Chapter 111 (1/2)
After shutting the window gently, Xiao Chen returned to the desk. He was quite embarrassed to find only a small bed in this room. All the other rooms had been taken. He smiled. “Senior Sister Luo, rest well tonight. I will sit in the room and contemplate our next move.”
Luo Shangyan glanced at him and said, “You didn’t rest last night either. Will you be fine?” Xiao Chen shook his head and smiled. “I will.”
At this moment, in the fortress on the west mountain, a handsome man in red was surveying the people below him with an indistinct smile on his lips. A cyan-robed man approached him from a path behind. He said blandly, “The news you have released about the Ancient Immortal Clan ruin has brought many cultivators here.”
The cyan-robed man was Leng Ningfeng, who had represented the Qing State during the Immortals League Competition. The handsome man still gazed down below him, like a supreme Immortal overlooking all sentient souls. He smiled indifferently. “Let them come, the more the merrier. Let them be my sacrificial offerings.”
Leng Ningfeng stretched his tired back and continued blandly. “I’ve heard though that what you did these years have attracted the attention of the Ancient Immortal Clan. Thousand Feathers Sect seemed to have noticed you.”
“Oh?” A solemn expression finally appeared on the handsome man’s face. Then, he answered nonchalantly, “The Thousand Feathers Sect? Their patriarch once sealed a powerful, dead Devil millennia ago, hoping that he could not reincarnate himself. He spent a huge amount of spiritual force but now this force has been depleted. They want to deal with me now. Let them, if they will overestimate themselves… ”
Leng Ningfeng shook his head and smiled. “Looks like there is no one in this world who can frighten you a bit.” The handsome man smiled quietly. “What can terrify a man who is already dead for a hundred years?”
Leng Ningfeng smiled gently. “Unless it is someone who can play a few notes on the Fuxi Zither, and who is proficient in many formations?”
“Oh? Are you telling me that that man has come to Wuwang City too?”
Leng Ningfeng smiled lightly and did not reply. After a long time, he finally sighed. “It’s been seven years. If she finds out that everything you have done was for her, will she think you a devil or an angel?”
The handsome man smiled. “It no longer matters. The important thing is, that a man who should be dead can finally die in peace.”
Leng Ningfeng smiled and sighed again. “Well, it seems to be eternal farewell this time. But don’t worry. After your death, I will take care of her for you, Mu Luo.”
The handsome man smiled gently too. “Thank you, Ningfeng.” Then, he watched the gradually darkening sky and said, “Night is falling again… ”
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At daybreak the next day, Xiao Chen left with Luo Shangyan for the Ancient Immortal Clan ruin, 15 kilometers away. There were many cultivators along the way, most in the Foundation Building Realm, although some were in the Core Forming Realm. He did not see anyone in the Nascent Soul Realm.
As they approached, he began to get more agitated. Was this Ancient Immortal Clan ruin a place he knew millennia ago? The two of them strode quickly and arrived within two hours. Gazing from a distance, they saw a misty oasis before them.
It wasn’t strange that there was an oasis in a desert. What was strange was the mist around this oasis. It was definitely not Immortal Qi, but he could not tell what it was. As they neared, they realized that this oasis was far bigger than the Wuwang Wind Cloud City itself. Why had it escaped detection earlier? There was only one explanation. Someone had hidden it within a Barrier using his magic powers.
One might as well call this a plot rather than an Ancient Immortal Clan ruin. Xiao Chen felt a faint disappointment. He was afraid that he might miss the only clue to the millennia-long mystery. He might even expose Senior Sister Luo to danger. Yet, there seemed to be a familiar aura inside which communicated with his own, giving him a sense of warmth and intimacy.
Many people hesitated like him. Many stood outside the oasis, or had stepped out immediately after stepping in. Some had even set up camp outside, started a fire and cooked.