Chapter 1285: Departure (2/2)

“The Bonesea…” Longwei shuddered.

The Bonesea was one of the twelve burial grounds, an extremely ominous location. As a taboo location of legends, even a G.o.dking like him wouldn’t carelessly tread through it since it was a path of no return.

Of course, he knew that for a supreme existence like Li Qiye, he could easily travel to any place as if it was flat ground.

Eventually, Li Qiye withdrew his gaze and spoke: “I want to ask you something.”

“Your Excellency, please go ahead.” Jian Longwei quickly bowed in response: “If this disciple knows about it, I will definitely let you know.”

Li Qiye paused for a moment before slowly asking: “How has the Celestial Pavilion been in the last two generations or so?” [2. The actual raw is Heavenly Immortal Pavilion, but the most common meaning behind the combination of Heavenly + Immortal is a G.o.ddess/fairy/beautiful women. It can also be used as a particular cla.s.s of immortal, such as celestial/heavenly immortal or earth immortal. In this case, I’m refraining from using fairy and G.o.ddess because it isn’t the same word. Heavenly Immortal is just too long and it doesn’t fit the real meaning of both the word and context; immortal and heavenly has been used too much already. Celestial is a better choice.]

Longwei was a bit surprised by this topic, but he hurriedly answered: “Your Excellency, the Celestial Pavilion is still holding strong as one of the most powerful lineages in the Heaven Spirit World. However, it has become increasingly reclusive, their disciples rarely show themselves.”

Li Qiye asked with sorrow: “Is the Lunargrasp Fairy still in this world?”

This simple question startled Jian Longwei, but he answered right away: “Your Excellency, I heard the fairy is still in this world, but I have never seen her. After the divine dragon bestowed my t.i.tle, I personally visited the Celestial Pavilion. The pavilion lord told me that she is still alive, but even the ancestors from their sect can’t seek an audience.”

Li Qiye internally bemoaned: “So many years...” He knew that he had to face certain things or it would forever be an unresolved knot.

Longwei didn’t know the relations.h.i.+p between Li Qiye and the fairy. He quietly said: “The progenitor has said that the fairy is one of the strongest beings in Heaven Spirit right now. His Venerable himself felt that he couldn’t match up against her.”

“Yes, she has always been that powerful. How could she not be?” Li Qiye sentimentally responded: “She was someone who competed against Empress Hong Tian for the Heaven’s Will and even defeated the empress many times when she was younger. She is indeed mighty.”

“The progenitor also said that Heaven Spirit has the Lunargrasp Fairy while Mortal Emperor has South Emperor. Those two were the most gifted during that era.” Longwei found this topic quite interesting.

Empress Hong Tian’s generation had geniuses coming out in droves. It could be considered a magnificent era.

Immortal’s Legacy — these words were used to describe the Lunargrasp Fairy. One could easily imagine just how incredible her talents were from this t.i.tle.

“Their talents were indeed peerless during that era.” Li Qiye nodded in agreement and continued: “Even though there were as many geniuses as there were stars in the sky back then, they were still as dazzling as ever. However, South Emperor and the fairy were very different people. South Emperor was an elegant hermit while the fairy was an unyielding warrior.”

Longwei was taken aback by this statement. Generally speaking, men were more p.r.o.ne to be considered warriors, but Li Qiye described the fairy as one. This made him wonder just how domineering she used to be.

Eventually, Li Qiye smiled and shook his head: “Let’s go, it is now time.” He left the room afterward.

Longwei busily kept up right behind him.

Before his departure, Hong Tianzhu’s group showed up to bid farewell. They saw him all the way out of the lake.

Li Qiye told the group: “Go back, even if you see a friend off for a thousand miles, you will still have to part in the end.”

Hong Tianzhu and the others respectfully kneeled and wors.h.i.+pped him: “Young n.o.ble, take care. May we meet again.”

Li Qiye smiled and took one last good look at the green Dongting Lake before flying to the sky with Jian Longwei.

As he was leaving, Lin Miao mustered courage out of nowhere and shouted in his direction: “Young n.o.ble, take care!”

Li Qiye looked back at her and revealed a faint smile before leaving with a nod.

Lin Miao watched his departing figure in a trance. She eventually smiled, firmly engraving his image in the deepest part of her heart.

After a long time, Tianzhu told Lin Miao: “Child, let’s go back.”

As a senior, how could he not see it? He could only gently shake his head because Lin Miao and Li Qiye were people of different worlds. It might be too difficult for them to meet again in the future.