After weighing his options, Chen Lin followed 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 have any tasks for me, I will spare no effort!"
Lan Ruxue was returning to the Yingyue Sect, and Chen Lin hurried to see her off respectfully.
"It's nothing, just a lift of the hand. All you need to do is 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 her at a time like this.
Lan Ruxue gave Chen Lin a long, searching 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 there were many restrictions as well.
The Immortal Palace was equivalent to a small city, inhabited only by Central City's elders, people with special status, and their families. He was not qualified to enter the central area surrounding the City Lord Manor and could only move about the outskirts.
Moreover, he had only been assigned a small residence, and the number of people permitted to live there was restricted.
"Master Mu, how is Qinglan's recovery going?"
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 him, 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's recovering very