Chapter 48 News of the Desolate Pagoda

Luo Yan picking up little Nunnan was purely an accident. He had originally intended to simply find a random place to live a leisurely life, and having chosen this location, he became an ordinary waiter at the Fresh-Savor Restaurant, where he happened to encounter the wandering little Nunnan.

This was the Dao fruit of the Ruthless Great Emperor, and because he shared a deep connection with her, he had no choice but to keep little Nunnan by his side and care for her for a while, even though he knew clearly in his heart that he could not look after her for long.

He would likely be nothing more than a brief passerby in little Nunnan's life, and perhaps she would forget him before long.

"Speaking of that proud son of heaven from the Demon race, one cannot help but mention his senior!" When Luo Yan returned, the story had already turned to him.

The others were also very interested. "Fellow Daoist, do tell us quickly!"

The Demon cultivator said with a mysterious expression, "You lot probably don't know this, but Emperor Qing himself was originally just a lotus seed born in the primordial chaos. It is said that he accidentally landed on a green tripod, took root, sprouted, and grew into an undying immortal medicine! In the end, he transformed into a human form and severed his undying immortal medicine body—his boldness can truly be described as immense!

This secret is known to many people nowadays, so I won't go into the details! Over three hundred years ago, quite a few people witnessed Emperor Qing manifesting his own origins!

You are all people with some level of cultivation, so naturally you understand the immense significance of an undying immortal medicine to cultivators like us—it is a treasure that even Great Emperors would fight over."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Back then, when Emperor Qing first arrived in Beidou, he was hunted down by several powerful Demon figures! Those powerful figures were not Demons of Beidou, but hailed from a life-bearing planet called the Demon Star!

These powerful Demon figures used some unknown method to penetrate Emperor Qing's identity and hunted him down frantically, wishing to refine him into a supreme elixir! Unfortunately, Emperor Qing's natural talent was far too monstrous; time and time again, he turned peril into safety. Moreover, some of the powerful Demon figures from that planet were not entirely in favor of this proposal, and ultimately they stood on the opposite side, aligning themselves with Emperor Qing."

There was a slight stir among the crowd. One cultivator with broader experience spoke up, "Most of what you are saying, Fellow Daoist, we already know. Can you tell us something we haven't heard before?"

"Since you are so eager to know, do you know that three hundred years ago, a restricted zone powerhouse stepped out from a forbidden area to intercept and assassinate Emperor Qing?" he said.

The crowd thought it was nothing special. Aside from cultivators born somewhat late, most people knew a thing or two about these rumors. A young cultivator said, "Fellow Daoist, we all know these tidbits. That restricted zone powerhouse supposedly claimed to be [Shen Ming], and he was terrifyingly powerful!"

However, the Demon cultivator shook his head and waved his hands. "No, no, no... That is not the one I want to talk about! This person had a mysterious background, and it is rumored he was likely the son of a Supreme Being sealed away until now, specifically unsealed to come after Emperor Qing! But the true protagonist was not him, but a genuine restricted zone Supreme Being!"

Everyone instantly grew interested, turning to gaze at the Demon cultivator and inspecting him closely. Eventually, someone seemed to recognize something and asked in tentative astonishment, "Are you Lü Jingsun, the great-great-great-grandson of that Demon Great Sage?"

Lü Jingsun sighed slightly. "My ancestral grandfather is the Willow Sage."

The crowd's gazes toward him instantly turned somewhat peculiar. This descendant of a Demon Great Sage could be considered a rare oddity among the Demon race; the descendants of other saints usually carried at least some saintly blood within their bodies and possessed high natural talent.

He, however, was different. Ever since birth, the Demon saint blood of his Great Sage ancestor flowing in his veins was pitifully sparse, no different from an ordinary willow tree demon! Yet he was the sole surviving progeny of the Demon Great Sage lineage. That Demon Great Sage had washed his meridians and cleansed his marrow countless times, but still failed to alter his talent.

Heaven knows how many resources were poured in before that Great Sage could barely elevate his only progeny's talent to the threshold of the proud sons of heaven—he could truly be called the ultimate disgrace of the Demon race.

Yet his status within the Demon race was by no means low, for his ancestor was still alive!

"So that's how it is! Fellow Daoist Lü, please continue your story. What happened regarding that Supreme Being?" Everyone genuinely wished to learn, for after all, his ancestor was an eyewitness to that holy war of the past, and the information he possessed must be far more abundant!

Lü Jingsun immediately continued smoothly, "At that time, as Emperor Qing deduced his own origins, it provoked an almighty powerhouse to strike a blow across the ages in an attempt to annihilate the forbidden area's son, [Shen Ming]. This drew the attention of a slumbering Supreme Being in Xianling, one of the seven great restricted zones, who attempted to take action and capture Emperor Qing into the forbidden area!

Right at that moment, a supreme divine weapon on Emperor Qing awakened. It was suspected that a powerhouse was slumbering within the divine weapon, and they likewise took action to intercept! That day, merely ordinary clashes caused many cultivators below the Dragon Transformation realm to be caught in the fallout, damaging their Dao foundations!"

"That's right, that divine weapon came precisely from Emperor Qing's senior!" he said with a solemn expression.

An uproar broke out in the center of the arena. A powerhouse capable of resisting a Supreme Being?!!

"That senior was truly a human?"

"Without a doubt!"

"My ancestral ancestor deduced that that senior was likely hanging on by a single breath rather than being dead, concealing himself within the divine weapon!" Lü Jingsun said.

At this, everyone was utterly stunned.

Three hundred years later, such news was actually just being released!

"Three hundred years have passed, though; I suppose that human powerhouse has already fallen," a human cultivator sighed. That was the supreme powerhouse of their human race, after all!

Seeing the crowd swept by a wave of regret and anticipating this reaction, Lü Jingsun abruptly changed the subject. "I heard that a secret realm will be emerging in the Central Region recently, and it's suspected to be a fleeting glimpse of the divine weapon belonging to that powerhouse who blocked the restricted zone Supreme Being!"

"Oh? Is what Fellow Daoist says true?"

"I've also heard this rumor! I just don't know whether it's true or false!"

"It is said that inside that secret realm is the tomb of a Great Emperor. Presumably, that senior went to explore the Great Emperor's tomb to find a way to prolong his vitality, but ultimately died in an accident and left his natal divine weapon there," someone hidden in the crowd spoke up, seemingly intending to fan the flames.

Lü Jingsun immediately dropped another piece of major news: "Perhaps you don't know yet, but buried within that secret realm is rumored to be the legendary immortal artifact—the Void Tower!"

"What! Are you talking about that immortal artifact passed down in our Eastern Wasteland since ancient times—the Void Tower?"

This time, many people could no longer sit still.

After ten thousand years, that immortal artifact had actually appeared once again! Rumor had it that long ago it fell into the hands of a Great Emperor, and after that Great Emperor died, the immortal artifact vanished along with him. Now, as a secret realm opened and revealed a corner of the imperial tomb, it had appeared once again.

The origins of this immortal artifact were far too ancient. If one were to trace it back, it could be tracked to the Chaotic Ancient Era—an era even more distant than the Mythological Era!

Even more terrifyingly, this immortal artifact could shatter Great Emperors!

More than one legendary peerless figure and peerless overlord had once been beaten to death within the Void Tower. The entire world knew of its might—terrifyingly peerless and matchless!

People began contacting their respective clans one after another, transmitting this extremely important news back so that they could verify its truth!

Luo Yan stroked his chin, his gaze locked firmly on Lü Jingsun. After all that talking, going back and forth, just to leak this news?

There was likely an unspeakable secret hidden within this!