Chapter 542: An Invitation from the City Lord’s Estate

He didn't attempt to continue Alchemy; instead, he went to a room to rest.

Refining seven batches of Rank 4 Medicinal Pills in a row just now had been very taxing.

The Mysterious Woman, Zhangsun Ning, sat cross-legged inside the Immortal Cave. She was currently severely injured and needed to recover as quickly as possible before leaving this place.

Time flew by, and three days passed.

Neither Xiao Fan nor Zhangsun Ning had left the Immortal Cave…

Zhangsun Ning's injuries gradually stabilized.

Meanwhile, Xiao Fan was consolidating his own strength. Now that he had reached the Great Perfection of the Xuandan Realm, the barrier between Realms was becoming increasingly loose…

"Am I about to reach the Yuanhun Realm…" Xiao Fan felt like he could no longer suppress it.

He had a premonition that when he promoted to the Yuanhun Realm, the commotion would definitely be abnormally large—there might even be Heavenly Lightning!

…

"You're saying you're about to reach the Yuanhun Realm, so you need to leave here to find a place to undergo your tribulation?!" Zhangsun Ning was stunned when she heard Xiao Fan's words.

Xiao Fan nodded very seriously…

"Are you kidding me? A tribulation? Heavenly Lightning?" Zhangsun Ning looked Xiao Fan up and down. "Do you know that to trigger a Heavenly Tribulation during promotion, one must at least be at the Pi Hai Realm? And you?"

"Where would a Lightning Tribulation come from when promoting from the Xuandan Realm to the Yuanhun Realm?" The Mysterious Woman, Zhangsun Ning, mocked him without concealment.

"I'm telling the truth!" Xiao Fan was speechless. He was telling the truth, so why didn't she believe him?

"Every time I break through, the commotion is very big—extremely big!"

"I don't believe you." Zhangsun Ning shook her head. Promoting from the Xuandan Realm to the Yuanhun Realm—no matter how big the commotion, how big could it be?

Unless a Prodigy feared by the heavens was born, only then would it be possible for a Heavenly Tribulation to descend early!

But that kind of Prodigy might not appear once in tens of thousands of years!

And even if one did appear, it wouldn't be in a barren place like Wuhuang Province…

"I… I!" Xiao Fan was speechless. No matter what he said, she simply wouldn't believe him!

"I believe you, alright? Now leave, I need to rest!" Zhangsun Ning waved her hand with a perfunctory expression.

Xiao Fan was so angry he wanted to stomp his feet and intended to have a proper argument with her!

But suddenly, Zhangsun Ning's brow furrowed. "Someone is coming."

"Hmm?" Xiao Fan was also stunned. He closed his eyes to sense and felt a very strong aura right above the Immortal Cave.

"Are they coming for us?" Xiao Fan asked.

"The other party has no killing intent; it's probably the City Lord here," Zhangsun Ning said. "Go deal with it, I need to heal."

Xiao Fan nodded. He had heard before that the City Lord of Linze City was at the Great Perfection of the Yuanhun Realm.

Although he didn't know how strong he currently was, he still had the confidence to escape if they fought and he couldn't win.

"Little friend inside, would you care to come out for a meeting?"

A middle-aged man's deep, powerful voice drifted in from outside the Immortal Cave.

Xiao Fan was speechless. He left the Immortal Cave, rose into the air, and met the middle-aged man's gaze.

This man was tall, with a long black beard on his chin and the appearance of someone in his forties.

"Greetings, Senior," Xiao Fan said, cupping his fists.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly and looked Xiao Fan over, feeling a bit surprised.

Clearly, he had never seen a youth with such a robust Foundation. Then, he turned his gaze toward Xiao Fan's Immortal Cave.

He hadn't come here for Xiao Fan, but for the woman behind him…

The guards at the gate had already reported to him.

They said a youth had entered who possessed a Xuandan Realm cultivation at a young age, while the depth of the woman behind him was unfathomable.

For the past few days, as the City Lord, he had been keeping an eye on the duo's movements.

Seeing that Xiao Fan and the woman remained inside the Immortal Cave without ever coming out, he had come to inquire out of curiosity.

"Where is the one who came with you?" the middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"She is resting," Xiao Fan replied.

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said, "I am City Lord Du Ling, the City Lord of Linze City. If you need anything, little friend, you can come to the City Lord's Estate to find me."

Xiao Fan was taken aback. He hadn't expected the City Lord of Linze City to say such a thing.

"Thank you, Senior."

One does not strike a smiling face. Since City Lord Du Ling didn't seem to have any ill intent for now, it was naturally better not to make an enemy of him.

"Mhm. In three days, there will be a banquet at the City Lord's Estate. You are welcome to attend, little friend." City Lord Du Ling smiled slightly, looking very satisfied with Xiao Fan, and casually tossed over an invitation.

Xiao Fan caught it. The invitation was golden, and its material was clearly extraordinary…

"If your other companion… is willing, she may also come along!" City Lord Du Ling added after a thought.

He wasn't sure of the relationship between Xiao Fan and Zhangsun Ning, so he phrased it that way.

He hadn't seen Zhangsun Ning with his own eyes, but he now felt that he definitely couldn't afford to provoke the person inside the Immortal Cave.

Even though the intelligence he received suggested the other party was likely severely injured.

The higher one's Realm, the stronger one's early warning for danger; it was an instinctive intuition.

"Little friend, make sure to attend when the time comes." City Lord Du Ling smiled again, then transformed into a streak of light and left, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Fan was speechless and returned to the Immortal Cave.

City Lord Du Ling's enthusiasm during their first meeting made him a bit uncomfortable.

"Does he have any ill intent?" Xiao Fan went to Zhangsun Ning's room to ask for her opinion.

"None for now," Zhangsun Ning said. "If he did, he would be dead already!"

"…That makes sense." Xiao Fan nodded, agreeing with her statement.

After all, even if Zhangsun Ning was severely injured, she was still a powerhouse of the Yuding Realm, far beyond what he could compare to!

"Then, about this banquet?" Xiao Fan asked curiously.

"Go!"