Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

In the council hall, the village chief of Zu Lian Village was discussing something with the elders.

"Elder Pei, no matter what, your actions are problematic! Whether to agree or not is their freedom. You should respect their choice instead of applying pressure through certain actions!"

An old man spoke with a hint of anger, and the other elders nodded in agreement.

"Why bother? You all know Luo Xi's talent. He is the most talented person in our village in generations. My grandson Luo Xi's excellence is rare in the world. Do you acknowledge this point?"

"We don't deny that, but Elder Pei, does this have a direct relationship with what we are talking about?"

The other elders didn't look too good.

"My grandson Luo Xi, has he ever made any demands over the years? He has always been dutiful, that's right, isn't it? Now that he has finally found the love of his life, you are obstructing it, refusing to grant him this small matter! Is this how you treat the most outstanding successor of the younger generation?"

Elder Pei was full of anger, obviously very upset with the other elders' opposition.

"Elder Pei, what you have done has deviated from our code of conduct and violated the ancestral teachings!"

The village chief finally spoke, his voice somewhat cold.

"What code?" Elder Pei sneered, "How many years has it been? How long have we been here? Generation after generation, trapped in this small world, unable to get out, what's the use of adhering to those codes, what's the use of adhering to the ancestral teachings?"

"You! You scoundrel!" The village chief glared, "If you have the ability to make her willingly agree, this village chief and the elders will not object, but you must not continue to use various means to apply pressure!"

After speaking, the village chief looked at the few young men at the entrance of the hall and said, "Come in, what brings you here?"

The ones at the door were naturally the young men who had come to report the news.

They had come in a hurry, but they didn't expect the elders to be in the middle of a dispute, so they didn't dare to interrupt and had to retreat to the door to wait quietly.

Receiving the village chief's summons, the young men hurriedly entered.

They were already feeling anxious, after all, those people at the village entrance had astonishing backgrounds.

"Reporting to the village chief, a man and a woman have arrived at the village entrance."

"Just a man and a woman, why do you look so panicked?" Elder Pei looked displeased. The matter he had mentioned earlier had not yet been resolved, but he was interrupted. "Did you ask about their origins? How dare they come and disturb the village chief!"

"Elder Pei is right, but the companions also include two Taiji Divine Beasts, claiming to be the Beast King and Beast Queen of the Taiji Divine Beast Clan..."

"What?"

At this moment, everyone in the hall showed surprise, and the village chief also stood up from his seat.

Everyone present, all the elders, felt surprised.

The Taiji Divine Beasts never interfered in worldly affairs. They only lived in their own area and had no interaction with other forces.

Today, the King and Queen of the Taiji Divine Beast Clan, why would they suddenly come to their Zu Lian Village?

"Have you clarified the identities of the man and woman?"

"Reporting to the village chief, they did not introduce themselves, but..."

Elder Pei was very impatient and shouted, "But what? Stop stammering and speak!"

"However, the man and woman came riding on the Beast King and Beast Queen..."

Instantly, the entire council hall fell into silence.

There were dozens of elders here, only a small portion of all the elders in Zu Lian Village.

At this moment, everyone was shocked by these words, even suspecting that they had misheard.

A man and a woman, riding on the Beast King and Beast Queen of the Taiji Divine Beast Clan?

"Nonsense, are you bewitched? Do you know what you are saying?"

Elder Pei scolded the young men.

"We..."

The young men looked aggrieved, looked at Elder Pei and then at the village chief, and said, "Village chief, we didn't make it up, it's all true. They are at the village entrance right now, saying they have important matters to discuss with our village!"

"Let's go, this village chief will personally go out to the village to welcome them. Leaving aside the origins of the man and woman, just the arrival of the Beast King and Queen, our Zu Lian Village cannot lose its manners."

The village chief recovered from the shock and walked out of the hall quickly, and the elders followed.

On their way to the village entrance, they were all curious, wanting to see what kind of man and woman could ride the Beast King and Queen. It was simply unbelievable.

Such a thing was like a fantasy.

Until this moment, they still didn't want to believe it.

The distance between the council hall and the village entrance was not short, but they were very fast. In a short while, they arrived at the village entrance and saw the scene under the archway at the village entrance.

Everyone, including the village chief of Zu Lian Village, contracted their pupils.

Seeing it with their own eyes was more shocking than hearing about it. The strong visual impact, the real scene, made them have to believe it.

The truth was before their eyes, who could doubt it?

Those were really the Beast King and Queen of the Taiji Divine Beast Clan!

They were really being ridden!

"The two of you and the Beast King and Queen grace our Zu Lian Village with your presence. This old man has failed to greet you properly, please forgive me."

The village chief greeted them, feeling very shocked and also very puzzled, not knowing the purpose of the visitors, but on the surface, he still maintained a polite posture, "May I ask what brings you two and the Beast King and Queen here?"

"We are here to find someone." Jun Wu Xie looked at the old village chief gently, "I heard that your village saved a woman a few years ago. I wonder where she is now, can I see her?"

Hearing these words, the village chief's heart skipped a beat.

He was very shocked and had thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect that the two people riding the Divine Beast King were here for this.

The elders behind the village chief were also shocked, with different expressions on their faces.

Before the village chief could respond, Elder Pei stepped forward and said, "So you are here for that woman. Our Zu Lian Village did save that woman back then, but after she recovered from her injuries, she left. As for where she went, we don't know either."

When Elder Pei spoke, the other elders' expressions were a little strange, and the muscles on the village chief's face twitched slightly.

How keen was Jun Wu Xie? He vaguely felt that something was wrong and could see some abnormalities from these people's facial micro-expressions.

From her observation, it was clear that the other high-level members of Zu Lian Village had not expected this person to say this, which was why they had reacted that way at first.

Although they quickly concealed it, they still didn't escape her eyes.

"You are lying."

How powerful was Mu Ci Yin's soul? She sensed the abnormal emotional fluctuations of the Zu Lian Village's high-level members.

"This elder is telling the truth, how could I lie? You came to our Zu Lian Village without any evidence..."

As Elder Pei said this, the people of Zu Lian Village noticed that the woman opposite them already had a very cold look in her eyes, and the young man's body was rising with violent killing intent.

"Elder Pei, shut up!"

The village chief felt that the situation was not right and hurriedly stopped Elder Pei, angrily saying, "Get back!"

Elder Pei still wanted to say something, but he was pulled back by the other elders.

At this time, the village chief looked at Jun Wu Xie and Mu Ci Yin with an apologetic expression, and said, "You two, I'm very sorry, our people are talking nonsense. That woman was rescued by our Zu Lian Village back then and has been recuperating in the village ever since. Her condition is not good, and she has not shown her face for several years."

"Then please take us to see that woman, so that I can confirm whether she is the old friend I am looking for."

Jun Wu Xie restrained the anger in his heart.

He could see that, in this Zu Lian Village, the others were fine, but that Elder Pei must have a problem, actually using lies to deceive them.

Jun Wu Xie couldn't figure out what Elder Pei's purpose was for doing this.

They came riding the Beast King and Queen, which made their identity and status clear.

They came here to find someone and did not harm the interests of Zu Lian Village. There was no need to lie and deceive like this.

At the beginning, Jun Wu Xie thought that the woman who was suspected to be Yue Chenyu had an accident, so Zu Lian Village wanted to hide it.

Now that the village chief admitted that she was recuperating in the village, and it seemed that he would not object to him meeting her, then that speculation could be overturned.

"Since you may be Miss Yue's old friend, of course, this old man will not refuse such a request."

The village chief really didn't refuse as he thought, and directly made a gesture of invitation.

Jun Wu Xie felt a surge of excitement in his heart the moment he heard the village chief call her Miss Yue, and at the same time, he completely put down the stone in his heart.

Now it could be confirmed that it was Yue Chenyu without a doubt.

In these years, how many people had stepped into the Soul-Shocking Ridge?

The only known ones were Yue Chenyu and those who were chasing her.

Since the woman rescued by Zu Lian Village was surnamed Yue, then who else could it be?

Jun Wu Xie and Mu Ci Yin came down from the backs of the Beast King and Queen, walked side by side, and followed the village chief of Zu Lian Village into the village, with the other elders following behind.

There were many people in the village, very lively, but it wasn't the kind of noise between people, but a sound similar to metal.

Along the way, Jun Wu Xie was observing the buildings here and the people in the village.

The large buildings here were all assembled after the parts were refined. Even the children in the village were not seen playing idly, but were practicing the art of refining.

In front of each household's door was a refining furnace. The flames in the furnace were extraordinary, actually strange flames, looking like not very pure Earth-Core Flames.

Even if this kind of flame was not very pure, its temperature was very high, many times higher than ordinary flames, and it was very suitable for refining.

He found that most people used this diluted Earth-Core Flame strange fire, and a small number of people actually used diluted Solar Essence Fire.

"Village chief, your village is really amazing, everyone knows how to refine."

As Jun Wuxie observed, he grew increasingly astonished. He realized that the weapon crafting techniques of these people felt strangely familiar.

From what he had seen so far, he could confirm that many of their techniques were actually related to the Primordial Weapon Crafting methods!

“You flatter us,阁下. Our Ancestral Crafting Village's only skill is weapon crafting; it is our means of survival,”

The Village Chief responded with a hint of melancholy.

The Ancestral Crafting Village's predecessor was once a flourishing sect, but it had fallen to this state, fleeing to this place and trapped here, unable to leave.

In this environment of forbidden laws, although they could still cultivate weapon crafting techniques, the weapons they crafted could not unleash their proper effects.

Within this special small world, if they wanted to craft weapons, they needed to draw external flames instead of using the weapon flames they cultivated themselves.

This was because, although they cultivated weapon path flames within their bodies, they were unable to use them due to the restrictions of order.

The strange fire of the Fire Domain solved this problem well, and at the same time, the strange fire was also the key to their survival.

Their ancestors had devised a method of using strange fire to temper their flesh and strengthen their physical bodies, and with the aid of crafted weapons, they were able to make the Swift Wind Tribe fearful and dare not act rashly.

Because if they wanted to swallow the Ancestral Crafting Village, the Swift Wind Tribe would pay a heavy price. If that happened, they might face a thunderous attack from the Golden Armor and Lightning Summoning tribes.

The various forces restrained each other, achieving such a balance.

As they walked, they arrived at the depths of the village. Ahead was a large courtyard with a stone tower inside, the only building in the village constructed of stone.

The tower was not very tall, only a few stories, about twenty meters high.

A series of zither sounds came from the courtyard. The melody was 'Phoenix Seeking its Mate'. The music was quite pleasant, but after listening for a few breaths, one would notice that the frequency of the music was slightly off, and the rhythm within was very peculiar.

“Village Chief, the people of your village have quite refined tastes.”

Jun Wuxie's expression was calm, and nothing could be seen on his face. His tone was gentle, but the Village Chief felt a trace of coldness from him.

His expression immediately changed. This matter was beyond his expectations. He did not expect that Elder Pei's grandson would be playing the zither in front of the tower in the courtyard at this very moment!