Peace City.

On the not-so-tall city gate tower hung the sign for Peace City.

The open city gates saw few people coming and going.

As Xiao Yecao stepped into the city once more, she instinctively tightened her grip on Li Muyang’s hand.

Now, Xiao Yecao had grown into a full-fledged young woman.

Even dressed in plain clothes, her natural beauty was hard to conceal.

The most radiant and captivating features of a young girl were already fixed upon her face, impervious to the ravages of time.

Her bright eyes seemed to hold a nebula, dazzling and luminous.

Li Muyang had no idea what realm of cultivation Xiao Yecao had reached, and even the girl herself couldn’t really explain it.

The cultivation method she practiced had been so altered by her that it bore no resemblance to the conventional methods of the world.

There was no Golden Core, no Primordial Spirit, no Purple Mansion.

Within her, there was only the misty aura of an immortal spirit.

On the surface, the girl seemed to merge with the world around her, posing no threat and lacking the imposing presence of gods or cultivation grandmasters.

But not long ago, Xiao Yecao had effortlessly slain a demigod, her display of power deeply moving Li Muyang.

Yet now, this little girl stood outside the gates of her hometown, nervously clutching Li Muyang’s hand.

“Brother...”

Xiao Yecao glanced nervously around and whispered, “Shall we not go in? It’s been so many years. Maybe my parents are no longer there...”

Li Muyang, however, looked at Xiao Yecao’s nervous and evasive gaze and smiled.

“We’ve come all this way, why not just take a casual stroll inside?”

He patted the girl’s hand reassuringly, saying, “As the old saying goes, since we’re here...”

Li Muyang laughed heartily, half-dragging the girl into the small city with its mottled city walls.

The suggestion to visit Peace City had been made casually by Li Muyang.

But after he proposed the idea, the girl’s shrinking and evasive reaction only strengthened Li Muyang’s resolve to bring her here.

The path of cultivation fears inner demons the most, and the girl had been saying her progress had stalled, hitting some sort of bottleneck.

Li Muyang guessed that she might be unable to let go of her childhood experiences.

Being abandoned by her mother at a young age must have left a deep shadow in the girl’s heart.

In order to unravel the knot in her heart, perhaps it was necessary to bring her back to her hometown, to revisit the old place, and to see her parents again. ?

Li Muyang laughed heartily, forcibly dragging the girl into the city gate.

Although Xiao Yecao could crush Li Muyang with a mere lift of her hand at this point, in his hands, the girl was as docile as a kitten.

However, after they entered the city, Li Muyang did not immediately take Xiao Yecao to find her parents.

He led her around the city, casually inquiring about interesting things, as if they were just ordinary tourists.

After wandering around for a while and listening to a storyteller’s tales in a teahouse, Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao checked into an inn in the city as night fell.

“But when I actually saw her, I realized everything was very simple.”

“There were no difficulties, and there is nothing to explain. She’s just that kind of person.”

“And I, her daughter, born of her, naturally am just as cold-blooded and heartless. Seeing her, I felt no longing. Instead, the more I looked at her, the more I detested her, even wishing I could kill her.”

Saying this, the girl glanced back at the dark firewood shed and said, “Let’s go, brother, this place is boring.”

“Staying any longer is a waste of time.”

The girl’s eyes were cold, her expression one of disgust.

Li Muyang reached out to her with a smile and said, “Whatever the fairy says.”

Under the moonlight, the two left hand in hand, without disturbing anyone, as if they had never been there.

Only the curious muttering of the girl echoed in the darkness, fading away.

“By the way... Brother, you seem to have no interest in that kind of thing, it’s so strange...”

The girl seemed puzzled.

In the darkness, the man’s helpless voice of defense could be heard.

“Who says? I’m very interested, okay?”

“But you never... even last time with that dragon maiden...”

“You still have the nerve to mention that! You got drunk and caused trouble, almost getting me caught by the Dragon King to be wed to his daughter. Dare to casually take the Dragon King’s daughter? She could swallow me in one bite... I don’t like fierce women...”

“Tsk... then what kind of woman do you like, brother?”

“The kind I like.”

“Ugh...That’s not saying anything! Brother, you’re already thirty, an old man, and still so picky... Only I am willing to stay by your side.”

“Heh...”

The laughter of the girl and the man disappeared into the night wind.

Inside the mansion under the moonlight, there was chaos.

But it had nothing to do with them anymore.

They were leaving Peace City to go to the next place, continuing their journey.

And Peace City was just a minor episode in their travels.

Not worth mentioning anymore.

The girl looked at the moonlight and whispered softly.

“...The only relative I have in this world is Elder Brother.”

She had come to understand that.

In this world, aside from Elder Brother, no one was her relative.

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