Immortal Palace

After weighing his options, Chen Lin took Lan Ruxue's advice and returned to Central City.

The Hundred Flowers Fairy remained in the Spirit Demon Realm.

"Thank you for your help, Senior. If you ever need anything, I will spare no effort!"

As Lan Ruxue prepared to return to the Yingyue Sect, Chen Lin hurried to see her off respectfully.

"It's nothing. It was no more than lifting a finger. Just keep an eye out for that pill formula for me."

"Of course, of course!"

Chen Lin agreed at once.

Although he certainly would not go looking for that skeletal old man, he could not refuse at a time like this.

Lan Ruxue gave Chen Lin a long, meaningful look, then turned and left.

Chen Lin sank into thought.

Everything had gone smoothly. He had encountered no danger along the way and had successfully obtained an Identity Token for the Immortal Palace atop the Main Peak, but it came with many restrictions.

The Immortal Palace was effectively a small city, inhabited only by Central City's elders, people of special standing, and their families. He was not qualified to enter the core area around the City Lord Manor and could only move about the outskirts.

Moreover, he had only been assigned a small residence, with a fixed limit on how many people could live there.

"Master Mu, how is Qinglan's recovery coming along?"

Upon returning to his residence and seeing Mu Xingchen, Chen Lin immediately asked.

Mu Xingchen had arrived in Central City two months earlier. Unable to contact Chen Lin, he had first sought out Jin Xingyun and the others. After learning that something had gone wrong during the Hundred Flowers Fairy's tribulation, he had been searching for Chen Lin ever since.

"She is recovering very well. There are already signs