The Original Host Returns

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A powerful figure from the early Qian Yuan era died silently in the world of painting, probably without ever understanding what the Wolf Tooth Club that truly killed him meant, even as his soul dissipated.

At this moment, Qin Yi dared not be complacent.

First, Bangbang threw a tantrum and then went to sleep... This kind of sleep isn't like the kind of exhausting sleep he used to get, where he'd be woken up by his chirping after a few days. This is a deep sleep that requires a long period of digestion and recovery. I once experienced this at Transient Peak, where he slept for a whole month. This time it might be even longer, a year or two wouldn't be unusual, but optimistically, it would be around three months.

If another powerful enemy comes along, we won't be able to rely on the Qian Yuan Staff anymore; we'll have to rely on ourselves.

Theoretically, no powerful enemies should be coming, but Qin Yi wasn't sure if the Witch God Sect would sense Feng Bulie's death. For example, they might detect something like a broken life tablet and calculate his exact location; if that happened, a large army would be pressing in, and they would be doomed.

This is entirely possible, which is why when dealing with that Heavenly Being, the only approach was to capture him without killing him, and simply disrupt his Sea of Consciousness.

Now, we can only hope that this place is a special zone with a boundary barrier, and since Feng Bulie died in the Painting Realm, it is equivalent to another plane. This is a double barrier between the two planes, so the other party may not be able to calculate the exact location. At most, they will know that Feng Bulie dead.

That's better.

However, no matter how the situation develops, there's still a way out: we can hide in the Netherworld Realm. So, in the short term, it's better to stay here than to move anywhere else.

This place was originally a very good place for cultivation.

Moreover, given that they are in this prisoner's dilemma, it's even more convenient that neither Senior Sister nor Qing Jun can refuse anything...

Ahem... You're getting the wrong idea. It's still about cultivation.

Currently, Qing Jun has the greatest potential for improvement because she is experiencing the transformation of the "Gate" fragments for the first time, and this kind of external boost will greatly help her cultivation. Similarly, Qin Yi's own improvement will not be bad either, because he hasn't had time to use the large fragment from Saint Dragon Peak since obtaining it.

Therefore, this fragment can help him and Qing Jun improve together in the short term.

In addition, things that I didn't have time to do before can also be done in the meantime. For example, I can use the Yin Illusion Sand and Moon Haze Sand to refine and coat the Wolf Tooth Club to cover up its special material properties. I already have the sand, but I didn't have time to do this.

My Senior Sister had a bunch of materials she got that she wanted to make her own calligraphy, and she can do that here too.

This will be a quiet and gentle period of rest until something unexpected happens.

The plan was ambitious, but the reality was harsh.

The group only cultivated here for less than ten days, basically just enough time to finish what they hadn't done before.

They hadn't even had a proper dual cultivation session twice, and even Li Qingjun was most focused on cultivating in the Trial Painting World, hadn't had time to make any breakthroughs before the unexpected happened.

This is the tomb chamber. The mechanisms within the tomb chamber have a central control point, which we tested with the Gu Song Layman before. So while Qin Yi and the others were diligently cultivating, Qing Cha was responsible for squatting in the corner by a Crystal Ball to observe the entire tomb chamber.

The adults were all cultivating, and the Little Ghost had gone to sleep. There were no fish to poke, and nothing worth drawing. The martial uncle wouldn't let them run around, saying he was afraid of triggering the mechanisms.

What else is there to do but stare at a ball?

How boring.

At first, Qing Cha thought this task was impossible for tea leaves; it would suffocate the tea. But she soon discovered that it was actually quite fun.

Because the location of the boundary membrane teleportation array can be seen from inside the Crystal Ball, and from that place you can see outside, which is the deep seabed, and the visible range is quite large.

Just like modern people looking at the underwater world through a screen, the dazzling array of wonders is enough to keep you entertained for a while.

There were very strange-looking fish, shells I'd never seen before, moving sponges coiled on rocks, and things that looked like sunflowers—I couldn't tell if they were plants or animals—swaying around.

It was completely different from the various kinds of fish I saw in the shallow sea; it felt like I had entered another world. It was so much fun!

He stared intently at the Qing Cha.

After watching for only a few days, a figure appeared on the "screen".

The figure glanced at the teleportation array outside the boundary membrane and then entered directly.

Qing Cha froze for a moment, then jumped up. "Master! Uncle-Master! Someone's here!"

Qin Yi extinguished the furnace fire, Ju Yunxiu left the Spirit Pool, and Li Qingjun leaped out of the painting world.

A Black Shadow flashed past inside the Crystal Ball at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.

"It's a powerful being!" Qin Yi grabbed the Crystal Ball and swiftly lifted the coffin lid. "Let's go, let's go into the Netherworld Realm to take refuge for now and see what the situation is like!"

With a "whoosh," the four of them passed by the corpse and went straight into the abyss beneath the coffin. They temporarily hovered below and secretly observed the tomb through the Crystal Ball.

The Netherworld is dark and boundless, making it difficult for even divine sense to spread. It is an excellent hiding place; you can run in any direction and it will be very difficult for the other party to find you.

The coffin lid was closed again, and almost at the same time, the visitors arrived at the fake tomb chamber at the top.

No one knew what news the newcomer had, but it was as if they knew for certain that there was more to the fake tomb than met the eye. They directly clenched their palms like swords and sliced into the floor as easily as cutting tofu.

The floor, over ten feet thick, offered no resistance whatsoever, silently cracking open a fissure through which the person floated in and stood directly beside the Black Coffin.

Qin Yi, hiding in the abyss, saw the person's appearance clearly through the Crystal Ball.

He was a man who looked to be no more than thirty years old. He had a mustache, a clean-cut face, bright eyes, and was quite handsome.

His face was slightly pale, but his spirit did not convey any weakness or effeminacy; instead, it exuded a sharp and dignified aura.

Most importantly, Qin Yi couldn't discern his cultivation level.

Like a wisp of mist, or like the boundless, dark abyss where we are now, it is elusive and unfathomable.

Not to mention Qin Yi, even Ju Yunxiu, who is currently at the seventh level of the Radiant Sun realm, couldn't tell.

Even if you can't tell, that's a kind of sign: the lowest level of Qian Yuan.

Everyone's hearts tightened. How could there be so many Qian Yuan in this world, all popping up in droves?

The man glanced at the coffin seemingly unintentionally. From Qin Yi's angle, he was looking directly at the man through the Crystal Ball, as if the man was deliberately looking at him.

Qin Yi felt a chill run through his body.

Who exactly is this person?

But after glancing at it, the man did nothing. Instead, he walked slowly around the tomb with his hands behind his back, looked at the Other Shore Flower with two petals that had been picked, and smiled slightly.

He then walked to the Pill Furnace, looked at the furnace that was still slightly warm, and then at the Earth Fire that had recently been extinguished, and nodded.

Finally, he returned to the coffin and casually opened it for a glance.

That slightly smiling expression finally broke into laughter, "Heh... you only picked one flower, and the rest are all there. Not bad, not bad. You can be considered a gentleman... Since you are a gentleman, there is nothing you cannot show to others. Why don't you come out from the secluded place and meet me? I can then fulfill my duty as a host."

Qin Yi and the others looked at each other, all having the same thought in their minds: Is this the reincarnation of the original owner of this place?

What a coincidence! Why did they come here right when they were here?