154: Before departing, they headed to the upper realm.

Hearing Lu Yi express such intense interest in that "Young Master of the Li Family" whom he had never even met...

Shen Yueyao was completely stunned.

She blinked, and a rare moment of lag occurred in her mind.

A strange and absurd thought uncontrollably bubbled up from the bottom of her heart:

"He... why is he so interested in a man? Could it be..."

The look Shen Yueyao gave Lu Yi became somewhat peculiar.

"Could it be that he... actually has some unspeakable Longyang preference?"

But in the next second, she immediately crushed this absurd thought in its cradle.

"No... absolutely impossible."

She recalled Lu Yi's extremely aggressive gaze when the two of them had talked all night to "rehearse the script" last night.

As well as the shocking words he just said to Nanny Gui, such as "how to play with an Indestructible Body."

"This guy is definitely a genuine, and even somewhat lecherous, straight man!"

Casting aside these messy thoughts.

What surged in Shen Yueyao's heart was more of anxiety and worry.

Taking advantage of the gap while Nanny Gui was still sneering, she quietly pulled Lu Yi's sleeve and urgently sent a voice transmission:

"Lu Yi! Are you crazy?! That's the Upper Realm! It's a place where experts are as common as trees in a forest and the Laws are strict. You are the revered Saint Son of Taichu here, but there... you have no Foundation, you're unfamiliar with the people and the place, and you'll even be viewed as a 'native' from the Lower Realm. If something happens..."

She was truly worried.

Although dragging Lu Yi into this was her idea, she wanted him to be a shield, not for him to actually go and die.

However, facing Shen Yueyao's earnest dissuasion, Lu Yi looked relaxed and at ease.

He took the Opportunity to backhand grasp Shen Yueyao's hand and said:

"You're being too formal. Who says I'll be unfamiliar with the people and the place when I get to the Upper Realm? Aren't I quite familiar with you?"

He squeezed Shen Yueyao's palm and said with a smile:

"We are 'Dao Companions' after all."

"You..."

She stomped her feet in shame and indignation in her heart:

"This guy... he's clearly acting, so why is he getting into character faster than me?! I really don't know if he's truly big-hearted or just heartless."

Nanny Gui, who had been watching coldly from the side, let out a cold snort at this moment.

In her view, Lu Yi's behavior was simply not knowing how to write the word "death," being ignorant of the heights of heaven and the depths of the earth!

"Since this brat insists on seeking death, then I'll fulfill his wish."

Nanny Gui plotted gloomily in her heart:

"Instead of wasting words with him here, which might even cause a backlash from the Primordial Holy Land, it's better to... take him back to the Upper Realm. Once we're on the Shen Family's turf, won't he be at our mercy? At that time, I'll make him wish he were dead, which will also make the Young Miss give up completely and sever her worldly ties with this Lower Realm."

Thinking of this.

Nanny Gui retracted the contempt on her face and replaced it with a fake smile:

"Hehe... what a touching scene of deep affection. Since Holy Son Lu is not afraid of death and insists on following, then return with us. It will also let you, a frog at the bottom of a well, see what a true Upper Realm immortal sect is and what an insurmountable chasm looks like."

To prevent any complications from a long delay and to prevent Lu Yi from regretting it.

Nanny Gui made the decision right then and set the itinerary:

"There's no time to lose. We need to pass through the passage between the two realms tonight when the spatial node is most stable. We will gather and depart from the Saintess Hall square tonight."

...After finalizing the itinerary, Lu Yi did not stay long and returned to Saint Son Peak alone.

Going to the Upper Realm this time, the return date was uncertain, so he had to arrange the affairs at home.

He gathered Ling'er, Wu Mingyue, and Qing'er.

Facing these three girls who were looking at him expectantly, especially the two curious babies who had just arrived and hadn't had enough fun yet.

Lu Yi did not detail the dangers involved, nor did he mention the Upper Realm Shen Family.

He just casually said he was going on a long journey to travel and look for an Opportunity for a Breakthrough.

"While I'm away, you are not allowed to be lazy or cause trouble everywhere. I will ask Martial Aunt Leng to guide your Cultivation. If anyone dares to be naughty, I'll spank them when I get back."

After comforting the little ones.

Lu Yi's figure flashed, and he arrived at Leng Ningshuang's residence.

Leng Ningshuang seemed to have sensed his arrival long ago and was standing on the highest cliff edge. Lu Yi briefly stated his purpose for coming.

"You're leaving?"

Before Lu Yi could speak, Leng Ningshuang rarely showed a look of anxiety and reluctance:

"I'm going too."

"No."

Lu Yi shook his head and said seriously:

"Going to the Upper Realm, the fewer people I take, the safer it is. More people would be disadvantageous. Besides, this matter has nothing to do with you."

Leng Ningshuang pursed her lips tightly, and then her voice choked slightly:

"Then you must come back alive."

"Don't worry, a scourge lives for a thousand years; my life is very tough."

Lu Yi smiled and was just about to turn and leave.

"Wait."

Leng Ningshuang suddenly pulled his sleeve.

Then, under Lu Yi's puzzled gaze, she actually turned her back.

Her hands reached for her collar, her movements somewhat flustered and filled with extreme shyness, as if she were unfastening something.

A moment later, she turned around, her face as red as a ripe apple.

In her hand was a soft armor that was as thin as a cicada's wing, completely transparent, and emitting a faint blue light.

"This is the 'Ice Silkworm Snow Silk Armor'..."

She stuffed the soft armor into Lu Yi's arms all at once, her head lowered, not daring to look into Lu Yi's eyes at all:

"I obtained it by chance. It's impervious to water and fire, and invulnerable to blades and spears... You... you wear it."

Lu Yi took the inner armor.

The moment he touched it, he not only felt the amazing spiritual rhythm and defensive power of the Magic Treasure itself.

He also felt a warm heat and a faint, familiar fragrance.

That was the scent on Leng Ningshuang's body.

Clearly, she had just taken off this precious armor from her own body; she had been wearing it next to her skin, and it even carried her body temperature.

Lu Yi's heart trembled violently, and an indescribable wave of emotion welled up. He couldn't help but lean close to her ear and tease her with a mischievous smile:

"Martial Aunt... this precious armor... seems to still be warm..."

"You..."

Leng Ningshuang's already red face instantly seemed like it was about to catch fire.

"Get lost!!"

She suddenly pushed Lu Yi away, feeling ashamed to death:

"If you don't leave now... I won't let you leave!"

After saying that, she directly closed the door unilaterally... At dusk, the setting sun was like blood.

It dyed the entire Primordial Holy Land in a golden-red hue.

Lu Yi arrived at the square in front of the Saintess Hall.

Shen Yueyao and Nanny Gui's party were already packed and ready to go.

Seeing Lu Yi coming alone without any attendants, his expression calm and composed.

A flash of coldness and mockery appeared in Nanny Gui's cloudy old eyes.

"Hmph, you didn't even bring any guards or attendants. Have you realized you won't be coming back?"

She flipped her palm.

"Buzz—!"

A pitch-black flying boat emitting eerie spatial fluctuations appeared out of thin air on the square.

This flying boat was not large, but it was covered in complex spatial runes. It was clearly a heavy treasure specifically used for traversing world barriers—the World-Breaking Flying Boat.

"Get on the boat, Holy Son Lu."