Frighteningly Strong
Lu Qing'an and Xiao Qingyi turned to look and saw that Liu Xiyue had an unusual expression on his face that shouldn't have been there.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
This old guy doesn't seem to be the way they thought.
"Ahem, it's good that people can be flexible." Xiao Qingyi smiled as he walked back.
Lu Qing'an smiled and nodded, then followed him back into the house.
Liu Xiyue looked at the two people sitting next to him and asked first, "What was that just now?"
That powerful aura felt to him one or two times stronger than when he witnessed Lu Qing'an killing someone back then!
It's just a mass of energy, yet it possesses such a terrifying aura. Most importantly, Lu Qing'an can actually control such a thing!
What exactly did this Eternal Night Demon Emperor experience during the more than one thousand years he disappeared from existence?
What level of strength have they reached now?!
Lu Qing'an replied, "I don't know what it is either. I only know that it really wants to devour something from your Time-Reversing Demon Willow. However, I've suppressed that thought, and it won't do anything reckless."
Liu Xiyue: "..."
"Let's not talk about anything else, Old Liu. Tell me how we can be flexible. We're both getting on in years, there's no need to beat around the bush. Let's communicate directly." Xiao Qingyi already considered Lu Qing'an's two daughters as family. Such adorable children, he definitely wanted to secure the best training grounds for them.
Lu Qing'an glanced at Xiao Qingyi, still surprised that Xiao Qingyi was so proactive in helping him.
With a flash, a round piece of metal appeared in Liu Xiyue's hand, its surface covered with strange dark patterns.
There was no aura inside, giving it the feeling of having been weathered by the long river of time, like an old, rustic piece of scrap iron.
"I returned this time to retrieve this item, intending to make a trip to the Heavenfall Demon Cavern. I will take this treasure nearly thirty miles deep there, allowing the fierce demons within to temper and refine it."
At this point, Liu Xiyue looked directly at Lu Qing'an: "Now that you're back, let's do each other a favor. Take this treasure and try to go as deep as possible, and stay there for a full hour."
Upon hearing the words "Heavenfall Demon Cavern," Lu Qing'an and the other person's expressions became extremely strange.
That's unfortunate.
"Will it take a full hour?" Lu Qing'an asked.
For him, handling this matter was no different than drinking a bowl of water.
This analogy isn't quite right; it would be more appropriate to use the analogy of a single breath.
"It would be best to keep it until the patterns on this treasure turn gold," Liu Xiyue said.
Lu Qing'an decisively replied, "Alright, give it to me, I'll take care of it for you right away. After it's done, I'll bring my daughter here tomorrow, and from then on, my daughter can use the time-traveling artifacts on your Time-Reversing Demon Willow at any time."
"Wait! Use a time-manipulating artifact at will? That's not appropriate!" Liu Xiyue quickly interrupted.
What's wrong with that?
"Activating the connection to the Time-Reversing Demon Willow treasure requires a significant amount of resources. We can't let the Demon Willow Academy bear this loss ourselves, can we?"
Lu Qing'an thought it was something serious and glanced at Liu Xiyue speechlessly.
Xiao Qingyi was even more speechless, and retorted, "Does our Eternal Night Demon Emperor lack such a small amount of resources?"
Lu Qing'an: "Ahem, I just got back and found that all the Demon Crystal I had hidden away were burned. I'm definitely a bit short. Old Xiao, how many Demon Crystal have you saved up over the years?"
Xiao Qingyi: "..."
"How about we just rob someone? With your strength, you can rob anyone you want! Nobody will dare say anything!" Xiao Qingyi suggested.
He has reached a level where he can cultivate without Demon Crystal, so what would he need Demon Crystal for? Therefore, he has been too lazy to save them up over the years.
"Let's see how things go. We'll cover the resource losses ourselves," Lu Qing'an said.
Liu Xiyue nodded and handed the iron ball to Lu Qing'an: "Then let's set off now."
If he remembered correctly, Lu Qing'an could reach a depth of thirty or forty miles in the Heavenfall Demon Cavern.
Now he vaguely felt that Lu Qing'an had become even stronger, and might be able to reach depths of over forty miles.
Lu Qing'an took the iron ball, weighed it carefully, and found that the iron ball was actually very light. The material was not iron, but a metal that he had never seen before.
It's completely different from the Heavenfall Divine Metal, yet it feels somewhat similar.
It's a very strange feeling.
Shortly after he took the iron ball into his hands, he suddenly noticed that the energy body was behaving strangely.
The thought of devouring it arose again!
"What's going on with this little one?" he wondered to himself, but didn't investigate further, focusing instead on taking care of his daughter's affairs.
then.
Lu Qing'an flew into the air, forcefully breaking through the void, and then led Xiao Qingyi and the other person to the location of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern.
In the blink of an eye, the three stepped out of the void and arrived above the Heavenfall Demon Cavern.
Xiao Qingyi had already witnessed Lu Qing'an's powerful travel skills, so he didn't show any further reaction.
Liu Xiyue, on the other hand, remained outwardly composed, but inwardly he was cursing incessantly.
What kind of tactic is this?!
Lu Qing'an looked at the two of them and said, "You two wait here, I'll be right back."
He suddenly transformed into a streak of light and plummeted straight towards the very center of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern.
At full speed, he arrived at the deepest part of the Heavenfall Demon Cavern in less than a quarter of an hour.
Perhaps because he had returned here, the energy entity he had hidden in the box seemed to have suddenly come home, and was extremely excited.
Lu Qing'an ignored the energy entity, his brows furrowing slightly.
"The heat here is significantly less than before. It seems to be related to the fact that I took this energy body with me."
After thinking for a moment, he took the energy object out and put it back in its place.
Instantly, he felt the Sha Qi return to its original level.
The energy body that appeared quickly crawled towards Lu Qing'an, like a round slime, and stopped in front of Lu Qing'an's thigh, swaying back and forth as if trying to be cute.
Lu Qing'an could sense that the energy entity's attention was entirely focused on the iron ball in his hand.
"Why does this thing seem like a delicious candy to it?"
He naturally wouldn't hand the iron ball over to this energy entity, so he kicked it to make it move away and prevent it from damaging the iron ball.
This matter concerns whether his daughter can enter the Demon Willow Academy to cultivate.
After being kicked, the energy body huddled in a corner, looking aggrieved.
It looked just like an animated film Lu Qing'an had seen, where a large sphere was in a corner, head down, drawing circles and saying "Curse you."
Lu Qing'an still ignored the energy entity, his gaze fixed on the iron ball in his hand.
In less than an hour, less than ten breaths, a golden light suddenly flashed at the center of the iron ball. Then, this golden light seemed to ignite all the patterns on the surface, and in the blink of an eye, all the patterns turned golden.
The iron ball in his hand seemed to have been activated, gleaming with golden light.
"So, this counts as a success? But what exactly is its purpose?"
He still couldn't figure out what the purpose of this precious iron ball was; perhaps it was a special treasure that required some kind of incantation to fully activate.
He grabbed the iron ball with his large hand and looked at the energy entity in the corner.
"Alright, let's go!"
The energy entity reluctantly crawled towards Lu Qing'an.
After storing the energy body, Lu Qing'an transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky.
A moment later, he appeared above the Heavenfall Demon Cavern and came to stand in front of Liu Xiyue and the other person.
"What's wrong?" Liu Xiyue asked, frowning, seeing that Lu Qing'an had just gone down and then suddenly flew back.
Lu Qing'an then tossed the glowing iron ball in his hand to Liu Xiyue: "All done."
Liu Xiyue: "???!!!"