Lan Hua waved, as if to say hello to the big gray dog.
"Brother Hui, it's been a long time! I didn't expect you to have come all the way to the Half-Heaven Realm!"
Xiaotian Dog's eyebrows relaxed, and he said, "It really is you. I heard you entered the Heavenly Realm, so why are you back in the Lower Realm?"
Lan Hua sighed, "Ugh, don't even mention it, it was a real headache, I almost kicked the bucket in the Heavenly Domain."
Then he was captured by the people of the underworld and almost became a bloodthirsty maniac, but fortunately, he managed to return to the mortal realm by taking a route through the underworld!
Xiaotian frowned after hearing about Lan Hua's ascension to the Heavenly Realm. "So, your master is currently under house arrest and can't come out?"
Lan Hua nodded, "That's true. I just want to increase my strength as quickly as possible so I can rescue Zi Yue soon!"
Xiaotian looked at the beautiful woman behind Lanhua and his expression changed drastically. His dog-like eyes were fixed on Ye Ziyun, as if he wanted to see every detail of her. Even his nose twitched.
"What's wrong, Brother Hui?" Lan Hua asked.
Xiaotian didn't answer him, but instead asked, "Who are you, and why are you with Lanhua?"
Ye Ziyun's face turned cold, and she scolded, "I am Ye Ziyun, you lecherous dog, what are you looking at? If you look again, believe me, I'll cut off your dog head and eat it with my wine!"
Xiaotian involuntarily shrank his neck, then looked at Lanhua and asked telepathically, "Who is this person?"
Lan Hua said, "He is a guest elder of the Tantai family. I only met him a little over a year ago!"
Xiaotian asked in surprise, "Guest Elder? How come I've never seen her before?"
"What's so strange about that? You've been away from the Heavenly Realm for so long, and Miss Ziyun joined later, so it's normal that you haven't seen her before!"
Xiaotian nodded slightly and said nothing more.
But in my heart I was thinking, you might be able to fool Lan Hua, but you can't possibly escape my eyes and nose.
Seeing that the two remained silent, Ye Ziyun snorted, "Brother Lan, what bad things have you and this old dog said about me behind my back?"
Lan Hua gave a forced smile, "How could that be? Brother Hui was saying you're really beautiful!"
After speaking, Lan Hua looked at the beautiful woman not far away and said with a smile, "That must be my sister-in-law, Wang Yue. She's the one who escaped from the forbidden area of the Xuan Yu Dan Shen Palace, isn't she?"
Xiaotian chuckled, "Not bad!"
Wang Yue saw Xiao Tian waving and came to the group, greeting them with a smile.
Lan Hua asked curiously, "Brother Hui, your wife is probably much older than you, so why are you two together?"
Xiaotian remained silent, but Wangyue said, "It's all fate. I was captured by the Pill God Palace and imprisoned for over eight thousand years."
Although his relatives died young, I knew his ancestors.
I only met Xiaotian when he was cultivating in the forbidden area, drawing upon the demonic energy of the ferocious beasts. I never imagined things would develop to this point!
Lan Hua gave Xiao Tian a big thumbs up and teased, "Brother Hui is amazing! Your charm is extraordinary!"
Ye Ziyun retorted, "An old dog with an old dog, that's quite something!"
Xiaotian dared not get angry at all upon hearing this, but Wangyue's cheeks turned red. Although she had lived for nearly ten thousand years, she was still a little at a loss.
Lan Hua said, "That's enough. It's getting late, we should head to the Heavenly Realm. If we don't go soon, the Heavenly Gate will close!"
Ye Ziyun nodded.
Xiaotian said, "You all go. Although I have achieved the Celestial Realm, Wangyue has not yet become a Celestial. I will wait for her in the lower realm!"
Although Lan Hua had already guessed that this would happen, she was still somewhat disappointed.
"Brother Hui, what about your master Ziyue? She's still trapped in the Tantai family!"
Xiaotian glanced at Ye Ziyun and said irritably, "Your strength is now far superior to mine. Even if I were with you, I wouldn't be of much help, and might even make things worse!"
"The task of rescuing our master rests on your shoulders!"
Xiaotian patted Lanhua on the shoulder and said meaningfully.
Lan Hua nodded and said, "That's right. Brother Hui, you should stay in the mortal realm and keep your sister-in-law company. We'll meet in the Heavenly Realm after she ascends!"
"Let's go!" Ye Ziyun urged.
The two then transformed into a beam of light and disappeared into the horizon.
When Lan Hua and Ye Ziyun appeared at the South Heavenly Gate, the gatekeepers Wang Heng and Wang Ha were both surprised.
Although the two gatekeepers had never seen Ye Ziyun before, they could tell at a glance that she was highly skilled, and they immediately bowed.
"Greetings, Venerable One!"
Ye Ziyun remained expressionless, merely humming in response.
Wang Haqi said, "Brother, if I remember correctly, you ascended to heaven more than a year ago. How come you've ascended again now?"
Lan Hua scratched his head and laughed, "I went down to the mortal realm to carry out a mission on the orders of the Venerable One. Now that I've taken advantage of the people in the mortal realm ascending, I've come back!"
Wang Heng replied, "When you were on your mission, why didn't my brother and I see you leave through the South Heavenly Gate?"
Lan Hua retorted, "Of course we left through other Heavenly Gates!"
"Okay, okay, I'm in a hurry to hand in my quest, I'm off!"
Lan Hua quickly made up an excuse and left with Ye Ziyun.
Wang Heng and his companion waited by the Heavenly Gate for a while longer, and seeing that no one else was coming up, they closed the South Heavenly Gate.
"That's strange. Why is it that nowadays people who successfully transcend tribulation don't enter the Heavenly Realm?"
"Who knows? It's none of our business!" Wang Ha said.
After leaving the South Heavenly Gate, Ye Ziyun led Lan Hua to a deserted valley in the Worry-Free Realm.
The Worry-Free Realm is one of the many realms in the Heavenly Domain. It has no major sects or powerful families; it is the territory of rogue cultivators.
"This valley is called Nangui Valley. I used to meditate here before I joined the Tantai family!"
Looking at the serene valley, Lan Hua kept exclaiming, "What a wonderful place!"
Ye Ziyun led Lan Hua to a corner of the valley, then gently waved her hand, and a spring appeared before Lan Hua's eyes.
It turns out she had placed a seal on the spring; no wonder Lan Hua hadn't noticed.
"Brother Lan, this is a spiritual spring with abundant spiritual energy. It can help you quickly condense your primordial spirit in your middle dantian."
"You should stay here and cultivate quietly. Once your cultivation is fully restored, we can proceed to the next step: upgrading your inner fire!"
Lan Hua exclaimed excitedly, "With such abundant spiritual energy, my primordial spirit will be fully restored in less than half a year!"
But soon after, Lan Hua became dejected.
"What's wrong?" Ye Ziyun noticed that Lan Hua was acting strangely.
"I've been away from the Tantai family for so long, I don't know how Ziyue is doing, or if her father is forcing her to marry?"
Ye Ziyun chuckled, "Brother Lan, that's easy. I'll go back to the Tantai family right now and ask around for you!"
"Then thank you very much, Miss Ziyun!"
After Ye Ziyun left, Lan Hua sat cross-legged above the spiritual spring, fully activating the Yin-Yang Heavenly Technique and beginning her diligent cultivation.
The spiritual energy from the spiritual spring rushed into Lan Hua's body, transformed into Heavenly Yuan Power, and surged into her dantian.
As Lan Hua had expected, she managed to reconstruct her primordial spirit in just three months.
Two months later, the power of the Red Lotus Primordial Spirit was restored to its original state, and her cultivation level returned to the fourth level of the Celestial Realm.
After waiting for several more days, a purple figure finally flew in from afar.
"Miss Ziyun has finally remembered me!" Lanhua sighed.
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