Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

In a far distant realm, above the sky, there is a floating white palace hidden behind the clouds, and various giant flying beasts fly around it with great joy. The palace is truly magnificent, gigantic, and vast. The palace is very similar to the ancient palace of the ancient emperor, and countless living beings of various races live side by side in harmony, except for demon races.

The top of the palace is restricted to almost everyone, and only certain people have the right to enter it. In one room at the top, a young woman in her early twenties stands in front of one of the walls, and her eyes are looking at several paintings of a man. The paintings show different versions of the man from when he was a baby, a toddler, and a child around ten years old.

The young woman's eyebrows were like willows; her almond-shaped white eyes were beautifully glittering. Her expression was like the calm ocean, as her lips were a shade of beautiful and natural pink. Her neck was like a beautiful swan holding up her beautiful head. Below her sleek shoulders was a busty but humbly concealed chest. Below her hourglass waist, her rear was perfectly sized, giving her figure an elegant curve to perfect her beauty. The folds of her skirt subtly reveal her flawless and smooth long legs. She exuded a pure and unblemished air, banishing all thoughts that men would have to violate her; she looked like an immortal fairy that had descended onto the earth.

"Zhang Fei." The young woman's eyes trembled as she called out the name with a soft but calming voice, and longing filled her eyes. "Back then, we were forced to leave the Earth, and I didn't want you to keep missing me, so I asked my father to seal your memories of me. Since there is no qi on Earth, I'm not sure how you managed to become a cultivator, but I'm glad that you succeeded in becoming one. Unfortunately, we live in two different worlds now, and I can't go there to meet you. If I force myself to meet you, those people will find out about you, and they will kill you."

A middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman unexpectedly entered the room. Upon noticing the young woman gazing at the paintings, they exchanged a brief glance before releasing soft sighs.

The middle-aged woman then approached the young woman, stood behind her, and embraced her from behind. "Did you remember Zhang Fei again, Yunxiao?"

"Yes, Mother." The young woman was none other than the little girl Zhang Fei had met when he underwent his karmic test, Luo Yunxiao. "He has become a cultivator like us now."

"Eh?" The middle-aged woman was shocked to hear that. "How could Zhang Fei become a cultivator? Could it be that Qi has returned to the Earth?"

"I don't know how he became a cultivator, but I'm sure Qi hasn't returned to the Earth." Luo Yunxiao answered with a shake of her head. "I previously sensed that my soul, which my father left in his body, has just awakened. He has already met my soul, so I know he has become one, especially since my soul will never awaken as long as he is still an ordinary mortal."

"Do you know where he lives now?"

"No." Luo Yunxiao then turned to face her mother. "Back then, I was still small, and my soul was weak, so it disappeared before I could talk to him. Even so, my soul had already given a bit of my qi to him, so I will be able to find him after he ascends to this realm in the future."

"I'm sorry that I separated you from Zhang Fei, Yunxiao." The middle-aged man spoke as he approached them. "Those people managed to find us because of my mistake, and the Earth would be in danger if they went there, so I was forced to bring you two back to this realm."

"You don't need to apologize to me, Father." Luo Yunxiao shook her head slightly. "Even if they never found us, we would still have to leave the Earth sooner or later, especially since our presence there would only bring disaster to its inhabitants, which is why I never blamed you. Anyway, my master previously summoned me to visit her, so I must go to her place now."

After Luo Yunxiao left, the middle-aged woman leaned on her husband. "What should we do, Fenghan? Zhang Fei has become an important part of our daughter, and she will never be able to forget him. Since he has only just become a cultivator, he will not be able to ascend to this realm anytime soon, and our daughter will have to wait a very long time to see him again. Due to the significant time difference between the two realms, she is now several hundred years older than him, and she will be much older than him when he ascends to this realm."

Luo Fenghan sighed heavily before leading his wife, Huang Xiaoyu, away. "Our daughter has long decided her future, remember? She doesn't even want to get married, and she prefers to live in solitude because of Zhang Fei. That's why we don't need to do anything and leave everything to her, especially since she will never change her mind again. I don't know how long it will take him to ascend to this realm, but we both know that he is not a foolish child, and I am sure he will succeed in coming here one day. Besides, our daughter has a very long lifespan due to her current cultivation, and her lifespan will continue to increase as her cultivation increases. Like us, our ages are also very far apart, so it doesn't matter if she has to wait for him for hundreds or even thousands of years."

"Haha." Huang Xiaoyu laughed softly upon hearing this. "Back then, you were still a snotty brat, and I was several thousand years older than you. However, I eventually developed feelings for you."

"This snotty brat is the luckiest in this realm, and all the men envy me, especially since I was able to steal their goddess." Huang Xiaoyu hit Luo Fenghan's chest lightly after hearing that. "We've been married for so long now, and we also have three great children, so I'm completely satisfied with my life."

"I am also satisfied with my life, especially since I have you and our children." Huang Xiaoyu then looked up at him. "If I think about it, among our three children, Yunxiao is the only one who inherited your character, and her little brothers' characters are more similar to mine."

Luo Fenghan's lips twitched at that. "Speaking of them, our two sons haven't been home for a long time, so I think we should ask them to return, and we'll immediately arrange their marriages to their lovers. They've been together for so long, but they have no intention of marrying them yet."

"Just like me before I accepted you, our two sons also think too much when it comes to their romance." Huang Xiaoyu replied with a heavy sigh. "All right, I will contact them and ask them to come home, and we will arrange their wedding with Bing Xingying and Cheng Mengyao directly."

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Zhang Xiaolong [3] and the two women had arrived at the northern city, but it was already late at night, and all the shops were closed, so he led them to an inn to rest. He found the names of the three demi-humans who had followed them three days ago on the map. 'As expected, they were really waiting for us here, but fortunately, we have changed our appearance, so they shouldn't recognize us.'

As soon as they arrived at their room, Shang Yaolin immediately asked. "Are they still following us?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiaolong [3] then told the two women the location of the demi-humans. "They seem to have many friends in this city, so you two should stay in this room, and I will look around the shops in this city for herbs myself tomorrow."

Shang Yaolin wasn't overly concerned about the demi-humans, and she could seek assistance from her clan if they encountered any issues. However, she also didn't want to find trouble with them, so she chose to agree with him.

Shang Xinyu was not concerned about the demi-humans either, especially since Shang Yingyue was aware of their departure. She believed that her senior sister was closely monitoring their situation, and she would step in to save them if they encountered any trouble.

Shang Xinyu raised her eyebrows as Shang Yaolin pulled Zhang Xiaolong [3] onto the bed, and the two of them immediately began warming up for more intimate activities. Since there were two beds inside, she decided to lie down on the other bed and seal her senses so she wouldn't have to hear their activities.

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[Ding]

[Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 Qi.]

[Reward: 1,000 bronze coins.]

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[Daily Quest: Killing 500 beasts or demon beasts at the earth realm or above.]

[Reward: Daily gift pack x1.]

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Zhang Fei opened his eyes when the two notifications appeared, especially since another challenge was about to begin, and the other people were also preparing to wait for the next challenge. 'Six challenges left; I hope to pass them all so I can try challenging the second floor directly.'

A while later, a portal descended and sucked them all in, and Zhang Fei instantly arrived at an empty place, which he believed was the location of the willpower challenge. However, the challenge was not a problem for him at all, so he immediately sat cross-legged on the floor before closing all his senses and starting to absorb Qi.

The old man suddenly appeared before Zhang Fei and observed him with seriousness. 'Sigh! Who taught this kid to cultivate using such a method? The purpose of this test is to assess his ability to maintain focus in the absence of time, but he purposefully closed all his senses to prevent boredom, rendering the test useless for him."

Mei naturally detected the old man's presence, so she reported it to her master, and Zhang Fei immediately unsealed his senses. "So you are the master of the two people I met before, Senior?"

The old man was surprised to hear that, and Zhang Fei opened his eyes immediately. "How could you detect my presence?"

"We don't know each other, so I can't possibly tell you my secret, right?" The old man nodded to Zhang Fei, who immediately questioned him. "Are you guys intentionally using this tower to scout for talents from the lower realms? Based on everything I encountered in the maze challenge, I can conclude that this tower is also a prison."

"You're right about all that, Kid." The old man once again nodded to Zhang Fei. "This tower is a prison for evil and vile living creatures, and there are still many towers scattered throughout the various realms. We use the towers to test people in all these realms to find the best talents, but only five can reach the top of each tower at a time. Many living beings have reached the top in other realms, but no one in this realm has ever made it."

"Only five people at a time?" Zhang Fei was surprised by that.

"People without top talent will only face failure in our realm, so we don't want to waste our time with them." The old man then asked. "Did the phoenix woman tell you about our realms?"

Zhang Fei nodded to him. "Feng Yao's parents suspected that there were other realms beyond the upper realms, but they never managed to find a way to get there. The stories from the people in this realm about the tower's appearance led me to suspect that it had a connection to those realms, and your two disciples confirmed my suspicions. Can you tell me about those realms?"

"No." The old man rejected Zhang Fei outright. "You don't need to think about those realms for now, and you should focus on reaching the top of this tower first. If you want to know about them, you can come to this tower again after your cultivation reaches the 5-Moon Divine Ascension Realm, and I will tell you everything then."

Zhang Fei frowned after hearing that because the Divine Ascension Realm was too far out of reach for him; even Feng Yao's parents' cultivation was only at the 1-Moon Divine Ascension Realm, and the nameless one's cultivation was at 2-Moon.

"Since this challenge is useless to you, I will let you pass this test."

"Wait a minute, senior." The old man raised his eyebrows at Zhang Fei. "Since you are supervising and holding full control over this tower, you should know about the little girl who appeared in front of me during the Sin Challenge, right?"

"A little girl? Which little girl are you referring to?" The old man asked in confusion.

"Did you really not see the little girl?" The old man shook his head, leaving Zhang Fei puzzled. 'Could it be that I was the only one who could see her? How could that happen?' "All right, you can send me out of this place, senior."
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After he sent him out, the old man immediately waved his hand, and a screen showing footage of Zhang Fei in the Sin Challenge appeared in front of him.

The old man closely observed every detail of the activities, but he was still unable to locate the figure of the little girl. At the end of the recording, he only saw Zhang Fei kneeling on the ground, but there was no one in front of him, and he heard him call out Luo Yunxiao's name.

"Luo Yunxiao? Luo surname? Who exactly is that little girl? How could she appear in this place?" After he searched for that name in his memories for some time and was unable to find it, the old man immediately returned to his private place.

When Zhang Fei arrived on the first floor, Feng Yao had also just appeared there. "As expected, the willpower challenge is nothing for you, so they deliberately sent you out early."

"Haha." Zhang Fei laughed at that. "You are no different from me, right?"

Feng Yao nodded at him. "I used your method to seal my senses, so they also sent me out early."

"Unfortunately, we have to wait quite a while for the next challenge, especially since the others will definitely have a hard time passing it this time." Zhang Fei then told Feng Yao about his conversation with the old man through voice transmission, causing the phoenix princess's expression to turn serious. 'I think you can tell them about this matter so they can try to challenge the tower in other realms, and they can find the answer if they manage to reach the top floor.'

Feng Yao agreed with Zhang Fei and used the interspatial communication device to inform her parents, but they did not give her an immediate answer. "I heard from Lingxue that you have successfully refined a rank-2 pill, and since we have nothing to do now, I will teach you how to concoct a rank-3 pill."

"Okay." Zhang Fei naturally would not refuse because he was eager to learn how to concoct a rank-3 pill, and his first clone was also learning about it from Zhang Lingxue.

They immediately returned to their original places and sat facing each other. Feng Yao then took out her alchemy furnace and several types of herbs, and she first explained them to Zhang Fei, including the method to process them before using them to concoct the pill.

Although some people were watching them from the waiting room, Feng Yao didn't care much about them because she was much stronger than them. After she finished explaining everything, she showed Zhang Fei how to process the herbs directly, so he could understand it easier by watching directly.

After she finished processing the herbs, Feng Yao began to heat her alchemy furnace before starting the concocting process, and Zhang Fei watched her every action with great seriousness.

- To Be Continued -