Gradually, as the novelty wore off, Heyu felt it was time to head back.
He wondered how Luo Qingyi was doing and if he had encountered any demons on the way.
Just as Heyu was preparing to go home, he suddenly heard a loud noise.
He looked to his side and saw a large passenger plane slowly flying towards Tianhe City, clearly about to land there.
He focused his gaze and saw the drowsy passengers inside, seemingly trying to stay awake because they were about to disembark.
Suddenly, Heyu noticed a child at one of the windows staring blankly at him. On a whim, Heyu waved at the child, greeting him.
The child also extended his hand and waved back at Heyu.
Then, Heyu sped up and left Vast-Expanse Mountain.
He found a small path back to the urban district and then took a night cab home.
***
"Baby, what are you looking at?"
On the plane, the child's mother asked curiously as she saw her child staring out the window.
"Mom, there's someone flying outside. Is it Superman?"
Hearing this, the mother laughed: "You must be mistaken, maybe it's a bird... huh?"
Outside the plane window, a dark shadow swiftly overtook the plane and disappeared into Vast-Expanse Mountain.
Not only the child, but everyone near the window noticed the shadow, and some excitedly stood up: "Sword Flight! Aerial Sword Flight!"
"That person is flying on a sword!"
Some foreigners also noticed the shadow outside, and it was unmistakably a human figure.
But isn't the key question why a person is flying? Why are you all focused on the sword?
"What's happening? Don't panic, stay calm!"
The flight attendants rushed over to understand the commotion, only to see people excitedly pointing out the window.
"Someone's flying, flying!"
Some people quickly took out recording devices, but the shadow just flashed by and disappeared into Vast-Expanse Mountain.
The flight attendants looked out the window but saw nothing.
"Everyone, please relax. We're about to land, it was just a bird."
The passengers near the window were almost cursing in frustration. A bird? What kind of bird looks so much like a person and just happens to be flying on a sword?
It wasn't just one person who saw it; many people did, and the person even waved at them!
Unfortunately, the shadow flew so fast that no one managed to capture a clear recording.
***
Heyu returned home, casually hung up his raincoat, and then looked at the flying sword in his hand.
Holding this thing like this was too inconvenient; he needed to ask Luo Qingyi for a storage pouch.
Moreover, the spirit stone on it seemed to have lost its spiritual energy.
After a night of intense flying, the spirit stone was already depleted, now looking just like an ordinary stone.
Heyu rested for a while, then opened the glass case to check on the other world.
But after a sleepless night, he felt dizzy, and his eyelids started to droop.
Heyu collapsed onto the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
What he didn't know was that his test flight had caused quite a stir in Vast-Expanse Mountain.
As soon as the passengers got off the plane, they began spreading the word online about seeing someone flying on a sword.
The key was that it wasn't just one person who saw it; almost everyone near the window did, including many foreigners.
The news of someone flying on a sword in Vast-Expanse Mountain quickly hit the trending list, and soon, someone found videos posted by previous campers, also showing sword flight in Vast-Expanse Mountain, happening around the same time.
Simultaneously, many campers or tourists who hadn't left the mountain also claimed to have heard "Immortal Sword Legends" coming from the sky that night, and many saw a shadow flying in the sky.
Suddenly, the news of someone practicing immortality in Vast-Expanse Mountain spread like wildfire.
Coincidentally, there was a Daoist monastery on Vast-Expanse Mountain.
And that monastery was quite rundown and inconspicuous, even though not far away was the bustling Guangyang Temple, yet the monastery never advertised itself.
Wasn't this deliberately hiding something?
It all made sense now.
There was someone practicing immortality in that monastery on Vast-Expanse Mountain!
There was photographic evidence.
Although there were still many voices of doubt, suspecting it was just a bird, what if it wasn't?
Going to check it out wouldn't hurt.
As a result, the next morning, the entire Daoist monastery on Vast-Expanse Mountain was surrounded by people.
Li Yang's master woke up early, bewildered by the crowd.
These people weren't here to seek divination or offer incense; they immediately asked if he could perform sword flight.
What on earth?
But soon, the Daoist realized this was a huge opportunity for publicity.
Whenever someone asked if he could perform sword flight, he wouldn't answer, just smiled.
This only fueled people's imaginations.
The monks at Guangyang Temple were dumbfounded.
Their temple had gone public, and they hadn't thought of such an outrageous marketing tactic, yet people were buying into it.
Skipping worshiping gods and Buddhas to pursue immortality, huh?
Guangyang Temple's stock plummeted that day, and the abbot cursed the Daoists in frustration.
Even more absurdly, the Daoist Association directly promoted on Vast-Expanse Mountain that day, and Li Yang was busier than ever.
***
In the Xuanyuan Realm, Luo Qingyi was weary and hurried, fearing she might encounter pursuers again.
Fortunately, she was lucky today and encountered no incidents on her way back to the sect, finally arriving at Azure Thunder Sect by dawn.
She stood at a distance, looking at the desolate land surrounded by camps of half-demons, encircling Qingyuan Mountain, with half-demons guarding both sky and ground.
Was it an illusion, or were there more half-demons now compared to when she left?
Carefully, Luo Qingyi returned to the sect through the mechanisms and formations she had set up on her way out.
This formation was set up by the sect using the last of their spirit stones, only enough for a round trip. Once she returned, the formation would automatically disband due to lack of spiritual energy.
Soon, Luo Qingyi was back on Qingyuan Mountain.
Looking at the desolation around her, Luo Qingyi let out a long sigh.
At least she had fulfilled her mission and returned.
"Qingyi?"
A familiar voice called out, and Luo Qingyi turned to see a frail young girl standing behind her.
"Little Junior Sister!"
The two embraced each other excitedly.
"Thank goodness, Qingyi. The Sect Master said the sect's grand formation wouldn't hold past today, and the resources on the mountain are depleted. If you hadn't returned, we would have been trapped."
The little junior sister looked frightened, believing that since Luo Qingyi dared to return, she must have brought back resources.
Hearing the commotion, many sect masters on Qingyuan Mountain hurried over. Seeing Luo Qingyi unharmed, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss Luo, have you brought back resources? Is there anyone willing to help us?"
"Thankfully, Miss Luo returned in time, or we really wouldn't have held on."
"Those demons, we got along well, why did they suddenly attack? It's truly despicable!"
Seeing the eager eyes of the sect masters around her, Luo Qingyi knew the urgency of the situation and quickly tried to take out the giant claw limb she had brought back.
But just then, Luo Qingyi saw a woman in white walking towards her.
Seeing the woman, the surrounding sect masters hurriedly saluted.
"Master!"
Luo Qingyi was about to recount everything that happened on the way, but her master, with a cold expression, directly pulled her into the main hall and shut the door.
The surrounding sect masters looked puzzled.
Fairy Bai Ling was usually calm and unflappable; why was she like this today?
"Maybe, maybe Master missed Senior Sister too much."
The little junior sister tried to explain, looking at the expressions of the sect masters.
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Inside the main hall, Bai Ling showed no excitement at Luo Qingyi's return, but was instead unusually angry.
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