Chapter 24: All the Geniuses are Here, and the Child of Destiny, Xiao Tu, Reappears!
While Southern Border City was in chaos, on the official road leading to Tianmen Pass, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse!
Ning Ye rode a small donkey, bumping along towards Tianmen Pass, while Su Baizhou leaned quietly in Ning Ye's arms.
With her jade-like hand, she stroked the donkey's fluffy ears, her beautiful eyes curiously surveying her surroundings.
Clearly, having just awakened from the ice coffin, she was like a blank slate, curious about everything in the world.
As for why Ning Ye chose to ride a small donkey instead of a fast horse, it was because he needed some time to figure out his future plans.
After all, he was about to arrive at the Junlin Dynasty and meet his great villainess fiancée.
If he didn't have a perfect plan, he would surely be in trouble!
"Father, where are we going?"
Su Baizhou suddenly looked up, her beautiful eyes fixed on Ning Ye.
"The Junlin Dynasty."
Ning Ye replied with a smile.
"Why the Junlin Dynasty?"
Su Baizhou asked, full of doubt.
"Hmm..."
Ning Ye thought for a moment, then said: "To find a woman!"
"A woman?!"
Su Baizhou thought for a moment, then her beautiful eyes lit up, and she softly said: "Is it Mother?"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Hearing Su Baizhou's words, Ning Ye couldn't help but cough three times.
He scratched his head and said with some distress: "This... how should I tell you?"
"Woo..."
Su Baizhou seemed to sense Ning Ye's difficulty.
She very sensibly shook her head and said: "If Father doesn't want to say, then don't say it!"
"It's okay if I don't have a Mother!"
"Because from now on, as long as I can be with Father, that's all that matters!"
"You!"
Ning Ye rubbed Su Baizhou's soft silver hair and held her even tighter.
"Father!"
Su Baizhou suddenly called out.
"Hmm?"
Ning Ye looked down at the girl in his arms.
"I seem to have forgotten my name."
Su Baizhou's beautiful eyes were a little dim.
Her mind was blank at the moment, and she couldn't recall any memories, so she was a little sad for a while.
"Su Baizhou!"
Ning Ye didn't hesitate and directly told the girl her name.
"Su... Bai... Zhou?"
The girl frowned, clearly having no impression of this name.
After a moment of silence, the girl shook her head and said: "I don't like this name!"
"Father, please change my name!"
"Uh!!!"
Ning Ye was stunned for a moment, thinking that even if she changed her name, it shouldn't be him to change it.
However, since Su Baizhou wanted to change it, he would change it for her.
After thinking seriously for a while, Ning Ye said: "Then... Su Su!"
"Do you like the name Su Su?"
"Su... Su!"
The girl repeated these two words, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
She nodded heavily and said: "I like it!"
"I like it very much!"
"Haha!"
Ning Ye looked at the girl's innocent smile and couldn't help but be infected.
He softly said: "Good!"
"Then from now on, I'll call you Su Su!"
"Okay~ Yay!"
Su Baizhou cheered happily, then raised her head and lightly pecked Ning Ye's face.
"Father is the best!"
Ning Ye: "!!!!!"
Just like that, a small donkey carried Ning Ye and Su Baizhou, treading on the scattered moonlight, all the way towards Tianmen Pass...
The night passed quickly!
When the first ray of morning sun spilled over the Eastern Barrens.
The entire Eastern Barren Continent was abuzz.
Today was an extremely grand day—Tianmen Pass, Prodigy Battle!
On this day, Cultivators from hundreds of Cultivation Schools and various Imperial Dynasties in the Eastern Barrens had already arrived in droves before Tianmen Pass.
Some were there to participate, others to witness!
Before long, Tianmen Pass had already gathered tens of thousands of Cultivators!
As one famous figure after another from the Eastern Barrens appeared, the scene was exceptionally lively!
And when an old man in a green Daoist robe appeared, a commotion broke out in the crowd.
"Master Tianji, one of the four Elders of the Tianji Pavilion!"
"I didn't expect him to come in person!"
"Of course, the Tianji Pavilion is subordinate to the Nine Heavens Wind and Rain Tower. Today's Prodigy Convention in our Eastern Barrens, they will definitely send a big shot to record everything!"
"One can imagine... whoever can win the first place in the Prodigy sequence today will truly become famous throughout the continent tomorrow!"
...
Just as everyone was filled with emotion.
Zheng!!!
A crisp sword cry sounded.
At the end of the sky, a man with his hands behind his back rode a sword and arrived!
"He's here!"
"Hidden Sword Manor, Young Manor Lord, Ye Wuya!"
Exclamations of shock rang out in front of Tianmen Pass, and many young girls in the prime of their youth, seeing this incredibly handsome man riding a sword, immediately had peach blossoms in their eyes.
Which young girl in the prime of her youth could refuse a handsome, dashing, and famous young Prodigy from the Eastern Barrens who arrived on a sword?
And just then, a luxurious carriage slowly drove from afar towards Tianmen Pass.
When a handsome and enchanting man in black stepped down from the carriage, gasps of cold air echoed through the crowd.
"Evil Sect, Luo Zhixie!"
Compared to Ye Wuya, Luo Zhixie's reputation was even greater, but it was an infamous one!
He was notoriously capricious, ruthless, and tyrannical!
He once slaughtered a Family because he coveted a treasure, chased after a Legacy for thousands of miles, and repeatedly challenged various Prodigies of the Eastern Barrens, known for his love of battle!
Therefore, he and Hidden Sword Manor's Young Manor Lord, Ye Wuya, were known as the two great righteous and evil Prodigies of the Eastern Barrens!
"So tired!"
"This Poor Monk is exhausted!"
A young monk in a kasaya, with an unremarkable appearance, pushed through the crowd, covered in dust and sweat, and entered Tianmen Pass.
"Great Thunder Sound Temple, Xuan Zang!"
Someone recognized the newcomer.
"I heard that this Buddhist chief's Cultivation talent is extremely high!"
"In just one year, he cultivated the Great Thunder Sound Temple's Golden Body Art to the Major Achievement Realm!"
"Not only that... he can effortlessly use various forbidden unique skills of the Great Thunder Sound Temple!"
"I heard that Luo Zhixie even lost to him!"
"Hiss! Is that true or false!"
...
Listening to the whispers in the crowd.
Luo Zhixie's face turned somewhat ugly, and his black eyes, looking towards Xuan Zang, were filled with murderous intent.
Before long, a long rainbow streaked across the sky and descended into Tianmen Pass!
She, in a white dress, was ethereal like an immortal!
Her appearance was cold and exquisite, her temperament ethereal and empty, yet carrying an inherent nobility!
And she was the Saintess of Misty Peak!
The Princess of the Junlin Dynasty—Wu Yao!
With her arrival, the atmosphere at Tianmen Pass was pushed to its Peak!
Because in this Prodigy Battle, whoever won the first place would not only become famous throughout the continent, be able to enter the Nine Heavens Wind and Rain Tower in the future, but also marry Wu Yao and reach the Peak of their life!
Who could resist such temptation?!
After Wu Yao.
Red Robe Cult Saintess—Lu Zhu!
Ten Thousand Poisons Mansion Young Mansion Lord—Mo Ran!
Old Sun Star Sect—Chen Ji!
All arrived!
At this point, the chiefs of the Seven Great Cultivation Clans of the Eastern Barrens had all arrived.
And they did not notice that in the crowd, a "young man" in black tight-fitting clothes, with an extremely delicate and handsome face, was looking at the seven Prodigies before him with disdain.
'Seven Great Prodigies?'
'Is that all there is to it?'
'Heh! Young Miss is right, they're just a bunch of trash!'
'The first in the Prodigy sequence is within easy reach!'
Just as her thoughts were racing.
Boom!!!
A deafening thunderclap sounded in the exceptionally clear sky!
Everyone looked up and saw a young man emerge from the dazzling lightning!
He had a tall and straight figure, was dressed in purple, with a feminine and delicate appearance.
His originally deep and resolute eyes now had a hint of eyeshadow, and as his gaze shifted, there was a certain nuanced charm!
"It's him!!"
"He disappeared for three years, how did he become like this!"
"Wait, his Qi is so strong!"
At this moment, not only the tens of thousands of Cultivators in Tianmen Pass, but even the Prodigies of the Seven Great Cultivation Clans looked at the young man.
And Wu Yao looked at her former childhood sweetheart, her beautiful eyes somewhat dazed, and her red lips parted as she murmured: "Xiao Tu... Brother!"
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