Western Sea, Whale Island.
After moving into the Island Master’s Cave Mansion, Xu Xing began his closed-door training. He pushed thoughts of the Human Rankings and the Song Sabre Grinding Stone to the back of his mind, regained his usual composure, and started meditating and cultivating.
My other self in the Bloodline World can aim for the Cave-heaven Realm... As for me, I will strive to break through to the Ninefold Immortal Foundation.
He set his short-term goals.
His self in the Instance World, lacking a Top-grade Fixed Light Talisman, would find it difficult to make further breakthroughs on the Immortal Path. That self could either undergo corpse liberation and pursue the Ghost Immortal Path, using it to condense a new Nine Luminaries Immortal Fate, or continue cultivating the Physical Martial Way to reach the legendary Cave-heaven Realm, the final stage of the Three Realms of Celestial Humans!
Moyun Palace appeared once every hundred years, at the time of the Seven Stars Connecting Pearls. This year, the time for Moyun Palace to open was approaching again. However, unlike the last time when Moyun Palace emerged in the North Abyss, this time, it was a regular appearance. When Moyun Palace appeared regularly, the location was uncertain. However, a sea mirage would manifest locally one month before its actual appearance.
Nanchuan Valley? It’s actually appearing here?
Just as Xu Xing was about to go out and inquire about the location of the sea mirage, Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun found him. She informed him that the next Moyun Palace would appear in Nanchuan Valley, the dwelling place of the Heavenly Fox Clan. She also made a request, hoping Xu Xing could help the Heavenly Fox Clan navigate this tribulation.
"Friend Xiang," Xu Xing’s face turned cold as he questioned, "how did you find out that I would be here?"
He had been in closed-door training during this period and had never intentionally revealed his whereabouts.
"Brother Xu, don’t blame me," Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun explained. "When a member of the Heavenly Fox Clan is born, they possess a unique Heavenly Fox Fragrance. Last time, Brother Xu, you took Ling’er’s token and thus became tainted with this fragrance.
"However, this fragrance is faint, and Ling’er can only detect it within a thousand miles. Brother Xu, you may not know this, but twenty years ago, you appeared at the Northern Barbarians Boundary... Ling’er has been searching for you for nearly twenty years since then." Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel✦fire.net
After she finished explaining, seeing that Xu Xing’s face still held a strong sense of caution, she couldn’t help but give a wry smile and then shared a sliver of her thoughts directly with Xu Xing.
After Xu Xing reviewed Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun’s account of her experiences over the past nearly twenty years, his expression softened somewhat. The truth was indeed as Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun had described; she had truly been searching for him for nearly twenty years, ever since he was sighted by the Prince of the Fire Luo Tribe.
The Heavenly Fox Fragrance, while having a tracking effect, only works if I’m not on guard. If I were to use the Concealing Breath Array, I could completely mask this fragrance.
"I wonder why this Moyun Palace would coincidentally appear in Nanchuan Valley?" Xu Xing frowned and asked.
He didn’t believe this was a coincidence; there had to be some hidden reason. It was likely connected to Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun’s previous entry into Moyun Palace.
"Brother Xu, I won’t hide it from you..." Heavenly Fox King Xiang Jun hesitated for a moment but ultimately chose to tell the truth. Eighty years had passed. She couldn’t imagine how powerful Xu Xing had become. However, she understood one thing clearly: Xu Xing was now undoubtedly one of the foremost experts in this world. She then asked, "Brother Xu, do you know the origin of this world?"
She looked at Xu Xing seriously.
Before Xu Xing could ponder it deeply, she took elegant steps and spoke softly, "It is rumored that this world is actually an internal cave-heaven of the War God. My Heavenly Fox Clan’s ancestor, Lady Xiao Xiao, was one of the War God’s favored concubines, and the Lake Heart Palace was built for her. The last time, when I retrieved the Xiao Yun Moon Awning, it was to obtain Lady Xiao Xiao’s inheritance.
"The War God’s Legacy is useless to my Heavenly Fox Clan. However, Lady Xiao Xiao’s Heavenly Fox inheritance is of utmost importance to us."