A streak of blue flight light raced in from the horizon, slowing slightly as it crossed the Yue Kingdom's border. Within the light, Chen Ming gazed down at the familiar mountains and rivers below, his heart largely unruffled.
A hundred years.
Back then, he had spent some time in the Yue Kingdom, bought a residence in Jiayuan City, taken several wives and concubines, and fathered two daughters. He had also adopted a daughter and a son. Later, circumstances had forced him to flee the Yue Kingdom. After wandering from place to place, he had finally traveled to the Chaotic Star Sea with Han Li through the Ancient Teleportation Array. A hundred years had passed since that departure.
Now he had returned merely to find somewhere to settle down, sort through his recent gains, and lie low for a while. As for Nether Fiend, the old demon sealed in the Wangshui Kingdom-his casual promise to help find something had merely been a pretense to humor him. How much truth could there be in the words of an old monster who had lived for thousands of years? He was not foolish enough to actually run errands for him.
He concealed his Nascent Soul Stage aura, suppressing his cultivation to the appearance of early foundation establishment, changed into a plain blue-green robe, and adjusted his features slightly to resemble Mo Juren as he had looked back then. Once everything was ready, he descended from the sky and landed outside Jiayuan City's gates.
After entering the city, he followed his memories toward the Mo Mansion.
The Mo Mansion stood in a quiet alley on the eastern side of Jiayuan City. He turned into the alley and spotted the familiar residence from afar-vermilion gates, two stone lions crouching at the entrance, and a black plaque