrived at the Jiang Family’s location.

The Jiang Family was a clan.

But in terms of size, it was more like a nation, its territory vast beyond measure.

In Gu Changqing’s mind, for no reason, that phrase Jiang Minghuang used to mutter in his ear surfaced: “One day I’ll show you how high a position this great scion of a top clan can reach.”

Only now did Gu Changqing truly understand Jiang Minghuang’s boast from years past.

The Jiang Family was indeed a towering existence that reached the heavens.

Having parted from Jiang Minghuang for many years, upon arriving at the Jiang Family, Gu Changqing very much wanted to see his good brother.

But Jiang An’s memories told him that Jiang Minghuang was in seclusion. This fellow seemed to have begun cultivating day and night since returning from the Lower Realm!

Thus Gu Changqing had to abandon that idea.

Anyway, from the start he never intended to drag his brother into this matter.

Gu Changqing pondered for a moment, then entered the Jiang Family.

With the identity of Jiang An, he could legitimately enter the Jiang Family.

What he needed now was to quickly win the attention of the Jiang Family’s upper ranks, even the family head, so that he might gain the opportunity to enter the Xuanyuan Ancestral Land.

Of course, he also needed to hurry and improve his strength.

The trip beyond the realm had crushed his essence and blood in that attempt to turn the tide and kill Half-step to Immortals. His cultivation level had dropped considerably.

“Master, you’re back?”

Returning to the residence where Jiang An lived in the Jiang Family, the maid at the door respectfully greeted Gu Changqing.

“Mm.”

Gu Changqing nodded.

At this moment, an old man hurriedly ran from the palace.

He was the old steward of Jiang An’s residence.

“Master, the family head just sent someone to invite you, saying that the guest officials are requested to go to the Jiang Family main hall for discussion.”