#21 - return

After using the fourth-order Instantaneous Movement Talisman, everything went black before his eyes. When his vision returned, Qin Buyi found himself in a desert.

The desert was desolate and uninhabited.

"That was close!"

If he had hesitated even slightly, and Qingqian had seized the opportunity, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

During the two months or so he spent with Qingqian in the underground cave, their relationship could only be described as harmonious due to the environment.

If Qingqian hadn't been trapped by the Star Core, with the bloodthirst and cruelty of the demon race, he would have died at least once every day.

Qin Buyi didn't dare to waste any time now. Who knew if that giant fox demon emperor Qingqian had any other means to find him? It was safer to complete the task and return to Blue Star as soon as possible.

He took the Star Core out of his storage space and quickly submitted it to the system.

【Ding! Epic Mission: Obtain Star Core Complete.】

【Ding! Mission Reward: Return to Blue Star, Ten Attribute Points, Third-Order Killing Blade Technique, Awakening Secret Realm Opportunity, have been issued!】

【Does the host want to return now?】

Just as Qin Buyi was about to speak, Qingqian appeared before him, radiating killing intent.

Qingqian looked at Qin Buyi with a playful expression and said, "As an old friend who has spent more than two months together, shouldn't you celebrate my escape before leaving?"

Seeing that Qin Buyi didn't speak, Qingqian said in a teasing tone, "Am I really that scary? You're someone who wasn't even afraid of the Star Core exploding, am I more terrifying than a Star Core explosion?"

"Qin Buyi, why aren't you talking? Where's the imposing manner you had when you tricked me for over two months in the underground cave, using a few worthless pieces of beast meat to swindle many of my treasures?"

Qin Buyi looked at Qingqian with a serious expression and said, "I wish you a happy escape, but there's no need to celebrate. And, as I said before, did I force you to eat it? Didn't you come up to me and beg me to exchange with you?"

Hearing Qin Buyi's words, Qingqian recalled some unpleasant memories. In the later stages of their time in the underground cave, she had basically exchanged all her treasures.

The remaining items were all low-quality things that Qin Buyi didn't even want. In order to get food, she did indeed beg Qin Buyi to exchange with her a few times.

Remembering these things, the anger in Qingqian's heart surged again. She said to Qin Buyi, "Despicable! Originally, I wanted to just kill you and be done with it, but with your attitude, letting you die is too easy for you."

Qin Buyi deliberately put on a scared look and said, "I still have a chance to live?"

Seeing Qin Buyi's terrified appearance, Qingqian felt very satisfied. She said with a slightly smug tone, "Of course, first return the treasures you swindled from me, and then hand over the Star Core you obtained."

After saying that, Qingqian looked Qin Buyi up and down and continued in a tone of complete certainty, "And swear an oath to serve me as a slave for life. Don't worry, your remaining life will be very painful, otherwise it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Sweeping away the fear on his face, Qin Buyi slowly spat out a few words, "Dream on! Idiot!"

At the same time, he said to the system in his heart, "Return immediately."

"You're courting death!" Qingqian roared.

Anyone could see that Qin Buyi was just teasing Qingqian.

Qingqian instantly arrived in front of Qin Buyi, her slender hand grasping Qin Buyi's throat.

To Qingqian's surprise, Qin Buyi's figure gradually faded, and her hand passed through Qin Buyi's illusory body.

Before Qin Buyi's figure completely disappeared, she saw Qin Buyi looking at her with a smile that was not a smile. He didn't say a word, but it was as if he had said everything.

"Ah~! Damn human, you can't escape to the ends of the earth, I will definitely catch you and torture you in a thousand ways, ten thousand ways..."

Qingqian roared, and Qingqian's angry voice echoed throughout the desert.

"Boom!"

Having been tricked by Qin Buyi again and again, Qingqian couldn't bear it any longer and began to vent her anger on the desert below.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

"Boom!"...

Each attack was full of destructive power. After Qingqian finished venting, the entire desert looked like it had been bombed, with huge pits appearing everywhere.

After a while, Qingqian said in disbelief, "That human's aura has completely disappeared from the entire Tianhuang Realm! How is that possible!"

Thinking of Qin Buyi, who appeared inexplicably in the underground cave and disappeared strangely in the desert, Qingqian murmured, "Who exactly is he?"

Falling Star Mountain Range.

Wang Zong and City Lord Nantianlong were advancing cautiously.

"City Lord, this is the place."

Wang Zong pointed to the ruins of the underground cave that had been completely collapsed by Qingqian's attack.

"It's her aura. It's been three hundred years since she appeared. I thought she had already left the Falling Star Mountain Range," said City Lord Nantianlong.

"Her? Could it be that one?" Wang Zong guessed.

"You guessed correctly, it's that one, the saintess of the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan. Five hundred years ago, she came to the Falling Star Mountain Range for some unknown reason, and then suddenly disappeared three hundred years ago," Nantianlong explained.

"Alas, let's go, let's go. The situation in the imperial capital is turbulent, and even this Qingyang City has experienced successive changes. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse," Nantianlong said to Wang Zong.

On the way back, the two of them saw the Nascent Soul Realm Bear Demon King whose internal organs had been crushed to death, and the Wolf Demon King and Wolf Demon King whose heads had been chopped off.

"This... these are the three great demon kings in the Falling Star Mountain Range?" Wang Zong said in shock.

Nantianlong nodded, and Wang Zong continued, "I have to flee when I encounter even the lowest-level Wolf Demon King. Who did this?"

"Judging from the injuries on their bodies and the time of their deaths, it should be him," Nantianlong said uncertainly.

"Qin Buyi? How is that possible? Two months ago, Qin Buyi was a kid who needed to rely on external force to kill that old ghost Tang Zhentian."

Wang Zong couldn't believe that Qin Buyi had done this. Then he remembered that after Qin Buyi killed Tang Zhentian, he broke through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul Realm in a short period of time, and said with a complicated tone:

"What kind of monster is this? His breakthrough speed is too terrifying. I remember that he was only at the Foundation Establishment Realm when he first arrived in Qingyang City, and he broke through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm in just a few days."

"Now he has even killed the Transformation God Realm demon king. Who exactly is he?"

Nantianlong was silent for a long time and said, "Maybe he is a reincarnated great power who is rebuilding his cultivation, or it is possible that he has been taken over."

After saying that, he took out a sound transmission jade talisman from his pocket and sent the message out.

Great Ming Imperial Capital.

The Third Prince Ying Zhi frowned and paced back and forth, muttering, "This Tang family is really difficult to deal with. The eldest brother is launching an offensive with the help of the Tang family."

He took out the sound transmission jade talisman from his arms. After hearing the information Nantianlong said, even he, who was well-informed, was stunned. After a long while, he laughed loudly:

"Haha, Brother Qin is indeed extraordinary. It's only been so long and he has already killed a Transformation God Realm expert. Now I don't have to worry."

After Ying Zhi returned from Sunset Mountain Range, he had been running around for Qin Buyi to destroy the Tang family branch in Qingyang City.

In the Great Ming Dynasty, those without noble titles are considered commoners, and commoners who attack aristocratic families should be killed.

What's more, it was a branch of the Tang family in the imperial capital, the top aristocratic family of the Great Ming Dynasty.

In order to prevent the Tang family from retaliating against Qin Buyi, Ying Zhi had put in a lot of effort.

Now that Qin Buyi can kill the Transformation God Realm expert, he will automatically be promoted to a baronet according to the laws of the Great Ming Dynasty, so it will be much easier to deal with this matter.

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Blue Star.

Qin Buyi only felt as if he had been hit hard on the back of the head when he teleported.

Everything went black before his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in his familiar room.

He hadn't been back for a few months, and a layer of dust had settled in the room.

Qin Buyi looked through the window at the still dirty, messy, and poor neighborhood, and a sense of intimacy of returning from a foreign land to his homeland arose spontaneously.

After cleaning the house simply, just as Qin Buyi was about to summarize his gains this time.

【Ding! Detecting that the host performed excellently while completing the epic mission, triggering an additional reward!】

Before Qin Buyi could understand what was happening, a white egg the size of a basketball suddenly fell from the sky.

With quick eyes and hands, he caught the egg. Qin Buyi's eyes revealed doubt.

"This is an extra reward? What the hell?"

【Ding! Temporary mission triggered: Hatch this egg within three days, failure will result in obliteration!】