"Hey, Your Majesty, look! Someone's releasing a sky lantern!"

Long Xun was still watching the river lanterns disappear into the distance when Bei Chen quickly patted him on the shoulder and stood up, looking up at the sky.

As the first Kongming lantern was released into the sky, more and more Kongming lanterns rose up throughout the small town.

His bright smile and clear eyes reflected the twinkling lights, making him incredibly beautiful.

Long Xun stood up and looked at the man beside him.

He is a handsome man with a bright and clear smile, but his personality is a bit eccentric.

Is it really Bei Chen?

...Heh, what are you thinking? There aren't that many Immortal Emperors in the world, especially since they all look the same.

Perhaps it's because they descended to the mortal realm.

Bei Chen conjured two pens with a wave of his hand, handing one to Long Xun and saying with a smile, "Your Excellency, when you release a Kongming lantern, you can write your wish on it. When the lantern flies into the sky, the gods will see your wish, and it might just come true!"

"...You are an immortal, I am a god."

Are you implying that you're serious? You want immortals to grant their wishes? These so-called immortals are just deities with divine duties; what can't Long Xun and Bei Chen do?

"It's just a nice wish, don't take it so seriously." Bei Chen sighed, then used his trump card: "But you promised to let me decide what to do today, right?"

Long Xun: "..."

Holding the calligraphy brush and staring at the blank Kongming lantern, Long Xun was momentarily at a loss.

He has always had no needs, no desires, making wishes...? That's really too far removed from him.

He turned his head slightly, and Bei Chen, who was carefully writing on the lamplight opposite him, came into view.

The familiar face slightly stirred the still waters of his heart. Long Xun withdrew his gaze, raised his hand, and carefully wrote a sentence.

start:

May the world be at peace, and may you return.

Search.

"Hmm... So Your Excellency's real name is Xun... You are a dragon, so you must be Long Xun? What a fine name." Bei Chen's voice suddenly rang out.

Long Xun glanced at him, finished the last stroke, blew the ink dry, and straightened the Kongming lantern.

"Are you reminiscing about Qi Shen...?" Bei Chen held the lamp, the oil lamp in the firebox was burning slowly, and the shriveled Kongming lantern was slowly inflating.

Long Xun did not answer.

The Kongming lantern gradually rose into the air. A gust of wind blew, and the lantern slowly turned a circle, revealing Bei Chen's elegant calligraphy.

willing:

The Dragon God's wish will be granted.

Chen.

A sudden thick fog enveloped everything.

As the fog dissipated, Long Xun and Bei Chen walked side by side along a mountain path, not far from the summit.

The sky was dark and the night wind was cold, but none of this had any effect on them, who were no ordinary people.

The rugged mountain path beneath their feet was no different from flat ground.

They were just like ordinary people climbing mountains, taking one step at a time to ascend.

"Why did you make that wish?" Long Xun's cold voice rang out, adding to the chill of the silent night.

"Because you saved my life, before I can repay that kindness, I have no choice but to serve you like a slave and think of everything for you," Bei Chen replied with a smile. He took off his mask, and his smile became much more restrained and gentle.

"It's nothing, why bother?"

"What's a small favor to you..." Bei Chen pointed to his chest and blinked. "It's not. We cultivators defy the heavens to seek the Dao. If we can't achieve clarity of thought, we'll face many troubles."

Long Xun didn't even look at him, stepped over a clump of bushes, and casually uttered two words: "Whatever."

Bei Chen smiled and followed closely behind.

When the two reached the mountaintop, the sky was pitch black, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face. The mountaintop was bare, with nothing at all.

Although the mountain is high and indeed precipitous, there is no beautiful scenery to speak of at this moment.

The two didn't mind, and casually sat down in the biting cold wind, shoulder to shoulder, like two close friends who could talk about anything.

A clear male voice gently rang out in the wind.

"Your Majesty, you... miss the God of Enlightenment very much, don't you?"

Long Xun did not respond.

"I have heard that after the cataclysm in the Three Realms, the Phoenix God went into hiding, and now you are the only remaining Ancestral God who walks in the Three Realms."

Bei Chen sighed and said, "Actually, when I first met you, I was quite scared... because you, who ended that catastrophe, killed ninety percent of the living beings in the Three Realms all by yourself. Even now, in the endless universe of the Tianyan Great World, there are countless stars on which there is no life. According to the old Immortal Emperor who has lived since then, before the catastrophe, every planet in the endless universe had countless lives."

"I always thought that you, who could kill so many living beings, must be a ferocious and bloodthirsty demon. But after you rescued me from the brink of death, I realized I was wrong. If you were that kind of being, you wouldn't have saved me without hesitation."

Bei Chen turned his head and smiled faintly: "Would you mind telling me what happened back then that made you kill so many living beings?"

Long Xun was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

That catastrophe was caused by the celestial beast's attempt to advance to the level of a divine beast, which ignited the immortal's greedy desires, leading to a catastrophe that swept away countless living beings. In the end, the evil god intended to attack him, which affected that person as well.

He closed his eyes in his arms.

As he left, he said he hated him.

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