Cloud Sea of Heaven-Reaching, Sacred Fire Cliff.
As a burst of dazzling radiance flashed, the moment Lu Yang stepped out of the Heavenly Hall, he immediately sensed several strands of Divine Sense settling on him.
"Yuantu, where is Miaoyin?"
A True Person asked. Lu Yang immediately put on a grief-stricken expression. "We met with an accident. Jietian was perilous. My wife died suddenly, and this disciple was too late to save her."
"Oh!"
Several strands of Divine Sense swiftly withdrew. These were likely connections Miaoyin had accumulated in the past, yet now, none of them showed the slightest intention of pursuing the matter of her death.
Lu Yang was not surprised. No one cared about a dead person. Besides, Miaoyin had clearly died, yet he had emerged unharmed, with no sign of heavenly punishment descending. That showed his gains on this trip had been immense. By now, he was no longer someone an ordinary True Person could afford to provoke.
When a person leaves, the tea turns cold. Nothing more than that.
Lu Yang shook his head. The Sacred Sect's True Persons were far too cold-hearted, nothing like him, who cherished old bonds and still remembered many things vividly even after several lifetimes.
Come to think of it, Senior Brother Zhao still hasn't repaid the Contribution Points he owed me in previous lives.
Unfortunately, he was already dead.
He would find him in the next life.
As he thought, Lu Yang rode his escape light back to Luofeng Mountain. Arriving at the quiet chamber where his true body was in seclusion, he withdrew his consciousness from the Celestial Embryo Clone.
The clone, having lost Lu Yang's control, immediately froze in place. Its eyes grew unfocused, utterly devoid of life, while Lu Yang's true body cheerfully stretched. This was the advantage