Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 773 - 398: Sitting Well Watching the Sky

"Dad~" Huang Ying saw Huang Hongguang come out and excitedly rushed over to hug him.

"It's okay, everything's okay now." Huang Hongguang hugged Huang Ying, patting her back to comfort her, knowing that his daughter was under immense pressure.

When the disaster first struck, they only managed to transfer some people to Yunhai Academy, without even getting their own family out, partly because they trusted their own array's defensive strength.

No one anticipated that once separated, they'd lose the chance to see each other again, leaving Huang Ying alone to bear the burden of protecting the entire Huang family's descendants.

Especially in the absence of most of the Huang family's strong Martial Cultivators, Huang Ying had to become the pillar of support.

Huang Ying hugged her father, turned her head, and affectionately called out, "Grandpa."

Yunhai Academy's dean, Huang Yelin, nodded at Huang Ying, touched her head, and looked at the people swimming toward the shore, his face calm, though his eyes betrayed emotions more turbulent than his placid features.

After a long while, he finally spoke to his son and granddaughter, "It's alright, as long as the people are alive, the Huang family persists."

Huang Yelin and Huang Ying looked at him and then around at the scene, nodding vigorously.

"The saviors of Yunhai City are coming over, let's go greet them..."

Huang Yelin said as he watched Lu Yu and Li Qiuyang fly over.

...

Zhao Tianjue appeared on the six hundred and ninety-ninth level, standing at the safety zone's edge, looking down at a small black grass on the ground, lost in thought.

The next moment, a new guardian demon appeared on the six hundred and ninety-ninth level, upon seeing Zhao Tianjue's figure, wanted to attack him, but before it got to Zhao Tianjue, he vanished.

...

The colossal beast driven by Venerable White Bone had been sailing on the sea for a long time, with the sky already growing dark, yet this massive beast hadn't ceased its hunt.

Countless vines spread from the beast's body into the ocean, capturing and hunting the marine life—sea beasts, fish, merfolk, sea demons—showing no discrimination.

Venerable White Bone sat upon his throne, overlooking Yunhai City. On its outskirts were evenly distributed controllers of the Immortal Demon Flowers, their pupils dilated, mechanically maneuvering the vines to hunt down approaching lifeforms.

Servants did not require their own consciousness; merely following the master's orders sufficed.

"The seeds will eventually take root and sprout."

The entity should now be known as the Immortal Demon Lord, sitting upright on his throne, gazing at the horizon, speaking cryptic words.

...

"Master, you'll return first; I still have to escort the Yunhai City survivors to a new city with the family."

Soon it was time for farewell, Huang Ying said to Li Qiuyang and Lu Yu.

Lu Yu looked at those survivors, who did not seem relieved to survive, only confused about the future; everything they'd struggled for so far was gone, forcing them to start anew, leaving many bewildered.

Turning to Huang Ying, he didn't compel her to return to the Divine Weapon Pavilion, simply nodded and said, "Okay, take care of yourself, and remember to call me if anything happens."

"Okay." Huang Ying responded quietly, somewhat avoiding Lu Yu's eyes, her mind still dwelling on past events.

Lu Yu and Li Qiuyang left first, heading to the nearest city, returning to the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm; they had to complete their task and report before investigating further into Venerable White Bone's actions.

Huang Ying watched the pair leave, composed herself, and walked towards the gathering place of the Huang family disciples...

Huang Yelin and Huang Hongguang stood at a distance, observing Huang Ying's every move. Huang Yelin suddenly asked, "Is that Huang Ying's junior fellow?"

Huang Hongguang paused momentarily before realizing the question was directed at him, replying, "Yes, he came to Yunhai City a year ago, named Lu Yu."

After a moment of silence, Huang Hongguang continued, "It's not just that simple; I heard he's also the latest Saint Heir of the Divine Weapon Pavilion."

Huang Yelin's eyes paused, and after a moment of silence, he finally spoke, "Hard..."

With that, he turned to leave. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Huang Hongguang remained in place, pondering his father's last word; though it was just a single character, he sensed profound emotions in the tone.

He scratched his head vigorously, still puzzled over what Huang Yelin meant by "hard." Could it be the difficulty in surviving for Yunhai City's survivors, or the challenge for the Huang family to rise again?

What could it mean? Huang Hongguang scratched his head raw yet remained uncertain.

"Forget it, won't think about it."

...

In the Divine Weapon Pavilion Secret Realm, after Li Qiuyang and Lu Yu reported the task completion to the Southern Heaven Hall, the Divine Weapon Pavilion reevaluated the event in Yunhai City.

Following the investigation, they reassessed the main culprit behind the Yunhai City incident.

Divine Weapon Pavilion Bounty List—Immortal Demon Lord (Rank 18)

Basic Information: Suspected of mastering the Life and Death Law, manipulating the corpse of a divine beast dead for over thirty thousand years, Mid-level of the Tongsung Realm

Lu Yu was in the Tower of Ascension practicing when suddenly his Identity Token shook. He took it out and saw the bounty order for the Immortal Demon Lord.

Along with the update to the Immortal Demon Lord's bounty order, his task reward arrived simultaneously; his main contribution was rescuing Yunhai City's survivors.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion's rewards were substantial, possibly due to his status as Saint Heir, making his recompense extraordinarily abundant.

Lu Yu opened the reward list, stunned by the contents—everything was usable by him, each item containing powers of time.