The silence in the room was eerie.

Lu Shifeng was silent for a while and said, "We'll talk about it later."

She didn't know if it was an illusion, but Jian Luo always felt that Lu Shifeng's eyes didn't seem as calm as before, and there seemed to be a little bit of evasion. This was really unprecedented. If it was the teenage version, it would be fine, but the adult version of Lu Shifeng rarely had this situation.

Inexplicably, a smile appeared on Jian Luo's lips. He had a hunch that if he missed this opportunity, he might have to wait a long time.

So he rarely had bad thoughts: "Speak now."

Lu Shifeng's hand holding Jian Luo's arm tightened unconsciously. The Marshal was obviously a little nervous.

Jian Luo was at her ease, having never imagined that she would have the opportunity to sing like a liberated serf. If this scene could be recorded, it would surely be included in the top ten famous scenes of Dark Star. As Jian Luo stared at him, Lu Shifeng's eyes gradually turned away, evidently recalling those terrifying speeches:

"The child can't be mine."

"You should be more virtuous."

"I think..."

Looking at Jian Luo's smug look, Lu Shifeng let him laugh for a while before speaking: "I am your brother?"

Jian Luo's smile froze on her face.

"Is the child silver-gray?" Lu Shifeng repeated what Jian Luo had said: "Our nickname is 'Your father is really stupid?'"

“…”

Embarrassment slowly crept up Jian Luo's body.

They were clearly in the upper hand just now, but in a short while they were exposing each other's secrets and were embarrassed by each other.

Jian Luo coughed lightly: "Well, how about we go and see what's going on outside, what do you say?"

Lu Shifeng raised his eyebrows: "Really?"

He slowly withdrew his hand from Jian Luo's arm and asked, "No, do you want to listen now?"

“…I suddenly don’t want to listen anymore.”

Lu Shifeng raised his lips to smile and looked at Jian Luo lovingly.

Jian Luo was furious and hugged the three cubs beside her. She couldn't let them learn bad things like Lu Shifeng!

Outside

The fire and smoke continue.

From time to time, some of the remaining wild beasts would fly through the village, and the scene throughout the village was shocking. Lu Shifeng asked Jian Luo to hold the three children and said, "Wait for me."

Jian Luo didn't know what he was going to do, but he instinctively believed Lu Shifeng: "Okay, go ahead."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Shifeng disappeared.

The three cubs discovered Lu Shifeng's location earlier than Jian Luo. The younger sister's childish voice was very clear amid the fireworks and noise around them. She raised her little head to look at the sky and said softly, "Daddy."

Jian Luo raised his head.

There is a black dragon in the sky, its silhouette is particularly obvious in the orange-red sky. The black dragon flies through the clouds and mist, its movements are graceful and free. Then, a somewhat distant and shocking dragon roar seems to come from far away, from the sky. The dragon roars for nine days, and everything on the ground seems small and fragile.

Long Aotian suddenly climbed onto Jian Luo's shoulders and cried out while pulling his little head.

Different from the delicate cries of the past, this kind of cries and shouts seemed to come from the dantian, from the bones and blood. The bonds of blood, tradition, and race would not be hindered by age.

Jian Luo lowered his head and found that Long Batian and his sister also looked surprisingly serious.

“It’s raining!”

There were shouts from people not far away.

The sky was gradually covered by dark clouds, and the huge black dragon in the clouds seemed like the master of the entire dark sky.

"roar!"

When the second dragon roar was heard, the beasts in the village, which were originally exhausted, seemed to have stopped as if they were all put into mechanical programs. Many people in the village were saved. The heavy rain poured down and extinguished the flames. Many people knelt on the ground and prayed to the sky. At that moment, Lu Shifeng was their god.

Jian Luo watched quietly.

It was not until she heard Long Aotian's excited cry that Jian Luo turned her head and saw Lu Shifeng standing under the eaves.

Lu Shifeng said: "Did it scare you?"

Jian Luo shook his head gently.

Even though Long Aotian's wings were injured, he couldn't stay idle. After seeing his father, he jumped up and down excitedly and wanted to roll in Lu Shifeng's arms.

Lu Shifeng glanced at him indifferently: "Be honest."

Long Aotian's eyes, which had the same red little gemstones as Lu Shifeng's, were wet. After hearing this, Long felt aggrieved and rubbed Jian Luo, expecting his father to support him.

Jian Luo pinched him and put him in his pocket: "Be good, don't make trouble."

“…”

Let the dragon down.

After a simple cleanup, the village gradually recovered, and the attacking beasts were made to stand outside the village by Lu Shifeng.

The chief came over to express his gratitude and added, "The casualties weren't particularly severe. Most of the young men were hunting in the mountains, and the women and children were on the other side of the mountain planting plants to attract honey bees. Fortunately, there weren't many people in the village at the time, and most of the beasts attacked our captive animals, so the casualties weren't severe."

Jian Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Shifeng said: "Why did the wild beast enter the village?"

The chief, however, faced him like a small employee reporting to him. He said, "It seems the witch stone has suddenly stopped working."

Lu Shifeng frowned slightly, his voice full of authority: "As if?"

Just two words seemed to carry a knife, causing cold sweat to fall from the chief's head. The chief hesitated for a moment: "It shouldn't be so sudden. Our Wushi has been working for hundreds of years. It's impossible for it to suddenly stop working. If our village stops working, then the other villages will definitely be in trouble..."

Lu Shifeng said: "I looked from the sky and saw that the other tribes were intact."

…

There was silence at the scene.

Suddenly, someone said, "Chief, Da Sima was here, he did it!"

Lu Shifeng looked at Jian Luo.

Jian Luo whispered in his ear the story of the commander-in-chief coming to ask for dragon scales, without adding any extraneous details, and simply recounted the original words.

The air pressure dropped another degree. It was raining heavily on the day they arrived on this planet, and it was raining heavily today as well. Lu Shifeng turned his head to glance at the rain curtain outside. The blood of animals flowed with the rain, and the ruins in the village were all imprinted in his blood-red eyes, forming a frozen picture.

quite a while

Lu Shifeng said: "Let him come to me."

The leader hesitated and said, "We just tried to contact Da Sima, but couldn't get through. He should be at the Beast God's place, but the Beast God's place is very sacred and ordinary people can't enter. The last time Da Sima was in seclusion was ten years ago."

Lu Shifeng raised his eyebrows: "So?"

The other villagers couldn't stand it any longer:

"Chief, Da Sima doesn't even care about our lives, why are you still hesitating?"

"That's right, let's go directly to them and ask them clearly."

"Back then, he gave the most fertile forest to other tribes, completely forgetting how you risked your life for him!"

Even the woman next to the chief, who lived next door to Jian Luo, said, "For so many years, they've been wary of us, afraid we might rebel. To keep us in check, they gave us this dangerous forest. Every year, the Kars tribe sacrifices countless brave men. We've been patient, but they've been pressing us harder..."

The chief hesitated for a moment, and slowly, his expression grew serious: "But, if we do this, we might be attacked by other tribes in this continent in the future. Everyone..."

The leader glanced at everyone.

Everyone said, "It's already like this, how much harder can it get?"

This sentence seemed to finally make the leader make up his mind. He paused for a moment and finally said, "Let's go find him."

The entire tribe cheered.

It seems like a carnival after repression, and also like a cry to oneself.

Jian Luo glanced at Lu Shifeng.

Lu Shifeng said, "Give him one last night. I want to see him tomorrow morning."

The chief was stunned. He had his own concerns. "But we're worried we won't be able to see him. The two largest tribes over there are also very powerful. What if we get stopped?"

Lu Shifeng said to him again: "I will send someone to go with you."

"If he doesn't come." Lu Shifeng looked at the leader indifferently, and said mercilessly: "There's no need to come."

…

These words seemed to carry an endless chill that made people shudder.

The leader and the others also harbored hatred towards Da Sima, so they packed up and left, leaving the entire village almost empty.

Jian Luo said to Lu Shifeng, "Shall we stay here for one night? It seems that this place is no longer habitable."

Lu Shifeng said, "Let's live on the warship."

"Warship...warship!" Jian Luo's eyes widened, his heartbeat suddenly becoming irregular: "You mean, they're coming?"

Lu Shifeng said "hmm".

Before Jian Luo could react, she heard a familiar voice not far away. Secretary Jin was wearing a neat and well-fitting military uniform with the dragon clan badge on her shoulder. She was waving, "We're here to pick you up!"

Following Secretary Jin were several rows of dragon soldiers standing in neat rows. They were tall and straight, and each of them wore a neat and uniform military uniform. This scene inexplicably reminded Jian Luo of the time when he was just pregnant and Lu Shifeng came to his house to find him.

It rained so heavily that day.

My life was rewritten from that day on.

The other people in the tribe were also a little frightened when they saw the dragon soldiers. They were from a small planet and had never actually seen dragon soldiers. They were all incoherent for a while.

Lu Shifeng held up the umbrella for Jian Luo and instructed Secretary Jin, "Send a team to follow them to see the Grand Marshal. They must be brought back alive."

Secretary Jin nodded: "Yes."

Turning around, Secretary Jin smiled at Jian Luo and said, "Luoluo, long time no see."

Jian Luo smiled: "Long time no see."

The three kids in his pocket couldn't hold it in any longer, but it was raining and Jian Luo wouldn't let them out. Secretary Jin looked around and obviously wanted to see the kids too.

Lu Shifeng said, "Go back first."

Jian Luo smiled at Secretary Jin and walked towards the warship together. The warship not far away was emitting a metallic luster in the rain. This was something he was very familiar with, but now it seemed a little strange.

The warship's ladder came down, and Secretary Jin said, "Please go up."

Jian Luo looked at the stairs under his feet, and suddenly his heart was filled with complex emotions. From today on, after stepping on this staircase, it would be a different life, another kind of life. He had mixed feelings in his heart.

Lu Shifeng's hand held Jian Luo from behind. The man's hand was broader and warmer than his, instantly dispelling much of Jian Luo's uneasiness and vagueness. He pulled Jian Luo and said, "Let's go."

Jian Luo raised his head and looked at him.

Lu Shifeng said, "The ground is slippery. I'll hold your hand and walk with you."

He led the way in front, as if blocking all the wind and rain, and led him through the slippery stairs one after another. Slowly, Jian Luo smiled, and he whispered: "Will you always stay with me?"

The wind and rain were too loud, and his voice was too soft.

Lu Shifeng turned his head: "What?"

"I'm a little hungry." Jian Luo smiled and said, "Let's go."

They returned to the warship, where the temperature was comfortable. Secretary Jin came over and said to Jian Luo in a low voice, "We have a surprise for you."

Jian Luo said: "What surprise?"

"You will be very happy." Secretary Jin said, "This is also what the Marshal instructed when he contacted us."

Jian Luo smiled and was about to say how powerful it was, but when he turned his head, he saw something not far away and was stunned. He stood there stupidly, speechless for a moment.