Chapter 605: Chapter 240: Illusion Immortal Tower’s Honored Guest

The jade-like scroll bore words reflecting golden brilliance.

A transparent brush was held in the hand of the Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable. Her right hand’s middle finger’s third joint was adorned with a flame-red cloud trace that extended to the back of her hand, resembling a phoenix feather.

The crucial section of the "Edict to Heaven Against the Ancient and Present Catastrophes for the Sake of All Beings" was being written.

"For all beings," in this realm and this era, how can it truly be achieved?

The Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable’s arm hovered motionless, unable to put pen to paper for a long time.

After a while, she shook her head, her long hair slightly swaying. She put away the transparent Human Emperor’s Brush, rolled up the scroll, and placed it casually on the table. She closed her eyes, sat up straight, and her luxurious Phoenix Feather Robe transformed entirely into golden-red flames, like tongues of fire licking outward. The flames licked her long hair, rising upward and turning into burning wisps, the golden-red flame shimmering as if dusted with gold.

When the flames subsided, she had already changed her attire.

Her long hair was tied high, dressed in a long dark blue gown, with wide sleeves and a broad belt, the skirt layered. She held a silver-white three-foot-long short staff in her hand. Her loose gown concealed her figure, but from her fair and smooth neck, it was clear at a glance that she was a woman.

A half-mask of golden-red slowly appeared on her face, like a phoenix’s half-wing.

The mask covered half of her face, concealing "the second most beautiful face in the world" admired by cultivators all over the realm. The remaining half was ethereal and illusory, like an immortal half-veiled in clouds.

At this moment, an old man with a face like dried bark walked in from outside the Divine Phoenix Hall, slightly hunched.

Huai Jingming saw the Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable’s attire and asked:

"Where does the Celestial Venerable wish to go?"

The Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable did not speak, but her words surfaced in Huai Jingming’s mind. It wasn’t a voice, nor Divine Soul Communication, but an apparition of someone’s thoughts within another’s mind,

"Changning City."

Huai Jingming, having served her for over fifteen thousand years, never speculated about the intentions of the Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable.

He lowered his gaze and said, "The Demon Extermination Bureau established by Wenxin Heaven has set its branch in the Immortal Continent. They plan to let the Heaven-Questioning Sect and the Shangjing Immortal Dynasty jointly manage operations. Presumably, they fear concentrating power in any one force will dilute Wenxin Heaven’s influence on the Immortal Continent, and intend for the Heaven-Questioning Sect and the Shangjing Immortal Dynasty to counterbalance each other. What does the Celestial Venerable intend?"

The Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable, holding a three-foot silver-white short staff, walked towards the hall’s exit. Meanwhile, her thought surfaced in Huai Jingming’s mind: "It doesn’t matter, let them be."

"Then, should I meet with the Shangjing Immortal Dynasty?"

The Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable stood at the hall entrance, thought for a moment, then turned her head. The exposed eye conveyed a grand significance, like the boundless starry sky,

"The Heaven-Questioning Sect has a disciple from the Changsheng Continent, right?"

Huai Jingming, thinking the Celestial Venerable referred to the princess from the Great Li Dynasty, nodded and said, "Yes, her name is Ye Wuyue. She is the nineteenth princess of the Great Li Dynasty." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Let her go."

Huai Jingming paused slightly, "She is only forty-three this year, having just overcome a catastrophe, can she manage?"

"The Heaven-Questioning Sect has no one more suitable."

Huai Jingming did not doubt the Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable’s decision. Though Ye Wuyue was young, the Celestial Venerable herself was in Changning City, so it should not pose a problem.

"I shall make the arrangements."

The Divine Phoenix Celestial Venerable stepped forward, exiting the Divine Phoenix Hall, vanishing in an instant without leaving even a ripple in the space.

...

The Heaven-Questioning Sect is not vast but small and fine.

Of course, it isn’t like Wangxian Pavilion, which has fewer than twenty members altogether. The Heaven-Questioning Sect has about five hundred disciples, gathering prodigies from all over the realm. Though touted as worldwide, most are from the Immortal Continent. Not due to prejudice, but because the Immortal Continent is vast, populous, and developed, producing candidates meeting the Heaven-Questioning Sect’s standards in higher proportions than other regions.

The Heaven-Questioning Sect is extremely resource-rich; each disciple receives their own Immortal Palace to ensure their cultivation remains undisturbed. Moreover, because disciples generally have outstanding talents and high cultivation, new recruits are accepted only once every hundred years, usually merely twenty to thirty at a time.

Ye Wuyue finished her meditation, opened her eyes, and exhaled a long breath, expelling her body’s turbid energy, instantly feeling refreshed.

She stretched lazily and touched her shoulder-length short hair. Upon arriving at the Immortal Continent, she had cut her long, black, and shiny hair into breezy short hair. At first, like most girls, she regretted cutting her long hair, but once accustomed, found short hair quite agreeable, saving much time spent on hairstyles every day.

It has been over twenty years since then.

"By now, it’s been fifteen years since I joined the Heaven-Questioning Sect... It’s been so long since I returned home, I wonder how my elder brother is faring." Ye Wuyue set out from her Immortal Palace, intending to get some immortal food at Xiuyu Peak.

Upon landing lightly at Xiuyu Peak, she caught the scent of a captivating fragrance.

Passing the suspended cloud corridor, she entered a manor-like Immortal Palace. This was the dining hall of the Heaven-Questioning Sect, where the immortal chefs and staff were mostly outsourced at a high price to the Fengdeng Tower, claimed to be the best at preparing immortal food.