Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

Chapter 358 Home is Behind Us

"How could you say something like 'I'm not familiar with a Golden Core cultivator'!"

Yan Chengxue, who was cursing and clamoring about wanting to have Xue Lan's head checked, was dragged away by Wu Yijun. Before leaving, she tried to throw her fan at Xue Lan, but Wu Yijun stopped her.

The wicked girl in the apricot-yellow dress was clearing away the teacups on the table, her tone full of schadenfreude.

Xue Lan gently pointed at Xue Tong: "My golden core was newly refined ten years ago, so it's normal that I'm not familiar with it?"

When he speaks, his tone trails off, giving off a strange, didactic feel: "Young man, don't laugh so arrogantly!"

Xue Tong suppressed a smile with difficulty and asked seriously, "So why can't you break through?"

Xue Lan: I'm not telling you!

Xue Tong: ……

After resting for a day in Yunchuan County, Xue Lan and the others set off for Yandu.

After leaving the inn and reaching the long street in front of it, the inner demon that had been silent for a long time within Xue Lan's consciousness suddenly spoke:

"I promised that little girl I would buy her hairpin."

Xue Lan thought to herself, "The sun isn't rising in the west today."

The woman's voice carried a hint of teasing: "Now you're a trustworthy young man too."

The inner demon calmly retorted, "I didn't keep my promise. I said I would go buy it the next day."

Xue Lan slapped her forehead: "It's my fault, it's my fault, let's go find them now!"

Xue Lan had a good memory and found the little girl's stall in no time.

The slender-looking girl's smile froze the moment she saw Xue Lan approaching.

Xue Lan walked over and asked softly, "Little sister, where is my hairpin?"

The little girl didn't speak, she just kept twisting the hem of her clothes, and after a long while she finally spoke:

"I thought this lady wasn't coming, so..."

Within Xue Lan's sea of ​​consciousness, the inner demon gazed at the blood-red sky:

"Don't make things difficult for her, let's leave."

Xue Lan took out a high-grade spirit stone from her sleeve: "Then I'll order one. We have to go somewhere else for some business, and we'll come back to collect it one day."

The little girl held the high-grade spirit stone in her hands, her eyes sparkling.

"Good sister!"

Xue Lan bent down slightly, her greyish-white eyes meeting the little girl's eyes:

"Now that I've paid the spirit stones, the hairpin is mine. I must not sell it to anyone else before I return to retrieve it."

The little girl looked into Xue Lan's eyes and nodded solemnly: "I know, I will always wait here for my sister to come back."

After explaining the situation, Xue Lan met up with the others waiting by the roadside and then flew off towards Yandu.

Above the clouds, Xue Lan suddenly heard the voice of her inner demon. The woman's voice was extremely cold, containing only two words:

"eventful!"

Xue Lan smiled faintly and did not reply.

How could she not understand her inner demons?

Xue Lan and her companions headed to Yandu, and the turmoil was temporarily quelled.

However, the situation at the Qingshuitai camp in the wilderness is not optimistic.

Xu Qizhou had been so disgusted by killing demons these past few days that he felt nauseous whenever he saw the deep purple demon blood.

The young man sat in his tent, his heavy, black armor mirroring the menacing aura emanating from him.

The young man looked at the map on the table, his voice filled with worry:

"I wonder how Junior Sister Ji is doing."

The defenses at Qingshuitai were formidable. Immortal disciples were responsible for eliminating high-level demons, while the Shengyu Army was tasked with dealing with low-level demonic beasts.

For more than a month, the demon army was unable to make any progress!

The young man picked up a pen and drew a long defensive line on the map on the table.

"The six cities in the desolate region that were recovered behind us only had one harvest of grain this year."

A clear, gentle female voice came from behind him, seemingly sharing a deep connection with him:

"There is absolutely no reason to recover something today only to lose it tomorrow."

Xu Qizhou looked at the white-haired woman who came out from behind him and smiled gently: "Wu Shuang is right."

Now that the human army has reached the desolate region, it is a do-or-die situation, with no possibility of retreat.

"Senior Brother Xu! The latest wave of demonic tides has been defeated."

A hearty voice came from outside the tent, and Zhu He, dressed in black armor, entered, his greatsword slung over his shoulder stained with dark blood.

Xu Qizhou felt a churning in his stomach, but he forced himself not to show it.

The young man stepped forward and patted Zhu He on the shoulder: "You've had a hard time these past few days. I've interrupted your recuperation in Luoxia City."

Zhu He chuckled: "No, no, I wasn't seriously injured. I'm just idling around in Luoxia City anyway, so I might as well go back to the battlefield sooner."

"After wiping out all the demons, I might be able to travel the world and become a true carefree immortal."

After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled, then burst into laughter. Their hearty laughter echoed through the tent, dispelling the gloom of the past few days.

"Oh, right, Senior Brother!" Zhu He slapped his thigh: "Master said that he really can't let go of Jinjin. He plans to go to that secret realm in person."

Xu Qizhou nodded slightly upon hearing this: "I know what my uncle is worried about. If you want to go, then I will do as he says."

Zhu He couldn't help but add, "Even if you disagree, he'll probably go by himself."

"Speaking of which, is that secret realm really that powerful? My aunt has been inside for a month now and hasn't come out yet," Zhu He muttered softly.

Xu Qizhou thought to himself, "This is what it means to be so concerned that you lose your composure."

"It's alright. The flow of time is different in the secret realm. Ancestor Xuanji explored it before, and Jinjin will be back in a month and a half at most."

After listening to Xu Qizhou's words, Zhu He nodded slowly, then took his leave and went outside.

Wu Shuang looked at her sword master and spoke softly:

"He's not stupid, after all. If you keep brushing him off like this, he might just notice something fishy."

Xu Qizhou gave a wry smile: "I had no choice but to do this. My aunt's breakthrough this time was really dangerous. I'm sure my uncle had foreseen this, which is why he had to enter the secret realm."

The young man lowered his eyes and said, "Logically speaking, since Uncle Ling Yuanzi has already arrived at Qing Shui Tai, I can simply ignore the two of them."

"But I can't do it!"

These two people were entrusted to him by Xue Lan. In Xu Qizhou's eyes, the final ownership and custody of Ji Yuanfeng's children were in Xue Lan's hands.

This is something that even Ling Yuanzi cannot change.

The young man looked at the map on the table, focusing on the red line on it.

Looking at the desolate region in front of the red line and the human city behind it.

"Wu Shuang, Zhu He and the others are Xue Lan's home."

"Our home is behind us!"

"Although I don't know where Xue Lan and Shi Shi are now, or what they are doing."

"But I have always firmly believed..."

Different paths lead to the same destination!

"Different paths, same destination?"

The two voices overlapped, and Xu Qizhou and Wushuang exchanged a glance and both chuckled softly.

The young man spoke softly, his gaze towards Wu Shuang incredibly gentle:

"Telepathic connection..."