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Rong Feng stood behind Lan Xi, saying respectfully, "Master, I’ve heard that the development in the mortal world is getting better and better.

There are a lot of fun things, why don’t I descend to the mortal world and find some amusing things for you?

It has been ten thousand years, and the Heavenly Lantern has shown no reaction, aren’t you bored watching it every day? "

Lan Xi shook her head and placed the basket she was holding into Rong Feng’s hands.

"The most boring days are those without hope."

She looked at the constantly spinning Heavenly Lantern, as long as there was hope, she wouldn’t feel bored.

Because she believed that he would eventually awaken.

If not in ten thousand years, then twenty thousand years!

Lan Xi took out the Heavenly Sword, holding it in her hand.

It was at this moment that she truly understood the power of the Heavenly Sword.

A divine artifact indeed!

A weapon specially made for the Son of Heaven, passed down from one generation to the next.

Indeed, it was no ordinary item!

Lan Xi lowered her head, her expression deep in thought, but after pondering, she said to Rong Feng, "You’ve been practicing techniques here for quite some time.

Staying here for long isn’t beneficial for your cultivation.

Well then, I’ve heard that several worlds are experiencing chaotic orders; go on my behalf for now and see what has happened in the mortal world. "

She hadn’t returned to the Goddess Palace in all these years; her mother had been taking care of mortal affairs.

As the only immortal with Divinity in this world, living under her mother’s protection without fulfilling her duty, she truly felt she had not lived up to the destiny entrusted to her.

"Yes, Master!" Rong Feng knelt, but he didn’t rise immediately. Instead, he spoke again earnestly, "Big Bear and Ah Yuan have become quite good at cultivation; I can take them with me to the mortal world for some trials."

"As long as you don’t create trouble for me, you may go! No-return Valley is only so big, and everyone has grown tired of it over ten thousand years," Lan Xi said with an indifferent expression.

A look of joy appeared on Rong Feng’s face. He hastily knelt to Lan Xi, then left No-return Valley with Xuanyuan Sword and the black bear, Ah Yuan.

Lan Xi sat on the locust tree in front of the door, took the wine jug, and took a big gulp.

She looked at the Heavenly Lantern, muttering to herself, "Ah Qing, when will you wake up?"

"Was it a mistake to keep you by my side?"

"Do you not belong to my world?"

"Wake up soon! If you wish, I can let you go, let you return to your own world."

Ten thousand years was enough to change many things.

There were earth-shattering changes in the outside world as well.

The peak that was split when Lan Xi saved Immortal Taibai had been repaired, but a thousand years ago, a sudden storm with wind, thunder, and lightning shattered the mountaintop once more.

Thus, a secret within Taibai Hall was discovered.

A secret that had been hidden for millions of years, and even Immortal Taibai had only learned of it recently.

It turned out that a ferocious beast was sealed beneath Taibai Hall.

The seal was originally very stable, and it would have been fine for another few million years.

However, the thunder called forth by Immortal Taibai’s and the Chaotic Beast’s tribulation caused the seal on the ferocious beast below to loosen.

In the years that followed.

The ferocious beast secretly struggled to break the seal, and by the time the people of Taibai Hall discovered this secret, the beast was on the verge of emerging.

Immortal Taibai reported the matter to the Heaven Emperor immediately.

The Heaven Emperor dispatched the Four Guardians and the Golden Seal Master from his seat to assist Immortal Taibai in reinforcing the seal to reseal the ferocious beast.

Although the seal was strengthened again, it was not as powerful as the original.

Furthermore, the ferocious beast, having been tormented since the ancient seal, feared nothing; even after the reinforcement, it struggled ceaselessly.

Taibai Hall now faced the constant danger of the ancient ferocious beast breaking out, forcing Immortal Taibai to dismiss all disciples.

Only he and Mi Xi remained to guard the beast.

The Heaven Emperor and the Immortal Officials sitting below were trying to find a solution.

...

After receiving Lan Xi’s command, Rong Feng found a path to the mortal world and leaped down.

Touching the mortal world for the first time, he found it far more interesting than the Immortal Realm.

Townhouses and luxurious castles and palaces stood proudly on the horizon.

Although the spiritual energy was not as dense as in the Immortal Realm, nor were the clouds and mist as splendid, every inch of the air here was saturated with the sweet fragrance of desire and power, fatally tempting even to immortals.

Rong Feng discovered that the mortal world numbered 118 was actually a world where cultivation was possible.

Anyone with a profound insight and extraordinary abilities in this world could ascend to the Immortal Realm.

He decided to take a good look and see what this so-called mortal world was like.

...

A thousand years flashed by in an instant.

On this day, Lan Xi was sitting on the swing under the tree as usual, holding a wine jug and staring blankly at the Heavenly Lanterns in the lake.

Suddenly, a Heavenly Lantern nearby flickered.

Although it was a subtle change, she dropped the wine jug with excitement and ran over, lifting her skirts as she went.

Over the lake, the white smoke inside the Heavenly Lantern grew denser.

Soon the entire lake was shrouded in smoke, and a powerful force generated a tornado with the spinning smoke, ravaging the lake’s surface.

Lan Xi stood still, her big twinkling eyes now blurred with tears of excitement.

"Ah Qing!"

He must have come back to life.

With a radiant smile on her face and her fingers tightly clenched, tears streamed uncontrollably from her eyes.

The tornado over the lake quickly diminished, and a streak of light flashed in front of her.

Lan Xi immediately followed the light back into her room.

By the time she pushed the door open,

the man in the black robe had already opened his eyes.

His brows were like mist, his face breathtaking.

He tilted his head slightly and looked at her with a soft smile.

Her clothes were already damp with tears, and she took each step toward him as if it spanned great peril.

"Ah Qing!" She threw herself onto his chest, gripping his waist tightly, "I’ve finally waited for you."

"Sorry, it’s Ah Qing’s fault. I still couldn’t protect Lan Xi," Shaoqing felt that even if he had slept for ten thousand years, even if time never turned back,

he had never regretted anything.

Because they were both still alive.

His Lan Xi still called him Ah Qing.

An entire year went by.

Lan Xi lived happily every day because Ah Qing had awakened.

Together they picked strawberries, admired the snowy White Plums and fiery Red Plums at night, and fished and cooked together.

Lan Xi thought how wonderful it would be to live with Ah Qing for a lifetime!

To stay away from the world’s commotions and just be together happily.

At sunrise to practice techniques and dance with swords, at sunset to catch fish together, and in the evening to cook together and share dinner.

Sanqi was always a good child, and seeing his master awake made him very happy.

He always sneakily watched the two from the shadows, wondering if they would ever marry, if they would always be this happy.

For immortals, ten thousand or a thousand years are fleeting in an instant.

Not to mention a mere year.

Joy is always too brief to savor completely.

Mi Xi once again broke into No-return Valley.

This time, the ferocious beasts of the valley didn’t trouble him.

But he rushed into the cottage disheveled and covered in wounds.

"It’s not good, Junior Sister. You’d better go back and have a look! Something terrible has happened at Taibai Hall," Mi Xi shouted as he ran. He hadn’t disturbed Lan Xi in all these years.