Volume 1, Chapter 324 – Looking Down

Modern clothes were not difficult to put on. In less than half a quarter of an hour, Shi Lan dispelled the barrier.

Most modern clothing was extremely form-fitting. The few girls all looked a little awkward, not knowing where to put their hands or feet, while some of the boys who were old enough kept staring until their eyes almost went straight.

Shi Lan did not actually change clothes. She directly used the Myriad Transformation Sacred Robe to simulate a set.

At the moment, she had a short-sleeved shirt underneath and a jacket over it, with a pair of fitted trousers below. They very clearly outlined those absurdly long, slender legs of hers.

Li Canglan lifted his eyes. After seeing Shi Lan’s figure, his breathing faltered for an instant, and he immediately lowered his gaze again, not daring to look any longer.

The boys around him did not dare let even the slightest stray glance linger on Shi Lan either.

“Let’s go.”

Shi Lan raised a finger, directly split open a spatial passage, and stepped into it.

The nearest city was still more than forty li away.

The group filed out one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they had already appeared several dozen li away.

Rows upon rows of towering buildings appeared before their eyes. Almost instantly, the boys tore their gazes away from the girls traveling with them and looked toward the crowds on the street instead.

It was summer at the moment, and quite a few passersby were dressed very lightly. The sight made the boys flush red to the ears. They did not dare stare openly, yet could not help sneaking glances from the corners of their eyes.

“Utterly improper… what’s even worth looking at?”

One of the girls muttered a complaint, though for some reason, her tone sounded a little sour.

Those dazzling buildings gleaming beneath the sunlight did not attract their attention in the slightest.

Li Canglan likewise had no interest in the buildings. What interested him was the traffic on the roads, as well as the airships that passed overhead from time to time.

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Shi Lan had only left this world for a few months, yet several decades had already passed here, and technology had advanced by leaps and bounds once again.

From time to time, one could see transparent AR projections on the streets.

Shi Lan looked around and could not help but feel a little emotional. The difference between Lingyang Realm and this world was no different at all from the distinction between the immortal and mortal worlds in her old memories.

Three months in the immortal world, and in the mortal world, seas had turned to mulberry fields.

Even though Shi Lan had already hidden her true appearance with the Myriad Transformation Sacred Robe, the rate at which their group drew attention on the street was still astonishing.

After all, Shi Lan’s height among women was simply far too outstanding, enough to make most men feel ashamed of themselves.

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“Sorry, I don’t have a mobile number.”

After turning down the tenth girl who had come up asking for his number, Li Canglan could not help letting out a bitter smile. The women of this world were a little too bold and enthusiastic.

Shi Lan walked in the center of the group, seemingly completely unaware of Li Canglan’s awkwardness.

At first, she had been walking at the very front, but there had simply been too many people coming up to greet her, and it became more than she could bear.

In less than an hour, she had already run into three so-called modeling agents, which was enough to thoroughly annoy her.

“This statue… looks like the Lady…”

One of the boys stopped and pointed at a colorful statue standing on an enormous plaza.

“The Lady” was the honorific those children used for Shi Lan.

The statue depicted a white-haired woman with long hair falling to her waist, dressed in an ancient-style gown and wearing a mask over her face.

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Shi Lan froze. With one glance, she recognized that it was indeed a statue of herself. No wonder her prestige had been rising faster and faster lately. So this was where the problem lay.

Beside the statue stood a stone monument, and on it were carved four large characters:

Wuji Sword Immortal.

Shi Lan spread out her divine sense and searched the surrounding area for information on the Wuji Sect. Very quickly, she found the clues she wanted.

Because the Wuji Sect had a Human Immortal presiding over it, one who had surpassed the level of a Martial Grandmaster, it had already become the undisputed number one force under heaven.

In recent years, the martial trend had grown ever more flourishing, and the Wuji Sect had used that momentum to spread its influence into every industry. Its roots and branches were tangled everywhere.

As for the statue of the Wuji Sword Immortal, the Wuji Sect had erected them in many places. According to rumor, it was this woman, whom the Wuji Sect revered as the Wuji Sword Immortal, who had enlightened Luo Jin and allowed him to enter the Human Immortal realm.

“I need to go somewhere first. You all go on ahead.”

Shi Lan narrowed her eyes slightly, a thought stirring in her heart. Her figure vanished on the spot and she left directly.

In an instant, Shi Lan was already hundreds of li away. After flickering twice more, she entered the Wuji Sect’s headquarters.

Luo Jin was not inside the Wuji Sect headquarters. Shi Lan made a round of the place and found two longevity tablets as well, both dedicated to the Wuji Sword Immortal.

So this was what it meant for willows to grow where one never meant to plant them…

Setting aside her thoughts, Shi Lan left the Wuji Sect headquarters, tore open space once again, and arrived at a county town.

Several decades had passed, and the county town had long since changed beyond recognition. It no longer looked as it had before.

But Shi Lan had once left a spiritual imprint on Ning An, and she quickly found her whereabouts.

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Inside a public cemetery, Ning An, now already past sixty, gently wiped the gravestone with a hand full of wrinkles. Beside her stood an old man of about the same age.

“Come on, it’s getting dark.”

The old man beside Ning An urged her softly.

Ning An slowly lowered her hand. A faint smile spilled from her somewhat clouded eyes.

“Do you remember how, back when we were in school, you always walked me home at night?”

“You were afraid of the dark, and whenever we walked at night, you always leaned toward me. That was exactly why I liked walking at night…”

“Lin Mo, I’m sorry.”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“I couldn’t leave you any descendants.”

“Why bring that up all of a sudden? It wasn’t your fault.”

The two figures leaned against one another as they walked out of the cemetery, gradually fading into the distance…

Shi Lan slowly walked up to the grave and placed a bouquet of lilies upon the spotless offering platform.

It was a joint grave. On the gravestone, two photographs stood side by side. It was the shared grave of Qin Yinhua and Ning Kangping.

In the photos, their smiles and expressions remained exactly as before. Yet after the passage of several decades, that couple who had still been in the prime of life in Shi Lan’s memory had long since passed away.

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After getting into the car, Lin Mo did not start it for a long while. He simply sat there in a daze.

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“What’s wrong?”

“I… I think I just saw someone familiar.”

“Who?”

“I can’t remember…”

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Shi Lan found Li Canglan and the others on the rooftop terrace of a high-rise building.

Night was gradually falling, and colorful neon lights were already flickering across the streets below. They looked even better than in daylight, and there was more of the warmth of ordinary life to them.

“Did you see anything clearly?”

Shi Lan looked down at the surging traffic beneath her feet and asked indifferently.

Li Canglan turned his head and looked at Shi Lan. The multicolored lights around them reflected in her eyes, yet still could not reach their depths.

“I think I’m beginning to understand what we were in the eyes of the Zheng family.”

Li Canglan sighed, his expression somewhat heavy. This was suppression in strength, vision, and even scope of mind.

With his own cultivation being so mediocre, when he looked at this world, he too had instinctively done so from above.

The Yaoyun Star in the eyes of the Zheng family was no different at all from this world in his own eyes, perhaps even far inferior…