Protector Mo yelled at this disciple:
“An Immortal Emperor for a generation is someone that shouldered the Heaven’s Will and ruled the heavens; who are you to say such careless words!”
Scolded by his master, Nan Huairen dejectedly lowered his neck as he awkwardly laughed. He was a lively person; even after the scolding, he didn’t pay any heed and busily said:
“I heard that the elders said the calamity that year was a mortal blow to our Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect. Imagine that that year, a deadly disaster suddenly happened to our sect…”
“Don’t make inaccurate statements in front of Young Master and the princess. Even Elder Gu didn’t know many things regarding the disaster that year, only the bare minimum.”
Regarding his disciple running his mouth boastfully, as his master, Protector Mo glared at him once. At this moment, as a protector, he was referring to Li Qiye as “Young Master.”
Nan Huairen, scolded by his master, awkwardly smiled. He finally said in a serious manner:
“The unexpected event that happened that year, even the elders didn’t know about it. Some said thirty thousand years ago, some said fifty thousand years. Basically, thirty to fifty thousand years ago, a strange calamity happened at our sect.”
“How was it strange?”
Li Shuangyan asked. Regarding this legend, she had also heard of it. However, she was not a disciple of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, so there was a large chance that her sources were inaccurate.
“This…”
This question was difficult for Nan Huairen to answer. He could scratch his head for half a day without producing an answer. In reality, he only heard about this from the legends. The exact incident, he didn’t know about. Even the elders — at their age — didn’t know, let alone him.
“There was an ominous appearance and a strange occurrence at the center of the sect.”
Finally, Protector Mo gently sighed, and he said.
As for the actual details of the ominous occurrence, Protector Mo himself didn’t know. The upper echelons of the sect only knew that something negative had happened, but no one knew the details because all of the disciples who had personally experienced the event were no longer part of this world.
“The sealing of this ground had a problem.”
When Protector Mo and Nan Huairen couldn’t say why, the initially quiet Li Qiye gravely said. His expression was rarely serious, but it showed a hint of coldness this time.
Li Shuangyan was shocked after hearing Li Qiye’s words. Inside her Nine Saint Demon Gate, there was an ancient piece of writing that contained the words left behind by their ancestor, Nine Saint Virtuous Paragon. Legends has it that Immortal Emperor Min Ren sealed this land then built the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect on it, leaving behind an unshakable emperor’s foundation!
As for why Min Ren had to seal this land and what was sealed, the writing didn’t mention. Future generations didn’t know either.
At this moment, Li Qiye had spoken in a confident manner; without a doubt, it was as if he already knew beforehand. Li Shuangyan was perplexed since this was such an ancient matter. Furthermore, there were no concrete documents about it, so how did he know?
If one could travel around the boundary of the sect that year, then they would find that it was like a giant sea snail. This sea snail was extremely huge. Lying on the ground, it carried the entire ground of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect.
Today, the sect’s ground was but a part of the tail of this sea snail. That year, the center of the sect was located on the spine of the sea snail.
The moment they reached the center of the sect of that year, they found that all of the trees and plants were withered. From these dead trees, one could see that this place used to be filled with ancient trees and bright godly grass with heavenly vines that covered the skies. It was a shame that, today, this place was now a dead ground.
Stepping into the central area, they saw a strange scene. Outside of the center, all of the ancient temples and pavilions were entirely collapsed into ruins, but the center was not like that at all.
As the central area of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect, Immortal Emperor Min Ren used to use this place to order the whole world and accepted the worship from all of the races of the Nine Worlds. Afterwards, all of the sect masters of the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect resided here to command the heroic crowd.
At this place, it would be describe as having a forest of ancient pavilions and godly temples. However, today, they were all covered; it was as if the sky suddenly rained down mud upon them. Countless amounts of mud covered the buildings that became dried throughout the ages.
All of the buildings here seemed to be stuck in a thick layer of muddy paste, causing others to be unable to recognize their true appearance.