Bai Qingnian glanced back at Long Qianling on the bed and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The red eyes in his dream looked just like his little apprentice's, but why would he have such a dream?
Could it be that he developed unusual feelings for her, a mere child?
No! Impossible!
Bai Qingnian quickly denied this thought. How could he think like that? He must have gone crazy from being in seclusion. It seems he still needs to go out and explore more in the future.
Bai Qingnian withdrew her gaze, afraid of disturbing Long Qianling, and quietly walked out, thoughtfully closing the palace door behind her.
Little did he know that just after he closed the palace door, Long Qianling on the bed suddenly sat up.
Her red eyes stared intently at the tightly closed palace doors, a smile spreading across her round face. Long Qianling raised her hand and touched her lips, as if savoring the memory.
Master, you're panicking!
Inside the main hall, as soon as Bai Qingnian stepped through the gate, the sect leader's message crane appeared in front of him. He raised his hand to catch it, and the sect leader's voice came out.
“Junior brother, a large-scale beast tide has occurred in the Shuangyang Secret Realm of Fangling City, which has already endangered Fangling City. Now that you have come out of seclusion, I will entrust this matter to you.”
Bai Qingnian clenched her fingers, scattered the paper crane carrying the message, and gently raised her jade hand to reply, "Alright, I will set off today."
After replying to the sect leader's message, Bai Qingnian turned around and went back to Long Qianling's side hall.
Long Qianling had already noticed him when he reached the palace gate, so she quickly got off the bed and didn't forget to cast a cleansing spell on herself.
As soon as Bai Qingnian opened the palace door, he saw her standing obediently on the ground, staring at him with a pair of beautiful red eyes that looked somewhat bewildered.
"Master?"
As a soft, sweet child's voice rang in his ears, Bai Qingnian smiled gently, lifted his foot, and slowly squatted down in front of her.
"I have to go to Fangling City on business. During this time, you should stay on Moon Goddess Peak and I will have your Senior Sister Lu come to take care of you."
Long Qianling's smile vanished instantly, and she pouted, looking aggrieved, and said, "Master, can't you take me with you?"
"No!" Upon hearing this, Bai Qingnian frowned and his voice turned serious.
"Master, I promise I won't bother you while you're doing your work. I'll just stay by your side obediently. Please take me with you, Master~" Long Qianling's voice was full of grievance, and her chubby face was all scrunched up.
"No, it's too dangerous!" Bai Qingnian refused again, but her voice softened.
"Master~ But your disciple doesn't want to be separated from you..." Long Qianling took a few steps forward and threw herself into Bai Qingnian's arms.
"And didn't Master promise me that he wouldn't leave his disciple here alone again..." Long Qianling's voice choked with sobs.
Bai Qingnian felt a little hesitant when he thought about the promise he had made to her just yesterday.
Yes, didn't he promise his little apprentice? How could he leave her here alone again?
"Master~"
Long Qianling moved closer to Bai Qingnian, her voice sounding even more aggrieved, but he couldn't see the upturned corners of Long Qianling's mouth.
As expected, she's shrunk even more, making it easier for her to feign pitifulness. Look, even the little fox master is starting to waver.
Bai Qingnian struggled internally for a while, but in the end, her soft heart prevailed over her reason.
"Okay, but you must promise your master that you will obediently hide behind your master if there is any danger."
"Yes, yes, your disciple will be good and will listen to Master's words." Long Qianling stepped out of his embrace and looked at him with a smile.
"Okay," Bai Qingnian said, looking at her with a smile and reaching out to pat the back of her head.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Then pack your things, and we'll get ready to leave," Bai Qingnian said.
“Yes, Master.” Long Qianling nodded obediently.
After the two finished their preparations, they quickly set off for Fangling City.
Bai Qingnian released the flying artifact from his own space.
A silvery-white feather flew into the air and gradually grew larger.
"Let's go, little apprentice." Bai Qingnian looked down at Long Qianling and extended his hand to her.
“Yes, Master.” Long Qianling reached out and grasped his hand.
Bai Qingnian carried her to the feather and they quickly disappeared into the sky above Moon Goddess Peak.
Meanwhile, outside Fangling City, three figures stood facing each other.
"Dongfang Yuanling! Give me back Po'er!" Li Yanyue's voice was icy cold, and the Xuan sword in her hand was already unsheathed and tightly gripped in her hand.
Dongfang Yuanling held a jade fan in one hand and Li Po's hand in the other, her aura was no less imposing than Li Yanyue's.
"A piece of trash like you doesn't deserve to keep Pearl by your side!"
"Dongfang Yuanling!" Li Yanyue gritted her teeth, and the veins on her hand gripping the sword bulged from the force.
However, she dared not act rashly, because Pearl was still in the hands of Dongfang Yuanling.
Li Po, who was being led by Dongfang Yuanling, had empty eyes and no expression on his handsome face, like a soulless puppet.
"Li Yanyue, after all these years, you still can't find the Linglong Heart. What right do you have to ask me to return it to you?" Dongfang Yuanling questioned.
"Do you really think you can find the exquisite heart?"
Was it because she didn't search? She did search, she practically turned the entire demon realm upside down. Not to mention the Exquisite Heart, even the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Fruit was extremely rare.
Did she not want Pearl to recover? She wanted it more than anyone else!
"I'm at least better than you!"
"Stronger than me? Then restore Po'er to her original state!" Li Yanyue looked at Li Po beside her with a pained expression.
If it weren't for Dongfang Yuanling, her Pearl wouldn't have ended up like this!
After Li Yanyue said goodbye to Aheng, she hurriedly returned to the wolf clan, but she did not see Li Po return. She immediately thought of Dongfang Yuanling.
She must have taken Pearl away!
Therefore, Li Yanyue disregarded her still-healing injuries and immediately attacked the snake clan.
It just so happened that Dongfang Yuanling was preparing to take Po'er away from the demon realm.
Li Yanyue quickly followed them to the cultivation world, just in time to avoid the time when Long Qianling massacred the demon realm.
When she caught up with Dongfang Yuanling and the others, she discovered that her daughter, Po'er, had had her soul sealed by that despicable Dongfang Yuanling, turning her into a puppet that only obeyed her commands.
"No, I will not lift the seal until I find the Linglong Heart!" Dongfang Yuanling refused her without hesitation.
She had gone to great lengths to steal the snake clan's treasure and seal Pearl's soul; how could she possibly break the seal so easily?
Only by sealing away her soul could Pearl be spared the agony of heartbreak.
"You should also know why I sealed him away."
Li Yanyue remained silent.
She knew, but she didn't want to see Pearl looking so lifeless; it made her heart ache!
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