Chapter 453: Chapter 453

At the Green Cloud Immortal Sect.

Xiao Jinting looked at the information and shook his head, saying sulkily, “Dongcheng Yang urged me to come back, and I had thought it was the end of the world. It turns out that several demons were stirring trouble. If I had known about this, I wouldn’t have rushed back.”

“You are lying. You had been longing to come back,” said Xu Muan with a smile.

“You see me through. After all, the Green Continent is not my place. I feel uneasy staying there. Besides, I miss Xiaofan, Xiaojin, and the grandchildren,” said Xiao Jinting.

Xu Muan looked at the information and said, “Can’t Dongcheng Yang deal with it himself? He is lazy.”

Xiao Jinting crossed his arms and said, “He might be too old to take any missions.”

“Maybe,” said Xu Muan helplessly.

“I’m going to see Dongcheng Yang,” said Xiao Jinting.

Xu Muan was confused. “Why?”

“I have to tell him that I will go into seclusion for twenty years after I complete this mission,” said Xiao Jinting.

Xu Muan said in confusion, “Do you need to stay in seclusion for so many years?”

With the help of the time cultivation room, twenty years was equivalent to one hundred years.

Xiao Jinting nodded and said, “I have to spend more time. I want to go back to Nebula before the Tower of Babel opens again.”

“You know I offended many people there. If I go there, I have to reach the advanced level of Nascent Soul. Besides, I have to cultivate a Nascent Soul among the Golden Bees and the scorpions. There is one more thing. I need to spend time refining my life weapon.”

Xu Muan nodded and said, “You are right.”

…

At Dongcheng Yang’s house.

Lin Xue’e looked at Dongcheng Yang and asked, “Mr. Dongcheng, are you okay?”

Dongcheng Yang nodded and said, “I’m fine.”

Lin Xue’e asked, “What did the First Elder say?”

Dongcheng Yang replied, “He wants to go into seclusion after he deals with the beasts. He won’t come out during the next twenty years unless the sect is in the danger of life and death.”

Lin Xue’e paused for a while before she said, “Oh, I see.”

Dongcheng Yang asked, “Have you investigated the matter I asked you?”

Lin Xue’e thought for a while and said, “Yes. The First Elder and Elder Xu went to the Green Continent to investigate Elder Xu’s birth. The son of the Second Master of the Xu family and Li Yi of the Li family had disappeared years ago, and Elder Xu is their son.”

Dongcheng Yang pondered and said, “Are you sure? It sounds ridiculous.”

Lin Xue’e said, “Yes. Li Yi failed to advance to Nascent Soul because of the child. However, after Elder Xiao and Elder Xu arrived at the Green Continent, Li Yi made it to Nascent Soul. Someone heard Xu Muan call Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi father and daddy.”

“Has Xu Muan returned to the Xu family?” asked Dongcheng Yang.

Lin Xue’e shook her head and said, “No, he didn’t. The Xu family and Li family in the Green Continent are investigating this. Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi seem to have acknowledged Xu Muan as their son.”

Dongcheng Yang gave a wry smile. “The First Elder is blessed.”

He was intimidated by the relation between Xiao Jinting and Chen Lifeng. Now that Xiao Jinting was related to Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi, Dongcheng Yang didn’t think he could rival Xiao Jinting if the latter coveted the position of the sect head.

However, Xiao Jinting didn’t seem to care to be the sect head, or in other words, Green Cloud Immortal Sect was too small for Xiao Jinting.

“Why does the First Elder suddenly go into seclusion?” asked Lin Xue’e in confusion.

Dongcheng Yang shook his head and said, “I have no idea. Perhaps he is trying to make advancement.”

…

When Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi came to Green Cloud Immortal Sect, Xiao Jinting had gone into seclusion.

Xu Lingfeng didn’t feel disappointed since he could stay with Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaojin.

Xiao Xiaofan and Xiao Xiaojin didn’t know what Xu Lingfeng had done before, and they admired him because he was a medium Nascent Soul. They spent a lot of time with him, which satisfied Xu Lingfeng.

With continuous efforts, Xu Lingfeng finally got into Li Yi’s bed.

He was overjoyed that he could get back to Li Yi, so he opened a weapon refinery shop and stayed near Green Cloud Immortal Sect with Li Yi.

Xu Lingfeng was excellent in refining weapons, so countless cultivators came to his shop.

Normally, Dongcheng Yang should take some moves when such two powerful people stayed near his sect.

However, Xu Lingfeng and Li Yi had high cultivation with strong backgrounds, so Dongcheng Yang turned a blind eye to them.

Xiao Xiaofan looked at the newly refined weapon with bright eyes.

He said admiringly, “Grandfather, you’ve refined a good whip.”

Xu Lingfeng said delightfully, “Your aptitude for weapon refinery is good. You didn’t have a good teacher before, so you don’t have a good foundation. But you are young, and you will surpass me if given time.”

Xu Lingfeng thought he would be jealous if someone was more talented than him in refining weapons, but Xiao Xiaofan was his grandson, so he felt proud of him, thinking he would be better than him one day.

Xiao Xiaofan’s eyes lit up. “Grandfather, your weapon refinery is so good that I don’t know how many years it will take me to surpass you.”

Xu Lingfeng asked, “What are your parents doing?”

“They went into seclusion, and I don’t think they will come out soon.”

Xu Lingfeng frowned and said, “What are they doing?” He went to check on Xiao Jinting’s seclusion cave, which was cast with spells that prevented probing. It was mysterious.

Xiao Xiaofan smiled and changed the topic. “Father has his own considerations.”

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