Hearing Minister Fox’s analysis, Lu Ming gaped in astonishment.
Lost in transmission?
How on earth did he manage to get lost in a teleportation?
He had left a teleportation target on him, after all!
Suddenly, Lu Ming froze.
Could it be that when they entered and exited the Equality Secret Realm, the spatial fluctuations coincided with his grandfather's teleportation? And that was why his grandfather got lost?
For a moment, Lu Ming didn't even know what to say.
The sect was lost, his grandfather was lost, and now Zhu Wuneng was lost too.
Why did it feel like he was constantly losing people around him?
There was nothing he can do but search for them slowly in the future.
Afterward, Lu Ming prepared to bid farewell to the Demon Emperor. He wanted to look for the sect and his grandfather.
If possible, he also wanted to find Zhu Wuneng. After all, the pig had joined the Heavenly Demon Sect, making him one of his own pigs now.
He couldn't just stand by and watch him stay lost.
He only hoped the pig would have better luck and not end up as a full-pig feast for someone!
When the Demon Emperor heard that Lu Ming and the others were leaving, he looked thoroughly puzzled.
“You're leaving? Where are you going?”
He didn't understand. Why wouldn't Lu Ming and the others stay in the demon race territory? Where else would they go?
“The world is so big, I want to go see it...”
This time, before Lu Ming could speak, Big Yellow beat him to it.
The Demon Emperor became even more reluctant to let them go.
“Little Ancestor, I'm still waiting to abdicate the throne of the Demon Emperor to you. I am unworthy of being the Demon Emperor...”
“No, don't! I definitely don't want it...”
Big Yellow was startled. What was so good about being the Demon Emperor? You'd work yourself to the bone and get easily plotted against.
It was much better to be the second disciple of the Qingshan Sect and the Second Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect...
After the Demon Emperor and Big Yellow went through the ritual of offering and refusing three times, seeing that Big Yellow was truly unwilling, the Demon Emperor had no choice.
Even so, the Demon Emperor still gave Big Yellow an imperial decree of succession. If he were to die, Big Yellow would inherit the throne.
Big Yellow was also officially enfeoffed as the Imperial Great Ancestor of the Xiaotian Imperial Clan...
Finally, after the Demon Emperor showered them with numerous treasures, Lu Ming and the others set off.
“Clack-clack, clack-clack... Chug, chug, chug, chug...”
Emitting black smoke and its unique sound effects, the spirit boat departed from the demon race territory.
Looking at the exhaust trail of Lu Ming's spirit boat, the Demon Emperor and his entourage, who had come to see them off, all had their lips twitching.
Is this spirit boat going to fall out of the sky halfway?
He had wanted to give them a new one, but they had refused.
“Boss, where are we going first?”
Big Yellow asked, watching the Xiaotian Imperial City shrink in the distance.
Lu Ming looked toward the horizon and said, “Back to the Eastern Province to find our sect... I suspect that since we haven't returned for so long, the Grand Elder and the others might think we died out here...”
Big Yellow and Huang Tianbao nodded in agreement.
Looking back, they had only stayed at the sect for half a day before leaving.
Suddenly, Lu Ming remembered something. Wang Defa seemed to have been on leave for a very long time.
Why hadn't he contacted them about returning yet?
He couldn't have been beaten to death, could he?
At this thought, Lu Ming quickly took out a sound transmission talisman and activated it.
“Wang Defa, you've been back in your hometown visiting relatives for so long. Why haven't you returned to report in yet...”
...
Eastern Province.
A nameless, desolate mountain in the middle of nowhere.
A sect was nestled here. Before the mountain gate stood a large blue stone engraved with the words “Qingshan Sect”.
At this moment, the Grand Elder was lying on a rocking chair, leisurely basking in the sun and humming a little tune.
“First touch... ah~ yo-yo-yo, ah...”
Suddenly, the space in front of him rippled, and a sound transmission talisman materialized before him.
“Wang Defa, you've been back in your hometown for so long...”
The Grand Elder's lips twitched.
After thinking for a moment, he pulled out a sound transmission talisman and spoke into it, “Great Sect Master, I've had my heart broken. My old flame, Cuihua, got married... Please allow me to grieve for a few years... Don't disturb me unless it's important...”
With that, the Grand Elder sent the sound transmission talisman flying.
“How has he still not forgotten about me?”
The Grand Elder couldn't help but mutter.
He had disguised himself as Wang Defa because of Huang Tianbao, who had returned.
He feared that without some suppression, the boy's bad luck would completely doom his other two disciples.
He realized that he had to disguise himself as Wang Defa, forging identity tokens for the Heavenly Demon Sect that Lu Ming and the others had set up to suppress Huang Tianbao's special physique.
He had also arrived just as the secret realm opened, having divined that they would be in danger.
Only then did he watch over them for a while. Otherwise, did they really think the Equal Buddha would be that easy to deal with?
The problem was, how did he end up getting stuck with this role?
“Should we keep moving? Do you think they'll find this place?”
At this moment, Third Elder Hanyan's cool voice rang out.
“No need. I've calculated the fortune of this place. They won't find it.”
The Grand Elder chuckled, stroking his beard as he spoke with confidence.
Hanyan nodded and said no more.
“Is it really alright for us to do this? I think the three kids are quite filial. They always think of us in everything they do...”
At this moment, Second Elder Huo Fenghuang, her face covered in soot and her hair looking like a chicken's nest, spoke up.
The Grand Elder sighed.
“There is no other way. The hexagram says that only by letting them roam free is there a glimmer of hope...”
With that, he looked at Huo Fenghuang again.
“By the way, did you finish refining your pill?”
The Third Elder rolled his eyes. “Do I look like I succeeded?”
“Did you succeed?”
The Grand Elder shook his head.
Afterward, the three of them silently looked up at the sky.
...
“Great Sect Master, I've had my heart broken... Don't disturb me...”
Hearing Wang Defa's transmission, Lu Ming and Big Yellow were completely speechless.
At his age, he was still acting like a youngster getting his heart broken.
Now look what happened. He took a blow, and his old heart probably couldn't take it!
Lu Ming originally wanted to send a comforting voice message, but on second thought, he decided against it.
He didn't want to end up making the old man cry...
Forget it. If I meet a suitable old lady in the future, I'll introduce her to Wang Defa.
Upon entering the Eastern Province, the group immediately changed back into ordinary clothes.
“I don't even know what our Qingshan Sect's uniform looks like. Once we find the sect, I'll ask the Grand Elder...”
Hearing Lu Ming's words, Niu Lansan and the others nodded in unison.
“Great Sect Master, will the Grand Elder let us join the sect?”
Diao San asked with some concern.
“Don't worry, I'm the Eldest Senior Brother of the sect. I have a say in this...”
Hearing Lu Ming's words, everyone finally felt at ease.
Even if it didn't work out, they were still members of the Heavenly Demon Sect!
In any case, they had already decided to stick with Lu Ming and the others.
After entering the Eastern Province, Lu Ming led everyone to search for traces of the Qingshan Sect in all kinds of remote, desolate places.
Inside the Zichen Hall of the Xinghe Dynasty.
“Cough, cough...”
On the dragon bed, the Emperor, dressed in a black dragon robe, coughed so violently that his entire body trembled.
“Your Majesty, we have news of the young prince!”
Just then, a dark figure materialized in the hall.
The Emperor froze instantly.
He clenched his fists tightly, forgetting even to cough up blood, as a raspy, suppressed voice escaped his throat, “...Is it true?”
The dark figure nodded. “It is true.”
These words seemed to carry immense weight.
The Emperor suddenly pushed himself up, his lips trembling, and only after a long pause did a low sigh escape the depths of his throat.
“Good... Very good...”
“The Xinghe Dynasty... still has a successor... Cough, cough...”
Before he could finish his sentence, another fit of violent coughing seized him, nearly making him pass out.
Yet his eyes shone with a startling brilliance.
“Where is he right now?”
The dark figure quickly replied, “Before the Equality Secret Realm opened, someone spotted him in Black Fiend City. In the end, he joined a sect called the Heavenly Demon Sect...”
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