Chapter 505

Chapter 505: Returning Home

Three days later, Little White finally returned to the place where her family lived after leaving Jingtan Peak.

The surroundings were shrouded in gray mist, lacking the vibrant life of Jingtan Peak, and there were no vast spiritual fields. However, Little White felt a warm sense of home in this familiar place.

“Father, I’m back!”

Excited to be home, Little White couldn’t help but shout, her clear voice echoing around and dispersing the mist.

She expected to hear a response immediately and thought many family members would come out to greet her.

However, after a few moments, there was only silence; the surroundings remained calm with no signs of life.

This made Little White feel a twinge of unease, and she looked around at the familiar surroundings with uncertainty.

She murmured to herself,

“This is definitely my home!”

Though she had been away for ten years, she shouldn’t forget her own house, right?

Could there be a family meeting going on?

But surely there would be at least one dragon left to guard the home?

“Father, Uncle, are you home?”

“I’m back.”

Little White walked deeper inside, trying to find a familiar face, but after a while, she searched through the homes of all her elders and didn’t see a single dragon.

As she looked at the layers of dust in the houses, Little White frowned.

There were no signs of a struggle, so it was clear the family had left voluntarily.

Given the thickness of the dust, they must have been gone for several years.

From this, she concluded that the entire family had relocated.

But as a talented member of the younger generation, why hadn’t she received any news?

Even if they were moving, couldn’t they leave her a clue?

Although there was a bond between family members, distance was needed to sense it.

In the vast sea of the Cultivation World, how could she search for them?

Little White fell into silence; had she known this would happen, she would have stayed at Jingtan Peak!

Forget returning home!

In a deep chasm in a secret realm, countless white clouds surrounded the area.

Among these clouds, True Dragons occasionally flew by, revealing their colorful scales.

“Chief, there seems to be a great crisis brewing in the Cultivation World; should we find a more hidden place?”

“Forget it; hiding won’t help us. Destiny has its course, and besides, our dragon clan is not easy to bully.”

“By the way, has anything happened in the family recently?”

“Reporting to the chief, everything in the family is stable; nothing has happened. Besides, didn’t the chief issue a ban recently, forbidding family members from going out?”

Upon hearing the reply from his family, the leader of the Dragon Clan had a hint of doubt in his huge eyes as he murmured,

“That’s strange; why do I feel like I’ve forgotten something?”

“Chief, did you forget that you were supposed to play chess with Ao Xing and the others today?”

“Ah, yes, yes, yes! I knew I had forgotten something; that’s it! Let’s go play chess!”

After saying this, he transformed his form in an instant, appearing as a middle-aged man, and flew away into the white clouds.

At their level, changing into a human form was easy, but usually, they preferred to act in their true form. Chess, which was brought in from the cultivators, was just not convenient to play in their original form.

At Jingtan Peak, Little Black stood in the spiritual field, gazing into the distance.

The departure of Xuanqing and Little White was hard for him to accept, as the two beasts took away a large part of the spiritual grains from the peak.

That alone was already troubling; the key issue was that with such a big peak, pest control would now rely on him alone.

He felt miserable!

If he could, he would also want to go home, but upon reflection, it seemed he had always been at home.

Moreover, Ji Yang had already warned him that if he dared to run out of the peak again, he’d break his legs.

Because of Ji Yang’s fists, he could only bear this pain by himself.

The reason Ji Yang didn’t let him leave the peak was to prevent Little Black from going to other peaks to steal spiritual plants.

After the last time he returned from mining, rumors began to spread in the sect about a thief stealing from the sect, with each peak losing quite a few spiritual plants.

Even though Ji Yang hadn’t spent much time at Jingtan Peak over the years, when he returned, he often couldn’t sense the presence of the three beasts, which suggested they were up to something nefarious together, unbeknownst to him.

Over the next six months, Jingtan Peak returned to tranquility.

However, the situation within the sect grew worse, and the elder faces of each peak appeared increasingly stern.

Although Ji Yang had not left the peak, he managed to gather some news.

It was said that various sects outside had started to unite, preparing to jointly attack the He Dao Sect.

The reasons given were diverse.

For example, the emergence of demons was allegedly triggered by Ye Wuchen from the He Dao Sect, and the thefts of spiritual plants from numerous sects might also be linked to the He Dao Sect.

Although there was no direct evidence, this did not prevent them from using it as justification to attack the He Dao Sect.

Li Daoyi wanted to explain, but after thinking it over, it seemed hard to justify.

These two matters indeed could not be separated from the He Dao Sect, so it wasn’t entirely unfair.

If it were just one or two sects, the He Dao Sect wouldn’t be afraid.

However, this coalition included numerous sects, not only several elite sects of the demonic path but also two righteous sects participating.

In such a growing tide of opposition, discussing the He Dao Sect was a must for every sect.

At first, when he learned about the coalition of sects, Li Daoyi took it lightly.

Not to mention the righteous and demonic sects; even two righteous sects would have differing opinions.

With so many sects uniting, the disagreements would surely be greater.

Disunity in opinion and interests would lead to the failure of the coalition, so Li Daoyi wasn’t worried.

However, the news that followed made his brows furrow deeply.

Reports indicated that the Major Sects had begun to take action, compelling the He Dao Sect to prepare for battle.

During this time, Li Daoyi even sent out Transmission to the Taiyi Sect, Xuantian Sect, and Diamond Sect.

As righteous sects, they should not stand idly by.

But after sending the Transmission, it felt like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response at all.

Moreover, subsequent intelligence revealed that the coalition included the Diamond Sect and Taiyi Sect, which truly shocked Li Daoyi.

In his deep thoughts, Li Daoyi quickly sensed that something was amiss.

As for the reasons mentioned earlier, they simply didn’t hold water.

Though the demon issue was indeed related to Ye Wuchen, even without him, the demons would eventually appear in the Cultivation World; bringing them into the world early might not be a bad thing.

Besides, the He Dao Sect could not escape either; hadn’t they also been invaded by demons?

As for the theft of mines, the sects only had suspicions and could not be certain.

Without evidence, no top sect would act rashly.

If it were truly the He Dao Sect’s doing, such a large sect would inevitably reveal themselves when using or handling those ores; the Major Sects would have time to act without rushing into it.

The more he thought about it, the more Li Daoyi felt that a conspiracy was targeting the He Dao Sect.

It shouldn’t be called a conspiracy; it was an open plot.