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After half a year, Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue finally returned to the Tianhuang City. Compared to when they were merely at the level of their Essence Refinement into Qi back then, the strength of the two of them had already stepped into the early stages of Qi Refinement into Spirit. Hong Ling did not head for the City Lord's Mansion with Lian Chengyue, but instead brought her back to the Desolate Sky Restaurant.

The process of splitting the treasures was extremely enjoyable. Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue had opened the spatial rings of the four great cultivators and obtained an extremely abundant amount of resources. Among them, just counting the gold and silver, the two of them had already obtained no less than ten million taels of gold. They wanted to pull Canfeng along to share the spoils, but Canfeng was so scared that he immediately kneeled in front of Hong Ling and refused to take the things even if he died. Aside from money, the four great cultivators only had a few cultivation resources in their interspatial rings.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue were dumbstruck as they stared at the mountain of spirit stones in front of them, as well as some precious ores that were not cheap. This couldn't be blamed on them, they were, after all, only young people around the age of ten. Naturally, they yearned for these valuable things very much.

Other than these, there were still some medicinal pellets, Demonic Beast's pellet, some books on cultivators, and the tokens of the Four Major Sects. However, other than taking a few pills, Lian Chengyue did not take any other things. It was so much that when Hong Ling offered to give her some precious ores, the little miss shook her head with all her might. As far as she was concerned, refining masters were jobs that only men could do. It was better for a girl like her to be a peaceful alchemist. Seeing her like this, Hong Ling did not force her.

The two of them wasted an entire three days worth of time and worked together to refine a piece of Kun Steel for Canfeng. This time, Canfeng did not say that he did not want it, but started refining the dagger Ming Xue.

Having Canfeng escort him back to the City Lord's Mansion, Hong Ling finally had nothing else to do. The youth laid on the soft collapse of the private room, and in a short while, he had already fallen asleep. In the past half a year, he had barely slept a single night under the Shiwan Mountain. Now that he was back in the Eternity Restaurant, he naturally fell asleep the moment he laid down.

In the morning of the next day, Hong Ling woke up early, washed up, and ate breakfast before bringing Canfeng to the Tianhuang City. He came here purely out of boredom, after all, his current relationship with Lian Chengyue could be said to be incomparably ambiguous. Of course, the two of them had not completely revealed the truth. The main reason was that their skin was thin enough, and they were unable to show any disrespect. Canfeng naturally had clear thoughts towards his own master, but to this day, he was still a bachelor, so he would naturally not have any constructive ideas or suggestions.

As the carriage slowly moved through the Tianhuang City, Hong Ling was bored out of his mind as he flipped through the ancient books in his hands. This was a book about this world that he had found in the spatial rings of the four great cultivators. Hong Ling did not really understand much about this new world, so this ancient book naturally made up for his lack of knowledge. The old book was flipping through one page after another, but for some reason, he felt a surge of impatience. Lu Li decided to put the book away and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed. Then, he started to cultivate the Mysterious Technique by himself.

"Young master, City Lord's Mansion is right in front of us, but we seem to be receiving some big shot. Do you think we should come back another day?" Canfeng opened the carriage's curtain and said to Hong Ling.

Hearing that, Hong Ling frowned, but this time, he did not receive any invitation, he could only give up.

"In that case, let's go back!" Hong Ling said to Canfeng.

"Yes, young master!" Just as Canfeng was about to leave on his carriage, a servant who recognized him ran over quickly.

"Are you Mr. Canfeng?" The servant bowed and asked Canfeng.

Canfeng frowned, he did not know why he was looking for him, but out of etiquette, he still responded: "I am Canfeng. I wonder why you are looking for me?"

The servant was instantly overjoyed, and his face was full of joy.

"Mr. Canfeng, I wonder if Sir Hong Ling is in the carriage? My family's Miss Lian Chengyue has something to invite him into the palace!" The servant spoke in a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing.

After Canfeng heard this, he did not have the time to respond. He had already gotten out of the carriage, and smiled: "Tell me, did your Miss Lian Chengyue invite me to her residence?"

The servant took a look and saw that the person who was speaking to him was none other than the white-robed Young Noble Hong Ling, the chief of the Heavenly Desolate Martial Conference half a year ago.

"In reply to Sir Hong Ling, my clan's young miss has indeed said so. She said that if she sees Young Master, she will invite him to her residence as a guest. She has something that she needs to tell Young Master about! "

Hong Ling nodded, then indicated for Canfeng to pass the carriage to a groom by the side, and let him take the carriage to the carriage to park, while he smiled at the servant.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to trouble you to lead the way. I'm not too familiar with City Lord's Mansion!" His tone was calm and there was not the slightest arrogance in his tone, causing the servant to feel extremely flattered.

Young Noble and Mr. Canfeng, please follow me! He bowed and led the way, leading Hong Ling and Canfeng into the City Lord's Mansion.

Although it wasn't the first time Hong Ling and his master had come to the City Lord's Mansion, the complex nature of the courtyard still made their heads hurt. It was fortunate that they had someone to guide them, otherwise they would have to get lost. Inside a huge garden, Lian Chengyue was standing under a blossoming peach blossom. She was dressed in a bright red dress, and when she saw Hong Ling and Canfeng walking over, she was overjoyed. She couldn't care less about her identity and quickly ran over.

Hong Ling saw that her eyes were red and swollen, as though she had been crying before. Who dared to make Ah Yue cry? If he saw her, he would speak out for her. As he was thinking, a fragrant wind blew over. The young girl had already rushed into his embrace, hugging his waist as she began to sob softly.

"Ah Yue, why are you crying?" Hong Ling was at a loss as to what to do. Canfeng retreated first, and stayed outside the garden. The servant had already left, and under the gigantic peach tree, only the figures of two people could be seen hugging each other.

"Hong Ling, I don't want to go, I want to stay with you!" The young girl sobbed as she raised her head. Her teary eyes looked at him, causing him endless heartache.

Go? Ah Yue was actually leaving! Hong Ling couldn't react in time. Before then, he never thought that Lian Chengyue would actually leave the Tianhuang City, and leave him.

"Ah Yue, why did you leave?" Hong Ling asked in puzzlement as he raised his hand to wipe away her tears. In his consciousness, since Lian Chengyue was Young City Master Lian Chengyu's cousin, he was naturally a local person with Tianhuang City. Even if she were to go on a long journey, she wouldn't say that she was leaving!

"The people from my family have come, they want to bring me back and leave this world!" Lian Chengyue's words were shocking, but his tone was filled with sorrow. My mother is a young lady from Lian Cheng Family. She married my father from another world and gave birth to me. But when she gave birth to me, she was seriously injured and died soon after. Now, my father has sent someone to bring me back! "

Hong Ling was completely stunned, he did not expect Lian Chengyue to have such a past. Moreover, she wasn't someone from this world. Then, was there another world outside this world? He thought of his own mother, who also came from the legendary underworld clan. However, during this half a year, Canfeng had been searching for clues about this large clan, but he did not find even a single hint of a useful clue. Could it be that his mother was also from another world?

"Ah Yue, why didn't your father bring you back when you were young?" When Hong Ling saw her teary appearance, his heart shattered.

"Because with my innate talent, before meeting you, I only have the potential to break through the fourth stage of World Barrier. They don't need trash!" Lian Chengyue muttered.

"Then now, could it be that your talent has been exposed?" Hong Ling asked, he did not think that Lian Chengyue's talent would be revealed so quickly. After breaking the barrier, cultivators could freely control their own Inherent skill. If Hong Ling was willing, even if he held onto the Inherent skill crystal, he could still hide his Inherent skill and freely give out his own Inherent skill levels.

Lian Chengyue shook his head and buried his head in Hong Ling's chest.

"They haven't discovered the change in my talent yet, but because my father is now the Patriarch, they've ordered to bring me back. Regardless of my innate talent, I am, after all, the daughter of the family head who has been left behind in the outside world. Therefore, they must bring me back so that they won't be ashamed because of me! "

A flash of anger appeared in Hong Ling's eyes, because he felt that Lian Chengyue had shamed the clan and wanted to bring her back, what was this supposed to be? He clenched his fist and in the end, no longer said anything. Instead, he lifted the girl's chin and kissed it. Time seemed to have stopped. The two of them continued to respond to each other's thoughts until they started coughing.

"Cough cough cough, Ah Yue. Master Father wants you and Hong Ling to head to the great hall to meet Elder Li Yang!" Lian Chengyu stood outside the garden and awkwardly said as he looked at the two passionately kissing.

Honestly speaking, Lian Chengyu did not hate Hong Ling. Although this youth looked a little cold, he was still a good person. Most importantly, his talent was very good. Even now, Lian Chengyu was unable to confirm Hong Ling's talent accurately. However, Hong Ling's talent had shattered the testing crystal, so it should be no lower than the seventh stage of the martial arts barrier.

The two of them stared at Lian Chengyu with reddened faces, as if they were blaming him for appearing at the wrong time. Their cultivation levels were already not any lower than Lian Chengyu's. Under the furious gazes of the two together, Lian Chengyu instantly felt as if he had fallen into a cave of ice. He embarrassedly coughed, and his eyes were filled with a bitter smile.

"Um, you guys continue, I'll chat with Mr. Canfeng outside!" He coughed dryly and ran, causing Lian Chengyue to be extremely embarrassed and angry.

Under the huge peach tree, the ground was covered in falling flowers. Hong Ling gently brushed away the pink on the front of Lian Chengyue's clothes and wiped away the tear stains at the corner of her eyes. Then, he brought her and followed Lian Chengyu towards the great hall in the center of City Lord's Mansion. He did not know that after this journey, the intersection between the two of them was like a line that had been cut by time.

It was a long time after that, and they never saw each other again.