Five years later!
Red Dust Realm, Yelan Star, a starship dock. The Gu family's star fleet from Tianhuang Star steadily docked. Soon after, golden light flashed, and the passengers on this journey safely landed.
Inside a luxurious warship, a beautiful woman sat in her room, took out a delicate brocade box from her storage ring, and opened it. A jade slip lay quietly inside, without any divine light or brilliance, like a mundane object without any spiritual energy.
But when the woman saw that the jade slip was still, she felt very relieved.
This was a lifebound jade slip. If there were any changes, it would mean that the person related to this lifebound jade slip had already fallen.
This jade slip had been in her hands for nearly nine years, quiet and peaceful, which was good.
"Xiang'er, we're coming in!"
At this moment, several equally graceful women pushed open the door and walked in. Luo Xiang'er quickly put the jade slip back into the brocade box, but she was still too slow, and her sisters saw it.
"I won, Xiang'er is really thinking of someone while looking at an object!"
A woman in a light yellow dress said with a smile, reaching out to the others, while the others looked at Luo Xiang'er with resentment, and then took out their bets.
They had made a bet before, betting on whether Luo Xiang'er was thinking about that rogue cultivator named Lang Qingtian back then. The woman in the light yellow dress bet that Luo Xiang'er not only thought about him, but also thought of him while looking at an object. The others didn't believe it, so they lost.
The woman in the light yellow dress took the won treasures to Luo Xiang'er and said with a smile, "I'll share half with you!"
Luo Xiang'er rolled her eyes at her and said, "I want two-thirds!"
"Wow, you're too greedy," the woman in the light yellow dress exclaimed.
"Who told you to use me to gamble?" Luo Xiang'er snorted and then looked at the others, saying, "What do you say, should I take two-thirds?"
"Yes!"
"This time I'm on Xiang'er's side!"
"Support!"
Several women, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, said one after another. They were already a little depressed after losing their bets, and now they couldn't wait for the person who won them to be depressed as well.
"Okay, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You're just not convinced that you lost to me, right? Hmph, two-thirds it is, anyway, I won't lose out."
The woman in the light yellow dress's appearance of 'I won't lose out, you'll be the ones losing out' made the other women even more depressed.
Luo Xiang'er accepted two-thirds of the treasures, which were all low-grade materials, but she still carefully put these treasures into a space treasure chest.
Seeing this, the others narrowed their eyes.
The woman in the light yellow dress reached out to open the treasure chest, but was lightly hit by Luo Xiang'er.
"Stingy, isn't it just a dowry? If you don't want to look, then don't look, who cares?" The woman in the light yellow dress snorted, looking like she disdained to look.
"If you don't want to look, why don't you take your hand away?" Luo Xiang'er looked down at her hand touching the bottom of the treasure chest, with a smile on her face.
The woman in the light yellow dress chuckled and retracted her hand.
At this time, another woman asked, "Xiang'er, many talented young men on Tianhuang Star are pursuing you, including disciples from great sects. Is it really worth it to reject them all for a rogue cultivator?"
As the exclusive stewards of the Gu family's star fleet, they had a high status in the fleet. Although they were not members of the Gu family, their fate had become inseparable from the Gu family since they became the exclusive personal stewards of the Gu family's starship.
Many forces on Tianhuang Star wanted to rely on the big ship of the Gu family, but how could it be so easy to rely on the Gu family?
So some people took a different approach, wanting to marry the exclusive steward of the Gu family's starship. Although this relationship was extremely marginal, even a little bit of connection with the Gu family would be of great help to their future.
The talented young men and disciples of great sects that the woman mentioned were younger than Luo Xiang'er, and much younger, but in the cultivation world, the matter of forming a Daoist couple never asked about age.
If you were to ask about age, how much older were Gu Changsheng and Houtu and Yun Wuyue?
The people the woman mentioned were all well-known figures on Tianhuang Star, but Luo Xiang'er actually rejected them all. If Luo Xiang'er had a better choice, that would be fine. The problem was that the person Luo Xiang'er was waiting for was just a rogue cultivator, and his cultivation was even lower than theirs, not to mention his talent.
In her opinion, it was not worth rejecting those with bright futures for such a person.
Perhaps this idea would make her seem very snobbish, but in this world, this was the reality!
Before Luo Xiang'er could answer, the woman in the light yellow dress said with disdain, "What kind of geniuses are they? They don't even dare to venture into the Starry Sky Ancient Road. They don't even have this bit of courage. Apart from having a good background, what can they compare to Lang Qingtian? Am I right, Xiang'er?"
Luo Xiang'er rolled her eyes at her, but she still nodded and said, "They are good, but they are not the type I like."
The implication was that Lang Qingtian, a person with courage and ambition, was the person she liked.
The woman shook her head and said no more. Since Xiang'er was so determined, saying more would be a bit annoying.
Those who could become exclusive stewards would not do annoying things.
"Enough, enough, Xiang'er, you've earned a lot today, you have to treat our sisters to a good meal," the woman in the light yellow dress said with a smile.
"Why don't you treat us?" Luo Xiang'er asked.
"Hehe, I gave you two-thirds of what I won, you wouldn't be reluctant, would you?" the woman in the light yellow dress asked.
"Yes!" Luo Xiang'er nodded as a matter of course.
"I'm convinced, I'll treat, okay?" The woman in the light yellow dress rolled her eyes at her, but she was very generous, saying that she would treat everyone to a good meal outside.
The several women who lost the bet decided to slaughter her severely, for no other reason than that she was currently living the best life among them, and was actually dating a disciple of the Gu family. If this were to succeed, wouldn't she directly fly up the branch and become a phoenix?
If they didn't slaughter her now, they might not have the chance in the future.
At the same time, within a secret realm, a figure was curled up in a dark corner, trying its best to hide its aura, eyes closed, like a dead object.
"Roar!"
At this time, an ancient ferocious beast dozens of feet tall appeared. It stepped on the corner where the figure was hiding, and the powerful force almost razed the place to the ground, but even after suffering such a heavy blow, the aura on its body did not fluctuate at all, and it remained restrained.
After an unknown amount of time, the ancient ferocious beast confirmed that there were no ants it was looking for here, and then left with heavy steps.
Again, after an unknown amount of time, there was no alternation of day and night in the secret realm, only the sound of wind and grass.
The figure moved. It first opened its eyes, confirmed that the surrounding environment was safe, and then coughed up blood in large mouthfuls. The blood coughed up was dark and thick, and it was unknown how long it had suppressed it to have such blood.
"Huff..."
After coughing up the blood, Lang Qingtian felt relaxed, and then he took out a spiritual herb.
Looking at this spiritual herb, Lang Qingtian's eyes were full of smiles.
"This is the last spiritual herb needed for the Breakthrough Pill. As long as I successfully refine the Breakthrough Pill, I can break through Nirvana and advance to the Transcendent Realm. In this way, I and Miss Xiang'er will be cultivators of the same realm."
Provided that Miss Xiang'er has not broken through, Lang Qingtian thought to himself.
He dragged his injured body back to the temporary cave, ready to start refining the pill.
But before he could take out the alchemy furnace, he felt a life-or-death crisis approaching. His figure flashed, and he quickly left the cave.
"Rumble!"
At the critical moment, the temporary cave exploded. Although Lang Qingtian avoided the danger, he was also covered in dust, but he did not dare to stay, and after identifying a direction, he desperately flew forward.
He knew that he was being targeted and could only escape.
"Damn it, he actually let him run away."
At this moment, two figures descended from the sky. Their cultivation was similar to Lang Qingtian's. They had been lying in ambush here for many days, but they did not expect Lang Qingtian to escape.
"Brother, what should we do?" one of them asked.
"Remember his aura, and make plans when we meet him again in the future," the elder brother said in a deep voice.
The two were dressed in black, wearing masks, and were obviously people who often killed and robbed. If they couldn't complete this deal today, they would find other opportunities. In this secret realm, there were many cultivators with cultivation like Lang Qingtian's.
After escaping, Lang Qingtian did not hesitate at all and directly left this secret realm. Even though this secret realm had many opportunities, he knew that with his current strength, continuing to stay in the secret realm was no different from courting death.
Lang Qingtian was a decisive person. Although he did not obtain the ancient inheritance in the secret realm, finding the spiritual herb for refining the Breakthrough Pill was enough.
After Lang Qingtian left the secret realm, he returned to his "home" on Yelan Star.
The so-called home was just built with stones and was extremely simple.
But when he returned home, he found that his home had been occupied by magpies.
A real magpie's nest!
An old spotted dove with a weak beast bloodline had actually built a nest on the top of his house, and in the nest, there were two eggs.
If he were on Tianhuang Star, he would definitely take this old spotted dove to satisfy his appetite at the first opportunity, but now, on Yelan Star, he was alone and had no relatives. Keeping this old spotted dove by his side could also relieve his boredom.
The old spotted dove had the bloodline of a demon beast, although weak, it had also developed intelligence, and its strength was comparable to the Awakening Realm. When it saw someone coming to its home, it immediately looked at Lang Qingtian vigilantly.
Lang Qingtian knew how to tame these low-level demon beasts. He first threw out some low-level spiritual fruits to show his goodwill, and then expressed that this was his home, that he had no malice, and was willing to be its neighbor.
The old spotted dove also knew that it was not Lang Qingtian's opponent. After seeing Lang Qingtian's goodwill, it relaxed and then looked down at its nest, and actually took out several corpses of pythons and called out to Lang Qingtian twice.
"No need, no need, I don't eat this, you should keep it for yourself!" Lang Qingtian quickly refused. If it was fresh snake, he would consider it, but these pythons in front of him had been dead for a few days, and a rotten smell emanated from the corpses. Normal people would not accept it.
The old spotted dove looked at him strangely, as if saying, 'How can you not want such delicious food?'
If you don't want it, then I'll keep it for myself.
Thus, one human and one dove became neighbors as a matter of course. Lang Qingtian gave the old spotted dove the low-level spiritual herbs and fruits that he couldn't use, and the old spotted dove often brought him fresh snake meat.
These neighbors got along very well.
Not long after, the old spotted dove's children were born. When the old spotted dove went out hunting, Lang Qingtian had no choice but to become the milk dad for the old spotted dove's children.
Two years passed, and on this day, the mountain was filled with the fragrance of pills.
"It's done!"
Lang Qingtian was overjoyed. After two years, he finally refined the Breakthrough Pill.
He couldn't wait to take the Breakthrough Pill and then refine it. Soon, his cultivation successfully advanced to the Transcendent Realm.
Lang Qingtian opened his eyes, looked up, and looked at the sky expectantly!
But after a long time, as his name suggested, the sky was clear and cloudless, and the thunder tribulation he was expecting did not descend.
After the revival of the Great Dao, only when true geniuses break through will thunder tribulations be triggered. This has become a threshold for geniuses.
What Lang Qingtian was expecting was the legendary thunder tribulation.
"Sure enough, I'm not a genius." Lang Qingtian was a little disappointed, but he did not lose his fighting spirit. In this world, it is not only geniuses who can survive.
After his cultivation broke through, Lang Qingtian planned to leave and look for opportunities. Before leaving, he said hello to the old spotted dove family and asked them to take good care of the house.
The old spotted dove family naturally agreed happily, and the two little spotted doves chirped and asked Lang Qingtian to bring back delicious food when he returned.
Lang Qingtian waved his hand in agreement and left gracefully.
However, a few years later, when he returned, he found that there was nothing here except for the dried bloodstains on the ground, and no trace of the old spotted dove family.
Lang Qingtian stared blankly at everything in front of him. The bloodstains on the ground were, without exception, from the old spotted dove family, but apart from the bloodstains, there was no trace of the old spotted dove family.
And the degree of dryness of the bloodstains made it impossible for him to guess when the old spotted dove family had met with misfortune. There were no other auras at the scene. He wanted to take revenge, but he didn't know who to look for.
Lang Qingtian clenched his fists. He decided that he wanted to take revenge!
Lang Qingtian left this mountain range and came to the nearest city to inquire about news.
Things progressed exceptionally smoothly, and he quickly learned relevant information, but the final clue pointed to a force called Lingming Mountain.
After learning this information, Lang Qingtian was silent.
Lingming Mountain, one of the strongest forces on Yelan Star, with a Great Saint ancestor sitting in charge, and many Saint Kings and Saints. And the one who killed the old spotted dove family was the granddaughter of a Saint.
The reason was that the feathers of the old spotted dove family were very beautiful and were made into a feather coat.
"Bang!"
Lang Qingtian punched a boulder. He felt extremely aggrieved. The old spotted dove family had not provoked anyone at all, but they had suffered a fatal disaster just because their feathers were beautiful. How unfair was this?
But no one would seek justice from Lingming Mountain for three low-level demon beasts, except for himself.
Lang Qingtian looked at the towering mountain gate of Lingming Mountain, then turned around and left silently.
He would not give up.
At the star fleet dock, Luo Xiang'er took out the brocade box again. Seeing that Lang Qingtian's lifebound jade slip was intact, she was overjoyed.
Only when she came to Yelan Star would she have the courage to open the brocade box.
At the same time, in Lanruo City, Li Beifei, along with his three wives and his disciple Yi Jifeng's family of three, bid farewell to Gu Wei, boarded the Jutian Battleship, entered the starry sky, and set off for Beichen Star.
On the Jutian Battleship, a little girl was running swiftly, as fast as lightning and rain. She was relying solely on the power of her physical body, and her speed was comparable to that of a Void Shattering Realm expert.
She is the only female Sacred Body, Yi Yi!
