Wu Wang poked her head out from behind Shen Qing. Seeing the gravel and broken stones all over the ground, she asked in confusion, "This looks like the aftermath of a spiritual beast going berserk. But this is the mortal realm. It shouldn't be like this, right?"
Shen Qing frowned, a hint of worry rising in her heart.
After reaching the Void Refinement stage, she could keenly sense that the residual spiritual power here belonged to Li Xian.
It was Li Xian who had turned the yard into this mess.
But why did Li Xian smash this place like this?
Shen Qing couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she thought. She just wanted to find Li Xian quickly to see what had happened to Hong Zhaoyang and the others.
But before Shen Qing could spread out her spiritual sense, a flash appeared in front of her eyes, and she saw Li Xian with blood - red eyes, his hair disheveled, appearing right in front of her.
As soon as Li Xian saw Shen Qing, the scarlet in his eyes immediately disappeared and returned to normal. His originally violent expression instantly turned into one of grievance.
Seeing the wounds on Li Xian's body, Shen Qing frowned and stepped forward quickly, asking, "What happened to you? Who beat you up? Tell me, and I'll avenge you!"
Li Xian put down the sword in his hand, and the Chenxi Sword clanged to the ground.
Then Li Xian suddenly hugged Shen Qing tightly, his voice filled with the joy of regaining what was lost, "Shen Qing! Why did you suddenly disappear? Do you know how worried I was?"
Shen Qing was held tightly by Li Xian. His hands were like iron, tightly shackling her, almost making it hard for Shen Qing to breathe.
Just as Shen Qing was about to say something, she felt Li Xian's body trembling slightly, and his heart was pounding extremely fast.
She then remembered that when she entered the space, she had seemingly disappeared out of thin air. No wonder Li Xian was so worried.
So with a hint of guilt, Shen Qing stroked Li Xian's back in a soothing manner and said softly, "I'm sorry... It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to inform you. I made you worried. It's my fault."
Li Xian buried his head in the crook of Shen Qing's neck. All the uneasiness and fear during this period finally dissipated when he saw Shen Qing.
During this time, he couldn't find Shen Qing. He thought she had been captured by the people from the Main God's Temple or the Demon Realm. He went crazy looking for her everywhere.
Hong Zhaoyang and Xue Ling were accidentally injured by Li Xian while trying to stop the crazy Li Xian, with bruises all over their bodies.
Finally, the Ling family couldn't stand it anymore and sent many clan members over. But at this time, Li Xian suddenly broke through to the late Nascent Soul stage and advanced to the Deity Transformation stage.
This made it even more impossible for the Ling family to stop Li Xian. Fortunately, when Li Xian advanced, he had to undergo the thunder tribulation. The Ling family had to urgently transfer Li Xian to a forest a hundred miles away from Shangjing, allowing the common people to escape.
However, the spiritual power in the mortal realm was rather scarce. The Ling family used many treasures to protect Li Xian and help him successfully survive the tribulation.
Li Xian had just gone through the tribulation not long ago, and his body was still very weak. Xue Ling and Hong Zhaoyang were taking him to Kunlun Mountain, planning to let him go back to the Nine Desolate Continent to recuperate.
But Li Xian keenly sensed Shen Qing's aura appearing in Shangjing, so he used a teleportation talisman and returned to Shangjing.
Xue Ling and Hong Zhaoyang were left far behind by Li Xian.
After a while, Li Xian raised his head, his eyes red - rimmed, looking as if he had suffered great grievances, "Don't do this again next time."
Shen Qing quickly nodded in agreement.
But thinking of the corpses in the temple, Shen Qing quickly asked about Xue Ling's whereabouts. After learning that Xue Ling had been left behind by Li Xian, she pulled Li Xian and was about to go look for Xue Ling.
This made Li Xian secretly hate Xue Ling. Although he knew that Shen Qing was doing it for official business, he still couldn't help feeling a hint of jealousy in his heart.
"You haven't even told me where you went, and you're in such a hurry to look for Xue Ling. Do you even..."
Think about me?
Li Xian only said half of his sentence. He looked just like a jealous wife who had caught her husband cheating.
Shen Qing was about to explain helplessly when she saw Xue Ling and Hong Zhaoyang, who had teleported over, appear in the yard.
"Shen Qing! You're back!!"
"You've worried me to death!! Where on earth did you go!!"
When seeing that Shen Qing was safe and sound, Hong Zhaoyang immediately ran over excitedly, wanting to hug Shen Qing, but stopped under Li Xian's half - threatening and half - warning look.
Her temple throbbed violently. Then she let out a sigh of relief, but most of it was not because of Shen Qing, but because she was glad that she no longer had to stop Li Xian, who was like a crazy dog.
During this period, if it weren't for her, Xue Ling, and the Ling family members stopping him, Li Xian would probably have dug Shangjing three feet deep.
Yuan Zhao was in a critical period of seizing power with the third prince. They had to keep an eye on Yuan Zhao while also stopping Li Xian. It almost exhausted them.
Of course, the Ling family members were the same.
After learning that Shen Qing was missing, the Ling family sent half of their people out to look for her traces.
Even though many of them were still injured, they still worked tirelessly and searched everywhere.
After hearing what had happened during this period from Hong Zhaoyang, Shen Qing felt guilty and sent a voice message to Ling Kong with her sound - transmitting jade pendant, promising that she would make up for all the losses of the Ling family after returning to the Nine Desolate Continent.
Then she told Li Xian and the other two what had happened during this period. Only then did they realize that Shen Qing's cultivation had reached the Void Refinement stage, far surpassing them.
Hong Zhaoyang's cultivation was only at the Golden Core stage. During this period, she had been busy running around and neglected her cultivation. It was unknown when she would be able to advance to the next small realm.
So when she heard that Shen Qing had advanced to the Void Refinement stage, her eyes were filled with admiration, excitement, and envy.
Even Xue Ling stared at Shen Qing in disbelief with wide eyes.
Li Xian tightly held Shen Qing's hand, as if afraid that she would suddenly disappear from his sight the next second.
When talking about the resentful spirits in the temple, Shen Qing turned her gaze to Xue Ling, "Xue Ling, this time I'd like to ask you. Can you go and超度 the wronged souls in the temple?"
Xue Ling looked embarrassed, "If what you said is true, those wronged souls have already merged with the stone statues and have endured for ten thousand years. I really don't have the confidence to do it... If my master were here..."
Shen Qing also thought that she might be asking too much, "Isn't Master Bu Yan in seclusion? Wouldn't it be too presumptuous to disturb the master because of this matter?"
Xue Ling was a bit speechless.
Shen Qing was asking for help regarding the matter of the Dragon Clan. This was a once - in - a - millennium... no! A once - in - a - ten - thousand - year event. Given her master's personality, how could he think it was presumptuous? He would probably be eager to come.
After Xue Ling explained, Shen Qing felt a little more at ease.
Master Bu Yan was well - known. Although he was famous for his sharp tongue, his cultivation and abilities were extremely high. If Master Bu Yan took action, the matter of purifying the resentful spirits on the stone statues would be much easier.
After making up their minds, Shen Qing and her group planned to return to the Nine Desolate Continent first.
With a wave of her hand, Shen Qing restored the things in the yard that had been destroyed by Li Xian to their original state.
After sending a message to the Ling family, the four of them set off for Kunlun Mountain first.
They thought they could return to the Nine Desolate Continent after climbing onto the divine platform. But the group lingered on the divine platform for a long time, yet the mist never appeared...