CHAPTER 1172: CHAPTER 775: FLOATING CLOUD CITY (PART 2)

He raised his head and suddenly saw a little girl about three or four years old hiding behind a protruding cloud corner, quietly watching, with a conflicted look on her face, wanting to say something but hesitating.

"Xiao Ya, is there something you need?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"Brother Beifei, Grandpa Luo."

Xiao Ya put her hands behind her back and walked out hesitantly, looking very shy as she greeted them.

"What’s the matter, Xiao Ya?" Luo Shanyou asked gently.

Xiao Ya brought her hand from behind, and in her hand was a sculpture molded from a Mustard Seed in Palm. Upon a closer look, it turned out to be in the likeness of Xiang Beifei.

The eyebrows, the nose, the shape of the face, all quite realistic, except the body was a bit small and the head a bit big, everything else was lifelike.

"Mother said, we have this life thanks to Brother Beifei, but I didn’t know how to thank him. I thought about giving Brother Beifei tasty chicken drumsticks, but Mother said Brother Beifei doesn’t lack that, and I don’t know what he lacks. So, I made a sculpture, wanting... wanting to give it to Brother Beifei."

Xiao Ya hung her head, sneaking a glance at Xiang Beifei, and then shyly lowered her head again.

"Why were you hesitating there?" Luo Shanyou laughed.

"I’m worried... I don’t know if Brother Beifei will like it." Xiao Ya’s voice was very faint, sounding quite apprehensive.

Xiang Beifei chuckled, squatted down, patted Xiao Ya’s head, then took the sculpture made from the Mustard Seed in Palm, and said, "Xiao Ya has great hands-on skills; I really like this sculpture, thank you, Xiao Ya."

Xiao Ya immediately lifted her head, showing an excited smile, and said, "That’s great, Brother Beifei likes it, I’m so happy."

She happily spun around, then pulled out another sculpture from her clothes and said, "Grandpa Luo, I made one for you too. Thank you, Grandpa Luo, for always protecting us."

"Thank you, Xiao Ya, I like it very much as well." Luo Shanyou smiled as he took it, this sculpture also bore about eight parts resemblance to him, though the beard was molded somewhat crooked, but considering a three-year-old, we can’t ask for too much.

"I’ll make some more to give to all the elders who protect us."

The three-year-old Xiao Ya was very happy, hopped away stepping on the clouds.

Xiang Beifei watched Xiao Ya’s departing figure and then looked down at the sculpture in his hand. Although it was nurtured from the Mustard Seed in Palm, it was also a token of Xiao Ya’s affection.

He smiled, then put the sculpture into the Spirit Gathering Book.

Luo Shanyou also put the sculpture away, then hesitantly asked, "Your cultivation, why does it feel increasingly unfathomable to me..."

Xiang Beifei gently trembled, Spiritual Power dispersed from his body.

"Ascension Realm! You broke through to the Ascension Realm?"

Luo Shanyou was stunned for a long time!

He couldn’t be mistaken, Xiang Beifei’s aura was unquestionably the powerful aura of the Ascension Realm!

"I was lucky. While nurturing the Mustard Seed in Palm, I felt I seemed to perceive something, perhaps because of the return of the Mustard Seed in Palm, I’ve also become somewhat complete." Xiang Beifei said with a smile.

He broke through to the Ascension Realm three days ago, although he hasn’t cultivated much this half year, his speed was rapid.

Luo Shanyou was extremely shocked!

If we count the time, Xiang Beifei should be no more than twenty-seven years old!

Geniuses from various races on the Heaven and Earth Ranking reaching just the Inquiry Dao Realm by the age of three thousand were already considered geniuses, but compared to Xiang Beifei, they seemed insignificant!

He’s only lived twenty-seven years and is already at the Ascension Realm!

"You always surprise me." Luo Shanyou sighed deeply.

Xiang Beifei remained calm about his cultivation progress. When he had transitioned from Immortality to Inquiry Dao Realm, he had already understood what Ascension was about. For him, this time there was no barrier; it happened seamlessly.

"There’s something I’ve wanted to ask, what’s the situation with the Heaven and Earth Ranking competition at the Dao Palace?" Xiang Beifei inquired.

Luo Shanyou replied, "The Dao Palace postponed the Heaven and Earth Ranking competition, the exact date hasn’t been finalized."

"I remember they held the Heaven and Earth Ranking competition in advance to send people to Common Valley, has there been any news on this?" Xiang Beifei asked.

When Common Valley was mentioned, Luo Shanyou fell silent.

He has always disliked Xiang Beifei bringing it up, because that place is extremely dangerous!

Daoist Qingde and Xiang Tianxing both went to Common Valley and then disappeared without news, the original hope of the Human Race had waned subsequently, falling into a difficult situation.

But he voiced out, "Dao Palace has changed their plan, no longer relying on the Heaven and Earth Ranking competition; they will open Common Valley, allowing each race to enter with three people, cultivation at least mid-Immortality, they hope everyone can find their ancestral legacy."

Luo Shanyou didn’t hide this fact.

Because he knew, even if he didn’t say it, Xiang Beifei would find a way to know.

"When is the time?" Xiang Beifei asked.

"In a month," Luo Shanyou replied.

"I understand," Xiang Beifei nodded.

"You must go, right?" Luo Shanyou asked.

Xiang Beifei looked up at Luo Shanyou, and with a flash in his hand, Wufeng and the brick appeared floating in mid-air:

"Recently, I’ve noticed something unusual with Wufeng and the brick, as if they’ve sensed missing parts. That strange feeling is very strong. I suspect this matter is related to the Common Valley; maybe the missing parts of these two ancestral tools are in the Common Valley."

He had been wondering why the Dao Palace would suddenly open the Common Valley.

The Dao Palace certainly couldn’t truly allow those races to find their ancestral inheritances. He was more inclined to guess that perhaps the Dao Palace could no longer suppress the undercurrents of the Common Valley, or for some other reason, in any case, the Common Valley seemed unstable.

Recently, the fluctuations from Wufeng and the brick had become increasingly intense; perhaps that was the reason.

Before, these two ancestral tools had never given Xiang Beifei such feelings.

This Common Valley, he now had to make a trip there.

"We’ve already taken back the Mustard Seed in Palm, why bother with these things, isn’t this life good?"

Luo Shanyou pointed to the children running around in the clouds, the adults diligently cultivating, building their own homes, the children living worry-free childhoods, then inheriting adult responsibilities.

Xiang Beifei also looked at those children; a few adults were waving to their kids, calling them to come home for dinner, and the children ran back to their parents’ sides, holding their hands.

He thought of that young boy who once stood by the window, longing for his parents’ return.

A rebellious fourteen-year-old who argued with his parents, shouting at them not to come back.

Afterward, those two left and never really came back.

He’s not that boy.

But he is also that boy.

In his heart, there is always a strange fixation, lingering.

"They have their parents, I have mine too," Xiang Beifei softly said, watching those children running on the clouds.

Luo Shanyou looked at Xiang Beifei, wanting to speak but hesitated.

He suddenly realized that Xiang Beifei was just a child too, a twenty-something child who grew up without his parents’ companionship.

A person who stumbled from Jiuzhou to this place, only to search for his parents and seek some truths.

"This kind of life, I admit I like very much. But in peace, one should be wary of danger. I hope the Human Race can enter and leave the Edge Corner Airspace freely, like all other races, instead of hiding all day like street rats. The Dao Palace holds powerful ancestral tools, and for us to lift our heads, we too must own our ancestral tools."

Ancestral tools control the Three Thousand Great Daos; the Dao Palace has many ancestral tools, allowing them to manipulate many of the Heavenly Dao Laws. For the Human Race to survive, merely reclaiming the Mustard Seed in Palm is not enough!

After a long while, Luo Shanyou finally said, "Alright, you can go to the Common Valley, but on one condition."

"What condition?"

"I’ll go with you," Luo Shanyou said.

Xiang Beifei furrowed his brows.

Luo Shanyou said, "Actually, this isn’t much of a condition, because I can’t really restrict you, but no matter what, you call me uncle, I must take on the responsibilities of an uncle, after all, you are his disciple."

He knew he couldn’t control Xiang Beifei; whenever Xiang Beifei discussed something with him, it was out of respect, accommodating his feelings, but in reality, many things Xiang Beifei could decide for himself.

Xiang Beifei had ventured into so many cities, gone to Jingxi City alone to save people, and went to Sheyin City to retrieve the Mustard Seed in Palm; he never greeted, yet always returned successfully.

Even if Xiang Beifei promised not to go now, he would definitely sneak away later.

So, Luo Shanyou no longer thought about trying to stop Xiang Beifei but decided to go with him.

He is a Human King Warrior. Since the Common Valley is so dangerous, then at the crucial moment, he will fulfill his duty as a Stellar Death Warrior.

Burning his own soul, creating an escape opportunity for the Human King!