Chapter 513 - 512: Revisiting the Fairy Music, A Sikong Suddenly Appears on the Way

If the rules of Heavenly Fire were not mastered, the Forbidden Skill of Sky Burning was truly a suicide God Skill.

Just a wave of attempts.

Li Jing’s internal organs, muscle tissue, and even bones were all replaced once throughout.

If it wasn’t for being in the Little Universe, Li Jing feared that he might have died countless times already.

Of course.

This is just a saying.

After signing the Symbiotic Contract with Ling Ling, Li Jing’s vitality inside his body was infinite and limitless; it would be somewhat difficult to die.

He rested in the Little Universe for a while, relieving the lingering effects of the Forbidden Skill of Sky Burning.

Li Jing took out the Smoke Eye, made it return to its original form, and put it on. Then he went back to the Immortal Domain, glanced in the direction of Phoenix Sun County, and tore open a space crack to the Immortal Music Palace.

Phoenix Sun County, he wasn’t in a rush to go to for now.

With Yulian and Ji Qing in charge, and the two grand masters of the Venerable Realm, the Blue Phoenix, and Zhong Jian guarding, nothing likely could go wrong in Cangming Entertainment City. It was likely going smoothly but lacking manpower.

In comparison.

It was more urgent to go and check out the situation with Li Lingyin.

After all, a whole month had gone by already.

New developments could have arisen, and Li Jing was very interested in this.

Looking back.

A month ago, although he had wiped out the Shadow Demons active in the Cangming Realm, he had created quite a bit of chaos.

After it was all over, he even dumped all the blame onto Li Lingyin.

About this...

They hadn’t agreed on this beforehand.

After disappearing for an entire month, Li Jing now had to see Li Lingyin face to face and admit to his "mistakes".

Next time...

Of course he would dare.

But he should have some attitude, right?

He stepped into the spatial crack.

The next second.

Li Jing appeared in Tong Rou’s master palace inside the Immortal Music Palace.

Before he could stand still, he saw Li Lingyin lying on the ground, hugging a wine gourd as big as her body, soundly asleep.

He gave her a strange look, then snorted and covered his nose.

Looking at Li Lingyin like this.

Without needing to think, he could tell that she had heartily drowned her sorrows in alcohol and then passed out.

Right now, the palace was indeed filled with the heavy aroma of mixed wine.

This was not hard to judge.

Not only did Li Lingyin drink a lot, but she also had a wide variety of drinks.

Looking at the way she was sprawled out, Li Jing could hardly bear to look directly at her.

This one...

Truly had no sense of being a woman.

He didn’t expect her sleeping posture to be very elegant, but she shouldn’t spread out like a big character, right?

However, from the look of things now.

Li Lingyin had been leading a rather leisurely life in the Immortal Music Palace these days, else she wouldn’t have the mood to drink like this.

After a little hesitation, Li Jing walked closer and called out softly.

"Lingyin."

Li Lingyin wasn’t that deep asleep actually.

Hearing Li Jing’s call, she hummed a response and sleepily opened her big eyes.

Seeing Li Jing, she was stunned for a moment before her eyes widened. Then, like a spring, she bounced up from her spot and yelled.

"You still have the face to see me!?"

Seeing that Li Lingyin looked like a startled cat as soon as she saw him, Li Jing gave an embarrassed smile and said with a shy face.

"I’m sorry, I went to overcome a calamity unexpectedly and came back late, worrying you."

At these words, Li Lingyin’s mouth twitched and she said through gritted teeth.

"Have you no shame? When did I say I was worried ..."

Mid-sentence, she suddenly thought something was wrong and opened her eyes wide, saying.

"You, you overcame a calamity?"

Li Jing nodded, smiling modestly.

"After killing so many Shadow Demons, my comprehension was quite deep, my bottleneck loosened, and I naturally made a breakthrough."

"..."

Li Lingyin was silent, and she said solemnly.

"The Venerable of the Star God Temple, Sikong Lu, has already come to see me. You think I don’t know that she followed you around a month ago, acting as your ’worker,’ and cleaning up Shadow Demons everywhere, while you didn’t even take action?"

"Cough!"

Li Jing coughed, saying.

"Before I met her, didn’t I go straight to the Gong of the Heavy Sun? There... "

Before he could finish, Li Lingyin waved her hand.

"Enough! A man’s mouth is a liar. I don’t believe a word you say."

While saying this, she glared at him fiercely and gnashed her teeth.

"Don’t you dare fool me! Do you know how much of a mess you’ve made in the Cangming Realm? You said beforehand that you had the ability to clear the active Shadow Demons in the realm, but you didn’t say that you would be so brutal! During these days, do you know how many leaders of powers within the realm have come to me for an explanation? How much effort did I have to make to appease them?"

In the face of Li Lingyin’s endless nagging, Li Jing raised his hands in surrender.

"In order to get rid of all the Shadow Demons active in the Cangming Realm at once, I had to be a bit ruthless. I didn’t know how long the delay would be. During that time, it was hard to avoid the leak of information, and the other Shadow Demons would get the news and hide away. At that time, finding them would be harder than reaching the sky."

Upon hearing someone say this, Li Lingyin almost rolled her eyes up to the sky, but she didn’t hold on to it.

Li Jing’s methods are brutal and attract a lot of trouble.

But the cleanup is relatively thorough.

At the same time, with his disturbance, all the powers in the entire Cangming Realm, whether approved by the Immortal Palace or not, knew that the Cangming Realm had Shadow Demons causing trouble, and even the Star God Temple and Gong of the Heavy Sun in the Nine Great Immortal Gates were deeply affected.

The Star God Temple is fair enough.

As far as we know, the news that the Star God Temple’s master was publicly killed by Xiang Dong has not yet spread.

But as for the Gong of the Heavy Sun.

The news that the gate’s master and several elders within the gate were publicly killed is hard to suppress.

The death of a gate’s master is actually not a big deal.

Which day does someone not die in the Immortal Realm?

The Gong of the Heavy Sun is only a power that is relatively large and special.

People who should die will still die at their time.

The key point is that the Gong of the Heavy Sun’s gate master and several elders have somehow already been replaced by "counterfeits," and the Gong of the Heavy Sun’s entire gate is in chaos due to the control of the Shadow Demons.

This incident makes it hard not to draw the attention of various powers.

The Shadow Demons are cunning.

But that’s secondary.

Various signs indicate that there is unknown inside information behind this incident.

When it comes to crisis awareness, people living in the Immortal Realm are not lacking at all.

Over this whole month, all powers have been actively "self-checking," even inviting strong ones capable of identifying the Shadow Demons hidden in bodies or shadows.

Believe it or not.

Although Li Jing did not miss the powers and cities affected by the Shadow Demons in Zhong Jian’s memory, many Shadow Demons with not too high realms were found during the active "self-check" in the Cangming Realm. They were all lurking in some powers or the homes of key personnel of the cities.

Currently, the entire Cangming Realm could indeed be described as being on edge.

To some extent, this is a situation that Li Lingyin is willing to see.

With Li Jing setting the precedent and the major powers "self-checking,"

The Cangming Realm could basically be said to be "clean."

Even if there are still Shadow Demons lurking, they should not dare to act rashly anymore.

Opening the wine gourd and taking a sip, Li Lingyin sat down and said,

"Strictly speaking, you did a pretty good job, although the methods were a bit rough. Now that the craze to combat the Shadow Demons has surged in the Cangming Realm, it can save me a lot of worry."

Speaking of which, she let out a bitter smile.

"The relatively troublesome part is that it might not be easy to explain when Eastern Emperor Donghua comes looking for us later. He didn’t want us to scare away the snakes before he left, but now we..."

Before Li Lingyin could finish her sentence, Li Jing sat down next to her.

"No big deal. If Eastern Emperor Donghua comes looking, just tell him I did it. If he wants to blame someone, let him come and find me."

Li Lingyin was speechless.

What Li Jing said...

Sounded very loyal on the surface, like he was sharing her worries, but in reality, he was sure that Eastern Emperor Donghua wouldn’t blame him easily.

So...

What exactly was the relationship between them?

Li Lingyin was puzzled.

At this time, Li Jing spoke.

"I haven’t been here for a whole month. Has Eastern Emperor Donghua been here?"

"Not only has he not been here, but there has also been no news from Donghua Immortal Palace."

Li Lingyin responded, saying,

"In fact, after you caused so much commotion, it seems that the spies who had just arrived in the Cangming Realm preparing to start secret activities were all reassigned. If I didn’t guess wrong, the Emperor left for the Northern Immortal Domain because he received some information, and in addition to the information we sent, Donghua Immortal Palace has probably started to arrange secret measures against Greedy Wolf and even a large-scale attack."

Li Jing frowned slightly when he heard this.

There was new progress, which was fully foreseeable.

However, Li Lingyin not getting any news here was a bit awkward, no?

The remaining.

He was afraid he would no longer be able to participate and could not continue to "pluck" Greedy Wolf’s "wool" to upgrade.

All the spies sent by Donghua Immortal Palace were relocated elsewhere, obviously because they had obtained some key information about the Greedy Wolf members’ activity in other realms and went to take care of it.

Going across territories to get information, Li Jing wouldn’t even think about it.

The Immortal Realm is different from the world.

It’s not like you can get on the internet and get news about big events around the world.

The Eastern Immortal Domain is vast and sparsely populated, and although the speed of transmitting news between domains is not too slow, by the time news arrives, the proverbial flowers would have wilted.

He sighed and looked up.

"Since the spies were called away as soon as they arrived, why are you still staying at the Immortal Music Palace, Lingyin?"

Li Lingyin blinked at his words, saying,

"I stayed here naturally to wait for you to return, or else what could it be for?"

While saying so, she quietly put away the gourd of wine the same height as her that she had been holding in her arms.

Seeing this, the corner of Li Jing’s mouth twitched slightly, and he silently said,

"In that case, we should probably say goodbye to Tong Rou and go back to Phoenix Sun County. The matter of Shadow Demons shouldn’t cause too much turmoil in the future, and after such a long time, we should go back and look at Cangming Entertainment City."

Hearing what Li Jing said, Li Lingyin nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, we should go back."

Having said that, she stood up and said,

"Let’s go, let’s go find Tong Rou."

Seeing this, Li Jing subconsciously got up too.

Just as he was about to go outside with Li Lingyin, she suddenly said.

"By the way, the Master Sikong who was unwittingly crippled by you and made into a ’tool man’ is still in the Immortal Music Palace. He said he would stay for a while to atone for his sins on behalf of the Star God Temple and help guard the Immortal Music Palace. You might see her later, do you want to be careful?"

While speaking, Li Lingyin pointed towards her rounded face, which resembled a baby’s chubby look.

Seeing this, Li Jing raised his eyebrows slightly.

Sikong Lu was really a sincere person. As a top Venerable, she has unconditionally stayed in the Immortal Music Palace as a "worker", helping them guard the gate.

Well...

There should indeed be some caution.

Although Li Jing had Smoke Eye reverted to its original form when he came, its characteristic of shielding his aura did not change.

There are other people he encountered while cleaning up the Shadow Demon, which may not be that important to him, he doesn’t think they would think much about it.

After all, they’ve only met him once.

It is not enough to detect the specialness of the Smoke Eye, they may think that he has some special means to conceal his own aura.

Sikong Lu who had experienced being a "tool man" for him, knew the special elements of the Smoke Eye, simply changing the mask to a different model, would probably not fool her.

Especially since he still with Li Lingyin, which makes it easier for people to speculate.

If Sikong Lu realizes that he is not an envoy from the Donghua Immortal Palace, but the unknown lord of Chen Tang City, there might be trouble.

After a bit of thought, Li Jing put away his Smoke Eye and showed his true face, saying.

"Wait for me a moment, I’m going to change clothes."

Having said that, he entered the Little Universe with a thought.

When he came out, Li Jing had shed his usual favorite green clothes and put on a white robe. He also found a paper fan that he had bought when he was on Blue Star.

It is said that appearance relies on dressing appropriately.

Changing the color and style of the robe, and holding a paper fan added a bit of scholarliness to Li Jing, making him look like a dandy.

Upon seeing his appearance, Li Lingyin’s eyes brightened slightly.

"What should I call you now?"

Speaking with a smart person doesn’t take much effort.

Li Lingyin understood that his appearance was no longer that of Chen Tang City’s lord and that he was going to take on a different identity even before he said something.

Likewise, Li Jing opened his folding fan with a sweep thinking of an answer to her question.

"It’s too troublesome to think of a name alone, just call me Li Si, a Loose Cultivator."

Li Lingyin was left speechless after hearing him.

Li Jing’s nickname was really casual, Zhang San Li Si directly put on it really works.

But it should work just fine in the Cangming Realm.

The people who ascended from Blue Star in the Cangming Realm did not come from modern society.

Those who ascended in some relatively old times would know.

For the group of people who ascended in a relatively modern period, their names weren’t the focus, the crucial thing was their origin.

Those of humble birth often had names like Two Dogs, Four Lads, or Zhao Di...

However, a large number of them thought their names were too unsophisticated and gave themselves a unique Daoist name or simply changed them, while a small number of people didn’t care much about their names.

Looking again at the fan in Li Jing’s hand that said "Don’t Pretend", Li Lingyin grinned.

These three words directly destroyed his scholarly aura, right?

Of course, it doesn’t matter.

Only modern people understand the term "Don’t Pretend".

...

On leaving the imperial residence.

Li Jing and Li Lingyin quickly learned from the disciples of the Immortal Palace that Master Tong and her guest Sikong Lu were drinking tea in a small courtyard outside the Sky Music Pavilion while discussing guzheng techniques.

This wasn’t surprising.

Although Sikong Lu said she stayed to atone for the Star God Temple, but her identity and strength were there.

The Immortal Music Palace couldn’t have overlooked her after asking her to stay.

During the days, she could never be left alone.

Since the Venerables of the Immortal Music Palace were currently in seclusion and only the Palace Master Tong Rou was suitable enough to accompany a top Venerable such as Sikong Lu, she accompanied her.

Before Li Jing and Li Lingyin had even approached the Sky Music Pavilion, they heard compelling sounds of the guzheng.

As their steps came to a halt, they gave each other a strange glance.

The important part of this was not just any guzheng piece, it was the "Ecstasy X" that Li Jing had just mastered when Li Lingyin asked him to play.

Who could be playing this at the moment...

Was it expected to be Master Tong?

As Li Jing and Li Lingyin approached the small courtyard of the Sky Music Pavilion, they realized they had guessed wrong.

The person playing was not Master Tong, but Sikong Lu.

This...

Sikong Lu playing the guzheng very well was understandable.

If she was completely clueless, Master Tong wouldn’t be discussing guzheng techniques with her.

So the question is.

Did Master Tong have nothing else to discuss with Sikong Lu?

She actually taught her the "Ecstasy X"...

Just as they were left speechless, Tong Rou and Sikong Lu in the small courtyard of the Sky Music Pavilion noticed their arrival.

Sikong Lu immediately stopped playing the guzheng and got up to give salute from a distance.

"Star God’s Temple Sikong Lu, greets the lord."

Following Sikong Lu’s movements, Master Tong too got up, she kept staring at Li Jing, giving him not just one but several glances.

She had never seen his real face before.

The latter often wore a long, green robe as well.

However, having spent some time interacting closely with a certain person, Tong Rou was very familiar with Li Jing’s physique. With Li Lingyin’s company, after one peek, she had some conjectures.

Noticing Tong Rou’s gaze from afar, Li Jing smiled faintly, and with a "snap," folded his fan and casually gestured for her to keep quiet.

Tong Rou was smart.

Upon seeing Li Jing’s subtle hinting gesture, she immediately confirmed that this fellow had finally dared to show his true face while sneakily glancing at Sikong Lu who was standing beside her.

They had been spending day and night together recently.

Not only did Tong Rou let Li Lingyin indulge in the unique fine wine at the Immortal Music Palace to her heart’s content, but she also often joined her for drinks.

The formerly unfamiliar relationship between the two rapidly warmed up, and Tong Rou even considered her a bosom friend.

Therefore, when Li Jing left to deal with the shadow demons in the Cangming Realm, Li Lingyin did not hide it from her.

That a top Venerable like Sikong Lu was neglected and had taken a job to help someone was something Tong Rou had learned from Li Lingyin on the day Sikong Lu arrived.

She understood everything.

With Li Jing’s discreet hints in front of her now, how could Tong Rou not perceive why he decided to reveal his true self?

Looking at Li Jing while stifling both her laughter and anger, Tong Rou bowed to Li Lingyin.

"I’m Tong Rou from the Immortal Music Palace, greetings, Domain Lord."

From afar, Li Lingyin waved off the formalities from both Sikong Lu and Tong Rou as they greeted her.

"There’s no outsider here, Master Tong and Master Sikong, there’s no need for these formalities."

As she spoke, she approached them and took it upon herself to introduce someone.

"This is Li Er, an acquaintance from Chen Tang City. You can say he’s my half friend."

Hearing Li Lingyin say this, Tong Rou acted as if she didn’t know who he was and greeted him with a smile.

"So, you’re Li Er from Chen Tang City, nice to meet you."

Hearing that Li Jing was from Chen Tang City, Sikong Lu’s eyes lit up.

She really liked the Elysium X land that Tong Rou had taught her.

The key was that the piece was quite enchanting.

Sikong Lu naturally asked where the piece originated from. She knew that the first person to play it was Li Jing, the master of Chen Tang City.

IIf it hadn’t been for this meeting, Sikong Lu wouldn’t have had any thoughts.

But upon meeting a person related to it, she was quite interested in Li Jing, who "created" Elysium X soil.

"I am Venerable Sikong Lu from Star God Temple."

Venerable Sikong Lu introduced herself.

A Venerable’s reputation, what should be said must be said.

Without the cover of Smoke Eye, Li Jing’s aura could easily be captured and discerned by Sikong Lu, who was two major realms above him in cultivation.

Calling herself a maiden now would be inappropriate.

However, speaking up first was very respectful of her.

Li Jing understood this well.

After seeing Sikong Lu take the initiative to introduce herself, he put on a formal attitude and greeted her back.

"So, you’re Venerable Sikong from Star God Temple, I’ve heard a lot about you."

As he spoke, he did not give Sikong Lu the opportunity to converse with him and instead addressed Tong Rou.

"Master Tong should know that Chen Tang City and Cangmin Domain Master’s Mansion have recently engaged in close cooperation. As we are now on the brink of the next phase, I was tasked by our leader to bring the Domain Lord back to preside over the overall situation and invite Master Tong to Chen Tang City."

Tong Rou raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.

She had figured out from the beginning that Li Jing and Li Lingyin came to say goodbye.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to come over revealing his true self.

Now it seems that Li Jing was quite considerate as he not only came to say goodbye to Li Lingyin but also invited her to Chen Tang City.

She must go along for this!

She had originally planned to attempt to break into the Venerable Realm by going to Chen Tang City for some cultivation after the matter with the Star God Temple was settled. The Cangming Entertainment City was about to open, and she definitely had to check it out.

However, she can’t just go along now.

Because Sikong Lu was here, she couldn’t just leave her behind.

Just as she was about to tell Li Jing and Li Lingyin to go ahead first, Sikong suddenly looked over.

"Master Tong, if you are going to visit Chen Tang City, would you mind taking me along?"

?

Tong Rou turned her head.

???

Li Jing.

"..."

Li Lingyin.

This sudden request to accompany them to Chen Tang City caught all three of them off guard.

Truthfully,

She stayed back to "atone," but leaving so casually now doesn’t it seem insincere?

As if knowing what the three were thinking, Sikong Lu smiled.

"Master Tong, rest assured, I won’t be bothering you for too long. I only want to visit Chen Tang City to meet Li, the creator of Elysium X soil, and witness his demeanor."

Upon hearing this, Tong Rou was dumbfounded and quietly threw an inquiring look at a certain person.

At this moment, Li Jing was in no small amount of discomfort.

He had noticed from the beginning that Sikong Lu was interested in the "creator" of Elysium X soil and hence why she was warm towards him, a beginner of eleven realms. That’s why he didn’t give her a chance to talk to him.

But he still couldn’t avoid it, as she "popped out" halfway.

It must be said, she is really decisive. If there was no chance to chat, she simply opened her mouth and said she would come along...

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