CHAPTER 500

“Senior Brother Chen, Junior Sister Xiaoyan, are you leaving?”

Mu Tian and the others overheard the siblings’ conversation and asked.

“Yes. Xiaoyan has been out training for quite some time now. It’s time for her to return and consolidate her experiences. Where are you all headed? I can take you part of the way,” Lu Qing nodded.

Truthfully, if it weren’t for the sudden appearance of the demonic cultivator, he would have taken Xiaoyan away from that small town much earlier.

“Senior Brother Chen, just send us back to Linzhou.”

Hearing this, Mu Tian and the others, though reluctant, dared not ask him to stay.

Lu Qing’s cultivation was far beyond their imagination. Even a Golden Core True Being was nothing before him.

An existence of this level always did as they pleased—there was no room for negotiation.

As mere Innate Realm cultivators, they knew better than to overstep their bounds.

“Only to Linzhou?” Lu Qing was slightly surprised.

From the jade talisman messages Xiaoyan had sent him before, he knew these people were not from the Northern Frontier. They had come here purely for travel and experience.

“That’s enough. We still have sect training missions to complete and need to stay in the Northern Frontier for a while longer,” Mu Tian quickly explained.

“In that case, I’ll take you back first.”

Lu Qing nodded, and with a slight shift of his thoughts, the flying boat transformed into a streak of light, slicing through the sky at an astonishing speed.

Upon reaching Linzhou, Lu Qing landed the flying boat, and Mu Tian’s group stepped down.

“Thank you, Senior Brother Chen.”

The group bowed respectfully to Lu Qing.

“It’s nothing. Farewell, everyone.” Lu Qing smiled.

“Senior Brother Mu, Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Wu, Senior Sister Qin, goodbye!” Xiaoyan waved at them.

“Goodbye, Junior Sister Xiaoyan.”

Mu Tian and the others responded.

Zhao Feng seemed like he wanted to say something more, but in the end, he remained silent.

In the next moment, the flying boat turned into a streak of golden light and disappeared beyond the sky.

Zhao Feng stood dumbfounded, staring at the direction where the flying boat had vanished.

The other three exchanged glances, and finally, Mu Tian stepped forward, patting Zhao Feng’s shoulder.

“Let it go. Junior Sister Xiaoyan’s background is far beyond our reach. She is not someone we inner disciples of a sect can aspire to.”

“I know.” Zhao Feng forced a bitter smile.

It wasn’t just about Xiaoyan’s identity. Even her cultivation alone was already far beyond his reach.

She had already achieved Peak Foundation Establishment and possessed an incomprehensibly powerful Flying Sword Technique, allowing her to slay opponents of the same realm with ease. R̃𝙖𝐍ọВƐṤ

Such strength and heritage meant that even Zhao Feng’s master was no match for her.

In his sect, someone like Xiaoyan would rank among the absolute top talents, second only to the Golden Core Realm Sect Master himself.

Thinking of all this, Zhao Feng felt even more bitter.

Mu Tian saw his expression and didn’t know what to say. He simply patted Zhao Feng’s shoulder again.

Meanwhile, Wu Wenyuan and Qin Wuxue had started discussing something else.

“Do you think Senior Brother Chen is really that person?”

“I think he must be. Besides him, who else could possess such divine abilities and be so young?”

“I can’t believe it. Junior Sister Xiaoyan is actually his younger sister. There were rumors that when that person roamed the world years ago, he had a little girl with him. Could it have been Junior Sister Xiaoyan all along?”

“Yes! We should have realized it earlier! The legends say that when he traveled the world, he always had a Black Night Spirit Lynx and a Five Elements Winged Serpent with him—exactly like the two spirit beasts that follow Junior Sister Xiaoyan!”

“But we can’t be blamed! Ever since he became famous, countless people have started raising Black Night Spirit Lynxes and Winged Serpents as spirit beasts.”

“What are you two talking about?” Mu Tian, overhearing their conversation, asked curiously.

“We’re talking about whether Senior Brother Chen could be the Supreme Being who once cultivated in the Sacred Mountain,” Qin Wuxue replied.

“What!?” Mu Tian was taken aback.

But then, he froze.

Countless records from his sect flashed through his mind—legends about that Supreme Being.

And then, thinking back on everything he had witnessed from Xiaoyan’s brother—all those unfathomable and unimaginable techniques.

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck his mind.

Everything suddenly made sense.

“It really could be him… No, who else in this world could disregard Golden Core True Beings as mere ants and slay them effortlessly?”

Mu Tian finally understood.

No wonder it had taken him so long to connect the dots—he had never even imagined that he would one day cross paths with that person.

After all, that Supreme Being was recognized as the strongest in the world.

Ten years ago, before countless witnesses, he had personally slain a Golden Core True Being as if it were nothing.

He was an existence so revered that even the greatest sects and the Four Great Secret Realms treated him with the utmost respect!

“No wonder Junior Sister Xiaoyan reached Peak Foundation Establishment at such a young age. If she’s his sister, then it all makes sense.” Mu Tian murmured in realization.

“Junior Sister Xiaoyan… is actually his sister…”

Zhao Feng, still lost in thought, mumbled upon hearing their discussion.

…

On the golden flying boat, Lu Qing glanced at Xiaoyan.

“Xiaoyan, what do you think of your friends?” he asked.

“Brother Mu and Sister Qin? They’re very nice!” Xiaoyan replied without hesitation.

“What about Zhao Feng?” Lu Qing asked again.

“Senior Brother Zhao?” Xiaoyan tilted her head, thinking for a moment. “He’s kind of quiet. I don’t talk to him much. He seems like a bit of a dull person.”

Lu Qing looked at Xiaoyan’s innocent expression and suddenly chuckled. He realized that his concerns had been unnecessary.

The little girl was still clueless. Those matters were far from her mind.

With Lu Qing’s ever-growing cultivation, his flying boat’s speed had become even more astonishing.

Even the journey from the Northern Frontier back to Cangzhou would not take long.

However, upon reaching Cang County, Lu Qing did not immediately return to Jiuli Village. Instead, he took Xiaoyan, Xiaoli, and Wuxing directly to the Hundred Thousand Mountains, heading toward the valley where the Jade Transformation Chamber was located.

“Brother, weren’t we going back to the village? Why are we coming to the Jade Transformation Chamber first?”

As she stepped down from the flying boat, Xiaoyan looked puzzled.

Over the past ten years, Lu Qing had already told his master and Xiaoyan about the chamber’s location.

Sometimes, when she needed to focus on cultivation, Xiaoyan would also bring Xiaoli and Wuxing here to train, so she was quite familiar with the place.

“There’s no rush to return to the village. We have other matters to take care of first.”

Lu Qing gazed at the valley. It had been years since he had last visited.

Yet, the valley had not changed much.

Apart from the spiritual energy becoming even denser, everything else remained as it was.

He first went to pay respects at Li Weitian’s grave, then turned toward Xiaoli and Wuxing.

The two spirit beasts trembled slightly.

They could feel the seriousness in Lu Qing’s gaze.

“Xiaoli, Wuxing, you’ve been at Peak Foundation Establishment for quite some time now. Have you sensed the opportunity for a breakthrough recently?”

Lu Qing’s words made their entire bodies shudder.