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Chapter 102 Preview
In the Immortal Ruins, the people of Wudang Mountain were meditating and resting in front of the waterfall when Chen Tianfan discovered that a wave of the power of the Great Dao was emanating from the waterfall.
"Hmm?...What's going on?" Chen Tianfan's expression was solemn. He took a step and flew up, hovering in mid-air as he approached the source of that power of the Great Dao.
He stared at that spot for a long time but couldn't see anything amiss, so he took out his spear and thrust it towards the waterfall, wanting to test the power of that force.
Suddenly, a cyan light shot out from the waterfall along the shaft of Chen Tianfan's spear, instantly enveloping all the Wudang Mountain cultivators. Whether it was the seriously injured and unconscious Gu Changpeng or the other inner disciples sitting cross-legged, they were all covered by this cyan light.
Before Chen Tianfan could react, a few breaths later everyone was caught in a vortex, and countless spatial forces attacked from all directions, taking them to another place.
After a period of intense spatial distortion, everyone inexplicably found themselves in a field.
"What's going on... Ouch... My head hurts a bit... Where am I?" Chen Tianfan gripped the gun barrel tightly with his right hand to support himself, covered his head with his left hand, and looked around in confusion.
"Senior Brother, why does this place look like the mortal realm?" a Wudang Mountain disciple said to Chen Tianfan.
"The mortal realm?" Chen Tianfan was very familiar with this term. He had once been an ordinary person who became a cultivator through his own comprehension and hard work. Before that, the world he lived in and in his eyes was the mortal realm.
At this moment, several farmers passed by not far from the farmland. They noticed more than a hundred people gathered in the fields from the Wudang Mountain side and assumed they were bandits from some mountain stronghold who had come to steal grain. They all turned and ran away.
Chen Tianfan had a bellyful of unresolved questions, so naturally he wouldn't let these locals get away so easily. He took a sudden step and charged directly towards the farmers, blocking them with his spear.
"Gentlemen, please wait a moment. Could you please tell me where this place is?" Chen Tianfan asked the farmers in a friendly tone.
The sight of them facing off with swords and spears startled the farmer, who began to stammer. Seeing this, Chen Tianfan had no choice but to put away his spear and reveal his identity as a cultivator.
After this conversation, Chen Tianfan took out a few pills to strengthen the body and heal injuries and gave them to the farmers. Then he got up and flew back to the group from Wudang Mountain.
"What did they say?" a disciple asked him.
"We've come at the wrong time. This is indeed the mortal realm, but it's a mortal realm on the verge of war... because corrupt officials in the mortal dynasty are oppressing the people, and some places have already begun to revolt and start wars," Chen Tianfan replied with a frown.
He glanced at the dark sky with its endless clouds in the distance and continued in a deep voice, "This should not be the real world, but a secret realm derived from the Immortal Ruins. The real treasure is here, and if we want to break through the secret realm and return to reality, we must go there in person to see what has happened and resolve it."
Harem.
The girl lingered with Yang Guifei for quite a while before getting up to leave, while Zhang Yunling used his Swift Ghost Steps to conceal his figure and presence, quietly following behind the girl.
The two continued walking towards the palace gates, when they suddenly encountered Yang Guozhong on the way.
"Tch, who do we have here? Isn't this the newly appointed Prime Minister Yang?" The girl said to Yang Guozhong with disdain and sarcasm, then continued walking out without looking back.
“Barbarians are barbarians. They’ve only become so arrogant and domineering because they’ve latched onto the royal family. It’s true that old habits die hard.” Yang Guozhong was just as sharp-tongued, retorting without even turning his head.
Upon hearing this, the girl did not continue arguing with him, and her expression did not change. Zhang Yunling was also very cautious and continued to quietly follow the girl's steps.
Only after reaching the outside of the palace and entering the capital city did the girl stop and turn to Zhang Yunling, speaking as follows:
"Hmph, you're still alive? That's quite surprising."
"?!......"
Zhang Yunling's pupils suddenly contracted, and his body trembled in fright. Feeling the girl's cold gaze, he felt a chill run down his spine, as if his entire body had been seen through in an instant.
Left with no other choice, Zhang Yunling had to undo the Divine Speed Steps, inwardly cursing the technique for becoming increasingly useless, while trying his best to maintain a calm expression on his face, and asked in return:
"Who exactly are you? Could it be that you are...?"
The girl smiled slightly and tossed a jade slip token engraved with the character "Pei" to Zhang Yunling's feet.
Looking at the identity token belonging to the Pei family, memories instantly surfaced in his mind, and the girl's image was clearly reflected in his mind.
"It was you?... You're the little girl who tricked me into Pei Yao's lab!"
"Warfare is based on deception. This isn't deception; it's just that you cultivators are too foolish." The girl smiled contemptuously, then showed Zhang Yunling the token at her waist.
"Take a good look, Imperial Scholar. I am An Lushan, the military governor of the three towns, the adopted daughter of Yang Guifei (Yang Yuhuan), and a trusted minister of Emperor Kaiyuan, Li Longji. Since Pei Yao didn't kill you, I advise you to mind your own business. The treasures in this Immortal Ruins will ultimately belong to me!"
Upon hearing the girl's words, Zhang Yunling stood there dumbfounded for a long time, unable to recover. Looking at the gorgeously dressed, haughty little girl in front of him who actually called herself An Lushan, he had lost all rational judgment of the world.
"Once I find the origin of this secret realm, the treasure will reappear in the world, and then no one will be able to stop me."
After uttering this threatening remark, An Lushan ignored Zhang Yunling and turned to leave.
"The real...treasure?..." After a long while, Zhang Yunling finally stammered out a few words.
He recalled the old man he had met in the wooden house in that valley years ago, and the fact that Emperor Xuanzong called him Li Taibai. It seemed that everything in this secret realm was closely connected with the master of this immortal ruin.
"The ruins of immortals...the poet Li Bai?"