"Hmm, let's go back and take a look."
Chu Lingwei, carrying Feng Ming in human form and the illusionary cat, walked in the direction of the Dragon Mansion.
"There have been many changes here."
In the past, Lingzhou City was filled with cultivators and demon cultivators, each with their own spirit beasts. Now, although it was prosperous, there were no longer any demon cultivators.
The cultivators who could come here now were all low-level cultivators seeking experience.
"Wei Wei, we haven't left the Spiritual Cultivation Academy for ten years. Will the demon race still cause us trouble?"
Feng Ming quietly tugged Chu Lingwei's hand. Back then, Wei Wei had destroyed the lake that could help them improve their cultivation, and they had all hated Wei Wei intensely. Now that so much time had passed, perhaps this matter was over.
"Probably not."
Chu Lingwei didn't have as optimistic a view as Feng Ming. Of course, she had exposed the ghost cultivators who were impersonating disciples of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect. Now that the matters of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sect and the ghost realm had long since been pacified, the ghost cultivators were searching for her everywhere.
She had long been on the ghost cultivators' blacklist, and the demon race was the same now. They would definitely not let her off easily.
Feng Ming's small face immediately fell. She hugged her arms, "They are so wicked. That place clearly had problems, yet they blamed everything on Wei Wei. We shouldn't have destroyed that place and let them all be controlled."
"If they were controlled, then we would be the ones at a disadvantage," the illusionary cat replied coolly. Those controlled demon cultivators could very well be hidden among the human cultivators. Who knew if they were right beside them?
If they were suddenly attacked from behind, they would suffer greatly.
"Definitely not, I can protect Wei Wei." Feng Ming glared at the illusionary cat. This stinky guy was truly annoying.
"Stop arguing, we've arrived at the Dragon Mansion."
Chu Lingwei stood before the grand gates of the Dragon Mansion. It was exactly the same as ten years ago, without any changes.
"Fellow Daoist, whom are you looking for?" As soon as Chu Lingwei and the others stopped, a guard from the Dragon Mansion approached.
"I'm looking for... Young Master Long. I am his friend, Chu Lingwei." Chu Lingwei announced her name. Upon hearing it, the guard's eyes flashed with surprise. He glanced at Chu Lingwei and said, "Please wait a moment, Daoist Chu." With that, he rushed into the mansion.
"I wonder if Young Master Long is at home?" Feng Ming looked at the gate of the Dragon Mansion from all sides, her expression charming and lively.
Soon, footsteps echoed from within the mansion, and a figure appeared before Chu Lingwei.
"Wei Wei, you're back." Lan Xingyi sensed Chu Lingwei's aura and teleported in front of her, looking at his niece, whom he hadn't seen in ten years, with surprise and joy.
"Second Uncle."
"Come, let's go inside." Lan Xingyi took Chu Lingwei's arm and led her towards the deepest part of the Dragon Mansion, to the patriarch's courtyard.
"It has changed so much here."
Upon entering the Dragon Mansion, Chu Lingwei felt the presence of many high-level cultivators. In just ten years, the Dragon Mansion had gained many more high-level cultivators, with high-level barriers everywhere.
Lan Xingyi smiled and led Chu Lingwei into Lan Xingning's courtyard.
"Big Brother is in seclusion. I'll call him out."
"Wei Wei, you're back."
"Greetings, First Uncle."
Chu Lingwei bowed to Lan Xingning. Seeing her First Uncle and Second Uncle again, their faces had not changed at all, but their cultivation had improved considerably.
"Wei Wei, you've finally emerged from seclusion." Lan Xingning looked at Chu Lingwei's cultivation, which was about to break through to the Hua Tian Realm and enter the Tong Tian Realm. He was very satisfied.
Wei Wei's talent was astonishing. As long as she cultivated diligently, she would definitely become a great master in the Dominator Realm.
"Yes, I am now looking for an opportunity to break through to the Hua Tian Realm." Currently, she lacked one crucial opportunity to break through to the Hua Tian Realm and enter the Tong Tian Realm.
"Wei Wei, where do you plan to go for your trial?"
The opportunity required a change in one's state of mind, which needed to be gained through experience.
"I haven't decided yet." Chu Lingwei shook her head. She had been in seclusion for ten years and had no idea what was happening outside. "First Uncle, Second Uncle, how is Lingzhou City now?"
Chu Lingwei's plan was to see her relatives, then wander around casually, and first understand what major events had occurred on the Xuan Tian Continent in the past ten years.
"After Kun Wu died, you and the young master of the Leng family left, and all the demon cultivators in Lingzhou City vanished overnight."
The battle with Kun Wu back then was not something they had prepared for in advance. That battle had occurred suddenly.
Kun Wu's death was also beyond his expectations.
After Kun Wu died, Lan Xingning and Chu Ze returned to Lingzhou City, prepared for a siege, but nothing happened. Not only that, but all the demon cultivators in Lingzhou City vanished overnight.
The entire Lingzhou was calm and peaceful. Kun Wu's death had not caused even a ripple, as if nothing had happened.
The more peaceful it was, the more worried the Long family became. For three full days, no one came to trouble the Long family, nor did any high-level cultivators come to Lingzhou City. Only then did Lan Xingning and the others relax their vigilance and begin to urge all the cultivators of the Dragon Mansion to cultivate diligently.
"The demon cultivators vanished overnight?" Chu Lingwei had left with her senior brother precisely because she was worried about those demon cultivators in Lingzhou City who held grudges.
"That's right. The day after you left, all the demon cultivators in Lingzhou City were gone." Lan Xingyi nodded. Their departure puzzled them greatly. He had specifically gone to investigate. "It was as if they had received an order and all returned to the demon realm."
Chu Lingwei couldn't help but feel suspicious. What kind of order would the demon cultivators receive to suddenly return to the demon realm?
"Wei Wei, do you know that all the spirit beasts that entered the lake in Jingliang Forest have been killed?" Many things had happened in the ten years that Wei Wei was in seclusion.
"I don't know."
There was a problem with the lake in Jingliang Forest. The spirit beasts that had improved their cultivation within it must have been controlled by someone.
"Were they killed by the sects?" Her third senior brother had come to Jingliang Forest with their master's command.
"Yes, the major sects killed all the spirit beasts that entered Jingliang Forest." Lan Xingning nodded. "A year after you went into seclusion, the major sects on the Xuan Tian Continent convened a sect meeting. After the meeting, those spirit beasts were secretly killed, leaving not a single survivor."
Chu Lingwei nodded inwardly. Those spirit beasts had all been controlled. Since they knew the danger, the major sects naturally wouldn't let them live.
"First Uncle, do you know what changes those spirit beasts underwent?"
"I don't know."
Their clan did not have any spirit beasts that had entered Jingliang Forest. Even if there were any changes, it would not have been spread externally.
Chu Lingwei thought of the demon cultivators who had entered Jingliang Forest. They were different from spirit beasts. Would they suffer the same fate?
"First Uncle, do you know Leng Wangsheng?" Since no one had come to trouble the Phoenix clan in the past ten years, Chu Lingwei was relieved.
Upon hearing this, Lan Xingning's expression changed, and he suddenly stood up. "Wei Wei, have you seen him?"
"Before I came to Lingzhou City, Senior Brother took me back to the Leng family." Chu Lingwei replied. "It seems he has already connected his life with the Sacred Tree."