Chapter 439: 439, Return of the Young Elder.
The paper crane didn’t stop in the air, and quickly returned to the Eastern Region.

As soon as he entered the Eastern Region, where the Demon Sect was located, the tense string in Lu Xun finally relaxed.

“There’s nothing quite like the safety of being on home turf,” Lu Xun remarked to himself.

As soon as the paper crane had entered the Eastern Region, the Second Elder Sister, who had been resting with her eyes closed, gently opened them.

“Second Elder Sister, how are you recovering?” Lu Xun asked with concern.

Elder Sister’s face was calm as she replied, “I’m … I’m all right now.”

The Sword Qi is Near floated next to Lu Xun, finding it hard not to tremble slightly as it took in the familiar Eastern Region.

Being in the Eastern Region meant that the Demon Sect was not far away.

Once it returned to the Demon Sect, it was supposed to go back to Hidden Mountain, according to the rules.

This would mean being separated from its sheath again.

Lu Xun, watching The Sword Qi is Near’s small flicker, glanced down at the sword sheath in his hand, perfectly aware of its intentions.

He smiled and said, “The Sword Qi is Near, you can return to the Sect with the sheath by yourself. There’s no need to accompany us.”

Hearing Lu Xun’s words, The Sword Qi is Near couldn’t help but let out a hum.

Wasn’t this providing it with a chance to be alone with its sheath?

It made a round around Lu Xun who was standing still, at this moment it felt that the master’s little junior brother was even more handsome and suave than its own master. Why didn’t it notice that before?

Lu Xun tapped his finger against the sheath gently, and said, “Off you go.”

The sheath hesitated and seemed a bit shy. After considering it for a moment, it floated up and flew to The Sword Qi is Near’s side.

The sword and the sheath were familiar to each other. After a series of events on the mountain, their relationship had been rekindled.

The Sword Qi is Near, being utterly obedient to the sheath and having acted out the role of a hero saving the beauty several times, seemed to have achieved its desired result.

— A relentless pursuit eventually pays off!

After The Sword Qi is Near and the sheath disappeared, Mao Nanbei curiously asked, “Little junior brother, why did you do that?”

Lu Xun reached out to stroke her cat ears, feeling their fluffy softness, he said, “You wouldn’t understand.”

Mao Nanbei thought Lu Xun was trying to be mysterious, she turned her head away in frustration, not letting him touch her ears anymore>

Lu Xun didn’t mind, he sat next to her with a smile and didn’t bother to explain, he simply changed the subject.

It was like when he used to watch TV with his parents and whenever there was a kissing scene, his parents would instinctively change the channel.

But, honestly, Mao Nanbei wasn’t a child, she was essentially a hundred-year-old lawful loli.

After Mao Nanbei sulked for two minutes, she couldn’t resist sitting on Lu Xun again.

He remembered the first thing she said to him when they first met: “Mortal, I am currently in need of a handsome mount. Are you willing?”

“Who would have thought that despite becoming a dear junior brother, I still can’t escape my destined fate of being ridden.”

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As the paper crane flew over the Eastern Region, Lu Xun glanced down at the land of Eastern Region, feeling that compared to the other major regions, the Eastern Region is really blessed.

Since there were no altars within the Eastern Region’s territory, it was not affected by the initial invasion of the foreign race.

The various cities, big and small, remained relatively peaceful, a stark contrast to the outside world.

Given the current situation, it would not be an exaggeration to describe the Eastern Region as a paradise isolated from the outside world.

But along the way, Lu Xun noticed that the number of players in the Eastern region’s had significantly decreased.

Those foolish players had nothing to do, they all went out ‘hunting in the wild’.

At this point, Lu Xun remembered his six sword-serving children.

“Eh, I forgot about them in the West State!” After blaming himself for three seconds, Lu Xun put this matter behind him.

They were just tools after all, to be used when remembered and left aside when forgotten.

“It’s not like I haven’t paid them,” Lu Xun thought. After all, the sword-serving children had received quite a few perks while under his care.

When the paper crane flew over the Demon Sect, passing through the Lead Peak, it immediately attracted the attention of the patrolling disciples.

“Ah, the young elder is back!” Many disciples were so startled they couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.

“Look, there’s the Second Elder Sister and the Fourth Elder Sister!”

Soon, news of “Welcome back, Elder!” was spreading throughout the Demon Sect.

As the paper crane flew over various peaks, the disciples would exclaim:

“Why do I feel my sword heart is clearer than before?”

When Lu Xun flew away, the feeling instantly dissipated.

It must be due to the Sword Fate buff!

Lu Xun knew clearly that the disciples of Sword Cultivation would pay great attention to the change of Sword Heart. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he gently spoke:

“Don’t panic.”

This was an acknowledgement that they were influenced by him.

For a moment, the disciples of the Demon Sect looked at each other with shock in their hearts.

“Is there such a magical power in the world?”

Shen Yan’s chicken-like scream of laughter came from the main peak hall, repeating the word “ha” in one breath: “Hahaha…”

The more he laughed, the happier he seemed.jpg.

Shen Yan’s figure appeared before everyone. He hovered in the air, bowing to the three, saying, “Welcome back, masters.”

“There’s no need for so much courtesy, Sect Master.” Lu Xun said with a smile.

As one could see, Shen Ludan seemed to have been quite busy recently.

The other Peak Masters had gone down the mountain one after another to support other areas.

Although Shen Yan was in the sect, there were loads of tasks to handle every day due to the coming disaster, making him worn out. Even his shiny bald head had become even shinier than before.

Despite being a Great Cultivator of the eighth realm, Shen Yan seemed a bit tired because of overwork… well, it made his ugly face even more so.

As a Sword Cultivator, he was able to sense the mysteries of Lu Xun and could feel this aura improving his Swordsman Cultivation.

Upon learning that Lu Xun currently had the “Sword Fate”, Shen Yan’s ugly face froze for a moment.

He was a disciple of Yan Li, who hadn’t reached the peak when she took him as a disciple.

Therefore, when Yan Li reached the peak and a surge of Sword Fate flowed towards her, Shen Yan was present.

He couldn’t believe that the Young Elder, who was only in the fourth realm, already possessed Sword Fate!

Shen Yan finally choked out a sentence: “Young Elder, do the two great Sword Sects… know of this?”

Lu Xun nodded, smiling slightly, “Ping Shanhai already knows.”

“Hahaha!” Upon hearing this, Shen Yan let out another round of chicken-like laughter.

Although the disaster was imminent, and everyone was in alliance, Shen Yan found it interesting to imagine the expressions on the faces of the higher-ups in the two major Sword Sects when they learnt this news.

The joy of the Demon Sect was just that simple.

After having a casual chat with Lu Xun, Shen Yan flew back to the main hall of the peak.

He was too busy and simply had no free time.

Besides, he knew the gentleman was waiting for Lu Xun, and it wouldn’t be good to talk for too long.

After Shen Yan left, the paper crane turned around and flew towards the rear mountain of the Demon Sect.

Lin Chan and Ji Li were already waiting outside the Small Study on the Rear Mountain. As soon as they saw the three people, they quickly saluted.

After the salutation, they never took their eyes off Lu Xun.

Lu Xun first glanced at Ji Li, who seemed to have lost some weight.

However, her bulging chest had not shrunk at all. If she threw away her restraint and rushed over to give Lu Xun a big hug, it would be quite a foul play.

As for Little Chan, she had grown more graceful since they hadn’t seen each other for a while.

She looked a world apart from the Little Mute that Lu Xun originally took in. Who would have thought that the once skinny girl with yellow hair would transform so much in a few years? She was now so lovely with a great figure.

“I, Lu Xun, am an absolute master of nurturing.” Lu Xun praised himself in his heart.

“Squeak – ” The wooden door of the Small Study was pulled open. A man in a white robe, the gentleman, slowly stepped out of the Small Study.

“You’re back?” The gentleman’s gaze first swept over the Second Senior Sister, then at Mao Nanbei, and finally… he skipped over Lu Xun.

Lu Xun was used to this and even found it somewhat comforting.

On this journey down the mountain, he experienced so much.

It would certainly be a lie if he said he was not tired.

Fortunately, he was back to the rear mountain now.

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All rivers run to the sea, bird returns to the woods.

“I’m home.”

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