Chapter 6: The Old Man in Black

The old man in black introduced himself as Mo Yuan, an elder of a mysterious faction called the “Shadow Pavilion,” an organization that operated underground in the cultivation world, hunting down people who carried special bloodlines or seals to serve some secret purpose.

“Xie Yunfeng,” he said, his low voice heavy with pressure, “you carry the Dao Rhyme Seal of the Canglan clan, the bloodline our Shadow Pavilion hunted to extinction twenty years ago. I didn’t expect a descendant to have survived.”

Every elder and disciple of the Qingyun Sect immediately went on guard, surrounding Yunfeng to protect him. Elder Zhou Bai stepped in front of him. “A disciple of the Qingyun Sect is not someone you can simply take whenever you like.”

Mo Yuan smiled coldly. “You think the Qingyun Sect can stop the Shadow Pavilion? I haven’t come today to fight. I’ve only come to give you a warning: sooner or later, the Shadow Pavilion will take back the Dao Rhyme Seal in that boy. How long you can keep it depends on your own strength.”

With that, the old man in black vanished without a trace, leaving the entire Qingyun Sect sunk in a heavy atmosphere.

That night, Yunfeng was summoned to a private audience with the Sect Master of Qingyun, Ye Qingxu, a cultivator at the Golden Core realm and the strongest in the whole region.

“You needn’t be afraid,” Ye Qingxu said, his voice calm but full of genuine concern. “The Dao Rhyme Seal you carry is not a curse. It is an extremely precious inheritance, one that can lead its bearer to comprehend the essence of the Great Dao faster than anyone else. That is exactly why the Shadow Pavilion has spared no means in hunting the Canglan clan all these years.

“From now on, the sect will do everything it can to protect you. But you also need to grow stronger quickly. The road ahead will not be smooth.”

Yunfeng clenched his fists, a resolve he had never felt before rising inside him. He looked at the faint system screen appearing before his eyes and thought: it was time to make full use of every ability the Simulation System had. Not only to protect himself, but to uncover the truth behind his parents’ tragedy all those years ago.