807: Chapter 85: Forming Daoist Couples, Two Men?!

Lin Yang was momentarily speechless.

If Yu Qing needed help dealing with an enemy, he would have agreed immediately.

But being asked to help break off an engagement made him fall into silence.

Mainly, breaking an engagement involved not only various entanglements of interest between the two families but also emotional issues...

And emotional issues were often the most difficult to handle.

Although from the sound of it, Yu Qing didn't seem to like the other party.

Regardless, Lin Yang felt a strange sensation in his heart.

Seeing Lin Yang's silence, Yu Qing couldn't help but say, "If you find it difficult, then forget it."

"Sigh..."

Lin Yang sighed inwardly and finally agreed, "I can help you, but I can't guarantee success."

Mainly, the biggest obstacles to such a matter, besides the interests of the other family, were the demands of Yu Qing's own family. If they absolutely refused to agree, he couldn't exactly kill all of Yu Qing's relatives, could he?

Yu Qing also fell silent for a moment, clearly understanding this logic. After a while, he said:

"I know this kind of thing is a bit hard to handle, but don't worry. As long as you come to my clan once, the pressure on me will be much less. You just need to say we are... friends, and let my clansmen give me a little more time."

"For a Heng Realm powerhouse, they still have to show some respect."

Lin Yang raised an eyebrow. "Is the elder of your clan also in the Heng Realm?"

"Yes, and the other party also has a Heng Realm elder." Yu Qing nodded.

Lin Yang wasn't too surprised.

The fact that Yu Qing only sought his help after he reached the Heng Realm proved that Yu Qing's trouble required at least a Heng Realm practitioner to handle.

So it was only natural that the other family also had a Heng Realm practitioner.

He was just a bit curious. "Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, I have a question. Both your family and the other party's family have Heng Realm powerhouses, and your trouble requires a Heng Realm powerhouse to step in, so how were you so sure back then that I would definitely be able to reach the Heng Realm?"

He was indeed very curious about this point.

Since Yu Qing had a Heng Realm elder in his clan, he should have been even more aware of how difficult it was to break through to the Heng Realm.

Yet when he was only in the Nie Kong Realm, Yu Qing had proposed the condition for him to help.

Could it be that Yu Qing had foretold the future?

He was speculating.

Yu Qing spoke frankly, "To be honest, I didn't actually think you could reach the Heng Realm back then. It's just that I have a special innate talent that allows me to sense a certain degree of fortune or misfortune regarding certain things."

"I sensed an auspicious sign from you, so I performed a deduction based on my situation. The results of multiple deductions were all highly auspicious, which meant there was a high probability that you could help me solve my biggest trouble."

"Although I didn't know in what way you would help me solve it, I knew you could help me, so I proposed that condition at the time."

Speaking to this point, Yu Qing's voice paused, also filled with emotion.

"Actually, I didn't hold much hope back then. I just thought I'd take a gamble. If it really got solved, then it would be a gain; even if it couldn't be solved, it wouldn't matter. But I didn't expect that you would actually reach the Heng Realm directly. This indeed far exceeded my expectations back then."

At this point, Yu Qing's sentiment grew deeper. "Looking at it now, my deduction and sensing back then were indeed correct. I just didn't expect you would help me solve it in such a direct way as breaking through to the Heng Realm."

"Oh... so that's how it is. I thought you were able to predict the future," Lin Yang said, enlightened.

"No," Yu Qing shook his head.

"Understood. Then when do we set off?" Lin Yang asked.

"You're in Xiwu City, right? I'll return to Xiwu City first. When we meet, I'll trouble you to take me back. You are now a Heng Realm powerhouse; your speed across the Primal Ancient Continent is even faster than a Teleportation Array. Is that okay?" Yu Qing said.

"No problem," Lin Yang agreed.

"Then see you in Xiwu City," Yu Qing said, then cut off the transmission.

Lin Yang then waited for Yu Qing's arrival in Xiwu City.

He was still living with the Zhao family in Xiwu City.

Ever since he broke through to the Heng Realm and had been in long-term seclusion here in Xiwu City, the city's prosperity had increased to an unprecedented level.

In the Xi Jing Prefecture, which didn't even have a Dao Wulou Realm Practitioner, having a Heng Realm powerhouse stationed in Xiwu City was enough to make people from the Xi Jing Prefecture and even the surrounding prefectures swarm to Xiwu City.

Not only because it was safer with a Heng Realm practitioner present, but many people also wanted to get as close as possible to where a Heng Realm powerhouse was to catch some of the Heng Realm luck.

The fact that Xiwu City could produce a Heng Realm practitioner showed that this place could be called a treasure land of feng shui.

Therefore, a large number of cultivators flooded in.

It was just like back on Blue Star; if a top scorer in the college entrance exam came from a certain residential complex, the housing prices in that complex would increase. Many people would want to live in the same complex as the top scorer to catch some of the good fortune.

The current Xiwu City had already been expanded twice.

It was even more prosperous than the capital city of the Xi Jing Prefecture.

It had clearly become a secondary central city.

If it weren't for Xiwu City's truly special geographical location, which prevented it from becoming the prefectural capital, it would have replaced it long ago.

But Xiwu City's status still far exceeded that of an ordinary prefectural capital.

Because of Lin Yang, even though the strongest person in the Zhao family was only in the Yuan He Realm, they were now the only super-first-class family in Xiwu City.

Compared to the second-class small family they were back then, they were countless times stronger.

Despite this, the Zhao family's management of their clansmen's conduct had never relaxed; it was even stricter.

Therefore, there were no incidents of Zhao clansmen bullying others by relying on their influence.

They could even be described as low-profile.

Lin Yang was quite satisfied with this.

The Zhao family had not become arrogant because of their strength.

Of course, the reason for this was also because Zhao Yuan and the other Zhao family members knew very well that they relied on Lin Yang.

And Lin Yang was only a guest elder, not an ancestor related by blood to the Zhao family.

If they truly displeased Lin Yang, the Zhao family would plummet in an instant.

So Zhao Yuan and the others controlled the Zhao family disciples extremely strictly, not allowing any instances of bullying to occur, lest it cause Lin Yang to feel disgust.

In short, both the current Xiwu City and the Zhao family had changed a lot because of Lin Yang.

The Grotto-Heaven Secret Realm where Lin Yang frequently went into seclusion was even more strictly guarded.

The Zhao family's main hall.

Lin Yang was listening to Sima Ming's report.

After all, he had been in seclusion for many years; upon suddenly emerging, he still had to go through the motions.

At this time, Sima Ming's head was bowed very low, his posture even humbler than when he first came to visit Lin Yang years ago.

Being able to personally report to a Heng Realm elder made Sima Ming feel greatly honored in front of his other colleagues.

As for the content of the work?

Naturally, nothing had happened.

The Xi Jing Prefecture rarely had troublesome matters to begin with, and with it being common knowledge that a Heng Realm practitioner was stationed in Xiwu City, even fewer things occurred that would require Lin Yang's intervention.

Sima Ming's report was just going through the motions.

Once Sima Ming finished his report, Lin Yang said casually, "Sima Ming, I'm going to the outer domains soon. If any urgent matters arise in the Xi Jing Prefecture during this time, you can contact Elder Clear Source for help."

Sima Ming immediately said repeatedly, "Yes, this subordinate obeys."

After saying that, seeing that Lin Yang had no other instructions, he slowly backed out of the hall.

Zhao Yuan was just outside the hall.

Lin Yang followed him out and said to Zhao Yuan, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, it's been many years. Congratulations on breaking through to the peak of the Yuan He Realm."

Zhao Yuan smiled somewhat bashfully. "Guest Elder Lin overpraises me. I relied entirely on the accumulation of family resources these years."

After the news of Lin Yang breaking through to the Heng Realm spread, their Zhao family's status in Xiwu City had taken a huge lead.

The resources they obtained usually were more than a hundred times what they had before.

He had indeed relied on a massive amount of resources to stack up his cultivation.

So he didn't dare to be complacent.

He even felt a bit ashamed that it took so many years and so many resources just to reach the peak of the Yuan He Realm.

Lin Yang smiled. "Fellow Daoist Zhao, you don't need to wait here all the time. If you have things to do, just go ahead. I'm waiting for a friend to arrive, then I'll set off for the Ancient Forbidden Domain."

Zhao Yuan was also even more humble now when facing Lin Yang.

Hearing this, he didn't dare to go against Lin Yang's wishes and said repeatedly, "Guest Elder Lin, then I'll take my leave first. If you have any instructions, feel free to call me at any time."

"Okay," Lin Yang nodded.

Only then did Zhao Yuan leave the main courtyard where the hall was located.

The entire main courtyard was now temporarily under strict control to prevent anyone from disturbing Lin Yang.

The display was quite grand.

It was clear that the Zhao family had done this intentionally, seemingly wanting to announce to the people in Xiwu City that Lin Yang had come to their Zhao family.

After all, Lin Yang had previously been in seclusion for hundreds of thousands of years at a time and hadn't appeared in the Zhao family for a long while. Naturally, there were some people with ulterior motives who were secretly speculating whether Lin Yang had already abandoned the Zhao family.

This display was a silent announcement.

Lin Yang also knew the intentions of Zhao Yuan and the others; he didn't take it to heart and let them do as they pleased.

And this move was indeed effective. When the people in the city saw Lin Yang suddenly return to the Zhao family today, all previous rumors vanished instantly, leaving only envy and jealousy toward the Zhao family.

Lin Yang stood in the Zhao family's main courtyard, unable to help but recall the scenes he had seen when he viewed the future years ago.

Many members of the Zhao family were lying dead in the void, and even he himself was the same.

Now he wasn't sure if it was because of the Samsara Tribulation or for some other reason.

If it were the Samsara Tribulation, it could explain why so many people died and why so many people were looking up at the sky.

However, the Hall Master Yanhuo had said that once one reached the Heng Realm, they could avoid the first Samsara Tribulation almost without paying any price.

Then the scene he saw of his own corpse was a bit difficult to explain.

Lin Yang fell into deep thought.

...

A few years later, Yu Qing returned to Xiwu City and met with Lin Yang at the Zhao family home.

Seeing Lin Yang again and standing face-to-face with a Heng Realm powerhouse, Yu Qing wasn't as calm as he had been during the transmission; he still became somewhat nervous.

Although the elder in his clan was also in the Heng Realm, he rarely appeared.

The majesty of the Heng Realm still involuntarily made Yu Qing a bit nervous.

Lin Yang had already deliberately restrained his aura. Seeing this, he said directly, "Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, shall we set off for your clan now?"

"Okay, okay, I'll trouble... you." Yu Qing used an honorific; he didn't quite dare to call Lin Yang 'Fellow Daoist' directly anymore.

Lin Yang couldn't help but smile. "Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, why were you so calm during the transmission but are now so nervous? If you're like this, when we return to your clan, your clansmen will find it hard to believe that we are old friends who have known each other since the Nie Kong Realm."

Earlier, Yu Qing had said he should appear as a friend.

But when facing a friend, how could there be honorifics in every sentence and such nervousness?

Yu Qing was stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and said, "Then I'll take the liberty, Fellow Daoist... Lin."

"Alright, let's go. You point the way, and I'll take you back," Lin Yang said.

Yu Qing took another deep breath before slowly regaining his composure and giving Lin Yang a direction.

Lin Yang directly took Yu Qing through the void, heading toward the Ancient Forbidden Domain.

This was also Lin Yang's first time going to the Ancient Forbidden Domain.

Within the Ancient Forbidden Domain were the Gu Ling Clan, the Ancient Thunder Clan, and the Ancient Flame Clan.

Similar to the Spirit Ancient Domain, there were three races present.

As for the Ancient Heaven Clan, they exclusively occupied the Superstring Ruins.

Of course, it wasn't an exclusive occupation; there were some other special existences within the Superstring Ruins.

For example, that Giant Face Overlord he had offended back in the Universe Zone!

Thinking of this person, Lin Yang's gaze turned a few degrees colder.

That fellow had used humans for experiments back then, which showed how evil his attitude toward humans was.

After being discovered by him, the Overlord had even tried to kill him several times.

If there were an opportunity in the future, he must seek revenge on this Overlord for the experiments on humans and for the attempts on his life.

"I forgot to ask the Hall Master Yanhuo what kind of strength those Overlords in the Superstring Ruins have," Lin Yang thought to himself.

However, he recalled some things Clear Source had said to him back then.

The strength of the Overlords in the Superstring Ruins was unimaginably high, probably at least equivalent to a Hall Master, and possibly even far exceeding an ordinary Hall Master.

His brow furrowed, and he could only temporarily suppress the thought of going to find trouble with that Overlord.

He took the opportunity to look at the scenery of the Ancient Forbidden Domain along the way.

The Ancient Forbidden Domain was similar to the Spirit Ancient Domain, but the scenery was more... primitive.

To be precise, it was a bit barren.

It wasn't as full of life as the Spirit Ancient Domain.

As far as the eye could see, there was mostly desolation; in vast stretches of land, there wasn't even any green vegetation.

There was even a very weak power of wind balefulness between heaven and earth.

The environment could be described as rather poor.

"Fellow Daoist Yu Qing, is the environment like this everywhere in the Ancient Forbidden Domain?" Lin Yang couldn't help but ask.

"More or less. That's why we all envy good places like the Spirit Ancient Domain. Life in the Ancient Forbidden Domain is too hard," Yu Qing sighed.

"No wonder you ran off to the Spirit Ancient Domain," Lin Yang said.

Yu Qing added, "Going for the scenery was one aspect, but the other main reason was because it's far away. My clansmen couldn't easily find me, and that area is the territory of your human race and the other two races. My clansmen and the other party's clansmen don't have that much power to act willfully over there."

"I see. Then may I ask another question?" Lin Yang looked at Yu Qing.

Yu Qing also looked at him and smiled. "You want to ask how I got to your human race's side in the Spirit Ancient Domain, right?"

"Yes," Lin Yang nodded.

On the Primal Ancient Continent, it was difficult for ordinary cultivators even to cross prefectural domains. Going from the Ancient Forbidden Domain to the Spirit Ancient Domain meant crossing a major domain, and there were some natural barriers between domains that were extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to cross.

Yu Qing was only in the Nie Kong Realm at the time, so how did he do it?

Yu Qing paused and said, "All the money and resources I had were my parents' inheritance. I was able to go to the Spirit Ancient Domain by throwing money at the problem."

"My father was once the clan leader. Later, he and my mother went to explore an ancient site and both perished. I left with their inheritance."

Lin Yang was slightly startled.

Inheritance?

He glanced at Yu Qing and didn't ask anything more.

He understood why Yu Qing had been so wealthy before.

The wealth and strength of a clan leader from a Heng Realm family were imaginable, and the inheritance left after death would also be unimaginably vast.

This way, Yu Qing's previous behavior of spending money like water was also perfectly reasonable.

He stopped talking and continued to carry Yu Qing through the void.

They were about to approach the prefectural domain where Yu Qing's family was located.

Suddenly, Yu Qing's expression changed slightly as he looked ahead.

Lin Yang also looked over.

In front of them, four or five figures were flying toward them, their auras locked onto Lin Yang and Yu Qing.

Clearly, they were looking for them, or rather, for Yu Qing.

Among them was a young man dressed very luxuriously in brocade robes and fine clothes, wearing a golden crown on his head. His face was also very handsome, and he looked like someone of extraordinary status.

He only gave Lin Yang a glance before locking his gaze onto Yu Qing.

Then, under Lin Yang's astonished gaze, he spoke some shocking words.

"Yu Qing, you've actually returned. Does this mean you've thought it through and want to become Dao companions with me?"

"Hehe, I knew you would eventually come around. After all, no one can refuse me."

The young, noble-looking man spoke with an elegant tone, though he sounded somewhat narcissistic.

Lin Yang was instantly stunned.

What was this guy saying?

Yu Qing becoming Dao companions with him?

Had he misheard, or was there something wrong with this world?

This noble-looking man was a man, and Yu Qing was also a man.

The two of them were to become Dao companions?

??

Lin Yang was dumbfounded and subconsciously turned his head to look at Yu Qing, wanting to confirm if the person Yu Qing wanted to escape the marriage from was this guy right in front of them.

If so, it would explain why Yu Qing had previously said the other party was disgusting.

"Lei Su, you're still as narcissistic as ever." Yu Qing looked at the young man, a flash of coldness in his eyes.

After sensing Lin Yang's gaze, he said to Lin Yang:

"Now you know why I said he's disgusting, right?"

Lin Yang: "..." (End of Chapter)