When Lu Ban heard Stone's words, he surprisingly didn't feel too much.

In a quiet place, death is normal.

In addition to those bizarre monsters, there is also the pollution of the Old Ones. Their own sanity is reduced during one mission after another. The end of the Chosen One will definitely be death during a mission.

Even for the chosen ones, being able to die directly is already quite a blessing. Falling into madness, becoming a monster, and becoming a follower of the evil god, each one is more terrifying than death.

Not only Trist, but even Xia who is beside him may die in a mission in the future and never be contacted again. Lu Ban was already very clear about this after getting the [Dancing Girl's Smile].

However, Lu Ban was a little curious. Ten years had passed since they left the Wasted City. It was really too long.

Lu Ban was well aware that the flow of time in foreign lands was not consistent, but he initially thought that the flow of time should be based on a fixed ratio, for example, two days passed in the Wasted City and one day passed in his own world.

When he came to the abandoned city before, he could feel that time passed much faster for Trist and Stone than in his own world.

But what I didn’t expect was that ten years had passed after so many years.

And Drizzt might have met with misfortune one or two missions after they separated.

This shows that even the Ruined City and the world Lu Ban lives in are not at the same time reference point. His own "present" and Trist's "present" are not the same "present".

He glanced at Shia.

The "present" where Shia is in the Country of Darkness may already be the "past" in Lu Ban's eyes. If Lu Ban can quickly withstand the pollution, sublimate into a higher existence, and see all time clearly, he may see that the present of the Country of Darkness has been destroyed, and Shia is just a projection of the past, and has not yet entered the closed loop of fate simply because she has not been observed.

"Mr. Drizzt once mentioned you. He said that you were one of his few true friends. In fact, it was only after I became the Chosen One that I finally understood his words. For the Chosen One, those who travel with him are the true companions who can rely on each other."

Stone said in a deep voice.

Time has left its mark on him.

He is no longer the smart and cunning young man who struggled in the gang fights and tried to create a stable society.

He has grown up, wearing Drizzt's deerstalker hat, inheriting his identity, and is active in the abandoned city. Although he is still smooth, he obviously has some persistence and principles.

Just like after Batman died, Robin put on his mask and became a fighter in the night.

In the [Glass Flower] incident, although Stone and his pets did kill a lot of gangsters, he himself was also used. Moreover, since Drizzt accepted him and the Quiet Land accepted him, there was naturally no need for Lu Ban to reject the other party.

"Did Lao Cui tell you about his mission?"

Lu Ban asked again.

Apart from other things, Trist at least has a powerful weapon, [Simulated Sunfire]. If he encounters any fatal danger, this thing will definitely be very difficult for Lu Ban to deal with.

After hearing Lu Ban's words, Stone was silent for a moment, as if he was recalling something. After a short period of silence, he took a deep breath of the air in his pipe, and then answered.

"I'm not sure if it was related to the mission, because at that time I vaguely sensed the existence of the Land of Silence. Mr. Trist sometimes talked to me about things that had nothing to do with foreign knowledge. During the last mission, before he disappeared, he said a few words to me."

Stone looked at Lu Ban.

"He said, if I can see you in the future, please bring a message to you, or Miss Xia."

"What is that?"

Lu Ban suddenly felt a strange throbbing sensation, and he could almost guess what Stone was going to say next.

"He said, Mr. Drizzt, he said, the dead pay tribute to the dead."

Stone said seriously.

Hearing Stone's words, Xia frowned. She didn't know what this meant and looked at Lu Ban strangely.

When Lu Ban heard these words, it was as if a heavy bell struck his head, and all the clues became connected.

He already knew the destination of Drizzt's last mission.

When Drizzt came to a foreign land, he faced the sealed Old Ones and foreign invaders who wanted to break the seal. After a battle, he found that the seal was loose. If the seal here failed, not only would the mission fail, but this foreign land would also be doomed.

So, just like what the ancient capital did in the abandoned city, Drizzt transformed himself into the shackles imposed on the Old Ones, at the cost of his own life.

Moreover, Trist passed down that technology in that foreign land and dispersed it among the people. Even many years later, people still remembered that heritage.

Until Lu Ban came to that place because of a mission. In the cave, he saw a skeleton and the same text.

The dead pay tribute to those who are dying.

Yes, Drizzt is Xuanjun, and Xuanjun is Drizzt.

Lu Ban didn’t know whether Trist knew that he was saving the world he lived in, but whether he knew it or not, Trist chose to sacrifice himself.

Moreover, I hope that Lu Ban can keep the seal going, and hope that the future generations can continue the seal.

Trist, a dead man, at this moment, through the distant time, paid tribute to Lu Ban and others who were going to die.

No wonder Lu Ban felt that the remains in the cave were familiar.

He didn't know what Drizzt's will would think after seeing him.

But Lu Ban knew that Trist did protect what he wanted to protect.

At the same time, Lu Ban also sensed a subtle connection of fate. The "Xuanjun Seven Chapter Secret Scripture" left by Xuanjun was taken by the foreigner, who, after learning and absorbing it, rewrote it into the "Heming Nine Chapter Secret Scripture" and brought it to the Wasted City. Now, Lu Ban came to the Wasted City again because of the matter of Taoist Heming, thus completing a closed loop.

Even Lu Ban was a little curious. Was it possible that Trist's "Xuanjun Seven Chapter Secret Scripture" was created after he obtained the "Heming Nine Chapter Secret Scripture" and simplified and deleted it himself? In this way, this piece of knowledge continued to circulate in the long river of time, forming a closed loop.

"We need to investigate the matter of Taoist Heming. According to the information Mr. Trist and I have collected, this Stormy Mountain Villa is not just the residence of Taoist Heming."

Stone saw that Lu Ban and Xia were silent, so he spoke again.

"The Taoist Heming may still be alive here."