412: Chapter 412 The Departure of the Tianlang Mission

King Xuanyin lifted her eyes again, looking at Lin Yun and his group walking this way, her gaze calm.

Lin Yun walked up and performed a salute to King Blood Axe and the other two.

He then cupped his hands toward King Xuanyin: "Senior King Xuanyin."

King Xuanyin nodded faintly: "Hmm."

One word.

Neither more nor less, the tone flat, as if treating a most ordinary Junior.

Lin Yun was slightly stunned by this cold reaction.

He had assumed King Xuanyin would say a few polite words like before, or look at him with that lazy and alluring smile.

But there was nothing.

The King Xuanyin before him was dignified and proper, keeping a measured distance.

Like a standard, departing leader of the Tianlang Delegation.

Ai Wei stood behind the crowd, her cat ears peeking out from King Xuanyin's shoulder, her eyes bright.

Seeing Lin Yun arrive, the tip of her tail twitched involuntarily.

But before she could step forward, she was quietly blocked by King Xuanyin.

King Blood Axe also sensed the subtle atmosphere.

He frowned slightly, looking at King Xuanyin, then at Lin Yun, his heart full of confusion.

What is wrong with this woman?

A few days ago, she was whispering in the corridor, flirting under the moon.

Saying things like, "Big sister can personally guide your cultivation and accompany you day and night."

Or, "Want to marry me? That will cost a great price."

How is she like a different person today?

King Blood Axe wanted to say something, but felt the occasion wasn't right, so he swallowed his words.

Su Yingxue stood beside Lin Yun, keenly capturing the change in King Xuanyin's attitude.

She took a step forward, a gentle and proper smile on her face, and bowed slightly to King Xuanyin:

"Your Highness King Xuanyin, leaving so hurriedly today, we sisters haven't had a chance to properly bid you farewell."

King Xuanyin glanced at her faintly, her tone calm and polite:

"The departure is rushed, it is inconvenient to disturb. Thank you, Lady Su, for your hospitality at the banquet the other day."

A polite phrase.

As standard as if measured with a ruler.

Su Yingxue smiled and replied:

"Your Highness is too polite. You have been in Lingyuan Empire for these past few days, and we haven't been able to entertain you properly; we have felt quite remiss."

"You are too kind, Lady."

"If Your Highness has time to visit Lingyuan Empire in the future, you must come to the Lin family for a seat. We will have tea and snacks ready for Your Highness."

"We shall see. If there is an opportunity, I will naturally pay a visit."

Every word was a response.

Every response was watertight.

Yet Su Yingxue always felt that these words were like a layer of invisible gauze, impossible to touch the reality.

She didn't give up and took another step forward:

"Is Your Highness leaving so hurriedly this time because there is some urgent matter to return to Tianlang Empire for?"

"If it is convenient, my husband and I would like to see you off."

"No need." King Xuanyin's tone remained flat, "The blue fox is already prepared, no need to trouble everyone."

Su Yingxue's smile faltered slightly.

She wanted to say more, but King Xuanyin had already turned her gaze to King Blood Axe.

"King Blood Axe, thank you for your hospitality these past few days. If I go to Tianlang Empire another day, I will surely return the favor."

King Blood Axe suppressed the confusion in his heart and cupped his hands:

"It is nothing. Safe travels."

King Xuanyin said no more and turned to walk outside the residence.

After two steps, she tilted her head and looked at Ai Wei, who was still standing in place:

"Wei Wei, let's go."

Ai Wei's cat ears drooped.

She looked at her Revered Master, who had walked far away, then at Lin Yun's family, her lips moving.

"I... I am leaving."

"Goodbye!"

She shouted quickly, her voice trembling slightly in the morning breeze.

Then she turned and hurried to keep up with King Xuanyin's pace.

Her tail hung behind her, and at the last step, the tip curled slightly.

King Xuanyin reached the center of the courtyard and waved her hand.

A spaceship made entirely of eighth-tier metal, Sky Blue Mother Ore, appeared above the courtyard.

The hull was slender, the lines smooth, and the whole thing shimmered with a deep, ocean-blue luster.

The blue fox.

The cabin door slid open silently, and a light ladder extended down.

King Xuanyin stepped onto the light ladder without looking back.

Ai Wei followed behind her, and when she reached the cabin door, she couldn't help but look back.

Lin Yun was still standing there, against the morning light, his expression unclear.

Ai Wei's tail flicked gently behind her, then she turned and followed King Xuanyin into the cabin.

The cabin door closed.

Blue flames lit up at the bottom of the ship, and it slowly rose into the sky.

The hull turned and flew toward the entrance of the Lingyuan Secret Realm.

The speed increased, eventually turning into a blue light that disappeared into the horizon.

The Universe Secret Realm is born directly in the Dark Universe.

Therefore, in the Universe Secret Realm, the spaceship cannot directly enter the Dark Universe.

...

The people of the Tianlang Delegation had just left like that.

The courtyard was quiet for a moment.

King Blood Axe withdrew his gaze and looked at Lin Yun and Su Yingxue, the expression on his face still carrying undigested confusion.

"What is wrong with her? Wasn't she... How did she become like a different person today?"

Everyone, like King Blood Axe, was confused.

Su Yingxue stood in place, looking in the direction where the blue fox had disappeared, her brows slightly furrowed.

Qiao Feifei leaned over and lowered her voice: "Sister Yingxue, why is she ignoring you?"

"I don't know."

"Is she angry?"

"Doesn't seem like it."

"Then why is she leaving so fast?"

Su Yingxue was silent for a while and shook her head gently: "I don't know either."

Lin Yun stood by her side, looking at the empty sky, his heart also a mass of fog.

He recalled the scenes in the corridor a few days ago.

The words King Xuanyin had said against his ear.

The temperature of her fingertips when she held his wrist.

And that sentence, "Big sister can personally guide your cultivation and accompany you day and night."

Everything was real, so vivid that he could still recall the touch of her warm breath brushing against his earlobe when she spoke.

But the look she gave him today was as cold as if looking at a stranger.

Lin Yun withdrew his gaze and looked at Su Yingxue beside him.

Su Yingxue also happened to turn her head to look at him.

The two looked at each other, neither speaking.

But they both knew that King Xuanyin's departure today would definitely not be the end of the story.

The faster she left, the colder she was, the more it indicated she had something on her mind.

As for what that was...

There will be time in the future.

The morning breeze in the courtyard remained.

King Feiyun and Ziyi had also left separately.

King Blood Axe looked at the sky one last time, shook his head, turned, and walked away.

Lin Yun took his family and also stepped onto the return journey.

But whether it was King Feiyun walking in front or Ziyi lagging behind.

Their paces were all half a beat slower than usual.

As if something was weighing on their hearts, heavy and lingering.

Or as if something had been taken away, empty and nowhere to settle.

Only on the blue fox, King Xuanyin stood before the porthole, looking at Lingyuan City rapidly receding below.

Her expression was calm, but something was gently surging in the depths of her eyes.

After a long time, she turned around and walked toward Ai Wei.

"Wei Wei, go back to your room and rest."

"... Oh."

Ai Wei's cat ears drooped, her tail hanging listlessly behind her, as she walked slowly toward her room.

King Xuanyin watched her dispirited back, not saying anything more.

She simply walked to the seat and sat down.

She closed her eyes.

Then she let out a long, silent breath of stale Qi.

Left.

Finally left.

Clearly, she should have breathed a sigh of relief.

But why...

Her heart felt as if it had been lightly pinched by something.

King Xuanyin did not continue thinking.

She reached out to press her brow, suppressing all thoughts that shouldn't be there into the deepest layer of her consciousness.

Then she closed her eyes and entered meditation.

The spaceship sailed out of the Lingyuan Secret Realm.

It plunged into the Void Realm and entered the Dark Universe.

Leaving no trace behind.