The sect leader Lingxuzi and a group of elders of the sect stopped outside the Miscellaneous Service Peak.
Looking at Luo Qingcheng disappearing out of thin air with a look of horror, they had been here a long time ago.
However, the invisible aura emanating from Luo Qingcheng made their souls tremble, and no one dared to step into the Miscellaneous Service Peak.
"She... who is she?"
Lingxuzi was shocked and asked the elders around him, but no one could answer.
"She...she just said that our Luoyun Sect is going to reach the pinnacle of the world. What does that mean?"
Lingxuzi stared at the direction where Luo Qingcheng disappeared, where there was still a chill that was enough to freeze the soul.
"Could it be because of this kid Xiaochen?"
"Master, that woman's cultivation level has probably exceeded our imagination."
Xuan Yichen took a deep breath and tried to calm his violently beating heart.
"She claims to be an old friend of Xiaochen's. Perhaps Xiaochen's background... isn't that simple."
When Lingxuzi heard this, his whole body trembled, and then he nodded thoughtfully.
"Yeah, maybe she saw a future that we can't even reach."
"Nianchen, this child, was able to create a technique that subverted the entire world's cultivation system with his mortal body. His origins must be extraordinary!"
"In the future, he might really be able to lead our Luoyun Sect to a height we dare not even dream of!"
A hint of anticipation flashed in Lingxuzi's eyes.
"I believe in Xiaochen." Xuan Yichen's face was full of relief and pride.
"only……"
He changed the subject, and a hint of worry flashed in his cloudy old eyes.
"Xiaochen is going to the mortal world to gain experience. I don't know how long the road ahead will be and how many difficulties and obstacles I will encounter."
…
Time flies, and five hundred years have passed in a flash.
City of Despair.
Ye Chen's figure appeared in this ruined city.
The sky here is always gray, the earth is dry and cracked, and all you see is desolation and ruin.
The creatures in the city are struggling to survive on this abandoned land, and everyone's eyes are filled with despair and numbness.
At this time, Ye Chen's cultivation had quietly broken through to the Xuanxian realm.
But there are no laws of nature in this world, everything is completely isolated from the outside world, and this place is just a cage.
The people here don’t even know that there is a wider world outside this cage.
Once your realm breaks through to a certain height, you will be wiped out by the way of heaven, and there will be no possibility of ascension.
Only by escaping the laws of nature and not being within the five elements can one escape the pursuit of the laws of nature, and Ye Chen is the only one among them.
Ye Chen, wearing a coarse linen shirt that had been washed so long ago that it looked white, was walking aimlessly on the deserted street.
There were only a few scattered figures moving on the wide street, and everyone had a lifeless expression on their face.
When he walked to a bun shop, he paused slightly.
He felt someone gently pulling his right sleeve from behind.
Ye Chen turned around and saw a little girl about five or six years old with a dirty face standing behind him.
She tilted her little face up, her pair of bright big eyes, now a little dull due to hunger, and was looking at him timidly.
Ye Chen's heart seemed to be gently touched.
He slowly squatted down so that he was at eye level with the little girl, and spoke softly.
"Little girl, what's wrong?"
The little girl blinked her beautiful big eyes and clenched her hands tighter, as if she was using all her strength to muster up her courage.
"Big brother, can you buy me a bun?"
"I...I haven't eaten in days."
The little girl spoke timidly, her voice as thin as a mosquito.
Ye Chen looked at her pitiful appearance, his heart full of pity, without any hesitation.
He took out a few spirit coins from his pocket and handed them to the bun shop owner who was already used to it.
"Boss, I want all the buns."
The steaming hot buns were handed to the little girl.
"Eat slowly and don't choke."
Ye Chen smiled and gently put a bun into her little hand.
Tears sparkled in the little girl's eyes. She took the bun and began to eat it greedily.
Ye Chen watched quietly, feeling a pang of sadness in his heart.
There are countless children like her who have been abandoned by God and cannot even satisfy the most basic needs of food and clothing.
He reached out and gently wiped the food residue from the corner of the little girl's mouth.
"What's your name, little girl?"
"Why are you here alone? Where are your family?"
Ye Chen asked softly.
The little girl swallowed the bun in her mouth with force and wiped her mouth with the back of her dirty little hand.
"Big brother, I have been an orphan since I was a child and I don't have a name."
As he spoke, the pair of big eyes that had just lit up with a little light were covered with a layer of mist again.
Ye Chen felt a pain in his heart, and he stretched out his arms and gently embraced the thin little body in his arms.
"Then... Big Brother will help you choose a name."
"From now on, big brother will take care of you."
The little girl raised her head suddenly, her big tearful eyes full of surprise.
"Really...really? Big Brother?"
"Of course!" Ye Chen tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment: "Well...just call me Ye Tianqi. Do you like this name?"
"Ye Tianqi... Ye Tianqi! I like it! Big brother gave the best name!"
The little girl repeated the name over and over again, and the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter.
"I have a name now. I have a big brother now."
She burst into laughter and spoke loudly in a childish voice.
…
In the void above the City of Despair, Luo Qingcheng's beautiful figure stood quietly, unnoticed by anyone.
She was dressed in white, watching all this quietly, her eyes filled with unbreakable tenderness.
Five hundred years ago, she had found Ye Chen.
During these five hundred years, she never left his side, but just followed quietly, wherever Ye Chen went, she followed.
She did not show up, and would not disturb Ye Chen's worldly practice.
She knew that Ye Chen's restoration in the mortal world was the most crucial step in escaping the chessboard of Heaven.
Even if Ye Chen was in danger of his life, she would never intervene.
Once external forces intervene, Ye Chen’s practice of Taoism in the mortal world may fail and all his previous efforts will be wasted.
All she could do was to stay by his side and wait for him to regain his enlightenment and return as soon as possible.
"Brother Chen, you need to grow up quickly. Time is running out."
Luo Qingcheng looked at Ye Chen and the little girl below and muttered to herself.
"I'm afraid your secret won't be hidden for much longer!"
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