"Alright, I'll trouble City Lord Yu to lead the way." Bai Qingnian nodded to Long Qianling, who was holding her hand.

"Immortal Lord, come with me."

Yu Wanmiao gestured for them to leave, and Bai Qingnian and Long Qianling left with her. During this time, Yu Wanmiao also had the servants of the City Lord's Mansion disperse the onlookers.

The three people at the inn, including Dongfang Yuanling, watched their departing figures for a long while before turning their gazes away.

Dongfang Yuanling and Li Yanyue exchanged a glance, and for the first time, they shared the same thought and spoke in unison.

"That child looks familiar."

As soon as they finished speaking, they fell silent. After a long while, Dongfang Yuanling spoke first, saying, "She feels so familiar to me, like, like—Long Qianling!?"

"I think so too."

“Shouldn’t Long Qianling be in the Demon Realm right now? How could she possibly be here? And she couldn’t possibly have turned into a child and be following a man who looks like Bai Qingnian,” Dongfang Yuanling said, frowning.

"Never mind that, we should leave now and go find the Linglong Heart for Po'er," Li Yanpo said.

After hearing this, Dongfang Yuanling didn't dwell on the question. He took Li Po's hand, and the three of them left the room and departed from Fangling City.

On the other side, Bai Qingnian and Long Qianling followed the city lord and arrived at the city lord's mansion once again.

In the hall, the city lord had fine tea served before beginning to talk about the Twin Suns Secret Realm.

Yu Wanmiao sighed and slowly said, "In the past, the Twin Suns Secret Realm would never have experienced a beast tide. It's only recently started to happen, which is quite strange."

The magical beasts seemed to have gone mad, running frantically outwards as if something terrifying lurked within the secret realm.

"After the last beast tide, the elders of the Beidou Sect led their disciples in to investigate, but... but they haven't come out yet. Perhaps something happened to them..."

"It seems there's something fishy going on." Bai Qingnian put down his teacup, his face grave.

"Yes, it's a small matter if this harms Fangling City, but if something terrifying really appears inside, then the cultivation world will be in danger."

Yu Wanmiao said that it wasn't that she deliberately exaggerated the matter to lure Bai Qingnian into the secret realm to take a look; she actually had her own selfish motives.

Fangling City is the closest to the Shuangyang Secret Realm. If something were to happen, the first to be affected would be the people of Fangling City. As the city's lord, she must consider the well-being of the people in the city.

Long Qianling stared intently at Yu Wanmiao with her deep red eyes, inwardly sneering.

This woman actually wanted to take advantage of the little fox.

Bai Qingnian frowned upon hearing this, then turned his gaze to Long Qianling, who was sitting obediently to the side. "A-Ling, it seems that your master needs to personally enter the secret realm to take a look. You stay obediently in Fangling City, and I will come back to pick you up after I have dealt with the matters in the secret realm, okay?"

Bai Qingnian wasn't unaware of what Yu Wanmiao meant. Even if she hadn't said it, he would have gone into the secret realm himself to see what was happening inside.

Upon hearing this, Long Qianling became anxious and grabbed Bai Qingnian's arm: "Master, your disciple wants to go with you!"

"No! We don't know what the situation is like inside the secret realm yet; it's too dangerous." Bai Qingnian's blue eyes were full of disapproval.

Yu Wanmiao chimed in, "Don't worry, Immortal Lord Yueci, I will take good care of your disciple."

Bai Qingnian withdrew his gaze from Long Qianling and instead said to her, "Then I'll have to trouble City Lord Yu."

"Master..."

"obedient!"

Long Qianling wanted to say something more, but Bai Qingnian's firm attitude silenced her, leaving her only able to look at him with a pitiful expression.

Seeing her like this, Bai Qingnian felt a little reluctant, but she hardened her heart and refused to look at her.

To avoid giving in to his own soft heart, he agreed to let her go to the Twin Suns Secret Realm with him.

Seeing that her act of playing the victim was no longer effective, Long Qianling sighed inwardly.

The little fox is really naughty, not letting her accompany him. But it doesn't matter, she can secretly follow him.

Thinking of this, her mood improved again.

After talking with Yu Wanmiao for a while longer about what happened in the secret realm, Bai Qingnian got up to say goodbye.

"Lord Yu, I'd like to trouble you to take care of my disciple."

Yu Wanmiao also stood up and replied loudly, "Immortal Lord Yueci, rest assured, I will definitely take good care of your disciple."

Bai Qingnian nodded upon hearing this, looked at Long Qianling who was still sitting in the chair with her head down, raised his hand to pat her head, and said softly, "Qianling, be good. When I come back, I'll make it up to you, okay?"

"Compensate me? Sure!"

Upon hearing this, Long Qianling looked up and stared straight at him, her red eyes full of smiles.

Bai Qingnian was taken aback; he felt that his little apprentice's gaze was dangerous...

However, he quickly dismissed the thought. She was just a child; how could she possibly be in danger? He was just overthinking it.

"Be good, your master is leaving."

"Alright, disciple will wait here obediently for Master to return." Long Qianling smiled sweetly, and Bai Qingnian, seeing this, left reassured by riding his sword.

"Don't worry, little fairy, your master will definitely be back soon."

As Long Qianling watched Bai Qingnian's departing figure and heard her voice, the smile on his lips vanished instantly, and he coldly glanced at Yu Wanmiao with his red eyes.

With just one glance, Yu Wanmiao felt a chill run through her body.

The next moment, a cold child's voice rang out: "Shut up."

Yu Wanmiao was taken aback; this child gave her the illusion that he was even more powerful than Immortal Lord Yueci.

Impossible! She's just a child.

Yu Wanmiao quickly denied the idea in her mind. When she came to her senses, Long Qianling, who was sitting in the chair, had disappeared. She was so frightened that she screamed in panic.

"A fairy?! A fairy?! Someone come quick!"

While she was ordering the servants of the city lord's mansion to search for Long Qianling, little did she know that she had already concealed herself and followed behind Bai Qingnian. Soon, the two arrived at the entrance of the Twin Suns Secret Realm.

The entrance to the Twin Suns Secret Realm is now a mess, with monster footprints everywhere.

Bai Qingnian landed on the ground, glanced around with his blue eyes, and then flew into the Twin Suns Secret Realm without hesitation.

Seeing him go inside, Long Qianling quickly followed.

When the two figures appeared, they were already standing somewhere in the secret realm.

The secret realm was also in a mess, with monster footprints and fallen trees everywhere.

As soon as Long Qianling stepped into the secret realm, he felt a familiar aura.

The aura of the dragon race...

How could there be dragons in the cultivation world?!

Could it be that she caused this beast tide?

Long Qianling was completely baffled. After glancing at Bai Qingnian with her red eyes, she decided to leave and investigate. After all, the little fox was very powerful now, and ordinary people couldn't defeat him.