Jing Xiang's parents were utterly stunned by the ancient secret of the Jing Clan he revealed, taking a long time to recover their senses.
Jing Xiao also stood with her mouth slightly agape, her face filled with shock.
"Xiang'er, is what you said true?"
Jing Xiang's mother still couldn't believe everything, finding it too shocking and absurd.
Was the so-called Land of Eternal Life of the Jing Clan actually a forbidden land sealing the Jing Clan's Distant Ancestor?
And the Distant Ancestor who established the Jing Clan had been imprisoned there by later generations, reduced to nourishment for their cultivation?
They almost wondered if Jing Xiang had been bewitched.
The two quickly glanced around, relieved to see no other clan members following, their expressions becoming unprecedentedly grave.
Jing Xiang naturally didn't dare hide anything. At this point, he recounted everything about the voice he heard during the noon hours some time ago.
This included everything that voice, claiming to be the Jing Clan's Distant Ancestor, had told him.
"So that's how it is."
Only then did his parents realize that Jing Xiang had indeed often been in a daze during that period; it was because of this.
Even so, they still found it hard to accept everything.
If what Jing Xiang said were true, it would overturn their understanding and perception of the Jing Clan.
Beneath the Jing Clan's glorious exterior lay such filth and darkness?
Even the Patriarch was hiding these matters?
For a moment, the two became exceptionally silent.
"Father, Mother, before determining whether this is true or false, I hope you can keep this secret for me."
Jing Xiang spoke in a low voice. He wasn't foolish; he knew what such a matter would mean for the Jing Clan if revealed.
"Xiang'er, rest assured. We wouldn't dare casually spread such things."
His parents both nodded, their expressions extremely grave.
Jing Xiao was also badly frightened, her eyes full of worry, never expecting to learn such an earth-shattering secret from her brother.
The family of four instantly became extremely silent.
Soon, other Jing Clan members sent news: deep within this world, a tall pagoda had been discovered, seemingly containing the auras of numerous ancestors.
Receiving the message, Jing Xiang's parents could only temporarily suppress the various doubts and worries in their hearts, regain their composure, and then quickly head there with Jing Xiang and Jing Xiao.
They could only hope what Jing Xiang said was false; otherwise, the consequences were simply unimaginable.
Jing Xiang followed beside his parents, remaining silent.
After arriving in this world, he had been trying to contact the voice in his mind that claimed to be the Jing Clan's Distant Ancestor.
But the other party seemed to have vanished without a trace, disappearing suddenly, with no response.
Now, seeing his parents' grave expressions, Jing Xiang knew he was entangled in an earth-shattering secret, where a misstep could lead to death.
Meanwhile, in another region of this world, Ling Yuxian, transformed into a divine rainbow, swept across the sky, sensing her sister's aura, trying to locate her place of slumber.
Behind her, the elders of the Imperial Immortal Palace followed closely, not daring any negligence.
"Where has he gone at this time?"
However, Ling Yuxian still remembered to glance back, wanting to determine Gu Changge's location.
Because along the journey to the Sheng Yang Ancient Domain, Gu Changge had given her a vague sense of unease.
Although she hadn't had any contact or sensing with her sister during the journey, she felt her sister seemed to be wary, even fearful of Gu Changge?
This feeling was truly strange, hard to explain clearly.
Was it because her sister, together with others, had seized the Gate of Eternal Life belonging to Gu Changge back then?
Forcing Gu Changge to fall into reincarnation, like her, to cultivate anew for a lifetime to return to his peak?
Was her sister worried that Gu Changge, upon learning of this, would seek revenge? Worried Gu Changge would harm her?
Ling Yuxian could only guess this way.
But she had no other choice. If she didn't first placate Gu Changge, once he learned the Imperial Immortal Palace's Ancestor Master was one of the enemies who seized his Gate of Eternal Life back then,
he definitely wouldn't allow the Imperial Immortal Palace to rescue their Ancestor Master smoothly; he would absolutely sabotage it.
Ling Yuxian had another, greater worry: what if Gu Changge's goal wasn't the Gate of Eternal Life at all?
Then all her previous speculations and suspicions would be completely overturned.
Moreover, Gu Changge seemed to have known many things from the very beginning, giving her a deep sense of unease that everything was within his control from start to finish.
"He clearly came to the Land of Eternal Life with us, but he's not following me?"
"Where exactly has he gone? Could he have gone with the Jing Clan side?"
Ling Yuxian didn't see Gu Changge among the many figures behind her, growing increasingly uneasy.
But at this point, she couldn't afford to worry about anything else; she could only try to find her sister's slumber place as quickly as possible.
A special connection existed between Ling Yuxian and her sister, which was why she could vaguely determine her sister's location upon arriving here. Moreover, she knew her sister was already aware of her arrival and was also trying to contact her.
After countless years apart, the two sisters were finally about to reunite.
Her face couldn't conceal joy and excitement.
Although Ling Yuxian hadn't recovered all her memories, scenes of the two sisters supporting each other in cultivation, accompanying one another along the path, and jointly comprehending the Great Dao, already surfaced in her mind.
The path of immortality was vast and obscure, the road ahead perilous; only the two of them relied on each other.
Through those countless years, enduring various trials and tribulations, the two eventually became renowned major figures within the Vast Expanse.
Her talent was inferior to her sister's; many times, she relied on resources her sister sought to aid her cultivation.
After that world-shaking battle, had it not been to save her and help reconstruct her primordial spirit, her sister would never have taken such an immense risk—especially while injured—to seize the Gate of Eternal Life
That she ended up in such a situation was entirely because of her.
Ling Yuxian felt immense guilt, wishing she could find her sister immediately to help her revive and escape.
From then on, the two would reunite, join hands again to comprehend the Great Dao, restore their peak, and stand atop the myriad worlds.
Within the Land of Eternal Life, bleak grey clouds drifted everywhere, layer upon layer, shrouding the sky above, filled with a silent, desolate aura.
The Jing Clan members soon gathered and arrived at the central region deep within, looking up at the ancient pagoda that stood eighteen stories high.