Chapter 1479: Farewell, Purple Moon Fairy

The Zhenhai Sect ruins were located on a towering peak that pierced the clouds. The area above the halfway point of the mountain was enveloped in a thick white mist, making it impossible to discern anything on the summit.

A vast estate was situated on the mountaintop, where numerous puppet beasts could be seen moving about.

These puppet beasts were incredibly lifelike, as if they were living creatures.

In a secluded courtyard, Immortal Zi Yue sat in a stone pavilion, with several humanoid puppet beasts standing beside her.

She wore a long purple dress that accentuated her figure, her face adorned with light makeup, and a purple jade hairpin in her hair, presenting a gentle and charming appearance.

The cultivation technique she practiced allowed for relatively fast progress in the early stages with few bottlenecks. However, her cultivation speed slowed considerably in the later stages. Although she had advanced to the Nascent Soul stage before Wang Changsheng, she remained in the early Nascent Soul stage even after he had been in the mid-Nascent Soul stage for many years.

Besides the cultivation technique itself, her dedicated study of puppet mastery also played a significant role. In numerous battles, she had almost lost her life due to her weak personal combat strength. Even with the spirit treasure, the Fiery Sparrow Fan, she was not necessarily a match for other Nascent Soul cultivators. She had experienced relatively few hardships; before reaching the Nascent Soul stage, she never had to worry about cultivation resources, as Tian Jiong would always gather them for her.

Since entering the cultivation world, she had mostly relied on puppet beasts for combat, as her personal abilities were primarily support-oriented. As with all things, there were pros and cons; her fast cultivation speed in the early stages made it normal for her personal abilities to be weaker.

After years of diligent study, her puppet crafting skills had improved significantly. She had refined dozens of sets of third-tier puppet beasts. Unfortunately, she lacked the materials to craft fourth-tier puppet beasts, thus she was unable to create them. As the saying goes, even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice.

With a thought, she withdrew the spiritual sense attached to the numerous puppet beasts, and they immediately ceased movement.

"So many years have passed, and Senior Martial Brother Wang still hasn't arrived. I hope nothing has happened to him!"

A hint of worry appeared in Immortal Zi Yue's beautiful eyes. She and Wang Changsheng had an agreement that every few decades, he would transport a batch of supplies to them.

Currently, over seven thousand people resided at the Zhenhai Sect ruins, with more than two thousand of them being cultivators. Mortals were not a problem, as the Zhenhai Sect ruins were vast and sparsely populated; it wouldn't be an issue to support even a hundred thousand mortals.

The cultivators, however, presented some difficulties. Cultivators couldn't simply meditate and cultivate all the time; they also required elixirs to aid their cultivation. Most of these elixirs were refined from demon cores, and with the increasing number of cultivators, the demon cores had long since been depleted. In addition to this, they had stockpiled a large quantity of other cultivation resources, such as century-old spiritual herbs, spiritual fish, and spiritual fruits.

Compared to these concerns, Immortal Zi Yue was more worried about Wang Changsheng's safety.

If something major hadn't happened to prevent Wang Changsheng from coming, then Wang Ruyan could have come instead! Could it be that the Sun and Moon Palace had traced them to the Wang family?

As Immortal Zi Yue thought about this, her heart grew uneasy, and her graceful brows furrowed.

In fact, given the Wang family's current strength and network of connections, even if Wang Changsheng cultivated the Zhenhai Sect's core technique, the Sun and Moon Palace might not necessarily destroy the Wang family. After so many years, it wasn't surprising for someone to have obtained the Zhenhai Sect's core cultivation technique. Weaker forces would simply be destroyed by the Sun and Moon Palace without hesitation.

The Wang family had the Myriad Sword Sect and the Grand Unity Immortal Sect as their backing. If the Sun and Moon Palace wanted to destroy the Wang family, they would genuinely have to consider these two major sects.

The most crucial point was that there was no deep-seated enmity between the Wang family and the Sun and Moon Palace. After all, the Wang family's ancestor was merely a disciple guarding the scripture repository, a position of no real significance.

Immortal Zi Yue was different. Her ancestors were Transmission Elders of the Zhenhai Sect and had always been targets of the Sun and Moon Palace. Her great-grandparents and parents had all died at the hands of the Sun and Moon Palace, establishing a blood feud. The Sun and Moon Palace would absolutely not let her go.

Just as Immortal Zi Yue's thoughts were in a turmoil, a low horn sound emanated from her embrace.

She took out a palm-sized blue conch shell. After imbuing it with a spell formula, Wang Changsheng's voice immediately sounded: "Junior Martial Sister Tian, long time no see. How have you been? I've come to visit you."

Immortal Zi Yue was filled with both surprise and joy. She smiled and said, "I'm very well, Senior Martial Brother Wang, you've finally arrived."

She took out a gleaming white formation plate and imbued it with a spell formula.

Wang Changsheng stood at the foot of the mountain, his eyes slightly narrowed as he gazed towards the mountaintop.

The clouds and mist at the mountainside churned violently. A white cloud ladder, over ten zhang long, flew out and landed before him.

Wang Changsheng stepped onto it. The white cloud ladder then carried him back into the mist.

His vision blurred, and he suddenly reappeared in a secluded courtyard. Inside were many puppet beasts, and Immortal Zi Yue was standing directly before him.

He glanced at the puppet beasts in the courtyard and was slightly taken aback. From these puppet beasts, it was clear that Immortal Zi Yue had spent a significant amount of time studying puppet mastery over the years. No wonder she was still in the early Nascent Soul stage. He wondered if it was due to her cultivation technique or some other reason.

"Senior Martial Brother Wang, what happened outside? Why did it take you so long to come? Did the Sun and Moon Palace find us?"

Immortal Zi Yue asked somewhat nervously.

Wang Changsheng shook his head and said with a smile, "No, the Sun and Moon Palace has probably long forgotten about this matter."

He recounted to Immortal Zi Yue the events that had transpired in the South Sea over the past few decades, as well as the purpose of his current visit.

"I didn't expect Zhou Sihong to fall by Senior Martial Brother Wang's hand. That's good; it prevents the South Sea from becoming a land of suffering."

Immortal Zi Yue felt a hint of disappointment. If Zhou Sihong had opened a spatial passage to the Demon Realm, the major sects of the South Sea, including the Sun and Moon Palace, would certainly have suffered heavy losses. That would have been her best opportunity for revenge. However, the South Sea would also have been plunged into immense suffering. With Zhou Sihong's death at Wang Changsheng's hands, Immortal Zi Yue, despite her disappointment, also felt a touch of secret joy, as this indicated that Wang Changsheng's strength was growing steadily.

The Sun and Moon Palace was, after all, one of the top ten sects in the South Sea, and among the foremost. Without a major catastrophe, it would indeed be very difficult for her to exact her revenge.

If a major catastrophe struck the South Sea, the Wang family would also suffer misfortune, unable to escape unscathed.

Immortal Zi Yue wanted revenge, but she also didn't want anything to happen to the Wang family; these two desires were in conflict.

Wang Changsheng flipped his palm, and a golden light flashed. A gleaming golden metal sphere appeared in his hand, its surface covered in mysterious spiritual patterns.

"Junior Martial Sister Tian, I can now refine fourth-tier puppet beasts. This particular fourth-tier puppet beast was personally refined by me, and I'm giving it to you for self-defense."

Wang Changsheng's tone was sincere. Immortal Zi Yue had provided a lot of help to the Wang family, and Wang Changsheng had always wanted to repay her but had never found the opportunity. Since he had just refined a fourth-tier puppet beast, giving it to Immortal Zi Yue was both an expression of gratitude and a way to strengthen their ties.

His relationship with Immortal Zi Yue was somewhat complex. While they were nominally senior and junior martial siblings, they weren't strangers either. Immortal Zi Yue, in order to protect the safety of the Wang family members, had been severely injured by True Monarch Huanglong and nearly lost her life.

A flicker of surprise flashed in Immortal Zi Yue's eyes. Fourth-tier puppet beasts were not common goods. Although the Wang family already possessed two fourth-tier puppet beasts, those two had sustained damage, and there was still a difference compared to a brand new one.