Chapter 684 - 626: Stepping onto the Peak 35 (4,000 Words)_2
Leaving the Secret Realm is easy. Once the time is up, the seven-colored light door appears, and everyone can just walk out. Seeing a group of juniors from the two families with hair less than two fingers wide, the four elders outside all had expressions as if they anticipated this.
The reason is particularly simple. When these four elders were young, they also experienced this inside the Secret Realm. However, Tan Shuangshuang and Liang Ziqian, who didn’t end up bald, intrigued these elders a little, and then they showed a look of approval.
The return journey was once again on the Flying Sky Ship. Everyone knew the Flying Sky Ship was extremely fast, so they seized the opportunity to tour the places they hadn’t seen before, eagerly wanting to see every corner on their ride.
After returning to Qingyun City, Tan Shuangshuang not only handed over the Spiritual Medicine but also gave her grandfather Tan Wencheng a Storage Bag full of Wine Plum, for him to share with her second uncle and Tan Feiyu. She didn’t care to do it herself.
Having visited the Secret Realm once and progressed two small stages, Tan Shuangshuang considered going into the Forbidden Land to retreat and cultivate for a while, possibly advancing another two small stages.
But before Tan Shuangshuang could run off to cultivate as she wished, her grandfather Tan Wencheng stopped her. The main reason was that Tan Shuangshuang had been cultivating excessively lately—having just exited retreat, going back again, then going to Hurricane Valley, the trip to the Secret Realm was also mainly for cultivation—and now, returning, she wanted to retreat again.
Tan Wencheng was afraid Tan Shuangshuang was too eager in her cultivation, with unstable foundations and Heart Realm, and he firmly refused to allow her to retreat again. He directly pushed her to go play with Tan Feiyu, leaving Tan Shuangshuang speechless.
However, Tan Shuangshuang also understood she had been somewhat possessed in her cultivation. Mainly, the traumatic death from inadequate strength in her past life had given her a deep stimulus, causing Tan Shuangshuang to develop an obsession with power, always wanting to be stronger, and even stronger.
Fortunately, the juniors of the Tan and Liang families had already grown familiar with each other, those who could fall in love had already done so, and those who could make friends were already playing together, sisters linked by arms. Tan Shuangshuang no longer needed to constantly set an example with Liang Ziqian, sparing her from always acting in concert with him against her will.
Holding Fei Hu and stepping out with Tan Feiyu, standing at the Tan Family gate, Tan Shuangshuang seemed a bit absent-minded. Mainly, she didn’t know where to go. After thinking for a while, she decided to drag Tan Feiyu to the market for a stroll, seeing if they could find anything pleasing.
On the way, Tan Shuangshuang and Tan Feiyu accidentally saw a few Wu Family members, but these Wu Family members, upon seeing Tan Shuangshuang and Tan Feiyu, reacted as if mice encountering a cat, quickly sidestepping and hiding away, lacking any previous intent to provoke Tan Family members.
Tan Shuangshuang felt the Wu Family’s current honesty was abnormal, wondering if they had some kind of bad schemes brewing inside. She intended to remind her grandfather about Wu Family when she returned, feeling it’s always wise to keep vigilant against such a previously hostile yet enduring family.
As she walked, contemplating the Wu Family issue, Tan Shuangshuang failed to notice, facing directly into Liang Ziqian who was out shopping with a maid-dressed Hua Qingcheng.
It was Liang Ziqian who greeted her first, alerting Tan Shuangshuang. She nonchalantly returned the greeting, yet felt quite annoyed; ever since her reincarnation, she frequently ran into Liang Ziqian, this guy truly was ghostly persistent, quite vexing.
Liang Ziqian, unaware of Tan Shuangshuang’s annoyance, directly walked with Hua Qingcheng alongside Tan Shuangshuang and Tan Feiyu, turning his head slightly to ask, "Shuangshuang sister, are you out for a stroll or planning to buy something?"
Liang Ziqian was extraordinarily handsome in appearance, coupled with an entirely serene demeanor. His slightly warm appearance now was particularly attractive, the very image Tan Shuangshuang admired most in her past life, although she seldom got to see it.
In this lifetime, Tan Shuangshuang felt nothing about it. Absent-mindedly touching Fei Hu’s head beside her and looking around at roadside stalls, she calmly said, "I’m not looking to buy anything, just out for a random walk with Feiyu due to boredom."
Just as Tan Shuangshuang’s words fell, Tan Feiyu erupted in laughter, then teased, "Brother Liang, don’t listen to sister’s nonsense. She’s bluffing you. She’s not just bored; she’s gotten possessed with cultivation, wanting to retreat again. If it weren’t for grandpa kicking her out to play with me, she’d probably be off in Forbidden Land retreating again, no time for a market stroll."