Staring at the scenery before him, Gu Liyan stood there stunned for a long time, "How could this be..."
The scenery before us is clearly that of a celestial palace—
Standing beneath the Sky City, Leng Shaohan frowned as he looked at Gu Liyan, who stood frozen in place, her shocked figure causing him to shudder.
"Gu Liyan... what exactly happened?"
"Hahaha..." Bu Yunzhi saw Gu Liyan standing there dumbfounded and burst into maniacal laughter. "He went up! He really went up! Hahahaha! Surprised? Astonished? Didn't expect that?"
Seeing Bu Yunzhi's smug expression, Leng Shaohan immediately grabbed him by the collar and angrily demanded, "You bastard, what exactly are you planning?! What did you do to him?"
"Hmph, a plan?" Bu Yunzhi looked at the Sky City and said quietly, "It's just to guide him back to his hometown for a look! In the end, everyone has to return to their starting point before they die, right? Hahahaha!"
"What?" Leng Shaohan couldn't understand Bu Yunzhi's ravings. He turned to Gu Liyan with a worried expression. "Gu Liyan, you mustn't let all your efforts go to waste..."
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"Why? Why is this Sky City a Heavenly Palace?!" Gu Liyan stared blankly at everything before her. "What on earth is going on?"
The scenery all around was exactly the same as that of the Heavenly Palace, except that the ever-flowing life force was pitifully scarce compared to when he left.
Gu Liyan lifted her leg, her stiff steps lingering around the Heavenly Palace, where the landscape of mountains, rivers, flowers, and plants was exactly the same as the Heavenly Palace of the past.
"Is it a dream? Is it an illusion? Why does it feel so real—" Gu Liyan stared blankly at the scene before her.
Just as Gu Liyan began to have doubts, his pupils suddenly dilated, and around the corner he saw the scenery he both longed to see and dreaded—
Before them stood a dilapidated wooden hut, seemingly uninhabited for a long time, surrounded by withered grass, giving it an exceptionally desolate appearance.
Gu Liyan walked towards the wooden house, pushed open the door, and found a simple furnishing with a window, a table, a chair, and a bed. However, what attracted Gu Liyan was not these things, but the dusty medicine box placed on the bedside table.
Gu Liyan's heart trembled as he looked at the medicine box. He took a few steps forward and opened it with trembling hands. Inside, there were well-preserved medicine bottles.
"Xiao Bai..."
This is the medicine box that Hua Baixian used when she saved him from the brink of death during their first encounter...
"Congratulations on passing the first level and arriving here."
Just then, the old man's voice came from outside the door.
Gu Liyan hurriedly put down the medicine box in her hand and went out. The old man standing at the door with his hands behind his back spoke softly, "It feels like a lifetime ago. You must be filled with many emotions when you return here."
Gu Liyan looked at the old man with his back to her and asked in confusion, "Who—are you?"
"Who was it... After so long, you must have forgotten. But Gu Liyan, have you really forgotten? This place must hold all your painful memories, right?"
The old man turned his head, his sharp eyes fixed on Gu Liyan: "We've met here before!"
Gu Liyan frowned as she looked at him, carefully recalling his voice, which seemed familiar...
The old man looked at Gu Liyan and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "In your eyes, Tianyi and Tianxuan should be quite memorable, it's just that I'm not well-liked!"
As he spoke, the old man removed his mask, raised his head, and looked at Gu Liyan with his deep eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips: "It's been a long time, Gu Liyan."
"You, you are the Heavenly Emperor?!" Gu Liyan looked at the old man in front of her with surprise and asked uncertainly.
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't reconcile that weathered face with the once spirited Emperor Tianqi. But apart from that matching face, Gu Liyan couldn't think of anyone else!
Looking at Gu Liyan's astonished expression, Tianqi couldn't help but smile wryly, "That's right, it's me. It must be fate that we can meet again after so long!"
Seeing Tianqi smile, Gu Liyan's expression softened. "Yes, it really has been a long time..."
Of the four Heavenly Emperors, the one with the most neutral relationship and connection with Gu Liyan should be the one before us.
Although Gu Liyan first met Tianyi, his mysterious, ambiguous identity made her hesitant to get to know him well.
As for Tianxuan, the former leader of the Supreme Emperors, he was only a figure of interest to Gu Liyan, so Gu Liyan never trusted him from beginning to end.
As for the only female Venerable Emperor Tianyu, Gu Liyan also lost favor with her because of her indifferent attitude towards the injured Yin Yang...
Tianqi looked at Gu Liyan, who was lost in memories, and his thoughts were also stirred. At that moment, it seemed that he was still looking at the fox demon from another race with resentment...
But that's all in the past. People always have to look forward. After all, Gu Liyan has now become completely indispensable in his eyes.
piece!
Tianqi withdrew his gaze, looked at Gu Liyan with a smile, and said, "Gu Liyan, now that you've passed the first trial and arrived here, I wonder if you'd be interested in challenging the second trial?"
Gu Liyan frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled. "Now that I know this is the Heavenly Palace, what need is there for me to try to pass through this trial? Or do you really intend to send me back to the Heavenly Palace?"
Gu Liyan's return to the Heavenly Palace should be an extremely awkward situation for both the former Heavenly Clan and the Demon Clan.
But Tianqi didn't care. "So what if you go back to the Heavenly Palace? The Heavenly Palace has been reformed because of your uncle. You won't be hostile if you go back."
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