The sect asked me to marry, and I cultivated to the pinnacle of martial arts!

Upon entering a cave, they found no lucky indigenous inhabitants.

Lu Ye first took out the storage rings of the four ninth-level Grandmasters he had obtained in the secret realm and checked the contents inside.

None of the four people had much silver in their rings.

The four of them together only had about ten or twenty million silver notes.

To Lu Ye's surprise, he had about two hundred Source Crystals in total.

It must be said, it's quite generous.

As for the Earth-rank and Heaven-rank manuals left behind by the four, Lu Ye glanced through them briefly but couldn't muster any interest.

"These secret manuals can be left to Tian Qing and the Jiang family later."

Any surplus items are sold off when the opportunity arises.

……

This training lasted for five days.

Five days later, Lu Ye emerged from the cave, quickly determined his direction, and headed towards Yunye City.

I realized it had been a long time since I'd seen Qingyu.

Not knowing how she was doing, Lu Ye decided to go back and check on her.

After traveling at a fast pace, Yunye City came into view in the distance after a few hours.

Outside the city, Lu Ye removed Chen Beixuan's mask, revealing his original appearance, and entered the city.

They had only been in the city for a short time when they unexpectedly ran into Nangong Xihe on the way.

Nangong Xihe saw him and immediately walked over.

"Hey, you're back?"

Lu Ye nodded: "I happened to be free, so I came back to check on things."

When Lu Ye saw the maidservant accompanying Nangong Xihe, who looked somewhat familiar, he took a closer look and immediately smiled.

"You are... Green Lotus?"

Lu Ye had some impression of this maid. She used to be on good terms with Qingyu, and he often saw the two of them walking together.

However, Lu Ye remembered that the previous Green Lotus should have been a maidservant of a certain family in the city that had reached the Acquired Realm.

How come she's with Nangong Xihe now? Could it be that Nangong Xihe tricked her into coming here?

"Greetings, Young Master Lu." Green Lotus was taken aback when she suddenly saw Lu Ye and quickly bowed to him.

Because she often played around with Qingyu, Lühe habitually called Lu Ye "son-in-law".

Upon hearing this, Lu Ye shook his head and said, "I'm not your son-in-law. Just call me Lu Ye."

"Green Lotus, you are my person, why are you calling him son-in-law?" Nangong Xihe also noticed something was wrong and glared at Green Lotus.

Green Lotus also sensed something was amiss, stuck out her tongue, and quickly called out "Young Master Lu" again.

After all, her current master is Miss Nangong.

If Lu Ye is directly addressed as "son-in-law," wouldn't that mean... Lu Ye is Miss Nangong's husband?
That won't do!
“I remember, Green Lotus shouldn’t be your maid.” After thinking for a moment, Lu Ye said.

After hearing what Green Lotus said, Lu Ye finally understood.

It turned out that she had been laid off, and after much searching, she was spotted by Nangong Xihe, who bought her back to the mansion to help manage its affairs.

"I see, I understand." Lu Ye nodded and said, "In that case, I won't bother you any longer. I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."

Watching Lu Ye's departing figure, Lü He seemed to want to say something.

But Lu Ye moved quickly and disappeared around the street corner a moment later.

"What do you want to say?" Noticing the movement of the maid beside her, Nangong Xihe turned her head slightly and asked curiously.

"Hehe, it's nothing. He'll ask me when he thinks of it." Unexpectedly, Green Lotus chuckled playfully without saying anything.

On the other side, Lu Ye arrived at a house in the suburbs of the city with ease.

When he arrived in the vicinity, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Quiet... All around was quiet, without any movement.

With his current five senses, even without deliberately spreading his spiritual awareness to examine it carefully.

With just natural perception, one can detect almost any movement within a radius of ten meters, including even breathing sounds and light footsteps.

There was nothing in the courtyard in front of him...

"Qingyu isn't home?"

Lu Ye pondered for a moment, then came to the front of the courtyard and found that the gate was locked.

However, Lu Ye did have the key to this lock; Qingyu had given it to him once before.

After opening the courtyard gate, Lu Ye's expression immediately became slightly serious.

A courtyard that is frequently inhabited is different from a courtyard that has been uninhabited for a period of time.

In the courtyard, dust could be faintly seen everywhere, indicating that Qingyu must have been gone for some time.

Upon seeing this, Lu Ye felt a slight tightness in his heart, along with a faint sense of guilt.

She left the Jiang family with him, and he had indeed shown too little concern for this little maid.

Could something have happened to Qingyu?

Immediately, Lu Ye began searching the courtyard.

They wanted to find some clues to see whether Qingyu left on her own or was kidnapped.

Fortunately, a moment later, Lu Ye found a note on his desk in his room, with neat handwriting on it.

It was left by Qingyu.

The note roughly meant that she was going to be away for a while, and if Lu Ye returned, he could go to her room.

At the foot of the bed, there was a small package containing more than one hundred taels of silver.

"Young Master, I can cultivate now too. Don't worry, Qingyu will definitely come back as soon as possible!"

At the end of the note, there were some dried marks, which looked like tears that had dried.

Looking at the last sentence on the note, Lu Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that Qingyu left on her own initiative.

Unexpectedly, Qingyu was also able to cultivate; this is a good thing.

Lu Ye had previously investigated the quality of the jade, and it was almost nonexistent.

Now things have taken a turn for the better.

However, Qingyu did not say where she went in the note.

Upon arriving at Qingyue's room, Lu Ye glanced around and noticed that the furnishings were quite simple.

Apart from a bed, a table, and a stool, there wasn't even a dressing table for women.

Sure enough, Lu Ye found a money pouch in the corner of the bed, containing nearly two hundred taels of silver.

Lu Ye remembered that he had given Qingyu only one hundred taels for her daily expenses, but she not only didn't use it, but also saved up several dozen taels of silver herself.

"This girl."

Looking at the money bag, Lu Ye sighed softly.

After stuffing it into his storage ring, Lu Ye closed the door again.

Just then, a noise came from outside, as if someone was walking over.

The fact that the lock on the gate was gone meant that someone had opened it, and the person outside knocked on it.

When Lu Ye opened the door, he was surprised to find that it was Green Lotus, whom he had seen not long ago.

"How did you come?"

Remembering that Green Lotus and Green Jade had a very good relationship before, Lu Ye asked, "By the way, Green Jade isn't home right now. Do you know where she went?" (End of Chapter)