Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

A ray of sunlight slowly spread across the entire earth along the horizon.

Two days have passed, another two days have gone by.

For Su Chen, the things that needed to be done were done.

Having handed over the token from Master Hongfu, he had acquired a life-saving tool for a critical moment.

With the jade slip in his arms, he was able to gain access to the great tree of Xingluo.

There's really no need to stay here any longer.

It's time to go back to Qingzhou...

"What?! Hey!"

"Are you kidding me?!"

"Trying to run now?"

He watched as Li Tianqi stood with her hands on her hips, pouting as she looked at him.

Su Chen was speechless.

It wasn't that Su Chen really wanted to throw this girl away.

Even if he were to take on another Daoist partner, given Wang Yuyan and Lin Wanwan's personalities, they probably wouldn't say anything.

But now is not the time to take the girl back.

"Um..."

"I won't run away, I'll come back to find you..."

"As you know, I still have a lot of things to do in Qingzhou."

Su Chen gave an awkward smile.

"Then I'll go with you, okay?"

"Hmph..."

"You think you can just abandon me and run away now? I'm not finished with you."

Li Tianqi pouted and just looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen was completely exasperated.

Of course, now that things have come to this, there's absolutely no need for me to hide the reason why I didn't bring her along.

"Stop fooling around, you little brat."

"Don't worry, I will definitely take responsibility for you, but you can't come with me now."

"Think about it carefully."

"Who is your grandfather? He's the city lord of Luoyan City, an old monster in the Void Refinement stage."

"I, a cultivator at the early stage of Nascent Soul, am sneaking back to Qingzhou with the granddaughter of an old monster at the Void Refinement stage."

"Guess what the result was?"

Su Chen pursed his lips.

"What was the result?"

"What outcome can we expect?"

This question left Li Tianqi speechless.

"You're such a pig-brain, you little brat..."

"Your grandfather could turn the entire Qingzhou upside down."

"At that time, not only will I be punished, but all the thousand cultivators of my Luoyun Sect will be buried with me!"

Su Chen shook his head helplessly.

Li Tianqi blinked her almond-shaped eyes, seemingly still not quite understanding.

But Su Chen's words were absolutely true.

It's not an exaggeration. If you were to follow the logic of an ordinary person, you would definitely think that no matter how angry that old monster was, he wouldn't take his anger out on the entire Qingzhou.

But this is precisely the cruelest reality of the cultivation world.

In the eyes of a Void Refinement cultivator, even a Nascent Soul cultivator is like an ant.

In the entire Qingzhou, there wasn't a single Nascent Soul cultivator.

If a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage were to arrive, the mountain gate would be reduced to dust in the blink of an eye.

Even with the combined efforts of countless cultivators, they could not resist it.

Just like how people don't care whether ants live or die, and even if they step on an ant and kill it, they'll find it boring and forget about it in the blink of an eye.

It's the same principle, and I'm not exaggerating at all.

"Just listen to me..."

"You just stay here on the Xuanhuang Continent and wait for me."

"I will definitely come back to find you!"

Su Chen reached out and patted Li Tianqi's head.

Feeling wronged and resentful, her almond-shaped eyes reddened.

"No way, you're definitely lying to me!"

"If you leave, you definitely won't come back."

Don't take me for a fool!

"Even if you come back, you'll be gone for hundreds of years. How will I survive those hundreds of years?"

Li Tianqi clung tightly to Su Chen's sleeve.

Su Chen was speechless for a moment.

But I've also made up my mind not to take this girl with me!

"Boom!"

Meanwhile, Su Chen and Li Tianqi were still putting on a melodramatic farewell scene.

At that moment, I felt as if the entire sky had collapsed.

This is no exaggeration!

An invisible pressure descended from the heavens!

The entire city of Luoyan, stretching for dozens of miles, was shaken.

The sky darkened, and thunderclouds rolled in.

It was as if the vitality of all living things was almost wiped out at that moment.

This kind of pressure is dozens of times stronger than the pressure of Gu Sandao's Nascent Soul stage.

Su Chen realized it in just a moment.

The pressure of a Void Refining cultivator is far beyond what a Nascent Soul cultivator can match.

The shock to Su Chen was, without exaggeration, like the shock of the apocalypse.

"Could it be..."

Su Chen frowned.

This is the first time since I came into this world that I have felt a sense of weakness, as if my legs were going to give way.

The cultivators of Luoyan City, spanning hundreds of miles, all retreated a thousand miles, looking up in awe at the miraculous feat of the Void Refinement cultivator.

"Which patriarch has lost his temper?"

"It's a once-in-a-century event for a Void Refinement cultivator to personally take action."

"Even simply observing this celestial phenomenon is an opportunity for us cultivators."

"If one can gain even a little insight from this, it will be of great benefit."

Countless cultivators retreated thousands of miles away and began to discuss the matter.

"come out!"

With a sharp shout.

A gust of wind swept in, carrying with it a series of wind blades.

Hundreds of shops around the blacksmith's shop were all destroyed.

They almost collapsed.

Meanwhile, at the blacksmith's shop, the huge spirit banner that Su Chen had first noticed was now emitting a faint humming sound.

A crimson spiritual energy unfurled along with the banner.

Let's see if they can withstand this oppressive force.

But it's not hard to see that this is only a temporary thing.

This was only because of the pressure from just one sentence, which almost shattered the magical treasure.

It was clear that the mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator had chased Su Chen and Li Tianqi here before.

Still wary of the banner, they hesitated to step forward.

"How dare you lay a hand on my granddaughter, Li Ziran."

"Are you prepared to die?"

Before he could finish speaking...

High above, a figure slowly waved his robe.

A terrifying surge of spiritual energy crashed down on Su Chen.

Su Chen glanced around and saw that Li Tianqi was not far behind him.

To be honest, this old monster was still holding back.

If it weren't for the fact that Li Tianqi was very close to him...

It is estimated that there is no living thing left within a radius of several miles.

Su Chen was about to activate the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Technique to defend himself before fleeing to the side.

Right now...

"when!"

A giant blade blocked Su Chen's path.

They withstood that terrifying spiritual power.

Su Chen looked up and saw that it was none other than Gu Sandao, who was panting heavily and frowning.

"Old man, you really went for the kill!"

"What did my shop ever do to you?"

"Are you trying to turn my territory upside down?"

Gu Sandao made a comment to the figure in the sky.

"Um?"

"I say, Gu Sandao, you're just a mere Nascent Soul ant."

"So what if I tear this place down for you?"

"If it weren't for my unwillingness to clash with the people of Xingluo, you would naturally have no face in my eyes."

"Not provoking Xingluo is for the sake of my Luoyan City."

"But even if the people from Xingluo come today, I still won't give them any face."

"This brat has laid a hand on my granddaughter."

"I demand an explanation; who dares to stop me?"

The voice, filled with boundless fury, echoed from the heavens.

Su Chen's face darkened.

We need an explanation...

What explanation do you want?

It was all consensual; in fact, I ended up saving his granddaughter.

Is there no reasoning involved?

but...

There's no reasoning with an old monster in the Void Refinement stage.

These words seem pale and powerless at this moment.

...