If Lin Hao Comes Looking for Me, Tell Him I'm Dead

At the Falling Cloud City.

A desolate scene.

The once bustling city is now eerily silent, its dilapidated walls seemingly bearing the marks of time.

Lin Hao stood not far from the city gate, his brows furrowed.

The entrance, which should have been bustling with long queues, was deserted, with not even a guard present.

In an instant, Lin Hao seemed to understand something.

That disciple lied to him.

Not only his family, but the entire city suffered misfortune.

A gentle breeze blew by, bringing a chill.

With his feet crunching on leaves, Lin Hao walked toward the city.

There is no one.

The streets remained desolate, with only goods displayed inside the open shops.

Where are they?

No.

Following the route I remembered, I headed towards the Lin Residence.

Apart from his footsteps and the sound of the wind, nothing else could be heard.

Who did it?

They actually massacred an entire city, leaving no corpses behind.

The bloodstains on the ground were partially covered by dust, indicating they had been dry for a long time.

In front of a dilapidated ruin.

Lin Hao stood alone in front of him, tears streaming down his face.

This is the Lin Residence.

That's the house he used to live in.

The blood-red ruins hold countless lives lost.

At that moment, he seemed to hear wails of agony, and countless expressions of resentment.

He seemed to hear his father calling his name, accusing those demons.

[This is so tragic, I really, I'm about to cry.]

[If my entire family were wiped out, I'd probably go insane.]

[The production team is truly inhuman; in the end, they wiped out an entire city.]

[Lin Hao is so pitiful, but I love watching this kind of thing, hahaha.]

[Sigh, I wonder if Lin Hao's personality will change drastically.]

[Directors, you're really messing around. If Lin Hao actually manages to cultivate one day, you'll be in big trouble.]

The production team even added music and filters to the live stream.

Its main theme is melancholy.

The audience really loved it.

And so, Lin Hao left the sect and officially embarked on the unpredictable world of cultivation.

Time passed.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

So much has happened in just two months.

As the strongest person in the world, Tang Dongyang has officially entered the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and his Swordsmanship has evolved from Sword Armor to Sword Wu.

This single move is enough to kill Foundation Establishment at the Great Perfection stage.

Of course, Tang Dongyang was unaware of this conclusion, as it was Gu Yuan's assessment of him.

The inner sect's first, second, and even third elders have all officially entered the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

Even in the ordinary cultivation world, such a configuration would barely qualify as a sect.

Yi Changge's cultivation has stagnated at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, so he focuses more on tempering his physical body. Now, his physical body alone is enough to contend with cultivators of the same realm.

However, this alone is not enough to contend with the other world.

These cultivators were worried, but Gu Yuan was even more worried than them.

These are all people who invested themselves, and they haven't received much interest yet. They can't afford to lose it all.

At this rate, if they can hold out for a few years or even a decade, they might be able to contend with the other world.

But if...

As expected, it's not so easy to improve your cultivation level while lying down.

The back hill.

It has long been a sacred place for many cultivators.

People come here every day to cultivate and discuss the Dao.

"Jin Ling'er, your brother Lin Hao has already returned with his revenge, why is he still cultivating here?"

A young man who was cultivating in the back mountain saw Jin Ling'er walking towards him and said jokingly.

Then the people around him all laughed.

"Yes, and he even avenged you. He's such a devoted man; I'd fall for him too."

Yet another cultivator, always eager for a good show, said with a smile to Jin Ling'er.

"Oh? You two are bored today? Need me to help you with your body training?"

Jin Ling'er showed no reaction to their teasing, simply smiling as she addressed them.

Although his voice was flat, his smile didn't look like that of a kind person at all.

I'll knock!

I almost forgot that this woman was a Qi Refining Grand Perfection cultivator.

Instantly, everyone else shut their mouths.

"Are you going to help me refine my body? You can tell me anything, and I'll say it."

Suddenly, a simple, honest voice rang out from behind Jin Ling'er.

It was none other than Yi Changge.

Well, I wonder if there's something wrong with this body-refining manual. Yi Changge wasn't like this before.

It's quite strange that the more he cultivates, the more honest and simple he becomes in his speech.

"Get the hell out of here! Stop pretending to be someone else and I'll beat you to death!"

Seeing that it was Yi Changge who spoke, Jin Ling'er rolled her eyes.

"Kill me? Great! Come on!"

Upon hearing this, Yi Changge maintained his composure and chuckled.

Jin Ling'er: "..."

It's hopeless, utterly hopeless.

"Instead of wasting your time, why don't you go and provoke Lin Hao? The elder just glanced at him, and he's about to enter the late stage of Qi Refining."

Jin Ling'er was furious. She kicked Yi Changge and then said...

Imminently entering the late stage of Qi Refining?

So slow?

He hasn't been back to the sect for over two months, so why is his progress still so slow?

"The protagonist gets different treatment. The production team has arranged everything clearly for him, treating him exactly the same both inside and outside the sect."

"But without his sacrifices, we wouldn't have such good days."

Jin Ling'er seemed to notice everyone's surprise, so she added.

That's absolutely correct.

It's been so great not having any shows to perform these days.

"Senior Sister Jin, you probably won't be able to stay here for long. He'll definitely come looking for you."

"That's what a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator said."

Jin Ling'er is, after all, a female lead, and the main female lead at that, so her role is very important.

"If you find me, just tell me I'm dead."

The disciple who spoke, "..."

"Then just say I'm in seclusion and haven't come out yet. Yes, in complete seclusion. I don't have that much time to act out some lovey-dovey stuff with him."

Jin Ling'er waved her hand, directly refusing to meet Lin Hao.

Her time was too precious. Her cultivation level was just at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, a crucial moment for her to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. Why would she want to see a man?

After saying that, Jin Ling'er left without looking back and headed towards the depths of the back mountain.

He actually intends to go into seclusion!

"If she's not going, then I'll go and meet him."

Yi Changge narrowed his eyes, his previous naive demeanor completely changed, and his temperament also changed. This look made the people around him feel a chill.

What happened that Yi Changge that expression last time?

He chased after more than a dozen cultivators, begging them to beat him up, and they almost exhausted him to death.

The scene was absolutely beautiful.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Changge disappeared from the spot.

"Why do these people seem increasingly different from the cultivators of the Cangyuan World?"

Touching his non-existent head, Gu Yuan watched Jin Ling'er and Yi Changge leave and fell into deep thought.