#500 - Chapter 499: Guess the Identity, the Valley Remains the Same
"Senior Brother Chen, Junior Sister Xiaoyan, are you leaving?"
Mu Tian and the others heard the siblings' conversation and asked.
"Yes, Xiaoyan has been out experiencing the world for some time now. It's time for her to go back and consolidate her gains. Where are you headed? I can give you a ride," Lu Qing nodded.
Actually, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of those rogue cultivators in that small town, he would have wanted to take Xiaoyan away already.
"Senior Brother Chen, just take us back to Linzhou."
Mu Tian and the others heard this, and although they were reluctant, they didn't dare to try and persuade him to stay.
Lu Qing's cultivation was far beyond their imagination; he could casually crush even a Golden Core True Person.
Someone like that always meant what they said.
They were just small Xiantian realm cultivators and didn't dare overstep.
"Just back to Linzhou?" Lu Qing was a little surprised.
He knew from the jade talisman message Xiaoyan had once sent him that these people weren't from the Northern Border; they had only come here to travel.
"Yes, that's fine. We still have sect training tasks that haven't been completed, so we need to stay in the Northern Border for a while longer," Mu Tian quickly said.
"Since that's the case, then I'll send you back first."
Lu Qing nodded, his mind slightly moved, and the flying boat transformed into a stream of light, cutting through the sky and flying away quickly.
When they arrived in Linzhou, Lu Qing landed the flying boat on the ground, and Mu Tian and the others stepped down.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen."
The group respectfully saluted Lu Qing.
"It's no trouble. Well then, everyone, until we meet again," Lu Qing smiled.
"Goodbye, Senior Brother Mu, Senior Brother Zhao, Senior Brother Wu, Senior Sister Qin!" Xiaoyan waved to the group.
"Goodbye, Junior Sister Xiaoyan."
Mu Tian and the others replied.
Zhao Feng wanted to say something more, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to speak.
The next moment, the flying boat had already transformed into a stream of light and soared away.
Zhao Feng stared blankly in the direction the flying boat had left, his expression dazed.
The three people next to him looked at each other, and finally, Mu Tian stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't think about it. Junior Sister Xiaoyan's background is too great; she's beyond the reach of inner disciples like us."
"I know." Zhao Feng revealed a bitter smile.
Putting aside Xiaoyan's identity, just her cultivation alone made him unable to catch up.
A perfected Foundation Establishment realm cultivator who also possessed the mysterious and unpredictable flying sword technique, capable of easily killing cultivators of the same level.
Thinking of all this, Zhao Feng's heart became even more bitter.
Mu Tian saw his expression and didn't know what to say, so he could only pat him on the shoulder again.
On the other hand, Wu Wenyuan and Qin Wuxue started discussing.
"What do you think, could this Senior Brother Chen be that one?"
"I think it must be. Besides that one, who else could have such divine powers and be so young?"
"I didn't expect that Junior Sister Xiaoyan would actually be that one's younger sister. Legend has it that when that one was traveling in his early years, he had a little girl with him. Could that be Junior Sister Xiaoyan?"
"Yes, we should have thought of it sooner! Rumor has it that when that one traveled the world, he also had a spirit civet and a spirit snake with him, which are exactly the two animals Junior Sister Xiaoyan has!"
"Well, we can't be blamed for that. Since that one became famous, countless people have started to like raising spirit civets and spirit snakes."
"What are you talking about?" Mu Tian asked, hearing the two people's discussion.
"We're discussing whether Senior Brother Chen might be that 'Exalted One' who is rumored to be cultivating in seclusion on the Holy Mountain," Qin Wuxue replied.
"What! Why do you think so…"
Mu Tian was shocked, but soon, he froze.
Various legends about that person from the sect's records flashed through his mind.
And since meeting Xiaoyan's brother, the various miraculous and unimaginable methods the other party had displayed.
Suddenly, it was as if a thunderclap sounded in his mind.
Many things were immediately understood by him.
"It's really possible that it's that one. No, besides that one, who else in this world can disregard Golden Core True Persons and easily kill them!"
Mu Tian suddenly realized.
It was no wonder that he was slow to react, but he really hadn't thought that he would one day have an intersection with that one.
After all, that one was recognized as the strongest person in the world.
Ten years ago, he had personally and easily killed a Golden Core True Person in front of countless people.
Making many top sects, and even several secret realms, extremely awed!
"No wonder Junior Sister Xiaoyan is so young, yet she is already a perfected Foundation Establishment realm expert. If she is that one's younger sister, then everything makes sense," Mu Tian suddenly understood.
"Junior Sister Xiaoyan, is actually that one's younger sister…"
Zhao Feng, who had been in a daze, muttered, listening to the conversation of the others.
…
"Xiaoyan, what do you think of your friends?"
Lu Qing asked on the golden flying boat.
"Big Brother Mu and Sister Qin, they're all very good," Xiaoyan replied without thinking.
"What about that Zhao Feng?" Lu Qing continued to ask.
"Senior Brother Zhao?" Xiaoyan tilted her head and thought for a moment, "Senior Brother Zhao usually seems to be more reticent. I don't talk to him much. He's a bit of a quiet person."
Lu Qing looked at the innocence on Xiaoyan's face and suddenly smiled, knowing that his worries were unnecessary.
The little girl was still ignorant; those things were still far from her.
Lu Qing's cultivation had now increased again, and the speed of driving the golden flying boat was even faster.
Even returning from the Northern Border to Cangzhou wouldn't take too long.
However, after returning to Cang County, Lu Qing didn't return to Nine Li Village immediately, but instead took Xiaoyan and Xiao Li and the others directly to the Ten Thousand Mountains, to the valley where the Jade Transformation Cave was located.
"Brother, aren't we going back to the village? Why are we coming to the Jade Transformation Cave first?"
Coming down from the flying boat, Xiaoyan was a little puzzled.
In these ten years, Lu Qing had already told his master and Xiaoyan about the location of the Jade Transformation Cave.
Even sometimes when she needed to retreat and break through, Xiaoyan would bring Xiao Li and them over here to cultivate for a period of time, so she was very familiar with this place.
"We're not in a hurry to go back to the village. Let's finish other things first."
Lu Qing looked at the valley; he hadn't been here for several years.
The changes in the valley weren't that great.
Apart from the spiritual energy being more concentrated, the others were almost the same as they were several years ago.
He first went to Li Weitian's grave to pay his respects, and then looked at Xiao Li and the Five Elements.
Xiao Li and the Five Elements couldn't help but tremble.
They felt a sense of seriousness in Lu Qing's gaze.
"Xiao Li, Five Elements, you have been at the perfected Foundation Establishment realm for quite some time now. Have you sensed an opportunity to break through recently?"
Sure enough, Lu Qing asked a question that shocked them.
