System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan shook his head slightly. Seeing the girl so downcast, he stopped saying anything harsh and instead began to comfort her gently.

"I'm sorry, I never expected that someone of your background would suffer such a fate." Chen Xuan said in a deep voice, "Judging from the current situation, your father is about to undergo his tribulation, and I imagine there must be a power struggle raging inside the Qingtian Marquis's mansion."

Upon hearing this, Qing Tian Yu'er nodded slightly. "I truly did not expect to be ambushed and killed the moment I left that small world. Could this be the work of my clan relatives?"

"Just how unwilling are they to let me go back?" Qing Tian Yu'er looked helpless and dejected, her eyes filled with conflict. "Chen Xuan, if the family is really like this, perhaps it would be better to go with you. At least I won't be harmed without knowing why."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan was startled. He was burdened with many responsibilities, and as a rogue cultivator, he had never considered getting involved in the power struggles among the feudal lords.

"Perhaps you only see the surface of some things; the deeper truth requires you to explore it yourself." Chen Xuan's voice gradually became calmer.

"In the sixteen years that have passed, I have only seen my father and mother a few times before they left in a hurry, telling me to focus on my cultivation and that I could leave that place and return to the Qingtian clan when I turned sixteen."

Qing Tian Yu'er looked downcast as she gazed at Chen Xuan, her eyes filled with confusion. "Chen Xuan, do you think I shouldn't have left that small world? If we hadn't come out, perhaps Grandpa Sang and the others wouldn't have burned their Golden Lotus Primordial Spirits to protect me, sacrificing their lives and annihilating their cultivation."

Chen Xuan gazed into Qing Tianyu'er's eyes and pondered for a moment before saying, "At least you've seen your father, and you still have an older brother, so you still have something to look forward to."

Qing Tianyu looked at Chen Xuan with a puzzled expression.

"And I..." Chen Xuan smiled calmly, blending his experiences from his first and second lives to create a seemingly true story, "From the time I can remember, I lived in an orphanage. After growing up, I worked hard to get into university, and then entered the lower rungs of society, only to be battered and bruised by reality. Only then did I realize that I should live authentically, and thus I became obsessed with enlightenment. In the past, I tried to use this path to find them and question them, why did they give birth to me but not raise me?"

Chen Xuan never revealed his past lives to anyone. This was because those who had not experienced them could hardly empathize even if they heard about them, but this time was different.

Although Qing Tianyu'er is proud, she is pure and kind at heart, which can be seen from many details.

In this opportune moment, upon hearing words that touched his heartstrings, Chen Xuan unknowingly began to confide in her his past obsessions.

"And then? Did you find them?" Qing Tian Yu'er hadn't expected this "big bad guy" to have such a tragic past, and a strange sorrow crept into her eyes.

"Hehe." Chen Xuan shook his head slightly. "It's difficult to enter a sect, and there's no way to enter a great sect. Without a master to guide me, I could only cultivate on my own. Unfortunately, one wrong step led to total defeat, and from then on, there was no possibility of pursuing this obsession again."

Chen Xuan naturally couldn't reveal that his first life involved self-destruction during cultivation, after which he transmigrated. Therefore, he could only say it this way.

Hearing Chen Xuan's words, Qing Tian Yu'er was quite moved, and the way she looked at Chen Xuan changed slightly.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan smiled again, revealing a wistful yet enlightened expression. "However, those are all things of the past. After awakening to self-awareness, these so-called obsessions are nothing but illusory thoughts."

Chen Xuan's smile was extremely carefree, his eyes were clear, and his tone was calm, "Because I know very well that even if I had found them back then, what could I have done? There is no emotional foundation between parents and children, and even if they lived together, it would only be mutual torment."

At this point, Chen Xuan couldn't help but recall the entanglements he had accumulated in his second life. He thought of the fairy Biluo, whom he owed the most, his personal disciples Jiang Linglong, Shi Hao, Wang Ye, and Zhang Lingyu, Lu Xueqi, who had just exchanged tokens of love and then parted ways in haste, his mentor and friend, the old Celestial Master Zhang Zhiwei, Daoist Master Zhishun, and others, as well as the Longxia clan, which was now thriving in Qushan.

"Now, I have new responsibilities and responsibilities. They need me, which is why I have the motivation to keep getting stronger."

Chen Xuan looked at the young princess and analyzed, "Although you are of noble birth, you have been separated from your parents since childhood, and you are naturally not closely related to your relatives. However, nothing is absolute. I think that they were forced to do this to protect you. Otherwise, why would they send three trusted confidants at the Void Returning Realm to protect you?"

Hearing Chen Xuan's words, Qing Tian Yu'er felt a sense of connection, and her confused eyes regained their light.

"Therefore, you must not overthink this matter. Just go to Qingtian County and find out for yourself," Chen Xuan said, gazing at Qingtian Yu'er.

Chen Xuan was extremely good at comforting others and giving them strength.

Upon hearing this, Qing Tian Yu'er became even more determined to go to Qing Tian County herself. "Yes, I must see my father and mother and find out why all this is happening."

At this point, Chen Xuan felt that was enough. Since Qing Tian Yu'er had never been to Qing Tian County, the purpose of his inquiry had been thwarted, and Chen Xuan saw no need to linger any longer.

After a heartfelt exchange, Qing Tian Yu'er no longer seemed as afraid of Chen Xuan as before.

"Are you going?"

Chen Xuan stood up and nodded slightly. "I need to hurry to Qingtian County. You can rest here and recuperate."

Perhaps because she had never interacted with people her own age before, or perhaps because she had never been so intimate with a strange man, Qing Tian Yu'er felt a pang of reluctance upon hearing that Chen Xuan was about to leave.

"When will you come to see me again?"

Chen Xuan paused, slightly taken aback, and looked at the young princess with a puzzled expression. "What? You've already fallen for me?"

"Pah, pah, pah! You big bad guy, dream on! I'm trying to avoid you as much as I can!" Qing Tian Yu'er blushed, then glared at Chen Xuan, saying something that didn't mean what she really meant.

"Hahaha... Don't get Stockholm Syndrome, or I'll have a headache." Chen Xuan muttered to himself as he looked at Qing Tianyu'er.

"What illness?" Qing Tian Yu'er looked at Chen Xuan and asked in confusion.

Chen Xuan shook his head and didn't say anything more. He had only been teasing him for a moment and didn't take it to heart.

"Stay put and wait until we arrive safely in Qingtian County. I will let you go."

Immediately, Chen Xuan's true form flew away from the Tangwu Mountain area.

"Ugh... this person is really... awful."

Seeing Chen Xuanzhen leave without a word, Qing Tian Yu'er sighed softly, hesitating to speak.

"You bad guy, you big bad guy, you didn't even say you'd bring me some delicious snacks next time you come, hmph."

Qing Tian Yu'er stood in the backyard, arms crossed, looking up at the spot where Chen Xuan had disappeared. Only after Chen Xuan was completely gone did she frown slightly, look down at her slightly protruding chest, and then thrust it out to make it more prominent, muttering to herself, "It's not small anymore, is it? At least it's comparable to the ancestor those little demons were talking about, right?"

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