Chapter 1359: Peach Blossoms Still Smiled in the Spring Breeze

Qin Sang took the urgent letter. After reading it, he gave a soft sound of surprise, his expression somewhat unexpected.

"What happened?" Jingyu looked over curiously.

"A few days ago, Dongyang Bo passed the position of sect leader to one of his disciples and left Shaohua Mountain," Qin Sang said, folding the letter as he gazed toward Shaohua Mountain, his eyes flickering.

A trace of joy flashed through his eyes, followed by vigilance and contemplation.

He was thinking over the deeper meaning behind Dongyang Bo’s actions, and whether some hidden scheme was concealed within them.

After the battle at the blood pool, Dongyang Bo had always been very well-behaved. Qin Sang had deliberately created opportunities for him on the battlefield, but Dongyang Bo had not taken the bait.

Dongyang Bo definitely knew the origin of the puppet in Qin Sang’s hands, but throughout these years, no rumors related to the Spiritual Infant Talisman Puppet had appeared in the immortal cultivation world.

Dongyang Bo had schemed against Gong Liangyu with painstaking effort, but in the end, Qin Sang had gained all the benefits, and he himself had been injured by Qin Sang. He seemed to have truly accepted his fate.

Qin Sang had also let go of the hatred in his heart and no longer focused solely on revenge. The two sides had remained at peace.

Unexpectedly, Shaohua Mountain had changed leaders without a sound.

"Did someone in Shaohua Mountain break through to the Spiritual Infant Realm? Who is it?"

Jingyu knew about the grievances between Qin Sang and Dongyang Bo and had carefully looked into Shaohua Mountain’s background. She counted off several of Dongyang Bo’s famous disciples. "From what I heard, the most talented disciple in Shaohua Mountain, and the one everyone agrees Dongyang Bo values the most, is a disciple named Qiu Mubai. He’s already at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm, but he should still be some distance from the Spiritual Infant Realm's bottleneck. As for the one whose cultivation has reached the peak of the Golden Core Realm and has the best chance of forming a Spiritual Infant, shouldn’t that be Che Yutao?"

Unexpectedly, Qin Sang slowly shook his head. "Neither of them! Che Yutao failed to break through the Spiritual Infant Realm bottleneck and died in his cave dwelling half a year ago. Qiu Mubai also did not form a Spiritual Infant, and Dongyang Bo took him along when he left."

Jingyu was startled. "If it wasn’t those two proud disciples, did Shaohua Mountain produce another genius?"

"He’s no genius, and no one in Shaohua Mountain formed a Spiritual Infant. The person who succeeded Dongyang Bo was Mu Yifeng!" Qin Sang weighed the urgent letter in his hand, his tone complicated.

After returning to Beichen Realm, Qin Sang had always wanted to meet Mu Yifeng. He now had the ability to repay Mu Yifeng.

However, for decades, even during the most critical moments of the war of the three domains, Mu Yifeng had remained in Shaohua Mountain, cultivating bitterly. He had never taken a single step beyond his sect.

Out of consideration for Dongyang Bo, Qin Sang could not act recklessly. He could only send people to infiltrate the markets outside Shaohua Mountain and keep watch at all times, waiting for Mu Yifeng to emerge from seclusion.

Yet unexpectedly, this was the news he finally received. Mu Yifeng had become the leader of a sect!

Dongyang Bo had passed the position to Mu Yifeng rather than his favored disciple Qiu Mubai. Was it because he acknowledged that Mu Yifeng’s cultivation and talent were even stronger than Qiu Mubai’s, or was there another deeper reason?

Qin Sang would not be naive enough to think this was a coincidence.

With Mu Yifeng in charge of Shaohua Mountain, Qin Sang would certainly support him with all his strength.

Given Qin Sang’s status in Beichen Alliance, he could guarantee that for at least the next several hundred years, no one would dare cause trouble for Shaohua Mountain.

If it had been Qiu Mubai instead, things would be different. Qin Sang would not vent his anger on Qiu Mubai, but it was also impossible for him to offer the man any help.

He would not even need to personally target him. A single hint, or a slight display of attitude, would be enough to make Shaohua Mountain, which had lost Dongyang Bo, be rejected by every side.

If Dongyang Bo had calculated precisely this and thus handed Shaohua Mountain to Mu Yifeng, then he had very likely known long ago that Mu Yifeng had deliberately held back and allowed Qin Sang to leave!

Qin Sang’s heart sank slightly.

"It's actually him?" Jingyu was also quite surprised. After figuring out the key point, she clicked her tongue twice. "Dongyang Bo really is a scheming old fox! Mu Yifeng disobeyed his master's order and let you go, yet Dongyang Bo endured it for hundreds of years and even pushed him into the position of sect leader. I really didn’t see that coming."

"Not necessarily! Back then, Mu Yifeng wasn’t a Golden Core cultivator, so he wasn’t worth much. Dongyang Bo isn’t that magnanimous either." Qin Sang shook his head.

He thought of the information he had found earlier. Mu Yifeng’s cave dwelling was on Jingyue Peak.

The fact that Dongyang Bo had been willing to spare Mu Yifeng was probably related to Chenyan.

At the time, the matter had already become irreversible. Besides, Dongyang Bo and Chenyan had not completely fallen out, and they had reached some sort of agreement.

If Chenyan had spoken up to plead for Mu Yifeng, then with Dongyang Bo’s deep scheming nature, it was not unimaginable that he would have endured the matter.

However, Qin Sang had not expected Dongyang Bo to use Mu Yifeng as a chess piece again and make a move against him.

"Where did Dongyang Bo go?" Jingyu asked again.

Qin Sang shook his head. "Mu Yifeng doesn’t know either. But before Dongyang Bo left, he personally told Mu Yifeng that once he left this time, he probably wouldn’t have a chance to return!"

Jingyu pondered for a moment and said, "I remember Daoist Qingjun once said that Dongyang Bo’s cultivation speed was very abnormal. After breaking through the bottleneck, it suddenly stagnated, and for over a hundred years, he barely made any progress. She suspected that he used some extremely dangerous evil art back then to force a breakthrough. His heavenly tribulations are still a hundred years away. Even if he can’t survive them, he should still have enough time to push Qiu Mubai to at least the peak of the Golden Core Realm. For him to suddenly leave now, could it be that the hidden danger is about to erupt?"

Qin Sang narrowed his eyes slightly. Jingyu’s guess was very likely close to the truth.

Dongyang Bo placed great importance on the inheritance of his sect. With him personally holding the fort, no one could oppress Shaohua Mountain.

Now that he had left the sect without a word, there had to be a reason.

The entire Beichen Realm was under the control of the Beichen Alliance.

Something stirred in Qin Sang’s heart, and he exchanged a glance with Jingyu. "The three other realms of the North Sea!"

Qin Sang paced back and forth. "Chenyan has a mysterious master. The secret technique Dongyang Bo used to break through the bottleneck very likely came from Chenyan. That might have been one of the conditions for their renewed cooperation. If Dongyang Bo wants to resolve the hidden danger, he can only go and ask Chenyan for help! With his cultivation, he has a very good chance of passing through the storm belt alone. But why would he take the risk of bringing Qiu Mubai with him?"

Jingyu smiled. "Maybe he’s afraid you’ll take your anger out on his favorite disciple."

"Then he underestimated me too much." Qin Sang gave a cold snort.

Grievances had their source, and debts had their debtor. All hatred existed only between him and Dongyang Bo.

In the course of his cultivation, his experiences in Shaohua Mountain were memories that could never be erased. He would not vent his anger on innocent people for no reason.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Sang turned to the white cat and said, "Go and invite Mu Yifeng to Peach Blossom Valley—No, I’ll go meet him personally!"

Jingyu rose and flew side by side with Qin Sang toward the valley entrance.

The headquarters of Qingyang Temple was built on the original site of Yuanshen Sect.

Before Qingjun left, she had handed Yuanshen Sect over to Qin Sang to handle. However, Qin Sang did not want to absorb so many Yuanshen Sect disciples, lest they become too powerful to control. He chose a lower-quality spirit vein on the southern foot of Tianxing Highland and relocated Yuanshen Sect there.

No one in the Beichen Alliance objected, and the disciples of Yuanshen Sect dared even less to defy Qin Sang’s decision.

The white cat bounced along behind them. At the entrance of Peach Blossom Valley, the mist parted to both sides, and the three flew out of Peach Blossom Valley.

It was another sunset. The setting sun spilled in from outside.

The instant Qin Sang flew out, his body was draped in a layer of golden radiance. Suddenly, as if sensing something in his heart, he paused slightly and turned to look back at Peach Blossom Valley.

Peach blossoms were blooming in full splendor, dyeing the entire peach grove in color. The scenery was breathtakingly beautiful.

It's been ten years... Qin Sang sighed softly in his heart.

He still remembered. Back then, her face and the peach blossoms had reflected each other in red. Now, the peach blossoms still smiled in the spring breeze.

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