God!
Jiang Yunzhou’s pupils contracted. Instinctively, he wanted to take a step back, but found his body completely out of control.
Even his soul light seemed to freeze at this moment, and he could no longer feel the existence of time and space.
It was as if his mind had entered a wondrous state, infinitely stretched.
In the eyes of Ji Yuan and Tang Muhuan, the young man before them, if one ignored the aged aura and the terrifying power dormant within his body, he appeared rather ordinary.
But in Jiang Yunzhou’s eyes, the youth before him was as vast as heaven and earth, and he himself was utterly insignificant.
The other party emanated a dazzling divine light, and just by sitting there motionlessly, he seemed to be swimming in the river of time, with grand prayers echoing around him.
Behind him, there seemed to be countless beings, kneeling on the ground, offering their most devout faith and wish power.
After an unknown duration, perhaps an instant, perhaps the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
When the magnificent scene before Jiang Yunzhou vanished, he felt like a drowning man, his robes soaked with sweat.
He instinctively took two steps back, gasping for air, and his divine power circulated quietly, instantly drying his robes.
“Junior Jiang Yunzhou, greets Senior!”
Taking a deep breath and calming his mind, he immediately bowed deeply.
This was not a polite courtesy but a true, solemn bow from a junior to a senior!
Seeing this, Ji Yuan’s eyes revealed surprise. Such a grand gesture was usually reserved for paying respects to one’s elders, masters, or ancestors.
Undoubtedly, Jiang Yunzhou believed that the young man before him was worthy of such a profound greeting.
Therefore, in other words, the other party must have reached an astonishing height in some aspect.
“No need for formalities.”
The young man smiled faintly. No matter who was looking, there was no longer any unusual phenomenon about him.
Now, he had even perfectly concealed his aura. If not for his inherent demeanor, he would have been indistinguishable from an ordinary youth.
“May I ask, Senior… are you the Old Ancestor of the Rain Clan?”
Ji Yuan asked respectfully.
Although he already had an answer in his heart, and the other party had implicitly confirmed it earlier, he couldn’t help but confirm it again.
The identity of the Rain Clan’s Old Ancestor was, in fact, somewhat daunting for them.
“Yes, I am indeed Yu Luo.”
The young man spoke slowly, a faint smile on his face.
Yu Luo, a genius of the Rain Clan who appeared only once in ten thousand years. In an era where the divine path was declining, without the decree of a king or any heavenly spiritual treasures, he achieved divine status purely through his own talent and sagacity.
For countless centuries, although he remained in the Golden Body realm, equivalent to the Golden Core stage, he was renowned throughout the land. It was rumored that he could even contend against mighty cultivators without suffering any disadvantage!
During his few days in the Immortal Severing Valley, Ji Yuan often heard this peerless genius mentioned. Ordinary cultivators might rarely hear his name, but within Lingyang Prefecture and even the territory of the Great Yu Dynasty, the name of the Rain Clan’s Old Ancestor was thunderous.
It was said that Emperor Tianwu had extended an invitation, hoping the Rain Clan’s Old Ancestor would accept a decree and become the Rain God of the dynasty, governing all water deities within the domain. However, it was refused.
And now, that Old Ancestor of the Rain Clan, surrounded by countless legends, was sitting before them, his supreme divine might restrained.
“Senior summoned us, what advice do you have for us?”
Jiang Yunzhou took a deep breath. Although his eyes held reverence, his tone was neither servile nor overbearing.
He had finally calmed the tumultuous waves in his heart from earlier and his expression returned to normal.
“Naturally, it is to fulfill the transaction with the Sect Master of the Nine Xuan Sect.”
Yu Luo said indifferently, a flash of light in his eyes.
Upon hearing this, several people were taken aback, unable to understand how the matter could involve the Sect Master of the Nine Xuan Sect.
From the other party's words, it seemed that the Sect Master had communicated with him long ago and even reached some kind of agreement. However, there had been no rumors about these matters.
But it made sense. One was the Sect Master of a dominant sect in Feiyun County, and the other was a legendary Old Ancestor of the Rain Clan. If they met privately, and one didn't mention it, how could outsiders possibly discover any details?
“May I ask… what transaction is it?”
Jiang Yunzhou looked confused, clearly his master had never mentioned it.
However, Yu Luo did not answer. He simply raised a hand and pointed, and a patch of void immediately distorted. With lightning speed, it enveloped Tang Muhuan, who was also full of confusion.
Seeing this, Ji Yuan’s vigilance surged. He almost unleashed the spiritual energy contained within the Xuan Tian Devouring Spirit Pagoda.
But then he let out a bitter smile. Even if the other party sat there motionless and allowed him to use all his techniques, he would still be unable to harm him in the slightest.
“What transaction… you don’t need to know. Or rather, when it is time for you to know, that person will naturally tell you.”
Yu Luo shook his head and then chuckled, “You only need to know that a great opportunity awaits you next.”
As the two were bewildered, they suddenly felt the surrounding void distort, and the scenery before them rapidly changed.
The next moment, Ji Yuan saw Jiang Yunzhou disappear into the distorted void, and he himself was about to follow suit.
Just then, the time and space he was in seemed to freeze. Apart from his eyes and thoughts, he lost control of his body.
“Your name is Ji Yuan, right?”
A figure appeared before him, it was Yu Luo, who had originally been sitting cross-legged on the dirt.
This Old Ancestor of the Rain Clan looked at the young man before him with great interest, his pupils seeming to dance with countless raindrops.
After a long while, he smiled faintly, then raised a hand and tapped the young man’s forehead. A halo flowed from his fingertips and entered his sea of consciousness.
“A small gift for you. When you reach the peak of the Third Realm, you can come here. All your doubts will be resolved, and a tremendous opportunity awaits you.”
“Ji Yuan… opportunity… truly an interesting name…”
“Hmm? This destiny… you are not surnamed Ji?”
The voice gradually faded away. Ji Yuan felt as if he had fallen into a vortex, being pulled backward by a force.
Before his eyes, the figure of the young man gradually receded, yet he could clearly see the look of deep astonishment, surprise, and other complex emotions appearing on his face.
The next moment, the void he was in returned to normal, the anomalous phenomena on his body disappeared, and the figure of the Rain Clan’s Old Ancestor could no longer be seen.
Ji Yuan looked around and found himself teleported to a huge cave, filled with soft divine light.