Chapter 54: Parting

While he walked on the small mountain path and listened to Ling Feng's recount, Qin Lie's heart was like an overturned cruet. Sour, sweet, bitter, salty, spicy - they were all mingled into one.

Just half a year ago, when Ling Yushi learned that he held a Nebula Token and could become a core member of Nebula Pavilion at any time, she was even worried for quite a while. In order to avoid becoming his shackles, Ling Yushi had completely in submerged herself in cultivation, in hopes that one day she could keep up and join Nebula Pavilion with him.

Ling Yushi once said that she hoped that she wasn't left too far behind, and that she hoped to keep up with his footsteps…

But half a year later, while he was still cultivating in Ling Town, Ling Yushi had met a once in a lifetime chance to skip right over Nebula Pavilion and enter Seven Fiends Valley straight away, a force of Black Iron rank.

Such was the way of life; Qin Lie wasn't sure if he should cry or laugh, and for a moment he felt terribly upset.

"The Patriarch is waiting for you at the town entrance." Ling Feng said suddenly.

Surprised, Qin Lie immediately saw Ling Chengye at the town entrance. His cheekbones were sunken and his face was pale white. He was staring blankly towards the sky, and from time to time he would let out a deep sigh.

Southeast of Ling Town, at the courtyard where Du Jiaolan and the family once stayed was an extravagant carriage made out...