Chapter: 743 (1/2)

AST 743 – Returning to Qing Clan, Another Year

After collecting the items, Qing Shui headed further inside. The Zuoshi Clan’s treasure chamber was of a considerable size. It was a pity that there was not much kept inside. It might be because it had not been long since they returned to Pingyang Country.

The things here were mostly gemstones and demonic beast’s cores. What that made Qing Shui happy was that there were some Peak Martial Saint level demonic beast’s bones, blood and stuff. Now, his requirements for Peak Martial Saint level ingredients were taken care of.

Other than the mechanism right at the start, there were no other mechanisms. However, It was a really vicious one. If not for the fact that he had the Ten Thousand Poisonous Violet Sable, he had no idea how long he would have needed to escape the mechanism.

After sweeping up all the good stuff here, Qing Shui left immediately. He called out the Diamond Gigantic Elephant at the entrance and brought down the place with a series of Mighty Elephant Stomps.

He then mounted the Fire Bird and left.

It’s time to head home!

He had not left home for very long, but Qing Shui now missed home. After using a Nine Continents Step, he got the Fire Bird to fly toward the direction of Greencloud City at the fastest speed possible.

Everything in Pingyang Country was no longer important. The things here were considered settled and he might never come here again. Even this time was merely an accident.

This time around, it only took him over two days to return. When Qing Shui saw the state of ruin the Qing Residence was in, his heart still throbbed even though he knew that the members of the Qing Clan were fine.

Qing Shui didn’t head for the Heavenly Palace. Instead, he directly flew toward the secret chamber and quietly waited outside. He knew that Luan Luan’s demonic beasts were in the vicinity and would pass the news of his arrival to her.

As expected, not much time had passed before the sound of something stirring came from the lake and Elder Ge came out from the water’s surface. When he saw Qing Shui, he let out a loud laughter.

“You’ve won!” Elder Ge knew that since Qing Shui could stand here, he had clearly won. However, he still felt a little surprised, his gaze toward Qing Shui was filled with happiness.

“Mmm, I’ve won.” Qing Shui smiled and said.

“Let them come out. It should be quite stuffy in there.” Qing Shui smiled and continued.

“Compared to what you had to go through, the stuffiness here is nothing. Moreover, there’s no discomfort in just staying here for a short period of time.” Elder Ge smiled and took the lead to head down.

Coming here once again, Qing Shui’s feelings were completely different than before. The previous time he came, his feelings were very heavy but this time, he felt very happy. Having experienced the recent events, Qing Shui and the others were able to take things better in their stride now. They knew what they needed to treasure, what they should not be too bothered by. This was a rise in their mental states.

He entered the place in the same way as before.

“Daddy!”

“Daddy!”

When the two kids saw Qing Shui, they ran over happily, shouting as they did. Qing Shui carried them up, one in each hand. Many people headed over from afar. Being able to see Qing Shui here was great news to them, and everyone were extremely happy.

“Alright, everyone can make preparations to head out now.” Elder Ge smiled and announced.

“Alright!”

“We can finally go out!”

“It’s so stuffy in here!”

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Although it was not unbearable in here, they were all cooped up and there was the mental torment which didn’t make them feel well at all. At present, having heard of Qing Shui’s victory, everyone was overjoyed since the word ‘victory’ was very important at this point.

The opponents were from a great reputable hidden clan and even the weakest of such clans were like the unattainable stars. Now that Qing Shui has won, not only did it raise the reputation of the Qing Clan, but given that how Qing Shui was the Heavenly Palace’s Patriarch, the Heavenly Palace’s reputation would be increased by a lot as well. It was a pity that the Qing Clan’s and Heavenly Palace’s overall abilities were still too weak. However, with Qing Shui around, they were safe. Now all they had to do was to develop.

Qing Shui carried the two kids and started to send them out. By the time everyone had left, half the day was already gone. Elder Ge and the others returned to Heavenly Palace while Qing Shui returned to the Qing Clan with his family members.

After Elder Ge brought the people back to the Heavenly Palace, they started working on the reconstruction. The people involved in this operation were the 10% who had stayed behind. These people were the core members of Heavenly Palace and were extremely loyal. They were the soul of the Heavenly Palace itself and the Heavenly Palace would be dependent on them.

Elder Ge looked at the state of ruin of the Heavenly Palace, tears uncontrollably falling down his face. The Heavenly Palace had a legacy of a few thousand years. But now, everything had been turned into ruins.

Thankfully, the people still remained. What was lost would be recovered quickly. Elder Ge himself joined the recovery operations, overseeing the situation, giving compensation and encouragement as required.

It might be because the Qing Clan’s manor was bought by them, although they felt pained to see it destroyed, losing the manor was nothing to them as long as their family were safe.

The Qing Clan had not been here for long, but all the clans in the vicinity came forward to offer their consolations. There were even a few clans who had offered to gift Qing Shui with a brand new manor in the vicinity.

Qing Shui had offered to pay a high price to buy it over from them. However, they refused to accept, claiming that they were happy if the Qing Clan would accept the manor and stay in it.