"It's already been hundreds of years …"
Sitting in front of Chen Heng, Hou Juan lightly sighed as she sighed.
Even for cultivators, a few hundred years was a very long time.
For some low-level cultivators, this already surpassed their lifespan, and it was enough for them to turn into a pile of bones.
Even for Chen Heng and Hou Juan, this was not a small number.
Over the past few hundred years, many things had happened.
Before Hou Juan had left, Chen Heng had only just taken control of the Flowing Cloud Sect, and his faction was still within Yue Kingdom.
After hundreds of years had passed, the Flowing Cloud Sect had become one of the most powerful factions in the world.
This sort of difference was simply too great.
Thinking about it, one could not help but sigh and say that the world was unpredictable.
"Looks like you've been quite bored over the past few hundred years."
Sitting on the chair, Chen Heng looked at Hou Juan and lightly laughed.
"Not too bored."
Hou Juan smiled as she said, "The secret realm was not too bad; there were many interesting things inside that were worth looking at for a long time.
However, to be honest, after staying in there for so long, I did feel quite bored.
"Now, I can finally come out …"
She sighed softly and sighed.
Looking at Hou Juan, Chen Heng smiled and was about to say something when he suddenly paused and coughed a few times.
Unknowingly, a drop of crimson blood appeared at the corner of his mouth, looking particularly conspicuous.
Hou Juan's expression immediately fell.
"You're injured?"
Sitting on the chair, she subconsciously wanted to stand up. At this moment, her face was filled with shock.
At their level of cultivation, they were already immune to all poisons and diseases.
For Chen Heng to look like this, there was only one possibility, which was that he had been injured.
Moreover, it was not an ordinary injury.
However, how had he been injured so severely?
By now, the Flowing Cloud Sect had become the overlord of the world, and Chen Heng was praised as the number one person in the world.
With this kind of strength and status, who could injure him?
"It's an old problem."
In front of her, Chen Heng shook his head and waved his hand to stop Hou Juan. He looked at her and said softly, "I haven't been able to get rid of the illness from back then."
"Dao injury?"
Hou Juan frowned as she looked at Chen Heng and observed his condition before suddenly speaking.
Chen Heng did not say anything and only silently nodded.
Hou Juan's expression immediately changed.
A Dao injury was not a simple injury.
This was an injury at the root. From a certain perspective, it could be considered the most serious kind of injury. No matter how powerful a cultivator was, once their own Dao laws were flawed, they would slowly become Dao and return to the world.
"Is it the battle back then?"
Hou Juan frowned and remained silent for a long time before finally speaking.
"Sort of."
Chen Heng coughed for a while before lightly nodding, "Back then, the Demon Sovereign, as well as the Heaven God Palace Master, none of them were easy to deal with.
"I fought against them, and slowly, it became like this."
He said softly. His expression was calm as he spoke.
In this world, any genius who could rule over a region was not simple at all.
Chen Heng had led the entire Flowing Cloud Sect through a great tribulation, and it had not been easy for him to reach the top.
It would be easy to deal with other people, but the Extermination Demon Sect's Extermination Demon Venerable and the Heavenly God Palace Master were too troublesome.
Both of them were people with Heaven's Fate, and their Heaven's Fate was much more powerful than when Hou Juan was at her peak.
During the great calamity, these two were the absolute protagonists. They were the core figures of this great calamity.
How could it be easy for Chen Heng to defeat both of them?
The difficulty of this task was far more difficult than anyone could imagine.
It was just that Chen Heng would not take the initiative to say it.
His body had long since been left with a Dao injury during the battle back then, and right now, he was just a crippled body.
If it had been anyone else, they would have died long ago. It was impossible for them to continue holding on for such a long time.
However, to Chen Heng, it did not matter much.
At most, he would just die.
In this regard, he was very calm and did not feel anything because of this.
Looking at Chen Heng, Hou Juan fell silent for a long time.
Looking at him, her gaze was filled with guilt and pain.
From the past until now, it could be said that Chen Heng was the person who had treated her the best.
In the past, when she had been trapped in the secret realm, she had imagined countless times what it would be like to meet Chen Heng after leaving.
It was just that she had never thought that it would be here.
Thinking of this, she felt a little depressed and inexplicable sadness.
"There's no need to be like this."
In front of her, Chen Heng shook his head and said softly, "Parting in life and death is a common thing in life; there's nothing strange about it.
Moreover, I'm not dead yet.
Even if you're sad, you should at least wait until I'm gone. "
He said softly as he looked at Hou Juan, who had remained silent this entire time.
"I …"
Hearing Chen Heng's words, Hou Juan raised her head, tears visible at the corners of her eyes.
For cultivators, because they had lived for a long time, this sort of thing was quite common.
In the past, Hou Juan had experienced this sort of thing before. She had even personally sent off a few of her good friends and collected their corpses.
It was just that now, when that person had become Chen Heng, she could not accept it and felt incredibly sad.
Looking at Hou Juan, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head before silently getting up and walking to the side.
"I personally planted all of the spirit grasses in this spirit garden, and many of them have been carefully nurtured."
He looked at Hou Juan and said softly, "You should take advantage of this time to take a look and appreciate the changes here."
He said softly.
After saying this, he turned around and left the place, walking towards another place.
Following the path in front of him, a figure began to appear in front of him.
Sensing this aura, Chen Heng instinctively looked in that direction.
There, a thin figure was standing there. She seemed to be very beautiful.
Holding an oil-paper umbrella, she slowly walked over. Her posture seemed to be the same as before, and nothing had changed.
It was none other than Zhang Ya.
Hundreds of years had passed, and most of the people from Chen Heng's generation had left.
For example, Liu Wen, as well as some of Chen Heng's acquaintances from the Flowing Cloud Sect, had all died.
However, Zhang Ya was still here.
Compared to others, Zhang Ya's talent was not bad at all, and it was quite exceptional.
Under Chen Heng's nurturing, she had received much support, and she could even personally listen to Chen Heng's explanations.
Hundreds of years had passed, and now, the young girl had grown into a great cultivator.
Within the Flowing Cloud Sect, apart from Chen Heng, Zhang Ya was one of the most powerful people. Her strength had surpassed half a step into Profound Understanding, reaching a whole new level.
Honestly speaking, even Chen Heng felt quite surprised at her cultivation.
Cultivators' cultivation was not as simple as ordinary people thought.
This was especially so after reaching Profound Understanding.
For Zhang Ya to be able to slowly reach this step by relying on herself, she truly lived up to her reputation as a genius.
In actuality, she was the person that Chen Heng wanted to succeed as the Flowing Cloud Sect's Sect Master.
"Why did you suddenly come?"
He walked to the front and stood in front of Zhang Ya.
"Clan brother."
Looking at Chen Heng, Zhang Ya nodded with a respectful expression and bowed seriously before saying softly, "I heard that Junior Apprentice Sister Hou has come back, is that so?
Do you want to catch up with her? "
Chen Heng smiled before shaking his head and saying, "She's just behind me. If you want to go find her, you can go by yourself."
He said softly, then turned around and left.
Outside, there was still a light breeze blowing on Chen Heng's body, causing him to feel a bit cold.
Standing there by himself, Chen Heng looked at the scenery in the distance, his gaze somewhat hazy.
"In the end, it's come to this …"
Only after a while did Chen Heng think to himself.
In actuality, he had already reached his limit.
With his ability, even if he had a Dao injury, as long as he wanted to, he could suppress it, and it would not cause the uncontrollable situation from before to occur.
The reason for this was because he could no longer suppress it. He could no longer suppress the crack that was caused by that injury.
In other words, he did not have much time left and was about to die.
Hou Juan also knew this, which was why she felt so sad.
However, to Chen Heng, he did not care much.
After all, it was not his main body here, so even if he died, so be it.
It was just death.
It wasn't like he hadn't died before. The situation in front of him was just a small matter to him.
Standing there, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he thought to himself. Just like that, he stood there for a long time.
Time gradually passed, and soon, a few months had passed.
A few months later, after Hou Juan had returned to the sect, a second piece of news came.
Ever since he had defeated the Heaven God Palace Master, the Flowing Cloud Sect's Sect Master had been in seclusion this entire time, and he had finally come out.
It was said that this time, the Flowing Cloud Sect's Sect Master was preparing to travel around the world and observe the various regions that the Flowing Cloud Sect now controlled.
Soon, the winds and clouds began to move.
The entire Flowing Cloud Sect's attention was drawn to this matter.
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