Retirement begins with summoning Yuan Tiangang

The aftershocks of the formation were still trembling slightly in the air when Lin Tian, ​​who was standing there, suddenly had a thought.

He seemed to sense something.

He frowned, turned around, and walked out.

We passed through the main hall, crossed the threshold, and stood in the square in front of the hall.

He slowly raised his head and looked out at the barrier above.

Above the transparent dome of the barrier, the sky was bright and clear, and there was nothing there.

Lin Tian narrowed his eyes.

wrong.

I was sure I wasn't mistaken about that feeling just now.

He held his breath, his gaze sweeping across the sky outside the barrier as if through a sieve.

Then he saw it.

Outside the barrier, far away, a small black dot hangs in mid-air.

The figure was slender, dressed in a neat black outfit, with her hair tied in a high ponytail that swayed in the wind.

The man looked left and right, surveying the city.

When Lin Tian saw that face.

Lin Tian was stunned.

"still?"

Lin Tian's lips twitched.

What's this little girl doing here?

He stared at the figure for several seconds.

She still seemed to see him, even though they were far apart and separated by a barrier. Suddenly, she jumped, her ponytail swinging in the air in an arc, and then she raised her arms above her head and shook them frantically.

His mouth was open; he was shouting something.

Too far away, I can't hear it.

But you could feel that jubilation even through the barrier.

Lin Tian looked at her like that, sighed, and turned to walk back.

Tap tap tap, we made our way into the side corridor of the main hall.

The Feather Emperor was in a side hall.

When Lin Tian pushed open the door, Yu Huang was meditating with his eyes closed, his body radiating a very faint golden halo.

Yu Huang was healing his injuries. Judging from the cracks on his body, it seemed he would need a long time to recover. Besides him, there were three other figures. Lin Tian looked at the one who was sitting cross-legged in meditation, his aura surging. Lin Tian knew that Yao Lao was at a critical juncture in his breakthrough.

Just then, Yu Huang heard footsteps, opened his eyes, and looked at Lin Tian.

"The barrier is to the east," Lin Tian said succinctly in the Netherworld Tribe language. "Speak."

The Feather Emperor didn't ask any further questions.

He stood up, raised his hand, and pointed his fingertips towards the empty space to the east.

A golden light flew from his fingertips and disappeared into the dome of the barrier outside the hall.

Silently, but Lin Tian sensed it: a narrow crack had appeared in the eastern barrier, like a zipper being pulled open.

"Okay, thanks." Lin Tian turned and left.

Yu Huang watched his retreating figure, then slowly sat back down and continued to meditate.

When Lin Tian returned to the palace entrance, he was no longer in the same spot.

A dark shadow appeared in the sky, swooping down.

She moved with incredible speed, her ponytail whipped into a straight line by the wind, and her black outfit fluttered wildly.

She passed through the opening in the barrier and plunged straight towards Lin Tian's location.

Closer, even closer.

A smile remained on his face.

She was pretty, with curved eyebrows and eyes that seemed to hold two bright stars. She had a wide grin on her face, looking extremely smug.

The little girl was laughing like a fox who had stolen a chicken.

"Lin Tian!"

The sound came from the air, clear and crisp.

The people in the city looked up, their faces instantly filled with fear, and they quickly bent down and lay down, a large group of them following suit.

Lin Tian stood motionless in the square in front of the palace, watching her descend closer and closer until she finally touched the ground with her toes and came to a steady stop.

I was less than three steps away from him.

Her ponytail swayed twice, then slowly drooped down and rested on her shoulder.

She looked up at him, her voice filled with immense excitement.

"Lin Tian, ​​I didn't expect to see you here today!"

Lin Tian didn't respond to that.

He looked at her, his face calm, but his expression was anything but pleasant.

"You little brat," he began, his voice carrying a hint of reproach.

"What level of cultivation do you have to dare come here?"

The smile on her face froze for a moment.

"Aren't you afraid of being captured by the gods?" Lin Tian took a step forward, looking at her.

"Aren't you afraid your clan elders will worry? You dare to sneak out like that, you've got some nerve."

Still standing there.

She lowered her head, twisted her hands together in front of her, her fingers picking at her nails, and her voice became softer and more hesitant.

"I'm just... bored."

She lowered her head, her ponytail slipping down her shoulder and hanging in front of her chest, the ends of her hair twirling around her fingers.

"I stay there every day, but no one talks to me. They're all busy with their own things, so busy they don't even have time to touch the ground. Who has time to pay attention to me?"

Lin Tian didn't say anything.

"You were the only one who could talk to me." Her voice was even softer. "And then you left."

She looked up, glanced at him quickly, and then looked down again.

"How am I supposed to stay here?"

Lin Tian looked at her and remained silent for two seconds.

"By the way," he changed the subject, his voice softening a bit,

"How did you find this place?"

He suddenly looked up.

"Let me tell you!"

She suddenly came to life, gesturing with both hands in the air.

"I did know the coordinates of the divine realm back then. After arriving and entering the planet, I was initially disoriented and couldn't find you. It was just too vast; I was flying and flying..."

She spread her arms and made a flying motion.

"Suddenly, I felt the surrounding true energy pulsating wildly, bouncing and thumping like boiling water, as if being drawn by a mysterious force, converging madly towards one place. I wanted to follow and see what was going on, and then I was guided to this city."

Lin Tian suddenly realized.

The formation was the Guiyi Zhenling Grand Formation, which absorbed the true energy within a hundred miles. The commotion was so great that it attracted this little girl.

When he set up the formation, he never expected this to happen; the gathering of true energy in the sky actually became a guiding light.

"Hmm." He sighed.

But it seems to be going quite well so far.

Judging from the current situation, at least this little girl hasn't been captured by the gods or anything.

She tilted her head, leaned closer, and stared at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Lin Tian, ​​I came here to find you." She paused.

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

Lin Tian turned his head away expressionlessly.

I can't be bothered with you.

He turned and walked into the hall.

Still following behind, taking small, quick steps, her mouth agape like a bursting floodgate.

"Lin Tian, ​​just tell me something! I'm so bored. I want to hear your stories. If all else fails, just tell me your old stories, from the Tianyuan Continent, anything will do. I'm so incredibly bored. You have no idea what kind of life I had over there..."

Lin Tian didn't turn around.

They continued to follow him, from the entrance of the hall into the main hall.

As soon as she entered the room, her voice suddenly stopped.

Lin Tian glanced at her and saw that the girl was looking around with her head tilted back, her mouth agape.

The beams and pillars inside the palace are carved with intricate patterns, and the walls are decorated with designs. The soft lighting adds a picturesque touch to the entire palace.

The ground reflected the flowing light and shadow of runes on the dome.

"Wow..." She spun around again, her ponytail swinging, "Did you guys build this? It looks so good!"

"It was originally built by those gods," Lin Tian said.

"Wow!" He spun around again, hands behind his back, head following the layout of the hall, looking left and right, his steps even bouncing.

"This building is so beautiful! Look at the patterns, isn't that an array pattern? And those crystals, they're so exquisitely inlaid, not at all tacky..."

Seeing her restless appearance, Lin Tian suddenly spoke up: "You've come here, but your clan elders are here."

Yiran's movements suddenly stopped.

She turned her head, her expression shifting from curiosity to a momentary tension.

"Are you telling the truth?" She walked back, moved closer to Lin Tian, ​​and stared at his face.

"Where? Where?"

She looked around.

The hall was empty except for Lin Tian and a long table in the distance.

She glanced outside a few more times.

"Lin Tian, ​​you're not lying to me, are you?"

Lin Tian smiled wryly.

"What's the point of me lying to you? They just need to continue their training for now. They'll be released later..."

He looked at her.

"They'll deal with you then."

She still pouted, tilted her head, and swung her ponytail to the other side.

"I'm not afraid at all."

"Stubborn to the end."

"If they blame me, I'll just say you brought me here."

Lin Tian was stunned.

"No way, how can you shirk responsibility like that? I'm perfectly fine here; didn't you come here on your own?"

"Isn't that right?"

Still self-righteous and confident

"I don't care, there's no one there with me anyway. You said you were here, so can't I just come along?"

She put her hands on her hips, tilted her chin up, and looked like she was saying, "What can you do to me?"

Lin Tian opened his mouth. Then he closed it, then opened it again.

"...Okay, okay."

He gave up; he couldn't win the argument, he really couldn't win.

"You can look around by yourself." He waved his hand and walked towards the long table.

"Anyway, I don't have anything to say to you anymore. You're just making people worry. You ran away on your own. When you go back, you'll definitely be locked up."

"It's not like it's never been turned off before," she muttered, following behind him.

Lin Tian walked to the main seat at the long table in the distance and sat down.

She still sat down to his left, and as soon as her bottom touched the chair, she started to wiggle around, clearly not satisfied with the chair, but she didn't say anything.

She turned her gaze to the person directly opposite her.

The man sat there, with two dragon heads behind him, exuding a faint dragon's might; he was alive.

His long, silver-white hair cascaded down his shoulders, his pale blue eyes were calm and undisturbed, and his face was handsome, but his overall aura was cold, heavy, and profound.

An aura like that of an abyss.

She blinked again, looking at it curiously a couple more times.

The person sitting down is naturally the heavens.

The sky didn't move, it didn't even look at her.

She withdrew her gaze and turned to Lin Tian, ​​her face immediately changing to a smiling one, her eyebrows curving, as if the abyss-like man from before had never existed at all.

Seeing this scene, Lin Tian had a question in his mind.

What's going on with this girl?

Before he could think it through, footsteps came from the palace entrance.

The footsteps were rhythmic and unhurried, neither too fast nor too slow, each step landing and rising gently.

Lin Tian looked up.

The newcomer was slender with long purple hair cascading over her shoulders, the ends of which were slightly curled and clung to her waist.

She has a full figure, soft curves, and an elegant gait that comes from within.

She has a beautiful face, and her eyes and brows exude a composure and gentleness that only a mature woman possesses.

Shi Yao.

She walked towards them with small steps, her gaze falling on Lin Tian, ​​a smile curving her lips.

Still drawn by the commotion, she turned her head to look.

She was stunned at first glance.

"Wow..." she muttered softly, "This girl is so pretty..."

Shi Yao also noticed Yi Ran sitting next to Lin Tian.

Her gaze lingered on Yiran's face for a moment, then looked at her high ponytail and her sleek black outfit, and returned a smile.

She walked to Lin Tian's side and bent down slightly.

"Young master, would you like something to eat?"

Her voice was alluring, sounding like someone was gently breathing into her ear.

Lin Tian looked up at her and smiled.

"Just make something simple, I'm hungry too."

Still watching this scene from the side, her expression subtly changed. She turned her head and stared at Lin Tian.

"Lin Tian, ​​aren't you fasting? Why are you eating?"

Lin Tian glanced at her.

"Does fasting mean you can't eat?"

"It is possible..."

"Can't I like this kind of thing?"

"Ah, de, de."

They were still bickering.

As Shi Yao watched the two bickering, the smile in her eyes deepened, revealing a loving, motherly smile.

She didn't interrupt, but simply shook her head and turned to leave.

The footsteps faded into the distance.

Lin Tian leaned back in his chair, watching Shi Yao's figure disappear through the palace gate.

Although his cultivation level had reached a point where he no longer needed to eat or drink, as a modern person, he still quite enjoyed this kind of food.

Physical needs don't need to be met, but mental needs do. This principle remains unclear.

Shi Yao walked out, still watching Shi Yao's back until she disappeared from sight.

He withdrew his gaze.

She was silent for a few seconds.

Then he turned to look at Lin Tian.

"Lin Tian," her voice was lower than before, "who was that person?"

"It looks so good."

Lin Tian didn't know how to answer at this point. After thinking for a moment, he could only say...

"A very important person."

He remained silent.

Lin Tian glanced at her sideways.

The girl had her head down, her fingers twisted together, and her nails digging into each other.

Her ponytail hung down her shoulders, the ends brushing against the back of her hand.

After a long while, she spoke softly.

"Yeah?"

The voice was muffled.

"Are you already married?"

Lin Tian paused after hearing this. Was this all a misunderstanding? I'm still single, an old man who's never even held a girl's hand.

Lin Tian looked at her lowered head, opened his mouth as if to say something, but felt that nothing he said would be quite right.

The hall fell silent. Tian's gaze remained fixed throughout, his expression indifferent. Even Lin Tian couldn't tell whether he was pondering, cultivating, or simply lost in thought.

I waited a few more seconds, but still didn't get a reply.

She slowly raised her head, her eyes darker than before, and looked at Lin Tian, ​​a forced smile still on her lips.

"I was just asking."

she says.

But her fingers were still twisting.

Lin Tian looked at this little girl and thought, "She really does think about everything, and she has a lot of ideas."