Chapter 16 is hilarious, running away with the ball.
However, no matter how much he was internally vomiting blood, the elder still secretly extended his spiritual sense.
He really wanted to know what happened ten thousand years ago!
The history he tells these little guys is just what has been passed down through generations; it's nothing compared to what the immortal artifacts know!
[Lan Yue: Actually, I'm quite curious how these people managed to carry four continents and run in different directions. Could they all be based on deep-sea spirit turtles?]
Lan Yue remembered an animated film from her previous life featuring a giant turtle that supported an entire continent, but she had forgotten the film's name and its plot.
So she curiously opened the system.
[Lan Yue: So it was pushed over little by little, for over a thousand years! That's incredible perseverance! What kind of hatred or grudge could make those people persist like that? I'm really curious. I'll see if there's any more juicy gossip.]
Lan Yue's head was buried deep in her eyes, and she didn't even notice that the silver-white spirit sword was quietly approaching from the side, and even the people around her were leaning towards her.
[Lan Yue: What happened? Why is this title gone? It's turned gray. System, system, come out quickly, what's going on?]
Lan Yue was just wondering when the title in front of her suddenly turned black, making her scratch her head in confusion.
[System: Your mental strength is insufficient. To prevent you from fainting after viewing this, I've locked it.]
Lan Yue felt a little regretful. She should have known better than to investigate the reason for the separation of the four domains. It was such a juicy piece of information, right in front of her, but she couldn't see it because of her mental strength. It was truly heartbreaking!
It's so heartbreaking, so incredibly heartbreaking!
Even Lan Yue couldn't see it, and the others sitting in the morning study hall were more or less disappointed.
The elder at the front breathed a sigh of relief. He was feeling extremely conflicted, wanting to know what had happened ten thousand years ago from Lan Yue, but also not wanting to embarrass his ancestors.
"Ahem, now I'll give you a proper talk about our four cultivation domains." The elder's face was once again filled with smiles.
"Actually, although it is called the Four Realms of Cultivation, only the Northern Realm is closest to our Southern Realm. We have almost no interaction with the other two regions. A thousand years ago, the place with which we had the closest relationship was the Northern Ridge Holy Land in the Northern Realm."
"Unfortunately, our sect's relationship with Beiling has not been so good lately..." Before the elder could finish speaking, the disciples around him began to discuss it.
"The Sacred Land of the Northern Ridge? Could it be the sacred land where the Holy Son of the Northern Ridge resides?"
"The Holy Son of Beiling? Could it be the Holy Son of that sect leader with whom he has a love-hate relationship?"
"Yes, yes, that's right, it's said that this Holy Son even gave birth to a daughter for the Sect Master, and they've already come knocking on our door!"
"That can't be right. I heard that our sect leader started a relationship with someone and then abandoned them, wanting to abandon their holy son. In the end, the other party threw his daughter at us in a fit of anger and ran away."
"Is that so? Then I might have misheard you. Your explanation seems more plausible."
The elders on the platform watched as these people discussed, hearing the sect leader's reputation gradually decline until it finally shattered on the ground.
Who spread this rumor? But he was also in the arena and heard it, okay? How did all those love and hate stories suddenly change to a different version, turning into the sect leader starting a relationship and then abandoning the victim?
Does the sect leader know about this? If he does, won't he be furious?
In the last seat of the morning study hall, Lan Yue, instead of sitting down, listened with great interest and found it extremely interesting, completely unaware that some of the things were spread by herself, only that there were some slight errors after they were spread.
After all, this is normal. Who would have thought that the gossip she heard in the arena would eventually turn into the version where the sect leader abandoned her after starting a relationship, and the Holy Son of Beiling ran away with the baby!
I reckon if she comes back to listen in a while, the Holy Son of Beiling might have become the Holy Daughter of Beiling, and their genders might have changed.
[Lan Yue: Sigh, it seems this world is indeed different from what I remember. I must have transmigrated into a fanfiction.]
[Lan Yue: Since that's the case, let me have another piece of gossip to calm my nerves. How about this big one about the Sect Master and the Holy Son of Beiling?]
[Lan Yue: Huh, Elder Bai Meilu's gossip has been updated! Let me check this out.]
As she finished speaking, everyone's gaze turned subtly towards her, their eyes filled with anticipation.
There's even more juicy gossip they hadn't heard about before!
Some disciples who had heard the news were already secretly sending messages to others, explaining to them what Elder Lu's gossip was all about.
[Lan Yue: Let me see what happened on Elder Bai Meilu's side this time, that the system has updated again.]
Lan Yue was happily refreshing the system interface with her head down, completely unaware that a very familiar figure had arrived outside the morning study hall.
The one who came here from outside the Early Cultivation Hall was Elder Lu, who had been stationed at the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
Although the Hidden Sword Pavilion doesn't have much spiritual energy, guarding it is extremely tedious, taking anywhere from three to ten or fifty years.
But how could anyone stay here for so many years if there were no benefits? How could those talented inner disciples with good cultivation and bright futures be willing to come here to do missions?
Of course, it's because the rewards offered by the Hidden Sword Pavilion are very high. Spirit stones are secondary; as long as you guard the Hidden Sword Pavilion for a long enough time, you can give them priority in choosing the latest spiritual herbs produced by the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
Even the spiritual artifacts made by the Spiritual Artifact Peak can be given priority in production, and they can even receive very generous discounts.
Moreover, the Hidden Sword Pavilion, a forbidden place for spirits, is also a place to temper one's character; many people want to come here but cannot.
Elder Lu originally thought he could continue working for several hundred years, but unexpectedly he was dismissed by the Hidden Sword Pavilion ahead of schedule and placed in the Early Cultivation Hall.
The Early Study Hall sounded nice, but it was actually just a place for a bunch of little kids to learn things, so his expression was naturally not good.
He had just arrived at the mountain where the Early Training Hall was located on his flying sword when his legs gave way and he almost fell.
Can anyone tell him why Lan Yue is here too?
Wasn't she already in the mid-stage of Qi Refining? Why is she still coming to the Early Morning Study Hall, a place for enlightenment?
[Lan Yue: I see. So Elder Bai Meilu met with his fellow Daoists again after he returned.]
[Lan Yue: Wow, Elder Lu actually had the heart to kick all the Daoist partners out, and even said he would never see them again for the rest of his life!]
[Lan Yue: Is this still Elder Lu, who took in eighteen Daoist partners in one go? Could it be that he was really spurred on by being kicked out of the Hidden Sword Pavilion by the Sect Master yesterday?]
Many people know that Elder Lu was forced to leave the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
Especially in the early morning study hall, most of the disciples who come here are newly initiated disciples. They are extremely curious about the sect. Any gossip will spread throughout the sect on the same day, not even waiting until tomorrow or the day after.
Lan Yue has a wide range of sources, so she naturally received the news as well.
[Lan Yue: It seems Elder Lu is truly angry this time. He didn't even give those Daoist couples spirit stones before kicking them all out.]
[Lan Yue: So many beautiful women, shivering in the wind and rain, how pitiful! One beauty almost fainted from the cold. Elder Lu is so cruel!]
Lan Yue can sometimes watch videos, but watching videos will definitely consume more mental energy.
She now feels that the mental energy in her mind is like the battery or data of her phone in her previous life; if either runs out, it will affect her ability to continue watching the drama.
However, out of curiosity—curious about what Elder Lu's eighteen Daoist partners looked like—she clicked on the link.
Before she could open it, the Silver Snow Sword, which had been sneaking over from the right, gently tapped her.
"Stop fooling around, I'm just eating melon seeds." Lan Yue subconsciously pushed the silver longsword over.
However, it took her two seconds to realize that she had just pushed Yin Xue.
Lan Yue turned around abruptly and saw that Yin Xue's sword spirit had already appeared, with two short legs sticking out of it, looking quite angry.