Chapter 592 (1/2)

592 – The Palace At The Bottom of The Lake, The Crystal Coffin

“Lady Duanmu!”

The two Martial Saint leveled elders were surprised to see her. They quickly bowed respectfully and greeted her!

The expression in their eyes exuded the profound respect they had for her. It was not just the typical respect out of fear towards the powerful, but more like a sincere respect.

“Oh, the Residence of Sky Tyrant Lord’s elders. Why are you all here?” The woman looked at the two old men in astonishment. Her eyes was a little moist as if she had remembered something.

“Well, this…..” The two old men hemmed and hawed!

“Oh, so the Qing Clan was the reason behind the Residence of Sky Tyrant Lord moving out in nearly full force about half a year ago?” The look on the woman’s face quickly cooled down within a matter of seconds. Since the Zhongyuan Country and the Seven Stars Country were not that far apart, any movements from the Residence of Sky Tyrant Lord naturally wouldn’t go unnoticed by the Duanmu Clan.

Lin Zhanhan, Qing Luo and the rest of the Qing Clan were a little bit confused. They didn’t really know what was going on between these people so there was nothing they could do aside from watching by the side.

At this time, Lin Zhanhan came forward with a smile. “May I ask for the names of these two ladies…? These elders are the friends of Qing Clan, so they will be staying at the Qing Residence from now on. What brings the two of you here?”

He had stepped in to save the two old men from embarrassment. When Lin Zhanhan saw the woman’s facial expression earlier, he could feel that she seemed to be on Qing Clan’s side.

“Oh, that’s not too bad. The Residence of the Sky Tyrant Lord is considered gone. These two made a good decision by choosing to stay here. They’re old, so it’s good to settle down a little. We are from the Central Continent. Qing Shui saved my daughter’s life and mine. We are here to express our gratitude. May I know how to address you, old gentleman?” The woman said with a smile.

“I am from the Lin Clan and I am Qing Shui’s maternal grandfather. This is Qing Shui’s mother……”

Lin Zhanhan made simple introductions to the woman. He knew that this woman was definitely not an ordinary person since the manners of those two Grade Four Martial Saint cultivators were not fake. If they had come to express their gratitude, then this might very well be considered a good fortune.

“It’s a pleasure for Yu Ruyan to meet the old gentleman and madam!” The woman bowed respectfully towards Qing Luo and Qing Yi.

“No need to be so formal!” Qi Yi was also someone who had her fair share of experience in situations like this. She quickly placed her hand on Yu Ruyan’s arm.

“If madam doesn’t mind, may we call each other sister?” The woman smiled at Qing Yi.

The two old men dumbfoundedly watched the entire exchange. The woman’s words and attitude had immediately made the two Martial Saints set on staying with the Qing Clan from now on without any second thoughts. Qing Shui was Lady Duanmu and her daughter’s life savior. Judging from Yu Ruyan’s personality, she would never allow anyone to harm the Qing Clan for as long as she lived.

But she was alive this time. The number of people who could kill her was very little, probably because those people were already eliminated by her. The Qing Clan would pretty much be well-fortified under her care.

“Why would I? I am alright with it as long as you don’t mind,” Qing Yi quickly replied.

“Big Sister, from now on we shall be sisters,” Yu Ruyan said with a smile.

She then pulled her daughter who was standing beside her. “Lingshuang, from now on you should address her as Aunt Qing!”

“It’s a pleasure for Lingshuang to meet Aunt Qing!”

Duanmu Lingshuang greeted her respectfully. She would never be able to repay Qing Shui’s kindness towards her. Her feelings of gratitude towards him came from the bottom of her heart. As the saying goes, love the house and its crow*, so she also had the same amount of deep gratitude towards Qing Yi.

[TL Note: Love someone and also care for the people and things related to him.]

“No need to be formal. Here, take this. Aunt doesn’t have anything valuable, so I hope you will not mind this,” Qing Yi took out a pair of earrings that Qing Shui had forged for her. She had never worn them and she didn’t know why she happened to carry them with her today.

“This…..”

“You should just accept what Aunt Qing’s good will~!” Yu Ruyan smiled.

“Thank you, Aunt Qing!” Duanmu Lingshuang thanked her with a smile before accepting the gift. Although her face was veiled, her smile could still be seen from those beautiful eyes.

“Come, let’s all go inside!”

The big group of people walked towards the big hall of the Qing Residence. Yu Ruyan turned her head around and looked outside as if she wanted to say something, but she ended up not speaking.

……..

Another long mountain range entered Qing Shui’s view. However, there wasn’t any trace of excitement on Qing Shui’s face. This was because this was already the 132nd mountain range he had come across that looked fairly similar to the one depicted in his Treasure Map.

Nearly two months had passed again and he had already seen more than a hundred enormous mountain ranges. Every one of them had a varying length. The longest one took the Fire Bird ten full days to reach its other end with its top speed.

Qing Shui wasn’t sure at this point if he could find the mountain range that he was looking for. His only hope was that the mountain range straddled horizontally across the Flowerfruit Mountain. That way, he wouldn’t miss it while he forged ahead.

He apathetically traveled along the long mountain range to look for that Goddess Peak. Standing in the midair, he had completed scanned over a short distance on the right side first.

He no longer even felt disappointed when he didn’t find the Goddess Peak that he had been searching for.

He immediately backtracked quickly to where he came from. On his way, he met three waves of beast groups. Qing Shui didn’t want to find trouble so he took a detour to avoid them. He then continued to search the left side of the mountain range that stretched on endlessly.

“Hmm, the height of the mountain range is gradually getting taller. Although the difference is very little, it can be clearly observed at a further distance,” Qing Shui looked at the far end of the mountain range that was covered by thick and dark green vegetations. It looked like a gigantic green meandering dragon from afar.

Three days went by in a flashed. Other than visiting the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal in between and practicing his Taichi Fists in the morning, he spent his remaining time searching for the Goddess Peak.

Although he had already reached the deeper parts of the Flowerfruit Mountain, there were even deeper parts further up ahead. However, Qing Shui’s instinct told him that so-called rumor told him that the Goddess Peak shouldn’t be situated in the innermost part of the Flowerfruit Mountain.

He calmly sped up ahead on the Fire Bird with his fastest speed along the winding mountain range and realized that these past three months had tempered his patience. He was able to deal with many things in a calm manner now.

Qing Shui’s gaze was suddenly attracted by the mountain peak ahead. A precipice!

There was a statue that looked like a woman on the precipice. She seemed like she was gazing into the distance as if she was anticipating something. The outrageously lofty ancient tree beside her was unimaginably big and sturdy.

“Damn, I’ve been wanting to see this scenery so bad that I’m starting to hallucinate,” Qing Shui shook his head and laughed at himself. He was prepared to leave after looking around for a bit because he had already reached the other end.

Qing Shui was waiting for his hallucination of the goddess statue to vanish, but it remained there. It was only then that he finally started to get excited.

“Could it be here?”