Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses

Chapter 1103: Chapter 321: Feng Zhaoyang Arc (4)

Only I managed to escape.

Just like a refugee, I’m truly grateful that I was born a girl back then and didn’t experience too much luxury. Otherwise, the sudden fall from grace would be excruciatingly painful.

”Hmm, what was the other question?” the female cultivator asked without turning her head.

”Senior, can you tell me about the place I’m going to? Although I know I have no right to choose, and no matter what, I’m incredibly grateful to you, I still want to know where in the Third State I’m headed,” Lu Qingyin said, both timid and brave.

She was a bundle of contradictions at the time; obviously, at her age, she should be with her parents, but she was forced to leave. It was a situation of helplessness where she wanted to cry but forced herself to smile, making it extremely difficult to handle, with endless conflict inside her heart.

The female cultivator was silent for a moment.

”Medicine Master Valley,” she finally said.

”Medicine Master Valley...” Lu Qingyin had never heard of this place and desperately tried to recall any clues about it, but there were none.

The female cultivator said, ”Don’t think too much about it. I’m just taking you to Medicine Master Valley. After all, I know some people there. As for whether you’ll join them, that’s up to you.”

”Honestly, I don’t think you’ll be able to join Medicine Master Valley, not because you’re not good enough, but because they’re reclusive and won’t jeopardize their whole valley because of you.”

”So I think they’ll probably introduce you to a more reliable organization or person. Regardless, letting Medicine Master Valley handle you is better than me, someone from the Sixth State, meddling in the Third State. They are, after all, an established power with connections.”

Lu Qingyin understood and secretly let out a sigh of relief. Truly... truly, a sigh of relief. Although she said she wasn’t afraid, how could she not be terrified inside? Now, hearing that it was Medicine Master Valley, even though she didn’t know much about it, it should be alright.

Yet, she wondered where exactly she’d be going.

No matter what, it should be better than the Sixth State, right? Surely, she’ll have a place to belong, right? Finally, this could be a chance to go back and rescue Sister Qin Xiu, right?

No matter what...

It can’t be worse than now.

As Lu Qingyin pondered these matters, the pass appeared in her view, revealing an endless mountain range. Each mountain had a distinct color, and together they resembled cascading lumps of coal, utterly black.

In the distance, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, so that the entire horizon was enveloped in this tumultuous display, except for the path they were traveling on, which was free of lightning. Yet, even so... the sky had darkened.

Then.

A torrential rain descended.

A torrent of rain drenched the spirit beasts and the carriage, but thanks to the female cultivator’s Nascent Soul Stage, the downpour did not even dampen the spirit beasts’ fur.

During the wild race, Lu Qingyin’s dazed, confused eyes observed the spirit beast gradually slow down, and she noticed far more people around, many queuing to pass through the pass.

At last, Lu Qingyin could see the form of the pass, which resembled a giant hourglass lying on the ground, wide at both ends with a narrow path in the middle.

”Maintaining a safe route is troublesome, so only ten carriages can pass safely at once. It may seem like a wide road, but the surrounding mountain ranges are so extensive that this vital passageway looks like a super long needle threading between the Sixth and Fifth States.”

”In reality, it’s anything but ordinary.”

”It took immense effort to construct, spanning east to west for thirteen thousand miles.”

The female cultivator casually explained to Lu Qingyin, who dared not respond, only nervously observing the situation outside through a barrier.

A thirteen-thousand-mile road... and such heavy rain, truly a massive downpour!

How heavy could a downpour get? This was practically like walking inside a waterfall, even jokingly, one could see fish swimming in the rain. The rain had become a line, the line a plane, and the planes converged into flowing rivers in the sky.

The rivers were pitch black, the fish vividly red, and in the near distance, multicolored lightning flickered in the sky. Silent cultivators and carriages traversed the ground.

Is this place called the pass?

What a bizarre pass!

A pair of dark eyes reflected an even darker sky, resembling an abyss.

Yuchi had no knowledge of the happenings at the pass. While Lu Qingyin awaited inspection, he sat outside a window on guard, residing not far from Yunxiang Pavilion. Compared to the pass’ terrifying weather, the state capital of the Third State seemed a tranquil paradise.

This was at the edge of Yunxiang Pavilion’s field of vision, about fifteen degrees slanted, allowing Yuchi to peer through a narrow window gap to see Yunxiang Pavilion. Now, Yin Shuang had returned to scrub her face in the painting room, tiny turtles on her face. Wiping her face, taking elixirs, then practicing her skills. Meanwhile, Yuchi could not sleep.

Alone, he observed Yunxiang Pavilion’s happenings.

Then.

He spotted an individual appearing by Yunxiang Pavilion’s roadside. It was a plain-looking carriage, unobtrusive on the streets, but Yuchi found it very strange.

”There’s no problem with a carriage on the street, but putting it in front of Yunxiang Pavilion is suspicious.”

”Who’s inside this carriage?”

”Is this a covert inspection?”