481: Mu Qingcheng of Xuanyin Palace

Yang Lingchen's reaction was not slow either; his figure flashed, and he instantly moved behind Nie Xiaoyu.

Currently, his Phantom Movement Technique had been elevated to a new Realm. For short-distance movement, he could almost achieve the Realm of instantaneous teleportation.

Furthermore, Yang Lingchen had Nie Xiaoyu providing cover; if Li Xiaoming wanted to catch him, he would have to deal with Nie Xiaoyu first.

Nie Xiaoyu attacked from the front, while Yang Lingchen constantly harassed Li Xiaoming from the side, launching Sword Qi attacks at the opponent whenever an opportunity arose.

Additionally, the Yin Souls of Tan Shaodu and Quan Guanqing were shooting cold arrows from all around, causing Li Xiaoming to be completely unable to focus on dealing with Nie Xiaoyu.

As the battle continued, Li Xiaoming was soon completely suppressed by Nie Xiaoyu.

"Little Bastard! Just you wait, one day I will tear you into ten thousand pieces."

Li Xiaoming shouted sharply, his figure flashed, and he quickly fled into the distance.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing this, Yang Lingchen immediately launched a Soul attack. This Soul Devouring Slash almost drained him of all his Soul power.

"Boom...!"

As the Soul Devouring Slash struck his Sea of Consciousness, the completely defenseless Li Xiaoming instantly fell into a brief state of stupor.

At this moment, Nie Xiaoyu swung a claw. A cold claw wind, carrying a dazzling light, instantly slashed across Li Xiaoming's throat.

"How is this possible? How could I die here?"

Li Xiaoming's eyes were filled with despair; he truly never expected that he would die here.

Yang Lingchen still wasn't satisfied. He swung his battle sword, hacking Li Xiaoming's corpse into shreds of meat, and then used the yellow springs diagram to collect his Yin Souls.

After finishing everything, Yang Lingchen walked back to Li Hanyan and gently held her in his arms.

"Sister Hanyan, you will not die. I do not allow you to die. Even if I have to descend to the Yellow Springs, I will resurrect you."

At this moment, Yang Lingchen's heart felt like it was being twisted by a knife, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.

"To think that I could encounter a Mysterious Yin Physique here. Do you want to save her?"

A cold and ethereal voice suddenly sounded behind Yang Lingchen.

A woman in white was seen hovering in the air behind Yang Lingchen. Under the sunlight, her body radiated a faint, holy halo, and her white clothes fluttered with the wind, resembling a Fairy from the Guanghan Palace who did not eat the food of mortals, beautiful enough to take one's breath away.

"I do. Can you save her?"

Yang Lingchen stared intently at the woman in white, as if he had grasped at a life-saving straw.

"Very well, hand her over to me."

The woman in white flashed and instantly appeared in front of Yang Lingchen.

"Can you really save her?"

Yang Lingchen asked again. As a peerless divine doctor, he could see that Li Hanyan no longer had any breath.

"She still has a breath left. If you do not hand her to me now, she will truly be dead." The woman in white's voice was cold, and no emotion could be seen on her face.

"I beg you, Senior, please save her!"

Yang Lingchen knelt on one knee and handed Li Hanyan into the other party's hands.

"Get up!"

The woman in white lifted him up with her jade hand. "Normally speaking, she is already dead. However, fortunately, she possesses the Mysterious Yin Physique. If she is placed in our sect's Extreme Yin Cave, there might still be a glimmer of hope for her survival."

"Senior, do you mean to take her away?" Yang Lingchen frowned slightly.

"That is correct." The woman in white nodded. "The decision is yours to make!"

Yang Lingchen pondered for a moment, looked at the woman in white, and said, "Can you take me with you?"

"It is not convenient," the woman in white said.

"Why?" Yang Lingchen asked in confusion.

"There is no why. Not convenient means not convenient. If you want to save her, I will take her away. If you do not want to save her, I will return her to you." The woman in white said in a cold voice.

"Then how will I find her in the future?" Yang Lingchen thought for a moment and said.

"If one day you go to the Desolate Ancient Central Continent, you may use this item to find me at the Xuan Yin Palace. My name is Mu Qingcheng." After saying this, the woman in white handed a black token to Yang Lingchen.

"Thank you, Senior. Please take good care of Sister Hanyan, and tell her that I will definitely come to find her." Yang Lingchen's tone was incredibly firm.

Li Hanyan was the woman he had decided upon; regardless of whether she lived or died, he would never give up.

"I advise you best not to look for her. In the future, you two will simply not be people of the same world. Very well, that is all I will say. Her condition is not good, so I will take her away now."

The woman in white's voice was arrogant and cold. After speaking, her figure flashed, turning into a stream of light that disappeared into the horizon.

In Mu Qingcheng's view, with Yang Lingchen's Heavenly Net Realm cultivation level, it would be impossible for him to leave the Eastern Continent in this lifetime.

And Li Hanyan, who possessed the Mysterious Yin Physique, had limitless future achievements. In the Desolate Ancient Central Continent, where geniuses gathered, she might soon forget about this Genius from a small place named Yang Lingchen.

Although Yang Lingchen looked very young, without a deep background, his future achievements could not possibly catch up to Li Hanyan of the Mysterious Yin Physique.

"Sister Hanyan, I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

Watching the disappearing figure of Mu Qingcheng, Yang Lingchen fell into silence.

At this moment, the three words "Xuan Yin Palace" were deeply branded into his heart. For a long time in the future, these three words would become his motivation to move forward.

Yang Lingchen cleaned up the battlefield, collected Li Xiaoming's storage ring, and then sat on Little Flame's back, flying all the way towards the Li family in Zhaoyang City.

Since he had already acknowledged Li Hanyan in his heart, it was necessary for him to help look after the Li family; otherwise, how could he justify the sacrifices Li Hanyan had made for him?

Flying at high speed all the way, seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Zhaoyang City, Li family.

After seven days of high-speed flight, Yang Lingchen finally arrived at Zhaoyang City.

When Yang Lingchen's figure landed in the Li family's courtyard, it immediately attracted the attention of countless Li family servants.

"Isn't that the Beast Tamer who went to the Wentian Palace with the Young Miss before? His aura is so strong!"

"Don't you know? His name is Yang Lingchen, and he is now an Outer Sect Disciple of the Wentian Palace."

"How do you know?"

"The Young Miss's maid, Li Ling, said so."

"Then this guy has really risen to prominence."

"Indeed."

At this moment, everyone's gaze towards Yang Lingchen revealed a trace of envy.

"Yang Lingchen, where is the Young Miss?"

Just then, Li Ling walked over.

"Senior Sister Hanyan has gone out for training, and it might take several years before she can return," Yang Lingchen said.

"Nephew Yang, where is Hanyan?"

At this moment, a loud and enthusiastic voice came from afar. The Li family head, Uncle Li, was seen coming out to greet him, accompanied by a group of high-level members of the Li family.

"Uncle Li, Senior Sister Hanyan had a fortuitous encounter and has gone out for training. It should be difficult for her to return in the short term, so she asked me to come back on her behalf to see you."

Yang Lingchen's attitude was very respectful; after all, the other party was his future father-in-law.

"Nephew Yang, quickly, please come inside." Uncle Li greeted Yang Lingchen enthusiastically.

As for Yang Lingchen, Uncle Li was actually quite unfamiliar with him, but recently, his daughter had often mentioned Yang Lingchen in front of him and emphasized Yang Lingchen's talent, so he had to take him seriously.

Moreover, from his daughter's words, Uncle Li could tell that his daughter should quite like this young man.

Through observation, Uncle Li discovered that Yang Lingchen's strength was simply unfathomable.

As a small city lord of a remote city in the Archaic Star Domain, although his cultivation level was only at the first layer of the Heavenly Net Realm, his judgment was still quite good.

Therefore, Uncle Li was very satisfied with this prospective son-in-law, Yang Lingchen.

Under Uncle Li's enthusiastic hospitality, Yang Lingchen stayed at the Li family for half a month.

During these half a month, Yang Lingchen traveled around Zhaoyang City, and he used both kindness and force to discipline any forces that posed a threat to Zhaoyang City.

Yang Lingchen did this to deter the surrounding forces, letting those small forces know that the Zhaoyang City Li family had backing and was not to be easily provoked.

Before leaving, Yang Lingchen left behind quite a lot of resources for the Li family.

At the same time, he also went to visit Li Xiaoyi and Li Yuanhao, who had saved him in the beginning, and left them with a certain amount of cultivation resources.

After finishing everything, Yang Lingchen finally embarked on the road home.

...To be continued!