Chapter 571: Chapter 179: [Return]
Ahead was a stretch of wilderness, with sparse vegetation. However, walking on the road, the ground beneath his feet gradually stopped being the hard frozen soil and slowly turned into soft mud.
Chen Yan applied a Light Body Talisman to himself, and after sprinting wildly for over an hour, he arrived at a small grove.
He walked into the grove, first checking the surroundings on the left and right. After ensuring no one was nearby, Chen Yan took out a ring and put it on his thumb.
Once Primordial Qi was infused into it, Chen Yan’s mind stirred.
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After the intense feeling of falling disappeared, Chen Yan opened his eyes and looked at the familiar arrangement and furnishings in the training room of his basement at home, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Finally back!
Previously in the Forest Monster, when the seven-day countdown ended, he unexpectedly wasn’t teleported back home, and his heart almost sank!
If teleportation failed, he’d be unable to return to the real world, and that would be a massive problem!
Although leaving the Domain Realm was not entirely impossible — if worst came to worst, he could do as Gu Qingyi and return through the Boundary Wall Array.
But Chen Yan knew he would most likely have a hard time traversing the Boundary Wall Array — he was an undocumented individual in the Domain Realm!
Gu Qingyi could pass through the Boundary Wall Array because she was the rightful daughter of the Gu Family, a young prodigy in the Domain Realm.
As for himself, an unknown undocumented person, how could the cultivators guarding the array possibly let him through?
In the end, he would likely have to learn from those "Escape Realm" people and experience life-threatening challenges?
Of course, it wasn’t that there were no other ways.
For instance, he could seek out Gu Qingyi or find a way to find the old lady.
But it would ultimately be troublesome, and who knows what dangers he might encounter.
At this moment, finally returning to the training room in his home’s basement in the real world, Chen Yan let out a long breath.
Home again, his heart could settle!
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He came out from the basement, returned to his room, took out his phone, and sent a WeChat message to his girlfriend Lu Sisi, informing her that he’d returned from his trip and was home safely.
Then he put down his phone, dashed into the bathroom for a shower, and afterwards changed into clean underwear and soft cotton pajamas before throwing himself onto the bed.
In the training room at Snow Cliff Pass, he’d spent three days tirelessly channeling Primordial Qi and was already feeling exhausted.
Once he lay on the bed, he felt at ease, and soon enough, he had fallen sound asleep.
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Waking up from this sleep, Chen Yan felt entirely comfortable. He sat up in bed and saw that it was pitch black outside the window. Glancing at his phone, he saw it was past eight in the evening.
He calculated the time he got home and realized he had been asleep for over ten hours.
However, looking at his phone again, he frowned.
He had messaged Lu Sisi over ten hours ago to tell her he was back.
But Lu Sisi hadn’t replied yet.
This was quite unusual.
Chen Yan knew Lu Sisi loved him deeply — this girl had her whole heart set on him!
He had been away for almost a month this time, and after messaging Lu Sisi upon his return, even if she hadn’t seen the message immediately, she would definitely reply after seeing it later, maybe even call him directly or come to his house to find him.
But it had been over ten hours, and there was neither a message nor a phone call.
This was somewhat unusual.
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Chen Yan thought for a moment, sent another message to Lu Sisi, got dressed, and went downstairs to the kitchen to fix himself something to eat.
He prepared a bowl of noodles with two eggs, finished it quickly, and checked the time again.
It was now nine in the evening, and Lu Sisi still hadn’t replied.
"Is she asleep and hasn’t woken up?"
Thinking it over, Chen Yan stepped outside and transformed into a sparrow, flying off.
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Chen Yan flew to Lu Sisi’s school, found a deserted place to land, transformed back into his human form, and headed towards the girls’ dormitory.
It was still not quite nine o’clock, and there were quite a few people near the girls’ dormitory building.
Many students were returning from outside, and some campus couples were strolling nearby. There were even boys saying goodbye to their girlfriends downstairs.
Standing below, Chen Yan dialed Lu Sisi’s number, but no one answered.
He didn’t think much of it, patiently waiting quietly beneath the dormitory.
Moments later, Chen Yan’s eyes brightened as he saw a boy and a girl walking down the road.
The girl had a round face and a cute appearance. Chen Yan recognized her as Lu Sisi’s roommate, whom he had met when they had hotpot together; her name was Yueyue. As for her full name, he hadn’t asked.
Chen Yan immediately walked over, blocking their path.
Seeing a young man blocking the way, Yueyue momentarily froze. The boy beside her immediately became wary, taking a couple of impatient steps forward, trying to stand in front of Yueyue.
"Hello, I’m Lu Sisi’s boyfriend." Chen Yan’s opening was direct: "You’re Lu Sisi’s roommate, right? We’ve met once."
Hearing this, the alert expression on the boy’s face next to Yueyue faded somewhat.
Yueyue recognized Chen Yan and smiled: "I know you, your last name is Chen, right?"
"Yes," Chen Yan nodded, "I’m here to find Sisi. I can’t reach her by phone now. Do you know where she is?"
Listening to this, Yueyue looked puzzled and asked Chen Yan, "You... don’t know about her situation?"
Chen Yan felt a stirring in his heart and took a deep breath: "I’ve been out of town these past days. Did something happen to her?"