By evening, Elder Xu Yunhe's remains had been moved away by the Thousand-Autumn Sect. However, the Thousand-Autumn Sect disciples who were guarding the village did not retreat. Instead, they searched the village carefully, but in the end, they did not find anyone suspicious. After all, everyone here was someone who had been here for many years. In the end, they had no choice but to retreat.
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Of course, this was not a trivial matter. One could imagine the huge waves that would be stirred up in Thousand-Autumn Sect. Because the Demonic Cult of the Three Realms, which had kept an unusually low profile for the past ten years, had suddenly changed their ways and carried out such a violent vengeance, after Thousand-Autumn Sect reported this to the True Immortal League, what kind of undercurrents would flow in the middle of the Righteous Path.
However, to the villagers of Qingshuitang Village, and to most of the ordinary villagers, this was something that was too far away. After the Thousand-Autumn Sect's men left, Qingshuitang Village quickly regained its peace. The only person who was still indignant was the unlucky owner of the house whose roof had been smashed. However, he did not dare to speak to the Thousand-Autumn Sect about this unexpected disaster, and in the end, he could only let the matter rest.
However, in the eyes of some people, there seemed to be some inconspicuous changes in this peaceful village. After all, it was not the same as before.
Lu Chen's life seemed to be the same as most people's. There was no change. He still strolled around every day with a harmless smile on his face. He was like a young man who had hope in cultivation but was unwilling to endure hardship. He was ready to live out his life leisurely like this.
He was kind and amiable to most of the people in Clearwater Pond. Everyone knew him and liked him. However, if one were to really think about it, it seemed like no one could really become close friends with him.
Year after year, he maintained a distance between himself and most people, quietly living his life.
Every time the sky turned dark, he would return to the lonely straw hut at the foot of the mountain alone.
For some reason, Lu Chen did not dislike the darkness like most people did. In fact, he seemed to prefer it. Every time night came, lying in the straw hut was the time when he felt the most freedom.
In the darkness, his thoughts would spread endlessly, and he would think of many things in the past. Perhaps, he could do some secrets that others could not know about.
That night, the reborn Divine Disc of Five Elements reappeared in his dantian's sea of qi. Even though this disc had relied on the last bit of Water of Life in that mysterious tree hole to be reborn, it looked exceptionally inferior. Even a sect like the Thousand-Autumn Sect would probably refuse to enter if they saw this kind of cultivation foundation under the Immortal Mirror. Even so, Lu Chen was still very happy, if this Five Elements Divine Disk didn't have another side.
As the disk silently turned, the black side was revealed again. After a period of adaptation and exploration, Lu Chen gradually understood what had happened in his dantian. The Black Flame Curse that had troubled him for ten years seemed to have disappeared. It seemed like it had perished together with the life water. However, for some reason, the reborn Five Elements Divine Disk in his body, the foundation of a cultivator, had undergone a strange change.
On the normal side of the disk, the four elemental pillars of metal, wood, water, and fire did not appear. Only the earth elemental pillar in the center had the lowest and shallowest pillar.
This meant that although Lu Chen still had the body of a mortal, he once again had the foundation to cultivate. It was just that his innate talent was terrible, so he could only cultivate earth-type cultivation methods. Moreover, the speed of his cultivation of dao techniques and divine abilities would be extremely slow.
However, all of this was not too difficult for Lu Chen. Being able to regenerate the disk was the greatest gift to him. What surprised him was the other side of the disk, the black side.
In this world, at least as far as he could remember, he had never heard of such a thing since ancient times. Firstly, the Five Elements Divine Disc had never had a positive or negative concept. Secondly, there had never been a black and empty Five Elements Divine Disc.
In the darkness, he quietly looked at the black side of the Five Elements Divine Disk. He looked at the familiar little black flame in the center of the disk. Then, he held his breath and slowly tried to activate that ball of flame.
His divine sense was like a rope, slowly approaching that small cluster of black flames. In the darkness that no one knew about, in the silence, at a certain moment, his eyes suddenly opened. There was no pain or emotion, but in his calm and solemn gaze, there seemed to be two balls of dark flames flashing in his eye sockets …
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It was the height of summer in July, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. However, because there was a clear stream that seemed to never dry up flowing through the village, the people of Qingshuitang Village were still living a more comfortable life than other places.
One day when it was close to the end of the month, someone suddenly knocked on Lu Chen's straw hut. He opened the door and saw Ding Dang standing outside.
Under the sunlight, she was still as beautiful as ever. Even though her face was a little red from the heat and there were a few drops of sweat on her forehead, she smiled when she saw Lu Chen and waved her hand to greet him.
Lu Chen smiled and let her in. He said, "Why did you think of looking for me? What's the matter?"
"En." Ding Dang seemed to be in a good mood and very happy, as if something good had happened. She said to Lu Chen, "Can you do me a favor?"
Lu Chen looked at her, and Dingdang's face suddenly turned red, as if she had thought of something. Embarrassed, she smiled awkwardly and said, "Uh, I still haven't collected enough spirit stones. Can I pay you back after a while?"
Lu Chen indifferently waved his hands and said, "That's not a problem. I'm not in a rush to use the money. Speak, why are you looking for me today? "
Ding Dang said, "Bring me to the Dragon Lake behind the mountain."
"Dragon Lake?"
"Yes!" Ding Dang nodded her head vigorously and then happily smiled.
"Why are you going to the Dragon Lake?" Lu Chen was a little flabbergasted and said, "The mountain is high and the road is long. The mountain path is not easy to walk and usually I don't see a shadow of a person. Why are you going there?"
Ding Dang smiled, the joy in her eyes seemed to be unable to be suppressed. She looked like a proud hen that had just laid an egg and couldn't help but want to show off.
But in the end, she seemed to be able to endure it. However, the smile in her eyes was like rippling water. She gently said to Lu Chen, "I heard that the scenery there is very good, so I wanted to go and take a look."
She spread her hands and said helplessly, "I've been in Qingshuitang Village for a few years and have never been to this tea mountain. I heard that the mountain path is like a maze. I thought about it and only you can help me."
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