Eternal Tale

Outside the ancient city.

Chen Xun and Black Bull silently left, but within Black Bull’s black coffin, a living being was imprisoned. This being’s Three Souls and Seven Spirits had been extracted, and its primordial spirit was burned in death energy.

The entire body was in ruins, like a candle flickering in the wind, taken away by them to an unknown destination.

The Illusory Moon Immortal Sect also began to take action, searching everywhere for the whereabouts of Elder Yao, even deploying a Celestial Venerable.

Elder Yao’s soul imprint had not dissipated, and he had not yet fallen. They wanted to see who dared to touch their sect’s elder!

The Chu family, having succeeded in their ancestor’s Tribulation Crossing, had risen in power, their might unparalleled. That spectacle was not a place one could visit at will, and the elders of the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect felt inexplicably troubled.

The Celestial Venerable who was dispatched found nothing when tracing Elder Yao’s aura...

That spectacle did not seem to be caused by a cultivator at all; it was impossible to trace anything, as if it were a place born from the primordial world.

When asked, the Chu family ancestor knew nothing, having only been at the Great Ascension stage at the time, how could he have investigated?

This matter left even the Celestial Venerables of the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect feeling a bit troubled, unsure of which powerful figure Elder Yao had offended. Despite years of investigation, no clues were found.This was the first time the Illusory Moon Immortal Sect felt so inconvenienced operating in the Wild Heaven Region.

If it were in other regions, the truth would likely have come to light within a year, and the Immortal Palace would have given them an explanation, but here, everything relied solely on themselves.

As time passed, the matter gradually faded away; as long as his soul imprint remained, there was still hope.

...

Since the day the Chu family ancestor crossed the tribulation, Chen Xun and Black Bull had taken Elder Yao back to the ’Seeing Heaven and Earth’ thatched hut.

Now, the area around the hut, crafted by Frog Daoist and White Spirit, was picturesque, forming the initial shape of a domain.

This place had become a forbidden zone for the surrounding spirit beasts and wild beasts, who dared not even pass by.

The scene of that towering ancient beast having its bones forcibly extracted was still vivid in their minds. It was instinctive for living beings to avoid danger, and they didn’t even have the right to covet this place.

On the roof of the thatched hut.

Frog Daoist sat with arms crossed, still chewing on a piece of Clear Dust Grass, his gaze distant.

Suddenly!

Two figures walked slowly from afar, covering the distance in the blink of an eye, arriving beneath the hut, startling Frog Daoist into a shiver. How had they returned in just a few days?!

”Hmm?” Chen Xun squinted slightly, this toad dared to sit atop the Dao Ancestor’s hut.

”Senior!”

”Any last words?”

Chen Xun spoke calmly with one hand behind his back, ”It seems you’ve been slacking off these days, toad. How will you account for the losses?”

”Moo~” Black Bull chuckled.

A gentle breeze blew, and Frog Daoist felt a chill, quickly jumping down from the roof with a flattering smile, ”Senior, I was just resting, had a feeling in my heart, and came to greet you!”

”Haha...” Chen Xun laughed, ”You’re quite the talker, toad. The Dao Ancestor is in a good mood today, so I won’t hold it against you.”

Frog Daoist breathed a sigh of relief, secretly cursing. Others go on journeys for hundreds or thousands of years, but these two juniors don’t follow the rules, returning in just a few days.

”Bull, calculate the three days of lost work, and round it up.”

”Moo moo!”

”Ribbit? What, senior, what lost work fee?” Frog Daoist’s eyes widened, cheeks puffing up, looking back and forth between Chen Xun and Black Bull.

”Moo moo~~ moo!”

”What! Three million top-grade spirit stones?!!!”

Frog Daoist let out a thunderous roar, eyes turning bloodshot, ”Senior, I’ve been helping you, why should I pay spirit stones?! This is outrageous!”

His scalp tingled; he had survived the Era of great slaughter among the myriad clans, those days were so tight, these juniors had no idea.

Three million top-grade spirit stones, enough to wipe out a clan, even buy his life!

”Bull, heat the pot and oil, tonight we’ll have boiled toad.” Chen Xun smirked, glancing at the rope, this toad hadn’t done anything right these days.

”Moo moo~” Black Bull looked at Frog Daoist with a deep gaze, grinning, they weren’t picky eaters.

”Hold on!” Frog Daoist extended a frog palm, comically.

”Speak.”

”I accept!”

”The Dao Ancestor doesn’t speak without reason, the losses of these three days are all in this booklet.”

Chen Xun took out a new booklet from his storage ring, filled with accounts, and tossed it in front of Frog Daoist, showing evidence.

Frog Daoist trembled all over, eyes blood-red, incredulously looking at the accounts of the past few days.

The Star Illusion Flower suffered great losses due to the toad not absorbing the power of the stars, heart-wrenching...

The Heavenly Moon Fruit, not refined with moonlight on a moonlit night, a great absurdity under the heavens, heart-wrenching...

The Nine Palaces Lotus... not watered with Nine Palaces Water, a great farce under the heavens, heart-wrenching...

...

Frog Daoist’s frog palms trembled, the Clear Dust Grass in his mouth fell silently, the soft thud echoing like thunder in his heart, his head slowly looked up at Chen Xun.

Those were eyes filled with blood-red, trembling, an extreme grievance unable to be vented.

He was just short of throwing the booklet on the ground and cursing, where was the power of the stars, where was the moonlight, where was the Nine Palaces Water!

”Does the Dao Ancestor seem reasonable?”

”...ribbit...”

Frog Daoist felt a sense of despair, sitting on the ground, a deep shadow etched in his heart, never daring to slack off again, this young man’s malicious intent was rare in his life.

”Hmm, a teachable child.” Chen Xun nodded in satisfaction, glancing at the captured Elder Yao in his hand, a cold light flashing in his eyes. He no longer resembled a living being, his body covered in dried blood.

”Senior, who is this?” Frog Daoist squinted, noticing the being.

”A late-stage Great Ascension evil cultivator from the Yuehuang Clan.”

Chen Xun spoke coldly, tossing him to the ground, ”He harmed an old friend of mine, but she has not returned yet. I will leave him for her.”

”..I see.” Frog Daoist mused, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, ”Senior, what crime did this cultivator commit?”

Chen Xun didn’t mind, hiding Yao Yue’s identity as he explained to Frog Daoist, with Black Bull adding some details.

A stick of incense later.

Frog Daoist understood, it was about forcibly using someone as a furnace, such cultivators were also intolerable in the Era of great slaughter among the myriad clans... Such a mindset, yet he reached the late Great Ascension stage?!

”Senior, something’s off, just relying on a furnace can’t reach the late Great Ascension stage, a lecherous person would peak at the Golden Elixir phase.”

”You don’t need to ask further.”

Chen Xun frowned slightly, this person wasn’t lustful, but twisted inside, unrelated to cultivation level, ”This involves the lineage of my old friend, not convenient to say more.”

Frog Daoist immediately understood, changing the subject, ”Senior, you’re too merciful, a wild female beast? Too lenient for this being, a Great Ascension body can withstand it.”

”Oh?”

”Moo?”

”Haha, in my era, punishments were so cruel, directly targeting the cultivator’s Dao heart, once punished, even if they survived, their cultivation would never progress, ruined.”

Frog Daoist began boasting again, eyes filled with intense interest, ”Senior, at least use a wild male beast, break his dual cultivation Dao heart, solve the problem fundamentally.”

Chen Xun’s eyes lit up, it made sense...