Yun Fan felt a stirring in his heart. At this moment, he thought of the words on the stone wall in the Forbidden Abyss of the Deep he had encountered before.
He still remembered the general meaning clearly: when he was needed, he was a hero; when he was not, he was a devil. Though they were just his innermost thoughts, Yun Fan sensed deep unwillingness and anger from those words.
The Ancestor of the Witch then said, "The Dark Turmoil is incredibly terrifying. A thousand years ago, I experienced a Dark Turmoil. In that era, cultivators were like ants, and even I could not guarantee my survival! Fearing that my life would be snatched away the next moment, in that most brutal era, I didn't even have the courage to experience it again!"
"Who was the main culprit of the Dark Turmoil?"
Yun Fan asked, puzzled. Perhaps history was fragmented, or perhaps it was hidden. He hadn't seen any records on this matter before, so he hadn't paid much attention.
"The main culprits were those experts sealed by the dust of history. They would seal themselves until a suitable time to emerge and trigger countless disturbances. This is the Dark Turmoil. Each turmoil is a catastrophe for all living beings, and no one knows how many people will die!"
The Ancestor of the Witch said with apprehension, "Regardless, it can only be described as rivers of blood!"
Hearing this, Yun Fan understood. Those self-sealed warriors would awaken and act similarly to the Crimson Angel, only a hundred times more powerful. The Crimson Angel's actions of destroying the Blood Clan and Werewolves were merely a microcosm of those powerful beings.
At this point, the Ancestor of the Witch continued, "According to recorded history, there seem to have been four turmoils. All four turmoils were resolved by great powers from your Huaxia, as the Dark Turmoil was most severe in your Huaxia!"
This statement made Yun Fan's heart pound, but Huaxia being the most severely affected was within his expectations.
After all, since ancient times, Huaxia had countless powerhouses, and this was no exaggeration.
So, he asked, "Which four?"
"The first was over three thousand years ago. Di Xin perished while quelling the turmoil, dying together with the culprits amidst the chaos!"
"The second was over two thousand years ago. As the Dark Turmoil began and war spread across the land, Qin Huang rose from among the common people, pacified the turmoil, and was hailed as an emperor for all time!"
"The third was not long after the second. Emperor Wu of Han, with his ambition, swept away the turmoil shortly after it began!"
At this moment, the Ancestor of the Witch said, "But the fourth was the most severe and the darkest. In that turmoil, even powerful Huaxia was nearly annihilated!"
"A thousand years ago?"
Yun Fan asked.
The Ancestor of the Witch replied, "That's right. In that era, I had just risen to prominence when I encountered the most terrifying turmoil. But before that, the Dark Turmoil in your Huaxia had already lasted for over three hundred years!"
"Hiss!"
Yun Fan gasped. Three hundred years was indeed a long and painful period.
"Later, a powerful expert from the demonic path rose strongly and quelled the Dark Turmoil. However, he inexplicably disappeared afterward! He was never heard of again. All I know is that he vanished without a trace shortly after returning from the West!"
The Ancestor of the Witch said curiously, "Do you think it's possible he also sealed himself?"
Did the dragon slayer eventually become a dragon?
Yun Fan sneered. That senior would never become such a person.
He said, "No, that senior transcended."
"So that's how it is!"
The Ancestor of the Witch said, "That powerful being was someone I respected. However, at that time, I was only left with a wisp of my soul and couldn't pay my respects to him. I didn't expect that a thousand years would have passed in the blink of an eye!"
As she spoke, her eyes were filled with reverence.
At this moment, Yun Fan said, "Before the God of Light died, he said that the Dark Turmoil was imminent!"
"What?"
The Ancestor of the Witch was startled. If this were true, then this Dark Turmoil would likely be even more brutal.
Could it be that Yun Fan was also born to face this calamity?
However, with Yun Fan's current strength, he might not be able to quell the turmoil, perhaps not even protect himself.
But the so-called imminent might not be right now; perhaps it would be decades or a century later!
By then, Yun Fan would likely have grown to a new height.
At this moment, she said to Yun Fan, "The crisis has been resolved. I will now leave her body!"
"You won't share a body with her anymore?"
Yun Fan asked curiously. He hadn't expected the Ancestor of the Witch to give up voluntarily.
The Ancestor of the Witch replied, "No need. She is not me, and I am not her. I believe I will find a suitable body someday!"
"Hmm!"
Yun Fan was quite satisfied with this outcome. After all, his Fourth Senior Sister would finally no longer suffer.
At this moment, the Ancestor of the Witch said, "We will meet again. Thank you for helping our clans resolve the issue with the Light Clan!"
"No need for thanks. It was mainly because the Light Clan provoked me first; otherwise, I wouldn't have meddled."
Yun Fan spoke his mind.
The Ancestor of the Witch still expressed her gratitude, "Regardless, I will remember this favor!"
With that, her soul immediately departed.
As she departed, she said to Yun Fan, "I have withdrawn the curse. Farewell!"
Hearing this, Yun Fan was quite dejected. In his opinion, he could still bear the curse, so there was no need to withdraw it!
However, the person was already gone, and it was too late for him to regret it now.
After the Ancestor of the Witch left, Dai Qisi instantly fell into weakness and almost collapsed to the ground, but Yun Fan caught her.
At this moment, Yun Fan took her to the hotel at the foot of the snow mountain. They had stayed in this hotel before.
Not long after returning to the hotel, Dai Qisi's condition improved.
"Junior Brother, she has left me. Before she left, she passed all her cultivation techniques to me!"
Dai Qisi said to Yun Fan.
Yun Fan smiled, "Fourth Senior Sister, just accept it happily. After all, she was in your body for a while!"
"Mhm, mhm!"
Dai Qisi nodded, "But I still have to thank her!"
At this moment, to avoid disturbing Dai Qisi's comprehension, Yun Fan said, "Fourth Senior Sister, you should rest early. I won't disturb you anymore!"
However, this time, Dai Qisi said directly, "You're not allowed to leave!"
"Why?"
Yun Fan was a little confused. In the next moment, Dai Qisi kissed him.
After that, with the atmosphere already set, a great battle ensued in the room for over an hour.
Of course, since Dai Qisi was a novice and inexperienced, this battle ended with her defeat and Yun Fan's easy victory.
At this moment, Yun Fan was very pleased. He had thought that Fourth Senior Sister, being Western, would have a naturally strong physique, even more difficult to deal with than Ye Ji.
Unexpectedly, Fourth Senior Sister was too easy to handle. Forget comparing with Ye Ji; she might not even be as good as Jiang Xueyan.
Therefore, less than halfway through the battle, Fourth Senior Sister was already begging for mercy repeatedly.
At this moment, Yun Fan held Dai Qisi as she slept. They didn't say much, as their relationship had reached this point, and there was no need for many words.
This was also a form of explanation to Fourth Senior Sister. Of course, Yun Fan was asleep because after conquering Dai Qisi, he discovered that his strength had increased.
It would have taken some time to completely refine the powers of the God of Light and the Ninja Emperor, but with the help of this surge of power, his refining speed had increased significantly.
Therefore, he was currently refining in his sleep.
Dai Qisi lay obediently in Yun Fan's arms. Of course, she had no choice but to be obedient! She was completely exhausted at this moment.
Pain accompanied by drowsiness, Dai Qisi was also about to fall asleep, but she seemed to remember something she hadn't done.
So, she quickly opened her phone, recorded a video of the two of them, and posted it to her Moments, setting it to be visible only to Zhao Feiyue.
It had to be said that this pair of senior sisters had become so competitive.
Sure enough, not long after she posted, Zhao Feiyue saw the video.
In the video, Dai Qisi looked like a little bird, lying happily in Yun Fan's arms. This scene made her extremely envious.
Zhao Feiyue was so angry that she almost smashed her phone on the ground. It had to be said that their relationship had just improved slightly, and now they were competing again.
Of course, if it were her, she would do the same.
At this moment, all she felt was envy, jealousy, and hatred. She hadn't expected Dai Qisi to be a step ahead. She deeply regretted it now.
But regret was useless; it was bound to happen sooner or later.
What angered her most wasn't that Dai Qisi had secured Junior Brother, but that Dai Qisi's affected expression disgusted her.
As fellow sisters, she knew Dai Qisi wasn't a lady. She hadn't expected her to pretend to be gentle and lovely in the video.
Neither she nor Dai Qisi were associated with gentleness, alright!
It was too pretentious. She couldn't even be bothered to expose Dai Qisi's lie.
...
One day, Linglong had arrived in the small world.
The moment she descended into the small world, the inhabitants were stunned. A celestial maiden had descended, and many even began to prostrate.
To them, Linglong was a celestial maiden from the highest heavens, and only a celestial maiden could be so ethereal and perfect.
Just as she was about to head to the mortal world, she saw someone she didn't wish to see.
This person was her master, the Old Heavenly Master.
"What? Seeing me, aren't you going to call me Master?"
The Old Heavenly Master smiled at the icy-faced Linglong.
Linglong coldly replied, "I was no longer your disciple years ago, so there is no master-disciple bond between us!"
Hearing this, the Old Heavenly Master was not angry. Instead, he insisted, "Guigu does not enter the Fengshan Land, nor will it associate with the Fengshan Land!"
"Heh heh!"
Linglong sneered, "Therefore, Guigu is becoming more and more decadent. If you had listened to my advice back then, Guigu would not have declined to this extent, nor would it have delayed Junior Brother!"
"Silence!"
The Old Heavenly Master became somewhat angry, "Rebellious disciple, don't think that just because you've stayed in the Fengshan Land for these years, you believe the Fengshan Land is good. Their true nature hasn't been exposed yet. One day, you will discover the dirty and dark side of the Fengshan Land!"
"Are you blocking me today just to say these things to me?"
Linglong changed the subject, not arguing further with the Old Heavenly Master. Although the Old Heavenly Master's words had some merit, the Fengshan Land was not entirely dark. For example, her Taishang Dao Sect was not such a force.
However, she also knew that no matter how she explained, her master would not believe her, so at this moment, she had no intention of explaining.
The Old Heavenly Master said, "Of course, there's more. Although the master-disciple bond is over, it doesn't mean I don't believe you. One day, you will turn back!"
"That is impossible!"
Linglong immediately said, "Move aside and don't block my path. I need to see Junior Brother!"
However, the Old Heavenly Master shook his head, "You cannot see him!"
"Why?"
Linglong's face flushed with anger. After the incident that year, she had wanted to acknowledge Junior Brother, but her master had stopped her.
Unexpectedly, years later, the Old Heavenly Master was still stopping her, which made her utterly furious.
The Old Heavenly Master said, "If I'm not mistaken, besides acknowledging him, you also want to help him!"
"Of course!"
Linglong said, "Since you know I've arrived here, you must also know that Zhu Yiming of the Zhu family has gone to the mortal world. Junior Brother is surrounded by danger, and he needs me!"
"That's right. Just a day ago, he came here and then went to the mortal world."
The Old Heavenly Master nodded.
"Then why didn't you stop him?"
In her opinion, even if her master was wary of Zhu Yiming's background and didn't dare to kill him, he should have stopped him!
Unexpectedly, this old man didn't intervene at all. She was even more disappointed in the Old Heavenly Master.
The Old Heavenly Master calmly asked, "Why stop him? If he wants to go to the mortal world, then let him go!"
"You are harming Junior Brother!"
Linglong said defiantly.
The Old Heavenly Master replied, "He is my most outstanding disciple. How could I harm him?"
"I know his capabilities. People always grow in adversity. Let Zhu Yiming be his stepping stone!"
The Old Heavenly Master said with certainty. He knew that although his decision was cruel to Yun Fan, the future would only be more cruel. Therefore, he used a cruel method to help Yun Fan grow, as Yun Fan would have to bear too much in the future.
"Zhu Yiming's age and strength are far greater than Junior Brother's. This is a completely unequal battle. Doing this is undoubtedly sending Junior Brother to his death!"
Linglong scolded furiously.
Zhu Yiming and she were both at the peak of Nascent Soul cultivation, which had three minor stages: Entering Soul, Seeking Dao, and Refining Soul.
Zhu Yiming was a master of the Entering Soul stage. Junior Brother was too young and could not possibly be Zhu Yiming's opponent.
Therefore, this was also one of the reasons she had rushed to see Junior Brother.
The Old Heavenly Master said, "I understand what you're saying, but where is there so much fairness in this world? One day, I will leave him, and he will need to carry an era alone!"
"Madman, you are truly a madman!"
Linglong did not support the Old Heavenly Master's actions at all. She only felt that her former master had gone mad.
"Regardless, I will go and help Junior Brother today. You cannot stop me!"
Linglong said resolutely.
The Old Heavenly Master sighed, "You are too carried away!"
In the next moment, Linglong decisively attacked. Her Entering Soul stage strength was displayed to its fullest, making her incredibly powerful.
She almost surpassed the peak of the current era.
However, the Old Heavenly Master easily neutralized it and repelled her, thus proving that the Old Heavenly Master was likely a master of the Seeking Dao or even Refining Soul realm.
The Old Heavenly Master said, "As master and disciple, I don't want to fall out with you. If you are unconvinced, I can make a bet with you!"
"What are we betting on?"
Linglong asked angrily. She hadn't expected that her proud strength was still no match for this old fellow.
"I bet that your Junior Brother will win this contest."
The Old Heavenly Master said confidently.
"If Junior Brother doesn't win, then I won't even have a chance to save him?"
Linglong said coldly, "What's the point of such a bet?"
However, the Old Heavenly Master remained calm and said, "Don't worry, even if he loses, I can still save him!"
"As for now, you're not going anywhere. After he wins, whether you go to find him or do something to him, I won't stop you!"
"Hmph!"
Linglong snorted coldly. Although she didn't insist on going immediately, she was not one to sit idly by.
She planned to find an opportunity to go. She absolutely couldn't watch Junior Brother in danger and do nothing. Little did she know that her little plan was seen through by the Old Heavenly Master long ago.