I'm Back!!!

Early the next morning, Lu Qing'an went to the Nether Emperor's cave abode.

Li Wensong arrived even earlier than him.

This guy actually got a jar of wine from the Nether Emperor last night. It's said that he drank until late into the night, and then he was lying on the stone table talking nonsense, repeating the same few phrases over and over again.

"Duer, you've finally met your match."

"Settle the karmic debt I owe you."

"I'm back."

When I saw him this morning, he acted as if nothing had happened.

Lu Qing'an glanced at the wine jar in his hand. "Any more?"

Li Wensong immediately hid the wine jar behind his back.

"That's all."

I saw it.

"Empty."

"Show me."

"Brother Lu, you've already finished repairing all the Great Dao, you wouldn't stole a jar of wine from me, would you?"

"You've already called me Brother Lu, what's wrong with me drinking a sip of your drink?"

Li Wensong remained silent for two breaths before quietly handing over the wine jar.

Lu Qing'an uncorked the jar and found that there was still a little more than half a jar left inside. He immediately laughed, "It's not empty?"

"It was empty just now."

"It's grown on its own now?"

"This jar is rather special."

The two were chatting idly when the Nether Emperor emerged from his cave abode.

He glanced at the wine in Li Wensong's hand, and his face immediately darkened.

"Didn't you say you were only taking one jar?"

Li Wensong's body stiffened.

Lu Qing'an turned to look at him.

How many jars did you take?

"..."

"Three altars."

"Didn't you tell me last night that you'd managed to get a jar?"

I was drunk back then.

"Does drinking too much mean you'll have two fewer jars to drink?"

Seeing that the Nether Emperor's expression was becoming increasingly hostile, Li Wensong turned around and hid behind Lu Qing'an without saying a word.

"Brother Lu, help!"

Lu Qing'an immediately took a step to the side.

"You stole it yourself, you have to bear the consequences."

I didn't steal it!

Li Wensong hurriedly explained, "When I arrived, the senior was in seclusion. I called out several times, but no one answered. I thought that Brother Lu have such a good relationship, taking three jars or one jar shouldn't matter much."

The Nether Emperor said expressionlessly, "Give it back to me now."

"He drank a whole jar."

"Two jars remain."

"Give away a jar."

"The last jar."

Li Wensong hugged the wine jar tightly.

The Nether Emperor looked at him.

Li Wensong also looked at the Nether Emperor.

A moment later, he handed over the wine jar as if it were a piece of his own flesh.

"Can I leave you half?"

The Nether Emperor suddenly felt a pang of regret.

Why did I help those two people in the first place?

Each one is more troublesome than the last.

In the end, they still couldn't get the wine jar back.

It wasn't that the Nether Emperor was generous, but rather that Lu Qing'an said from the side, "Senior, let it go. He just got his revenge; let him be happy for a couple of days."

Li Wensong nodded immediately.

"Yes, yes, I've suffered so much injustice all these years."

The Nether Emperor looked at him like that.

Where does he look like he's been wronged?

But in the end, he just waved his hand.

"Roll."

Li Wensong was granted a general amnesty.

"Thank you, senior!"

The Nether Emperor ignored him and turned his gaze back to Lu Qing'an.

Are you really planning to leave today?

"Um."

Lu Qing'an nodded. "Everything that needed to be done has been done."

"Don't you plan to stay in the Hongmeng Holy Realm for a while longer?"

"Come again when you have time."

Lu Qing'an laughed and said, "My home isn't here."

The Nether Emperor remained silent for a moment, then did not try to persuade him to stay.

He actually really wanted Lu Qing'an to stay at the Nether Emperor Holy Sect.

For someone who has cultivated all the Great Dao to remain in the sect for even a day is a tremendous blessing for the entire Nether Emperor Holy Sect.

In fact, in the past six months, the sect's fortune has become several times stronger than when Lu Qing'an first arrived.

But the Nether Emperor also knew.

They couldn't keep them.

We can't keep them, at least not now.

This man never considered the Hongmeng Holy Realm as the end.

What he wanted to do was very simple from the beginning.

We've arrived here.

Cultivate the Great Dao.

Avenge Li Wensong.

Then I went home.

That's all.

"If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can come back."

After speaking, the Nether Emperor paused for a moment, "Although with your current strength, I don't know what trouble you might have that would require you to come back to me."

Lu Qing'an smiled.

"The senior is still useful."

The Nether Emperor's eyelids twitched.

That doesn't sound like a nice thing to say.

Lu Qing'an continued, "For example, those wines are quite good."

"Roll."

"Okay."

Li Wensong, standing to the side, almost burst out laughing.

At that moment, Luo Qiushan also flew over from a distance.

Xu Qingying was with her.

Xu Qingying changed into a simple blue and white dress today, and her temperament was much gentler than when she first arrived in the Hongmeng Holy Realm.

Upon seeing Lu Qing'an, Luo Qiushan's first words were, "Don't you really want to stay here for a few more years?"

"Don't stay."

"Is our Nether Emperor Holy Sect really that bad?"

"No."

Lu Qing'an shook his head. "The main reason is that there's a woman at home. I promised her before I left that I wouldn't be gone for too long."

Luo Qiushan immediately looked at Xu Qingying.

Xu Qingying was speechless.

"Master, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Nothing."

Luo Qiushan suppressed a laugh, "I just suddenly remembered something."

Xu Qingying ignored her.

During this time, she discovered that her master was indeed powerful and very suitable to teach her cultivation.

She can be quite gossipy sometimes.

Lu Qing'an looked at Xu Qingying: "Aren't you coming with us?"

"Not for now."

Xu Qingying shook her head, "I've just mastered the Great Dao of Wood, and I'm still lacking in the Great Dao of Darkness. My master plans to guide me in cultivation for a while longer."

"OK."

Lu Qing'an was not surprised.

The two of them had already said everything they needed to say last night.

Now there's actually nothing to explain.

Xu Qingying thought for a moment, then added, "Remember what I said last night."

Tell the children you'll be going back in a while.

"Um."

Don't forget again.

"Is my memory really that bad?"

Xu Qingying looked at him.

Lu Qing'an suddenly lost his confidence.

When we were together before, he really forgot quite a few things.

"OK."

"Tell me the first thing when you get back."

Xu Qingying smiled.

"That's good."

There was no hug.

There was no sad farewell.

The two nodded to each other, only a few steps apart.

But they all felt that this was the best way.

Luo Qiushan looked at this person, then at that person.

In the end, nothing was said.

In some relationships, it's pointless for outsiders to interfere.

Lu Qing'an raised his hand.

The Great Dao of Space slowly began to rotate.

Six months ago, it would have been almost impossible to return directly from the Hongmeng Holy Realm to the Nine Directions and Ten Domains.

The two worlds are on different levels.

There are countless layers of space separating them.

But now, everything has become simple.

Spatial positioning.

Causal connection.

Then, the stable channels are established through the Great Dao of reincarnation and time.

As long as the karma you left behind remains in that place.

No matter how far apart they are.

Everything can be found.

Lu Qing'an closed his eyes.

Familiar faces quickly appeared in my mind.

Xue Tianfei.

Lu Miaomiao.

Lu Zixuan.

Lu Zhengran.

Xiao Qingyi.

Li Cangxuan.

Huang Hao.

Li Muchen...

at last.

He saw a familiar mountain.

I also saw that courtyard.

"Found it."

Lu Qing'an raised his hand.

The space in front of them opened silently.

A stable channel is gradually taking shape.

There was no golden light, no extraordinary phenomena of the Great Dao, and no top-tier experts as commonly seen in the Hongmeng Holy Realm on the other side of the passage.

There is only one courtyard.

A tree.

And there's the sunlight slowly streaming down from under the eaves.

When Lu Qing'an saw that scene, his heart suddenly calmed down.

This is it.

He glanced back at the Nether Emperor and his companions.

"Everyone."

"May we meet again someday."

The Nether Emperor nodded.

Luo Qiushan waved her hand.

Xu Qingying stood there, a faint smile on her face.

"Let's go back."

Someone is waiting for you.

Lu Qing'an smiled too.

Then, he and Li Wensong stepped into the spatial passage one after the other.

The passage slowly closed.

Before disappearing completely, the last thing Xu Qingying saw was Lu Qing'an's back as he impatiently walked to the other side.

She glanced at it for a few moments.

Turn around.

"Master."

Luo Qiushan looked at her.

"How?"

"Go back and cultivate."

"You're leaving already?"

"Otherwise what?"

Xu Qingying had already flown away into the distance.

Luo Qiushan smiled and followed.

This time.

She didn't look back.

Nine Directions and Ten Domains.

A small courtyard on the mountaintop.

Xue Tianfei sat under a tree, holding a scroll of Cultivation Method in her hand.

I looked at it for a long time.

Not a single page turned.

The tea beside me had gone cold.

She didn't drink it either.

these days.

Lu Qing'an would occasionally contact her through various means, so she knew that Lu Qing'an was alright and that he had successfully entered the Hongmeng Holy Realm.

Knowing is one thing, knowing is another.

The person isn't around.

Ultimately, they are different.

Especially in the last few days.

Lu Qing'an suddenly stopped contacting her.

Xue Tianfei didn't say anything.

I was still somewhat worried.

"Mother."

A voice came from the side.

Xue Tianfei came to her senses.

Lu Miaomiao leaned over the other side of the stone table, resting her chin on her hands as she looked at her.

"You're thinking about Daddy again."

Xue Tianfei lowered her head to read a book.

"No."

"You haven't turned a page in half an hour."

"..."

Xue Tianfei finally turned a page.

Lu Miaomiao's eyes curved into crescent moons.

It's too late to turn it over now.

Xue Tianfei glanced at her.

"Have you finished your training for today?"

Lu Miaomiao's smile vanished instantly.

"Mother."

"I suddenly remembered that my sister was looking for me."

He turned and ran away after saying that.

Xue Tianfei grabbed her by the back of her collar.

"Return."

Lu Miaomiao's face immediately fell.

"I've been practicing for many days now."

"And today's?"

Let's do it together tomorrow.

"You said the same thing yesterday."

Lu Miaomiao's eyes darted around.

I was just about to make up more excuses.

The space in the courtyard suddenly shifted slightly.

Xue Tianfei looked up immediately.

Her cultivation level is now vastly different from what it used to be.

Someone tore open space.

She couldn't possibly not sense it.

Lu Miaomiao followed her gaze.

In the center of the courtyard.

The space slowly rippled outwards like the surface of water.

A passageway appeared.

There was no sign of danger.

Even before the passage had truly taken shape, Xue Tianfei was already stunned.

Because of that aura.

Too familiar.

Lu Miaomiao reacted even faster than her.

His eyes widened suddenly.

The next moment.

A figure emerged from the spatial passage.

Familiar clothes.

A familiar face.

There was a slight smile on her face.

Lu Qing'an had just regained his footing.

They didn't even have time to see their surroundings clearly.

A petite figure rushed over.

"Father!!!"

Lu Miaomiao bumped right into his arms.

Lu Qing'an was jolted slightly by the impact and instinctively grabbed the person in his arms.

"Slower."

"It's been so long, why are you still so impulsive?"

Lu Miaomiao didn't care about any of that.

Two arms tightly wrapped around his neck.

"Father!"

You're finally back!

Lu Qing'an smiled and patted her on the back.

Didn't you say you'd come back?

"That's a long time!"

"How long has it been?"

"It'll just take a long time anyway."

Lu Miaomiao buried her face in his shoulder.

Unreasonable.

Lu Qing'an couldn't do anything about her.

I can only continue holding him.

After a while.

He then raised his head.

Look down at the tree.

Xue Tianfei was still standing there.

The Cultivation Method in his hand had been put down.

The two looked at each other across the courtyard.

No one was in a hurry to speak.

In the end, Lu Qing'an was the first to laugh.

"I'm back."