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Chapter 370: Could He Be Senior Li Xun?
"Then..."
Chu Lingyue pursed her lips. After gathering all her courage, she finally asked, "Big Brother Li... will you come back?"
"Why do you ask?"
Li Xun raised an eyebrow slightly.
Although his journey to the Heavenly Island Ancient Domain would take a considerable amount of time, he fully intended to return one day.
"It's nothing."
Chu Lingyue shook her head, a trace of loneliness appearing on her face.
Her intuition told her that the gap between herself and Li Xun had already grown beyond the comprehension of most people.
As for her...
She was merely an ordinary cultivator.
Although she possessed the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Pearl, relying on that treasure alone to erase the distance between herself and Li Xun was nothing more than wishful thinking.
More importantly, the moment she had entered the palace hall, she had keenly sensed that Li Xun's aura had changed ever so slightly.
The change had lasted only an instant, too quickly for her to grasp.
But that fleeting sensation convinced her that Li Xun had likely broken through once again.
His strength had probably reached a level far beyond anything she could even imagine.
"Don't worry."
Li Xun looked deeply at Chu Lingyue.
He immediately understood what she was thinking.
He wasn't made of stone, so how could he fail to recognize someone else's feelings?
He said softly, "I'll return. At the earliest, in ten years. At the latest... within a hundred years."
A hundred years was not considered a long time in the cultivation world.
After all, once someone reached the Saint Realm, their lifespan began at around ten thousand years.
With proper care, living twenty or even thirty thousand years was hardly unusual.
And Chu Lingyue now possessed the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Pearl.
Once she fully refined it, becoming a Saint was practically guaranteed.
If fortune favored her, even reaching the Saint King Realm was not impossible.
"Big Brother Li... do you really mean that?"
Chu Lingyue's eyes lit up.
She smiled with the shy happiness of a young woman.
Her bright eyes and white teeth made her already beautiful face even more radiant, giving others a feeling of warmth.
"Of course."
Li Xun smiled.
He raised a hand and gently brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear before turning and walking toward the exit.
It was an intimate gesture.
Though it lasted only a brief moment, it left Chu Lingyue standing there in a daze.
She quietly watched Li Xun's departing figure, still feeling the lingering warmth of his hand.
"Big Brother Li Xun..."
"I'll wait for you to come back!"
. . .
A million li away.
High in the sky, inside a divine carriage.
Huang Xi fixed her beautiful eyes on Li Xun without blinking, as though trying to see through every mystery surrounding her master.
Unlike Chu Lingyue, Huang Xi was far stronger.
Because she spent so much time by Li Xun's side, she could more easily perceive the subtle changes in him.
This change was unmistakable.
Previously, she had always been able to clearly determine Li Xun's cultivation.
But now...
It was as though a layer of mist surrounded him.
When her spiritual sense examined him, his cultivation still appeared to be only Early Saint Stage.
Yet at the same time, Li Xun gave her an instinctive sense of extreme danger.
Within that powerful body seemed to be hidden enough energy to destroy heaven and earth.
He had never given her such overwhelming pressure before.
In the past, although she had nominally been Li Xun's subordinate, she had actually served more as his protector.
But after today, their positions had truly been reversed.
The title of "Master" now genuinely matched reality.
"Master, why didn't you bring her with us?" Huang Xi finally asked.
"For her, bringing her with me now would bring more harm than good," Li Xun replied calmly.
"If we encounter a truly powerful enemy, even I may not be able to keep her safe."
"Then why are we going to the Heavenly Island Ancient Domain?" Huang Xi asked again.
Compared with the Desolate Ancient Continent, the Heavenly Island Ancient Domain was much weaker.
Many of its ancient powers had not yet chosen to emerge into the world.
Traveling there at this point would offer Li Xun very little opportunity for growth.
Once he arrived, it would practically amount to overwhelming weaker opponents.
"I'm going to meet someone," Li Xun answered calmly.
Curiosity stirred within him.
He wanted to know just how far Qin Xueyi, armed with the memories of her previous life, had progressed.
Even Xiao Fan had already entered the Life and Death Realm, while Jiang Taixuan had reached the Divine Palace Realm.
No matter how poorly Qin Xueyi had fared, she should at least be around that level.
Of course, it was entirely possible that she was even stronger.
After all, with the experience of a previous lifetime, she would naturally avoid countless detours that others had to take.
"Could it be... your fiancée, Master?" Huang Xi asked excitedly.
When she had accompanied Li Xun back to the Profound Sun Holy Land, she had already heard the other disciples talking about that matter.
Now that Li Xun had suddenly mentioned traveling to the Heavenly Island Ancient Domain, Huang Xi's intuition immediately connected the dots.
She could hardly help feeling curious about the woman who was rumored to be her future mistress.
After all, they were bound to meet sooner or later.
"Well…"
Li Xun smiled, about to answer.
But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stopped.
His eyes narrowed as he looked into the distance beyond the divine carriage.
At almost the same moment, Huang Xi's expression also changed.
Like Li Xun, she turned to gaze into the empty sky ahead.
There was, however, one notable difference.
Before looking outside, she first glanced at Li Xun with a trace of surprise.
It seemed that her master had sensed the approaching visitors before she had.
The Golden Divine Carriage they were riding was now merely a peak-grade Dao Weapon.
Even at full speed, it could only match the flight speed of a Divine Palace Realm cultivator.
At the moment, it wasn't even traveling at full speed.
Practically any Divine Palace Realm expert could catch up to it.
Strictly speaking, the Golden Divine Carriage no longer suited Li Xun's current status.
The problem was that there simply wasn't a suitable replacement.
After all, the next tier above it would be a Sacred Weapon.
And across the entire world, who would bother forging a Sacred Weapon solely for transportation?
As Li Xun's reputation continued to spread farther and farther, his signature Golden Divine Carriage had likewise become famous throughout the world.
The moment anyone saw it, they immediately knew that inside sat a Saint along with a Saint King.
"Could the person ahead be... Senior Li Xun?"
At that moment, a deep, resonant voice echoed across the sky.
Several figures flew toward them from the distant horizon.
Leading them was a middle-aged man.
He carried himself with extraordinary bearing, dressed in a yellow robe, and was accompanied by several attendants.
Standing directly in the path of the Golden Divine Carriage, he cupped his hands respectfully and said,
"Greetings, Senior Li Xun."
"I have come under my young master's orders."
Although he had yet to receive any response, the middle-aged man was already almost certain that Li Xun was indeed inside the divine carriage.
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Note:
Cultivation Realm so far:
1, Body Refinement
2, Qi Condensation
3, Spirit Meridian
4, Profound Elixir
5, Divine Power
6, Life and Death
7, Divine Palace
8, Half-Saint
9, Saint
10, Saint King
11, Great Saint
12, Quasi-Emperor
13, Great Emperor
Treasure Level so far:
1, Mortal Weapon
2, Magical Treasure
3, Spiritual Treasure
4, Dao Weapon
5, Sacred Weapon
6, Sacred King Weapon
7, Imperial Weapon
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