Lu Fan, holding Wang Yan's slender waist, circled in the air above the village of Shierdaogou. Lu Fan set up a larger spirit gathering array because he intended to take the spirit gathering bottle with him. Otherwise, such a treasure would only bring disaster to Wang Yan.
Lu Fan explained the usage of the guarding array and some other methods to Wang Yan. This was because the task of guarding Shierdaogou village might fall upon her from now on. He worried that Liu Ruyan would also not return.
"Lu Fan! Will you come back?" Wang Yan asked, her eyes moist.
"If I can, I will naturally return. Practice diligently. You have the talent, and perhaps in not too long, you can come find me!" Lu Fan smiled slightly. He knew nothing about the other world, so how could he know if he could return? Perhaps in the future, he could even send a clone back to this world.
"Mhm! I will definitely practice diligently from now on!" Wang Yan buried her head in Lu Fan's embrace and sobbed. Hearing that Lu Fan was leaving felt like losing her life's purpose all at once. But hearing Lu Fan's words, she found a new goal.
The next day, Lu Fan woke up very early. He walked around the villa a few times. It seemed he hadn't lived in this home for long.
As dawn broke, a car quietly left Shierdaogou village. Wang Yan stood in the village, watching the departing car. Her heart suddenly felt as if it had lost its soul. With a sigh, she thought, "My past reliance can now only be myself!"
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Lu Fan and Li Jingjing slowly appeared on Kunlun Mountain, walking at a leisurely pace. They kept looking back. Standing on the peak, it seemed they could see very far. The sky was blue, the clouds were white...
"Ruomei? Why are you here?" Suddenly, the two saw a young girl sitting cross-legged before the unfrozen divine spring, cultivating with a serious expression. It was Zhan Tai Ruomei.
"Master! Senior Sister!" Zhan Tai Ruomei opened her eyes, stood up, and respectfully called out.
"Junior Sister!" Li Jingjing responded.
"Alas! I suddenly realized that our appearance might not be a good thing!" Lu Fan shook his head slightly. The sudden departure of the three of them was not a good thing for any family.
"By the way, in your memories, am I really your master? Could you have remembered incorrectly? I might be accused of kidnapping later." Lu Fan looked at the two girls with a helpless expression. It was truly strange, how could he not remember anything? There wasn't a single trace of memory in his sea of consciousness.
Zhan Tai Ruomei and Li Jingjing rolled their eyes and stared blankly at Lu Fan without saying a word.
"Alright! You two are like different people, not humorous at all!" Lu Fan said, then walked towards Yuxu Peak.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Gusts of fierce winds flew past them. Whoosh... A protective barrier of internal energy suddenly rose around Lu Fan. The fierce winds seemed to instantly bypass the three of them.
"The Xiantian realm is indeed different! Heh heh!" Lu Fan chuckled self-deprecatingly and walked ahead.
Zhan Tai Ruomei and Li Jingjing followed Lu Fan, not saying a word.
Soon, the three arrived at the foot of Yuxu Peak. Lu Fan extended his hands, holding one person in each, and with a thought, flew towards the mountain peak.
Just as the sun rose over the peak, the protective barrier halfway up the mountain slowly opened. The three flashed into the mountain.
"Big Brother! It's you!" Inside the barrier, Ling Xue happened to see them. A flash of surprise appeared in Ling Xue's eyes.
"Ling Xue!" Lu Fan nodded. "We need to go to the small path behind Kunlun Palace."
"I'll take you!" Ling Xue said and led the way.
Lu Fan said nothing. He had a good impression of this little girl. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spared Yuan Shizi's life because of her.
The group quickly passed through Kunlun Palace and arrived at the small path behind it.
"Big Brother! Will you come back?" Ling Xue suddenly asked.
"I don't know!" Lu Fan shook his head.
"Hahaha! Lu Fan! The path you're taking is a one-way street! Once you go, you can't come back. You'll die there, and you'll die miserably," Yuan Shizi, along with Ling Chun and others, suddenly appeared behind Ling Xue and said arrogantly to Lu Fan.
"Hmph! Is it because I killed your master's clone? Do you think your master can kill me?" Lu Fan sneered dismissively and turned to enter the small path.
"Wait... wait... wait for me.... Kid! Wait for me!" Suddenly, a voice came, and the disheveled old Taoist ran over, panting.
"Old fellow! What are you doing here?" Lu Fan was completely bewildered. Why had this old fellow come too?
"Kid! I've helped you a lot, you can't be heartless! If you're going to the Immortal Realm, you must take me! Since you're already taking two little burdens, you don't lack one more!" Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... The disheveled old Taoist shamelessly ran ahead of Lu Fan, acting as if he had to be taken whether Lu Fan wanted to or not.
"Damn... when one person achieves enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend!" Yuan Shizi beside them almost spat blood. When his master achieved enlightenment, why didn't he think of bringing them along? What a miscalculation!
Lu Fan was also speechless. He had only heard of people freeloading meals or rides, but he had never heard of someone freeloading ascension! He was truly puzzled. Aren't you afraid of heights? How did you climb up such a high mountain? No, that's not right! How did you enter that barrier?
Never mind, Lu Fan was too lazy to ask. Anyway, this old fellow never spoke the truth.
The group walked forward along the small path.
Behind them, Yuan Shizi and the others watched as Lu Fan and his group gradually disappeared at the end of the path and were gone.
However, Lu Fan and his group were puzzled. The path didn't look very far, yet the group had been walking for a long time! Looking back, Yuan Shizi and the others were nowhere to be seen, but the distance ahead still seemed just as far.
"Master! That girl named Ling Xue secretly likes you!" Jingjing suddenly said.
"Uh... do you think walking like this is boring and want to liven things up? But this isn't funny at all," Lu Fan said with a black line on his forehead.
"This is a path with no end, isn't it? How much longer do we have to walk?" Zhan Tai Ruomei suddenly said.
"Perhaps walking like this is too slow. Should we fly?" The disheveled old Taoist muttered from behind.
Whoosh... Zhan Tai Ruomei and Li Jingjing, who were walking in front, suddenly stopped and looked back at Lu Fan. The disheveled old Taoist behind them also looked at Lu Fan.
"What do you mean? Why are you all looking at me? Do you expect me to carry all three of you alone? Do you think this is outer space where you can float without effort?" Lu Fan's eyes widened. Even if he was already in the Xiantian realm, he couldn't carry three people and fly, could he? That would exhaust him to death!
"Then... let's just walk slowly!" Li Jingjing rolled her eyes, lowered her head, and turned around.
"Alright! I'll take two of you, and old fellow, you walk slowly behind me!" Suddenly, Lu Fan grabbed Zhan Tai Ruomei and Li Jingjing's arms and leaped into the air. He looked back and shouted triumphantly at the disheveled old Taoist.
However, before he could even let out a laugh, he felt his ankle being grabbed by something. He looked down and saw the disheveled old Taoist hugging his ankle, a smug and lewd smile on his face.
"Ah... old fellow!" Lu Fan suddenly cried out, feeling as if his leg had been filled with lead, and he instantly plummeted downwards.
Whoosh, whoosh... At the same time, the sound of wind whistling past his ears. He looked down... Holy crap...! The small path had disappeared. The group seemed to have fallen into an abyss.