Early the next morning, Lu Qing'an went to Mingdi's Cave Dwelling.

Li Wensong arrived even earlier than him.

This guy really managed to get a jar of wine from Mingdi last night. It is said that by the late hours of the night, he was already slumped over the stone table talking nonsense, repeating just those few phrases over and over.

"Due, you have your day too."

"You even severed this old man's Karma."

"This old man is back."

Yet when they met this morning, he acted as if nothing had happened.

Lu Qing'an glanced at the wine jar in his hand. "There's more?"

Li Wensong immediately hid the wine jar behind his back.

"Gone."

"I saw it."

"It's empty."

"Let me see."

"Brother Lu, you've already finished cultivating all the Daos, surely you wouldn't rob me of a jar of wine, right?"

"You already called me Brother Lu, what's wrong with me taking a sip?"

Li Wensong fell silent for two breaths, then silently handed over the wine jar.

Lu Qing'an pulled out the stopper and found that there was still a little less than half a jar left, instantly amused. "Not empty?"

"It was empty just a moment ago."

"Did it grow on its own now?"

"This jar is quite special."

While the two of them were talking nonsense, Mingdi had already walked out of the Cave Dwelling.

He glanced at the wine in Li Wensong's hand, and his expression instantly darkened.

"Didn't you say you were only taking one jar?"

Li Wensong's body stiffened.

Lu Qing'an turned to look at him.

"How many jars did you take?"

"..."

"Three jars."

"Didn't you tell me last night that you only begged for one jar?"

"I was drunk at that time."

"Being drunk makes you forget two whole jars?"

Seeing Mingdi's expression becoming increasingly unfriendly, Li Wensong didn't say a word, turned around, and hid behind Lu Qing'an.

"Brother Lu, save me."

Lu Qing'an immediately moved a step to the side.

"Bear the consequences of what you stole yourself."

"I didn't steal it!"

Li Wensong hurriedly explained, "When I went, Senior was in closed-door cultivation, and nobody answered when I called out a few times. I figured since Brother Lu and you have such a good relationship, taking three jars should be about the same as taking one."

Mingdi said expressionlessly, "Return them to me now."

"Drank one jar."

"Two jars left."

"Gave one jar away."

"The last jar."

Li Wensong hugged the wine jar tightly.

Mingdi looked at him.

Li Wensong also looked at Mingdi.

After a moment, as if cutting off a piece of his own flesh, he handed over the wine jar.

"Can I leave half for you?"

Mingdi suddenly felt a bit of regret.

Why did he help these two people in the first place?

Each one is more troublesome than the other.

In the end, the wine jar was still not retrieved.

It wasn't that Mingdi was generous, but rather that Lu Qing'an chimed in from the side, "Senior, forget it. He just finished taking his revenge, let him be happy for a couple of days."

Li Wensong immediately nodded.

"Right, right, right, I've suffered so many years of grievances."

Mingdi looked at that appearance of his.

How does he look like he suffered grievances?

But in the end, he still waved his hand.

"Scram."

Li Wensong felt as if he had been granted amnesty.

"Thank you, Senior!"

Too lazy to bother with him, Mingdi's gaze fell back onto Lu Qing'an.

"Are you really planning to leave today?"

"Mn."

Lu Qing'an nodded. "Everything that needs to be done has been done."

"Don't you plan to stay in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm for a bit longer?"

"I'll come again when I have time in the future."

Lu Qing'an chuckled, "My home isn't here."

Mingdi fell silent for a moment and did not continue to urge him to stay.

He actually really wanted Lu Qing'an to stay permanently in the Mingdi Sacred Sect.

With a person who had cultivated all the Daos staying in the Sect for even a day, it would be a tremendous blessing for the entire Mingdi Sacred Sect.

Over the past half year, the Sect's Qi Fortune had even become several times denser than when Lu Qing'an first arrived.

But Mingdi also knew.

He couldn't be made to stay.

At least not now.

This man had never regarded the Hongmeng Sacred Realm as his destination.

What he wanted to do was very simple from the very beginning.

Come here.

cultivation the Dao.

Help Li Wensong take revenge.

Then go home.

That was all.

"If you encounter trouble in the future, you can come back."

After saying this, Mingdi paused, "Although with your current strength, this old man doesn't know what kind of trouble would still require you to come back and find me."

Lu Qing'an smiled.

"Senior is still useful."

Mingdi's eyelid twitched.

How did these words sound like anything good?

Lu Qing'an continued, "For example, those wines are quite nice."

"Scram."

"Alrighty."

Li Wensong stood to the side and almost laughed out loud.

At this moment, Sect Master Luo Qiushan also flew over from the distance.

Along with her was Xu Qingying.

Xu Qingying had changed into a very simple cyan-white long dress today, and her overall temperament was much softer than when she first arrived in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm.

Seeing Lu Qing'an, Sect Master Luo Qiushan's very first sentence was, "You really won't consider living here for a few more years?"

"No."

"Is our Mingdi Sacred Sect that bad?"

"No."

Lu Qing'an shook his head, "Mainly because there is a woman at home. I promised her before I came out that I wouldn't leave for too long."

Sect Master Luo Qiushan immediately looked at Xu Qingying.

Xu Qingying was speechless.

"Master, what are you looking at me for?"

"Nothing."

Sect Master Luo Qiushan held back her laughter, "I just suddenly thought of some things."

Xu Qingying couldn't be bothered to care about her.

During this period of time, she had already discovered that her Master's strength was indeed strong, and she was indeed very suitable to teach her to cultivation.

It's just that sometimes she is quite gossipy.

Lu Qing'an looked at Xu Qingying. "You aren't leaving together?"

"Not for now."

Xu Qingying shook her head, "I just cultivated the Wood Dao, and the Darkness Dao still needs a bit more work. Master is planning to take me to cultivation for a while longer."

"Alright."

Lu Qing'an was not surprised either.

The two of them had already finished saying everything that needed to be said last night.

Now, there was actually nothing left that needed to be entrusted.

Xu Qingying thought about it and still added, "Remember what I said last night."

"Tell the children that you will go back after some time."

"Mn."

"Don't forget again."

"Is my memory that bad?"

Xu Qingying looked at him.

Lu Qing'an suddenly lost his confidence.

When they were together before, he really had forgotten quite a few things.

"Alright."

"I'll say it as the very first thing when I get back."

Xu Qingying smiled slightly.

"That's good."

There was no embrace.

Nor was there any sentimental farewell.

The two people just nodded at each other across a distance of a few steps.

Yet both felt this was best.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan looked at this one and then at that one from the side.

In the end, she didn't say anything.

For certain relationships, outsiders chiming in is simply redundant.

Lu Qing'an raised his hand.

The Space Dao slowly operated.

If it were half a year ago, wanting to return directly from the Hongmeng Sacred Realm to the Nine Regions and Ten Domains would have been nearly impossible.

The tiers of the two worlds were different.

In between, they were separated by an unknown number of spatial layers.

But now, everything had become simple.

Spatial positioning.

Karmic connection.

Then using Daos such as Reincarnation and Time to stabilize the passageway.

As long as that place still had the Karma he left behind.

No matter how far apart it was.

He could find his way back.

Lu Qing'an closed his eyes.

Familiar faces quickly appeared in his mind.

Snow Heavenly Consort.

Lu Miaomiao.

Lu Zixuan.

Lu Zhengran.

Xiao Qingyi.

Li Cangxuan.

Huang Hao.

Li Muchen...

Finally.

He saw a familiar mountain.

And he also saw that courtyard.

"Found it."

Lu Qing'an raised his hand.

The space ahead opened silently.

A stable passageway slowly formed.

On the other side of the passageway, there was no golden light, no Dao phenomena, nor the top experts seen everywhere in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm.

There was only a courtyard.

A tree.

And sunlight slowly cascading down from under the eaves.

When Lu Qing'an saw that scene, his heart suddenly quieted down.

This is the place.

He turned back to glance at Mingdi and the others.

"Everyone."

"We shall meet again if we are fated in the future."

Mingdi nodded.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan waved her hand.

Xu Qingying stood in place with a faint smile on her face.

"Go back."

"Someone is waiting for you."

Lu Qing'an also smiled.

Then, with Li Wensong one after the other, they stepped into the spatial passageway.

The passageway slowly closed.

Before it completely vanished, the last thing Xu Qingying saw was Lu Qing'an's back as he eagerly walked toward the other side.

She watched for a few breaths.

Turned around.

"Master."

Sect Master Luo Qiushan looked at her.

"What?"

"Let's go back and cultivation."

"Leaving just like that?"

"Otherwise what?"

Xu Qingying had already flown away into the distance.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan chuckled and followed after her.

This time.

She didn't look back again.

...

Nine Regions and Ten Domains.

The small courtyard on top of the mountain.

Snow Heavenly Consort sat under the tree, holding a scroll of cultivation technique in her hand.

She looked at it for a long time.

Without turning a single page.

The tea beside her had already gone cold.

Nor did she drink it.

During these days.

Lu Qing'an would occasionally contact her through some means, so she knew Lu Qing'an was fine, and she also knew he had successfully entered the Hongmeng Sacred Realm.

But knowing was one thing.

He wasn't by her side.

After all, it was different.

Especially in the past few days.

Lu Qing'an suddenly stopped contacting her.

Snow Heavenly Consort didn't say anything on her lips.

But deep down in her heart, she was still somewhat worried.

"Mom."

A voice came from beside her.

Snow Heavenly Consort came back to her senses.

Lu Miaomiao rested her chin on both hands on the other side of the stone table, looking at her.

"You're thinking about Daddy again."

Snow Heavenly Consort lowered her head to read the book.

"No."

"You haven't turned a page for half an hour."

"..."

Snow Heavenly Consort finally turned a page.

Lu Miaomiao's eyes curved into crescents.

"It's too late to turn it now."

Snow Heavenly Consort glanced at her.

"Have you finished cultivating today?"

The smile on Lu Miaomiao's face instantly vanished.

"Mom."

"I suddenly remembered that Big Sister is looking for me."

After saying that, she was about to run.

Snow Heavenly Consort grabbed her by the back collar.

"Come back."

Lu Miaomiao's little face instantly collapsed.

"I've already cultivated for many days."

"What about today's?"

"Together tomorrow."

"You said the exact same thing yesterday."

Lu Miaomiao's eyeballs rolled.

She was just about to continue making up excuses.

The space in the courtyard suddenly stirred gently.

Snow Heavenly Consort raised her head at the very first moment.

Her cultivation nowadays was no longer what it used to be.

Someone tore open space.

It was impossible for her not to sense it.

Lu Miaomiao also looked along her gaze.

In the center of the courtyard.

Space slowly rippled out like the surface of water.

A passageway appeared.

There was no dangerous aura whatsoever.

Even before the passageway had truly formed, Snow Heavenly Consort was already stunned.

Because that aura.

Was too familiar.

Lu Miaomiao's reaction was even faster than hers.

Her eyes widened all at once.

The next moment.

A figure walked out from inside the spatial passageway.

Familiar clothes.

A familiar face.

With a slight smile still on his face.

Lu Qing'an had just steadied himself.

He hadn't even had time to clearly see his surroundings.

A petite figure had already rushed over.

"Daddy！！！"

Lu Miaomiao crashed directly into his embrace.

Lu Qing'an was bumped so that his body swayed slightly, and he instinctively hugged the person.

"Slow down."

"It's been so long since we last saw each other, how are you still so rash."

Lu Miaomiao cared about none of that.

Her two arms tightly wrapped around his neck.

"Daddy!"

"You're finally back!"

Lu Qing'an chuckled and patted her back.

"Didn't I say I would come back?"

"That was still a long time!"

"How long was it?"

"Anyway, it was a very long time."

Lu Miaomiao buried her face in his shoulder.

Unreasonable.

Lu Qing'an could do nothing about her.

He could only continue holding her.

After a while.

He finally raised his head.

Looking toward beneath the tree.

Snow Heavenly Consort was still standing there.

The cultivation technique in her hand had already been put down.

The two of them looked at each other across the courtyard.

Neither of them rushed to speak.

In the end, it was Lu Qing'an who smiled first.

"I'm back."