Chapter 150 - A Temporary Farewell Above the Clouds Extra 13 for Alliance Hierarch Wu Lie123

Yun Country is located to the northeast of Zhuang Country, with numerous mountains within its borders.As the capital of Yun Country, Yun City is situated atop the tallest Mount Baoxue within its territory.

When Yun City was first established, due to the harsh environment at the foot of the mountain, the Pavilion Master of Lingxiao Pavilion leveled the mountain to create a platform and built the city upon the high mountain.

Subsequent main cities in Yun Country were then built following this precedent.

Because cities were generally built atop high mountains, situated at extremely high altitudes, as if above the clouds, the country came to be known as the Nation above the Clouds.

There are two paths leading up to Yun City, one is the cableway connecting it to other main cities, and the other is the massive stone staircase built from the foot of the mountain, which is also known as the Ascension Steps.

Yun Country, rich and powerful, hired master mechanists from the Mo Family to oversee the design.

The major cities are mostly connected via cableways.

The cableways are made from the tanned tendons of powerful demons, soaked in iron catalpa tree oil, boasting exceptional durability and a hundred years without decay.

Indeed, they achieve a century between replacements, without a single natural breakage during that period.

The people of Yun Country travel between the cities using the mechanized carriages that regularly glide across the cableways.

Since they all travel the straight-line distance high above, the speeds are incredibly fast, so the cities of Yun Country tend to have more interaction with each other than most other nations.

This is probably one of the reasons for Yun Country’s developed commerce.

The most magnificent spectacle of Mount Baoxue, however, is the magical bridges connecting Yun City to the nearest four major cities.

It’s said that these were forged by the formidable power of the founder of Lingxiao Pavilion—clouds gathered to form roads, rainbows served as bridges.

These four cities thus became the central cities second only to Yun City.

Afterwards, as Yun Country gradually grew stronger, no other city could claim such an honor.

If one overlooks the costly materials of the steps themselves and the Array Patterns carved on the stone slabs, there was nothing particularly special about the Ascension Steps.

Wind-blown and sun-baked, traversed by people over many years, the Ascension Steps remained spotlessly clean.

Jiang Wang, carrying Jiang Anan on his back, climbed the last step without his face reddening or his breath shortening, looked up at the towering archway of Yun City, and headed straight into the city.

Although the siblings appeared travel-worn, and the animal hides Jiang Anan was wrapped in didn’t resemble the attire of wealthy families, they didn’t encounter any disdainful treatment.

Yun Country was prosperous in commerce and did not prohibit visitors from all directions; it was only that the entrance tax was higher.

A small amount of gold and silver was no problem for Jiang Wang, who would easily earn enough money for expenses by doing a bit of something along the way.

After asking the soldiers guarding the city, Jiang Wang learned that Lingxiao Pavilion was not located within Yun City, but rather above it.

However, they didn’t know how to enter Lingxiao Pavilion.

Luckily, Jiang Anan carried a Yun He with her, and under Jiang Wang’s directions, she seriously wrote a few words, then set the little Yun He free.

The Yun He, once in the air, seemed to hesitate for a moment, then flapped its wings and soared up, disappearing into the clouds.

Not knowing when Ye Qingyu would see the letter, Jiang Wang decided to take Jiang Anan for a stroll around Yun City—mainly to try some local delicacies.

Like Yun pulp fruits, said to grow in the clouds.

Biting through the skin, the juice could be drunk directly.

There were five different colors of this fruit, each with a distinct flavor.

Or the Rainbow Candy, which was like a rainbow in confectionary form, biting into it revealed seven layers of sweetness, distinctly layered in flavor.

Today, Jiang Wang didn’t restrict Jiang Anan’s consumption of sweets, allowing her to eat to her heart’s content until her belly bulged roundly.

It was while eating Rainbow Candy that Jiang Anan saw Ye Qingyu.

Suddenly, the entire street quieted.

The once-bright sky suddenly “tore open,” revealing that the sky was not really a sky, but more like a scroll.

When the scroll was torn open, the space behind it revealed pavilions and towers, featuring exquisite craftsmanship and an air of grandeur.

So this is where Lingxiao Pavilion is!

Behind the “sky.”

Amidst the misty immortal aura, the clouds transformed into steps.

A woman from the painting slowly descended the cloud steps, walking towards Jiang Wang and his sister.

Today she wasn’t wearing a veil, her fine brows slightly curved like an autumn shadow, her bright and pure eyes as clear as quiet ripples.

Her nose was delicate, and her lips lightly pursed.

Her face was so radiant that the entire street seemed colorless in comparison.

Not to mention her tall and elegant figure, which became the scenery wherever she stood.

Jiang Anan’s eyes lit up, and she waved energetically, “Sister Qingyu!”

The two had been pen pals for a long time, having seen each other many times through the memory stone, but this was their first in-person meeting.

Ye Qingyu walked over, smiled and gently touched Jiang Anan’s little head, then looked toward Jiang Wang with a rather complex gaze, “How is Daoist Jiang doing?”

Yun Country and Zhuang Country could barely be considered neighboring countries, with Maple Forest City Region being a border city in the northeast of Zhuang Country.

The entire city region had been sacrificed by the Cult, fallen into the Underworld; such a major event Ye Qingyu could not possibly be unaware of.

She felt a sincere gratitude toward Jiang Wang, and pure affection for Jiang Anan.

Through letters back and forth, they had already established a certain bond.

After receiving the news, she had been quite upset for a long time.

Had it not been for the letter from Jiang Anan today, she would have thought these two friends from a foreign land had already met with misfortune.

Learning that Brother and Sister Jiang had come to Yun City, she was very surprised.

That’s why she disregarded the astonishments of the age and directly “tore through the heavens,” entering Yun City.

The young man with white hair, looking haggard, couldn’t be described in any good terms whatsoever.

“Not well at all,” Jiang Wang said with a bitter smile.

Having made his decision outside the Maple Forest City Region, he didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, “Back in San Mountain City, Daoist Ye gave me a Yun Zhong Command.

It has now been lost in the Maple Forest City Region, but I still possess the shameless desire to ask—does it still hold its validity?”

“Of course,” Ye Qingyu said solemnly, “Although the Yun Zhong Command is lost, Qingyu’s promise is not.

Daoist Jiang, please state whatever request you have.”

Jiang Wang clenched Jiang Anan’s small hand, then let go.

Jiang Anan, as if sensing something, grasped Jiang Wang’s hand back in return.

“Could I ask Daoist Ye to take care of Anan for me, to allow her to cultivate in the Lingxiao Pavilion?” Jiang Wang forced himself not to look at his sister and looked directly into Ye Qingyu’s eyes, “I am going to a very dangerous place and won’t be able to take care of her.”

“I can,” Ye Qingyu answered promptly.

“Brother…” Jiang Anan’s large eyes suddenly filled with tears, “Do you no longer want Anan?”

Jiang Wang felt his heart being crushed.

He half-knelt down and tenderly embraced his sister, “Anan, brother will never stop wanting you.

It’s just that right now, brother has to deal with a very important matter, and can’t protect you, so I’m bringing you here to stay for a while.

Just for a while.

I will definitely come back for you, okay?”

“Not okay…” Jiang Anan pouted, her eyes shimmering with tears as she looked at Jiang Wang, “Can I say it’s not okay, brother?”

“I’m sorry.” Jiang Wang rubbed Jiang Anan’s little head, steeled his heart, picked her up, and placed her into Ye Qingyu’s arms.

“I have nothing now, but I, Jiang Wang, give you my word.

All the resources Lingxiao Pavilion invests in Anan, I will surely repay in the future.”

“From today on, Jiang Anan is a member of our Lingxiao Pavilion.

We will surely nurture her, take care of her, protect her.

Please rest assured, Daoist Jiang,” Ye Qingyu pledged with solemnity.

After Maple Forest City Region’s downfall, the surviving youth would always want to do something.

She did not ask Jiang Wang where he was going, what he was going to do.

She was simply doing a friend’s duty, doing her best to let him leave without any worries.

She had thought about stopping Jiang Wang, about representing Lingxiao Pavilion and inviting him to cultivate there.

Admittedly, breaking the rules like that would incur many dissatisfactions, but her father was not one who couldn’t handle her level of willfulness.

But she noticed the look in the young man’s eyes.

Wrapped in endless pain and suffering was a kind of calmness.

He must have thought it through deeply, must have wandered in agony.

Only then did he come to his own calm decision.

This calmness often signifies irrevocable perseverance.

Jiang Wang bowed solemnly to Ye Qingyu, then suddenly turned around.

Jiang Anan, in Ye Qingyu’s arms, cried silently, but she did not let herself cry out loud.

Because she knew that would make her brother very sad.

The little girl watched her brother’s lonely figure grow further and further away.

The crowd bustled, and the sky was clear and bright.

The sunlight of the entire Yun City seemed to split into two paths.

One shone on the misty stairs, Ye Qingyu holding the dazed Jiang Anan, slowly stepped toward the heavens.

The other shone on the winding Ascension Steps of Holding Snow Mountain, the white-haired youth leaving just a solitary figure to Yun City, walking down the mountain alone.