Departure

"Not bad, not bad, you've finally figured it out and know how to make yourself stronger."

Fang Zelin praised Bearing the Heavens repeatedly.

He truly hadn't expected that Bearing the Heavens would actually be able to grasp this level of understanding during his previous instruction.

It truly lives up to its name as a spirit sword.

"When you start cultivating, absorb more Spiritual Qi."

Fang Zelin was quite pleased and prepared to take Bearing the Heavens to Jiuchuan's residence for a visit.

The tree demon has been dealt with, and it's estimated that there are no other demons on Cloud-Linking Mountain that can stop us now.

After seeing Jiuchuan, he felt relieved and went back to cultivate.

Two years later, when that fellow Daoist has completed his trial, he can go and pay his respects at the mountain.

After waiting for a while at the inn, a ghost official soon arrived, presented Soul-Bewildering Formation, and then took his leave.

Seeing this, Fang Zelin also left the inn.

After a short while, Fang Zelin arrived at Jiuchuan's residence and knocked on the door.

The door creaked open, and the person who came in was the same one we had seen yesterday— Jiuchuan's third wife.

"I have come to pay my respects to Jiuchuan. I wonder if he is sober?"

"It's you, brother. Come in quickly, my husband has already woken up."

Upon seeing that it was Fang Zelin, the other party immediately smiled sweetly and then welcomed Fang Zelin inside.

Fang Zelin followed the other person into the courtyard and soon saw Jiuchuan in a pavilion.

At this moment, Jiuchuan still looked a bit dizzy, slowly drinking the hot porridge.

Upon seeing Fang Zelin arrive, he quickly stood up. "You brat, why didn't you rest at home? You just ran off like that."

"You know me, I'm used to living alone, I'm afraid I won't feel comfortable staying here with you."

Fang Zelin waved his hand dismissively, then sat down and sniffed the porridge lightly, remarking, "This porridge smells wonderful."

"This is my Sanniang's specialty cooking, isn't it delicious!"

Upon hearing Fang Zelin's words, Jiuchuan immediately said smugly, and then had someone bring Fang Zelin a bowl.

Seeing this, Fang Zelin didn't stand on ceremony and also served himself a bowl of porridge.

"Speaking of which, what exactly happened today? I was awakened by a loud roar, as if the entire Cloud-Linking Mountain had exploded."

While drinking his porridge, Jiuchuan asked, puzzled.

"I just got back from inquiring about the news. I heard that a celestial being has appeared in Cloud-Linking Mountain to slay a demon. With a single sword strike, he nearly split Cloud-Linking Mountain in two."

At this moment, Jiuchuan's second wife took over the conversation and said that she had just gone out to inquire about information.

I've returned after gathering some information.

"What? An immortal?"

Upon hearing this news, Jiuchuan was startled and quickly turned to look at Er Niangzi.

How could there possibly be immortals?

How long have their own people been searching?

As for rumors, those are just hearsay; what's the reality?

No one can prove that immortals exist in this world.

"It's true. Everyone who went to Cloud-Linking Mountain today saw that sword shadow. Wasn't there a sea of fire in the mountain? By the time people arrived, the fire had already been extinguished."

"Moreover, an extremely long sword mark was left in the sea of fire, tens of meters deep, splitting the sea of fire in two and revealing the stark white bones beneath."

"Everyone guessed that the fire earlier burned a demon, otherwise there wouldn't have been so many skeletons buried underground. And it's even worse that the remains of your foreigners were down there. After that sword strike, the fire was extinguished."

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Upon hearing this, Jiuchuan's face was filled with disbelief.

"Could there be such a monstrous being in the Cloud-Linking Mountain?"

"When you insisted on coming here before, my sisters and I repeatedly advised you that nine out of ten houses in Yuanqing Prefecture were empty because of demonic possession. But you insisted on coming because Blazing Summer needed you."

A single sentence from Jiuchuan's Jiuchuan immediately reminded him of this matter.

"Deep underground, there were layer upon layer of countless bones piled up. Fortunately, this monster was slain."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but feel a lingering fear on his face.

This demon is truly ferocious. Who could have known before that it would be so powerful?

So, there really are immortals in the world?

At this moment, Jiuchuan still murmured to himself in disbelief.

"We didn't see it ourselves, but many other people did, and the sword mark is still there now; it's not something a martial artist could do."

Second Sister was Martial Dao practitioner, so she was very clear about this.

Jiuchuan nodded upon hearing this, still somewhat shaken.

"I really didn't expect that."

Jiuchuan muttered to himself, then noticed Fang Zelin Fang Zelin engrossed in eating his porridge and couldn't help but wonder, "Why do you seem so unconcerned about this?"

Fang Zelin looked up upon hearing this, then shook his head. "Sigh, we only saw a sword; we can't be sure it's an immortal. I reckon this is probably just hearsay."

Jiuchuan was taken aback; what he said did make some sense.

However, without actually seeing it, it's not really clear what the specific situation is right now.

"By the way, I won't be staying here for long; I'll probably be leaving soon."

"Are you leaving so soon?"

Jiuchuan was taken aback by these words and subconsciously raised his head, looking at Fang Zelin with some confusion.

"I found the person I was looking for in Jiangxing Prefecture, so I just stopped by to take a look. Now that I've seen you too, I can go back now that this is over."

Fang Zelin smiled immediately upon hearing this.

Seeing Fang Zelin's serious expression, Jiuchuan knew that he couldn't persuade him to stay, so he didn't say anything more.

"If you need anything, that's fine too. I'll probably be living here from now on, so you're welcome to come anytime you want."

Fang Zelin smiled upon hearing this, "Don't worry, my family still brews some good wine, I'll bring it over for you to try later."

"Okay, I'll be waiting!"

Fang Zelin had mentioned this before. Given Fang Zelin's personality, it's likely that the wine is indeed quite good, which is why he brought it up.

After finishing their porridge, Fang Zelin and Jiuchuan chatted for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, they got up and left.

Jiuchuan saw Fang Zelin to the door, and as Fang Zelin waved goodbye, they walked away into the distance.

Jiuchuan stood at the entrance of the mansion, staring blankly at the scene before him.

"I invited them to come here to seek enlightenment before, hoping we could roam the martial world together. I never expected things to have changed so much."

He didn't know why, but as he watched Fang Zelin's departing figure, he felt a strange sensation, as if the two of them had become people from two different worlds.

"Husband? Why do you look at me like that?"

Jiuchuan's wife came out and looked at this scene with surprise.

Jiuchuan smiled and shook his head, then led the other party back to his residence. With such a powerful prodigy from Cloud-Linking Mountain eliminated, there shouldn't be too much of an obstacle in building the city.