"Congratulations, Immortal! Congratulations!" Ju Yin and the other four flew with the immortal music to the end of the sky. After passing through a dazzling white light, Ju Yin instantly realized that the four of them had been teleported to another place. Immediately afterward, she heard a male voice beside her.
As Ju Yin stepped onto the reception platform from the welcoming cloud, she saw a colossal white jade stone tablet soaring into the clouds. Before Ju Yin could respond to the young man standing by, a green light mass emanating from the stone tablet shot into her brow.
The young man's eyes widened in shock. This immortal's elemental energy was actually wood-elemental magic. Wood-elemental magic was known for its terrifying combat power, and immortals who practiced it often possessed healing arts. He warned himself that he absolutely could not offend this immortal! It was a joke; who hadn't experienced qi deviation or injury during cultivation, or faced danger? Ordinary injuries could be resolved by immortals themselves, but life-or-death situations required an immortal physician. Therefore, immortals skilled in healing arts were highly sought after in the immortal realm.
Indeed, in a short while, a powerful voice emanated from the stone tablet: Ye Ju Immortal Lord has returned!
"Greetings, Ye Ju Immortal Lord. I am Shi Chou, the immortal envoy for this ascension reception pool." The young man suppressed his excitement, having not expected to receive an Immortal Lord. This clearly indicated the immortal's combat prowess. In the immortal realm, the strong were respected, and admiration for power was the daily norm.
"You are excused! Why are the other four who ascended with me not here?" Although Ju Yin had recovered her memories, she was born a divine infant and had never ascended, so she was unfamiliar with the rules of the immortal realm.
"Reporting to Immortal Lord, immortal realm regulations stipulate that only immortals of the same level will appear in the same reception pool. This humble immortal guesses that your companions will be in the ascension reception pools elsewhere," Shi Chou replied cautiously. This immortal was as beautiful as a flower, yet possessed a heroic aura that commanded respect even without anger. Among the beautiful immortals he knew, none were easy to deal with, let alone an Immortal Lord!
"Oh? Does Immortal Envoy Shi know their whereabouts?"
Ju Yin had never been to the immortal realm. In her previous life, as a born divine infant, she had grown up in the divine realm and then conquered three thousand worlds.
The Heavenly Realm was the collective term for the immortal realm and the divine realm. The immortal realm comprised three thousand minor middle-thousand realms and three thousand great thousand realms, with the divine realm above them. Places like this were merely minor middle-thousand realms. Although bordering the divine realm, interaction was not casual. Unless one was an Immortal Emperor or above, and becoming a Divine Venerable was even rarer, with only one or two appearing in a million years.
Therefore, although no one had seen the true appearance of Ju Yin Divine Venerable, her reputation as the God of War had long spread throughout the Heavenly Realm.
"Reporting to Immortal Lord, there is a reception pool ten thousand miles from here. Those who ascended from the Star Continent are in these two locations," Immortal Envoy Shi Chou replied.
"Do you have a map?"
"This..." Shi Chou hesitated whether to give the map of the Heavenly Que Immortal Estate he had just obtained to the Immortal Lord. After all, not just anyone could view this map. However, considering that the Immortal Lord also had regulatory authority over a city, he decided to do Ju Yin a favor.
"Immortal Lord, this humble envoy happens to have a copy. May I lend it to you for viewing? You will need to return it to me. This map cannot be viewed by unauthorized personnel." Shi Chou immediately took out a jade leaf and activated his immortal arts to unfold it.
Ju Yin regretted her words as soon as she spoke. She had forgotten the importance of the map. The regulation itself was set by her when she was a Divine Venerable. Returning to the Heavenly Realm, she had forgotten that she was no longer a Divine Venerable and could not view maps freely.
However, she hadn't expected this mere immortal envoy to possess a map, which suggested he had a significant background. Never mind, she would accept this favor and help him once in the future.
Ju Yin glanced at it and memorized everything.
"Thank you. If there is anything in the future, this Lord can help you once!" Ju Yin threw a piece of immortal stone at him and promised her assistance.
Shi Chou was overjoyed. He was originally responsible for recording the planning of immortal estates. Today, he had borrowed the city lord's map for a while, and before leaving, the city lord had temporarily assigned him to reception pool duty. Today, he had met a distinguished person! Gaining the promise of an Immortal Lord was truly great luck.
Upon seeing the immortal stone he received, its immortal energy was pure and of a quality he had never seen before. He was curious. This Immortal Lord had just ascended, so how did she already have immortal stones? She was probably a descendant of an Immortal Emperor undergoing a mortal trial. A hidden powerhouse! But he hadn't heard of any Immortal Emperor surnamed Ye...
Shi Chou suppressed his curiosity, cupped his hands respectfully in greeting, and watched Ye Ju Immortal Lord depart.
Ju Yin released her previous immortal spiritual power. If anyone were present at this moment, they would be astonished that her cultivation was climbing steadily! In the blink of an eye, she was about to break through to Immortal Venerable. Ju Yin suppressed her immortal spiritual power again, as she did not want to undergo tribulation again so soon; it was not yet time to expose herself.
She summoned her flying sword, Yu Shou, but did not intend to transform it into the Sky-Piercing Sword. She simply stepped onto the Yu Shou, which looked like a fire-poker, and headed south. The Sky-Piercing Sword was quite conspicuous in the Heavenly Realm, unlike in the lower realm where no one would recognize it.
She flew swiftly, circulating her immortal spiritual power, covering ten thousand miles in just a quarter of an hour.
From afar, she could hear sounds of fighting. Ju Yin scanned with her divine sense. Well, she saw Feng Chu, Zhao Yangzi, Zhao Xiangzi, and Qi Mo engaged in a fierce battle with seven white-clothed immortal envoys.
Ju Yin knew this because she saw them all holding the same jade token as Shi Chou, which was the hand token of an immortal envoy.
"You lowly beings from the lower realm, we told you to pay the city entry fee, and you dare to resist?" a white-clothed male shouted.
"Lowly beings, who are you calling lowly?" Feng Chu flicked his jade fan, fanning away a man, and retorted, "Who are you calling lowly?"
"I'm calling you!"
Ju Yin chuckled. This Feng Chu's personality hadn't changed at all.
"Oh, oh, so Divine Venerable Ju Yin can also smile!" Another consciousness, Ye Ju, echoed mockingly in Ju Yin's mind.
"I am you, and you are me. If you can smile, why can't I?" Ju Yin retorted speechlessly. Indeed, she had changed too. She used to be impassive, but now...
"What's going on?" As soon as Ju Yin appeared, she used her immortal power to push aside the fighting individuals.
"Your Excellency!"
"Master!"
Feng Chu and Zhao Yangzi were overjoyed to see Ju Yin. They had been anxiously searching for their esteemed leader when she disappeared, but they were then provoked by these seven people.
The leading white-clothed man saw that the newcomer was a female immortal and showed a dismissive attitude. He ignored the scene of her effortlessly sending them flying with a wave of her hand, assuming it was a surprise attack when they were caught off guard.
"Are they your subordinates? Then you've come at the right time. Immortals new to the Heavenly Realm must hand over their treasures as an entry fee."
"Is that so? How come this Lord is unaware of such a rule?" Ju Yin stopped in mid-air, retracted her flying sword, and descended from the sky, stepping on lotuses of green with each step.
An immortal envoy suddenly realized with alarm that this immortal, who walked on lotuses, was likely a Golden Immortal. The seven of them were no match for her.
"Immortal Envoy Chief, we might not be able to afford to offend this immortal. Let's just forget it!" That immortal envoy whispered into the ear of the leading immortal envoy.
"Why fear her? She's just putting on a show. I have a magic treasure with me today, so I'm not afraid of her!" the man called Immortal Envoy Chief said disdainfully. His magic treasure was of Grade Three Immortal grade; he could even contend with a Golden Immortal!
"Rules? I am the rule!" He had been a reception immortal envoy for many years. Which of the ascended immortals didn't obediently hand over their treasures? If these troublemakers weren't suppressed, how could he maintain his position in the future?
"So noisy!" Ju Yin willed it, and the few men were instantly frozen, unable to move.
The seven immortal envoys were instantly terrified beyond measure. They hadn't even seen her make a move! Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads!
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See you tomorrow!