"Clouds stretch across Qinling—where is home?" The snow confines the blue pass, halting the horses.

As the typical dividing line between the north and south, Zhao Changhe traveled north on a Flying Horse, fortunate to witness a mountain range separating the two, the south free of snow, while the north lay thickly blanketed.

After flying over the ridge, a chill instantly struck, even causing his Wuzhui horse to shiver involuntarily, hesitant to proceed.

Upon seeing the silver-clad scenery ahead, Zhao Changhe was quite moved.

When he returned from overseas, it was the initial snow, and though winter had not fully passed by now, it already felt as though several years had stretched on. So much had happened in these two or three months...

Situ Xiao joked, claiming those deeply immersed in cultivation would soon grow white hair...

Though a joke, there was truth within. In these mere couple of months, Zhao Changhe, cloaked and capped in snow, traversed the Divine Continent, engaging in countless fierce battles, soaked in blood to date; amidst all that, entangled with numerous thoughts and schemes. An ordinary person wouldn't have endured it.

The only region yet untrodden now lay before his eyes.

Guanglong... Chang'an.

The name of this place significantly stirred contemporary feelings, especially when combined with the surname of the Li Family, making Zhao Changhe unwilling to view them as enemies for a long time.

However, it was clear. In this era, both Qinghe Cui and Langya Wang showed overt trademarks, and Guangxi Li was similarly artificial, far removed from what he knew. There was no need for special sentiments.

Unchanged, though, was that Chang'an remained the ancient capital through many dynasties, except that Xia Longyuan had established the capital in today's royal domain due to the Qi of Beimang. Formerly, most regimes chose Chang'an, as its landscape was naturally fitting.

And... it wasn't like he was completely clueless about the area; he had a local guide.

Yue Hongling herself.

A genuine Shanxi girl, thankfully without strong locaI accent.

"Luoxia Manor is not far from the foot of Mount Huashan, do you know?" Yue Hongling was asking.

Zhao Changhe felt slightly embarrassed, "I know."

He knew yet had never thought to visit, being caught in the act was somewhat embarrassing. But he truly had been too busy... she, Yue Hongling, hadn't been home in years herself.

Considering both Huashan and the surname Yue was somewhat ominous, of course, that wasn't referring to Yue Hongling but her Master, Yue Fenghua.

Yue Hongling was a disaster-stricken civilian at the foot of Mount Huashan; her family had died early, and she was adopted by Yue Fenghua, taking his surname. Her original surname was unknown to all. Because of this, no matter how she roamed the Worldly Society, Yue Hongling always had her maternal home, hence why she suggested Zhao Changhe should come to propose.

Luoxia Manor was just a third-rate small sect, with Yue Fenghua only attaining the Seventh Layer of the Mystical Gate, not even comparable to Luo Family Manor, yet gained fame due to Yue Hongling. Initially, the Manor Master of Luo had even told Luo Zhenwu that if he wanted to acquire Yue Hongling, perhaps starting with her sect might be feasible, like threatening her sect.

In reality, that was a lack of investigation on the Manor Master's part, a naive thought.

Many had the same thought, yet no one acted. Why? Besides, Yue Hongling's righteous acts in the Worldly Society means she had enemies everywhere, yet no one troubled Luoxia Manor.

Because overtly, Yue Hongling had long been "expelled from her sect." Very early on, just after the young Hongling started her journey, she killed a malevolent house servant of the Wei Family of Longxi. Yue Fenghua could not uphold it and had to expel her from the sect to sever ties, which also explained why Yue Hongling had never returned home. As the issue was minor, having expelled her was sufficient, and the Wei Family didn't trouble Luoxia Manor further, nor surely hunted a young girl across the world—the matter simply passed.

However, this so-called "expulsion from the sect" was, from the start, expressed by Yue Fenghua to his apprentice as a preservation tactic, treating her still as an apprentice, to return once things calmed down. With these words, Yue Hongling knew her reckless actions had troubled her sect and naturally didn't blame her master. After tearfully leaving her sect, her heart still saw it as her maternal home.

What Yue Fenghua truly thought internally remained unknown, but objectively, it allowed Yue Hongling henceforth not to worry about what lay behind her, becoming the most famous young heroine. Being expelled wasn't really a stain; everyone knew it stemmed from undertaking righteous actions, not misdeeds.

Her enemies generally wouldn't think to trouble Luoxia Manor; who knew if she resented her sect and troubling them might actually take the weight off her shoulders? Hence, Luoxia Manor remained peaceful to this day, without issues.

As Yue Hongling's cultivation deepened, her renown grew, and relationships changed.

When Yue Hongling reached the Seventh or Eighth Layer of the Mystical Gate, ranking within the top ten of Hidden Dragons, she was already considered a famous martial arts figure nationwide. At that time, those who had broken through the Secret Realm amounted to only about a hundred. Wei Family's head, who was at the Ninth Layer of the Mystical Gate, saw Yue Hongling, still young, nearly equal in stature to him, with even higher potential. A head of the aristocrat family with normal intelligence naturally wouldn't fuss about a servant's death from years ago (he might not even have known at the time); instead, he should've leveraged the "connection," showing generosity to win her over, forming good relations with a genius of the Hidden Dragons.

Thus, Wei Changming, the head of the Wei Family started referring to Yue Fenghua as his brother, indicating Luoxia Manor was a sect under the Wei Family's protection. Yue Fenghua also had no more concerns, began proclaiming far and wide that this was the disciple his Manor had produced, and Yue Hongling also gave face, starting to publicly identify herself as "Luoxia Manor's Yue Hongling." From this point, Luoxia Manor truly skyrocketed in fame, disciples flooding in like a stream across the river, growing into the premier sect of Mount Huashan. Thanks to the surge in resources, over the years Yue Fenghua slowly cultivated to the Ninth Layer of the Mystical Gate, truly achieving glory through his disciple's reputation.

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