After Lu Yuan spoke.

The Peacock King directly transformed into its true form.

Although it was also in the Venerable King Realm, compared to its human form,

its true form could fly faster, otherwise, it would waste time on the way.

The Nine-tailed Fox King remained in human form, her beautiful eyes looking at the distant Golden-winged Roc, with a smile.

It was clear that she wanted to sit with Lu Yuan.

The latter saw this.

A glimmer appeared in its eyes, seemingly unwilling.

But in the end, Lu Yuan intervened, and the Golden-winged Roc had no choice.

It had to enlarge its body a bit more because it now had to carry three people, including Jiang Ningxian.

The Spiritual Monkey went with the Peacock King.

Then.

Lu Yuan, with Jiang Ningxian and the Nine-tailed Fox King, climbed onto the back of the Golden-winged Roc together.

Then, he nodded towards Old Ji and the others, and they flapped their wings.

Transforming into a golden light, they surged into the sky.

The Peacock King did the same.

In terms of speed, it was not as fast as the Golden-winged Roc, but not much slower either.

Just like this, both soared up into the sky, quickly disappearing from sight, faster than any military aircraft.

"Old Ji, what do we do next?" Old Yun saw this and turned to look at his long-time comrade in arms.

"According to King Lu's words, let's stay low-key for a while and gather more intel, especially regarding the Zhou Family."

Old Ji pondered for a moment before answering, as his role was to provide Lu Yuan with all relevant external intelligence.

The Zhou Family was especially important because they understood that Zhou Yunqiong was not a simple woman.

If by any chance she caused trouble for King Lu, that would be bad.

"Alright."

Old Yun nodded, having no objections to this.

As for the juniors represented by Zhu Qingyu.

They also clearly understood that the future situation would likely become more difficult.

In these circumstances, they must strive as well.

Only by attaining strength like King Lu's.

Can they face anything.

...

In the sky.

Two silhouettes streaked through.

Under their powerful aura, even the clouds dispersed.

On one of the golden figures, three people sat cross-legged on the back.

The Nine-tailed Fox King was beside Lu Yuan, her eyes glinting with light, occasionally speaking up.

From Taishan to Kunlun Mountain, even at the Golden-winged Roc's speed, it would still take time.

Finding it quite boring during the journey, she naturally did not want to stay with the Spiritual Monkey and Peacock King.

To this, Lu Yuan felt quite helpless.

Foxes are truly troublesome.

Of course.

Her human form was very pleasing.

With a beauty by his side, he naturally would not choose to refuse.

Thus, time passed little by little, until finally, Jiang Ningxian, who had been sitting quietly some distance away without speaking, came over.

The Nine-tailed Fox King immediately became alert, looking at this incomparably beautiful woman in front of her, with thoughts of competing for beauty.

But Jiang Ningxian, with a gentle smile on her face, met the Fox King's gaze, showing no signs of backing down.

Eventually, the Nine-tailed Fox King gave up,

for a very simple reason: she felt this woman was very extraordinary.

And she knew that the other party must have something to discuss with King Lu, staying there would be self-defeating.

So very soon, with helplessness and a tinge of wariness, she turned away to sit elsewhere, focusing on cultivation and evolution.

"It seems the Fox King is quite interested in you, have no interest in developing that further? Her bloodline is extremely strong, and in the future, she will undoubtedly reach the Saint Realm, and at that realm, there's not much difference between humans and exotic beasts."

Jiang Ningxian came over to sit down, her eyes filled with teasing.

"Miss Jiang, you're joking."

Lu Yuan shook his head and continued, "Let's talk about serious matters."

The other party urged the Nine-tailed Fox King away, surely not just for a joke.

"Apparently, nothing escapes King Lu's notice." The young woman heard this, her smile unfading: "Indeed, I have something important to discuss, my trip to Kunlun wasn't a whim, but to verify something."

"Thousands of years ago, the force that severed connections with the heavens waned for a long time, causing a minor resurgence in this world."

"My clan happened to send people to explore the Galaxy Star Realm at that time, and discovered, according to your ancient historical records."

"It should have been in the era from the Pre-Qin to the Han dynasty, merely a hundred or two hundred years tops."

"But during this period, someone cultivated to an extremely powerful state, even contemplating waging war on the Star Realm. He seemed to know a lot, wanting to revive the glory of Ancient Times, but ultimately failed mysteriously without any warning."

Saying this, Jiang Ningxian's tone also became extremely serious, not as relaxed as before.

"The person you're speaking of, could it be the Ancestral Dragon?"

And Lu Yuan, from that conversation, immediately caught the key point and couldn't help but ask.

He had visited the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and knew well that era was extraordinary.

Just did not expect, according to her, there were more secrets.

To wage war on the Star Realm.

Indeed sounded like something the Ancestral Dragon would do.

Yet, there was not a trace of this in historical records, was it intentionally erased?

"That's right." Jiang Ningxian nodded: "According to our clan's exploration, in this world, there seem to be several pathways leading to unknown places, one of which is in Kunlun. Back then, the Ancestral Dragon also set out from Kunlun, but before he began, it ended in failure."

"Oh, not only Kunlun, but in Shennongjia and Taishan Jade Emperor Peak, there are also related pathways, which our clan calls the Path of Conquest."

She revealed much, things she had never discussed with Lu Yuan before.

Having set out now, Jiang Ningxian hoped, that he could help her find out what exactly caused the Ancestral Dragon to fail, and what lies beyond the pathway.

As for the paths in Taishan and Shennongjia, she had already examined them and found nothing, leaving her with hope for Kunlun.

Pathways?

Upon hearing this.

Lu Yuan suddenly seemed to recall something.

That he encountered the same thing in both Taishan and Shennongjia, the Nine-Colored Altar.

And the Spiritual Monkey once said, it was some kind of pathway, an ancient road.

In view of Jiang Ningxian's words.

He seemed more certain internally, but what exactly did the Nine-Colored Altar represent...

Previously, Lu Yuan thought it was possibly a path to the stars, but now it seems it might not be.

"It seems that from a long time ago, the major Star Realms had been paying attention to this world."

Lu Yuan smiled and spoke, gazing toward Jiang Ningxian, continuing: "The Jiang lineage's presence here wasn't driven solely for some legacy or chance, surely?"

Their first encounter, she had mentioned that the Jiang clan left for conquest.

But what were they conquering for, and who was the enemy, remained unanswered.

It seems, even Jiang Ningxian, might not know what it was.

Or she would have revealed it ages ago.

And this,

Made Lu Yuan think back to the great calamity, the great tribulation, mentioned at Shennongjia and at Guang Chengzi's Daoist arena, could it be... related to this?

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