Chapter 139: Leaving Alone

Even though the uproar here shook the earth, the people of the Green Wolf Nation seemed as if they were all asleep, and no one came to investigate.

After returning to the mountaintop, Wei Yuning went straight to a corner, sat cross‑legged, closed his eyes, and said nothing. Feng Qi, Qing Li and Qing Ren wanted to greet him, but after seeing Wei Yuning's super‑deadly scowl, they were so frightened they dared not speak.

In their impression, the sometimes serious, sometimes goofy Qing Mo had never shown such a solemn expression; this solemnity was not anger, but a genuine coldness that rejected others from a thousand miles away.

When the others returned, each wore a serious face; the three hesitated for a moment, dared not ask why, and honestly returned to their places to close their eyes and rest.

Monk Cheng Xin did not hesitate, sat beside Wei Yuning, and also began to close his eyes for cultivation.

At this moment, Wei Yuning felt endless sorrow in his heart.

Since arriving in this spirit‑beast world, although he pretended to be indifferent to everything, his heart had already embraced the world. Cultivation and longevity, everything was so wondrous. Though he constantly mocked the world's backward culture, that was also an opportunity to change the new world.

His gourmet promotion and entertainment projects had taken shape, with abundant seasonings and portrait stones ready, and he had even selected actors, singers, and backup dancers, but all of that was suddenly forced to stop.

Of course he was afraid of death!

Having come from Green City Mountain to this strange world, he was initially indifferent to life and death, but after becoming familiar he discovered limitless possibilities, even a chance to return to Earth. Since then, though he outwardly denied it, his heart believed he might be the fortunate one who, at some point, becomes a true immortal, passes through the Gate of Ten Thousand Realms in the Primordial Realm, and returns to his suddenly‑departed hometown.

To avoid danger, he has always been cautious, staying away from risky places and refusing dangerous missions; although because of Ci Mo he was nearly expelled from his sect, and when Ci Mo rose to Great Demon Lord he almost got killed, those were unforeseen disasters unrelated to his actions.

And the only assassination incident was secretly ordered by Tai Heng and Qing Cong, a mystery he could not fathom. That matter also had nothing to do with his own will; who knows how he offended Qing Cong and Tai Heng!

Later, he spent a large sum of money to cancel all assassination missions of the Shadow Pavilion; Qing Cong went to the Extradimensional Battlefield, Ci Mo ascended to the Demon Realm, and he felt the clouds finally cleared.

Who could have imagined he would fall on this supposedly risk‑free journey?

A task that a Foundation‑Establishment peak cultivator like Qing Yun could handle, he couldn't even manage in his Heart‑Moving Stage? To be safe he even invited Monk Cheng Xin, and finally Hong Zhi, Yun Yan and others unexpectedly came to assist, but he never expected to die at the hands of Jun Mo, who was even stronger than the Great Demon Lord.

"Why did I have to go see Jun Mo?" Wei Yuning recalled that moment, "She was really beautiful!" That casual glance, seeing Jun Mo's presence in the phantom shadow, had drawn him in by her graceful figure.

At that time, Jun Mo was still an unconscious entity; when he and Monk Cheng Xin focused on her, it awakened the consciousness of this demon‑among‑demons, whose awareness had traversed countless planes.

"Ultimately dying at the hands of a beautiful woman or a female, perhaps isn't that tragic for a man," Wei Yuning exhaled at length.

Such self‑comfort did nothing to ease his mood; when facing true death, no one is relaxed.

In a daze, it was already the late night before he finally fell into a true deep sleep.

"Anyway, I'm going to die!" that thought surfaced in his mind before he fell asleep.

He completely let go of his spirit, relaxed his body, and let it merge with the earth.

Not far away, the Black Water River flowed quietly, and invisible threads of cool aura drifted from the water, gathering above Wei Yuning's head.

Monk Cheng Xin opened his eyes in confusion, activated his Dharma eye to scan around, but found nothing.

From Wei Yuning's body drifted strands of platinum‑colored mist, intertwining with the cool black qi in the Black Water, surging toward the Life‑Space Ring in his hand.

Above the wood spirit of the deep pool in the Sea of Spiritual Liquids, the sleeping realm butterfly suddenly awoke, discovering that her connection to the Life‑Space Ring had been severed!

She was about to get angry and pull the sleeping Wei Yuning into the dream, but sensed a strange rule‑force moving over the host; this rule‑force was so advanced and irresistible that it still faintly linked to her, and terrified, she immediately shut down her spiritual consciousness and fell into the deepest sleep.

When Wei Yuning woke up the next day, it was already noon.

The army did not advance further; on the mountaintop, aside from the exhausted Monk Cheng Xin, everyone else had vanished.

"Heart‑Moving Peak!" Wei Yuning realized he had advanced another realm; one more step and he would enter the Enlightenment Stage.

Yet, his heart felt no joy.

"Where has Uncle Hong Zhi gone?" Wei Yuning asked Cheng Xin.

"He went to the capital of the Green Wolf Nation!"

"Why didn't he call me?"

"You fell asleep, and that's enough with them!"

"Why aren't you leaving?" Wei Yuning asked in a harsh tone.

"I want to stay here with you!" Cheng Xin smiled, looking even uglier than crying.

"I don't want you with me, go away! No, I'll go; I don't want you following me!" Wei Yuning stood up.

At the foot of the mountain, Xi Shuisheng, Xi Kaishan and several Xi Nation generals were present. All the vines and pine trees from last night had been completely cut down, and a thousand‑strong elite infantry unit surrounded the mountain.

Wei Yuning floated upward, flew down, and landed before Prince Xi.

"Greetings, Immortal Elder!" the crowd bowed in unison.

Wei Yuning expressionlessly returned their salute, and after the others stood, he said to Xi Shuisheng: "Prince, I... must leave! This time, I can only help up to here. If the Xi Nation encounters danger again, I fear I will be powerless!"

"Immortal Elder, don't you know? Grand Immortal Hong Zhi has already allied with me; the Immortal Sect will now send disciples to the Xi Nation, and we have officially become part of the Immortal Sect's influence," Xi Shuisheng said excitedly.

"That... is fine, see you later!" Wei Yuning floated up again, activated his body technique, and flew back the way he came.

"Hey, wait for me, fellow cultivator Qing Mo, Brother Yuning, I'll go with you!" the trailing Monk Cheng Xin shouted loudly.

Wei Yuning, however, activated his unique body technique, suddenly accelerated, as fast as a meteor, and vanished swiftly into the distance.

Monk Cheng Xin expended all his magical power to chase for a stretch, yet could not even see Wei Yuning's shadow.

He wore a helpless expression, looked ahead, then at the camp, recalled Uncle Hong Zhi's instructions, and could only turn back.