After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

Lin Chu and his group were completely unaware of the changes in the outside world.

At this moment, the phoenix carriage was traveling on the sea of ​​clouds on the thirty-third level.

Lin Chu leaned lazily against Ao Tianxin's lap, her eyes slightly lowered, making Jian Li, who was standing to the side, extremely envious.

Hmm... this envy is directed at Ao Tianxin.

Ever since emerging from the thirtieth floor, Lin Chu has noticed that the Humanity's Flame Technique within her body is circulating faster and faster.

The flow of good fortune from all directions is increasing in both quantity and quality.

Those wisps of energy seeped in from the void, and after being refined by the cultivation technique, they transformed into pure cultivation and Daoist essence.

Lin Chu opened her eyes.

Upon further reflection, I understood the general idea.

Imperial Stele.

His ranking on the Imperial Stele has probably spread throughout the Imperial Road.

"It really is a good thing."

Others enter the Emperor's Path by relying on spiritual energy, secret realms, and battles to improve their cultivation.

He himself is doing well, sitting in a carriage while good fortune comes from heaven.

Ao Tianxin seemed to sense something and looked down at him.

"Your cultivation level has increased again?"

Lin Chu nodded.

"It's gone up."

Ao Tianxin gave a soft snort and didn't ask any more questions.

got used to.

My Daoist partner has quite a few little secrets.

Jian Li lay on the other side of the soft couch, her hands supporting her chin, staring intently at Lin Chu, her eyes darting around.

One month later, on the thirty-fifth floor.

A flash of light appeared in the teleportation altar, and the group stepped out.

As usual, the firefly first released its divine sense to explore the surroundings.

Lin Che channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the jade tablet, his eyes lit up, then he frowned.

"I sense my elder brother's presence!"

Lin Chu looked over.

"However, it's very blurry; I can only sense a general direction."

Lin Che raised his hand and pointed to the east.

"It should be over there."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chu smiled.

"Walk."

The group transformed into streaks of light and sped off to the east.

The further east you go, the more noticeable the air fluctuations become.

The ground was littered with traces of battle, including the broken bones of giant beasts and sword marks that crisscrossed the earth thousands of feet deep.

……

Meanwhile, on the forty-fourth floor of the Imperial Road.

Under the dim sky, the gray-white mountains stretched out in a continuous range, resembling countless crouching skeletons of giant beasts.

A huge altar stood alone on a mountaintop.

Cang Li sat in the center of the altar.

He lowered his head, and black, malevolent energy surged from all directions, continuously pouring into his body.

The malevolent energy surged on the surface of his skin, intertwining to form twisted patterns.

The aura emanating from him had far surpassed the realm of a Xuanxian (a type of immortal).

Jinxian.

It's even climbing higher.

Cang Li's body trembled violently, and his brows were almost knotted together.

One after another, black dragon shadows were torn out of his body, only to be forcibly pressed back into his flesh.

"Damn it..."

His lips moved slightly, his voice terribly hoarse.

"Why is your obsession so strong?"

Then his head drooped even lower, and his expression kept changing.

ferocious.

pain.

anger.

Suddenly, he abruptly raised his head.

"Get out!"

This roar caused many of the dragon shadows surrounding the body to dissipate.

But the next second, those vanished dragon shadows quickly merged back together as before.

Cang Li was breathing heavily, and in his open eyes, black mist and clarity alternated constantly.

He gritted his teeth, and the veins on his neck bulged.

"Qinglian..."

Amidst this struggle, countless fragments of memories were forcibly stirred up from the depths of Cang Li's sea of ​​consciousness.

He seemed to hear a voice.

A crisp, cheerful sound rang in my ears.

"Hey, are you a dragon?"

"I've never seen a dragon before."

"Can you transform for me?"

Then, memories flashed through my mind like a movie.

Nineteenth floor.

Cang Li had just escaped a group of strange monsters and sat down under a boulder to rest with his eyes closed.

A little girl he had rescued was squatting not far away, tilting her head to look at him.

She has a round face and ordinary features, nothing particularly outstanding.

But when she smiles, two little tiger teeth show at the corners of her mouth, which makes her look rather cute.

A red string was tied in her hair, with a bell hanging from it, which made a crisp sound as she shook her head.

"Hey, you look pretty badly injured."

Cang Li didn't even look at her, his face cold, and tossed out a jade bottle.

"Take this and find a place to heal your wounds."

"I'm leaving."

After saying that, he got up and left.

The girl smiled and clenched the pill in her palm.

"Hmph."

the next day.

Cang Li had already flown far away.

But when he turned around, the girl was still there, more than ten feet behind him.

"Why are you still following me?"

Qinglian winked at him.

"You go that way, and I'll go that way too, what a coincidence!"

Cang Li remained silent, glanced at her, and continued flying away.

On the third day, he turned back again, looked at the little girl hiding behind the clouds in the distance, and coldly said, "Don't follow me."

She replied with a grin, "It's on my way."

On the fourth day, Cang Li was already getting impatient: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"Qinglian".

My name is Qinglian.

"?"

I didn't ask your name.

"But you'll ask that sooner or later anyway."

Qinglian approached, hands behind her back, stepping on the clouds, a smile on her face, her eyes narrowed.

Cang Li opened his mouth, but in the end only managed to utter, "Whatever you say."

From then on, Qinglian could rightfully follow behind him.

Like a little tail that you can't shake off.

Moreover, this little girl always seems to point out the right direction, as if she was born knowing where to go and where not to go.

Thanks to this, Cang Li's speed increased considerably.

So she went along with it.

Occasionally, when they were traveling, Qinglian would suddenly run ahead, stand on tiptoe to look around, and then turn around and wave vigorously at him.

"Cang Li! It's safe here!"

Cang Li frowned.

"Who gave you permission to call me by my name?"

Qinglian tilted her head, looking puzzled.

"Then what do you want me to shout?"

"..."

Cang Li remained silent for a moment.

"what ever."

Qinglian tapped her chin with one hand, deep in thought.

"May I call you Cangcang?"

"Can't."

"Where's Xiao Li?"

"..."

If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes.

"Qinglian".

"Um?"

"Shut up."

Later, Qinglian took the initiative to start roasting spirit beast meat for him.

The first time it was handed over, Cang Li did not take it.

She just kept holding it up.

Cang Li accepted it with a cold face.

She would then smile and mutter something under her breath.

"It's delicious."

After that, whenever they stopped to rest, if Qing Lian couldn't find anything to do, she would sit next to him, resting her chin on her hand and watching him.

Sometimes they ask strange questions.

"Cang Li, have you ever liked anyone?"

Cang Li paused.

"It's none of your business."

Qinglian nodded, not pressing for details, and simply smiled and said, "Then you definitely have it."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't have remained silent."

Cang Li did not respond.

He found himself reluctant to bring it up in front of her.