CHAPTER 606: CHAPTER 261: TWO REALMS PASS

"Did you have an argument with Nanzhi?"

At the peak of Taichu Peak, Pei Wanyu, with arms crossed, watched the departing flying boats and casually asked Xiao Yinruo beside her.

"Not really an argument." Xiao Yinruo showed no worry between her brows: "She found out about my ’empathy’ with Qingyue."

"No wonder."

Pei Wanyu suddenly understood, making Zhu Nanzhi’s behavior this morning explainable.

If the revered Master who she regarded as a mother empathized with her son-in-law behind the scenes, who wouldn’t be upset?

Back then, even Qingyue was upset with her, let alone Nanzhi, this girl.

"Have you thought about what to do?"

"No worries." Xiao Yinruo said lightly: "There will always be a way when the time comes."

"You really have a big heart."

"Likewise." Xiao Yinruo glanced at Pei Wanyu, after all, her friend only knew part of the story, not the whole.

"Sigh~~~" Pei Wanyu sighed quietly: "No wonder Jin’an isn’t in high spirits either; he didn’t even look at me much while bathing this morning."

"He will be back before your birthday."

"How do you know?" Pei Wanyu rolled her eyes at her: "Who can say for sure matters of the battlefield?"

Xiao Yinruo said no more and started walking down the mountain.

"Where are you going?"

"To receive the disciples of Qingmiao Palace."

Pei Wanyu, not asking further, turned and walked towards Taichu Hall, only to meet Qiu Qingtang shaking a fan in the midst of autumn.

Qiu Qingtang bowed: "Master Pei."

Pei Wanyu looked at this little fox spirit with a grin: "Fanning in such cold weather?"

"Strong constitution, can endure..." Qiu Qingtang almost retorted but quickly swallowed her words: "As a junior of the Demon Clan, this bit of cold is nothing."

Pei Wanyu looked speechless at this fox spirit with lascivious tendencies embedded in her nature: "Is this all you know?"

Qiu Qingtang shook her head: "I know much more, senior."

"From when you addressed me as ’Lu Pei’ to now, any progress?" Pei Wanyu quipped with a playful tone: "None, right?"

"Such matters cannot be rushed." Qiu Qingtang opened her folding fan again: "Do you believe I will succeed, senior?"

Pei Wanyu glanced at the Lin Chuan Tingxue Fan in her hand and asked back: "There are plenty of magic artifacts from Qingqiu in the Wandao Sect, including many from your Qiu family. Why do you only want this one?"

Qiu Qingtang smiled slightly: "You will find out, senior."

Pei Wanyu asked no more questions, nodded, and continued towards Taichu Hall.

Qiu Qingtang resumed her steps, gazing at the Lin Chuan Tingxue Fan in her hand, and softly called as she climbed the steps: "Xiao Li, let’s go."

Xiao Li, who rushed over, looked at the folding fan in her owner’s hand, her eyes brimming with delight: "Master, you got it?"

Qiu Qingtang smiled subtly, speaking as she walked: "I didn’t want it to be this troublesome originally."

Xiao Li kept pace with her, too lazy to ponder the deeper meaning in her master’s tone, only thinking that her master should indeed not listen to Grandma’s words.

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Although the Wandao Sect is located on the front line of Two Realms Pass, the distance isn’t exactly near. However, because of the one-directional Space Crossing Gate, it can reach the Two Realms Pass frontline in a very short time.

After flying for an hour, several flying boats finally arrived at the Two Realms Pass, which was suffused with a murderous atmosphere.

Thousands of new disciples stood on the deck, their eyes wide as they looked at this pass between the Human and Demon Clans which they had only read about in books or heard from elders.

The Two Realms Pass, rather than being a mere pass, is a winding mountain range composed of 99,999 peaks.

The mountain range was formed by the Human Clan’s ancestors who used the Nine Palace Eight Trigrams formation, coagulating the flesh, blood, and heroic spirits of countless cultivators to become the largest, most substantial barrier to halt the advance of the Demon Clan.

Two Realms Pass is the largest barrier for the Demon Clan’s advance into the Human Clan in the Western Great Realm, and also the largest entry point.

As other directions have long ceased to be territories where the Demon Clan Royal Court can command.

After the intrusion of the Alien Race and wars among the Hundred Clans, the Demon Clan Royal Court lost power. Although the Demon Clan remains the strongest race, who wouldn’t want to replace them and become the new Cloud Peak Master?

Therefore, the Two Realms Pass has become the most important entrance for the Demon Clan attempting to enter Human territories.

The Demon Clan must conquer this winding majestic pass to truly clear the way.

However, as the Human Clan’s overall strength surged with their continuous rise, combined with the internal issues of the Demon Clan, the cost of the Demon Clan attacking the Two Realms Pass became greater and greater.

To this day, the large-scale Demon Clan offensive against the Two Realms Pass has not occurred since a thousand years ago when Fu Dongxiong, the last King Court Master of the Dragon Clan, held office.

That was the last offensive initiated by the Dragon Clan, who were then the rulers of the lower realm’s Demon Clan Royal Court. The Human Clan spent an enormous amount of manpower and resources and managed to defend the Two Realms Pass with the help of some other races.

The record of this earth-shattering battle in books is just a cold and brief paragraph: When there’s no spiritual power, there are weapons; when weapons run out, there are fists; when fists are gone, there are teeth... Even when there’s only one breath left, they must shout to encourage others.

In that battle, ten billion cultivators from the Human Clan participated as the defenders. However, only one billion survived, and among those, the majority were seriously disabled, soon passing away as well.

Cultivators of the Tongsheng Realm in the Human Clan often have lifespans over a thousand years, yet today, very few who participated in that war a thousand years ago remain.

In that war, none of the Immortals were successful generals, for they did not return with everyone.

However, they brought back victory.

And also a human clan a thousand years later, stronger than ever.

Yet despite this, the Two Realms Pass still serves as the barrier separating the Eastern and Western Realms from the Central Great Region, and the Human Clan remains on the defensive side.