Chen Ping An was stunned, while Ning Yao raised the long saber in her hand, her expression alert.
Qi Jing Chun glanced at the two figures lying on the ground, shaking his head slightly. However, he didn't say anything further, as he had witnessed their actions and the clear-cut grievances between them, leaving no room for blame.
Qi Jing Chun turned to them, smiling, "You two need not be nervous, I'm not here to cause trouble."
After revealing his identity, Qi Jing Chun turned to Chen Ping An and Ning Yao, smiling, "Would you two be willing to accompany me, this scholar, on a trip?"
"There are some things I need to explain. Ning Miss can follow after!"
Chen Ping An hesitated for a moment before looking at Ning Yao.
Ning Yao nodded.
Thus, Chen Ping An followed behind Qi Jing Chun.
However, both Ning Yao and Chen Ping An were astonished to discover that time and space seemed to have frozen!
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Chen Sui Nian looked at Lu Chen with a strange expression, "This Li Zhu Cave Heaven, is there such a person in the town?"
Looking at Qi Jing Chun in the image, Lu Chen sighed helplessly, "Do you think I told you to avoid getting involved for no reason? It's chaotic in there."
Chen Sui Nian glanced at Lu Chen, asking, "Then you're involved?"
Lu Chen remained silent, he couldn't possibly say that he entered the game just because of Qi Jing Chun.
Chen Sui Nian was especially curious, apart from the treasures of those dragon-slaying cultivators from three thousand years ago, the last true dragon's fortune, and the natal porcelain of the cultivation geniuses, what else could there be?
Chen Sui Nian felt there was a big secret lurking there.
Zou Zi, from the Yin-Yang School lineage, Qi Jing Chun, from the Confucian Sage lineage, Ruan Qiong, from the Military School lineage, Lu Chen, from the Daoist Lu Chen lineage, and seemingly the Medicine Buddha from the Buddhist lineage?
Previously, during Little Ping An's growth, Chen Sui Nian had a chance encounter with him!
Goodness! Chen Sui Nian couldn't help but exclaim, "I knew it! Why is the Hao Ran Tian Xia so peaceful, without any turmoil? Turns out it's all hidden in this small Li Zhu Cave Heaven."
"Lu Chen, you're not being fair. You have such a fun place, and you didn't tell me?"
Lu Chen chuckled bitterly, "If you had come, the board would have flipped. Just with Chen Ping An alone, you already want to flip the board. And then your parents..."
Chen Sui Nian sneered with a chuckle, "Indeed."
Lu Chen sighed helplessly and shook his head.
While Chen Sui Nian didn't say much on the surface, his eyes glanced at Qi Jing Chun in the image, then at Lu Chen.
Combining this with the Three Schools and numerous forces, Chen Sui Nian had some guesses.
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The middle-aged Confucian scholar, dressed in flowing robes, seemingly about to ascend to the heavens, was the first to head towards the end of the alley.
Chen Ping An and Ning Yao followed silently behind him.
Qi Jing Chun smiled, "Chen Ping An, what do you want to know?"
Chen Ping An asked, "Can I know anything?" Qi Jing Chun said, "Normally, it's not possible, but now... it doesn't matter!"
"What kind of people were my father and mother?"
Qi Jing Chun said, "They were good people. Your father, Chen Quan, was an honest and simple man, and your mother, Chen Shu, was a kind-hearted woman!"
Then Qi Jing Chun told Chen Ping An everything: about the natal porcelain, how his parents died because they intentionally broke his natal porcelain, and the origin of Li Zhu Cave Heaven.
Qi Jing Chun continued, "The storyteller you saw earlier, Liu Zhi Mao, is actually the Jie Jiang True Monarch from the Scroll Lake, a side-branch Daoist. That Cai Jin Jian and Fu Nan Hua, their relentless attacks against you also partly stem from him, because he carved a '一心求死' (一心求死) talisman in your heart."
Qi Jing Chun muttered to himself, "Though I'm the Saint stationed here, I can't intervene recklessly. After all, a Saint must be impartial. Furthermore, with this world about to shatter, I can't act any further!"
"Perhaps, Chen Ping An, you don't understand. But Ning Miss, you should understand, right?"
Ning Yao looked up and said, "因果大！Even a slight movement from a giant can cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split!"
Qi Jing Chun nodded.
Chen Sui Nian suddenly asked, "Qi Sir, can I embark on the path of cultivation? Isn't my Longsheng Bridge already broken?"
Qi Jing Chun glanced at Chen Ping An and said, "Though your Longsheng Bridge is broken, and Cai Jin Jian exposed you... wait! Your acupoints have been repaired? And your Longsheng Bridge is even slowly repairing itself?"
"Repairs to acupoints are easy. But the Longsheng Bridge is actually slowly repairing itself? Such techniques... almost nobody in Li Zhu Cave Heaven could do it, who could it be?"
Qi Jing Chun turned to Ning Yao, "Ning Miss, your injuries have also recovered, not just physical injuries, but your soul injuries have healed as well?"
Qi Jing Chun was puzzled, extending his right hand to calculate, "Huh? I can't even calculate this?"
"Chen Ping An, have any strange guests come to your home recently? Not that Daoist, I just calculated it, the Longsheng Bridge and acupoints were clearly not repaired by him."
Hearing Qi Jing Chun's words, Chen Ping An suddenly asked, "Qi Sir, would it cost a lot to repair my Longsheng Bridge?"
Qi Jing Chun said, "If the cultivator's realm is high, the price wouldn't be much, very little. But there are very few seniors who can repair the Longsheng Bridge, and their realms are high, it's almost impossible for them to actively help you. If the cultivator's realm isn't very high, the cost would be quite significant."
Chen Ping An recalled his first encounter with Chen Sui Nian, silently touching his forehead. A warm current surged through his heart.
Qi Jing Chun chuckled, "So that's how it is. I was too hasty. Do good deeds, do not ask for rewards."