The darkness obscured the movements of all the figures. Only a pair of eyes that were like eerie flames flickered faintly in the forest. It was a rather terrifying sight to behold. Especially when Lu Chen walked back, that pair of ghostly flames suddenly pounced over, causing one's heart to tremble.
Lu Chen stretched out a hand to block Ah-Tu's head, which was wagging its tail in the dark. "You don't look like that usually, but you're pretty scary at night, you stupid dog." Lu Chen snorted.
"Woof, woof woof …" Atsu barked twice in a low voice, as if it was proud of itself. It was not ashamed, but proud.
Lu Chen shook his head helplessly and said, "Let's go."
Under the cover of the night, the figures of a man and a dog quietly left in the darkness, like ghosts in the lonely mountains.
After descending the Dragon Mountain, it was still late at night outside. Lu Chen did not immediately rush back to the Crescent City. In fact, at this time, the Crescent City had already closed its doors. If he did not have the ability to fly, even if he returned, he would not be able to enter the city.
Lu Chen brought Atsu to a secluded place far away from the Dragon Mountain, and then took out something from his bosom. It was the item that he had taken out from the cracks in the rocks in the forest. At this moment, with the help of the faint starlight in the sky, he saw that it was a sealed letter.
Yellow bast paper, red wax seal, other than that, there were no marks or words on the envelope.
Lu Chen silently looked at the envelope in his hand. After a moment, he expressionlessly tore open the seal, took out a piece of paper, and started reading.
Of course, there were words on the letter, but there were only a few lines. Lu Chen quickly finished reading it. When he saw the last sentence of the letter, his face, which had always been calm, suddenly changed. It was a very strange change. It was not anger, nor was it joy. It was like a kind of memory. All kinds of emotions surged into his heart in an instant. They flashed across his eyes. At that moment, his expression was so complicated. But in the end, everything returned to silence.
"Phew …"
A sudden soft sound startled Atsu, who was lying next to Lu Chen. When he turned his head, he saw Lu Chen lighting up a small match in his hand. Then, he lit up the letter together with the envelope.
The flames quickly swept up and engulfed the letter. The light of the fire illuminated Lu Chen's face in the darkness and was reflected in the depths of his eyes.
After a while, he sighed softly and said in a low voice, "The ghost won't go away!"
…
Lu Chen woke up when the first ray of sunlight shone from the horizon. Without any hesitation, he led Atsu to the south. When the Leaping Tiger Gorge appeared in front of him, Lu Chen did not hesitate at all. He strode forward and re-entered the Land of Chaos.
Atsu, the black dog, did not seem to have much resistance to returning to the old place. Instead, it seemed to be very excited about this vast mountain world. It ran and jumped around in front of and behind Lu Chen. It sniffed everywhere with its nose and found a few towering trees to pee on.
However, no matter what, Atsu would not be too far away from Lu Chen. In fact, it followed Lu Chen even more closely than when it was in Crescent City. It almost never left Lu Chen's sight.
One man and one dog walked all the way. The route they took was actually the same as the route that Lu Chen took to the Black Armor Mountain with Yi Xin and the others. Therefore, on the second day, Lu Chen and Atsu once again stood at the fork in the road near the Black Armor Mountain.
Ah-Tu stuck out its tongue and squatted on the ground, looking left and right. Its expression was relatively calm, and it didn't seem to be excited about returning home. Or perhaps this stupid dog didn't even remember that a place not far from here might be its home.
Lu Chen glanced at the Black Armor Mountain in the distance and walked in another direction with an indifferent expression.
That direction led to the deeper part of the Land of Chaos.
In that direction, there was a past that was buried in the passage of time. It was full of blood, hatred, and betrayal.
There was a deserted valley there.
…
On the sixth day, Lu Chen and Atsu arrived at the deserted valley.
The dangers and difficulties they encountered on the way were far greater than what they had experienced in the Black Armor Mountain. The demonic beasts on the way also rapidly became stronger. Especially the closer they were to the deserted valley, the more dangerous the demonic beasts became. Even the invisible signs of the spiritual power of the five elements became much more intense.
Fortunately, Lu Chen seemed to be particularly good at this kind of dangerous thing. After many times avoiding the ferocious demonic beasts and many strange dangers, he and Atsu finally arrived at the outside of the valley.
The deserted valley was a steep valley surrounded by mountains. There was only a narrow passage connecting it to the outside world. Since ancient times, there had been a strange power in the deserted valley, which made it impossible for all living creatures to live in it. That was why it was called the deserted valley.
Ten years ago, there were remnants of the Divine Sect of the Three Realms doing evil in this place. However, they were detected in advance by the righteous Zhenxianmeng, who sent an army to surround and annihilate them. The evil evildoers were wiped out, and the world was cleansed.
It was said that the battle was earth-shattering, the wind and clouds changed color, the mountains shook, and the evildoers of the Devil Sect suffered heavy casualties. However, after the battle, this place was filled with evil spirits. Ordinary cultivators with weak cultivation couldn't get close to it. It was said that it was caused by a curse cast by the great cultivator of the Devil Sect before he died. Anyway, this valley was originally deserted, so after a long time, no one came here.
When Lu Chen walked on the narrow mountain path, he looked at the somewhat familiar mountainous terrain around him. There was a trace of complexity in his eyes. However, when he walked to the entrance of the deserted valley, he suddenly stopped.
In his memory, there was a figure standing on the small hill next to the mountain path.
The mountain breeze blew past, the clothes fluttered.
Lu Chen was in a trance for a moment. It was as if he saw a handsome man in white. But that illusion disappeared in a blink of an eye. What reflected in his eyes, was a... fatty standing against the wind.
"Hey!" That fatty stood on a high place, waved at Lu Chen with a laugh, and shouted, "Long time no see."
Lu Chen's mouth twitched, looked at the stupidly fat Old Ma jumping down from the small hill. He sneered and said, "Why are you not dead yet?"
Old Ma sternly said, "This is not right of you. We have known each other for a while. We have been neighbors in the same village for ten years. You come up and ask me if I am dead or not. Can we still be friends?"
Lu Chen spat and said, "If we are friends then don't come and bother me."
Old Ma shrugged and said with a bitter smile, "If it was me, of course I wouldn't come and find you. Isn't it because I have no choice …"
Lu Chen was startled. Suddenly his face changed slightly and said, "You mean …"
Old Ma glanced at the valley behind him and said in a low voice, "He is also here."
The corner of Lu Chen's eyes twitched slightly. There was a trace of complicated glimmer in the depths of his eyes. He stood there in silence.
Old Ma looked at his expression. He wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, he sighed softly and patted Lu Chen's shoulder. He said, "Go in, he wants to see you."
Lu Chen lowered his head slightly and didn't say another word. After a long period of silence, he finally strode forward and slowly walked into the desolate valley that had been uninhabited for a long time.
The towering precipice was like a sharp sword that pierced through the sky, blocking out the sun and leaving only a shadow on the earth. Just like that, Lu Chen once again walked into the shadow without a sound, gradually disappearing.
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