When Xiao Chen, Zi Yuan, and the others returned to Lustless Heaven, it was already completely dark. Xiao Chen suddenly stopped and looked at Zi Yuan and the others, “You guys go back.”

“Your Excellency … aren’t you going back?”

Zi Yuan turned around and stared at Xiao Chen motionlessly. She wondered if he wanted to find Miss Luo Die again …

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and looked in the direction of the Central Plains of Xianyuan. That was the direction of Xuanqing Mountain. Zi Yuan understood what was going on and didn’t say anything else.

“Also, tell Wei Yang to let her rest for the next few days. Don’t worry about anything. Just listen to Shen Jing’s arrangements.”

“Your Excellency, don’t worry. This subordinate will definitely bring your words.”

“Mm …”

Xiao Chen nodded his head slightly. He nodded his feet and rode away in the wind. In an instant, he disappeared into the boundless twilight.

Three days later, he returned to Ning Village. The current Ning Village was already deserted, leaving only ruins, weeds and thorns all over the ground, and small graves that were tall and short behind the village.

“Ah Niang, I’m back …”

Nothing seemed to have changed in the room. There was still half a piece of unknitted cloth on the spinning machine, but it was already covered in dust and spider webs.

The tables and stools in the hall were neatly arranged. There were still two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks. Ah Niang must be waiting for her to go back to eat …

“It’s still early. How old is Erniu next door? She’s married now. What about you? You run up and down the mountain all day, or fight with people. If you continue like this, which girl will fall in love with you in the future? I’ll take out my savings from all these years and settle down in the city so that you can get married.”

“I’m not going.”

“Why don’t you go!”

“If I don’t go, then I won’t go. I won’t get married.”

“Then what do you want to do?”

“I want to cultivate!”

“Good, what kind of immortal do you cultivate?”

“When I learn Xuanqing Sect’s spell, I’ll beat that prince of Zhao to the ground and find his teeth. He won’t be able to get up!”

…

As if he had seen the shadows in the room again, Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and those shadows dissipated in an instant. It turned out that there was nothing in the room, only tears wetting his eyes and blurring his vision. There was nothing in the room.

“Ah Niang, I’m sorry …”

“If I had known, I wouldn’t have cultivated …”

“If I had known, I would have listened to you …”

The moonlight was as cold as frost, only shining on a sad person.

Xiao Chen arrived at the grave behind the house. It seemed that the weeds on the grave had just been removed, and there were traces of cleaning in front of the grave. It had been a long time since he had returned. Thinking about it … only Qianyu Nichang would come here.

At this moment, Xiao Chen’s heart suddenly became empty. He recalled that year when he went home with Qianyu Nichang to see Niang. He still remembered the smile on Niang’s face that day …

At this moment, he looked at the words on the tombstone and remained motionless for a long time.

Even if I become a Saint, what’s the use? Could it be that I can make Ah Niang come back to life again?

He closed his eyes.

I’m sorry, Ah Niang, I haven’t been able to avenge you …

Perhaps Niang didn’t want him to take revenge. Perhaps Niang just wanted him to live, get married, and have children …

This was the smallest wish of a mortal mother.

The night seemed to be getting deeper and colder, like a huge shadow, trapping him inside and preventing him from leaving.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, he suddenly felt an unusual Spiritual Energy fluctuation. Although it was very subtle, he could sense that it was from the seven peaks of Xuan Qing.

He slowly withdrew his aura and concentrated on walking outside. As for the Seven Peaks of Xuan Qing, he naturally knew that there was an Earth Spirit Vein suppressing beneath the Seven Peaks of Xuan Qing.

It was not the same as the Eye of Spirit Veins. The Earth Spirit Vein under Xuanqing Mountain was a real Earth Spirit Vein. As long as the Seven Peaks of Xuan Qing were still here, then this Earth Spirit Vein could not be removed. Therefore, it could protect Xianyuan Five Realms and the spiritual energy would never be exhausted.

The seven peaks of Xuan Qing are arranged with the Big Dipper Seven Stars, and their positions are exactly the same. It’s really hard to imagine that there would be such a clever mountain formation here. It looks more like an ancient grand formation …

But just at that moment, Xiao Chen felt an abnormal Spiritual Energy fluctuation. Could it be that something was wrong with the seven peaks of Xuan Qing?

With doubt, he slowly approached. However, the current restrictions on Xuanqing Mountain were beyond his imagination. Even though he was incomparably familiar with this place and his cultivation was no longer what it used to be, if he went up the mountain through the main entrance like this, he would definitely be noticed by the Seven Paragons of Xuan Qing.

But he knew there was one place that people in Xuanqing Sect wouldn’t notice.

After an incense stick of time, he quietly arrived at the back mountain of Xuan Qing. There was a small path leading to Pingyang Peak without any restrictions. He had accidentally discovered it when he escaped from above.

Soon, Xiao Chen passed through this path and returned to Pingyang Peak. Even though more than 30 years had passed, the plants and trees here seemed to remain unchanged.

Looking at the old scenery, Xiao Chen couldn’t tell what kind of feeling it was. The small room he used to live in was already in ruins. It seemed that no one had been there all these years, and it was already sealed by the three elders.

He still remembered that when he first came to Pingyang Peak, he felt that this place was very big. However, this place was actually only the entrance of Xuanqing Sect. A small mountain peak was inferior to the outer sect of other sects. It was impossible for the seven disciples to accept people from Pingyang Peak. Perhaps in a hundred years, there were one or two geniuses that were favored by the seven sects, not even the Vast Ocean Pearl.

Further up were the three peaks of the Yangguan Pass, the Sword Forging Peak, the Medicine Refining Peak, and the Nirvana Peak. Perhaps these three peaks could barely be considered Xuanqing Sect’s outer sect. The real Xuanqing Sect was from the seven peaks. Even if it was just a disciple, the elders of the Profound Pass and the Yangguan Pass below had to be polite.

But even so, the feeling he gave Xiao Chen at that time was that the three peaks of the Yangguan Pass were still out of reach. Now, he could teleport to the three peaks with just a slight breath of air. The three peaks of the Yangguan Pass were actually very small, far from being comparable to the seven peaks of Xuan Qing. In comparison, they could only be considered three short slopes below the seven peaks of Xuan Qing.

Before coming up, Xiao Chen had already withdrawn all of his aura. With a look of his divine sense, he saw Yun Qing, Zhai Mo, and Wan Yan in the Elder Pavilion. The candle flames in the room flickered, and he could faintly see the three of them not showing their eyebrows. The three of them let out a long sigh, not knowing why they were worried again.

Xiao Chen scanned his divine sense again. When they arrived at the alchemy peak of Yangguan Pass, they saw a fat middle-aged man continuously flapping the fire and carefully protecting the pills with his True Qi. However, in the end, black smoke still rose from the pill furnace. He hurriedly went to uncover the pill furnace. He did not want the furnace to explode and smoke his face like a burnt pancake.

But in the next moment, he found a black pill from the broken pill furnace. His face was overjoyed and he excitedly shouted, “Master, Master! I succeeded! I’ve finally refined the Purple Infant Pill …”

Then, an old man dressed in Zi Yi hurriedly ran in. When the old man saw what was happening in the room, his face turned into a pill furnace that exploded on the ground. He continuously beat his chest and said, “Aiyo, feed my little ancestor, what are you doing? You, you, forget it. It’s been almost thirty years. You really don’t have the talent to refine pills.”

“Oh … Master, what’s wrong with me? Look, isn’t this done? Although it’s a little dark, it can still be eaten after washing …”

“You, you … you’re not afraid of death, then you can eat. Don’t let your sister come looking for trouble with me later. Aiyo, I owe you the Zhao Clan in my last life …”

This fat middle-aged man was precisely the prince of Zhao back then. In the past, he was only a few years older than Yi Chen, but now he was a greasy middle-aged man. Although he had the help of medicinal pills, without spiritual roots, it was useless to cultivate, let alone his sister, Zhao Ying’er, who had an unfailing appearance.

Xiao Chen withdrew his divine sense and took a step forward. In an instant, he landed on another mountain. This was one of the three peaks of the Nirvana Peak and Yangguan Peak.

He stuck his divine sense into a pavilion and saw a young woman who looked twenty-five or twenty-six years old sitting cross-legged in the room. She was wearing an apricot yellow robe and cold sweat had already condensed on her face. She seemed to be breaking through the obstacles to cultivation and looked extremely exhausted.

This woman was precisely Xiao Chen, who had lured Xuanqing Sect to Huang Ying’er. She looked like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl back then. Now that she was over thirty years old, even though she did not look old, it was difficult for her to be like Qianyu Nichang and Hua Weiyang. No matter how many years had passed, her appearance remained the same.

Xiao Chen did not expect that after so many years, her cultivation was still at the early stage of Soul Refinement, far inferior to Zhao Ying’er he had seen before.

At this moment, he couldn’t help but recall the years when he first came to Xuan Qing. He didn’t know anyone but this senior sister. Every time he was bullied, he would always be the first to think of this senior sister. It was unknown how many years had passed. Was she implicated because of her own affairs back then …

At this moment, Huang Ying’er was sitting in her room, trying her best to break through. However, no matter what, she could not break through to this level of cultivation. Perhaps everyone’s aptitude was limited, so she was destined to only stay at the Thoughtless Peak for the rest of her life. However, she was unwilling. No matter how hard she tried, was it useless? She was unwilling, she struggled incomparably, in pain …

Outside, Moon was in the sky. The breeze blew over the leaves. Xiao Chen’s eyebrows knitted slightly. Suddenly, he pointed at the pavilion and a green light silently flew into the pavilion. In an instant, it pierced into the space between Huang Ying’er’s eyebrows.

This strand of azure light was enough to allow her to break through her cultivation, and it was enough to allow her to reach great completion within ten years.

Everyone had their own destiny. Tonight, Xiao Chen interfered in a person’s destiny. In a sense, this was also a violation of the Heavenly Dao.

But had he done less against the heavens these past few years? He gathered around Spiritual Bloodline Force to activate the Ancient Heaven-defying Array and change his fate for Wei Yang. This was the most heaven-defying thing. Even if there was no end to calamity and annihilation, had he ever been afraid …

Inside the room, Huang Ying’er rushed to the top and opened her eyes. At this moment, her aura changed. The Genuine energy flowed non-stop. Her cultivation, which had been unable to break through for ten years, finally broke through. Not only did her cultivation break through, it even allowed her to rise by several small realms!

“What’s going on …”

At this moment, even she herself was shocked. A gentle breeze blew in from outside the window. She seemed to have sensed something and rushed out of the room. However, outside the room, there was only a gentle breeze that shook the trees. Outside the pavilion, there was nothing, not a single person …

“Was it him just now?”

Huang Ying’er stared blankly at the outside of the pavilion. Only the wind blew past. The shadows of trees swayed all over the ground. There was no one, no trace of anyone coming. She looked up into the sky, only the lonely Big Dipper hanging high.