Chapter 480: Yan Xiaoru Never Gets Jealous
"...Aren't you going with her?"
Yan Xiaoru's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
Li Muyang, who was standing on the high platform looking out, turned around abruptly, only to realize that Yan Xiaoru had arrived by his side without him noticing.
At the distant valley exit, the Young Sect Master of Hehuan Sect was saying farewell to a good friend.
Shen Yan, who had revealed herself to the world as the Blood Lotus Saintess, was now about to leave the secluded valley and set out across the Misty Sea towards the far-off land she had spoken of.
Yan Xiaoru's expression was indifferent, but her words were full of teasing.
Li Muyang was momentarily lost for words, and after several seconds of silence, he shook his head.
"To cross the Misty Sea... Is that really something within human capabilities?"
The distant Dragon Spirit Fairy, the near Taoist Sage of Tianyuan Continent's Green Leaves.
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Yet Shen Yan plans to lead the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect across the sea, and Li Muyang can't help but see it as a path to certain death.
Seeing that Li Muyang was being dead serious and not picking up on her teasing, Yan Xiaoru blinked, feeling somewhat bored with her own jest.
But after thinking for a moment, she still spoke up.
"Even if you're not going with her, you should at least say goodbye."
Yan Xiaoru softly said, "This departure of hers may be the last time you ever see each other."
"If there's something you're holding back, you might never get another chance in this lifetime."
Yan Xiaoru clearly thought that crossing the Misty Sea was a perilous uncertainty.
Li Muyang shot her a glance and said, "You're being quite generous, not showing a hint of jealousy..."
His remark made the usually detached Yan Xiaoru's lips curve up ever so slightly.
She glanced at Li Muyang with her characteristic indifference, a slight smile on her face, "What good would jealousy do me? After all, I won't live much longer and am destined not to stay with you till the end."
"You are favored by the red string of fate, with a plethora of romantic encounters."
"If just any woman could make me jealous, I would die with my eyes unshut."
Yan Xiaoru said very detachedly, "Anyway, if you have something to say, just go ahead and say it, don't worry about me."
"I was serious about what I said before, you're welcome to take on a few more concubines to attend to me, I don't mind."
Having said this, Yan Xiaoru's figure vanished, her departure as silent and fluid as her arrival.
Her appearance this time was indeed to persuade Li Muyang to say his farewells.
As she claimed, Yan Xiaoru genuinely didn't mind if Li Muyang sought other women.
But as he watched her leave, Li Muyang could not help but sigh.
He indeed had something he wanted to say to Shen Yan, but it was not a matter of romantic love.
He just wanted to know the location of the Blood Lotus Sect Ancestral Master's cave dwelling.
Given his current relationship with Shen Yan, even if he approached to inquire now, it was highly likely he would not get an answer.
Shen Yan was very disappointed in him.
She had thought she had met a man of outstanding vision, someone with the same lofty aspirations, a man of passion. She was even willing to temporarily set aside the deep vengeance of the Blood Lotus Sect's destruction and wanted to take Li Muyang with her before she left across the sea.
But in the end, she discovered that everything was but a pretense from Li Muyang.
The Li Muyang in Tianjiao City, full of righteousness and opposition to tyranny, was just a facade to deceive her.
After everything was revealed at the banquet yesterday, Shen Yan's eyes brimmed with extreme disappointment.
The woeful and heartbroken look on the woman's face made even Li Muyang, a man with exceptionally thick skin, feel somewhat unbearable.
An inexplicable sense of guilt surged within him.
He hadn't expected that Shen Yan, a woman of such high intelligence, would really trust him to such an extent... Alas...
Now, standing on the high platform of the secluded valley, he watched as the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect departed into the distance.
Li Muyang hesitated for a long time, but ultimately, he didn't step forward to say goodbye.
Shen Yan was so disappointed in him; it was impossible for her to reveal the location of the Ancestral Master's cave dwelling to someone like him, a lackey of the Demon Sect.
If he wanted to find the Ink Fairy's cave dwelling, he could only rely on himself.
From a distance, he watched as the Blood Lotus Sect, under Shen Yan's lead, left the secluded valley and headed towards the outside of the Hehuan Sect; Li Muyang turned to leave as well.
But just as he turned, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of the figure of the white-haired man, Xie Liuyun.
This Protector of the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, whose presence had been undetected, now stood not far from him on the high platform overlooking the departing Blood Lotus Sect.
As he watched the departure of the Blood Lotus Sect believers, Xie Liuyun folded his hands behind his back and spoke to himself.
"...The land where the Blood Lotus Saintess is headed is far from some earthly paradise."
On the quiet high platform, Li Muyang and Xie Liuyun were the only two present.
This powerful entity who took the guise of Ghost Lodging Seven, who was unknown within the chat group but secretly wielded an Ancient Immortal Artifact, now calmly narrated.
"That land is indeed scarce in cultivators, a realm of mortals."
"But that's because an extremely powerful supreme being pressed down on that world with his mighty power for a thousand years, sweeping clean all demons and evil spirits from that heaven and earth."
"It was his suppression that ensured peace across the Four Seas and the extinction of demons."
"Yet, not long ago, this supreme being who suppressed the world left for some reason. Now the far side of the Misty Sea is seething with dark undercurrents, demons are resurfacing, and even more terrifying, primordial evil spirits attempt to descend upon the world, making it extremely dangerous."
"In such circumstances, for the Blood Lotus Saintess to lead her followers across the sea..."
Xie Liuyun shook his head and said, "This journey is fraught with danger."
Xie Liuyun, being Ghost Lodging Seven, naturally knew the news of the Tianyuan Continent.
After all, the chat group did include a Blood Demon Saintess who hailed from the Tianyuan Continent.
However, standing on the high platform, Li Muyang looked at the white-haired handsome man with surprise, not knowing why he had chosen to share this information with him.
Noticing Li Muyang's gaze, Xie Liuyun smiled.
"...No particular reason, just making conversation with you."
"You have a keen spiritual sense, a very rare talent, which I quite like."
"If possible, I really hope you would consider joining the Hehuan Sect."
"If you come to the Hehuan Sect, I would personally recommend you, and ensure the Sect Master accepts you as a Direct Disciple, and you would be allowed to choose a stunning beauty from our Sect to be your wife."
Xie Liuyun let out a hearty laugh as he came over, patted Li Muyang on the shoulder, and said, "Think about it, my friend, I'm quite sincere."
This guy, he actually came to recruit Li Muyang?
Li Muyang looked at Xie Liuyun's departing figure with a strange expression, not expecting himself to receive such high regard from Ghost Lodging Seven.
And to have offered up such generous conditions to have him switch allegiance... tsk...
To be honest, if he didn't have the system, he might actually be tempted.
But everything Ghost Lodging Seven said was the truth.
The current situation in Tianyuan Continent is unpredictable and dangerous; Shen Yan, with her great hopes, is heading over the sea, but once she actually sees the state of the Tianyuan Continent... she will probably be even more disappointed, right?
Li Muyang let out a sigh and turned to leave.
The matter with the Hehuan Sect had concluded, and it was time for him to begin his return journey.
Although the debate conference had just ended and the results had not been announced, he didn't want to delay any longer.
He planned to explore Fairy Watching Valley to see if he could find any information on the Ink Fairy's cave dwelling.
The current clues suggested that the cave dwelling of the Ink Fairy should indeed lie within Fairy Watching Valley.