Chapter 189: Revisiting Old Places, True Immortal's Guidance
During the time Chu Zheng was in seclusion, Geng Yiyang had successfully consolidated the power under Taixuan Holy Land.
With only a month left until the deadline set by the Immortal Alliance, time was short.
As Chu Zheng's influence continued to expand, Taixuan Holy Land now had numerous affiliated forces; in terms of influence, it was truly a Holy Land.
Before his departure, Chu Zheng visited Taixuan City and took a batch of ancient relics from the Southern Territory Song Clan, also aiding them in opening a Heritage Secret Realm.
The Southern Territory Song Clan had long been helping Chu Zheng to secretly search for ancient relic fragments, which they had accumulated over some time.
After receiving this batch of fragments, Chu Zheng carefully examined them and found that most were fragments of magical treasures; top quality magical treasures were rarely seen and not a single Tongxuan Spiritual Treasure was present.
Fragments that could be easily found were generally not of high value. The possibility that high-grade spiritual treasures had been collected was significant; although re-smelting the materials was extremely challenging, people still attempted it.
After all, for a part of the cultivators, time was not valuable.
Chu Zheng did not invite the Taixuan's elders to accompany him but sent a letter of invitation first, then set off alone with Bai Nian on a war chariot towards Illusory Spirit City.
With the Lihuo Spear and the Flowing Cloud Umbrella, two Tongxuan Spiritual Treasures, ordinary Tongxuan Pseudo-Immortals could not threaten him; there was no need to bother the elders.
At this moment, it was a busy time; it was unnecessary to waste their time on such trivial matters.
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Chu Zheng did not deliberately hasten his speed and after several days of travel, he finally arrived at the Phantom Spirit Mountain Range.
Due to successive major changes, the dispute between Phantom Spirit Sect and Night Light Pavilion had to be left unresolved; even after Ling Qi's death, Tai Xu Holy Land could not spare new personnel to mediate.
At the entrance to Illusory Spirit City, more than ten people were already waiting.
Today's Illusory Spirit City, different from Chu Zheng's memory, was eerily quiet, almost devoid of any sound, like a dead city.
Chu Zheng could feel many fluctuations of Life Yuan Qi; there were still a large number of mortal cultivators in the city, but they stayed inside buildings and did not show themselves.
Clearly, they had been warned in advance to halt all activities temporarily.
Opening his Spiritual Eye, Chu Zheng quickly discerned the identities of the few people by the city gate.
The Supreme Elder of Phantom Spirit Sect, the sect master, and several inner sect elders.
In the previous battle beyond the realm, Phantom Spirit Sect had also participated, but was too insignificant, mixed within the armies of numerous sects; as Chu Zheng had never seen these people before, they did not catch his attention at the time.
Moments later, Chu Zheng's gaze settled on a young man.
At a glance, the man was just over twenty, wearing a sky blue vestment robe, tall and straight with a full noble aura, and an ethereal demeanor.
Qin Feng.
This was the first Immortal Path Cultivator Chu Zheng had ever seen in his life.
Back then, it was he who had taken Song Lingqing back to his residence, marking the beginning of all conflicts.
After several years, Qin Feng had reached the Divine Infant stage, aiming for this step with his Middle Quality Immortal Bone, a difficult journey.
Looking at Chu Zheng on the chariot, Qin Feng's expression was somewhat blank; he had never imagined that after just a few years, they would meet under these circumstances.
When they first met, Chu Zheng had left an impression, and he had even felt pity for him back then.
Who would have thought that such a huge transformation would take place in Chu Zheng, who in a few short years, had become the master of a Holy Land.
Even his cultivation had now surpassed, stepping into the Divine Infant stage and even defeating a descendant of the Immortal King in the Middle Stage of Divine Infant.
Reaching the Soul Condensation into Nascent stage had taken him three hundred years, costing him nearly a hundred times the time spent by Chu Zheng; the disparity is hard for others to fathom.
Among the group, the one with a somewhat impressive expression was Han Yuliang.
A cultivator's memory was exceptionally good.
His impression of Chu Zheng was also deep; in the accident that occurred in that mine, only that odd-jobber disciple had miraculously survived.
At the time, when warrants for Chu Zheng were widespread, he just happened to be forcibly undergoing his Nascent Soul Transformation, severely injured and in seclusion, and didn't get a clear understanding.
After exiting seclusion, what followed immediately was the war beyond the realm, leaving no extra time for him to understand these matters.
Meeting again so suddenly now, he was even finding it hard to react.
The young man standing at the forefront stepped forward, bowed, and said:
"Phantom Spirit Sect, Feng Qiyuan, greets the Taixuan Holy Master."
His cultivation had reached the Divine Infant Second Transformation, far surpassing Chu Zheng, but at this moment, he dared not show any disrespect.
Although Chu Zheng's cultivation was not as high as his, surpassing him was only a matter of time.
Moreover, soon another dispute would arise beyond the realm, and while there were prohibitions within Cangyun Realm, Taixuan couldn't openly attack Phantom Spirit Sect.
But beyond the realm, there were fewer restrictions, and it would be effortless for Taixuan Holy Land to silently eradicate them.
Looking at Illusory Spirit City in front of him, Chu Zheng was somewhat conflicted.
In the past, he was extremely repelled by the many schemes of Phantom Spirit Sect, but now looking back, he found his opinion somewhat changed.
For the sake of a mere High Quality Immortal Bone, they had instigated a major conflict and meticulously orchestrated a grand play, even risking the power of the entire sect.
Such actions were mostly forced out by Tai Xu Holy Land.
Was Tai Xu Holy Land truly so lacking in disciples? Of course not.
While High Quality Immortal Bone was indeed a treasure for many sects, within a Holy Land, it was difficult to even enter the top hundred among peers.