Early the next morning, after Chen Junting explained his concept of the Ice and Fire Double Heaven Sect-Protecting Array to Ning Bowen, as well as the fire-attribute earth vein required to arrange the large array, he took Nan Qiuqiu and Huo Yuhao with him, heading straight towards the Earth Dragon Sect.
Since Dragon City, where the Earth Dragon Sect was located, was situated in the northeast of the Tian Hun Empire, the three of them departing from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only needed to head northeast, and they would arrive in no time.
As soon as they left the sect, Chen Junting flew by riding his sword.
The massive sword body was like a flying boat, crossing the void.
As white clouds constantly swept past them, Huo Yuhao, sitting cross-legged on the sword body, couldn't help but look up, gazing at Chen Junting who was standing with his hands behind his back, controlling the Seven Kill Sword with a look of ease, and asked.
"Big Brother Junting, why did you bring me on this trip?"
Shouldn't he be bringing Big Brother Gu?
Perhaps knowing that speaking the latter half of the sentence out loud would bring great danger, Huo Yuhao only dared to speak it in his heart, suppressing the urge to court death.
It was absolutely not because Big Brother Junting was petty!
As everyone knew, his big brother's magnanimity had to be measured in bushels!
"What? Missing your little girlfriend?"
With a soul tool raising a barrier to block the oncoming wild winds, even though Chen Junting was riding the sword facing the wind, speaking out to tease was still effortless.
"No way!"
Huo Yuhao spoke out to defend himself, then furrowed his brows.
"It's just that Dong'er has been very off recently. Big Brother Bei and Sister Xiao Ya wrote to me saying that Dong'er has rarely gone out recently, even when Senior Sister Nannan and the others asked her to play together. But she's afraid I'll worry, so she doesn't want me to know."
She was clearly quite lively during the tournament?
Why did she change as soon as she returned to the academy?
For a moment, Huo Yuhao could be said to be completely baffled.
Chen Junting's expression remained unchanged; he naturally knew why Wang Dong'er was like this. It was nothing more than her having doubts about herself, falling into the life questions of "Who am I" and "Where do I come from."
Ultimately, this was also related to him.
However, now was not the time; he had to wait for her to sort things out herself. So he asked, "Do you plan to go see her?"
"Mm."
Huo Yuhao nodded, "I was originally thinking of going to the academy tomorrow to give Dong'er a surprise. But doesn't the sect need me? So I can only postpone it for now."
"Then it might be several days."
Chen Junting said, "Because besides going to the Earth Dragon Sect this time, we also need to go south once to Star Luo City in the Star Luo Empire."
Star Luo City?
These three words instantly evoked unpleasant memories for him.
However, Huo Yuhao had ultimately grown up; he was no longer the youth who used to be triggered into hatred by a single sentence, person, or place, and thus had his mind and spirit dominated by hatred.
Nostalgia flowed in his clear blue eyes, but it quickly converged.
"What are we going to Star Luo City to do?"
"To the White Tiger Duke's Mansion."
Just five simple words, and all that growth vanished like smoke. Intense killing intent surged, as if the youth had been replaced by someone else!
This sudden huge transformation nearly startled Nan Qiuqiu, who had been quietly listening on the side, into stumbling. If she hadn't used soul power to stabilize her body, she would have fallen off the sword.
"Huo Yuhao! What are you doing!?"
"Sorry, sorry."
Huo Yuhao subconsciously retracted his killing intent and apologized repeatedly. After calming down, he asked again, "Sister Qiuqiu, are you okay?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing."
Nan Qiuqiu waved her hand, making an expression of "a great man does not hold a grudge against a petty person," and then asked with a gossipy look, "Yuhao, why is your killing intent so strong just at the mention of the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?"
Huo Yuhao was silent for a moment and did not hide his background.
After all, his background had long been told to the sect, so having one more person from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Nan Qiuqiu, know was no problem.
After Huo Yuhao finished speaking, Nan Qiuqiu instantly felt she deserved to die! She wished she could wake up even while sleeping to slap herself a few times!
Why was she gossiping when everything was fine?!
Wasn't this practically scraping a knife across Huo Yuhao's body?
She had also lost her mother, so she naturally knew this kind of bitterness and pain. Moreover, Huo Yuhao was truly much, much more miserable than herself.
"Yuhao, I'm sorry."
"It's nothing."
The gloom on Huo Yuhao's face gradually faded, "I'm living very well now. The sect is cultivating me, and the sect elders, Big Brother Junting, Sister Tian, Sister Feng, and the others treat me so well, and I have Dong'er. I'm already very content."
Nan Qiuqiu scratched her cheek and remained silent.
She was worried she would say the wrong thing again.
At this time, Huo Yuhao also looked at Chen Junting, a trace of hope rarely appearing in the depths of his eyes, as if he had guessed something.
"Big Brother Junting, what are we going to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to do?"
Chen Junting's expression was as usual, and he said plainly.
"To kill people!"
Nowadays, Huo Yuhao's strength was sufficient to personally take revenge and shed blood for his hatred. Even if a Soul Douluo or stronger expert made a move, he himself would block them, and after killing, they could leave calmly.
Moreover, the current situation was stable; even if the White Tiger Duke had objections, the sect could step in to resolve them without affecting the big picture.
So now it was just right!
Instantly, the hatred filling Huo Yuhao's chest boiled over!
He did not speak, but was terrifyingly calm.
...
The three of them rode the Seven Kill Sword, and soon, the outline of a city covered in ice and snow appeared in their line of sight.
Gazing at this city where she had grown up, infinite sorrow suddenly arose in Nan Qiuqiu's heart. Originally, when she left, everything was fine, but now that she returned, only she was left.
"We've arrived."
Chen Junting, from a distance of several kilometers, looked down from the sky at the huge city below and slowly descended the flying sword.
In order not to create unnecessary trouble, the three of them walked towards the city gate.
"Dragon City, I'm back."
Nan Qiuqiu looked at the city gate and walked ahead first. Chen Junting and the other followed closely behind, letting Nan Qiuqiu, who knew Dragon City well, lead the way.
The guarding soldiers were originally going to casually check them and prepare to let them pass, but when they saw Nan Qiuqiu's familiar face, they were instantly startled, "Young Sect Master Nan Qiuqiu, you're back?"
As the Young Sect Master of the Earth Dragon Sect, one of the two major sects in Dragon City, Nan Qiuqiu's name and appearance could be said to be known by everyone. After all, the Little Witch of Dragon City referred to Ms. Nan.
"Yes, I'm back."
Nan Qiuqiu had a complex expression on her face and walked towards the inside of the city.
This scene left the city guarding soldiers looking completely bewildered.
Why did they feel like this little witch had changed her personality?
Afterwards, they shook their heads and continued to fulfill their duties.
After all, the big incident at the Earth Dragon Sect had been blocked by the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Seven Treasure Pavilion here, together with the Dragon City Lord's Mansion and the Sky Dragon Sect, preventing the situation of the Earth Dragon Sect from spreading.
After entering the interior of Dragon City.
Nan Qiuqiu glanced at Chen Junting and the other, and asked.
"Should I take you directly to the Earth Dragon Sect?"
"Let's go directly."
Chen Junting nodded and said.
"After all, we didn't come here for sightseeing."
"Okay."
So after weaving through streets and alleys, from afar, a courtyard occupying a huge area appeared in their line of sight, and a look of loss also appeared on Nan Qiuqiu's face.
[Earth Dragon Sect]
Clearly the plaque was still there, yet it made people feel the desolation.
After a moment of sighing, Nan Qiuqiu walked forward.
Placing her hand on the door knocker, after a series of knocking sounds, a voice came from inside the door, "Who is it? Coming!"
The big door slowly opened, and a head poked out from the crack in the door.
When he saw it was Nan Qiuqiu, his eyes instantly lit up, as if he had seen his backbone, "Young Sect Master, you're finally back."
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