The Starry Assembly still had some closing events.

Chen Yi took this opportunity to arrange a meeting with Wu Yue in a private room at an inn on Miao Fa Star.

Wu Yue arrived on time.

She had changed into more splendid attire, her bearing becoming even more ethereal and transcendent, like an immortal banished to the mortal realm.

After the two sat down, Chen Yi kept staring at Wu Yue's face, comparing it point by point with the image of his Second Sister from his memories.

It was similar.

There was no mistake.

This was definitely what his Second Sister would look like all grown up!

"Brother Yi, you've been staring at me for the time it takes to finish a cup of tea. Did you ask me out just to have a staring contest?"

Chen Yi coughed to cover his awkwardness.

"Well... actually, there's something I wanted to ask you. What's your original name?"

Just in case, Chen Yi still didn't directly reveal his own identity.

Better to confirm Wu Yue's identity first.

"Wu Yue."

"No former name?"

"Of course not. I grew up in the Free and Unfettered Holy Land. My Master gave me this name. Why would I have a former name?"

"This..."

Could it be that Second Sister also didn't want to expose her true identity?

Chen Yi thought for a moment.

"Miss Wu, I'd like to tell you a story."

"Tell a story?"

Wu Yue's expression seemed to say: Can't you just get to the point?

"I have a friend. He had an older brother. One time, the two brothers went up the mountain together to gather firewood.

When they reached a certain pond, the older brother told his younger brother to watch the firewood while he went to relieve himself.

The younger brother waited there for a long time. He didn't wait for his Elder Brother to return, but he did wait for a snake, which ended up biting two bloody holes in his butt.

It was only later that he found out the older brother had actually gone to the pond to secretly watch a girl bathing...

Haha! Isn't that funny?"

Wu Yue's face remained expressionless.

"Not funny."

"I have another story, still about that older brother..."

Chen Yi spilled all the embarrassing stories about his Elder Brother in Luoding Village.

Some things seemed to be known only between the two brothers, but Chen Yi had actually shared them with his two sisters long ago. Only Elder Brother was kept in the dark.

Wu Yue maintained a cold expression the entire time.

She even seemed to be getting a bit impatient listening.

Chen Yi was confused.

These were things only the children of the Chen family knew. Wu Yue had listened to so many of them and still showed no reaction?

Was she not Second Sister, just someone who looked similar? Like himself and Yi Qianjun?

Was she Second Sister, but had lost her memory? Or was there some other reason she couldn't acknowledge her family?

"Brother Yi, how many more stories do you have? I think I should go back to cultivate."

This meeting ended somewhat unpleasantly.

Wu Yue didn't hear what she wanted to hear.

Chen Yi also didn't get the result he wanted.

After Wu Yue left, Chen Yi remained seated in his spot, drinking tea and spacing out.

"Did I really make a mistake..."

Acting in reality had many inconveniences.

Better to use future simulations to go to the Free and Unfettered Holy Land and investigate clearly.

Actually, the next simulation was originally supposed to go to the Holy Lands anyway.

Neither the Five Regions nor the Shen Family had a stable method to break through to the Martial King Realm; only the Holy Lands did.

Chen Yi didn't want to bear the risk of breakthrough failure and falling in realm. Going to the Holy Lands was definitely necessary.

On Miao Fa Star, the Starry Assembly concluded.

At the closing ceremony, the Shen Family Patriarch, Shen Yue, appeared and announced.

"In this Starry Assembly, we have seen far too many geniuses and outstanding talents. Our human race truly has a wealth of talents emerging, a sign of a great era of contention! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Our Shen Family hereby decides that regardless of whether they obtained a spot in the various competitions or not.

All parties who came to participate in this Starry Assembly can receive one quota to enter the Star Source!"

Cheers erupted thunderously from all sides.

The Shen Family's prestige rose once again.

Shen Yue was very satisfied with this.

After the assembly ended, each faction began distributing their quotas.

As someone who had secured a quota, if Chen Yi wanted a quota for himself, according to the agreement the Sword Sect had made with its disciples beforehand, it had to be given to him.

Although some elders tried to persuade Chen Yi, saying he hadn't reached the point of a realm bottleneck yet, and it would be better to give the opportunity to a senior brother who needed it more, and that the sect could provide substantial resource compensation.

But Chen Yi still insisted.

In the end, it was the Sword Lord who stepped in and made the final decision.

"The quota Qianjun obtained, if he wants to go, it should rightfully be given to him. Elders, no need to say more."

The disciples from various factions who received quotas, escorted by their respective elders and seniors, headed for Star Source Star.

The Sword Lord personally escorted the two disciples from his sect.

During the journey, he suddenly moved closer to Chen Yi and spoke abruptly.

"Where is my good-for-nothing disciple now?"

Chen Yi instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He turned his head to look. The Sword Lord still wore a smile, looking at him kindly.

Chen Yi knew. The Sword Lord had seen through him.

Honest confession, lenient treatment.

"He's on Weedy Star, unharmed."

The Sword Lord didn't stop flying. The two of them continued advancing toward Star Source Star.

"That Martial King who trespassed into the Starry Domains some time ago should be you, right? Should I hand you over to the Shen Family for disposal?"

Chen Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead, his brain about to overheat.

"Sword Lord, I was also once your disciple. You are the senior I respect the most.

It's just that, in this time and space, I cannot explain everything clearly to you.

I believe in your character and foresight, and I ask you to believe that what I am doing is for the sake of more people, for this world.

I mean absolutely no harm!"

The Sword Lord stared at Chen Yi, his gaze sharp as a sword, as if trying to see through Chen Yi's eyes and peer into his heart.

"The sword path you used in the competition was inherited from me, but you have already reached the ninth layer. That child Qianjun has only learned up to the third layer. And the insights for the sword path beyond the sixth layer, he has never seen them; it's impossible for him to have learned them."

At this point, the Sword Lord paused.

"So, you have seen my personal notes. But I am certain, without my permission, no one could have possibly seen the content of the ninth layer."

"You can understand it as me returning from the future to prevent a terrible disaster. There are some things I must do."

The Sword Lord's eyes revealed distrust.

Time travel? You're not an immortal who has mastered the Great Dao. That's too far-fetched.

"It's very hard for me to believe you."

"'The Sword Lord's Skincare Notes', Chapter Three, Skin Care. Daily, take three young gardenia buds, brew them with golden lotus water, and apply to both cheeks..."

"I believe you."

The Sword Lord was certain. His exclusive skincare secret formula could not have been seen by a second person.

Nor would anyone be bored enough to steal his skincare notes. The key was, no one knew the Sword Lord even wrote such a thing. He kept them on his person at all times, recording whenever he felt like it.

Although the Sword Lord believed a little now, he still adopted a relatively conservative approach.

"I will not hinder your actions, nor will I reveal your secret to others. But if I discover you intend to harm the Sword Sect, to harm the human race, I will show no mercy!"

Chen Yi hadn't expected to receive the Sword Lord's help either.

Given the Sword Lord's cautious nature, he wouldn't help someone "returned from the future" to prevent some great world calamity in advance.

That was the kind of plot only a hot-blooded youth would believe.

The future wasn't predetermined; it could be changed through present efforts.

The Sword Lord escorted Chen Yi to Star Source Star, vouched for his identity, allowing Chen Yi to safely enter Star Source Star.

The Sword Lord stood with his hands behind his back, watching from above Star Source Star for a while longer.

"Sword Lord, worried about your own disciple? But on this Star Source Star, spiritual sense is ineffective, and there's thick fog covering everything. You can't see them from here, can you?"

A friend of the Sword Lord came over for a chat.

The Sword Lord said nonchalantly.

"You're right. Might as well go attend the banquet arranged by Patriarch Shen."