Chapter 1337 - 395: Damn, Damn, Damn—
"But he himself..."
Li Changhong’s voice trembled slightly, and he didn’t continue.
Ji Yunluo sighed, his old eyes filled with guilt: "Now, there’s only this child left, who has been waiting here for two months, unwilling to believe, unwilling to leave..."
Li Changhong was silent for a moment before finally making up his mind: "I want to take her as my adopted daughter. From now on, Celestial Wave City will be her home. I will pour all resources to help her ascend to the Spirit Severing Realm to ease the guilt in my heart!"
Ji Yunluo shook his head: "Two days ago, I tested her, hoping to take her as a disciple and teach her the way of arrays."
"But she directly refused."
"She just wants to wait there."
Li Changhong was stunned, speechless for a moment.
"You and I have been through this, we should understand..." Ji Yunluo smiled bitterly, "Some things can’t be compensated with resources or power."
Li Changhong sighed deeply, feeling increasingly heavy-hearted.
"From her, I see my past... and even my future." She closed her eyes, her voice hoarse, "God, why are you always so unfair?"
...
Just like that, two days later, on the array platform leading to Nanhuang State, the Spiritual Light suddenly intensified, and the first batch of transporters finally arrived.
"Everyone!" Before the crowd stepped off the array platform, two Spirit Severing Realm experts, who had been waiting there, stepped forward quickly and bowed solemnly.
The crowd looked puzzled.
One of the Spirit Severing Realm cultivators was the one who had led Zhou Qing into the space passage earlier. He stepped forward and said: "I am under the City Lord’s orders and have important information to convey..."
He narrated the collapse of the space passage and how the fourth-level Array Master Zhou Qing sacrificed himself to save others.
Everyone listened, expressing relief and then looking with gratitude at Lu Yaoyao standing alone on the side.
If it weren’t for her brother stepping forward, they might have already fallen into the void.
A few cultivators exchanged glances and tacitly moved forward to bow deeply towards Lu Yaoyao.
The young girl stiffly turned around, and upon seeing this scene, her eyes reddened and she couldn’t hold back her tears.
Days later, the second batch of transporters arrived.
Upon hearing this, they, too, stepped forward voluntarily to express thanks.
This scene repeatedly played out until half a month later when the last batch arrived.
In the crowd, a silver-haired woman tightened her delicate hand upon hearing this.
Following the guidance and seeing Lu Yaoyao’s figure clearly, her pupils shrank suddenly, and her body slightly shook.
In a flash of silver light, the woman instantly appeared in front of Lu Yaoyao.
The young girl looked up at the person, quivering her lips, and couldn’t hold back as she rushed into her arms: "Sister Shen—"
...
In the Endless Void.
Zhou Qing sat cross-legged on the turtle’s back, eyes closed, surrounded by 20,000 spirit seals.
These spirit seals were extremely restrained, without a trace of aura leaking, fearing to disturb the colossal creature beneath him.
"Whew—"
The next moment, the spirit seals gradually dissipated, and he opened his eyes, gleaming with excitement.
Thirty-four years!
In this void, he had spent a whole thirty-four years.
And the number of spirit seals he had had increased from the original ten thousand to today’s twenty thousand!
"In the outside world, gathering so many spirit seals would require consuming at least 2,300 wood attribute spirit stones..." Zhou Qing muttered, unable to hide a smile at the corners of his mouth.
Yet here, it was practically free.
What delighted him even more was that the absorption of such top-grade and vast Spiritual Qi allowed his cultivation to soar, reaching the threshold of the mid-stage Spirit Severing Realm.
Unfortunately, the realm wasn’t perfect yet; otherwise, he would have broken through.
"Alas, still lacking a bit..."
Zhou Qing sighed lightly, his gaze turning to the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree beside him.
Although it could aid his enlightenment, each session could last at most an hour.
Exceeding the limit would cause bizarre "Dao Erosion Moss" to appear on the body, corroding the flesh and cultivation.
Coupled with needing to constantly be vigilant for the Void Beast’s movements and calculating the passage of time, his cultivation was always intermittent.
Only in the past two years did he realize something.
Actually, he didn’t need to frequently use [Daily Reflection]; simply opening the system panel and observing his constantly changing age could calculate the time.
"I wonder how Lu is doing..."
Standing up, Zhou Qing moved to the other side of the turtle’s back, placing the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree on a wood attribute spirit stone the size of a human face.
Gazing into the endless darkness, he recklessly activated [Heavy Pupils] and scanned the depths of the void.
"Perhaps... she’s very worried?"
Leaving a Divine Sense mark behind, he shifted to the other side.
The old hen was pecking on a spirit stone, sparks flying with every peck.
Yet it stubbornly continued pecking, making Zhou Qing anxious.
"Alas..."
Since waking five years ago, its behavior increasingly resembled when he first bought it—dull and silly, spending the day either in a daze or pecking spirit stones.
"Why is it evolving backward?"
He worriedly muttered, yet internally he was furiously complaining:
You’re impressive, you’re noble!
You brought me to this ghost place, did you ever consider how to bring me back?
What a lousy place! Lousy place! Lousy place!
Now you’re pretending to be silly, right?
Although cursing internally, he had to squeeze out a pampering expression—who knew when this ancestor might suddenly awaken?
"Good pecking, exceptionally great pecking, you’re amazing, fantastic teeth!" Zhou Qing praised, albeit insincerely.
But in the next moment, the entire turtle’s back suddenly trembled violently!
"Boom—"
A layer of mysterious aura flashed across the turtle’s back surface, spreading out like ripples afterward.