In the kitchen, a person and a dog were communicating with each other.
"Alright, I've told you so much. From now on, you can call me Brother Dog here. The name Little Black can only be used by my master, understand?" Little Black transmitted.
"Understood, Brother Dog Senior," Yu Mingkong said softly.
The black dog immediately became unhappy.
"Call me Brother Dog, don't call me Senior. Do I look that old?"
Yu Mingkong secretly muttered to herself.
"How old are you? Don't you have a clue?"
But she still called out.
"Brother Dog."
The black dog was delighted to hear it.
"Oh, right, Master wants you to hurry up and make dinner. Make the delicious food you have here. As for the meat in that bowl, warm it up and bring it to Master later."
Yu Mingkong looked up and saw the black dog staring intently at the meat in the bowl, drooling all over the floor.
"Brother Dog, why don't you have this bowl of meat?" Yu Mingkong said with a smile.
"Absolutely not. Although it smells good, I cannot eat Master's things without his permission," the black dog transmitted via divine sense.
"Alright, I won't say anymore. You, girl, don't try to curry favor with me. Hurry up and make Master's meal. I'm going to sleep now. Call me when it's ready."
With that, the black dog left the door and lay down in his doghouse. Another refreshing day was about to end. This life was much better than the constant fighting and killing of the past.
After the black dog left, Yu Mingkong truly began to cook. Although she was the daughter of the Azure Spirit Sect Master, she had unique ideas and skills in cooking, except that she disliked washing pots.
About half an incense stick later, Yu Mingkong brought up the steaming, delicious dishes and placed them on the table in Wang Yufan's living quarters.
Looking at the table full of dishes, Wang Yufan's nose twitched, and he thought to himself.
"This girl's cooking is not bad. It smells quite good. I wonder how it tastes."
As he thought, he got down from the resting bed. Yu Mingkong had forgotten to call the black dog after finishing the meal, but the black dog came rushing over, smelling the aroma.
Seeing Wang Yufan start to use his chopsticks, he immediately ran up and began his fawning mode.
"Mingkong, you sit down and eat too," Wang Yufan said.
"Young Master Yufan, may I?" Yu Mingkong asked somewhat uncertainly. This Young Master Yufan had a strange temperament. If she made him unhappy, he might just make her disappear with a sneeze.
"If I say you can, you can."
Wang Yufan finished speaking and began to eat. He was quite satisfied with the meal, but he didn't show it.
The black dog, who was lying on the ground, looked at his Master's expression and couldn't tell if it was delicious or not. The smell, however, was very good.
Wang Yufan finished more than half of the large table of food in a short while, which surprised Yu Mingkong. Young Master Yufan had such a large appetite, but the black dog was already drooling all over the floor.
In the next ten-plus days, a young man, a black dog, and a fanning woman joined the small courtyard in Dragon Phoenix Mountain.
Azure Spirit Sect.
After Yu Xuzi and others returned to the sect, they re-repaired and reinforced the sect's array formation.
"Old Ancestor, how should our sect develop now? The Fallen Cloud Sect's current strength is similar to our Azure Spirit Sect's. If we take advantage of this opportunity to take them down, our strength might increase," Yu Xuzi said to Yu Zhendong.
"You are now the head of a sect and must make your own decisions, but you must consider the consequences carefully before making a decision. The Fallen Cloud Sect will definitely not suffer such a silent loss. The Senior from Dragon Phoenix Mountain is temperamental, and we cannot rely on others for this. We must strengthen our own strength," Yu Zhendong said.
Listening to Old Ancestor Yu Zhendong's words, Yu Xuzi felt that what he said made a lot of sense. The Fallen Cloud Sect was not to be trifled with.
"Old Ancestor, what do you think of the strength of that young man from Dragon Phoenix Mountain?" Yu Xuzi asked.
Yu Zhendong was silent for a moment and then said.
"Although I can't believe it myself, I think that Senior should at least be a Dao Integration Realm expert. Although he looks young, he might have used special methods and is just experiencing the mortal world."
This surprised Yu Xuzi as well. He didn't expect the Old Ancestor to give such a high evaluation to that young man.
In his memory, in the barren lands of Heaven Desolate Continent, the strongest force was probably Heavenly Severance Manor in Central Spirit State, which only had people at the peak of the Dao Integration Realm.
In the central area of Southern Desolate Barren, the Fallen Cloud Sect, the largest sect in Southern Desolate Barren, was located there.
At this time, in a magnificent hall.
An old man sat above, and below stood a middle-aged man with a worried expression. These two were the Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect and the Sect Master Baili Changkong, who had fled back from Dragon Phoenix Mountain.
"Old Ancestor," the middle-aged man began.
"Changkong, I know what you're going to say. I didn't expect Big Brother to just disappear before my eyes. I hate it," said the Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect.
"Old Ancestor, when did the Azure Spirit Sect have such a powerful backer? Moreover, there has been no one with such high strength in Dragon Phoenix Mountain for a hundred years," Baili Changkong said.
"You are right. That person's strength is indeed extraordinary. He can kill a Spirit Severing Realm person in the blink of an eye. How could it be that simple? His strength is at least at the Dao Integration Realm."
"Then Old Ancestor, are we not going to avenge our Fallen Cloud Sect? My son and the Great Old Ancestor both died at that person's hands."
"Avenge, why not avenge? The blood of our Fallen Cloud Sect's Old Ancestor was not shed in vain. I don't believe that person has three heads and six arms, and that Azure Spirit Sect, we will make them perish with us.
Changkong, I have a secret letter here. Give it to Tu Zhan, the Great Elder of Heavenly Severance Manor in Central Spirit State."
"Old Ancestor, are you sure this letter alone can get the help of the Great Elder of Heavenly Severance Manor, the strongest sect in our region?" Baili Changkong asked.
"Yes, in this letter, I wrote a secret that only our Fallen Cloud Sect knows."
"What secret could make Tu Zhan help us?"
"Changkong, no matter how strong Heavenly Severance Manor is, it's only strong in the barren lands of Heaven Desolate Continent. In the Central Domain, it's just the lowest existence. People from the Central Domain generally don't come to our land because there's a barrier specifically to block people from the barren lands, but this letter contains the secret of how to break this barrier."
The Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect smiled slightly.
"Old Ancestor, if that's the case, then why don't we, our sect, use this secret? If we break that barrier, our sect will have better development in the Central Domain," Baili Changkong asked, puzzled.
"That's because it requires the vital blood of a Dao Integration Realm expert, and our sect's strongest is currently only at the Spirit Severing Realm, not even Divine Transformation Realm, let alone Dao Integration Realm. To avenge this hatred, we can only do this."
Baili Changkong also understood the Old Ancestor's intention, hoping that the Great Elder of Heavenly Severance Manor would come this time to avenge them and, incidentally, help them unify Southern Desolate Barren.
He then bid farewell to the Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect and took the secret letter to Heavenly Severance Manor in Central Spirit State.
Watching Baili Changkong's departing back, the Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect's expression changed, and a sinister voice suddenly emerged from the Old Ancestor of the Fallen Cloud Sect's throat.
"Hehehe, Old Ancestor Bai Li Tunji, are you sure you're giving this secret to Heavenly Severance Manor? Aren't you afraid they'll discover that it's not a path to the Central Domain at all, but a road of no return? What do you think they'll do to you?"