That woman's name was Su Qingjun.
Lu Chen knew her name and knew that she was a talented disciple of the Kunlun Party. At a young age, she was only one step away from the realm of Jin Dan. She also had a famous and powerful master, Yuanying Zhenren. Even because she was born in Tetsu, which was the weaker side, her master, Masato Kihara, and other elders of Tetsu had secretly pinned the hope of Tetsu's future rise on her.
She was a proud daughter of Heaven, a top genius of the four pillars, and one of the most dazzling young geniuses of the Kunlun Party. In terms of momentum, she was even better than He Yi.
An odd-job disciple like Lu Chen could only quietly watch her back from afar. The difference between them was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Perhaps only the beautiful red feather cloak, which was like a burning flame, could make him feel a little familiar. It reminded him of the small mountain village, the mountain, and the swallows in the mountain.
Lu Chen watched the woman's figure walk into the depths of the Fragrance Garden and disappear. Then he silently turned around and left.
…
After entering the list of Spiritual Power Cultivators and coming to work in the Fragrance Garden, Lu Chen's residence was also moved here. Compared to the previous house in the Stone Pan Valley, his current residence was obviously better. First of all, the space was half as wide, the house was much brighter, and there was a lot more furniture. There was even a desk in front of the window.
Perhaps it was because of these intangible benefits that so many Odd Job Disciples flocked to it.
When Lu Chen returned to his house, the sky was already dark. He pushed open the door, and a black shadow flashed. Atsu greeted him.
Atsu was a hybrid descendant of two kinds of monsters. Although it seemed that its combat power was very poor and it was very sorry to its parents, its recovery speed was very good. When it was first rescued in the Land of Chaos, Atsu's broken leg healed much faster than Yi Xin's broken hand. It was the same now. A few days ago, he had broken a bone somewhere, but now it was almost healed.
Lu Chen squatted down and patted Atsu's head. Atsu wagged its tail and barked at him twice before looking out the door.
"Hmm? Do you want to go out and play? "Lu Chen asked.
Atsu wagged its tail even more excitedly.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "You're not afraid of anything. You just broke your bones, and now you don't remember?"
"Woof woof woof woof …" Atsu snorted softly, as if it didn't care at all.
"Alright." Lu Chen laughed and said, "Do whatever you want. I don't care if you want to be wild, but don't give me any more trouble. Also, it's dark now, and there's a curfew outside. You can't go out at night. Let's wait until tomorrow. "
As he said this, he turned around and closed the door. Because it was dark and there was no light in the room, the surroundings suddenly became dark, and only the outline of some furniture could be seen. Lu Chen walked to the bed and sat down, and Atsu followed.
In the darkness, Atsu's eyes began to gradually shine. It was a strange gaze with a little green, shining in the dark. It was a little scary, a little gloomy, and a little strangely beautiful, like a pure and clear emerald.
Lu Chen looked at Atsu's eyes for a while, then looked away, lying on the bed, and then quietly stopped moving.
After a while, there was a rustling sound on the bed. Atsu also jumped onto the bed, then quietly lay down next to Lu Chen. Its body curled up into a ball, and the two green spots in its eyes slowly disappeared, as if it had closed its eyes.
The night was dark, and time passed little by little. Finally, it was late at night, and there was no sound inside or outside the room.
Then, in the darkness, Lu Chen, who had been quietly lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.
There was no change in his breathing and his heartbeat compared to before. Even the most sensitive peeper would have a hard time noticing the difference. In this darkness where he couldn't even see his own fingers, his pupils seemed to have merged with the surrounding darkness.
Like a quietly burning black flame.
Inside and outside the room, it was quiet.
After waiting for a long time, he slowly raised his right hand and reached for his heart.
Seeing that his palm was about to touch his chest, suddenly, another strange arm stretched out from the darkness and pressed on the back of his hand.
Lu Chen turned his eyes to look.
Two balls of green flames slowly lit up in the darkness, right beside him. And the hand that pressed on the back of his hand just now was a front paw of Atsu.
Lu Chen was not surprised, nor did he panic. He just quietly looked at the strange eyes of Atsu in the darkness. After a while, he suddenly smiled and whispered, "Do you want to go too?"
Atsu whispered, as if it was a response.
"Okay." Lu Chen said, then stretched out his other hand and held Atsu's body in his arms.
In this process, Atsu was very cooperative and did not struggle at all. From its body came a warm body temperature, adding some warmth to the somewhat cold night.
In the darkness, Lu Chen hugged Atsu, then put his right hand on his chest again, took a deep breath, and suddenly pressed down.
…
The familiar feeling of floating and sinking suddenly hit him, and there was a roar in his ears, which seemed to be far and near. That moment seemed to be extraordinarily long, but after a moment, when Lu Chen inadvertently saw light in front of his eyes, his body had already changed places.
Lu Chen and Atsu fell on the ground of the "tree hole."
Of course, this fall was not serious, nor was it painful. At least, Atsu jumped up, then ran to the side excitedly, and began to smell around curiously.
Lu Chen sat up from the ground and glanced at his surroundings.
He had not been in this "tree hole" for a long time. The reason was of course, the last time when he fought with White Lotus, the girl's sacred tree branch suddenly had a strange resonance with the seed on his body, and then both of them, including Atsu, were sucked into this place. Fortunately, on that day, White Lotus was suppressed by some kind of power and had been unconscious in this tree hole, so she did not discover Lu Chen's biggest secret.
Compared to the past, this tree hole had undergone great changes. The ancient mottled tree wall had regained some vitality, and the hazy green gas that wandered and entangled in the tree lines was also a lot denser. Lu Chen even saw some green buds on some of the tree wall that looked like burls on the branches.
All of this, of course, was due to the essence that he squeezed out from the sacred tree branch that day. However, that was said to be the only branch of the sacred tree in the world. At that time, Lu Chen felt that the essence of life contained in it was as vast and endless as the ocean. Only that kind of incomparably abundant energy could revitalize this ancient tree hole.
Among all the changes brought about by the Tree of God's essence, the one that attracted Lu Chen's attention the most was not the changes on the tree wall in the ancient tree hole, but the silhouettes of two doors that suddenly appeared in the depths of the ancient tree wall, one in front and one behind.
It was really just the outline, because even if Lu Chen walked close and touched it with his hand, he could not find any gap at all. The two doors were like mysterious things hidden behind the hazy green gas and mottled bark. They could be seen, but not touched, and could not be opened.
Lu Chen tried many methods, but it was useless. Even if he tried to recall what he saw and heard when he lived in the Devil Cult, including all the legends of the Devil Cult that he had heard and seen, he had never seen anything similar to these two doors.
The door was meant to be opened, so what was the world behind the door?
Lu Chen subconsciously thought back to that day. In his memory, the sky was filled with starlight, and the seemingly boundless dark void.
He suddenly felt a little cold.
…
"Woof woof, woof woof …"
A burst of barking came from the side, and Lu Chen was awakened from his contemplation. He looked back and saw that Atsu had run to the side of the pond in the middle of the tree hole. It was lying on the side, carefully looking into the water, and occasionally barking into the water, as if it was a little nervous.
Lu Chen walked over and looked into the water. He saw that Atsu's shadow was reflected in the water, and could not help but laugh, "Don't make a fuss, that's your own shadow."
Ah-Tu raised his head to look at Lu Chen. He snorted twice in a low voice, then suddenly raised his head to shout into the water.
"Woof woof woof, woof woof …"
Lu Chen was a little surprised, and walked closer. He followed Atsu's gaze, and saw that the black dog was lying on the side of the water, but its gaze seemed to pass through the reflection in the water, looking deeper into the clear water.
He suddenly fell silent.
He silently looked at Atsu, watching the dog that seemed to be nervous, and even the hair on its neck was slightly standing up.
After a while, he walked over, squatted down beside Atsu, and hugged its head. In his arms, perhaps because it felt the familiar warmth and smell, Atsu quickly calmed down, no longer barking and nervous, and its body also relaxed.
"It's okay," Lu Chen whispered to it, "It's just an annoying fire."
Atsu did not answer, nor did it respond, but still quietly leaned against him. Lu Chen looked down, and through the water, he saw that in the depths of the clear water, behind the sparkling and swaying waves, a shadow gradually emerged.
It was a black fire burning silently in the depths of the water.
But the next moment, Lu Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.
The black fire seemed to be a little bigger than in his memory.
The black fire burned silently, and this familiar scene seemed to never disappear from his memory, like a demon forever engraved in the deepest part of his memory.
Lu Chen slowly raised his head, frowned, and looked around at the ancient tree hole that seemed to be showing signs of life. He suddenly thought, in this vibrant place, could it be that the mysterious black fire also absorbed the power of life essence and slowly grew like this tree hole?
Could it be that the black fire, like this ancient tree hole, had some kind of unimaginable life?
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