Gu Caiwei squinted her eyes and said, “Doyen Bai, where did you hear that from?”

　　Bai Suhuan replied aggressively, “It doesn’t matter where I heard it from. It’s about whether you admit that this is a fact or not.”

　　Gu Caiwei looked at Bai Suhuan coldly without saying a word.

　　The surroundings of Jing Qing Tongzi started to combust as a big snake appeared and spiral around the pillar of the hall. The snake starred ferociously at Bai Suhuan as its enormous Qi dynamics spread across the hall.

　　The vigorous Qi dynamics were about to release. Even if Gu Caiwei and Jing Qing worked together, they could feel that they were about to collapse in pressure like mud.

　　Like flowing water, the Tiandi Jian released rays of lights throughout the hall.

　　Bai Suhuan snorted and transformed into a light and departed beyond the clouds.

　　Gu Caiwei was relieved while Jing Qing Tongzi who was on the pillar was cold sweating. The Tiandi Jian retracted the clear light and dimmed down gradually.

　　Jing Qing Tongzi said, “He wouldn’t stop right there. We wouldn’t be able to stop him even if our powers combined.”

　　Gu Caiwei sighed, “Things would get really complicated if we don’t hand him the life-prolonging celestial medicine. It’s just that this was such a confidential issue, how would he know about it?”

　　If Bai Suhuan did not have any other intentions, he would have waited for Shen Lian to appear. After all, he was highly experienced and had contributed much to the school over the hundreds of years. Even if he had some minor issues with Shen Lian, he could have just requested for it and Shen Lian would definitely agree to give him the life-prolonging celestial medicine.

　　But he had to come and charge at Gu Caiwei when Shen Lian’s whereabouts were unknown, the old Daoist disappeared, and when her Grandmaster Fairy Ziling was in solitary retreat. This showed that Bai Suhuan was not a very honorable person.

　　And more importantly, how would Bai Suhuan heard about the incident? Who on earth told him about it?

　　Gu Caiwei felt a sense of burden on her. Bai Suhuan came by today just to test the waters. He would probably take action in his second trip and what if Shen Lian had yet to return? Considering that Bai Suhuan’s end was nearing, there was no way he would give up.

　　She looked outside of the hall and thought to herself, “Junior Apprentice-Brother, where on earth are you? What happened to you?”

　　Never had she ever wished so hard for the young man to walked into the hall with his cheeky smile. Any tensions and pressure would be easily resolved.

　　Shen Lian had been sitting under the plum tree for quite some time already. He did not manage to return to the state of mind when he was in the deep hole. After that incident, he was still slightly traumatized and he definitely did not want to rely on the innate god to rescue him.

　　The plum flower fell on the Qingshi Alley and formed beautiful patterns on the ground. The breeze lightly swept past and blew the fallen flowers, followed by a gentle rain that nourished the soil.

　　Shen Lian starred at the Qingshi Alley and thought to himself, “The end of this road would be a space barrier. Maybe I should take another look at it.”

　　With his abilities, it only took him two hours to arrive at the border of the space.

　　Which was also the end of the Qingshi Alley.

　　There was no more road ahead as it was the space barrier in front and further out would be the endless void. Shen Lian could see some light ahead but he did not know how far away was the source of the light.

　　There were no Qi of vitality in the void and it was not advisable to enter it all of a sudden. He tried to enter the void briefly but his blood vessels started to expand and his mana too, began to behave disruptively. He could only use his strong spirit to hold on to himself. Furthermore, there were no replenishments in the void. If he went far, it would be difficult for him to return.

　　He observed the end of the Qingshi Road and released his spiritual consciousness to the maximum to feel the changes at the border. It took him a full day until he finally saw the birth of a grain of sand out of nowhere, and blended in the Qingshi Alley.

　　As time past, he noticed more and more sand started to appear and expanded the area of the space. It seemed like the space was expanding gradually at an extremely slow pace.

　　The birth of a grain of sand was not anything useful but it represented the means of creation and the formation of substance.

　　Shen Lian finally realized that the most valuable wealth in this space was the experience of understanding the abstruse behind the birth of a grain of sand.

　　A grain of dust had the perfect substance that could carry life.

　　The Buddhist scripture said that a grain of sand was the world and that certainly was not a fib. Shen Lian could feel the liveliness and Qi of vitality in every grain of sand even though it was extremely tiny.

　　If he could see every part of a grain of sand, he would obtain the Buddha’s Eye of Wisdom and that would help him cultivate supreme Dao techniques.

　　He had a eureka moment and thought of the Taixu Strategy. The foundations of the Taixu Strategy’s power came from the eight natural forces of Tian, Di, Shan, Ze, Shui, Huo, Feng and Lei, which were the sky, land, mountains, swamp, water, fire, wind, and thunder, and those were the fundamental substances of structure.

　　When that idea came to his mind, eight different colors of powers – red, orange, yellow, white, green, blue, purple and black, was released and penetrated the space barrier. This was when the magic happened. The eight powers were like a catalyst that sped up the slow formation of the sand grains. Shen Lian’s spirit mixed into it and he could feel the changes in the eight Qi of Taixu. The eight Qi of Taixu interweaved to produced a mysterious force that cycled back and forth in the void.

　　It reminded him of a paragraph he read, “Something mysteriously formed, born before heaven and earth. In the silence and the void, standing alone and unchanging, even present and in motion, perhaps it is the mother of ten thousand things. I do not know its name, call it Dao.”

　　His mind was confused as his body was filled with the eight Qi of Taixu. As the force of power interweaved, it suddenly turned into Yin and Yang Taichi, and then suddenly radiated the colors of the five elements of Yin and Yang. The substances in the void gradually evolved and fell into the space to expand it.

　　Ambiguously, every inch of his mana was squeezed out and mixed into the void. Just as he was about to run of out mana, Shen Lian started releasing an odd Qi. It was the Qi that Qianmo gave him last time. He thought that he has cleansed it off and never expected to have some lingering around. The odd Qi flowed throughout his body and it shook him. He was at a loss and then awaken. He retracted the eight Qi of Taixu that was released earlier and that mysterious force known as ‘Dao’ drilled it together with the eight Qi into his body. When it hits the odd Qi, the eight Qi of Taixu turned into the five colors of green, yellow, red, black and white, in unbelievable speed.

　　A thought flashed through his mind, “Taixu Strategy, the Dao of the Five Elements.”

　　The five colored mana was quietly hidden in the entrance while the eight Qi of Taixu remained outside. But the mana became the core and activated the eight Qi of Taixu.

　　He recollected himself and entered the five colored mana. He felt heavy and it was extremely difficult for him to maneuver.

　　But as he was composed and focus on the moment, his body released a mysterious Dao rhythm and that triggered a hint of movement in the space.

　　Meanwhile, in Qing Xuan at Taiyi Peak, Qianmo flexed its wings and arrived at the hall of Qing Xuan. Its body too, released the five colored odd Qi of green, yellow, red, black and white, as the five colors protected its body.

　　Gu Caiwei stepped out of the hall and looked at Qianmo. She thought to herself, “This bird is closely related to my Junior Apprentice-Brother. Maybe it has discovered traces of him?” She hopped on it and asked, “Did you sense Shen Lian?”

　　Qianmo ignored her and continued chirping like a singing phoenix. At this moment, a dash of cloud and light came charging. Bai Suhuan came with the clouds and brought several Huandan Doyens and over ten disciples along with him.

　　Gu Caiwei sighed, “They’re finally here.”