Chapter 47

The group left Cenlin Safety City early and set out on their journey home.

Ever since Liu Huaizhao set up a formation to isolate the turbid monsters for Tianhai Safety City, Yan Ming has been planning the construction outside the city. When he returned here after a few months, earth-shaking changes had taken place near Songshan.

People still live in the safe city, but various vegetable greenhouses have been moved out, and the breeding areas built previously have also begun to take shape.

"How amazing." Tong Le jumped out of the car and looked around.

"Yes." Zheng Shu also sighed: "Although we still have to re-plan the reconstruction work in the future, at least we don't have to go through the trouble of hunting in the next few years."

The first person to spot them was a child carrying a bucket. He was stunned for a few seconds after seeing them, then dropped the bucket and ran back, shouting to the adults who were working: "He's back! He's back! Young Master Liu is back!"

The news that the monsters had been completely eliminated had already spread to all the safe cities. The residents of Tianhai Safe City naturally knew who the biggest contributor was. After hearing the news that Liu Huaizhao and others had returned, they immediately put down their work and gathered here.

It's not that Liu Huaizhao hasn't experienced such a scene before. In his early years, he followed his master to the foot of the mountain to kill the turbid monster and had been treated like this several times. But at that time, he only had to pretend to be serious and act as a background board. Other things would naturally be handled by his senior brother. But this time, his senior brother was not convenient to show up, which made him not know what to do.

Qin Zunyue couldn't help laughing when he saw that he looked aloof but was gesturing to himself crazily with his hands behind his back. He blocked him behind him and dealt with the enthusiasm of the crowd for him.

Fortunately, everyone knew that they needed to rest after the bumpy journey, so after a few words of concern, they dispersed and watched them get on the bus and return to the safe city.

"Huh——" After getting on the car, Liu Huaizhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Zunyue laughed and reached out to pinch his face while driving.

"Drive carefully." Liu Huaizhao slapped his hand away and glared at him again.

"Okay, okay." Qin Zunyue obediently withdrew his hand and gripped the steering wheel.

Tong Le sat in the back row and watched their little antics in full. He put his arms around himself and rubbed his arms vigorously a few times, "You two are so disgusting."

Ji Mingting, who had just emerged from his ancient book after getting on the bus, snorted coldly, "That's unbecoming!"

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When they left, they gave the house key to Wang Haitong. When they arrived home, they saw Wang Haitong already standing at the door waiting for them.

After parking the car, Qin Zunyue got out and hugged him, whispering, "I'm back, Uncle Wang."

Wang Haitong didn't know what he had been through, but he could easily imagine the hardships along the way. After carefully looking him up and down, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Good boy."

After saying that, he looked at everyone else inconspicuously, and after confirming that they were all alive and well and did not look injured, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come in, I've cleaned the house for you in advance." He pushed open the door, and the people behind him finally returned to the home they had missed for a long time.

Considering that they were tired from the journey, Wang Haitong did not stay here for too long. After placing the food he brought on the table for them, he returned to the shelter.

Several people sat down at the familiar dining table, feeling a mixture of emotions.

"It's so delicious." Tong Le held the bowl and stuffed rice into his mouth with tears in his eyes.

Everyone at the table was concentrating on eating. After all, they had been eating various barbecues most of the time on the way, so they naturally missed the taste of home-cooked meals with a balance of meat and vegetables. In addition, they had been sleeping in the open air all the way, and their appetites had improved after returning to the familiar environment. The dishes that Wang Haitong had specially increased were almost not enough to eat.

"I don't want to eat barbecue in the next year, no, two years." Tong Le put down the bowl and wiped his mouth contentedly.

"I don't believe it." Wei Zhirong said.

"Who cares whether you believe it or not?" Tong Le rolled his eyes and turned to look at Liu Huaizhao, "When are we going to break Mu Cheng's formation?"

"Tomorrow." Liu Huaizhao wiped his mouth, took the water Qin Zunyue handed him and took a sip.

"Really? You're not going to act secretly again, are you?" Tong Le was almost traumatized by his previous behavior, and was afraid that Liu Huaizhao and Qin Zunyue would do something deadly behind their backs again.

"Really." Liu Huaizhao laughed, "I will never do that again, I swear."

Tong Le looked at him doubtfully, then at Qin Zunyue, "You two have no trust in me anymore."

Qin Zunyue rubbed her hair and said, "Why are you so worried at such a young age?"

"Ah!" Tong Le yelled, straightening her messed up hair, "Liu Huaizhao, are you going to do something about it?"

"Take care of it." Liu Huaizhao pretended to pat Qin Zunyue's hand.

Qin Zunyue took it with a smile, and then looked at the people arguing at the dinner table. He held Liu Huaizhao's hand and felt that he had nothing else to ask for now. With his lover and family by his side, such ordinary days were what he wanted most.

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After cleaning up the table, they moved to the living room and collapsed on the sofa. It was just that they had been on the road for the past few days and it was really tiring. Before they had talked for long, Tong Le began to yawn. Yan Liaowei Zhirong and Qiao Lang were infected by her and yawned one after another. Zheng Shu couldn't stand it anymore, so he yawned too and drove them all back to their rooms to sleep. Before leaving, he took away the ancient books while Ji Mingting was not out, and found a separate room to put them in, leaving the empty living room to Qin Zunyue and Liu Huaizhao.

The two sat shoulder to shoulder on the sofa. Qin Zunyue grabbed Liu Huaizhao's hand, looked at his empty wrist and said, "I'll make you a bracelet later."

"Yeah." Liu Huaizhao agreed and squeezed Qin Zunyue's hand.

Qin Zunyue also pinched it back gently.

They both laughed at the same time. Liu Huaizhao's eyebrows were curved and his eyes were bright as he looked at Qin Zunyue. Qin Zunyue couldn't help but lower his head and kiss him.

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After not seeing it for a few months, Fir Mountain is still the same as before, but this time there are no monsters that appear from time to time, and the speed of climbing the mountain has increased.

Because of Mu Cheng and his friends' special situation, they chose to climb the mountain in the afternoon. By the time they reached the top of the mountain, it was almost midnight.

Liu Huaizhao handed them the talisman he had drawn in advance and instructed them, "Don't make any noise when you see something."

Several people nodded, and Tong Le even made a gesture of zipping his mouth.

Liu Huaizhao took a deep breath and muttered something. Then, a series of translucent figures appeared in front of them. Those people had dull eyes and walked up the mountain one after another.

Liu Huaizhao made a gesture and the others followed quietly.

Everyone walked in silence, even their breathing became lighter unconsciously. Tong Le silently calculated the time in his mind. After about fifteen minutes, the group of wandering souls slowed down.

She looked up and saw the familiar cave.

Liu Huaizhao raised his hand and pointed at the cave. They stopped, avoided the ghosts who ignored them and continued to move forward, and entered the cave.

Liu Huaizhao let out a sigh, made a hand gesture, and moved his lips slightly, as if he was muttering something.

The people present could not feel it, but thousands of miles away, Mu Cheng's hand, which was pruning flowers and plants, shook and cut off a peony that was in full bloom.

He seemed to sense something, stood up, and looked up at the moon in the sky that had not been seen for a thousand years.

Ling Xin, who was standing beside him, also looked up. When she saw the moon, she was obviously stunned. "Your Majesty, that is..."

Before she could finish her words, her mind was in chaos. All sorts of contradictory things flooded into her mind in an instant. She looked a little confused and subconsciously asked for help from the all-knowing monarch beside her, "Your Majesty... Is that the moon in the sky?"

Mu Cheng looked at her, his eyes revealing a sadness that she couldn't understand. He didn't say anything, but just reached out and rubbed her head as if it were his own sister, and said softly: "Lingxin, thank you for your hard work over the years. I hope we will meet again."

Ling wanted to say something, but she felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, so she slowly closed her eyes.

Mu Cheng watched her gradually disappearing figure, then looked up at the moon which was no different from the one in his memory, and closed his eyes.

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Congshan.

Tong Le squatted on the ground with his chin in his hand, looking at Liu Huaizhao standing at the entrance of the cave. He wanted to speak but remembered Liu Huaizhao's instructions just now. He dared not say a word and could only sweep the ground with a piece of dogtail grass.

Liu Huaizhao looked at the ghosts heading in one direction. They were all unfamiliar faces. He didn't show it on his face, but he was indeed a little anxious in his heart.

Although this method was in Kong Yi's memory, no one had ever practiced it. He couldn't help but start thinking about what to do if he failed. Where should he go to find a way to crack the formation?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw a group of people in ancient costumes floating over from a distance. They were out of tune with the long sleeves and long pants of the people around them. He turned around excitedly and gestured to the others.

The cave entrance was instantly crowded with people. Several people stared at the familiar and unfamiliar figures with wide eyes, searching for Mu Cheng among them.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally saw Mu Cheng at the end of the team. Unlike the dull eyes of the others, Mu Cheng still had some intelligence. After seeing Liu Huaizhao and others, he stopped, bowed and saluted the people in the cave, performing a solemn salute.

The situation was special and no one spoke, but everything was implied.

Watching Mu Cheng's figure gradually disappear, the few of them finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the cave, waiting for the sun to rise.

When the first ray of sunlight hit the cave entrance, Liu Huaizhao breathed a sigh of relief, "I can talk now. I must have been holding it in for a long time."

Qin Zunyue and Zheng Shu were fine, not to mention Yan Liao, but the remaining three were really upset, especially Qiao Lang and Tong Le. As soon as the ban was lifted, the two of them started discussing everything they had seen last night.

Liu Huaizhao looked at them with a smile, then leaned against Qin Zunyue to relieve his strength.

Qin Zunyue put his arm around his waist, looked down at him, gently touched his face, and asked, "Are you tired?"

Liu Huaizhao nodded. In fact, besides being tired, he also felt relieved that the last stone in his heart had fallen to the ground. So he rarely acted like a spoiled child to Qin Zunyue and whispered, "I'm so tired, carry me on your back."

Qin Zunyue kissed his forehead lightly, bent down slightly, and regardless of the others' jeers, carried Liu Huaizhao steadily on his back.

"Let's go home."