Fatty Fu shivered the moment that he heard Shun Long's cold voice.

The cold expression however, quickly disappeared from Shun Long's face, and a few moments later, Fu Li could no longer suppress the curiosity inside him, as he looked at Shun Long and asked curiously

''Brother, where have you been for the past 1 year?

Were you really trapped somewhere inside the 'Vermilion realm'?

The sect waited for a long time after the 'Vermilion realm's' closing, but you never returned.

Actually, it wasn't just you, but quite a lot of people disappeared inside the 'Vermilion realm' this time, including Wen Zihao!''

When he mentioned Wen Zihao's disappearance, it was obvious that fatty Fu was shocked almost as much as with Shun Long's disappearance.

After all, Wen Zihao wasn't just the person ranked first in the arena rankings of the sect, but he was also someone who had a unique physique!

The upper echelons of the sect, including the sect master as well as the Elders of the big families, had placed quite a lot of importance to him.

Shun Long smiled when he heard fatty Fu mentioning Wen Zihao, and without hiding anything about this matter, he started to explain how the Dao King of the 'Vermilion realm', Cui Guoliang, had sent everyone who had passed through the second test to the 'Night star continent'.

Fu Li's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, and with a fervent expression that was filled with eagerness as well as disbelief, he looked at Shun Long and asked incredulously

''You- really went to the 'Night star continent'?''

As the heir of one of the 5 big families, it was only natural for Fu Li to have heard rumors about the closest continent next to their 'Desolate East'.

With a smile on his face, Shun Long continued narrating to Fu Li what had happened in the past 1 year, only hiding important things like Cui Guoliang being trapped in the 'Dragon Lord's villa', or secrets about Little Black and the 'Stone of Time'.

As the 2 of them started chatting, fatty Fu was becoming even more shocked.

Not only had Shun Long managed to get together with the goddess of their sect, but he had also traveled with her to various places in the 'Night star continent' and even had a powerful magic beast that could fight even Nascent Soul stage experts!

Although Shun Long didn't go into detail about Little Silver's strength, Fu Li immediately understood that with this magic beast as his mount, Shun Long was probably already unrivaled in the Desolate East.

Suddenly, Fu Li remembered Liu Jian's miserable condition in front of the main hall, and looking at Shun Long, he pointed at him with his finger as he asked incredulously

''Brother... were you the one who attacked the sect master earlier?''

In Fu Li's eyes, even Shun Long shouldn't have been at the level of fighting against the sect master, Liu Jian yet.

He had must have probably asked for Little Silver's help, in order to take care of the peak rank 3 Spirit realm expert so easily.

After all, it had been less than a year since the 'Vermilion realm's' closing, and before they entered, Fu Li clearly remembered that both he and Shun Long hadn't even reached the Heaven grade by then.

No matter what, Fu Li couldn't accept that Shun Long had already reached a level that could threaten the sect master already.

At most, he should have reached the late-stages of the Heaven grade by now.

Fu Li was about to exhale a sigh of relief as he reached this conclusion, when he saw Shun Long shaking his head at him as he answered

''It wasn't me, but Mei'er. She wanted to fight against her father by herself.''

The moment that Fu Li heard these words, he could feel his heartbeat that had started to rise.

''By herself?

Senior sister Liu is at the same level as the sect master?''

Shun Long nodded his head without explaining anything else.

Instead, he extended his right hand, and handed a green-colored spatial ring to the incredulous Fu Li.

Without waiting for him to accept or decline, Shun Long smiled as he started to explain

''Fatty, aside from 2 million low-grade spirit stones in this spatial ring, there are also some top-grade rank 3 pills called the 'Blood combustion pills'. ...

They can allow a Heaven grade cultivator to quickly advance to the following ranks without any issues.

As top-grade pills, they will not leave any pill toxins inside your body and you can consume them freely.

Of course, the more pills of the same kind that you consume, the lesser the effects of those pills become, but these pills in here should still be enough to help you reach the rank 9 of the Heaven grade and still have some left to spare.''

Suddenly, the spatial ring in fatty Fu's hand felt as if it was weighting a mountain.

''Tw-two million spirit stones?''

2 million?

Even if the 5 big families of the sect pooled all of their spirit stones together, they wouldn't have 2 million!

Fu Li couldn't believe this, and could no longer resist the urge to send his spiritual strength inside the spatial ring and examine the contents.

Indeed, mountains after mountains of spirit stones were piled inside, making his eyes lit up in the process.

Without any inclination to decline, fatty hurriedly placed the spatial ring in his finger and started laughing loudly in joy, while the corners of his mouth had turned into a huge grin that couldn't be suppressed no matter how hard he tried.

He couldn't believe that Shun Long would give him 2 million spirit stones.

Of course, Shun Long wouldn't be stingy with Fu Li.

He still remembered how Fu Li had come to find him and was willing to share the pills that he had received from his father a few months before the opening of the 'Vermilion realm'.

Suddenly, Shun Long's gaze was focused on the small house at the center of the inner city.

Liu Jian who had just regained his senses, had gathered the Elders of the sect and was standing a fair distance away from Lin Huefeng house.

Due to the 2 undead knights who were standing guard at the house's entrance however, neither Liu Jian nor any of the Elders dared to get too close, lest they suffer the same way that their sect master did a while ago.

Liu Jian completely ignored his second wife, and looking at Liu Mei who was standing right next to her and was holding her mother's hands, he had a serious look in his eyes as he asked in a solemn tone

''Little Mei, are you certain that you want to leave like this? You will surely regret this in the future!''

Shun Long's eyes chilled when he heard Liu Jian's words.

Although he didn't dare to directly say it, but his words were meant to threaten Liu Mei, one way or another.

However, since he had promised Liu Mei not to interfere with this matter, Shun Long simply watched Liu Mei as he waited for her answer.

As expected, Liu Mei's eyes narrowed, while Lin Huefeng trembled when she heard the veiled threat behind Liu Jian's words.

Although she was a strong woman, Liu Jian's image in her mind was second to no one.

Looking at her father who was staring at her with a serious look in his eyes, Liu Mei shook her head before she answered with an ice-cold look in her eyes

''No, I won't leave like this.

'Father', I told you that I came here for two things.

The first was to take my mother back... while the second one is to make you pay!''

Liu Jian felt terror gripping his heart for some reason.

It was an instinctive fear that something bad was going to happen.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Mei's eyes first swept through the Elders around Liu Jian, before she sat down on the 'red-winged condor's' back along with her mother, and under Liu Jian's stunned gaze, she flew towards the northern part of the 'Floating Cloud city'.

Suddenly, Liu Jian's eyes widened in disbelief, before he turned his head to look at some of the Elders around him.

It seemed that he suddenly understood what Liu Mei was planning to do, and it was something that left him pale with fear.

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