Chapter 533: Chapter 285: Old Friends After Three Centuries, Worlds Apart (Long Chapter) (Part 3)

Memory observation... Although it is not as cruel and painful as Soul Searching, the nature is actually the same.

It’s just a change of method, using the Dao Sect’s most treasured Truth Mirror to observe.

Li An, after all, is of the same generation as them and once enjoyed the status of a Great Dao disciple. Using the Truth Mirror is already considered respectful. If he were just an ordinary person, they might have directly used Divine Sense to probe him.

The surrounding Peak Masters naturally nodded in agreement.

"Since that’s the case... shall we inconvenience Junior Brother Li then?"

Su Yebai spoke softly, "This is also for the Dao Sect."

Li An bowed, not resisting.

Immediately, the Truth Mirror was brought out, and a mysterious milky white light enveloped Li An. Scene after scene flashed through the Truth Mirror, pushing the timeline back to three hundred years ago.

Sure enough, they saw Li An enter Cangxuan Ridge, discover an Immortal Dao Material in a cave, go inside, and end up trapped in a strange situation. In the seventh year, a great change occurred in heaven and earth, the strange force intensified, Li An was attacked and fell into near death...

The subsequent scenes were quite monotonous; only three hundred years later did Li An finally awaken and walk out of the cave.

—Since he was going to return to the Dao Sect, Li An had naturally prepared all the details.

"Is it actually true..."

"What’s going on here..."

The crowd became even more puzzled.

"Junior Brother Li probably still has some unknown secrets on him."

Su Yebai smiled slightly.

Li An hesitated and said, "Years ago, the Purple Fairy taught me a Technique. She said my aptitude was dull, and I couldn’t cultivate her complete Immortal Skill, so she gave me a part of it for longevity and health preservation..."

After so many years had passed, he was finally ready to release the second line of defense: the incomplete part of the Evergreen Immortal Skill!

The crowd’s expressions shifted slightly, but Su Yebai was not surprised. He nodded and said, "Indeed, back then, when you were in that Mysterious Secret Realm, where you stood against dozens of experts of the same realm, several Supreme members already knew you had a peculiar Immortal Skill. This part, there’s no need to elaborate."

He then waved his hand, withdrawing the Truth Mirror, and looked at Song Qingsong, saying:

"Junior Brother Li’s return is a joyous event. Isn’t there still a vacancy for an elder at Evergreen Peak?"

Song Qingsong stood up and slightly bowed, "As per Sect Leader Senior Brother’s command, Junior Brother Li shall be an elder of Evergreen Peak."

Su Yebai nodded.

With this matter settled, just then, a loud shout finally echoed from outside, "Where’s the old turtle, where’s the old turtle!"

The void fluctuated, and someone came stepping out from it at lightning speed, already standing before Li An.

It was none other than Xiang Yuntian!

After many years, he didn’t look much different from back then. Seeing Li An, he fixed a long gaze upon him, then punched Li An’s shoulder and said, "You old turtle, are you playing dead again, are you playing dead again?!"

His eyes turned red, "How many times, huh? Every time you play dead, every time you make me worry, do you have any conscience?!"

Li An was pushed back a step by him, smiling wryly, "I wasn’t playing dead... this time I was really close to dying."

Xiang Yuntian said, "I can’t be bothered to listen to your explanations. Let’s go, let’s go, come drink with me. You’re not dead, today I’m going to drink you to death!"

Saying this, he grabbed Li An’s hand and was about to leave, but suddenly paused and looked back at Su Yebai, "Sect Leader Senior Brother, did you use the Truth Mirror on Li An?!"

His words carried a hint of accusation, clearly displeased.

Su Yebai kept silent, while Li Yunxiao beside him calmly said, "It was proposed by Evergreen Peak’s Junior Brother Song, for the good of the sect and also for Li An’s benefit."

"None of your business, did I ask you?"

Xiang Yuntian interrupted him, instantly leaving Li Yunxiao with an ugly expression!

"Brother Xiang, let’s go, it’s been years since we drank..."

Li An spoke in a timely manner, prompting Xiang Yuntian to snort coldly, then led Li An by the hand to walk out of the main hall together.

Tan Qingxue and others also rose and took their leave.

"Truly arrogant!"

After everyone left, Song Qingsong hadn’t yet departed, and couldn’t help but speak coldly.

Li Yunxiao’s expression was also gloomy as he prepared to leave, but Su Yebai, smiling silently, asked, "Brother Li, have you found any trace of Shangguan Xiaoxiao?"

Li Yunxiao shook his head, and Su Yebai then gently reminded, "Li An and Shangguan Xiaoxiao are quite close."

Li Yunxiao’s expression shifted, he bowed to Su Yebai, then left.

Only Song Qingsong remained in the main hall. He asked Su Yebai, "Senior Brother, could the Immortal Skill on Li An be the legendary Evergreen Immortal Skill?"

His eyes were rather eager.

Su Yebai said, "There’s probably some relation, but it shouldn’t be the Evergreen Immortal Skill. The strange force in that cave of his wasn’t very strong. If it were the legendary Evergreen Immortal Skill, he wouldn’t have been unconscious for three hundred years."

"Junior Brother Song, don’t get any ideas about him within the Dao Sect, it goes against the sect’s rules. Besides, all the Supremes are watching."

Though three hundred years of great changes had passed, and the Dao Sect entrusted major sect affairs to their generation to temper the new generation, the previous Sect Leader Taiqingzi, Peak Master Qiao Rumu, Ancestor Master Wang Ji, all stood among the Supremes, with honored statuses.

Just as Sect Leader Taiqingzi was controlled by the Supremes in those years, Su Yebai and others also had to heed the orders of the Supremes.

Song Qingsong said, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for the reminder."

...

Upon Heroic Sword Peak.

The scenery was just as before, only more prosperous now.

Cultivation abodes suffused with Immortal Dao Material could be seen everywhere on the peak, and the disciples coming and going were of great strength, led by An Li, who had already broken through the Harmonization Dao barrier to become a great power, rapidly gaining fame among the younger generation.

There were also several other elites, flourishing like the days when Xiang Yuntian, Gu Canye, and others vied and competed.