Published: February 24, 2025
“Bingbing, go persuade Junior Sister Mu,” Jun Bu Ping suggested, glancing at Shangguan Bingbing.
“Mm.” Shangguan Bingbing gently nodded, wiping away the tears at the corners of her eyes while supporting the sobbing Mu Mengyi. She said, “Junior Sister Mu, don’t cry anymore. Since Tan Yun’s identity token is intact, it means he is still alive.”
“Moreover, he has a big guy to protect him; he won’t be in danger. You need to be strong; perhaps Tan Yun will come out soon?”
Mu Mengyi and Zhong Wu Shi Yao gradually stopped crying, staring blankly at the fog-covered entrance.
Half an hour later, the two women and everyone else felt despair; Tan Yun still hadn’t appeared!
At this moment, only two and a half hours remained until the time-space tunnel would open, and they needed to maneuver the supreme treasure artifact spirit vessel to the Time-Space Immortal Mountain, which was a hundred thousand miles away.
Huangfu Tingfeng sighed heavily and spoke with difficulty, “Junior Sisters Mu and Zhong Wu, we should leave now.”
“No… I won’t go!” Mu Mengyi and Zhong Wu Shi Yao said in unison.
Huangfu Tingfeng’s expression was sad as he said, “If you two don’t leave now, we won’t make it back through the time-space tunnel…”
Before Huangfu Tingfeng could finish, he was interrupted by Zhong Wu Shi Yao’s sobbing. “You all go; I want to stay and wait for him. I can’t leave him behind… I won’t!”
Zhong Wu Shi Yao was heartbroken, unable to accept the fact that Tan Yun had not yet come out.
Others felt the same. After all, Tan Yun was their savior!
Everyone felt utterly helpless!
Huangfu Tingfeng understood that to persuade Mu Mengyi to leave, it had to be the Danmai disciples who did so, since he himself was from the Talismans Lineage. Therefore, he looked towards Luo Fan and Song Hong, who had a close relationship with Tan Yun.
Luo Fan wiped away his tears and approached Mu Mengyi, his eyes filled with sorrow. “Junior Sister Mu, think from another perspective. I believe Brother Tan wouldn’t want you and Junior Sister Zhong Wu to wait here for him.”
“He must be scared that you won’t be able to pass through the time-space tunnel safely and return to the Eternal Immortal Sect.”
“He must be even more afraid that you would stay because of him and end up dying beneath the beast tide. What do you think?”
Mu Mengyi and Zhong Wu Shi Yao shivered slightly.
After a long silence, Mu Mengyi seemed to have lost her soul as she nodded slowly, whispering, “Don’t say anymore; we will follow you.”
Upon hearing this, everyone felt a wave of relief.
“Elder Sister Mu… are we really going to leave him?” Zhong Wu Shi Yao cried out, burying her head in Mu Mengyi's embrace. The two women clung to each other, weeping.
After a moment, Mu Mengyi raised her hand to wipe Zhong Wu Shi Yao's tears. “Sister, you must believe that our beloved will definitely not die. He will one day return to us alive.”
“So don’t be sad, don’t be upset.”
Zhong Wu Shi Yao nodded while choking back her sobs.
Mu Mengyi looked at everyone, her eyes filled with concern. “There’s something I hope you all can keep confidential.”
“Junior Sister Mu, please speak!” Huangfu Tingfeng, Ke Xinyi, Jun Bu Ping, Shangguan Bingbing, Baili Longtian, Xiao Qingxuan, and Lu Ren all replied in unison.
“Aunt, please instruct! Your words are commands from Brother Tan!” the Danmai disciples chimed in.
Mu Mengyi controlled her emotions to avoid crying out loud, her voice trembling slightly. “Everyone knows that most of us are alive today because of Tan Yun.”
“We were able to almost annihilate the disciples of the divine soul celestial palace and the Eternal Immortal Sect, all thanks to Tan Yun.”
“If he really stays in the eternal land, I hope that after you all return to the Eternal Immortal Sect through the time-space tunnel, you will say that Tan Yun is dead. After all, the eternal land belongs to the Eternal Immortal Sect.”
“Tan Yun killed so many from the Eternal Immortal Sect and the divine soul celestial palace. If Ru Yan Wu Ji and Zhuge Yu find out that Tan Yun is still alive, I’m afraid they will reopen the time-space tunnel to hunt Tan Yun down after we leave the eternal land.”