Deep in the gully, that remote gully...
Qing Lin thought her cultivation was still far from perfect. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so useless. She was just blown away as soon as she entered this territory.
But it didn't matter. She could keep working hard.
After all, she was just a bit over six hundred years old. According to the age - reckoning system in the Divine Realm, she was still a little kid.
Take her father, Meng Lesong, for example. He was over a hundred thousand years old. He didn't even bother to celebrate his birthday anymore because it was too much trouble.
Although it might seem unwise for her to break into the Boundless Realm at just six hundred years old.
However... according to Du Yueyi's tip - off, there was an auction going on in the Boundless Realm recently. There were countless treasures. If she could get one, she'd have the confidence.
The confidence to break off the engagement with the Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan.
Break it off in a very assertive way.
Break off that absurd childhood betrothal.
Since the Celestial Palace and the Green Hill had always been on good terms, and the Queen of Heaven was also good friends with Qing Lin's mother, Shanggong Fei, the Queen of the Green Hill, this childhood betrothal seemed inevitable.
But the premise was that no one had ever asked for Qing Lin's opinion!
Moreover, she noticed that the other party in this childhood betrothal, Du Fengchi, the Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan, always had a poker - face. He didn't seem very willing either.
Even worse, her father came back from the Celestial Palace last time and said that the Celestial Emperor wanted them to get married soon.
No, this definitely wouldn't do.
Looking at how busy Du Fengchi was every day, coming and going in a hurry, if she married Du Fengchi, she'd become the Crown Princess of the Celestial Clan.
As the Crown Princess, she'd naturally have to shoulder responsibilities and obligations for the Crown Prince... wouldn't she just be the free labor of the Celestial Clan?
The Celestial Emperor even dared to count on her!
Damn it, this definitely wouldn't do.
Qing Lin stood up. The evil gust of wind was still howling. She kept her balance and quickly found a cave to take shelter from the wind.
Really taking shelter from the wind.
When she walked in, she found that this cave was extremely large. Not only large but also very high, so it seemed extremely empty. A shout would echo.
There was a statue standing in the cave. It was extremely magnificent and huge.
How huge?
When Qing Lin walked over, she was even smaller than one of the statue's toes.
Qing Lin touched the statue and was about to bow to it. Before she could start, the statue suddenly moved.
Qing Lin: "..."
The statue collapsed violently. The whole cave began to shake, and then an unknown object fell from the statue.
It was hard to tell whether it was a human, a god, a ghost, a demon, or a monster.
But since it was in the Boundless Realm, it should not be a human.
... It should not be a ghost either.
... It should not be a monster either.
Oh, then it must be a god. Qing Lin trotted over cheerfully. "Great God, are you also here to see the treasure auction?"
The unknown object fell straight down. When Qing Lin asked this question, she firmly believed that this great god was hiding up there to practice. Who would have thought that this unknown object just kept falling straight down without any sign of stopping.
It was about to fall face - first on the ground.
Adhering to the principle that if there was a powerful person to rely on, one should not miss the opportunity, otherwise it would be a waste of resources, Qing Lin flew up and caught the great god.
Then she took good care of him and even consumed her already scarce spiritual power to treat this great god whom she thought was a real god.
However, when the great god woke up, he looked cold. "Who are you?"
Just by the tone, one could tell that this was a powerful person. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so assertive, so cold, and so unapproachable.
Adhering to the principle that if there was a powerful person to rely on, one should not miss the opportunity, otherwise it would be a waste of resources, Qing Lin still maintained a humble attitude. "Great God, can you take me under your wing?"
The great god seemed to be aloof and independent. Except for looking a bit embarrassed when he fell just now, he was always cold and indifferent at other times.
He not only didn't let Qing Lin get close.
Moreover, he didn't tell Qing Lin his name.
As time went by, Qing Lin no longer regarded him as a great god, except that... he was extremely good - looking.
So good - looking that he was almost like a demon.
His facial features were so delicate that they were even more exquisite than many goddesses she had seen. But on his face, it didn't make him look feminine at all. Instead, it made him look more heroic.
He was just a good - looking but useless pretty boy, Qing Lin silently complained.
This male god followed her out of the cave and into the market in the Boundless Realm.
This time, Qing Lin was inexplicably not blown back.
... Maybe the evil winds in the Boundless Realm were also seasonal.
The territorial division in the Boundless Realm was very distinct. The overall area was not large, but every place was fully utilized.
It was neither too crowded nor too desolate.
For example, the market was just a market, and there was only one market in the whole Boundless Realm. Another example, the auction house was just an auction house, and there was only one auction house in the whole Boundless Realm. And another example...
... That great god smashed a vendor's stall.
Apologizing to the vendor didn't work at all. The peddler shouted for Qing Lin to pay with something valuable.
The Boundless Realm got its name from the meaning of lawlessness.
Here, there was no reasoning, no rules. Everything was just fate.
Qing Lin sighed and honestly took out her precious pearl.
It was a birthday gift from the young master of the Nanshi Valley on her five - hundredth birthday. It was said that wearing it could gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and help gods practice.
Qing Lin sighed again. She didn't expect that after coming out to adventure, she hadn't earned anything but lost something instead.
Forget it, losing money could ward off disasters. Moreover, she was a bit reluctant to part with this fool behind her...
Maybe it was because this fool was so good - looking.
This fool who refused to reveal his name but had been following Qing Lin finally spoke. "He just wanted to steal your stuff."
Qing Lin understood.
No wonder. Although this fool always seemed a bit strange and his appearance was also strange, he really hadn't done anything abnormal.
This was the first time.
It turned out that this peddler had had bad intentions first.
But...
A new problem arose. She might not be able to defeat this unscrupulous peddler!
What if she lost even more miserably and had to give away more things?
Before Qing Lin could figure out what to do, this fool behind her rushed up.
"Hey, don't be reckless..."
Before her words fell, the peddler was lying on the ground.
Qing Lin: "I warn you, don't try to extort money. It won't work."
The peddler weakly covered his injured chest. "Damn it, where did you two idiots come from..."
The fool took back the pearl from the peddler and handed it to Qing Lin. "Let's go."
Qing Lin suddenly felt in awe of this fool.
In Qing Lin's mind, the peddler had been able to survive in the Boundless Realm for so many years and was so familiar with the rules here. Naturally, he was very powerful.
Of course, the rule in the Boundless Realm was no rule.
And Qing Lin, as a god, was blown into the gully as soon as she entered. Naturally, her cultivation and combat ability were no match for this peddler.
But this peddler was so easily defeated by the fool. Naturally, the fool was much more powerful than her, Qing Lin.
Sure enough, he was a great god. Her judgment was right.
Then she confessed to the fool the second reason for coming to the Boundless Realm.
The first reason, the main reason, was that she wanted to find a treasure so that she could have the confidence to break off the engagement with Du Fengchi, the Crown Prince of the Celestial Clan.
The second reason, the direct reason, was that she was obsessed with a legendary figure.
To be precise, a demon.
Feng Moli, the Demon Lord.