The cyan talisman easily blocked that Treasure Tower. In the void, an elder with all-white hair and beard slowly emerged, clad in a Moon White Magic Robe.
Nascent Soul True Monarch!
Regarding that splendid Treasure Tower as nothing, the Nascent Soul True Monarch smiled gently at Lu Yan and softly asked:
"Have you met Mu True Monarch?"
As the Nascent Soul True Monarch spoke, Lu Yan could feel an immense Divine Soul enveloping him, as if even the smallest lie would result in being torn apart by its pressure.
Lu Yan responded calmly:
"I have met Mu True Monarch once. It was with Mu True Monarch's recognition that I joined the Taiyi Sect."
What Lu Yan said was indeed true. In the urban version, Mu Chunqiu had opposed the buying and selling of Archaeological Association slots, but it was to little effect.
Lu Yan knew well of Mu Chunqiu's extraordinary identity, actively befriending him to gain recognition, which ultimately led to joining the Archaeological Association.
When translated into the Xianxia version, this concept holds an entirely different meaning.
After all, no one could imagine that a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Xianxia version would face difficulties from a Branch Elder when returning to the urban version.
Listening to Lu Yan's words, the white-haired Nascent Soul's eyes grew several degrees kinder.
"How did you meet Mu True Monarch?"
"He Dongsheng and I are close as life and death companions. It was he who actively introduced me, which is how I was fortunate enough to meet Mu Chunqiu True Monarch."
Satisfied, the white-haired Nascent Soul nodded briefly, his gaze sweeping to the distance, where Elder Xiao, originally standing in the sky, had proactively descended upon the Nascent Soul True Monarch's emergence.
At this moment, gone was the previous arrogance from his face, replaced only with a look of complete pallor.
He did not expect that three years ago, Lu Yan, who was merely a mortal, would truly have ties to the Taiyi Sect.
Although not a direct heir of the main line, Lu Yan's backing was Mu Chunqiu himself—renowned as the strongest prodigy of Taiyi Sect in nearly a millennium, reaching the Nascent Soul Realm just past the age of one hundred.
Rumor even had it that Mu Chunqiu had glimpsed the Ancient Underworld's legacy within the Beimang Tomb, faintly touching the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Even the appearing Wu True Monarch, whose age was ten times that of Mu Chunqiu's, could only consider himself subordinate before Mu Chunqiu in the Taiyi Sect.
"Wu True Monarch, I..."
Elder Xiao barely opened his mouth before being directly interrupted by Wu True Monarch.
While Wu True Monarch presented as kindly and amiable before Lu Yan, his expression turned indifferent at this moment as he stated:
"Outer Elder Xiao Han, Xie Nianci, direct disciple Xiao Shang—these three stirred trouble and sought to harm Taiyi Sect members.
Henceforth, remove from the Cyan Simurgh Sect's positions of Outer Elder and direct disciple. Effective immediately, proceed to the South Sea to suppress the Sea Eye for three hundred years without fail!"
Xiao Han was Elder Xiao, while Xie Nianci was Elder Xiao's wife and Xiao Shang's mother, completely purging the entire Xiao Family.
Stripping sect positions, heading to the South Sea to suppress the Sea Eye for three hundred years—this practically meant never returning to the Southern Border Land in this lifetime.
Such severe punishment left many direct disciples trembling in fear.
Yet to Wu True Monarch, it seemed but a trivial matter. Without reaching Nascent Soul, one simply could not catch a True Monarch's eye, and even a Golden Core Peak Grand Adept remained but a disposable tool. Follow current novels on 𝗇𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝗇𝖾𝗍
After issuing the decree, Wu True Monarch turned to Lu Yan, his sternness vanishing into a smile resembling a neighborly elder.
"I've heard Mu True Monarch is in seclusion, contemplating the Longevity Immortal Technique within the Beimang Tomb, nearing the Divinity Transformation Realm.
Should the young friend encounter Mu True Monarch, please pass along my early congratulations for Mu True Monarch proving the Path of Eternal Life."
As the words fell, Wu True Monarch stepped into the void and disappeared before everyone's eyes.
The numerous direct disciples around cast eyes filled with reverence and envy at Lu Yan, while Lu Yan himself furrowed his brows, lost in thought.
"The Longevity Immortal Technique within the Beimang Tomb? Why does it sound so familiar?"
Memory flashed through his mind, and Lu Yan's expression suddenly became exceedingly strange.
"Could it be that what he's speaking of is the 'Chang Chun Skill' I engraved in the urban version?"