After leaving his home, Yuan immediately made his way back to the peak of the mountain.
"Welcome back, Young Master." The Lord, who was unconscious when he left, had woken up.
"How are you feeling?" Yuan asked.
"Thanks to your blood, my condition was able to stabilize. However, with my cultivation like this, I am no longer able to control the formation that protects this world. Fortunately, the spiritual energy from the Nine Heavens has temporarily solved this situation."
"Temporarily… so we’re not completely out of trouble yet."
"No, not yet. Since the gateway between our worlds won’t remain open forever, we’ll stop receiving more spiritual energy once it closes. The spiritual energy won’t last forever, either. I don’t know how long the spiritual energy we received will last, but it should last a good while," said the Lord.
"That said, as long as both Dragon Spiral Mountains remain standing, we’ll be able to activate the teleportation device again in the future."
"Who will be able to activate the teleportation device now that your cultivation is gone?" Yuan asked.
Even if the Lord were to raise his cultivation again, it’d take far too long for him to return to his original cultivation.
Yuan glanced at Liya, who quickly said, "Don’t look at me. My cultivation won’t be enough."
"I’m sure we’ll think of something. Anyway, Young Master, you shouldn’t linger here for too long. The gateway will be closing soon," the Lord warned him.
He nodded and said, "Before I leave…"
He retrieved a bunch of vials, each filled to the brim with a crimson liquid.
"This is my blood. I don’t know when I’ll be able to return to Earth, so I’ll leave for you."
"There’s so much!" The Lord almost couldn’t believe his eyes.
"Then, until next—"
"Wait."
The Lord suddenly stopped him.
"What is it?"
"Take Liya with you."
"Huh?" Yuan’s eyes widened.
"I’d like you to take her to the Nine Heavens."
"I heard you, but…"
He turned to look at Liya, who wore a perplexed expression on her face, which surprised him, as he thought she would immediately reject such an idea.
"Don’t give me that look. You know we’ve already talked about this."
"That was before you lost your cultivation! You still want me to leave you when you’re in this condition? I cannot—"
"My cultivation may have declined, but I will be fine."
"Who will manage the Dragon Spiral Mountain?"
"It can manage itself."
"Then who will protect you?" fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"I can’t even remember the last time I was attacked. And even if someone is foolish enough to invade the mountain, the Young Master’s friends will still be here."
"..."
Liya fell silent when she couldn’t think of anything else to convince the Lord.
"Go. You’re not fated to spend the rest of your life in this small world, wasting your potential. Young Master, please drag her to the Nine Heavens if you have to."
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