Chapter 486: 486: Observations on the Train (2nd Update)
Chapter 486: Chapter 486: Observations on the Train (2nd Update)
A month had passed since the battle on the snowy night.
Inside the Kunlun Secret Realm, all was calm, and peace reigned over all the seas.
At this moment,
Zhou Daniu, who was seated in meditation, suddenly had various phantom images swirling above his head.
Among these illusions were enchanting women throwing themselves into his arms, and there were also jackals, wolves, and fierce tigers watching intently.
But no matter how the phantoms changed, Zhou Daniu was like a rock amid the raging waves, unmoved.
moments later.
Strands of golden light began to emanate from Zhou Daniu’s body. The light was not as dazzling as before, but it radiated a very soft and tenacious glow.
At the same time, the Blood of the Wolf God that Zhou Daniu had obtained in the War Wolf Secret Realm began to stir and entangle with the golden light, gradually merging into one.
After a good while,
there was a crisp snapping sound.
The phantoms above Zhou Daniu’s head suddenly shattered, and his body was enveloped in a golden light tinged with a trace of blood red.
A formidable aura soared to the skies, stirring the clouds and changing their color.
Zhou Daniu slowly opened his eyes, a flash of golden light disappeared in a twinkle, and then his eyes gradually returned to normal.
Loose Immortal Peak!
After a month of diligent cultivation, Zhou Daniu had finally made the breakthrough, and he was also the first member of the Fire Phoenix Squad to reach the peak of Loose Immortal.
Of course, his achievement was not surprising.
This honest man had the best talent for cultivation among all the members of Fire Phoenix.
Besides him, the other members of Fire Phoenix had also made significant progress.
Even squad leader Cheng Hao was only a hair’s breadth away from breaking through to Loose Immortal Peak.
But cultivation is like that, very much a matter of fate and opportunity.
If the opportunity isn’t right, then that one insight might as well be an insurmountable gap.
Xue An knew that the members of Fire Phoenix were almost at their limits and that staying any longer in the Kunlun Secret Realm wouldn’t be very meaningful, so he decided to leave the next day.
Although Zhu Ruyan was prepared for this outcome, she still felt very sad.
During the past month-plus, she hadn’t been idle, learning many magical techniques from Xue An.
Although Zhu Ruyan’s cultivation level was at the peak of Loose Immortal, she was a complete novice in their application.
This was also why she was oppressed without the ability to fight back.
However, after more than a month of hard cultivation, Zhu Ruyan’s magical techniques had significantly improved.
She could definitely protect herself now.
For this reason, Zhu Ruyan was even more reluctant for Xue An to leave.
To this, Xue An just smiled, “This place is very important to me, and if you are idle, you can help me manage it! That would also be helping me, how about it?”
Upon hearing Xue An’s words, Zhu Ruyan’s eyes gradually lit up, and she nodded vigorously, “Yes, Master!”
Zhu Ruyan had now started addressing Xue An as Master.
She buried those prior fantasies deep in her heart and constantly reminded herself to be clear about her position.
Calling him Master was also a way to cut off her own wishful thinking.
This time they returned not to the Kunlun mountains, but directly descended upon Dianzhou.
As soon as Xue An and the others appeared, they immediately alarmed Commander Hu.
He urgently sent someone to invite Xue An and his party into the command headquarters.
When he saw the Fire Phoenix Squad, whom he hadn’t seen for many days, Commander Hu couldn’t help but be taken aback.
The squad was even more formidable than when they had left!
“Mr. Xue, Major General An left Dianzhou a while ago and has returned to Zhongdu,” Commander Hu said.
Xue An nodded, looked around at everyone, and then asked with a smile, “What about Zhang Chu?”
Commander Hu chuckled, “Zhang Chu took the members of the Blood Qilin on a mission! Mr. Xue, I really owe you thanks for the formation you gifted to Zhang Chu. Now, Blood Qilin is much stronger than before!”
Xue An smiled, saying nothing further.
Now that Dianzhou was at peace, Xue An let Fire Phoenix return to her squad.
He then led his family to prepare for their return to Zhongdu.
According to Xue An’s preference, they had originally planned to fly back.
But Xue Xiang and Nian Nian, his two little girls, had recently become obsessed with an animated show about trains and insisted on taking a train back.
As a super dad expert at spoiling his daughters, he had to fulfill his own children’s wishes.
However, once the family boarded the train, the two little girls surveyed their surroundings for a while.
“Daddy, is this the train?” Xue Xiang asked.
“Yes!”
“But why doesn’t this train have a long chimney?” Nian Nian asked.
“Yeah! And it doesn’t have that long, drawn-out horn sound either!” Xiang Xiang asked.
Xue An: “….”
“Hmm…, I think maybe this train is still too small, and the chimney hasn’t grown out yet,” Xue An said.
This explanation was far-fetched, but the two little girls believed it.
“Daddy’s right, this train definitely hasn’t grown up yet! Once it’s grown, it will grow a chimney!” Nian Nian said.
“Then how can we make it grow up quickly?” Xiang Xiang asked, frowning.
“I know!” Nian Nian’s eyes lit up as she spoke, “We must feed it ice cream, for sure!”
“All you know is to eat ice cream!” Xiang Xiang said with a tone of tough love.
“Aren’t you the same?” Nian Nian retorted, pouting.
“I definitely am not!”
“You ate one more bite of my ice cream last night!”
“That’s because the day before yesterday, you ate one more piece of my chocolate!”
The two little girls started to chirp away, arguing over who had eaten more of whose snacks.
This scene also drew many smiles from other passengers in the carriage.
After all, two quirky little girls like them were sure to be popular wherever they went.
Just as the train was about to depart, two more passengers entered the carriage.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
These two passengers were a man and a woman.
The man was dressed in a tailored suit with slicked-back hair, a smug look plastered across his face.
The girl was pretty but seemed shy and tentative, probably just having left school.
She was also dressed simply, which suggested that she wasn’t from a wealthy family.
These two took their seats diagonally across from Xue An.
He didn’t pay much attention to them.
Not long after they sat down, the train began to move.
Then the man in the suit said loudly, “Originally, my cousin was supposed to send a car to pick me up, but he got tied up at the last minute and couldn’t come! Otherwise, why would we have to bother with this crappy train?”
The arrogance in the man’s words was revolting.
The girl kept her head down timidly and remained silent upon hearing his comment.
The man in the suit chuckled and reached out to put his hand on the girl’s shoulder.
She shivered and moved back, avoiding his touch.
“Don’t… don’t do that!”
The man retracted his hand, saying discontentedly, “Dreamy, I only touched your shoulder. What are you dodging for!”
In a quiet voice, the girl said, “Mr. Tian, you said you would take me to Zhongdu, to join Tianyuan Company!”
“Of course!”
“Before that, I hope you won’t do this,” she said.
Upon hearing this, Tian Bohan’s lips curled up with a faint, cold smile, “That’s true, but you should let me collect some interest first, right!”