Chapter 8: I’m Home

In the sky, like the contrail of a jet, Lin Xun left a long white streak behind him.

“Dong!”

He landed on a desolate mountaintop. A huge sound reverberated out as the mountaintop was directly flattened, and this innocent mountain peak sank more than thirty meters.

“It should be around here.”

Surveying his surroundings, Lin Xun felt that he probably hadn’t remembered incorrectly.

From eight to nine in the morning, in these two hours, Lin Xun, relying on his general impression from when he was ten, had arrived near the main headquarters of the Gu-Poison Sect.

And the Gu-Poison Sect was a hundred thousand miles away from Luo City.

Looking at the position of the sun, Lin Xun was not satisfied with his speed. As expected, the backlash from the Great Dao he had suffered before was too great; his speed had slowed down quite a bit.

Putting on a fox demon mask he bought from the market, Lin Xun jumped down from the mountaintop. The earth trembled violently again, and in the mountain forest, demonic beasts retreated in fear.

After another ten minutes, Lin Xun finally arrived at the mountain gate inscribed with the three large words “Gu-Poison Sect.”

“Moshi moshi, anyone home?”

Pinching his throat, Lin Xun called out in the falsetto of Sister Saori.

The falsetto voice spread throughout the entire Gu-Poison Sect. Disciples below the Ocean Gaze realm (the seventh realm of cultivators), upon hearing this sound, felt a tightness in their chests, a sweetness in their throats, and sprayed a mouthful of blood towards the sky before fainting on the ground.

For disciples at the Ocean Gaze realm and above, no matter how high their realm, their qi and blood were all thrown into disarray.

“Elder Gou! What’s going on?”

“Which great power is this?”

“How did such a powerful female cultivator appear in the world?!”

“Who provoked her? Is she here seeking revenge on our sect?”

Within the Gu-Poison Sect, all the elders had been in a meeting. The topic of the meeting was “On the Rise of the Gu-Poison Sect After Lin Xun’s Disappearance.”

But upon hearing this Dharma voice, no one could remain calm!
“Everyone, be calm.” Elder Gou stood up and reprimanded, “You all, when did you become so timid? Is it just because that Lin Xun pierced through our sect with one spear ten years ago?”

The other elders, having their old scars exposed, flushed slightly.

Elder Gou scanned the crowd and spoke with righteous indignation:

“Although after Lin Xun pierced through our Gu-Poison Sect at the age of ten, our Sect Master was beaten into a state of withdrawal and has been in seclusion for over ten years, and our Gu-Poison Sect has been weakening day by day, is it all because that Lin Xun was too powerful?

“No! It’s because we lost our confidence!

“And in these ten years, we have strived to improve, strengthening the sect’s power with all our might! The sect’s formation array has even been upgraded by three levels! If that Lin Xun dares to come to the Gu-Poison Sect again, we will definitely ensure he never returns!

“Now, any Tom, Dick, or Harry thinks they can come and act wild just because they have a bit of strength. Who will join me in going to execute this woman!”

“No need.” A deep, magnetic voice, neither male nor female, came through.

“No! We must!”

“I said, I’m already here.”

“Who’s here? Huh?!”

In an instant, all the elders of the Gu-Poison Sect stood up. At the end of the long conference table, a cultivator wearing a fox demon mask was sitting with his legs crossed on the table.

The fox-masked cultivator stood up, and the moment he did, it was as if several great mountains were pressing down on everyone’s shoulders.

“Bang!”

Uncontrollably, the dozen or so elders all knelt on the ground, giving Lin Xun an early New Year’s greeting.

They were drenched in sweat, cold sweat constantly beading on their foreheads.

So it wasn’t a woman, but a man! But who was this man?
He couldn’t be Lin Xun. Lin Xun had already been wounded by the Great Dao and would be unable to recover for several years!
But who on earth was he?!
Why was it that in front of him, they were like little yellow chicks…
Damn it! They were Nascent Soul realm cultivators! Existences known as “Earthly Immortals”!
Elder Gou was extremely unconvinced! He used all his spiritual power and crushed the “emergency activation device” for the sect’s formation array in his robes!
In an instant, the Gu-Poison Sect’s formation array activated. At the summit of the Gu-Poison Sect’s main peak, a massive amount of spiritual power mixed with poisonous gas continuously gathered above Lin Xun’s head, locking onto him.

The other elders looked at Elder Gou as if they had eaten shit, cursing wildly in their hearts:

“Elder Gou! What the hell are you doing?! Elder Gou!
“Don’t you know that the formation array takes half an incense stick’s time to activate? You’re angering him now. In this half an incense stick’s time, this demon will have enough time to scatter our ashes!”

But to their surprise, this man made no move at all. He just waited quietly.

Could it be that this man had also lost his mind?

After half an incense stick’s time, the power of the formation array fully manifested. A thousand-meter-long black python formed from poisonous gas and spiritual power swallowed towards Lin Xun.

Just as everyone thought this man was about to pay the price for his arrogance, in the next moment, their hearts turned completely to ash.

Lin Xun was seen extending his hand towards the poisonous gas black python, then making a grasping motion in the air. In just an instant.

Like splattering ink, that black python didn’t even have time to struggle before it was directly annihilated. The black clouds dispersed, and a mushroom cloud rose high into the sky…

The various peaks of the Gu-Poison Sect trembled violently! The formation array, which had cost countless resources, was completely destroyed in less than a breath’s time.
“That’s it? No way? This is the level?”

Lin Xun looked very disappointed. The elders of the Gu-Poison Sect felt like they wanted to vomit blood upon hearing this.

“Alright, you’ll be honest now, right? I’ll ask, you’ll answer. It’s best not to waste time, I still have to rush back for dinner.”

The fox-masked man approached step by step, like a demon lord.
On this day, ten years apart, they seemed to recall the fear of being dominated by a man ten years ago.

In a small courtyard in Luo City, so ordinary it couldn’t be more ordinary, a young woman was leaning over the stone table in the yard.

In front of the young woman were dishes that had been prepared one after another, mainly using pig kidneys, goji berries, chives, and bull pizzle as the main ingredients. During the process, some qi-replenishing spiritual herbs from the Violet Mist Holy Land had also been added.

Who was to blame for him working so hard last night? She had to replenish his energy. One couldn’t drain the pond to catch the fish.

“But he’s still not back?”

The young woman’s fair, slender fingers gently traced the note on the table.

Although he had already given her a heads-up, saying he would be back late, it had already been an incense stick’s time… Could it be that something had happened?

Time passed minute by minute. The young woman, while absent-mindedly maintaining the temperature of the dishes with her spiritual power, paced back and forth.

After another half a tea’s time, the young woman grew more and more worried. Just as she was about to send a flying sword message to the Violet Mist Holy Land to dispatch the entire sect to search for him, the courtyard gate slowly opened.

The young woman’s heart jumped, and she quickly sat back down at the stone table.

Seeing the dishes on the table, Lin Xun’s heart softened, and he smiled. “Sorry, you’ve been waiting a long time, haven’t you?”

“Who was waiting for you! I just got back and finished cooking,” the young woman said stubbornly.

“Then, why is this paper so wrinkled?” The note he had left was already curled at the edges, clearly having been turned over and over many times. There were even her cute little nail marks on it.

“Hmph, I don’t know.” The young woman’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she simply turned her head away.

“Alright, alright, I’ll go wash my hands first.”

Lin Xun stopped teasing his cute wife. Otherwise, Qing’er would jump up and bite him.

But just as Lin Xun took a step, he felt a gentle tug on the corner of his clothes.

Turning his head, he saw Qing’er’s delicate hand pulling at the corner of his clothes, her slightly flushed little face turned to the side, her long eyelashes shimmering with a faint luster.

“W-Welcome back…”

The girl’s whisper was like the wind…
“Mm.”

Lin Xun gently stroked his wife’s waterfall-like hair.

“I’m home.”

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(End of this chapter)