The Return of Stars to the Jianghu

Chapter 88 The Spirit Wing Clan and the Divine Monkey Clan Gift Demon Cores

Four years ago, Nantian left the coffee shop opposite the Century Building in Qianmo City.

Of course, the gathering convened by Luo Yifei to discuss countermeasures did not end with Nan Tian's departure. The decisions they reached would become the starting point for everything that followed.

Nantian returned home to find no one home. His grandfather was probably still playing chess in the park. He tidied himself up and prepared to go to work at the karaoke bar. He had disappeared for two weeks, but the boss hadn't fired him; instead, he was waiting for him to return. Perhaps it was because laborers like him were hard to find, or perhaps it was because only he could keep some of the drunk customers in check.

Grandpa didn't go looking for him, because he had already disappeared several times before. Grandpa wouldn't look for him unless the teacher came knocking. Besides, after leaving this time, Father told Grandpa that he was going to stay with him for a while.

Before going to work, he wanted to go somewhere first.

The bus was heading west from the city center towards Qianmo City. The number of vehicles was decreasing. Although the residential complexes to the west were very tall, there were few residents, as most of these complexes had only been built in the last few years.

Qianmo City has a large migrant worker population, but a limited number of homebuyers. Although real estate developers are building more and more residential complexes, the actual number of homes purchased is decreasing. Coupled with recent news reports of increased population migration, traffic is comparable to the Spring Festival travel rush, and many places are beginning to experience ghost towns, with Qianmo Western New City being one of them.

The bus slowly came to a stop at the terminal station, leaving him alone on board.

"Young man, the buses in the west of the city have stopped running. This is the last bus. If you get off, you won't be able to get back to the city," the driver said to Nantian, who was about to get off.

"Oh, it's okay, I'm not going back," Nantian replied.

"Everyone else is running to places with lots of people, but you, young man, insist on running into these deep mountains and forests."

"There are no mountains here, just an old forest."

Nantian waited until the bus had driven far away before slowly walking into the woods. He knew that if he kept walking northwest, he would reach the fence of the Phoenix Forest Reserve, and that was where he was going.

A large area of ​​trees at the edge of the forest has been cut down, reportedly to build a new commercial center. The original plan was to cut down all the trees in the forest up to the edge of the protected area.

Nantian turned on the compass on his phone to make sure he wouldn't take any detours and could find the tree in the shortest amount of time.

The chirping of cicadas and the calls of cuckoos came from not far away, sounding quite strange at the end of September.

As he drew closer, he could feel himself nearing his destination, but he sensed something amiss. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the tree he was looking for had been cut down, leaving only a stump.

Looking northwest, there was still barbed wire, no different from before. But among so many trees around, this one had been cut down; no wonder someone discovered its secret.

As Nantian approached the tree stump, a person suddenly appeared in the air beside it.

The person jumped down. Nan Tian knew her; she was also from Shenyun Middle School, and her name seemed to be Ye Xuehan. He had seen her in the South China Sea.

"Do you want to go?" the girl asked.

"The tree has already been cut down," Nan Tian deliberately avoided giving a direct answer.

"The wormhole is still three meters above the tree."

"Wormholes? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"It's a time tunnel. You've been here before, so you know what I'm talking about."

"How did you get up there?"

"I can fly."

"I've also traveled through time tunnels, so why didn't I gain any abilities?"

"I can fly not because of this wormhole. There is a difference between a time tunnel and a spacetime tunnel. Going through this, you can only see images of the past. You cannot interfere with the past. What is meant to happen has already happened. You will only gain certain abilities after traveling through a spacetime tunnel for a period of time."

"Impossible. I carved my name on that tree next to it before. It should still be there."

"Go check now, is it still there?"

Nan Tian walked over, and the marks he had seen last time had vanished without a trace.

"Why would this happen? No, it can't be." Nan Tian examined the tree carefully, then looked at the trees next to it, but couldn't find the mark he wanted.

"Take your time looking, I'm leaving now," Ye Xuehan said.

"Wait, can I pass through?" Nan Tian asked.

"Yes, but you must understand that what you see is only the past, so don't try to change anything."

Nan Tian nodded.

Ye Xuehan pulled Nantian up, spread her wings, and flew into the air before letting go of his hand.

Nantian did not fall to the ground, but disappeared into the sky.

Ye Xuehan flew downwards and disappeared into the air.

Nantian fell to the ground, but the surrounding trees were noticeably smaller. He knew he had returned to the year 2000.

He went to the city and successfully met his mother. In fact, he saw his mother riding her bicycle home when he got off work at the air conditioner factory.

When he returned to the forest, wanting to go back to 2015, he discovered that the time tunnel had been closed.

They followed the mysterious old man, changing vehicles several times, and finally arrived at the Tengger Desert in Gansu, where they entered the desert.

They arrived at the Xuan Tian Continent through a time tunnel in the desert.

After traveling through the desert for three days, they arrived at Minqin County in the human world of the Xuantian Continent.

To the west of this desert town stretches an endless expanse of green mountains, known as the Ten Thousand Mountains, which, according to legend, are the territory of the demon race.

Here they met the Spiritwing Clan and the Monkey God Clan.

They learned that they had demon blood flowing through their veins. However, Ye Xuehan's bloodline was very strong, while Nantian's bloodline was almost zero.

The elder of the Spirit Wing Clan gave Ye Xuehan a red demon core and taught her the Spirit Wing Clan's supernatural powers. The elder of the Divine Monkey Clan gave Nan Tian a purple demon core and also taught him the Divine Monkey Clan's demonic arts.

The two elders together asked the Demon Queen for the blue gemstone, and then together asked the Demon King for the green gemstone.

They stayed in the Hundred Thousand Mountains of the Demon Clan for three months.

For the remaining nine months, they traveled throughout the human world, all for a single golden gem.