Chapter 601: Chapter 601 Departure
Wang Chen’s reason for leaving the Sect was to go out and gain experience through trials.
This was also a tradition for cultivators of the Long River Vein, except for Cao Hongzhi, Yin Sulan, and Wang Chen, all of the other direct disciples of Long River True Person were currently honing their skills in the outside world.
As a result, Wang Chen, the youngest disciple, only knew one senior brother and one senior sister.
Compared to his eldest senior brother Cao Hongzhi, Wang Chen had a deeper relationship with Yin Sulan.
It was through the Yin Family’s connections that he found the Path to the Heavens, and though he couldn’t reveal the secret, he hinted sothing to his senior sister when they parted.
Yin Sulan did not pry further and simply said, “If you need my help, just ask.”
In fact, she was also leaving Long River Island to continue sharpening her swordsmanship in lands fraught with fiendish wars and peril.
Wang Chen replied with a smile, “I will need to trouble Senior Sister with taking care of Xinlan.”
More precisely, Wang Chen hoped that the Yin Family would look after the Xu Family in the future.
Being a prominent immortal cultivation family within the West Sea Sect, with the Yin Family’s na, no one would dare to trouble the modest Xu Family and Xu Xinlan.
Without a second thought, Yin Sulan said, “Don’t worry, even if I’m not in the Sect, my family will help take care of them.”
Wang Chen was grateful, “Thank you, Senior Sister.”
He looked deeply into her eyes, “We will et again if destined!”
Realizing sothing, Yin Sulan silently nodded her head, “Take care.”
After Yin Sulan left, Wang Chen escorted Xu Xinlan ho and then flew to Long River Island himself.
He arrived in front of Long River True Person’s cultivation Cave Mansion.
This Cave Mansion was deeply hidden within the Taoist Palace; only direct disciples had the privilege to enter, but at this mont, the doors were tightly closed, and the Dharma Seal Talismans on the stone door shimred with faint light.
Wang Chen knelt on the ground and respectfully kowtowed three tis.
Wang Chen himself hadn’t expected to find the Path to the Heavens so quickly and was about to leave the Mountain and Sea Realm.
The master-disciple bond he shared with Long River True Person could only temporarily co to an end.
Towards this master, Wang Chen always harbored gratitude and respect.
In terms of cultivation, Long River True Person had given him a lot of guidance and pointed out the direction for Solidifying Pill.
In other areas, Long River True Person had not treated Wang Chen unfairly either.
Leaving this ti without saying goodbye, Wang Chen felt guilty.
But he had no choice.
After completing the formal bowing, Wang Chen flicked a finger and attached a ssage Talisman to the stone door.
Once Long River True Person left seclusion, he would receive his ssage.
In the following days, Wang Chen spent his ti at Xu Xinlan’s ho in Wanling City.
With their departure imminent, Xu Xinlan clung to him especially tightly, and the two cherished their last monts together.
On the third day, Wang Chen received a long-awaited Talisman ssage.
After reading the contents of the ssage, he said to Xu Xinlan, “I have to leave.”
Xu Xinlan threw herself into Wang Chen’s arms, already in tears.
Wang Chen gently stroked her hair and softly said, “Take good care of yourself. Within thirty years, I will definitely co back for you!”
This was a promise Wang Chen made to Xu Xinlan.
This promise was not an empty one; if Wang Chen himself failed to fulfill it, it would greatly affect his Dao heart.
It might even beco a demon in his heart!
Wang Chen dared to make such a causative promise because he was confident.
If after thirty years he still couldn’t establish himself in the Haotian Realm or didn’t have the ability to take Xu Xinlan up there, he might as well smash his head on tofu and be done with it!
Thirty years might be a long half-life for mortals, but it’s different for cultivators.
Upon breaking through to the Breakthrough Mansion, Xu Xinlan would have two hundred years of life span; moreover, Wang Chen had exchanged his remaining Sect credits for a top-quality Nourishing Origin Pill that preserved youth, so she could definitely afford to wait.
Most importantly, thirty years was just the longest ti Wang Chen had set for himself.
Perhaps in ten or twenty years, he could grow to such a level!
Xu Xinlan felt Wang Chen’s sincere heart and steadfast conviction, and her sadness and confusion were greatly alleviated.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile, “This humble one will wait for my lord!”
Wang Chen bowed his head and imprinted a Dharma Seal on Xu Xinlan’s forehead.
This Dharma Seal contained his longing and promise.
Then Wang Chen summoned the Dragon Abyss Sword and soared into the sky!
He did not look back. As he flew away from Wanling City, he also pressed his romantic bonds deep into his heart.
For Wang Chen knew all too well that the path he was about to embark on was extrely dangerous.
To get through this overwhelmingly difficult challenge, there was no room for weakness or entanglents!
He rode the Sword Light for over two hours and finally landed on a desolate, small island.
This was the location marked on the Talisman ssage previously sent.
The entire island could be seen at a glance, with no dense forest or vegetation. Islands similar to this were as common as hairs in the West Sea, utterly unremarkable.
Wang Chen landed on the island and looked around but saw no one.
Just when he wondered if he had been tricked, a Flying Warship suddenly appeared.
Wang Chen’s heart tensed, and he imdiately put on the Thousand chanisms Changing.
He assud an utterly ordinary new face.
The Flying Warship landed silently in front of him, the cabin door opened, and a gangway was lowered.
Without a second thought, Wang Chen boarded the Flying Warship.
A man in a black robe wearing a silver-white mask stood at the entrance, extending his left hand to him.
The Ferryman!
Wang Chen took a deep breath and placed the already prepared Jade Token in the other’s hand.
This was the Heaven-reaching Mandate Command given to Wang Chen by the Ninth Uncle of the Yin Family, recognized by the command and not by the person.
The black-robed man took the Jade Token and signaled Wang Chen to take a seat inside the cabin.
Wang Chen was not the only passenger; more than twenty other cultivators were aboard.
Most people wore masks, maintaining a proper distance in silence, creating a rather oppressive atmosphere within the cabin.
The Flying Warship lifted into the air, flying toward a new location.
The one responsible for controlling the Flying Warship was this Ferryman.
He did not utter a word throughout, but the aura he inadvertently exuded was clearly of the Golden Core level!
Wang Chen and the other passengers, being of Purple Mansion Cultivation Level, naturally did not dare to act improperly.
Sitting in the cabin without a view of the outside, the Flying Warship would land intermittently, picking up one or several new passengers each ti.
Not until the number of passengers reached fifty and the cabin could no longer accommodate any more, did the Flying Warship cease to take on more passengers.
Wang Chen had not expected that there would be so many cultivators like himself “smuggling” their way to the Upper Realm.
And this was just one “flight.”
After flying for almost another two hours, the Flying Warship shuddered slightly as if it had docked sowhere.
At this mont, the cabin door opened again.
Suddenly, the Ferryman spoke, “We have arrived.”
His voice was extrely hoarse and strained, as if he had not spoken for a very long ti.
The passengers looked at each other and then filed out one after another.
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