Chapter 539: Another Letter Arrives at the Eternal Life Sect
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Su Li sent a letter to Hanqiu City, and thus Wanliu Garden was reduced to scorched earth, and Zhu Luo Feng Yu ceased to be.
This matter had not yet spread across the continent for the time being.
At this moment, the continent was more engaged in discussing what changes Su Li's departure with the Saintess would bring to this world.
The happiest were, of course, the Eternal Life Sect.
The Eternal Life Sect, known as the source of all mountains, stood alongside the Saintess Peak as a sacred place in the hearts of the southerners. Moreover, it had extremely close ties with the Great Zhou Royal Family and the Prince Liang's Manor, and countless unbreakable connections with the various noble families of Tiannan. Its power was unimaginably vast.
Until the shocking upheaval over a decade ago, when the Eternal Life Sect imprisoned that demon princess in the Cold Pool, intending to coerce Su Li into traveling north to the capital to assassinate the Heavenly Sea Holy Empress. Su Li stormed the mountain with a single sword. Upon discovering that his wife was deeply afflicted with Cold Poison and beyond recovery, he flew into a rage, slaughtering over a dozen of the Eternal Life Sect's elders cleanly. Then he bathed the Eternal Life Sect in blood. After recovering from his severe injuries, he went north to Xunyang City and killed everyone in the Prince Liang's Manor. At least half of Su Li's fearsome reputation as a peerless demon came from this incident.
From then on, no one dared to provoke Su Li recklessly. At the same time, the Eternal Life Sect never regained its former prestige. Many mountain sects and schools gradually grew estranged from the main sect. Places like the Lishan Sword Sect only maintained superficial respect, while in reality, they had long since gone their own way.
In the eyes of the Eternal Life Sect, Su Li was, of course, the root cause of all this.
If they could have killed Su Li, they would have done so long ago.
Although they couldn't, fortunately, Su Li had now left on his own.
In recent days, although the Eternal Life Sect hadn't hung up festive lanterns, the atmosphere had become much better. The disciples' footsteps even seemed lighter. As for the few elders who had barely survived until now, they had already begun to celebrate in advance and look forward to a bright future.
"The Lishan Sword Sect is the sword of our Eternal Life Sect; of course, it must be held in our hands."
During the internal strife at Lishan, the head of the Qiushan family suddenly turned hostile. The Elder Liang of the Eternal Life Sect, whom he had invited over, was injured and was still recovering. Thus, his cave dwelling became the meeting place for the Eternal Life Sect's elders. One of them, a tall, thin elder with an indifferent expression, spoke firmly.
Elder Liang, recalling the myriad sword lights on Lishan back then, frowned slightly and said, "How difficult it is to restore the glory of those days."
Hearing this, the cave dwelling fell silent. In the past, with just one decree from the Eternal Life Sect, which mountain sect in all of Tiannan, except for the Saintess Peak, would dare to disobey? But in recent years? Not to mention the Lishan Sword Sect, hadn't even the Qiushan family dared to secretly strike at the Eternal Life Sect?
"Our sect's vitality has been drained. How much better could Lishan be? After the incident with Elder Xiaosong Gong, Lishan has suffered a severe blow to its foundation. Those of our generation or the next, especially those in the Sword Hall, suffered backlash from the formation and were not lightly injured. They shouldn't be able to come out and handle affairs for a short while."
"Don't forget, the one managing Lishan's affairs now... is Qiushan."
"Qiushan... a young talent, indeed extraordinary, but after all, he's still young, isn't he?"
The tall, thin elder said indifferently, "Not just Lishan, but also Nanxi Zhai. The current Saintess is also very young... Her reputation is certainly sufficient, but she's only sixteen and hasn't even reached the Star Gathering Realm. It's only natural for us, the elders of the same sect, to help handle some affairs. It's just concern for the younger generation, isn't it?"
Hearing this, Elder Liang remained silent, while another elder's face lit up with joy.
Elder Liang sighed and said, "But have you considered what will happen if Su Li returns?"
The cave dwelling was quiet for a moment. The tall, thin elder sneered and said, "Given Su Li's pride, since he has declared to the world that he is leaving far away, would he go anywhere else? As we speculated a few days ago, he and the Saintess should be preparing to go to the legendary other side of the Star Sea. How could he still come back?"
Elder Liang looked at him earnestly and said, "But what if the legend is true? If he truly finds the Holy Light Continent, then there is still a day when he might return."
A flicker of fear passed through the tall, thin elder's eyes, but he still insisted stubbornly, "Legend has it that Zhou Du Fu eventually shattered the void and left, probably wanting to go there as well. Even he couldn't find it... at least he never returned. Could Su Li, no matter how strong, be stronger than him?"
Another elder also chimed in, "Senior Brother, don't worry too much. Su Li probably won't be able to come back."
In the cold winter season, the Eternal Life Sect in the south was still warm. There was no snow falling among the mountains, only a continuous drizzle, as if joyfully bidding farewell.
Su Li had left. No one knew if he would ever return, or when. But his letter had arrived.
Staring at the thin letter on the table, no one spoke or moved for a long time.
The faces of the three men beside the table were extremely ugly, as if they had seen a demon from the deepest abyss.
The three remaining elders of the Eternal Life Sect seemed to have been frightened out of their wits by this single letter.
The cave dwelling was deathly silent, with no sound at all, except for the dripping of water from the deep green vines.
Hearing the dripping sound, the tall, thin elder's face was livid, and he was extremely agitated.
Elder Liang's face was pale, his lips slightly parted, but he couldn't utter a word.
There was no signature on the envelope, not even a trace of handwriting. But when their eyes fell on the envelope, they could feel a sharp and terrifying sword intent, piercingly painful.
There was a sword intent in this letter—Su Li's sword intent.
No one knew how long had passed before the deathly silence in the cave dwelling was finally broken. The tall, thin elder roared, "What exactly does he want to do? Does he think he can scare us to death with just a letter?"
As he said this, his chest heaved continuously, like southern bamboo roasted by fire, threatening to burst at any moment.
He was truly furious, so angry that his lungs felt like they were about to explode.
But his voice was a little hoarse, because he was nervous.
He had to admit that even if Su Li had already left on his journey, leaving behind a letter was enough to intimidate the Eternal Life Sect.
This was actually the real reason for his anger.
Another elder looked at Elder Liang and said uneasily, "Senior Brother, what should we do? Should we open it?"
Suddenly, a dry laugh echoed in the cave dwelling.
Elder Liang looked at the letter, a trace of color suddenly appearing on his pale face. He looked out at the green mountains, sea of clouds, and winter rain beyond the cave dwelling, a hint of madness in his eyes. He shouted harshly at Su Li, who was somewhere unknown, "Sending a letter here, waiting for us to open it and fight against the sword intent you left behind... Do you think we're fools?"
When that elder asked him whether to open the letter, for him, who had lived in Su Li's shadow for over a decade, it wasn't even a question.
Of course, the letter could not be opened.
Because he didn't want to die.
"Send someone to deliver this letter to the bottom of the mountain stream and suppress it carefully with the formation!"
Elder Liang squinted slightly and sneered, "I want to see how long Su Li's sword intent can hold out under the Golden Light Formation."
The tall, thin elder nodded at this, then thought of another important matter. Frowning, he said, "But... won't this affect Chu Su?"
Hearing the name Chu Su, the expression of that elder also immediately became tense.
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(The next chapter should be at nine o'clock in the evening.)