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When Long Chen returned to his residence, he saw that Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er were in his courtyard, leaning against Little Snow and quietly muttering. He didnât know what they were saying, but the two of them were smiling beautifully.
The courtyard was quiet, and the two of them were more beautiful than flowers. Long Chen leaned against the entrance, watching as the two of them talked and laughed. Occasionally, their bell-like laughter would ring out. He felt intoxicated.
âLong Chen, what are you just standing there for? You look like a thief.â Tang Wan-er and Meng Qi suddenly noticed Long Chen.
âBeautiful as jade, like a scene from a painting, as if made by the heavens, a perfect harmony. I really was unable to disturb it.â Long Chen laughed.
âItâd be strange if anyone believed you. Speak, just how many women did you play around with this time?â Tang Wan-er glared at Long Chen.
âSlander, a completely unjust accusation. There was definitely nothing like that.â Long Chen raised his hands as if crying injustice at the heavens.
âHear that? Little Snow says he will testify for me.â Long Chen laughed.
Meng Qi suddenly laughed. âLittle Snow says that Long Chen ended up running into someone called Mu Xue. Just who is this Mu Xue?â
Long Chenâs face darkened. Little Snow had actually betrayed him at this critical time to side with Meng Qi.
âHurry up and speak. Donât try acting taciturn while you come up with a lie.â Tang Wan-er glared at Long Chen, seeming like she would cruelly torture him for the answers.
Long Chen didnât know whether to laugh or cry. Of Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er, one was gentle and soft, while the other was fiery and explosive. When the two were combined, it was truly like he was under interrogation.
Long Chen sat down with the two of them. He told them everything that had occurred once he had left the monastery, except for the matter with the dragon expertâs help and the real reason for the Mo family leaving.
It was naturally better for as few people as possible to know about those things. Having that burden rest on his shoulders was enough. Who asked men not to let their women worry so much?
âThat Yin family really was hateful. They actually kidnapped uncle and aunt. They deserved to be destroyed.â Tang Wan-er clenched her teeth.
âThe fact that uncle and aunt are living in seclusion and having a peaceful life isnât necessarily a bad thing,â comforted Meng Qi.
âSorry, Iâve caused you two to worry.â Long Chen couldnât help but feel sorry toward the two of them.
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er gently leaned against Long Chen. Smelling his familiar scent, they felt extremely warm inside, filled with peace and joy.
âThatâs right, I almost forgot to tell you this. Sister Chu Yao has left the Skywood Palace,â said Tang Wan-er.
âHalf a month ago, sister Chu Yao stepped into the Xiantian realm. She actually awakened a manifestation, becoming a powerful Celestial.
âThe Skywood Divine Palace sent someone to bring her back to the Skywood Sacred Land. Apparently, thatâs very, very far from here.
âSo sister Chu Yao wanted to see you before leaving, but at the time, you were with the Mo family in Qing Prefecture. This matter came so suddenly, that as a result, sister Chu Yao could only leave.â Thinking of Chu Yaoâs sad and disappointed expression as she had left, Tang Wan-erâs eyes reddened and she almost cried.
âThis is what sister Chu Yao left for you.â Meng Qi handed a scroll to Long Chen.
Long Chen opened the scroll. There was a painting on it. That painting depicted a martial stage with a youth fighting a human-shaped monster with long fur all over its body.
Seeing that scene, Long Chen immediately recalled his fierce battle with Huang Chang back in the Phoenix Cry Lantern Festival. At that time, Huang Chang had used beast transformation to turn into this form. His own appearance had been slightly immature. However, his eyes contained endless rage.
The drawing itself was just average, but the drawing of him was remarkably lifelike and perfect.
On one side of the painting was a line of graceful characters: The Dragon swims across the four oceans; the Phoenix flies throughout the nine lands. Seas of blood may block us, but we will never give up our path; Dragon and Phoenix will both live to old age.
This was their promise to each other. At that time, they had been insignificant figures, but even in the face of irresistible power, they still hadnât retreated. They had both expressed their true thoughts.
âSeas of blood may block us, but we will never give up our path. Dragon and Phoenix will both live to old age⌠For me, Yao-er, youâre willing to be bathed in blood? Why bother?â
Long Chen looked up at the sky, sadness flashing in his eyes. Chu Yao had a quiet, peaceful temperament. She didnât like fighting.
But in order to help him, in order to protect him, she had chosen the path of an expert. That was an endlessly bloody path. But she had stepped onto it without looking back.
Cultivation was a path of no return. Once you stepped on it, there was no chance to step off. Even if Long Chen gave up on cultivation right now, it would have no meaning at all. There were still countless enemies that would come find him. Giving up his cultivation was just crippling his martial might, allowing the heavens to decide his fate. Then his ending would be incomparably cruel.
Chu Yao had also realized the cruelty of cultivation, and she had firmly chosen to become stronger. But the fact that she hadnât managed to see Long Chen before leaving was her greatest regret.
Thinking of Chu Yao standing alone as she looked in the direction of Qing Prefecture, Long Chen felt like needles were stabbing his heart.
âLong Chen, donât think too much about this. Once a person steps on the path of cultivation, thereâs no looking back. We all have to get stronger. Once we stand at the peak of the martial path, our fates will be in our own hands.â Seeing the pain in Long Chenâs expression, Meng Qi couldnât hold back from comforting him.
âThatâs right. We all have to work hard at our cultivation. Sister Chu Yao is waiting for us, and maybe sister Zhiqiu has also revived. Weâll all get stronger and meet again one day,â said Tang Wan-er.
Thinking of Ye Zhiqiu, a sad but beautiful scene resurfaced in Long Chenâs mind. Ye Zhiqiuâs icy goddess-like faceâs first smile had been like a blooming ice lotus, beautiful but poignant to the peak.
âLong Chen, donât cry. A hero capable of supporting heaven and earth shouldnât cry for a woman. I donât want you to be laughed at by othersâŚ
âI really was very happy those days when I accompanied you. The only regretful thing is that those days were just temporary. I wonât get to see you standing at the peak of the world.
âLong Chen, didnât you always want to see me smile? Then I can let you see it one timeâŚâ
Ye Zhiqiuâs voice once more resounded in his mind. It felt like it had been a lifetime ago. Thinking of how Ye Zhiqiu might be revived, Long Chen was filled with a lofty ideal. He wouldnât allow a repeat of that tragedy. He would get stronger and trample all his enemies beneath his feet.
After coming in contact with that dragon expert, after seeing that scene up in the void, Long Chen felt himself to be incredibly miniscule. The first thing he had to do was to get stronger.
âMeng Qi, Wan-er, do you want to become a Celestial?â Long Chen suddenly asked out of nowhere.
Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er thought their ears had broken.
âI should have the ability to turn one of you into a Celestial. So decide which of you wants to try it.â
Long Chen was extremely confident. On his way back here, he had noticed a strange discovery that had almost made him go crazy.
On the way, he had killed two Xiantian Magical Beasts and thrown their corpses into the black soil, turning them into life energy. Those withered trees had slowly revived.
But the strength of two Magical Beasts was still just a drop in the ocean. The trees had only recovered the slightest vitality.
In order to fully recover, it would require quite some time. Long Chen noticed that all the huge trees had died, but there was one tree that was still flourishing without the slightest sign of withering.
That small treeâs leaves all contained a faint rune. But each rune was incomparably clear and released a powerful fluctuation.
The thing that filled Long Chen with disbelief was that at some point, this small tree had borne a fruit.
That fruit was only the size of a fist, and it was covered with runes that emitted powerful fluctuations. Seeing those runes, Long Chen had almost cried out.
Those runes were the same runes Yin Wushang had summoned with his manifestation. Even the fluctuations were similar.
However, this fruitâs energy was powerful, but it wasnât berserk. Long Chen had directly plucked it and swallowed it.
He found that it had a Heavenly Dao seed inside it, just like the Dao seeds in Mo Gate. But Long Chen was depressed to find that no matter how he tried to absorb it, it refused to merge with him.
In the end, the primal chaos bead had directly taken back the Dao seed and thrown it into the black soil again. That small tree once more bore a fruit, one exactly the same as the one Long Chen had swallowed.
Seeing this situation, Long Chen knew that the primal chaos bead had to have absorbed Yin Wushangâs core runes when he had killed him in order to form this Dao Rune Fruit.
Furthermore, this Dao Rune Fruit had no will that was fighting him. Long Chen didnât know why he was unable to absorb it.
But just because he wasnât able to absorb it didnât mean others couldnât. So Long Chen had an extremely brazen idea. In the future, each time he killed a Celestial, wouldnât he also gain a Dao Rune Fruit? And then wouldnât there be another Celestial by his side?
Just what would an army of over three hundred Celestials look like? Thinking of that, Long Chen felt like he might go crazy. It didnât seem all too impossible. The theory was solid.
âGive it to Wan-er. Iâm a soul cultivator, and it seems the power of a Celestial isnât able to help me much. But Wan-er is a wind cultivator, and if she becomes a Celestial, her wind blades will reach a terrifying level,â said Meng Qi.
âSister Meng QiâŚâ Tang Wan-er was about to decline.
âMeng Qiâs right. Wan-er, your temperament is very explosive. Perhaps becoming a Celestial can mellow you out a bit. You truly are in need of it,â said Long Chen.
âBastard, if you donât anger me for a day, will you feel unwell?!â raged Tang Wan-er.
âCome, be my experimental guinea pig. Thereâs no need to say so much. Letâs go somewhere secluded to do some exciting stuff.â
Meng Qi couldnât help but smile strangely as she watched these two clowns enter a private room.
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