To help our Blondie protagonist take down the Saint Emperor, Yun Tian thoughtfully took it upon himself to look after these girls for him.
Yun Tian wanted to find Li Yue a good teacher to guide her cultivation. After thinking it over, he decided Yu Yan was the only suitable choice, so he set out to find her. Of course, it absolutely wasn't because Yu Yan was beautiful. He wasn't that shallow.
As for Nie Li, Yun Tian's response was: who? Don't know him.
Yun Tian let Ling'er know.
"Ling'er, I'm heading out for a while. Stay home for now, and contact me if anything comes up."
"Mm, I understand, husband."
With that, Yun Tian set off. He tore open space and stepped through.
When he emerged, he was on the Heavenly Fortune Plateau.
Yun Tian surveyed his surroundings. The Heavenly Fortune Plateau certainly lived up to the plateau part of its name-it really was high. The landscape around him was rather desolate, and crows cawed overhead from time to time.
Where's Yu Yan? I only know she's on the Heavenly Fortune Plateau, not exactly where.
Forget it. I'll scan the area.
Yun Tian released his Divine Sense and began searching. When his scan reached a particularly well-hidden spot, he felt that this was probably the place. His Divine Sense swept straight inside.
Hmm? Did my Divine Sense just knock something away? What was that?
Yun Tian took a look. It turned out to be a concealment barrier, but it was so pathetic that it might as well not have existed. He'd thought it was a speed bump.
Since there's a barrier here, Yu Yan should be here too.
After pinpointing the location, Yun Tian headed over. As he walked, he began to wonder.
Why? Why is there a barrier here?
Why did Yun Tian wonder about that? Because while examining the barrier, he'd discovered a mark on it that only a specific person could unlock. And who was that person? Our Blondie, of course.
With that thought, Yun Tian looked up at the sky.
Why can only Nie Li unlock that mark? Is it because of the Heavenly Dao?
But that doesn't add up. I remember reading that this world was a small world someone created. There shouldn't be anything like a Heavenly Dao here.
If it isn't the Heavenly Dao, could it be the karma of Nie Li's reincarnation?
Ugh, this is such a headache. Forget it. I'm not cut out for thinking about this stuff. I should ask the system.
Yun Tian opened the system and began looking it up.
Oh, sure enough, specialized work is best left to a specialized system.
This mark was left by Nie Li's previous incarnation, that shameless old bastard called Great Emperor Kongming. To help his reincarnation find allies to take down the Saint Emperor, he added another layer to the existing barrier and set up a mark that only Nie Li could unlock. How shameless.
He actually started scheming against Yu Yan in his previous life, calculating that his reincarnation would find this place. What a devious old bastard.
But it's fine. Now that I'm here, that old bastard Kong Ming's schemes don't mean a damn thing.
What? You're saying that, according to the plot, Yu Yan left with Nie Li? What does that have to do with me?
Yun Tian arrived at the cave where Yu Yan was imprisoned and looked around. He remembered that two lizardmen were supposedly guarding this cave. As for their names, cannon fodder didn't deserve names.
Apparently, the two lizardmen would sense it as soon as Yu Yan's aura vanished from the cave, and they also held a grudge against her. Yun Tian gave it some thought, then decided it didn't matter. If they showed up, one slap would send them to meet God.
Yun Tian didn't destroy the barrier. He had to leave Blondie a little hope, after all. He passed straight through it and entered the cave. Inside, it was dim, with almost no light. Some skeletal remains lay on the ground, and their owners had been fairly powerful—the strongest had even been a Legend Demon Spirit Master. Some equipment was scattered nearby as well. Yun Tian left it untouched, since it didn't even measure up to the trash in his system. He left it all for Nie Li.
Yun Tian continued deeper into the cave. The farther he went, the stronger the aura of fire became.
Looks like Yu Yan is just ahead.
Yun Tian kept moving forward.
Meanwhile, Yu Yan was inside.
Yu Yan was cultivating, or rather, gathering the Law of Fire. Her divine body had been damaged in an earlier battle, and she was sealed inside the cave, unable to go outside.
Sigh, there's too little of the Law of Fire in this cave. Even after gathering it for so many years, my divine body's injuries are still this severe, and I can't get out.
Just as Yu Yan lamented her situation, her gaze suddenly sharpened. She fixed her eyes on the entrance, sensing someone approaching. There was clearly a barrier outside, one that even she, a Spirit God, couldn't get past. Who could possibly break through it? Could it be her enemies? At that thought, Yu Yan's expression grew grave. With her current strength, she would very likely be no match for them.
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