The One Who Existed

"Rest assured, Sword Immortal." Seeing Li Menglan worried about him, Li Zhōujūn said this.

[ Ding! Evil Spirit Greed actually wants to kill the host. How can this be tolerated?

The system has issued a mission: make Evil Spirit Greed shut himself in!

Mission completion reward: the host's cultivation will break through to the Ninth-Rank Dao Venerable realm!]

Just then, the system issued Li Zhōujūn a mission.

Hearing the mission, Li Zhōujūn sighed inwardly. Wasn't this awkward?

Fortunately, he had only told Li Menglan not to worry. He had never said he wouldn't go to the Evil Spirit Realm!

"How have you decided?" Li Menglan asked Li Zhōujūn. "Stay by my side, or go to Emperor Nian's place. It'll be safer that way. If Greed wants to touch you, he'll have to think twice."

Li Zhōujūn fell into thought without speaking. Instead, he asked the system inwardly, "Brother System, can you teleport me directly to the Evil Spirit Realm?"

[ Ding! Of course I can!]

After receiving the system's reply, Li Zhōujūn smiled at Li Menglan. "Zhōujūn is used to being free, but Sword Immortal, rest assured. Nothing will happen to me."

Li Menglan frowned. "You little rascal, you've seen how powerful Greed is. Your abilities may not be weak—strong enough to look down on most people in the Dao Realm—but Evil Spirit Greed is a half-step Dao Lord. Are you sure nothing will happen to you?"

"Of course." Li Zhōujūn nodded.

"So be it. I hope the protective art I gave you back then will never come in handy." Seeing that Li Zhōujūn was determined not to leave with her, Li Menglan could only sigh. "Come to me if you truly run into trouble."

After leaving those words behind, Li Menglan suddenly furrowed her brows