I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 248 Returning to Yong Kingdom
Wu Ming looked around but did not sense Yan Chuyu's presence in the cave.

After Yan Chuyu entered the sixth level of martial arts and diligently practiced martial arts for several years, he no longer stayed in his cave for long periods of time. Instead, he frequently went out, either to the Abyss or to other training grounds to hone his skills.

Her aptitude was inferior to Wu Ming's, and inferior to those disciples who entered the Holy Land based on their talent. For her, if she wanted to advance to the seventh blood level and become a martial arts grandmaster, she would naturally need more training and more hard work.

As for Yan Chuyu, she has always yearned for martial arts. Now that she has the opportunity to reach the Seven Bloodlines, she will do everything she can to seize it and will never give it up.

After reaching the sixth level of blood, she also gained the status of 'miscellaneous disciple' in the Holy Land. With this status, she still could not obtain the resources provided by the Holy Land, but she could earn some resource points through her own abilities.

Wu Ming naturally saw all of this.

It wasn't that he lacked the ability to share some resource points with Yan Chuyu. For him, a few resources that slipped through his fingers would be enough for Yan Chuyu, a level six martial artist, to use on a daily basis. But even someone as powerful as the Qingming Peak Master, a level nine Dao Saint, wouldn't frequently bestow various resources upon his disciples. At most, he would grant them a small portion upon entering the peak to meet their needs for the first few years.

Later on, even disciples within the peak had to rely on their own abilities to acquire resource points.

On one hand, it is the path of cultivation, where resources are fiercely contested; on the other hand, acquiring resource points is itself a form of training, especially for someone like Yan Chuyu, whose aptitude is not high enough, these trials are even more necessary.

Therefore, during these nine years, Wu Ming only occasionally gave Yan Chuyu some guidance in her cultivation or practiced martial arts with her.

"She probably won't go back."

Wu Ming turned his gaze into the distance and muttered to himself.

He had already decided to descend the mountain, leave the sacred land, and return to Yong Kingdom. In his estimation, Yan Chuyu most likely wouldn't go back, or if she were to return, it wouldn't be at this point in time.

She would either successfully break through to the seventh level of the Bloodline and become a martial arts grandmaster, or she would be unable to break through to the next level for more than ten years and eventually stop at the threshold of the seventh level of the Bloodline. Only in these two situations would she consider leaving the Holy Land.

As soon as my thoughts changed,
Wu Ming then raised his hand slightly, and an invisible talisman appeared at his fingertips.

After recording a message in the talisman, he casually waved his hand and tossed the talisman into Yan Chuyu's residence.

Afterwards,

He turned around again and looked up at the sky.

That was the direction of the summit, and also the direction of the main hall of Qingming Peak. The gaze tried to penetrate the main hall at the summit, but could only see that the main hall was covered by a mysterious power, and could not see the scene inside.

The Qingming Peak Master has been in seclusion for nine years, and there has been no movement from him in those nine years. No one knows what his situation is.

However, these were not things he should be concerned with. The Qingming Peak Master was a Nine Refinement Dao Saint, facing the decline of a Dao Saint, which was beyond the reach of outsiders. No matter how far things progressed, there was nothing he could do.

"It's time to go down the mountain."

Wu Ming let out a soft breath.

He then sent several messages to Yu Yangyan and some other familiar fellow disciples, before riding a beam of lightning and disappearing directly outside the Holy Land.

Within the sacred land, there was a suppressive air-flying formation. Although one could fly, the height of the flight could not exceed the highest mountain peak. Wu Ming quickly crossed between the mountain peaks, and in a short while, he had already flown out of the sacred land.

Having been in the Holy Land for over ten years, he was quite familiar with its internal situation, but he had never left it. This was his first time outside the Holy Land, and the outside world was completely unfamiliar to him.

The main reason is that I was brought here by a Taoist saint, so I didn't see the scenery along the way at all.

"This is the holy land..."

The moment he left the holy site, Wu Ming felt his entire body suddenly become lighter.

The anti-air suppression that had enveloped his body vanished instantly, and the escape light he was riding drew an arc, heading straight upwards. After flying hundreds of feet, he turned back to look at the holy land and saw that the cultivation holy land was located in a range of mountains.

When inside the sacred site, the peaks are clearly visible, but once you step out and look back, all you can see is a vast expanse of mountains shrouded in endless white mist, and you can no longer see any of the peaks.

Obviously,

The entire holy land is actually shrouded by a magnificent and vast array, but one cannot perceive its existence while inside the holy land. Only after leaving the holy land can one glimpse a corner of it.

"The area of ​​this holy land is no less than tens of thousands of miles in circumference, almost as large as the Yong Kingdom. Such a vast territory can actually be covered by a single formation... I'm afraid even the formation set up by the Nine Refinement Dao Saint could not do that."

Wu Ming was deeply moved as he looked at this sacred place.

With his current level of cultivation, he could vaguely discern some of the mysteries of even a Nine Refinement Dao Saint's formation, but he couldn't see through this grand formation that covered the entire Holy Land at all. Clearly, it was the work of an immortal being.

This connection makes one appreciate even more the incredible nature of the Demon Subduing Diagram and the Demon Subduing Realm. It is astonishing that a sacred land spanning tens of thousands of miles could be covered by a single array, a feat that must be attributed to an immortal being. Yet, the Demon Subduing Diagram contains the magnificent world of the Demon Subduing Realm!

Wu Ming didn't know how big the Demon Subduing Realm was before, but now he has the answer, because he had specifically explored the edge and found that the Demon Subduing Realm was several thousand times the size of the Yong Kingdom.

Judging from the map, the size of the Demon Subduing Realm is not much different from the entire Northern Wilderness Region!
It is truly astonishing that it can contain an entire Northern Wilderness. The 'Cave Heaven Treasures' that Wu Ming learned about in the Holy Land have an internal space of at most a few hundred feet for low-grade ones and at most a few thousand feet for mid-grade ones.

Based on this inference, the internal space of a high-grade grotto-heaven spiritual treasure is at most a hundred miles in diameter, while that of a top-grade treasure might reach a thousand miles. However, compared to the Demon Subduing Realm, this is still far beyond reach, as the Demon Subduing Realm is already tens of millions of miles in size.

and,

The Demon Subduing Diagram is not merely a magical treasure from a celestial cave; it also possesses numerous other characteristics, including the ability to kill, defend, and assist in cultivation.

Wu Ming can now basically judge that the quality of the Demon Subduing Diagram is extremely high, even in the hands of an immortal being. Perhaps it is one of the top treasures in this world.

He just didn't know what kind of being crafted this treasure, or why it ended up in his hands... Wu Ming still had no answers to these questions, or rather, he wasn't qualified to explore the answers to these questions at the moment.

Even breaking through to the eighth or even ninth level of refinement might not be enough; one must truly step into immortality.

Swish.

Wu Ming transformed into a long rainbow, soaring upwards. His speed finally slowed slightly when he reached the clouds thousands of feet high, but he continued upwards.

finally.

Wu Ming arrived at a height of ten thousand feet in the sky.

Upon arriving here, everything nearby turned into darkness.

He looked down at the earth below. If the world he was in was a star like the one in his previous life, then from this position, he should be able to see some outlines.

However, from Wu Ming's perspective, the world below still showed no curves whatsoever; it remained flat. Perhaps this world was a flat continent, or perhaps it was so vast that one needed to fly to a higher altitude to see its outline.

Wu Ming prefers the former.

After all, this world contains the Abyss, which leads to the Asura Demon Realm, and it is clearly not like the structure of a star.

Looking up at the higher ground, all I could see was darkness and gloom.

Wu Ming shook his head and began to fall.

This position is the limit he can reach now. He can vaguely feel the pressure of heaven and earth. He can't fly much higher if he continues to go up. He just wanted to see the true face of this world, but obviously he is far from having that ability at his current level.

After landing at a height of about three thousand feet above the ground, Wu Ming stopped and flew along the clouds to determine the direction of Yong Kingdom.

……

Jingye City.

More than twenty years have passed since Wu Ming left.

If Wu Ming had not embarked on the path of cultivation, he would be nearly fifty years old now. However, since he chose this path, more than twenty years have passed without leaving any marks on his face; he still looks like he is twenty-three or twenty-four years old.

But in Jingye City, more than twenty years have passed, and many changes have taken place. Many buildings in the inner and outer cities are different from the past. However, what remains the same is that the mansion where he lived when he left is still in its original location.

Wu Mansion.

The towering bluestone walls, though showing signs of age, are spotless, free of moss. The walls are decorated with unique cloud-patterned stone carvings, highlighting the mansion's prestige.

Jingye City is still ruled by six major powers. However, no matter which power or which local strongman in the city, they all know very well that there is a mansion in the city that none of the six major powers dare to provoke. In a sense, it is even above the six major powers!

That is the Wu Mansion.

If you provoke forces like the Black Fiend Sect or the Profound Jade Sect, you might still have a chance to survive. But if you dare to provoke the people in the Wu family, or even just cause trouble near the Wu family, your fate will inevitably be extremely tragic.

This is a verification derived from human lives.

Once upon a time, a group of bandits, ignorant of their own limitations, targeted the Wu family mansion. They knew that the Wu family mansion was backed by a man named Wu Ming, but Wu Ming had left Jingye City for more than 20 years and had never returned. Moreover, the Wu family mansion did not have many guards and was likely to have amassed a large amount of resources and treasures. Thus, they became emboldened by their evil intentions.

They decided to plunder the Wu residence and then immediately flee Jingye City, disappearing deep into the mountains. Even if Wu Ming had extraordinary abilities, by the time he returned from elsewhere, it would be too late.

But who would have thought.

The moment they made their move, before they could even climb into the courtyard, five or six terrifying auras rushed in from all directions, arriving almost instantly and suppressing everyone on the spot!

The owners of those auras were all experts who had reached the fourth level of blood coagulation. They were all famous experts in Jingye City. There was the head of the Shenxing Division, an elder of the Black Fiend Sect, and even a gold-level assassin from the Blood Blade Tower!
Each of them was a renowned expert from a different faction, yet they gathered together and attacked simultaneously. After capturing everyone, they all bowed respectfully towards the depths of the Wu residence to apologize, and then each of them quickly retreated, carrying one or two bandits.

The whole process took only a few moments, leaving no trace.

This situation was somewhat incomprehensible to the bandits, but the Black Fiend Sect and other forces were well aware of it.

Ordinary people don't know where Wu Ming went after leaving Jingye City for more than 20 years, but these forces know more or less some inside information. They know that Wu Ming not only left Jingye City, but also left Yong Kingdom. His talent is beyond what Yong Kingdom can contain. It is foreseeable that Wu Ming will at least become a grandmaster in the future!
In the Yong Kingdom, a Grandmaster is a top-tier figure, someone even the king must treat with utmost respect.

Not to mention, Wu Ming's future path may not end there.

This was already a height that the Black Fiend Sect and other forces in Jingye City could only look up to. Therefore, almost every force tacitly dispatched a master who had achieved at least four levels of Blood Condensation to reside near the Wu residence.

It wasn't just about currying favor with Wu Ming; more importantly, it was about ensuring that the Wu family wasn't disturbed. Otherwise, if Wu Ming returned to Jingye City one day and learned of the trouble the Wu family had encountered, it would be a major disaster for the forces in Jingye City. Even if the matter had nothing to do with them, who knew if they would be targeted with their anger?
Just as when humans are angry, they never pay attention to the thoughts of ants.

Besides,

All factions were well aware of the situation at the Wu residence, knowing that Wu Ming had left no descendants in Jingye City and that only two elderly people were living out their retirement years in the mansion.

The more this is the case, the more cautious the various forces naturally become. The head of the Censorate even takes the initiative to visit them every year.

but,

For the two elderly people in this mansion, more than twenty years have passed, and even with the daily use of various precious medicines to maintain their health, they are already very old, and the flame of their lives is gradually dimming.

Although they held a superior position and were respected by all factions in Jingye City, by this point, they had lost interest in power and even pleasure.

They had only one hope: to see Wu Ming again before they died.

Every year we look forward to it, and every year we are left with regret.

Fortunately,
In Jingye City, Wu Yu is still there. She often brings her grandchildren to visit and keep them company, bringing them some comfort.

(End of this chapter)