Although the Xiaguang restriction here is mysterious, if he exerts all his strength, he can still forcefully break it. However, in this way, it may cause a lot of damage to the formation, which is contrary to his original intention.
At this moment, the restricted movement of the rays of light seemed to have attracted the attention of the people inside the mountain gate. The other side of the blue rays of light flashed continuously, and several rays of light flew towards them. After a flash, five or six figures appeared.
"Who are you, sir, and why do you come to our Taiqing Gate?"
The person who spoke was the leader, a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard. He was wearing a green Taoist robe and a jade Taoist crown. His cultivation level was at the peak of True Alchemy. The rest of the people around him were also at the Crystal Transformation stage.
The group of people looked at Liu Ming outside in surprise.
Liu Ming's eyes fell on the middle-aged man in green robe, and his face was startled.
Unexpectedly, this person was also someone he knew. It was the leader of Cuiyun Peak, Lu Jingyue, whom he had met once when he first entered Taiqing Sect.
"Master Lu, I haven't seen you for many years." Liu Ming said with a slight smile.
"You are..." Lu Jingyue looked Liu Ming up and down, and his expression slowly changed, obviously remembering something.
The next moment, he said with some disbelief:
"You...you...you are Liu Ming!"
"It's Liu. It seems that Leader Lu has not completely forgotten me." Liu Ming said lightly.
Several crystal-transformation stage disciples beside Lu Jingyue had doubtful looks on their faces when they heard this. Apparently, they had never heard of Liu Ming's name.
"No! I heard that you disappeared during the war hundreds of years ago... Do you have anything to prove your identity?" The surprise on Lu Jingyue's face slowly subsided, and after pondering for a moment, she suddenly asked in a deep voice.
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Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and raised the secret disciple token in his hand.
"The Secret Disciple Token... It is also possible that someone else killed Liu Ming and searched for his soul. After taking this thing, do you have anything else that can prove your identity?" Lu Jingyue looked at Liu Ming carefully.
The token in his hand. His face relaxed slightly, but he still said with some caution.
Liu Ming frowned slightly. Headmaster Lu probably didn't do this intentionally. Judging from his appearance, he actually looked frightened. Now that the atmosphere in the sect is so solemn, it seems that something must have happened.
He didn't want to have any conflict with the sect just after he came back, so he raised one hand, and black energy filled his body. Six black dragons condensed, and six black tigers were swimming around him.
"Master Lu should have heard of the inner martial art that I practiced back then. If you are still not sure, I can also use the secret secret skill, Tai Gang Sword Technique." Liu Ming said lightly, with a touch of golden sword.
Mang appeared at his hand.
The next moment, a golden sword light emerged, transforming into dense golden sword shadows. In an instant, Liu Ming seemed to be surrounded by thousands of golden sword energies.
"Dragon and Tiger Nether Realm Technique! Tai Gang Sword Technique!" Lu Jingyue's eyes narrowed, then her face relaxed and she nodded.
"Yes, these two secret techniques are enough to confirm your identity." Lu Jingyue said, turning over her hand and offering up a formation disk.
As several spells sank into the formation disk, the formation disk came out and floated in front of him.
Lu Jingyue muttered something in his mouth. The blue light of the array exploded, and then a thick green light flashed out from it. It disappeared into the green glow in front of him.
The Qingxia Light Curtain shone brightly, and then strangely opened a half-foot-long passage in the middle, allowing only one person to pass through.
Liu Ming smiled faintly, closed his skills, and with a flash of his body, he appeared within the Xiaguang Restriction.
The green glow trembled slightly, and the passage above closed and disappeared.
Lu Jingyue looked at Liu Ming, a smile appeared on his face, and he was about to say a few polite words with a smile, but at this moment, his expression changed again.
Although Liu Ming was standing less than a foot in front of him at the moment, he couldn't sense Liu Ming's breath at all. He used his spiritual consciousness to explore, but it was still as if there was nothing in front of him and found nothing.
You can imagine the shock in Lu Jingyue's heart at this time. With his cultivation at the peak of the True Alchemy Realm, he was unable to sense the slightest breath of Liu Ming.
There are only two possibilities for this situation. If Liu Ming doesn't have some special technique or treasure to cover up his aura, then his cultivation has far surpassed his own and reached the celestial realm.
Deep down in his heart, he naturally prefers the first possibility.
However, this kind of skill and treasure itself are very rare, and those who want to hide it from the cultivators at the peak of the True Alchemy Realm are even rarer.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little unsure.
"I haven't seen you for hundreds of years. Master Lu, you're fine." Liu Ming saw Lu Jingyue was a little dazed, so he naturally guessed a bit of what the other party was thinking, and just said with a slight smile and raised his hands.
"Liu... Fellow Taoist, the same goes for you. I remember that during that war, many disciples accidentally fell into the cracks in space and were never heard from again. So when we just checked, we were a little stricter, just to make sure nothing went wrong.
"Lu Jingyue said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
"It's nothing, you are just doing your duty and loyalty." Liu Ming chuckled lightly and said nonchalantly.
While he was talking to Lu Jingyue, there was a faint purple light in his eyes as he glanced casually towards the depths of the mountain gate.
With his current eyesight, he could see everything within a thousand miles with just one sweep.
The originally prosperous Taiqing Sect now looked deserted, with only groups of patrolling disciples wandering around the Qingxia Restriction.
"Master Lu, I wonder if Master Tiange is in the door?" Liu Ming withdrew his gaze and asked with a slight frown.
"Headmaster Tiange had already led a group of monks from our sect to the Human Race Alliance camp a few days ago, preparing to rush to the Gufeng Mountains, leaving only a few people to stay here." Lu Jingyue said.
"Already left... No wonder the mountain gate is so deserted..." Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and then nodded.
"Elder Fu Zhi is now in charge of various affairs in the sect. Fellow Daoist Liu has not returned to the mountain gate for so many years. It is better to go to Elder Fu Zhi in the headmaster's hall first." Lu Jingyue suggested.
"Okay, thank you Master Lu for your advice." Liu Ming said lightly. The black light on his body flashed and turned into a long rainbow, flying towards the mountain gate. After just a few flashes, he completely disappeared in the distance.
In the sky.
Seeing this, Lu Jingyue's heart froze, and she became more convinced that Liu Ming had now advanced to the celestial realm. She stayed where she was for a moment, with a complicated look on her face.
When he learned that Liu Ming, with only three spiritual veins, had been able to crystallize and form elixirs all the way to the level of true elixir, he was shocked beyond measure, and he regretted his previous ignorance.
Now Liu Ming appears again, and his cultivation has surpassed his own and reached the celestial realm. However, looking back at himself, he has been stuck at a bottleneck and unable to break through. Comparing the two, it really feels a bit ridiculous.
He withdrew his gaze, sighed helplessly, ignored the curious glances of several Crystal Transformation Stage disciples beside him, and continued to patrol around the mountain gate with a few people.
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After Liu Ming flew out of Commander Lu's sight range, he slowed down his flight speed and spread his consciousness, easily covering the entire Wanling Mountain Range.
The next moment, his body suddenly stiffened, and he stopped escaping the light. There was a strange look on his face, which seemed to be guilty, but also a bit happy.
After pausing for a moment, Liu Ming turned around and flew in another direction.
After a few breaths, his figure appeared in front of a group of patrolling Taiqing disciples.
This group of patrolling disciples is no different from Lu Jingyue. There are also five people, but the leader is a girl. She is dressed in aqua blue robes, with dark eyebrows and a qiong nose. Her appearance is extremely beautiful, especially her pair of crystal eyes that shine brightly, as if she can talk.
Generally speaking, it shows softness and charm.
The girl in blue shirt was blocked on the road. She frowned slightly and was about to speak. However, when she saw the face of the person in front of her clearly, her delicate body stiffened slightly and her eye circles turned slightly red involuntarily.
"Elder Jialan, what's wrong with you?" A man in yellow robe next to him in the crystallization stage saw the look on the woman in blue and asked in shock. Then he looked at the man in green robe who suddenly appeared in front of him and frowned.
"What are you..." the man in yellow robe shouted in a deep voice. Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, the man in green robe in front waved his hand, and a piece of earthy yellow light appeared out of thin air, attracting the man in yellow robe and several other patrolling disciples.
It was shrouded inside, forming a hazy yellow sphere.
Then there was no more sound coming from the yellow ball.
Liu Ming couldn't see the yellow ball, and slowly put down his hand. He just looked at the girl in blue shirt quietly in front of him, and moved his lips a few times:
"Jialan, I'm back."
"Liu...Ming..."
Hearing Liu Ming's voice, the tears that were holding in Jialan's eyes finally couldn't be held back any longer, and she flew towards Liu Ming and threw herself into Liu Ming's arms.
There was a hint of strangeness on Liu Ming's face, but his arms gently surrounded him and hugged the delicate body in his arms.
Among the women with whom he had a close relationship, the one he felt the most guilty about was Jialan. He had made a marriage contract with her back then, but it took seven hundred years for her to leave.
Although leaving Zhongtian Continent was not his original intention, no matter what, he broke his promise.
"I'm sorry for leaving you alone in Taiqing Gate all these years." Liu Ming felt the gentle trembling in his arms and said softly.
Liu Ming's actions just now attracted the attention of many people. Not long after, several nearby patrol teams flew over. When they saw the situation here, their faces were startled.
Jialan felt someone else coming and hurriedly left Liu Ming's arms.
Liu Ming smiled slightly and gently wiped the tears from the corners of Jialan's eyes with his hands. Jialan's face turned red, and he reached out and took Liu Ming's hand, holding it tightly as if he never wanted to let go.
Liu Ming felt the strength of Jialan's hold on his palm and sighed slightly in his heart, but did not show it in his expression.
"You are...Liu Ming..." The leader of a patrol team at the True Alchemy Realm blurted out in surprise when he saw Liu Ming's appearance. (To be continued.)