"Chu Lingwei."
"What, your name is Chu Lingwei?" Lin Wan'er was shocked to hear the name.
"What's there to be surprised about?" Chu Lingwei glanced sideways. Had her name reached a point where everyone knew it?
Lin Wan'er nodded vigorously, looking at Chu Lingwei excitedly. "Are you really Chu Lingwei?"
Chu Lingwei looked at Lin Wan'er's excitement, feeling uninterested. If she had known this would happen, she might as well have stayed in her room drinking tea with her senior brother.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, I can't believe I actually met you. This is wonderful." Lin Wan'er stepped forward, peering intently at Chu Lingwei's face. "So, you were hiding your appearance."
There was no reply.
"Why would you go to Songcheng? There's nothing left there now." Lin Wan'er, completely unfazed by Chu Lingwei's coldness, continued to speak to herself. "We went to Songcheng to examine the residual formations there."
"Have you been to Songcheng before?"
It was likely that cultivators across the entire Xuan Tian Continent knew about what had happened in Songcheng.
"No, but my senior brothers have been there, and some even obtained magical artifacts in Songcheng." Lin Wan'er said, her voice filled with excitement. "You wouldn't know, the magical artifacts that came out of Songcheng are much more powerful than those we make ourselves."
"With such a major event happening there, could any magical artifacts still remain?"
Even if they did, she figured they would no longer be usable.
"While they weren't completely preserved, some of the materials used for the magical artifacts are extremely rare. Crafting new magical artifacts with these materials makes them somewhat superior to ordinary ones."
Lin Wan'er's eyes filled with longing. "I hope I can be as lucky as my senior brothers and find a magical artifact."
Chu Lingwei thought of the tens of thousands of magical artifacts in the Songcheng Tower and felt a sense of pity.
"Perhaps you might actually find a magical artifact."
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Chu. I'll take your good wishes to heart. Once I reach Songcheng, I will specifically search for magical artifacts." Lin Wan'er's eyes were filled with determination, as if this time, she would truly find one.
"This young lady is quite interesting."
Just then, Illusion Cat's voice reached Chu Lingwei's ears. "Truly, to the point of being fake."
Chu Lingwei pursed her lips and smiled lightly. The acting of this female cultivator couldn't even fool a spiritual beast, yet she dared to try and fool her. It seemed that she was considered easy to deceive in this woman's eyes.
"Weiwei, let's not talk to people like this."
Feng Ming jumped into Chu Lingwei's arms and glared at Lin Wan'er, warning her to leave quickly.
"Your spiritual beast is back." Lin Wan'er looked at Feng Ming, noting how spirited the little spiritual beast was.
"Yes, my spiritual beast is back. I'll be going now then." Chu Lingwei, carrying her spiritual beast, walked back towards the room.
"Junior Sister, back so soon?"
Leng Xingzhi had not left. He was still sitting by the window, drinking tea. He knew Chu Lingwei would return soon.
"Senior Brother, you didn't happen to know I'd be back so quickly, did you?" Chu Lingwei sat down opposite Leng Xingzhi, feeling utterly bored. The two female cultivators she had met outside were equally dull.
"How could I?"
"Weiwei, he definitely knew you'd be back so soon." Feng Ming's voice reached Chu Lingwei's ears. "When he saw you just now, there was understanding in his eyes, so he must have known what just happened outside."
Feng Ming couldn't control its heart. It hated seeing anyone deceive Weiwei.
Hearing Feng Ming's words, Chu Lingwei couldn't help but laugh. It seemed Feng Ming had not yet witnessed Senior Brother's capabilities and would continue to find fault with him.
"Senior Brother, how are the Meng family doing?"
Songcheng belonged to the Meng family, and the island's protective array was also reinforced by them. If they wanted to escape, it would be easier for them than for other cultivators.
"Some people have escaped and are preparing to make a comeback."
"What about Meng Qinghe?"
Hearing the name, Leng Xingzhi's hand trembled slightly. He nodded. "Mm, he is now the head of the Meng family."
"He actually became the head of the Meng family."
Chu Lingwei murmured to herself, was this considered too much luck?
"Weiwei, don't think about him anymore." Leng Xingzhi's voice held a hint of coldness. He didn't want to hear this person's name mentioned by Weiwei.
"Yes, I was just asking casually." Chu Lingwei pursed her lips and smiled. Ever since leaving the Demon Realm, her senior brother had become a bit domineering and even a little petty.
For ten consecutive days, Chu Lingwei did not leave her room, focusing entirely on her cultivation.
"Weiwei, we've arrived."
Feng Ming looked at the focused Weiwei, reluctant to disturb her.
"Mm, where's Senior Brother?"
"He left ahead of us. He asked us to protect you well." Illusion Cat answered first. "Senior Brother left before the ship even docked. Knowing you were cultivating, he didn't come to disturb you."
Left ahead.
It seemed Senior Brother had other matters to attend to here.
"Let's go too, and see the current state of Songcheng."
Stepping off the ship, Chu Lingwei looked at Songcheng before her, utterly surprised.
Her Songcheng in the past was a ruin. However, this time, she had completely misjudged.
Apart from being slightly dilapidated, there was no indication of the devastating explosion that had occurred here not too long ago.
The port, ships, cultivators, inns, and various small stalls – everything was present.
It was like a sect's marketplace, even more prosperous than those.
"I didn't expect this place to recover so quickly." Illusion Cat was also astonished, finding it truly miraculous.
"Perhaps, some people didn't want this place to be destroyed."
Chu Lingwei and the others disembarked at the port and walked directly onto Songcheng's main street.
Everything here had been rebuilt. All the shops were brand new, even the Songcheng Tower. However, the Songcheng Tower now had a new owner.
"Weiwei, should we find an inn to stay in first?"
This place was completely different from what they had imagined. Finding the lost magical artifacts from Songcheng Tower in such a prosperous area would be extremely difficult.
"There's no rush. We can look around first and see if there's anything unusual."
Feng Ming loved shopping the most. With a cheer, it happily ran ahead.
"Feng Ming's temperament is still the same as before, unchanged at all." Illusion Cat followed behind Chu Lingwei, complaining softly. Despite being punished so severely, it acted as if nothing had happened.
"If its temperament changed, that would be a major problem."
Chu Lingwei smiled along with it. She liked seeing Feng Ming's feisty nature; it made her feel real.
"Go follow her and make sure she doesn't cause trouble."
"Okay."
Illusion Cat quickly followed. With Feng Ming's current cultivation, it might not be able to defeat everyone.
"Miss, please wait a moment."
Just then, someone lightly tapped her shoulder.
Chu Lingwei's expression turned serious. Someone had approached, and she hadn't sensed it at all.
"Who are you?" Turning around, she saw an old man looking at her with a smile.