Chapter 162: The First Step Completed
Compared to the commotion outside, the hall was quite quiet at this moment, with soundproofing arrays carved on the walls flickering with uncertain light.
Yuan walked among the exhibition stands displaying various artifacts, occasionally stopping to look at the text on the projected light screens next to the stands.
Liu Yu followed closely behind him, his expression respectful.
As the first Combined Dao to discover Yuan, he was arranged to accompany Yuan on a tour of the current Righteous Path Alliance.
He was also responsible for conveying Yuan's intentions.
After the previous meeting, no one doubted his identity anymore.
"Reporting to the First Generation Speaker, someone will come later to clear out all the exhibits here."
"No need," Yuan waved his hand, "Just keep it as it is now, no need to change."
He was just a wisp of Divine Soul, which would dissipate before long, and he wouldn't be staying in the Righteous Path Alliance permanently, so there was no need for a big fuss.
Liu Yu's expression changed slightly: "But you..."
"It's settled, no need to say more."
"Yes!"
Since the First Generation Speaker himself had said so, Liu Yu couldn't say anything more.
But, the First Generation Speaker isn't moving back...
Could it be that he found the place too heavily modified and uncomfortable to look at, so he was preparing to rebuild?
Or was it that he actually wasn't planning to settle in the underwater city?
Thoughts churned in Liu Yu's mind, constantly guessing.
Yuan, however, was observing the various items displayed in the exhibition stands with great interest.
To be honest, personally seeing his own residence transformed into a tourist attraction was quite interesting.
But soon, he walked up to the exhibition stand where the mask of the Pavilion Lord of Listening Rain Pavilion was kept.
The mask placed inside the glass cabinet was fully visible with all its details under the bright lights.
Seeing that familiar mask, he couldn't help but stop, and memories of past experiences flooded his mind, leaving him feeling somewhat complex.
"Is Ming Yu still on the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield? Do we need to send someone to inform her?" Liu Yu asked cautiously.
Ever since the First Generation Speaker disappeared, Ming Yu went to the Starry Sky and hasn't returned.
...No need.
After all, she was different from Wanzhu; Ming Yu's personality was strong and decisive, while he was currently just a wisp of Divine Soul.
Meeting again would truly only add to the sadness.
Moreover, if his memory wasn't mistaken, when he left the Tai Xuan Realm, he took that mask and half of the hairpin Wanzhu gave him.
The latter originated from a casual chat between the two of them.
He talked about his hometown, saying that in ancient times, women would split the hairpin on their head into two, giving one half to the other person and keeping one half for themselves, to be put back together when they met again in the future.
How to comfort separation? The tortoiseshell hairpin behind the ear.
He had only mentioned it casually, but he didn't expect her to remember it all along.
...Would he really have a day to return to the Tai Xuan Realm?
"Alas~" With a light sigh, Yuan suppressed the complex emotions surging in his heart, "Let's go."
He walked through the front hall and then went around to various places.
But he found that every place was well-maintained, just as it was when he left, with almost no changes.
Finally, he walked down the long stairs and arrived at the secret chamber beneath the main hall—the place that once held his greatest wish after coming to this world.
"Greetings, First Generation Speaker." The two Combined Dao cultivators guarding the entrance stood up and bowed respectfully.
"No need for formalities."
"Please wait a moment." One of the guards pressed a button on the wall.
Rumble!!
The dusty stone door rose with a rumbling sound, revealing the passage leading inside.
Yuan nodded slightly and then came...
According to the Old friend, this underground secret chamber he specially built had been completely ransacked, even the piece of green jade where he hid was dug out...
Indeed, when he went in to look, he found it was empty.
Except for the books on the shelves, a wooden box for miscellaneous items, and a small armillary sphere, everything else had been moved out.
...
Although he had expected it, seeing this scene still made him feel somewhat helpless.
But he didn't dwell on it; such things were inherently unavoidable.
After casually picking up a few books and glancing through them briefly, he didn't linger any longer and directly left this underground secret chamber.
After all, it was empty; staying any longer would just be a waste of time.
...
...
After leaving the underground secret chamber.
Yuan directly appeared in front of the hall, which could be considered not letting those blocking the square outside the hall wait in vain.
Whoosh!
In an instant, sounds like a mountain roaring and a tsunami almost drowned out everything.
Many people were shouting loudly.
This kind of fervent display made Yuan himself, who was at the center of the event, a bit bewildered.
Seriously, he had only been away for a few decades, had his popularity become this high?
At this moment, Jiang Yujiu, mixed in the crowd, quietly moved away from her grandmother, turned on her phone, titled it 【Holy Emperor Yuan Returns】, carefully aimed the camera at Yuan standing in front of the main hall, and started a live broadcast.
She still couldn't bear to part with this massive traffic.
As expected, not long after the live broadcast began, dense bullet comments floated across, even more exaggerated than the last time in Xuanjian City.
Among them were also some sour remarks from Junior Sisters and Senior Sisters, but they were all drowned out by the tidal wave of bullet comments.
However, after just over ten minutes, as Jiang Yujiu was happily capitalizing on the traffic, a face somewhat similar to hers suddenly appeared in front of the camera.
"Grandma?!"
That's right, the one who appeared was Jiang Yuqi.
Seeing that the situation wasn't right, Jiang Yujiu quickly explained: "I'm just doing a normal live broadcast, look, I'm dressed like this!"
Hearing this, Jiang Yuqi looked her tightly wrapped granddaughter up and down a few times.
In the end, she didn't dwell on it too much.
"Don't mess around."
"Okay, okay! Don't worry, don't worry!"
...
At this moment, Yuan Jun and Xu Xing had just come out of the amusement park.
Perhaps because of Yuan's appearance, there weren't many people left in the large amusement park.
Xu Xing had originally wanted to go back to the stall where you could make your own cotton candy to make a few more, but he found that it had already closed early.
Only a note was posted in the original spot.
【Going to See Holy Emperor, Leaving Work Early Today】
That's right, the stall owner had also run off to see Yuan.
"Yuan's reputation is really not low." Xu Xing laughed.
This was already the seventh place like this they had seen.
Yuan Jun nodded slightly: "After all, his experiences over the past thousand years have indeed been somewhat legendary."
The most dazzling person in a thousand years, it was no exaggeration.
"The commotion is a bit big, but this first step can be considered complete."
Gu took Yuan's departure as an opportunity to cut off the fighting spirit of the Righteous Path Alliance, and now that Yuan has returned, the Righteous Path Alliance naturally has the catalyst to rekindle its fighting spirit.
Although things were going even more smoothly than expected, Xu Xing did not relax his vigilance because of this.
"However, Gu did not interfere, so we still need to be cautious."
Before, Gu had a brief encounter with Yuan, reflecting some of Yuan's past before disappearing.
Furthermore, it did not interfere with the events that occurred afterward.
It seemed not to care whether the fighting spirit it had cut off was rekindled.
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