The City’s Strongest Son-in-law

”Really?” Baili Luoyuan looked at Su Changfeng with a face full of doubt, clearly not believing his words.

”What, could it be Sect Master Baili has a different opinion?” Su Changfeng turned his head to look at Baili Luoyuan and asked.

”Previously I got news that Sect Master Su auctioned off Fate Fruit in Xinluo City. As everyone knows, Fate Fruit comes from the Sourceless Forest. If Sect Master Su has never been to the Sourceless Forest, how could you have something like Fate Fruit? So, since Sect Master Su has been to the Sourceless Forest, how could you not know what it’s like inside?” Baili Luoyuan asked in an orderly, clear way, enough to show that she had come prepared this time.

”Looks like Sect Master Baili’s visit to my Changfeng Sect this time isn’t just for congratulations, huh?” Su Changfeng said faintly.

When Baili Luoyuan noticed Su Changfeng’s gaze gradually turning cold, she felt a bit puzzled inside. All these years, no matter what man it was, they would always show goodwill because of her beauty; even when facing an Emperor, there had never been an exception.

She had never imagined Su Changfeng would be this unappreciative of her charms, as if the person in front of him wasn’t some great beauty at all.

”The disturbance in the Sourceless Forest threatens the entire Tianyuan Continent. As the head of a sect, does Sect Master Su really not care about such matters at all?” Baili Luoyuan asked.

”Changfeng Sect has just been established, and Sect Master Baili is already putting such a heavy burden on my shoulders. Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?” Su Changfeng said blandly.

”But as experts, isn’t this a responsibility we ought to bear? The Sourceless Forest has threatened the Tianyuan Continent for so long. If a thousand years ago the Tianyuan Continent had migrated successfully, we might not have to face such a threat now.”

A thousand years ago? Migration?

Hearing this, Su Changfeng’s heart stirred. He vaguely had a feeling that the so‑called migration Baili Luoyuan spoke of was related to that invasion of Earth back then.

Although ever since Su Changfeng decided to rule the Tianyuan Continent, the reason for their invasion of Earth back then had become completely unimportant, he still wanted to figure out what really happened, if conditions allowed.

Forcefully suppressing the turbulence in his heart, Su Changfeng asked with a calm face, ”Then how much do you know about that migration?”

Baili Luoyuan shook her head and said, ”I don’t know much about what happened back then, but I heard that the migration was precisely because of the Sourceless Forest. It’s said there’s a Holy Spirit Realm Exotic Beast sleeping within the Sourceless Forest. If it awakens, the Tianyuan Continent will cease to exist.”

A Holy Spirit Realm Exotic Beast? Could the recent disturbances in the Sourceless Forest be related to this Holy Spirit Realm Exotic Beast?

”But a thousand years ago, the Tianyuan Continent did not succeed in invading, and yet this place still exists, doesn’t it?” Su Changfeng said.

Baili Luoyuan couldn’t help sighing, the smile at the corner of her lips somewhat bitter. ”Back then, in order to trap that beast, countless experts laid down arrays in the Sourceless Forest, using their lives to save the Tianyuan Continent from crisis. Without them, the Tianyuan Continent would probably have ceased to exist long ago.”

Using their lives as the price? Back then, when the Tianyuan Continent invaded Earth, it had also caused countless experts to fall.

Su Changfeng remembered clearly: Elder Wu had told him that in those days Tuo Shi had over a thousand Heavenly Level experts, but now Heavenly Level experts were few and far between, precisely because of that invasion by the Tianyuan Continent. He hadn’t expected that in that very battle, the Tianyuan Continent had also paid such a heavy price.

”And then? What else do you know?” Su Changfeng asked again.

”If you want to know more, you’ll probably have to go to Chenguang Hall. There are many Secret Scriptures there, all records about the world‑ending catastrophe. But those things can probably only be examined by an Emperor,” Baili Luoyuan said.

”World‑ending?” Su Changfeng frowned.

”Back then the Tianyuan Continent had many Primordial Masters, but ever since then there have been no more than five Primordial Masters here. Isn’t it appropriate to call that ’world‑ending’?” Baili Luoyuan said.

Though she had not personally witnessed what happened back then, from these scattered bits of information one could still imagine how heavy a blow the Sourceless Forest had dealt the Tianyuan Continent at the time. Such a scene would hardly be an exaggeration to call a calamity of untold slaughter.

Countless experts fell in the Sourceless Forest; ordinary people probably can’t even begin to imagine what it was like then.

”As far as I know, above the Primordial Essence Rank there is still the Holy Spirit Realm. Could it be there were no such experts back then?” Su Changfeng asked curiously.

Baili Luoyuan shook her head and said, ”Whether the Holy Spirit Realm truly exists, nobody knows. But there was indeed someone once, suspected to be a Holy Spirit Expert. However, whether he really was or not, there was no conclusive proof.”

”Then can you tell me about that person’s situation?” Su Changfeng asked.

”Looks like you’re already planning to advance toward the Holy Spirit Realm.” Baili Luoyuan looked at Su Changfeng as she spoke. The reason she said this was also to probe Su Changfeng’s true cultivation. In general, only Primordial Masters would be interested in the Holy Spirit Realm.

Although many people believed Su Changfeng was a newly‑advanced Primordial Master, this matter had never been truly confirmed. One of the most important reasons Baili Luoyuan had come was to see Su Changfeng’s real strength. Now that the opportunity was right in front of her, she naturally wouldn’t let it slip by.

”You want to ask whether I’ve broken through to the Primordial Essence Rank now, don’t you?” Su Changfeng looked at her with a smile.

Since Su Changfeng had already taken the words this far, Baili Luoyuan naturally had no need to beat around the bush anymore and simply spoke frankly: ”Right now, throughout Xingluo, even the Emperors are speculating about your strength; I’m certainly no exception. Back then, when you fought the thirty experts of the Situ Family, there was no one in Xingluo who didn’t know of it. If you weren’t a Primordial Master, how could you have done that? Even Zhou Hongyun takes orders from you; isn’t that obvious enough?”

In truth, Su Changfeng himself wasn’t clear about his true realm. After all, he didn’t really understand the rank divisions on the Tianyuan Continent, so he couldn’t accurately state his current rank.

But since Baili Luoyuan had said this much, Su Changfeng simply went along with it. Although he liked to keep a low profile, with the way things were now, being a bit high‑profile wasn’t a problem.

”Since you’ve already thought it all through so clearly, is there still any need to ask me?”

Hearing this, Baili Luoyuan’s eyes instantly widened. Although everyone believed Su Changfeng was a Primordial Master, the impact of hearing Su Changfeng personally admit it was still quite different.

For hundreds of years, within Xingluo Territory only a single You Meng had appeared. Never in her wildest dreams had she thought that a Primordial Master would suddenly emerge.

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