Sister, I don't want to be a furnace anymore. I'm about to become an immortal.

Chapter 89: Lingyuan Cave

Above the sky, Xiao Yichen, wearing a mask and a black robe, flew rapidly towards the direction of Meiyu Gate. Clouds were left behind, and his breath made them roll continuously, eventually forming a hollow vortex.

"Haven't you recovered yet?" Looking at Xiao Zi in his arms, whose little head was shaking back and forth as if she was carsick, Xiao Yichen also had a wry smile on his face.

He rubbed its little head and sent a stream of heavenly tribulation force into its mouth. This method, which had always worked in the past, now did not interest him at all.

"There's still half an hour to go, hold on."

After saying that, he turned his gaze back to the front. His destination this time was the Meiyu Gate, and he came to pick up Liu Qingqing. In fact, he was a little reluctant to come. After all, the target this time was the fragments of the fairy core crystal. It would be troublesome if he encountered any danger.

But when he thought about the fact that he had promised Liu Qingqing that he would pick her up in a month, and now it had already exceeded a month, it would be bad to break the promise again. When he thought about this, he felt a headache.

"Alas... I don't know how to comfort that girl later."

When they arrived outside the town where they had accompanied Liu Qingqing shopping, Xiao Yichen landed on the ground and started walking. It would always be good to be low-key. He took out the voice stone from his arms and sent a message to Liu Qingqing, but after a while, the other end hung up.

"? ...Is she practicing? This girl is quite diligent. Never mind, let's fill our stomach first. We haven't eaten in a few days."

He put the sound stone back into his arms, found an inn, ordered some food and started to feast on it.

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"Hey, have you heard? Recently, the mountains in Zhaojiatun suddenly sank into the ground."

"I thought it was something serious. It must be some magical beast that appeared there. The immortals will take care of it. We country folk just need to take care of our own three meals a day."

"I can tell you're just a lazy person waiting to die. I heard this isn't just a simple monster invasion, it seems a certain mansion has been opened."

"Tsk, this isn't even as interesting as Warcraft. Those immortal connections have nothing to do with us."

At the wine table next to them, several people kept discussing recent events. What attracted Xiao Yichen the most was the mansion mentioned earlier.

"Based on this behavior, the remains of a fallen powerful figure must have been found."

After eating some peanuts in boredom, he wanted to go and take a look, but he had more important things to do now, which was to find the fairy core crystal, so the rest had to be put aside.

After paying the bill, Xiao Yichen strolled around the downtown area. At this time, the sound transmission stone in his arms was brought in front of him by Xiao Zi. It was shaking constantly, obviously disturbing Xiao Zi who was sleeping soundly.

After the call was connected, Liu Qingqing's aggrieved and sulking voice was heard.

"Don't you know how to call me a few more times after I hang up?"

This sentence confused Xiao Yichen, and it was a life-threatening question right from the start.

"Hehe... Qingqing, I thought you were practicing, so I didn't dare to disturb you." He explained in a flattering manner.

"Hmph... you did it on purpose. You said you would come to pick me up in a month, and look how much time has passed." Liu Qingqing continued to complain on the other end. Listening to her voice, it felt like she was about to burst into tears at the next moment.

"Don't be angry, Qingqing. Guess what gift I brought you? You will definitely like it." Xiao Yichen coaxed her patiently. He coaxed the one who made her cry by himself, and the best way to coax a child is to divert his attention.

As expected, when Liu Qingqing on the other end of the sound stone heard that there was a gift, the grievance she had just felt instantly disappeared.

"Ah? A gift? Is it a candied haws? I haven't eaten one for over a month."

"Wow... Qingqing, how come you are so smart? I haven't said anything yet, but you've already guessed it. But there's more than one gift. Keep guessing." Xiao Yichen pretended to be surprised, acting like he was coaxing a child, which made Xiao Zi in his arms shake her head.

"Huh? Is there still the rag doll I mentioned to you before?" Liu Qingqing asked in surprise.

"Qingqing, you are amazing. You always guess right. I am in the small town below the sect. I have been waiting for you here for a long time. Please come out as soon as you are done. If you are late, I am afraid that Xiaozi will steal all the candied haws."

"Oh, okay, I'll go talk to Master right away..."

Before she could finish her words, the sound transmission stone was cut off. It was obvious that Liu Qingqing was extremely excited.

He shook his head, put the sound stone back into his arms, and walked towards the stall nearby.

"Boss, I want all these candied haws. By the way, is there any rag dolls for children for sale around here..."

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An hour later, Liu Qingqing grabbed a handful of candied haws in her right hand and kept stuffing them into her mouth, while in her left hand she held a rag doll that was bigger than her, and she laughed all the way.

"Brother, where are we going to play this time?" Liu Qingqing threw the rag doll in her hand to him, pulled Xiao Zi over, and kept stuffing candied haws into its mouth, and asked with a smile.

"Qingqing, we are not going here to play this time. Do you know there is a place called Lingyuan Cave nearby?" Xiao Yichen asked, holding a rag doll in one hand and rubbing the other's head with the other.

"Yeah, I know..." He swallowed the candied haws in one gulp, not even spitting out the core, and replied, "Lingyuan Cave is about 300 miles from here, so it won't take long to get there. But brother, why are you going there? There's nothing there except a pile of weeds and a bare cave."

Hearing this, Xiao Yichen smiled and said, "Let's go on an adventure. Do you want to go?"

"Go, of course... You don't know, I've been almost suffocated this month. All I've done in the sect all day is practice and sleep. It's so boring." Liu Qingqing agreed without hesitation.

"I knew you were bored, so I came to call you. However, you are not allowed to run around when you get there. You have to be obedient, okay?" Xiao Yichen reminded. According to Dashu's recollection, there was a small piece of fairy core crystal fragment very likely in that location.

The reason why the big tree knew this secret was thanks to the old man who was swallowed by it.

In the early years, the old man accidentally broke into the cave and sensed a strong scent of wood element around him, but he did not know the existence of the fairy core crystal and did not investigate further.

Over the past few hundred years, the big tree has devoured so many people that after integrating various information, it was easily deduced that there might be fragments of fairy core crystals in the cave, allowing Xiao Yichen, a latecomer, to take advantage of the opportunity.

"I hope you won't let me down. At the moment, I can't borrow any external help. The only way I can do is to quickly improve my cultivation."

Thinking this in his heart, he put the rag doll into the storage ring, left the town, took Liu Qingqing's little hand and flew towards Lingyuan Cave.

But not long after they left, a woman walked out from the darkness to the place they had just left, her peach blossom eyes looking up into the air with a frown on her face.

The person who came was none other than Yun Mei. When Liu Qingqing excitedly came down the mountain, she noticed something strange and followed her. Fearing to be discovered, she hid far away and watched the two of them. However, the distance was too far, and Xiao Yichen was wearing a mask and was covered tightly in black clothes, so she couldn't figure out his identity. She just felt a sense of familiarity in his behavior.

"Qingqing has been clearly not in good condition for the past month. Could it be related to this guy?"

"That's good. Zhang Qingyue has snatched this ruins exploration mission. We can secretly see what this mysterious man's intentions are. Qingqing, don't let yourself be fooled."