Unsheathed

The old ancestor of Yellow Barrier Mountain quickly walked out from his residence, bringing with him several important cultivators from the immortal force. He personally made his way over to welcome the incredibly lofty Guest Elder Chen.

Of the one thousand or so islands in Bamboo Scroll Lake and of the tens of thousands of unrestrained vagrant cultivators, the Stone Brush Nation needed to firmly keep in mind the name of one hundred or so islands. Among these one hundred or so islands, they needed to sear into their memory the names of a dozen or so large islands, including Azure Mound Island, Millet Grain Island, Heavenly Governess Island, and so on.

As for Cyan Gorge Island which was controlled by the River Severing True Lord, a Nascent Tier cultivator, this was essentially the highest peak of the mountain, one that housed the loftiest of terrestrial immortals. Yellow Barrier Mountain had no way of knowing about the tumultuous events that had swept through Bamboo Scroll Lake during the past two months, but apart from those ill-informed and secluded low-level immortal forces, almost all of the cultivators in the Stone Brush Nation had heard about Liu Zhimao successfully ascending the throne and becoming the ruler of Bamboo Scroll Lake.

Tears welled up in Su Xinzhai's eyes when she saw the familiar old ancestor of Yellow Barrier Mountain, and she immediately fell to her knees before breaking down into sobs.

The old ancestor and the other cultivators of Yellow Barrier Mountain were given a huge fright.

Chen Ping'an spoke tactfully and repeated to them what he had said to the two cultivators guarding the entrance of the mountain.

These explanations were all thought up by Su Xinzhai herself.

Chen Ping'an was simply repeating what Su Xinzhai had told him to say.

After learning of the "truth," everyone in Yellow Barrier Mountain felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders. After they sat down, the Sea Observation Tier old ancestor who was still unable to advance to the Dragon Gate Tier after all these years started to ask Su Xinzhai — who had a completely different appearance from before — how she was doing. There was some sense of sincerity in his words, and this wasn't something that could be faked. The cultivators from Yellow Barrier Mountain also sighed with emotion when they saw how much Su Xinzhai treasured the past.

Afterward, Su Xinzhai visited the ancestral hall of the immortal force to respectfully offer three sticks of incense. In fact, it was the old ancestor of Yellow Barrier Mountain who personally handed her the incense sticks.

In the end, Su Xinzhai went to her master's grave with only Chen Ping'an and Zeng Ye accompanying her. She politely turned down the offer for Yellow Barrier Mountain's old ancestor and the several other cultivators to accompany her.