Zhou Mu was already drowsy, but the mention of this instantly woke him up. He immediately perked up, tilted his head back, downed a bowl of wine, wiped the excess wine stains from his lips with a flourish, and looked at Lu Shan, saying, "Let me tell you, back when Xiao Jiu and I were together..."
As he spoke, he suddenly choked up, his eyes instantly reddened, and tears began to well up in them.
Touched by the softest part of his heart, he finally couldn't hold back anymore, squatted down, and buried his face in his knees.
Lu Shan was stunned.
He, who was always a bit slow to react, was stunned for a long time before he gradually came to his senses. Zhou Mu and Ye Mujiu were now living apart and did not know each other's situation, which was a painful time.
Now that he brought it up out of the blue, even though it was unintentional, it was like reopening old wounds and rubbing salt into them.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a pang of pity. He knelt down, patted the latter on the shoulder, and comforted him, saying, "All good things must come to an end..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized something was off and quickly stopped talking.
Zhou Mu slowly raised his head, his face streaked with tears, his eyes red as he looked at the bright moon outside the window. In a daze, it seemed as if he could see the person he longed for day and night through the sky.
My little Jiu, where are you now? How have you been lately? In the days without me, have you ever missed me...?
This was Zhou Mu's own inner monologue, which Lu Shan, standing beside him, had no way of knowing.
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Great Qin Domain
The ancient oval altar is surrounded by several towering pillars. Inscriptions on the pillars are complex and obscure, and a dark blue liquid flows inside the inscriptions. The faint blue color emanating from the liquid creates a majestic and imposing aura.
The altar floor is crisscrossed with ravines, showing signs of age. The patterns of the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams are painted on it, and countless lanterns sway around it. The lanterns are not burning ordinary candles, but rare and precious green sandalwood.
The lanterns blazed, their flames so powerful that countless ghosts and phantoms dared not approach the altar. In the areas where the light was slightly dimmer, countless skulls gathered, densely packed, creating an extremely eerie and terrifying scene.
Suddenly, a cold wind blew by, and the lantern swayed slightly, causing a group of vengeful ghosts to scream. They were then illuminated by a bit of the light emitted from the burning sandalwood stone and immediately vanished into thin air.
In the very center, a man in plain clothes stood quietly. Although there was no light from the lanterns, his towering figure intimidated the demons and monsters, preventing them from taking a single step forward.
In front of the man were three steps of stairs, and at the top of the stairs was a small, round stone with countless complex spirit arrays on it.
At this moment, the spirit array was slowly operating, and even the slightest leak of the vast spiritual energy caused a thunderous sound, which was undeniably powerful.
The man was Chen Tai'a.
He was no longer as composed as before. Seeing the gate that had disappeared above the altar, his expression turned solemn. This was the first time he had shown such an expression since becoming a Saint King Warrior.
"We must succeed!"
At this moment, he felt somewhat uneasy.
As he estimated that the time was approaching, his tension was almost at its peak, his eyes fixed on the small stone on the stairs.
As the spirit array on the small stone emitted a dazzling spiritual light, it meant that the spirit array had begun to activate. His breath caught in his throat, and his pupils almost shrank to a tiny dot.
Whether it's a success or a failure, we'll see what happens next.
He tried to relax his breathing, but no matter how many times he tried, he couldn't do it.
Therefore, the outcome of this moment is extremely important to him, and also extremely important to the entire Great Qin Domain.
Waaaaah~
The cold wind suddenly grew stronger.
The demons and monsters surrounding the altar seemed to have grown bolder, no longer afraid of the light emitted by the burning sandalwood stone, and charged forward as if they were not afraid of death.
The first skull was obliterated in the light, and the next one, still showing no fear, charged forward.
Sizzle sizzle
The crackling sounds were incessant, somewhat disturbing one's peace of mind.
But at this moment, Chen Tai'a was completely oblivious to the external stimuli, his gaze fixed on that void.
call out
A burst of light, like fireworks, suddenly bloomed on the small stone. As a dazzling stream of light flashed by, a void gate slowly opened on the round stone.
At this moment, Chen Tai'a's heart was practically in his throat. If Ye Mujiu could come out of there, then he would have succeeded.
His breathing became much heavier at that moment.
His eyes were fixed on the dazzling gate of light. Even though his cloudy eyes could not bear the brightness of the light, he still stared intently, his eyes wide open like copper bells.
For Chen Tai'a, the space seemed to freeze at this moment. The howling wind around him blew his clothes, but he was completely unaware. In his eyes, the world consisted of only that small door.
Before we knew it, half an hour had passed.
His heart sank to the bottom little by little as time went by.
His breathing became heavy again, and after catching his breath several times, he barely managed to steady himself. He said in disbelief, "How could this be... how could Miss fail... how am I supposed to explain this to the Crown Prince!"
This door is known as the Gate of Life and Death.
Those who leave live, those who enter die.
In other words, those who go in are almost certain to die, while only those who can walk out of this door have a sliver of hope of survival.
The so-called gate of life and death is nothing more than a single thought of life and death.
The top experts of the Great Qin Domain are all top-tier martial artists who came from the Gate of Life and Death.
This was also the biggest secret of the Qin Dynasty.
For others, the Gate of Life and Death is like a nightmare, but for Ye Mujiu, it is a cure.
That power had been hidden within Ye Mujiu for so long that it had almost become one with him; now, all they could do was try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.
The gates of life and death were only open for a quarter of an hour, but now half a quarter of an hour has passed. The anticipation of half a moment has turned into despair. Even with Chen Tai'a's temperament, he couldn't help but feel dizzy and on the verge of collapse.
Although there is still a glimmer of hope, it is ultimately too faint.
Martial artists who manage to emerge from the Gate of Life and Death invariably do so during the first half of the day; it is almost unheard of for them to emerge during the second half.
"How am I supposed to explain this to His Highness the Crown Prince...?"
Despair filled Chen Tai'a's aged face, and his eyes, weathered by time, were filled with sorrow.
With tears streaming down his face, he knelt on the ground and then burst into loud sobs. An old man who had seen through the storms of life behaved like a child in the face of these unbearable events.
"Grandpa Chen, why are you crying?"
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