Liu Ming frowned and stopped casting.
Even though the multicolored restriction here was profound, he felt that he could still forcefully break it open if he exerted his full strength. However, in that way, it would probably cause quite a bit of damage to the grand formation, and that would go against his original intentions.
Right at this moment, the changes in the azure light restriction seemed to have attracted the attention of the people inside the mountain gate. Light flashed on the other side of the azure light, and several streaks of light flew over, revealing five or six figures in a flash.
"Who are you? What are you doing at Taiqing Gate?"
The person who spoke was a middle-aged man with a white face and no beard. He was wearing a green robe and a green jade crown. He was at the Jin Dan Peak Stage, and the rest of the people beside him were also at the Crystallization Period.
The group of people looked at Liu Ming outside in surprise.
Liu Ming's gaze fell on the middle-aged man in a green robe, and his face was startled.
Unexpectedly, this person was also someone he knew. It was the Emerald Cloud Peak's master, Lu Jingyue, whom he had met once when he first entered Taiqing Gate.
"Master Lu, it's been many years." Liu Ming said with a smile.
"You are …" Lu Jingyue looked up and down at Liu Ming, and his face slowly changed. He obviously remembered something.
The next moment, he said in disbelief,
"You … you … you are Liu Ming!"
"It's me. It seems that Master Lu has not completely forgotten me." Liu Ming said faintly.
Several Crystallization Period disciples beside Lu Jingyue showed a puzzled look on their faces when they heard this. Obviously, they had never heard of Liu Ming's name.
"No! I heard that you disappeared in the war hundreds of years ago … Do you have anything to prove your identity? "The surprise on Lu Jingyue's face slowly disappeared. He pondered for a moment, then he asked in a deep voice.
Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and raised the esoteric disciple token in his hand.
"Esoteric disciple token … It's also possible that others killed Liu Ming, searched his soul, and got this thing. Do you have anything else that can prove your identity?" Lu Jingyue carefully looked at the token in Liu Ming's hand, and his face was slightly relaxed, but he still said with some vigilance.
Liu Ming frowned slightly. Master Lu shouldn't have done this intentionally. Looking at his appearance, he was actually a little frightened. Now the Sect's atmosphere was so solemn, it seemed that something must have happened.
He didn't want to have any conflict with the Sect as soon as he came back. He raised one hand, and black gas condensed into six black dragons and six black tigers.
"Master Lu should have heard of this inner gate technique that I practiced in the past. If you are still not sure, I can also use the esoteric technique, Tai Gang Sword Technique." Liu Ming said faintly, and a golden sword light appeared in 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 qi.
"Dragon Tiger Hell Technique! Tai Gang Sword Technique! "Lu Jingyue's eyes narrowed, then his face relaxed, and he nodded.
"Yes, these two secret techniques are enough to confirm your identity." As Lu Jingyue said, he turned his hand and released a disk array.
As a few symbols went into the disk array, it flew out of his hand and floated in front of him.
Lu Jingyue chanted, and the disk array shone brightly. Then, a thick green light flashed out and went into the green light in front of him.
The green light curtain shined brightly, and then a half zhang wide passage that could only allow one person to pass through appeared in the middle.
Liu Ming smiled faintly, stopped the technique, and his figure flickered and appeared in the light barrier.
The green light trembled slightly, and the passage above closed and disappeared.
Lu Jingyue looked at Liu Ming, and a smile appeared on his face. He was about to say a few polite words, but at this moment, his face changed again.
Although Liu Ming was standing less than one zhang away from him, he couldn't feel the slightest aura of Liu Ming. He released his Divine Sense to explore, but it was as if there was nothing in front of him.
The shock in Lu Jingyue's heart at this time could be imagined. With his peak Jin Dan Realm cultivation base, he couldn't feel the slightest aura of Liu Ming.
There were only two possibilities in this situation. If Liu Ming didn't have some special technique or treasure to hide his aura, then his cultivation base had far surpassed him, reaching the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.
From the depths of his heart, he was naturally inclined towards the first possibility.
However, these techniques and treasures were extremely rare, and those that could conceal them from a peak Jin Dan Realm cultivator were even rarer.
With that in mind, he couldn't help but feel a little uncertain.
"It's been several hundred years. How have you been, Sect Lord Lu?" Liu Ming saw that Lu Jingyue was a little dazed and naturally guessed what he was thinking. He only smiled and cupped his hands.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, you too. During the war all those years ago, many disciples fell into spatial rifts and were never heard from again. As such, during the inspection just then, it was a little more strict to ensure that nothing went wrong. "Lu Jingyue spoke with an awkward expression.
"That's not a big deal. Everyone is just doing their duty." Liu Ming lightly smiled and said.
As he spoke with Lu Jingyue, he casually swept his gaze toward the depths of the sect with purple light swirling in his eyes.
With his current eyesight, he was able to see everything within a thousand kilometers with just a single glance.
The originally bustling Taiqing Gate now seemed rather deserted. There were only groups of disciples patrolling the vicinity of the azure light restriction.
"Sect Lord Lu, is the sect master of the Heavenly Halberd in the sect?" Liu Ming withdrew his gaze and asked with a frown.
"The sect master of the Heavenly Halberd has already led a large group of cultivators to the Human Race Alliance's camp several days ago. They are preparing to go to the Gu Feng Mountain Range and only left a few people here to guard the sect." Lu Jingyue said.
"They've already left … No wonder the sect is so deserted …" Liu Ming raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Elder Fu Zhi is currently in charge of all matters in the sect. Liu hasn't returned to the sect for so many years. Why don't you go to the sect master's hall to see Elder Fu Zhi?" Lu Jingyue suggested.
"Okay, thank you for your guidance, Sect Lord Lu." Liu Ming said faintly. A black light flashed on his body, and he flew toward the sect gate in a rainbow. With just a few flashes, he completely disappeared into the distant sky.
Seeing this, Lu Jingyue's heart shuddered. He was more convinced that Liu Ming had now advanced to the Celestial State. He was stunned for a while with a complicated look on his face.
When he learned that Liu Ming had advanced all the way to the Crystallization Period, Core Formation Period, and even advanced to the Jin Dan State with a mere Three Spiritual Pulse, he was already shocked to the extreme. He regretted being blind before.
Now Liu Ming appeared again, and his cultivation actually surpassed him and reached the Celestial State. On the other hand, he had been stuck in the bottleneck and couldn't break through. Comparing the two, it was really ridiculous.
He retracted his gaze and sighed helplessly. Ignoring the curious eyes of the few Crystallization Period disciples around him, he continued to patrol around the enchantment of the sect gate.
…
After Liu Ming flew out of the sight of Sect Lord Lu, he slowed down and spread his Divine Thought, easily covering the entire Thousands Spirit Mountain Range.
The next moment, his body suddenly stiffened, and he stopped. There was a strange look on his face. He seemed to be guilty but also a little happy.
After a slight pause, Liu Ming turned around and flew in another direction.
After a few seconds, his figure appeared in front of a team of patrolling Taiqing Gate disciples.
This team of patrolling disciples was no different from Lu Jingyue. There were also 5 people, but the leader was a girl in a blue robe. She had black eyebrows and a jade-like nose. Her appearance was extremely beautiful, especially her pair of crystal eyes were shining as if they could speak.
The girl in blue clothes was blocked. She frowned slightly and was about to speak, but when she saw the appearance of the person in front of her, her body stiffened slightly, and her eyes turned red involuntarily.
"Elder Calan, what's wrong with you?" A man in a yellow robe of the Crystallization Period next to her saw the expression of the girl in blue clothes, and he asked in amazement. He then looked at the man in a green robe who suddenly appeared in front of him and frowned.
"What are you …" The man in a yellow robe shouted in a deep voice. Unfortunately, before he finished speaking, the man in a green robe in front of him had already waved his hand. A yellow light appeared out of thin air, enveloping the man in a yellow robe and several other patrolling disciples, forming a yellow sphere.
After that, there was no more sound coming from the yellow sphere.
Liu Ming didn't look at the yellow sphere. He slowly put down his hand, just quietly looked at the girl in blue clothes in front of him, and his lips moved a few times,
"Calan, I'm back."
"Liu … Ming …"
Hearing Liu Ming's voice, Calan couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes anymore. She flew toward Liu Ming and threw herself into Liu Ming's arms.
Liu Ming's face showed a strange expression, but his arms gently wrapped around the delicate body in his arms.
Among the women who had a close relationship with him, the one he felt the most guilty about was Calan. He made a marriage agreement with her back then, but he left for seven hundred years.
Although it was not his original intention to leave the Middle Sky Continent, in any case, he violated his promise.
"I'm sorry for leaving you alone in Taiqing Gate all these years." Liu Ming felt the slight tremble in his arms and said softly.
Liu Ming's action just now had attracted the attention of many people. It didn't take long for several nearby patrol teams to fly over. When they saw the situation here, their faces were startled.
Calan felt that there were other people coming and hurriedly left Liu Ming's arms.
Liu Ming smiled slightly and gently wiped the tears from the corner of Calan's eyes with his hand. Calan's face turned red. She reached out and took Liu Ming's palm. She held it tightly as if she was never willing to let go.
Liu Ming felt the strength of Calan's palm holding his. He sighed slightly in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
"You are … Liu Ming …" A Jin Dan Realm leader of a patrol team saw Liu Ming's appearance and blurted out in surprise.
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