Return, Fulfilling the Promise

Ruin City, Guest's Abode, a window-side booth on the third floor.

Two dishes and a soup sat before He Liang. He picked up the wine pot and filled his cup, took a sip, then used his chopsticks to pick up a peanut and put it in his mouth, crunching away. His expression shifted uncertainly, his brows slightly furrowed.

By his reckoning, the secret realm was about to close. He wondered how much Hua Qiang had gained inside.

Had he completed the task entrusted to him?

He could only hope the brat was blessed with great fortune and survived, bringing back something worthwhile. That would make He Liang's support of him not entirely wasted.

If Hua Qiang failed to bring back the "Water of Life," then... heh. His early investment would have to be recovered from Hua Qiang twofold. No one got to take advantage of him.

By now, Hua Qiang had already passed the Lightning Tribulation and attained Immortal Emperor Second Heaven.

He concealed his aura, revealing only True Immortal Realm First Layer cultivation, then headed toward Ruin City, tens of thousands of miles away.

He was a man who kept his word, a man for whom a promise weighed a thousand pieces of gold. Since he had received the other party's favor, he naturally had to repay it accordingly.

The spiritual spring in the Small World contained an abundance of Life Divine Water, its quality and effects far surpassing the Water of Life He Liang had requested.

But it was too precious. He could not take it out, lest it stir up unnecessary trouble.

What he planned to hand over to He Liang could only be diluted Life Divine Water.

Even diluted ten thousandfold, it still far exceeded ordinary Water of Life!

Hua Qiang could not help admiring He