I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

Seeing that Huang Quan possessed such an excellent "defense magic weapon," the two had no choice but to reluctantly give up.

Jiang Wanyu had originally intended to compete, but soon after the show started, she was completely absorbed in it. Only when it ended did she realize with some regret that she seemed to have missed a lot of important things.

But now, stepping out of the photo studio and seeing such a view, along with the atmosphere created by the lights, all the previous melancholy and regret have completely vanished.

Liu Xiyao and Gu Qici both looked at Huang Quan, who was quietly admiring the lights, and the thought of taking a walk alone with him began to linger in their minds.

After walking a short distance into the crowd, Liu Xiyao and her companions saw some young men and women eating bowls of glutinous rice balls they had bought.

Running towards the city river, the two saw the colorful lanterns being carried by the people and immediately realized they could put their ideas into action.

"Meal tickets. I have some things I want to buy. I'll be back in a bit, I'll come find you later," Liu Xiyao said with a smile, her eyes sparkling.

Before she could run away, Gu Qici grabbed her and said calmly, "Senior brother, I'll keep an eye on this girl in case she gets lost."

Liu Xiyao:? ? ?

Does she look like someone who might get lost?

Then he glanced at Jiang Wanyu and said, "Come on over, I know this place pretty well, I'll show you around."

Gu Qici was a little uneasy about letting Jiang Wanyu follow Huang Quan. As for Liu Xiyao, she was too young and, although she was favored, she was not considered a threat.

"Really?" Jiang Wanyu, who was still in awe of the magnificent Tangyuan Festival in Fantasy City, came back to her senses. She didn't think too much about it and just felt flattered.

"These girls..." Huang Quan looked at the girls who had run away and found it somewhat amusing. He did not stop them, thinking it was good for them to wander around.

After all, in the serious environment of the cultivation world, it is difficult to enjoy such a lively and joyful atmosphere.

And this is something that girls their age should be enjoying.

"Damn it, why did they run away first, leaving me all alone in this stinking underworld?"

Watching the two girls disappear in a flash, Liu Xiyao was full of questions. It was clearly her idea, so why was she the one who ran the slowest?

Although I wanted to go with them, I suddenly realized that I didn't have any spirit stones in my pocket.

He glanced at Huang Quan, who was alone.

An idea came to me instantly.

She pretended to be very reluctant and grabbed Huang Quan's sleeve, but actually she was doing so to prevent herself from getting lost.

Liu Xiyao was initially amazed by the colorful lights, but she was quickly captivated by the dazzling array of lights on the street.

The abundance of goods and various food stalls attracted me.

After walking for a while, Liu Xiyao grabbed Huang Quan's sleeve and silently exerted force, trying to change the direction the boy was walking in and lead him towards the food.

When Huang Quan looked over, she turned her head and stared at him innocently: "Why aren't you leaving, Meal Ticket?"

While speaking, he continued to pull Huang Quan towards the vendors' location.

Huang Quan: "..."

After leading Huang Quan to the desired location, Liu Xiyao knew she couldn't launch an immediate offensive. She continued leading him forward, intending to first lure Huang Quan with the aroma of food.

After walking for a while, they saw a vendor selling candied hawthorns. Liu Xiyao finally couldn't help but ask, "Fanpiao, do you think those candied hawthorns are sweet?"

Seeing Liu Xiyao's frantic hints for him to "buy, buy, buy," Huang Quan thought for a moment and turned to look at the vendor: "Are your candied hawthorns sweet?"

"They're sweet!" the young vendor selling candied hawthorns said with a smile. Today, the grand festival of glutinous rice balls, is also the time when he earns the most money, and there are already more customers coming in.

Then, just when Liu Xiyao and the vendor thought Huang Quan was going to pay, Huang Quan turned to look at Liu Xiyao and said, "He said it was sweet, now you know."

Liu Xiyao: "???"

"Meal ticket, you've changed."

"Did I tell you to ask him if it's sweet?" Liu Xiyao was so angry she was almost speechless. She glared at Huang Quan resentfully, feeling that he was deliberately bullying her again.

But just as she snorted, wanting to express her dissatisfaction, she was surprised to see that Huang Quan had paid for a string of them and bought them for her.

Liu Xiyao held the candied hawthorn and grinned foolishly, thinking that her authority had indeed intimidated Huang Quan.

Huang Quan then slipped another spirit stone to Liu Xiyao.

Having received the spirit stones, Liu Xiyao was overjoyed and quickly ran ahead to buy the food she had wanted to eat.

Huang Quan watched the girl run away silently, his gaze softening slightly.

This girl is surprisingly innocent and adorable.

Liu Xiyao excitedly exchanged spirit stones for money, bought some delicious food, and then, as expected, got lost in the crowd. However, she wasn't worried, assuming that Huang Quan was probably not far away.

However, just as Liu Xiyao was happily eating and trying to find Huang Quan again in the crowd, the girl suddenly looked up and saw a kind-looking old man who had walked out of the crowd and was standing in front of her.

The man was dressed in a black robe and had his hands clasped together.

He looked at the girl, his expression revealing a hint of pity.

"We meet again."

"again?"

Liu Xiyao stared blankly at the old man, but when their eyes met, the girl's head went blank, her pupils seemed to lose all light, and the candied hawthorn skewer she had taken two bites of fell to the ground.

Just before the candied hawthorn fell.

From behind the girl, the black-haired boy slowly walked out, gently took the candied hawthorn from her hand, and put it back into her hand. Then... Huang Quan calmly stood in front of the girl, looking at the uninvited guest in front of him.

"Huang Quan!" In that instant, Liu Xiyao snapped out of her daze, clutching the candied hawthorn tightly in one hand and Huang Quan's clothes in the other, murmuring his name softly as she looked at him with great fear.

Huang Quan didn't say anything to her, but simply reached out a hand and gently patted her head. The young man's gaze was deep and narrow as he scrutinized the old man in front of him, not daring to relax his guard in the slightest.

As the boy stood before the old man, his heart pounded violently, his body involuntarily tensed, and his spiritual energy began to circulate unconsciously, as if resisting some kind of invisible pressure.

The old man before him... posed the greatest threat he had ever felt since coming to this world.

Not long ago, when he faced the Dragon Slayer Emperor in the underground space of the secret realm, he did not feel this way. His scattered senses constantly fed back a needle-like sense of crisis, warning him that the being before him possessed terrifying cultivation.

"What realm is this guy?" This thought flashed through Huang Quan's mind, but his expression remained unchanged as he calmly said, "I wonder which sect you belong to. I can't imagine which sect would take pleasure in bullying little girls."

"You flatter me, sir." The man in black robes looked calmly at the young man in front of him and explained softly, "I have my reasons for doing this, because I have a deep karmic connection with this person."

"So, what do you want to do?"

“Naturally, I will take her away. I have something I need to verify,” the man in black said earnestly. Despite being severely injured and almost dead, his breathing became strangely steady and incredibly long at this moment. There was light in his eyes, as if countless thoughts were surging within them.

All living beings are involuntarily drawn to those thoughts.

However, Huang Quan was unaffected. He nodded, looking at the old man with equal seriousness: "Is that so... then you can get lost."

A cultivator suddenly appeared out of nowhere, trying to take Liu Xiyao away as if she didn't exist?

I am a member of the Demonic Sect, not a charity. You think you can just take people away like that? Just because I said I'd take your mother away doesn't mean you have to send your mother to me too.

Of course, Huang Quan only thought these words in his heart; saying them aloud would be too damaging to his image.

The man in black was not angry, but sighed softly: "I have no intention of being your enemy, but... this matter is of great importance, and may even concern the rise and fall of the entire cultivation world."

"So, what does this have to do with this girl?"

"What if this person becomes the key to triggering this great calamity?" The man in black looked at Huang Quan with a compassionate gaze.

However, Huang Quan was indeed taken aback upon hearing this, but then asked in surprise, "Is this girl really that powerful?"

He thought to himself, "I bully Liu Xiyao every day. If this girl is really that powerful, then I would have been finished long ago."

Turning his head, he saw Liu Xiyao staring at him with a blank expression, her face full of fear, showing no sign of any ability that could trigger such a calamity.

Man in black: "..."

Seeing Huang Quan's indifferent reaction, the man in black lowered his gaze and spoke again in a low voice: "In ancient times, there was a great calamity that caused the death of many people, the fall of countless powerful beings, the lamentation of the Heavenly Dao, the break of countless lineages, and the disappearance of the Emperor's Path."

"You should also have heard of that era of upheaval, when even the Great Emperor was destroyed. After that, the entire cultivation world suffered a huge blow and almost never recovered. It took countless years to regain its vitality. During that time, demonic beasts rose up everywhere, slaughtering living beings. The world was filled with sorrow and devastation."

The man in black said in a low voice, "And all of this started because of one 'person,' and that 'person' can live for seven lifetimes because of an unrepeatable constitution. I sensed that 'person's' aura in this little girl. Although I don't know why it is somewhat faint, I also glimpsed her future of destroying everything. I shouldn't be mistaken."

"Now that you've heard this, you should understand why I've come."

"I don't understand." Huang Quan resumed his expressionless demeanor, staring indifferently at the old man before him.

"But you know perfectly well, after hearing all this, don't you feel any compassion at all?" the man in black said.

"I am from the Demonic Sect." Huang Quan looked at the old man in front of him as if he were a fool.

The man in black paused for a moment, then gave a bitter smile and continued, "When the great calamity arrives, the world will be in danger. No matter who you are, being on this land, you will not escape this fate."

Huang Quan said indifferently, "After all you've said, you just want to tell me that this girl is the so-called 'person' you found, but what proof do you have?"

"When I ascended to the throne of the Great Emperor, I occasionally used my divine eye to look at the world five hundred years in advance and backward, and I was able to see some different things."

The man in black said softly, "So, you want to know what kind of calamity this girl will bring?"

The man in black paused, then fell silent.

He cannot foresee the future with absolute certainty.

The divination cannot be exhausted, for the great Dao is ever-changing.

Huang Quan shook his head upon seeing this: "Is this all the difference you've seen? After seeing so much, this is all you've come up with. Your cultivation level must be lacking."

The man in black sighed, "Even the Heavenly Eye Divine Power is not omnipotent. It took hundreds of years of arduous cultivation to see the immense karma entangled in her. However, it is precisely because I cannot see any more that I have not acted immediately."

"But no matter what, we cannot let her fall out here easily. Please hand her over to me, and I will do everything in my power to protect her. I will not let her suffer any harm until I have found out everything."

"So, you mean if she really is that 'person,' then you're going to ruin her?" Huang Quan said.

The man in black fell silent again.

Huang Quan said calmly, "Since that's the case, then there's no need for you to prove anything. All I know is that with me here, you can't take her away."

"Your Excellency, are you truly determined to remain obstinate?"

“It’s not that I’m stubborn. This girl has nothing to do with you, so you can put her on the fire to roast as you please. But to me, she’s my friend, and she can be family. I can also tell you clearly that even if you confirm her identity, you can’t take her away. If there is a great calamity, I will be the first to be affected, so you don’t need to worry about me.”

The man in black remained silent for a while before speaking softly: "If that's the case, then I'll have to break the rules a little. Please forgive me."

"We're going to fight for it anyway, so why bother with all this polite talk?" Huang Quan scoffed.

"I just didn't want to hurt you, after all... you are no match for me." The man in black was not angry, but calmly looked at Huang Quan with a compassionate expression: "I am not talented, but I once ranked tenth on the Emperor Ranking."

He hoped that Huang Quan would back down in the face of difficulties.

But the young man before them advanced instead of retreating.

"Then let me overestimate myself just this once."