The small forest where Lu Chen and Atsu stayed was actually some distance away from the Immortal City, and it was also far away from the busy official roads. It was a very secluded place. When night fell, the huge city in the distance was brightly lit, while the forest here was dark and gloomy, as if they were two different worlds.
Lu Chen sat quietly in the forest, his figure almost integrated with the surrounding darkness, looking like a vague shadow in the night, indistinct and difficult to distinguish.
Atsu lay quietly beside him, a pair of dark green eyes shimmering in the darkness. Occasionally, it would look up at the sky, as if there was something it was interested in in the boundless sky.
The night was quiet, and there was no other sound except the sound of the night wind blowing through the treetops. But the city in the distance was too big and too prosperous. Even at such a distance, Lu Chen could still feel the invisible aura emitted from that place.
That was the place that all the cultivators in the world yearned for.
At this time, suddenly footsteps came from outside the forest, and then, a fat and burly figure appeared in their sight.
…
The person who came was Supreme Tianlan.
However, with Supreme Tianlan's cultivation realm, if he really wanted to hide from their eyes and ears, he would naturally have countless means and Divine Sense to get close without being noticed. But this damn baldy didn't seem to want to do so, and he walked directly over. Perhaps he even increased his pace to remind Lu Chen of the fact that he had come here.
Lu Chen stood up and looked behind Supreme Tianlan, who was slowly walking over, but found that there was no one behind Supreme Tianlan. He was startled and slightly frowned.
Tianlan walked to Lu Chen, his face calm, and his eyes deep, but in the end, a trace of complex light flashed across. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Long time no see."
Lu Chen sighed, and his mood was a little complicated. The person in front of him had always been entangled with his fate in the first half of his life. He was indebted to him, but it seemed that he had betrayed his former friendship. He fled to the Chaotic Land, and finally fell into the Southern Wilderness. In fact, it was not a short time, but not too long either. From the beginning to the end, it was only a few years. But at this moment, under the night sky, beside the bustling city, when he saw this person again, Lu Chen still felt a sense of vicissitudes in his heart.
"Long time … no see." Lu Chen also nodded.
Tian Lan looked at Lu Chen up and down, then glanced at Ah-Tu beside him — the black dog that was unusually large and looked like a giant wolf demonic beast a hundred times larger than an ordinary dog. Tian Lan's gaze suddenly paused for a moment, as if he was slightly surprised. He looked at it a few more times, but then he turned away and looked at Lu Chen again.
"Where's Old Ma?" Chen asked.
"Oh, he's waiting outside the woods," Tianlan said. "I think it's more casual for us to talk this time, just the two of us, so don't let him follow us in."
Speaking of this, Tianlan smiled and said, "In the end, Little Ma is just a messenger between the two of us. In the end, we still have to say what we want to say, don't we? Or, could it be that you've been with him for so long that you actually trust him more than me? "
Lu Chen's heart suddenly shrank, but his expression did not change. Without a moment of hesitation or pause, he shook his head and said, "Of course not."
Tianlan chuckled and casually waved his wide robe sleeve. A gust of wind swept past, immediately blowing away the fallen leaves and dust in the woods, revealing a cleaner space. Then, this Perfected Lord of the Divine Transformation Realm, who stood at the peak of the human Cultivation World, actually did not take it to heart. He casually sat down in front of Lu Chen and at the same time called out to Lu Chen, "Come, come, sit down and talk. It's so tiring to stand."
This damn bald fatty would not feel tired even if he stood for a year. Lu Chen secretly criticized in his heart. Then, he still sat down and said, "I heard from Old Ma that it was you who wanted to see me?"
"Yes." Perfected Lord Tianlan nodded and said, "That's right. I haven't heard from you for several years. I only know that you escaped into the depths of the Land of Chaos and finally fell into the Longchuan River. So when I heard that you suddenly came back, of course I wanted to see you. "
Lu Chen was silent for a moment. Then, he looked up at Tianlan and said, "All these years, you always thought that I was dead, right?"
Tianlan shook his head and said, "No, I always believed that you were still alive."
Lu Chen smiled and said, "You actually have so much confidence in me. It's hard for an ordinary person to come back alive after falling into the river."
Tianlan said lightly, "You're someone that I personally taught. How can you be an ordinary person?"
Lu Chen was stunned and did not say anything. Tianlan continued, "Moreover, if I didn't believe that you were still alive, do you think I would allow He Yi to live well just because I forced you to die?"
Lu Chen was slightly surprised and said, "He Yi?"
Perfected Lord Tianlan said, "Hunting you down is a great achievement. You can't possibly think that he would hide it from you, right? He told me everything from the beginning to the end. He even wanted to take me as his master and inherit my Taoism. "
Lu Chen's expression became somewhat complicated. At that moment, he did not seem to know what to say. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "Then what did you do with him in the end?"
Perfected Lord Tianlan said calmly, "I told him that he did a good job but it was still not enough for him to inherit my Taoism. I told him to cultivate more diligently. At the same time, I also transferred him from Kunlun Mountain to Zhenxianmeng to work for me. Now, he can be considered as one of my generals."
Lu Chen sighed and said, "Good move."
Perfected Lord Tianlan snorted and said, "What move? It sounds like you're a little disdainful about it. Let's not talk about anything else, He Yi didn't have any complaints at all and treated me like a talent scout. In order to strive for the top, his diligence and vigor are much stronger than yours! "
Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I know, I also had that vigor before. But it was almost worn away when I was in the Devil Cult more than ten years ago."
A trace of anger suddenly flashed across Perfected Lord Tianlan's face. He stared at Lu Chen and the darkness around his fat body seemed to suddenly surge, like a demon beast suddenly roaring in the dark void. But very soon, Tianlan seemed to think of something again. His gaze on Lu Chen gradually softened. After a while, he sighed softly.
"Do you still blame me?" Tianlan asked Lu Chen.
"No." Lu Chen shook his head and said, "In the first few years, when I was burned to death by the black fire, I was indeed a little dissatisfied with you. But later, I gradually got over it. If you hadn't saved me back then, I wouldn't be where I am now. So, just take it as me repaying your kindness. "
Tianlan stared at him and said, "You've really gotten over it? If there's anything in your heart that you're unhappy about, you might as well tell me. "
Lu Chen said, "I've gotten over it. Anyway, those things are in the past. But … "He paused and looked up at Tianlan, saying," This time, I do have a few things to ask you. "
"Go ahead."
Lu Chen paused and said, "Su Qingjun and how is the Su family in Kunwu City now?"
Perfected Lord Tianlan looked at him indifferently. After a while, he suddenly smiled. His smile was gentle but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes.
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