Chapter 192 - 114: Exchanges Between the Two Sects Naturally Require Magnanimity

Chapter 192: Chapter 114: Exchanges Between the Two Sects Naturally Require Magnanimity

"So... you were actually at Cyan Cloud Peak to begin with, but because you wanted to go to the kitchen to find something to eat this afternoon, you absentmindedly wandered all the way to our Danyang Peak?"

Hearing this, Shangguan Yunmeng stared blankly at Lu Chen and said woodenly, "The... the place I was staying at is called Cyan Cloud Peak?"

"...Is it not?"

"Is... is it?"

"..."

Lu Chen speechlessly slapped his forehead. He couldn’t help but point at a distant mountain peak. "You said you were a Cultivator from Jade Void Mountain. All the Cultivators from Jade Void Mountain who came here to discuss the Dao are temporarily residing on our Sect’s Main Peak, Cyan Cloud Peak.

"Look, that is our Sect’s Cyan Cloud Peak. You see it now?"

"Oh... I see it."

Shangguan Yunmeng nodded obediently. Then, she suddenly changed the subject. "But I just want to go to the kitchen. Why are you pointing out Cyan Cloud Peak to me?"

"..."

It was only because Shangguan Yunmeng was exceptionally beautiful that Lu Chen could still maintain his patience instead of throwing his hands up and leaving. If anyone else had said that, he would have turned his head and left ages ago!

Looking at the seemingly dim-witted Shangguan Yunmeng, Lu Chen said helplessly, "Head out from the back mountain here, and walk two hundred meters toward the foot of the mountain. That’s where the kitchen of my Danyang Peak is."

Shangguan Yunmeng’s eyes instantly lit up. She looked at Lu Chen with a serious expression and said, "Thank you, fellow Daoist. You’re a good person."

After speaking, she began walking toward the right side of the lake.

Seeing this, Lu Chen completely lost his composure.

"Fellow Daoist, the direction you’re walking in... goes deeper into the back mountain of my peak."

Hearing this, Shangguan Yunmeng didn’t blush or skip a beat. Expressionless, she turned around and started walking in another direction.

However, the direction she chose this time was still wrong.

"Fellow Daoist, the direction you’re heading this time leads to the main hall of our Danyang Peak."

Having walked the wrong way twice in a row, Shangguan Yunmeng simply walked straight up to Lu Chen. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Um, I wonder if you could show me the way, fellow Daoist?

"I don’t know what directions you’re talking about, because all the paths around here look the same to me..."

Lu Chen thought for a moment and decided it wouldn’t be much trouble anyway. He nodded and said, "Alright, come with me then."

Shangguan Yunmeng instantly broke into a happy smile and obediently followed behind Lu Chen.

Along the way, the two casually chatted. It didn’t take long for Lu Chen to learn about Shangguan Yunmeng’s background.

Shangguan Yunmeng was originally the Little Princess of the Great Wei Dynasty in the Mortal World. Because her mother was just an ordinary Consort, she was not highly regarded within the Great Wei Dynasty. Not only did her imperial father barely see her a few times a year, but even in the palace where she lived, there were only two Palace Maids to take care of her daily needs.

It was no exaggeration to say that she was an invisible nobody in the Great Wei Dynasty.

Despite this, she never felt lonely, because every time she fell asleep, she would meet an Immortal Sister in her dreams.

Perhaps it was because her mother had passed away early on. This led Shangguan Yunmeng to treat the Immortal Sister in her dreams as both a master and a mother figure, and she always listened to her obediently. She learned whatever the other party told her to learn.

And so, she would spend her days waiting in her courtyard for the Palace Maids to deliver her food. After eating, she would practice the Immortal Technique the Immortal Sister had taught her right there in the courtyard. When she fell asleep at night, she would continue to cultivate earnestly alongside the Immortal Sister.

She lived this kind of life for ten years, from the age of four until she was fourteen.

It was also purely by coincidence that she ended up joining Jade Void Mountain.

One day, when the Emperor of Great Wei hosted a banquet for a Cultivator from Jade Void Mountain, the Cultivator unexpectedly discovered the Sword Intent emanating from her body and was instantly struck with awe. He immediately wanted to bring her back to Jade Void Mountain.

Naturally, the Emperor of Great Wei was glad to see this happen. Shangguan Yunmeng didn’t have any objections either. Growing up, aside from occasionally leaving her small courtyard during holidays and festivals, she had spent the vast majority of her time in that confined space; going anywhere else made no difference to her.

And so, she absentmindedly set off with that Cultivator from Jade Void Mountain, beginning her journey to the sect.

However, an unexpected incident occurred during their journey.

When they were passing by a small village near Jade Void Mountain, they unexpectedly discovered that an orange cat was masquerading as a Mountain Monarch. Through threats and coercion, it was forcing the Mortals in the village below to offer it one cow and ten ducks every month. If they failed to do so, the orange cat threatened to eat them.

But how could ordinary Mortals possibly see through the orange cat’s Transformation Skill? Naturally, they couldn’t guess that the cat was actually deceiving them.

Just like that, relying on its disguise as a Mountain Monarch, the big orange cat had successfully duped the villagers for a full two years. It truly allowed the little rascal to live two years of a blissful life, sleeping after eating its fill, and eating again after a good sleep.

But all of this came to a direct end with the appearance of Shangguan Yunmeng and Yi Hanqing.

That’s right, the person escorting Shangguan Yunmeng back to Jade Void Mountain was none other than Yi Hanqing.

Initially, Yi Hanqing felt that dealing with a petty, shape-shifting Mountain Monarch would be effortless. With his Cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Level, having achieved the Third Grade Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment Stage, and naturally possessing Sword Intent, subduing that rampaging Demon Monster Mountain Monarch should have been a piece of cake.

Thus, he took Shangguan Yunmeng directly up the mountain to find the Mountain Monarch, preparing to eliminate this threat for the people.

However, upon actually finding the culprit, Yi Hanqing realized he was wrong.

He had originally assumed the Mountain Monarch would be reeking of Demon Qi, but in reality, it was an Enlightened orange cat cultivating the Orthodox Dao.

Not only was the orange cat’s aura pure, but it had even cultivated Fist Intent from its self-created ’Tiger Style Meow Meow Fist’.

In addition, although its Cultivation was only at the Foundation Establishment Fifth Level, a Spirit Beast’s Physique far surpassed that of a Cultivator at the same level. Because of this, Yi Hanqing simply couldn’t take it down in a short amount of time.