Of course, Qin Qingyu knew of the Martial Immortal Mountain Range.

As the dividing line between the Western and Northwestern Regions, the Martial Immortal Mountain Range was naturally renowned throughout the Chenping Continent.

Spanning millions of li, the Martial Immortal Mountain Range was virtually impossible for any mortal to cross, which also resulted in relatively greater differences in customs between the secular dynasties of the Western and Northwestern Regions of the Chenping Continent.

Even for cultivators, crossing the Martial Immortal Mountain Range required at minimum a cultivation level above the Qi Sea Realm.

Only those with the ability to fly through the air could be considered barely qualified to traverse the Martial Immortal Mountain Range.

As for cultivators at the Martial Spring Realm or below, attempting to cross the Martial Immortal Mountain Range would be extremely dangerous.

Due to the treacherous terrain of the Martial Immortal Mountain Range and its extreme scarcity of cultivation resources, the cultivation world of the Chenping Continent had almost completely abandoned this majestic mountain range spanning millions of li.

This had also led to a situation where Demonic Beasts ran rampant within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range.

According to legend, several dozen human settlements existed within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range, though none of them were particularly large.

The smallest settlements had only thirty to forty people, while the largest numbered just a few hundred.

These isolated human settlements survived by hunting wild beasts and gathering berries on a daily basis, occasionally hunting some low-tier Demonic Beasts as well.

Perhaps it was precisely because these people consumed the flesh and blood of Demonic Beasts that their physiques were far more robust than those of the mortal youths from the secular dynasties outside.

However, a Sage's cause and effect...

Qin Qingyu slowly repeated these four words in her own thoughts.

She knew what a "Sage" was.

As the Guardian of the Dao on Du Cang Mountain, currently the person on the Chenping Continent with the greatest hope of stepping into the Immortal Ascension Realm, Chen Yan had once revealed to Qin Qingyu many truths that the cultivation world of the Chenping Continent had never known.

Such as the Five Realms Above Immortality, as well as the history of this domain's heavens before the Chenping Continent came to be.

The Sage Realm, also known as the Uncarved Simplicity Realm, was the second realm among the Five Realms Above Immortality, reached after ascending to immortality.

Based on the intelligence currently available, before this domain's heavens were named the Chenping Continent, it had possessed at least two other epochs. During those two epochs, this domain's heavens had been respectively named the Yuxu Continent and the Tianji Continent.

As for what happened before the Yuxu Continent, that remained completely unknown.

"Which Sage's cause and effect?"

After a moment of silence, Qin Qingyu asked with great composure.

Upon hearing this, "Fan Mowen" merely smiled and said:

"It seems that Elder Qin's current knowledge is still insufficient. Perhaps Chen Yan believes that now is not yet the time to tell you all the truths."

"..."

Qin Qingyu said nothing, as if tacitly accepting what Fan Mowen had just said.

Indeed, that was the case. True Person Chen had only given her a general account of this domain's heavens' past, along with the crisis that the Chenping Continent would soon face.

When Qin Qingyu had tried to press further, Chen Yan had simply shaken his head.

"You will know in due time."

That was what he had said.

However, from just a moment ago, Qin Qingyu had begun to notice a very strange detail.

When Fan Mowen addressed her, he used the title "Elder Qin."

Yet when referring to the current Steward of the Chenping Continent, the Realman Du Cang who stood above the other five Ascended Immortals, he consistently addressed him directly by name.

This made Qin Qingyu feel slightly uneasy, but she said nothing.

The fact that a mere Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator could know the concepts of "Sage" and "cause and effect" already proved that there must be a great secret behind this person.

"Give me a reason to believe you."

Feeling that she was being placed on the back foot, Qin Qingyu tried to regain the initiative in her own hands.

"Isn't everything I've just said enough to make you believe me, Elder Qin?"

Fan Mowen said.

"No."

Qin Qingyu said.

"Then that truly is a pity."

Facing Qin Qingyu's "unreasonableness," Fan Mowen's composure remained unshaken.

This made him appear not at all like a Myriad Transformations Realm cultivator facing a great power at the Dao Union Realm like Qin Qingyu.

Instead, Fan Mowen seemed more like a superior, engaged in conversation with Qin Qingyu, who was in a subordinate position.

It wasn't merely the advantage in intelligence. Fan Mowen's ability to control the situation was nothing like that of a few-hundred-year-old Offering Elder at the Myriad Transformations Realm. Instead, he resembled an ancient monster who had lived through countless ages, one who could toy with Upper Three Realm greats, or even Ascended Immortals, in the palm of his hand.

"...Why are you so certain that I am interested in a Sage's cause and effect?"

Qin Qingyu said.

"That would indeed be my mistake."

Fan Mowen then shook his head and said:

"Elder Qin naturally would not be interested in a Sage's cause and effect... but the future True Person Qin definitely will be. And the current Chen Yan will definitely be interested in that Sage's cause and effect buried within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range."

As for what Fan Mowen had said, Qin Qingyu was completely baffled.

The current her would not be interested in a Sage's cause and effect.

But the future her definitely would be.

Just who was this fellow who called himself "Fan Mowen"?

What did he know?

Was he spouting nonsense, or... could everything he said actually be true?

"If that's the case, then why don't you go see True Person Chen directly?"

Qin Qingyu asked.

"Because it's not yet the time."

Fan Mowen answered.

Qin Qingyu had already guessed that Fan Mowen would give her this answer even before she had asked the question.

"As you said, the current me is indeed not interested in that Sage's cause and effect within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range."

Qin Qingyu then continued.

If she said she had no interest whatsoever in that so-called Sage's cause and effect buried within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range, that would have been impossible.

But she was very rational.

Qin Qingyu understood clearly that now was absolutely not the time to put herself in danger. What mattered most to her at present was stepping into the Immortal Ascension Realm.

Only by ascending to immortality could she have the most basic confidence.

"It's fine, Elder Qin."

Fan Mowen said slowly:

"When a certain day comes in the future, when you step into that realm and become the Steward of the Chenping Continent and the Master of Du Cang Mountain, you will naturally begin to take an interest in that Sage's cause and effect within the Martial Immortal Mountain Range. When that time comes, you will come seeking me on your own initiative... though whether I will still be 'Fan Mowen' by then, that remains uncertain."

Upon hearing these words, Qin Qingyu's pupils slightly contracted:

"I will become the Steward of the Chenping Continent and the Master of Du Cang Mountain?"

"That's correct. On a certain day in the future, you will eventually become the Master of Du Cang Mountain. This is a history that was long since determined, and no one can change it."

Fan Mowen said slowly:

"And that day will arrive after the Realman Du Cang, Chen Yan, has completely fallen."

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