Chapter 2837

Yun Xi’s lips twitched slightly, but he remained silent. A faint blush appeared on Lie Xuan’s face. "Beautiful Scenery, don't talk nonsense. Yun Xi and I have only just started our romance. How can you ask us to cultivate together so soon? Do you have any shame?"

"I really don't understand why humans are so shy. Elves are much better. If we like someone, we just get together. We don't hide anything or delay. Your way is not good," Beautiful Scenery said, expressing her confusion.

"You don't understand because you are not human. If you had the chance to become human, you would understand," Yun Xi said calmly. "Even without dual cultivation, I can still reach the highest peak. Why use other methods?" He paused, then looked at Lie Xuan. "If I marry you, it will be for only one reason: because I like you. We can get married then, not because of dual cultivation."

In Yun Xi’s view, marriage could not have any other purpose. That was why he said this.

Lie Xuan understood Yun Xi’s meaning, so she said, "Let’s make a promise. We will ascend together, and then we will get married."

"Good." Yun Xi smiled at Lie Xuan.

Neither Yun Xi nor Lie Xuan had any thought of failure. Marriage and becoming Dao companions were because they had feelings for each other, and to maintain those feelings.

Yun Xi reached out and held Lie Xuan’s hand. "Brother Wang has probably been waiting for us for a long time. Let’s go."

When Wang Lanxuan saw them walking hand in hand, he realized Lie Xuan was a woman. "Not bad, not bad. You two are truly a match made in heaven."

"Brother Wang, I have made a promise with Xuan'er. We will get married after ascending. You must work hard too. We will need you to be the witness at our wedding," Yun Xi said directly.

"Hearing you say that, I have no choice but to work hard," Wang Lanxuan laughed immediately.

The three of them met up with the Qilin. For now, they needed to consolidate their cultivation and comprehend the mysteries of their own Dao.

Among the three, Yun Xi understood the mysteries of the Dao the fastest. However, Wang Lanxuan and Lie Xuan were not slow. They gained some understanding of their own Dao’s mysteries every day.

After a year of cultivation here, Yun Xi saw Shen Zhang’s signal flare.

"Let’s go. We have gained a lot of insight here this year. Now it is time to experience the world." Although a year was not long, they had made significant progress. Staying here, they were mostly enjoying life. To improve their cultivation, they needed a change of environment.

Even if Shen Zhang had not sent the signal flare, they had planned to leave. Seeing the flare now was a good opportunity.

Yun Xi, Lie Xuan, and Wang Lanxuan arrived at the Shen family residence. Shen Zhang was slightly stunned to see Lie Xuan in women’s clothing, but she said nothing. After all, many girls in this world dressed as men when going out. Lie Xuan just had more heroic spirit than those girls, so people did not immediately sense her feminine fragility.

"Why did you send a signal flare to me at this time? What happened?" Yun Xi asked.

Shen Zhang handed a letter to Yun Xi. "Wangzhi, look."

Yun Xi took the letter and read it, then laughed. "A challenge letter."

"It is indeed a challenge letter. Actually, our Shen family is not afraid of ordinary challenges. But the last two challengers are named Jun Mu and Xuan Guang. These two are from the Azure Dragon Plane," Shen Zhang said, laying out his difficulties before Yun Xi.

"The Azure Dragon Plane?" A hint of interest appeared on Yun Xi’s lips. "Didn’t they say people from the Azure Dragon Plane rarely come here?"

"They rarely come under normal circumstances," Shen Zhang said. "But there is a secret realm in the Qilin Plane that opens once every fifty years. This year is that year." Shen Zhang spoke seriously.

"What secret realm?" Lie Xuan was also curious.

"Penglai Island," Shen Zhang answered.

"Does Penglai Island really exist in the world?" Wang Lanxuan was half-believing and half-doubting. But thinking that there were cultivators in this world, he could understand that Penglai Island might exist.

Yun Xi said, "I don’t know if Penglai Island exists. But every world has secrets that others cannot see through. So, if this world has Penglai Island, it is understandable."

Wang Lanxuan smiled gently. "I have heard various legends since I was a child. Since there is Penglai Island, why don’t we go and see? I am very curious about Penglai Island."

Lie Xuan also said, "If we can really meet immortals, I want to see them too."

"Alright, then let’s go and see," Yun Xi decided with a clap of his hands.

Shen Zhang felt a bit speechless. He only mentioned a secret realm, not immortals. Why did the three people in front of him suddenly want to go see immortals? Was his information wrong?

However, his news had been passed down from generation to generation of Shen family ancestors.

"Um, the three of you, actually, this is just a secret realm. There are no reports of immortals," Shen Zhang felt he should remind them.

"People need to think outside the box," Wang Lanxuan smiled gently. "You said it is a secret realm. How was this secret realm formed?"

"This… We only know there is Penglai Island. We really don’t know how this secret realm came to be," Shen Zhang said slowly.

Wang Lanxuan laughed. "See? I knew you wouldn’t know." He paused and continued, "Nothing in the world is born without cause. Even the first Chaos Emperor was a先天 deity born from chaos. So, if the Qilin Plane has Penglai Island, it means there must be someone who created it. Since you have never met this person, it means he is no longer in this secret realm."

Wang Lanxuan paused again. "A secret realm that makes you covet it must be extraordinary. Therefore, the person who created it is naturally not an ordinary person. We guess it must be an immortal."

Shen Zhang was stunned by Wang Lanxuan’s words, but he had to admit that what Wang Lanxuan said was quite possible.

Shen Zhang asked, "Are there really immortals?"

Seeing Shen Zhang being led astray by Wang Lanxuan, Yun Xi coughed. "Whether there are immortals or not, we must go and check to know."

She then handed the challenge letter back to Shen Zhang. "What does this challenge letter have to do with the secret realm?"

"The challenge letter came because if we win, we keep our quota to go to Penglai Island. Originally, this quota belonged to the Luo family. Now that the Luo family is gone, it naturally should belong to us. But since we haven’t firmly established our footing, naturally, some people want to take a share," Shen Zhang said wisely regarding other matters.

Yun Xi raised an eyebrow slightly. "They challenge us. What is their stake?"

"If we win, in addition to keeping the quota left by the Luo family, we can get five extra quotas," Shen Zhang answered seriously.

"I think the other three major sects and one noble family are no longer interested in you, because they have seen me and Brother Wang. The ones challenging you now are probably these two people from the Azure Dragon Plane who haven’t seen us," Yun Xi thought for a moment and understood the connection.

Shen Zhang nodded. "I thought the same."

"Since they have come to challenge us, how can we retreat? That is not proper hospitality. Reply to them: we welcome their challenges anytime, as long as they are not afraid of death," Yun Xi said in a calm tone, as if suggesting trying to cut a watermelon today.

Seeing Yun Xi’s attitude, Shen Zhang knew Yun Xi did not take the people from the Azure Dragon Plane seriously. So he nodded. "Alright, I will reply to them now."

Shen Zhang was also a decisive person. Since he had decided to accept the challenge, he had no reason to retreat. He immediately wrote a reply and had it sent.

Regardless of what other sects and noble families thought, Jun Mu and Xuan Guang from the Azure Dragon Plane showed surprise in their eyes. They did not expect the Shen family to actually accept the challenge.

"Senior Brother, do you think the Shen family has a problem with their heads? Or do they have some backing?" Xuan Guang asked Jun Mu.

Jun Mu said calmly, "Didn’t you hear what the leaders of the other sects and the head of the Chen family said? This Shen family has two mysterious people backing them. I also want to see who these two mysterious people are. I just hope they are not from that place."

Hearing this, Xuan Guang looked at Jun Mu with admiration. "Senior Brother, you wrote the challenge letter to test these two people?"

"Yes," Jun Mu nodded slightly. "The leaders of the three major sects don’t know the origin of these two people, and the head of the Chen family hasn’t seen them either. Of course, they all know these two are not original members of the Shen family. And it is said that the experts of the Shen family now are all trained by these two. I am naturally curious. You know, only that place can casually train experts."

After hearing this, Xuan Guang pondered for a moment. "But that place has an agreement with us, right? They won’t send people here."

"Who knows? After all, this agreement has been in place for so many years. Who knows what the people there are thinking? So I want to test it. If they are not from there, we will try to win them over. It will only benefit us. If they are from that place, we will have to honor them even more."

After speaking, a strange look appeared in Jun Mu’s eyes.

Xuan Guang nodded in agreement with Jun Mu’s words. No matter what, they must find out the origin of these two mysterious people.

Yun Xi did not know that their appearance made people suspect they were sent by some place. Even if he knew, he did not care.

The people in this world had long fallen behind their pace. For Yun Xi, he could destroy this world directly if he wanted. After all, the power of a Golden Core Ancestor is very great. In the cultivation world, a Golden Core Ancestor has a certain prestige, let alone in this place where cultivation is barely considered real.

As long as Yun Xi wanted to, he could control this place at any time.

"After we go to Penglai Island, what do you plan to do?" Lie Xuan asked. They did not take the challenge letter seriously.