Chapter 464: Orphanage Security Guard Uncle Yun

A phantom door appeared out of thin air on the path between the Black Forest and Fairy Tale Town. The gate opened, and several figures walked out.

First came Yu Sheng, Luna, and Ailin, who had just taken a 'detour' through the real world, followed by Yun Qingzi, who had come directly from the Soul Wilderness in his spirit form to the valley.

Yun Qingzi's figure flickered a few times after entering the valley, first becoming ethereal and then quickly solidifying, until within the blink of an eye, there was no trace of his 'spirit body' left.

Ailin was very surprised by this. She even pulled out a black spider silk and prepared to poke the old man to see if he was real (of course, Yu Sheng stopped this rude behavior): 'Hey, old man, your body looks like it's solid?'

Yun Qingzi laughed cheerfully. 'It's just gathering the qi of heaven and earth to form a temporary shell. Though it can't compare to my original body, it's usable when the physical body is destroyed. Just a minor trick. Cultivators who have reached the spirit-emergence stage more or less study such skills. This technique shares the same origin as the external incarnation method.'

Ailin listened blankly. After fully exercising her comprehension ability, she suddenly blurted out, 'So it's made of compressed air? Will it explode if I poke it?'

Yun Qingzi's cheerful expression stiffened for a moment. 'Uh... gathering the qi of heaven and earth doesn't mean that. It has nothing to do with compressed air...'

Ailin nodded repeatedly. 'Oh, oh.' She looked like she didn't understand at all.

Yu Sheng looked at Yun Qingzi curiously. 'Can you rebuild a normal physical body later?'

'If I have leisure time, I can find a quiet place to set up a forging workshop. Rebuilding a physical body isn't difficult,' Yun Qingzi said, his gaze looking out at the distant mountain scenery. He clicked his tongue in wonder. 'This place is truly marvelous. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed this was a "cave dwelling" created from a foreign realm. Your methods are truly divine...'

He paused there, then seemed to remember something and immediately asked, 'If I rebuild my body, will I no longer be able to casually return to that "Soul Wilderness"? Or can I only go back using the spirit-emergence method?'

Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow. 'You still want to go back?'

'...Nothing else, really. I'm just a bit concerned about that seed,' Yun Qingzi said somewhat awkwardly. 'And that space does have some profound aspects. I really... ahem, can't resist my heart's pursuit of the Dao.'

Yu Sheng understood what he meant and smiled. 'Oh, that's not a problem. Normally, to go to that place, you can only enter as a spirit, and only if your spirit is in danger and needs emergency "refuge." But I can also open a door and send you in—in that case, it's not limited to spirits.'

He thought for a moment and added, 'I was already planning to open a fixed door directly to the Soul Wilderness in the valley. When it's done, I'll give you access.'

Yun Qingzi nodded repeatedly. 'That would be good.'

'Come on, I'll take you to see Fairy Tale Town first,' Yu Sheng said with a smile, pointing into the distance. 'We'll walk there, and you can see the scenery along the way. When you decide where you want to live, just let me know.'

The group then walked along the path outside the Black Forest toward the center of the valley. Along the way, Yu Sheng gave Yun Qingzi a brief overview of the 'Fairy Tale' situation.

For Yun Qingzi, who lived in the Feiyu Star Domain and had been trapped inside the Derivation Star for the past thousand years, these events happening in the Borderlands seemed as distant as another world. But when he learned that this was also a 'Angel Calamity' and that the children in the valley were all survivors of the Angel Calamity, he immediately understood everything.

Naturally, his attention immediately fell on the Dim Angel.

'Where is that Dim Angel named Anka'ella now?'

'Already dead,' Yu Sheng said with a sigh. 'Fell above the Border City .'

Yun Qingzi blinked.

Ailin beside him immediately added, 'Yu Sheng talked him to death!'

Yun Qingzi: '...?'

The old man was stunned for a full half a minute before he suddenly reacted. He looked at Yu Sheng as if he'd seen a ghost. '...So the Derivation Star was actually the second one!?'

'That's one way to put it,' Yu Sheng thought for a moment, realizing that explaining the details would be tiring, so he simply nodded. 'To be honest, the Derivation Star was much harder to deal with than Anka'ella. It just shows that there are differences even among Dim Angels...'

Yun Qingzi stared wide-eyed, seeming to have a belly full of things to say. But just as he was about to speak, a clear voice from not far away interrupted everyone: 'Hey, big brother?'

Yu Sheng looked up and saw a beautiful figure with flowing black hair standing at the town entrance not far away, holding a mesh bag in her hand, surrounded by a bunch of children who looked like they had just come back from playing wildly in the wild, covered in dirt.

Ailin stared at the other side with wide eyes for a long time but couldn't recognize her. 'Who's that?'

The black-haired girl across from them immediately grinned and bared her teeth upon hearing this. Then she shook her head, and her black hair instantly turned into a cascade of golden hair. 'It's me! Rapunzel!'

'Ah! Big Golden Retriever!' Ailin finally recognized her and waved happily. 'Hey, you changed the color of your hair, I almost didn't recognize you...'

Yu Sheng's gaze involuntarily fell on the mesh bag in Rapunzel's hand. Seeing this, she immediately ran over triumphantly, shaking a plastic bucket in her other hand. 'We went fishing in the creek! Big brother, look, I caught two—they're a bit small... but there are also shrimp! By the way, when did the fish and shrimp appear in the valley?'

'No shit! I specially brought fish and shrimp from outside and put them in the river!' Yu Sheng immediately glared. 'They've just started to breed, and you're already taking people to catch them?!'

Rapunzel immediately hid the bucket behind her back and grinned stupidly at Yu Sheng. 'Hehe...'

Yu Sheng was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry at this incorrigible girl. Before he could say a couple of words to scold her, the children who had come back from fishing with Rapunzel gathered around, and the area immediately became noisy: 'Brother Yu! When can we go play in the mountains outside?' 'Brother, brother, there are so many pretty stones in the river!' 'Xiaoxiao just wiped mud on my pants...' 'Sister Luna, let me tell you a story, have you heard...' 'Ah, Ailin!'

Ailin scurried up onto Yu Sheng's shoulders and started trembling. The children around were chattering noisily. Luna raised her hands helplessly and stood behind Yu Sheng, looking like she was afraid of accidentally hurting these bratty kids. Then a few children noticed the unfamiliar old man standing next to Yu Sheng. The timid ones only dared to look from afar, while two of the bolder ones came over, staring with bright eyes curiously at Yun Qingzi.

Yu Sheng, while carrying Ailin on his shoulder to dodge the children, turned to Yun Qingzi helplessly. 'Let you get a feel for the atmosphere first—to tell you the truth, I do have the quiet mountains and valleys here, and the idle job is indeed idle, but "peace and quiet" is not guaranteed... these little monsters can be quite rowdy.'

Rapunzel pushed through a few of the children and came up to Yu Sheng, asking curiously, 'Big brother, who is this old grandfather?'

'This is Yun Qingzi,' Yu Sheng quickly raised his hand to introduce, but in front of the children, he didn't go into too much detail. 'He's... from the Void Spirit Pivot. He's retired and came to the valley to settle down. Didn't Little Red Riding Hood mention before that there are too many portals in the valley, and kids always want to run around, which is unsafe? From now on, he'll help guard the gates.'

The children naturally had no idea what the name Yun Qingzi meant, or even what the Void Spirit Pivot was (they only knew that 66 Wutong Road had recently moved to a beautiful place with many mountains). But they immediately became happy, and someone took the lead as they clamored and surrounded Yun Qingzi, greeting him in a chaotic manner.

Some shouted 'Hello, Grandpa,' some called him 'Grandpa Yun,' and others yelled 'Uncle Yun'—it was unclear who started the last one, but obviously it was almost immediately approved by all the children, and in an instant, they all began calling him 'Uncle Yun.'

Yu Sheng broke out in a cold sweat at the chaos, thinking that a Daoist ancestor like Yun Qingzi would not be able to stand this noisy and reckless atmosphere. But when he looked up, he saw—the old man's face was blooming with an unprecedented happy smile.

The old man, dressed in an ancient Daoist robe with white hair and beard, was surrounded by a group of children. The wrinkles on his face almost bloomed like flowers as he smilingly responded to every child's greeting: 'Oh, good, good. Hello, little ones... Oh, hello to you too... Everyone is good...'

Rapunzel, who was usually mischievous but was still the oldest here, quickly stepped forward to maintain order when she saw the little ones being too rowdy. 'Don't crowd him! Grandpa is old, you're too rough... Get down! No asking for hugs!'

'No harm, no harm,' Yun Qingzi said, laughing uncontrollably among the children. He waved at Rapunzel. 'This old man's bones are still very sturdy.'

Yu Sheng also stepped forward and pulled Rapunzel aside. 'Don't worry. This old man is stronger than you—he's just not in good condition now. When he's in good shape, even those seven Thunder Titans would have trouble sparring with him.'

Rapunzel was dumbfounded. She turned her head and stared blankly at Yu Sheng. '...Brother, where did you find such a formidable uncle?'

Yu Sheng looked around and lowered his voice to whisper to Rapunzel. 'He's the one who fought against the Derivation Star for a thousand years—he was originally dead, but I intercepted him.'

Rapunzel was stunned for a good ten seconds. She almost gasped out loud, then quickly lowered her voice. 'Whoa... Brother! You brought such a god-like figure to be our orphanage's security guard uncle?!'

'He's willing to,' Yu Sheng continued whispering. 'Don't worry, he's seen through life and just wants to retire. Watching over the portals in the valley is definitely more reliable than Sleeping Beauty, who used to doze off in the security booth all day.'

'Really?'

'You can rest assured. Big brother and this uncle are bonded by life and death...'