Pei Yun and his companions did not hide the fact that they came from the outside world: "...We accidentally broke into this place and have no intention of occupying your country. May I ask, Fellow Daoist Chen, how can we leave this place?"

Among the masters of Nanling Country present, this old man has the highest cultivation level. It can be seen from his temperament that he is a person in power who has been in a high position for many years.

After listening to Pei Yun's words, the people of Nanling looked at the people of Yunshan Sect for a moment, and Chen Lan invited them to the palace as guests: "This matter is a long story, why don't you take a rest in the palace for a while, and then I will prepare a banquet for you..."

The Emperor of Nanling arranged for them to rest in a palace in the imperial palace. After the dinner that night, Chen Lan, along with the Emperor of Nanling and four Nanling masters who had appeared during the day, met with Pei Yun and his party.

"My fellow Daoist Pei, you asked me before how to leave this place. Before you answer, I would like to ask you, where are you from? Since you want to leave, why don't you go back the way you came?" Chen Lan asked.

The six people from Nanling Kingdom stared at Pei Yun closely, with a hint of expectation in their eyes.

"...We were teleported here by a whirlpool storm in the sea. After we woke up, we could no longer find the way back, so we could only come to this island..." Pei Yun told the truth.

Hearing this, the people from Nanling Country couldn't help but show some disappointment. Chen Lan sighed:

"To be honest with you fellow Daoists, the royal family and people of our Nanling country have been trapped here for thousands of years. Back then, the demons invaded the entire continent and were rampant everywhere. In order to protect the people of Nanling, the Nanling Sword King opened up this small world for everyone to live in seclusion for a while. Who knew that this protected area would become a place where we are trapped..."

The resources of the small world gradually dried up. Thousands of years passed, and the cultivators of Nanling Kingdom became weaker and weaker. In this generation, only Chen Lan broke through to the God Transformation stage.

Luo Rufeng frowned and said, "When Nanling Sword King opened up this small world, didn't he ever think about letting the people inside come out?"

"Of course we have arranged an exit. My Nanling Royal Family originally controlled the barrier at the exit of the small world. But during the Dao-Demon War, the high-ranking demons found this small world and wanted to use it to threaten Nanling Sword King. In order to prevent the demons from invading here, Nanling Sword King finally closed the exit barrier. Since then, we have lost contact with Nanling Sword King and never returned to the small world. Unless you have the cultivation level of Nanling Sword King, it is impossible to open the exit barrier, and you can't even find the barrier..."

The hearts of the people in the Yunshan Sect sank. The Sword King of Nanling had reached the Mahayana stage of cultivation, and they were far behind!

"Where is the exit barrier?"

Chen Lan took out a topographic map of Nanling Kingdom and pointed to the location on the map.

"This is the sea area where we came from." Liang Feng quickly identified it.

“The people of Nanling have been searching this sea area for thousands of years, but still haven’t found the exit barrier from that time…” said a middle-aged man from Nanling country who was present.

"We searched this sea area carefully after being teleported here, but we couldn't find any exit from the barrier."

Both sides fell silent for a moment.

Chen Lan looked at everyone present in Nanling Country, and he slowly said, "However, over the past few thousand years, we have also discovered some clues. Nanling Sword King may have left another exit in this small world, but we haven't discovered it yet..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in Yunshan Sect was excited. Fu Lingchen asked, "Did you find anything?"

"...Nanling Sword King left five places of inheritance in this small world, which are controlled by our royal family and the four great families. After generations of research by Nanling people, we speculate that as long as we explore the secrets of these five places of inheritance, we can find a way to leave the small world..."

"Five places of inheritance?"

"Yes, but over the years, many talented students have entered the inheritance site, including ourselves. Naturally, a very small number of people have inherited the skills of the Nanling Sword King, but we still haven't found any clues..."

"...Fellow Daoist Chen, I wonder if we can enter these five places of inheritance?" Pei Yun looked at Chen Lan.

"Of course." Chen Lan and the ancestors of the four great families had already discussed this before meeting Pei Yun and the others. "But...if you find the exit, I hope you can let us know."

The reason why they agreed so quickly was, first, Pei Yun and others were stronger than them, and even if they were not told the news about the inheritance place, they would be able to find it with some time.

Second, they also wanted to find an exit to leave this small world. It was very difficult to improve their cultivation in a small world with depleted resources, and their cultivation had been stagnant for a long time.

"That's no problem." The two sides agreed to cooperate.

Chen Lan and the Yunshan Sect's group agreed that they would be taken to the place of inheritance in two days.

Before leaving, Pei Yun asked curiously, "Is the Nanling Sword King a descendant of the Nanling royal family or the emperor?"

Chen Lan was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Nanling Sword King is not a member of the royal family. It is rumored that Nanling Sword King is an orphan who has been begging since he was a child. Later, by chance, he entered the Taoist sect and became a casual cultivator. He has neither a family nor a sect behind him. He learned all his sword skills by himself..."

"From a casual cultivator to the Mahayana stage?!" Everyone couldn't help but marvel at the talent of Nanling Sword King.

Pei Yun couldn't help but feel sorry for Nanling Sword King. If he hadn't sacrificed himself to resist the demons, there was a great chance that Nanling Sword King would have ascended to the upper realm.

"Just now, Fellow Daoist Pei said that he accidentally broke into this place while searching for the secret ancient tomb of Nanling Sword King. My royal family has also collected some books about the deeds of Nanling Sword King. If you are interested, I will have someone send them to your palace later..." Chen Lan said in a cooperative and friendly manner.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chen."

Pei Yun and his party left the meeting hall and returned to the palace where they were arranged to rest.

"Grandfather Emperor, can this group of people be trusted?" With the precedent of Ji Feng, the Emperor of Nanling Kingdom had no good feelings towards people from outside.

"The other people in this group are easy to deal with, but the strength of Fellow Daoist Pei and Fellow Daoist Luo is unfathomable. The person who came from the outside world before had a higher cultivation level than me, but they killed him whenever they said so. If they want to kill us, it can be said to be easy. Now we can only take one step at a time. I hope I didn't make a mistake in choosing the right person this time..." Chen Lan sighed secretly.

In the palace where Pei Yun and others lived——

The people of Yunshan Sect are looking through books about Nanling Sword King. Most of them record the process and achievements of Nanling Sword King's competitions with others, as well as his research on martial arts. There is almost no information about his personal affairs.

"...Hmm?" Pei Yun casually opened a book and an old folded paper fell out. She picked it up carefully and unfolded it. She saw a drawing of a young man on the paper with the words "Lin Yunqing" written on the lower left corner.

The name of the Nanling Sword King was "Lin Yunqing". There was no record of the deeds of the Nanling Sword King in the books, only poems written by him, which revealed a hint of longing.

The author's name "Lin Zhaoxuan" was revealed on the last page of the book.

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