Cultivation: the Rise of a Live-In Son-In-Law

Chapter 512 - 510: Strange Mountains, Xiao Qingyin: How Did That Big Lu Ye Suddenly Disappear?!

"Mortal Realm... Mortal Realm Grandmaster?!" The City Lord of Giant Mountain City was clearly not some ignorant bumpkin.

The instant Xiao Qingyin revealed her own aura, he exclaimed in shock.

At this moment, the City Lord of Giant Mountain City almost eighty percent believed what Xiao Qingyin had just said.

After all, this was a powerhouse at Grandmaster Level!

There was no reason for her to come kill a few little Condensing Origin Realm grunts and still need to make up some excuse.

Even if she killed them for no reason at all, once she revealed her own strength, no one would dare say much.

At least not to her face.

As for muttering behind her back, who would really care?

This was the absolute status a Grandmaster held in this world.

As for any suspicion of being a spy or an infiltrator, more than half of that could basically be ruled out.

Because within Qing Province, although there were plenty of experts, most of them served in Sects and the like; true Loose Cultivators who had reached above the Mortal Realm were not many.

The Grandmaster Level experts wooed by other Vassal Kings had already had their portraits circulated through their respective intelligence networks again and again.

There simply wasn’t a "Xiao Qingyin model" among them.

Besides, if they wanted to send in an undercover agent, sending out such a conspicuous Mortal Realm Grandmaster didn’t fit the style of those forces at all.

Right away, a trace of solemnity appeared on the City Lord of Giant Mountain City’s face as he said, "If it truly is so, then Senior taking action is only proper."

He actually knew a thing or two about this sort of matter and knew very well what kind of trash his subordinates were.

It was just that in these aspects, they hadn’t paid much attention in the past.

After all, if you ran into some truly big shot, they would either reveal their aura ahead of time, or have a Guard Team following them; these soldiers wouldn’t dare make things difficult.

But today—having a Mortal Realm Grandmaster honestly lining up to enter the city... this was literally the first time he’d ever encountered such a thing.

Since when were Mortal Realm Grandmasters this down-to-earth?

Faced with Xiao Qingyin’s identity as a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, the City Lord of Giant Mountain City didn’t dare make things difficult for the two at all.

After respectfully inviting the two of them inside, he immediately had people swiftly circulate their portraits. If in any city under Prince Qing’s jurisdiction something like this happened again, the Commander on duty would be held directly accountable.

He had people secretly watch Lu Ye and his companion after they entered the city, and heard that the two merely wandered around the city a bit, then bought a basic map of Qing Province and left.

While secretly sighing in relief, the City Lord of Giant Mountain City was also a bit astonished: "So it seems that of those two, one really is a Mortal Realm Grandmaster, and they really only wanted to line up to enter the city and buy a map?!"

Who could have thought...

A moment later, the City Lord of Giant Mountain City’s eyes turned cold as he said, "From now on, if any garrison soldiers dare act like this again... kill them without mercy!"

...

After leaving Giant Mountain City, Lu Ye took out the map and looked it over.

He discovered that the city where the Qing Province stone stele was located, Yuqing City, lay within the territory of another Vassal King—Yuan Wang’s jurisdiction.

"How about you put on a disguise?" Lu Ye glanced at Xiao Qingyin and offered a suggestion.

Conveniently, the Secret Storage Land Xiao Qingyin had mentioned before was also within Yuan Wang’s domain.

Traveling from Prince Qing’s territory into Yuan Wang’s jurisdiction, there was no need to think about it—they were definitely going to be inspected again.

If Xiao Qingyin didn’t disguise herself, Lu Ye figured... they might end up killing their way through the entire route.

After all, when had these soldiers ever seen a woman like this?

What’s more, if she really were some big shot, she’d have been passing through unimpeded all the way; how could she be this low‑key like they were now, to an excessive degree.

Xiao Qingyin thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright."

She also had disguise tools in her Storage Ring, and soon she had changed her appearance, becoming a fairly ordinary-looking woman.

Of course, as for her figure, there was nothing that could be done.

Lu Ye looked her over twice and nodded in satisfaction. This way, there probably wouldn’t be any more major problems.

Then, the two of them headed toward the Secret Storage Land that existed in Xiao Qingyin’s memories.

All across Qing Province, one could see squads of soldiers on horseback passing by from time to time.

It was the same after entering Yuan Wang’s territory.

Fortunately, after a round of disguise, the rest of the journey passed without Xiao Qingyin causing any big commotion.

After a while, the two arrived at a vast, continuous mountain range. Towering trees blotted out the sky and sun, and the temperature in the mountains suddenly dropped.

At this point, Xiao Qingyin relied on her own memory and led Lu Ye forward.

This mountain range did feel noticeably more dangerous to Lu Ye than the Floating Cloud Mountains and the like.

Ever since he entered the mountains, Lu Ye had felt a faint, indistinct sense of danger.

No wonder Xiao Qingyin hadn’t dared come easily before.

"There’s indeed something strange about this mountain range. Be careful." Lu Ye spoke up in a low reminder.

"Even you feel that?" Xiao Qingyin was a bit surprised. She herself being this monstrous and sensitive to danger wasn’t surprising.

But now even Lu Ye felt it...

It seemed the situation in this mountain was a bit too bizarre.

Nodding, Lu Ye said, "Let’s go. It never hurts to be careful."

As the two of them went gradually deeper, the surrounding fog also seemed to grow denser, filling the mountain forest in every direction.

Glancing at the sky, Lu Ye noticed that there was still some time before nightfall. It shouldn’t be like this at all, and it wasn’t a foggy day outside.

As they walked, Lu Ye suddenly felt that something was off around him. Just as he was about to tell Xiao Qingyin behind him to stay alert, he turned his head...

Only to see that Xiao Qingyin, who had been following behind him just a moment ago, had somehow disappeared without a trace!

"Xiao Qingyin... Xiao Qingyin?"

This was the first time Lu Ye had called Xiao Qingyin’s name head-on; before this he had always just used "you" instead.

But after calling twice, there was no response at all, as if... Xiao Qingyin, who had been following him, had suddenly gotten lost in the blink of an eye.

Lu Ye’s expression tightened slightly, and his Spiritual Sense surged backward in an instant.

Five meters, ten meters, twenty meters—very quickly, his Spiritual Sense covered a radius of twenty meters, yet he still didn’t find a trace of Xiao Qingyin.

At the same time, Lu Ye also realized that the white fog shrouding this mountain forest was actually very similar to the mist he had encountered in that valley before.

It had a rather strong devouring effect on a Cultivator’s Spiritual Sense, causing the range he could probe to be greatly reduced.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Xiao Qingyin also wore a thoroughly bewildered look.

She stared at the empty space ahead, wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her. She had clearly seen Lu Ye’s back less than a meter in front of her.

She had been following right behind him the whole time, but... as she walked, the person in front suddenly vanished.

In broad daylight, a living person just disappeared like that?!

If you said she’d lost track of him, that might happen to an ordinary person.

But she was a Mortal Realm Grandmaster—how could she possibly make such a low-level mistake as losing sight of someone right in front of her?