Chapter 839 Going Home

The next day.

The temperature suddenly dropped sharply.

Chen Lusi woke up in his own home in Peng City, immediately sensing it.

He pulled open the curtains and looked at the desolate autumn scene outside, smiling slightly.

Indeed.

Winter is just around the corner.

Although yesterday was all about swimming and swimsuits, that’s because in this place in the south, it’s basically like summer for ten months a year.

So the perception isn’t strong, especially during the day.

But even if it’s summer for ten months of the year, there are still two months that aren’t.

As time passes, the change of seasons is becoming more apparent.

...Luckily, it wasn’t yesterday at the beach.

Otherwise, in this weather, even if a few women insisted, Chen Lusi wouldn’t dare let them risk it.

Yet, it was unfortunate it happened yesterday.

Thinking about his own consecutive and inexplicable trips into the sea yesterday and the day before, Chen Lusi shook his head helplessly.

Then.

He thought for a moment, turned to the wardrobe, and took out a shirt to put it on.

Although this temperature basically has no effect on him now.

But he still wanted to adhere to old habits, partly because he planned to go out later and running around in short sleeves would look odd; another reason was that he didn’t want to forget certain things, certain common knowledge that every ordinary person should know.

Especially after his Authority Ability was completely recorded in the Book of Descriptions.

Even though he was confident he could remember who he was.

He didn’t want to overlook certain human common sense because of that confidence.

Still, this summer was indeed long.

Looking at himself finally in long sleeves in the mirror, Chen Lusi smiled mildly and sighed a little, then turned his head to look into the distance, and his figure disappeared.

At the same time.

Kunlun.

Above the ruins.

Luo Mountain sighed as he gazed at the Kunlun Peak, which was in the process of being rebuilt and still far from orderly.

Suddenly, a voice sounded.

"Every time I come here, the flowers seem to bloom well... So what exactly are these flowers?"

He was slightly startled, then turned his head sharply.

Chen Lusi, wearing a thin black shirt, had appeared behind him at some unknown point.

"Chen Tiance..."

Looking at Chen Lusi who had suddenly appeared behind him, Luo Mountain was both astonished and slightly horrified.

This is Kunlun.

And yet Chen Lusi appeared behind him without a sound.

Even Xia Yue from back then couldn’t achieve this, right?

At this moment, Luo Mountain couldn’t help but recall the events on the High Seas not long ago... even harboring some suspicion.

The sword aura that struck the Holy City of the Roman Catholic Church, was it truly the work of Emperor Shi?

"Sorry, did I scare you by speaking suddenly?"

Seeing Luo Mountain staring directly at him, Chen Lusi apologized, then turned to gaze at the countless unknown small flowers, reaching out to catch a petal bud swaying in the wind, explaining, "I was just curious."

Luo Mountain finally reacted, shaking his head before explaining, "We don’t actually know what kind of flower this is, only that it grows solely on Kunlun Peak, it’s colorless and odorless, and consuming it has no effect, seemingly just beautiful."

"I see."

Hearing this, Chen Lusi examined the petal in his hand, smiling and shaking his head, releasing it to let it drift away.

Seeing Chen Lusi’s action, Luo Mountain hesitated for a moment before instinctively lowering his voice, asking, "Did you come this time, Chen Tiance..."

Chen Lusi looked back at Luo Mountain: "It’s nothing, just came to check on the reconstruction of Kunlun and to confirm something with you."

"The reconstruction is underway, but many techniques have been lost, likely impossible to return to how it was before."

On hearing this, Luo Mountain looked to where the enormous ’gate’ once stood, sighing.

At this moment.

The Bronze Gate on the mountain peak platform, towering so high it reached the clouds, requiring one to look up to see its entirety, had collapsed, leaving only bronze wreckage, the intricate seal script on it all lost its luster, and the once full, round sapphire on its top had long since shattered, completely vanished.

"This was the gift of the ancestors, but also a cage."

Hearing this, Chen Lusi looked at the wreckage in the distance and said softly, "If this isn’t broken and rebuilt, not long from now, this gate will lose its effect, causing the entire Kunlun Pantheon to journey... At this moment, what we’re doing, perhaps to future generations, could be considered as blessings.

Of course, the most important thing is... Kunlun is made up of people, right?"

He looked at Luo Mountain.

Hearing this, Luo Mountain was stunned for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief: "Right... and thanks to Xia Yue, Kunlun barely suffered any casualties."

"So, as long as the people of Kunlun are still here, reconstruction is not a difficult task."

"Indeed..."

Hearing this, Luo Mountain looked downwards, his face unconsciously showed a hint of a smile.

After a long while.

He snapped back to reality, looking back at Chen Lusi, saying, "I seemed to have drifted off, sorry... By the way, just now you said you wanted to confirm something?"

"Yeah."

Chen Lusi nodded, then straightforwardly asked, "Xia Yue’s soul hasn’t entered the Yellow Springs, it’s still in the human world, right?"

"......"

At this unexpected question.

Luo Mountain’s body instantly tensed, his expression frozen.

Chen Lusi looked into Luo Mountain’s eyes and asked, "Right?"

"...Xia Yue’s soul indeed hasn’t entered the Yellow Springs."

Gazing at Chen Lusi’s face, although Chen Lusi looked as calm as any ordinary person at the moment, for some reason.

His palms began to sweat.

Then.

Without even considering how Chen Lusi knew, with hardly any hesitation, he revealed the truth: "Ji Xin and I discussed it... because the High Celestial Plain’s situation is becoming more chaotic, and the Yellow Springs in Japan is also connected to the Yellow Springs Mainstream, additionally, the Roman Catholic Church might want to use the High Celestial Plain’s chaotic situation to do something, so..."

Hearing this, Chen Lusi thought for a moment, then continued asking, "Is he the only one who can go?"

Luo Mountain hesitantly said, "It’s not that only he can go, it’s mainly because when he first entered the Yellow Springs, he seemed to have reached some kind of agreement with the Ten Halls, after death..."

Chen Lusi completed his sentence: "The soul cannot enter the Yellow Springs Mainstream?"

"Yes."

Luo Mountain nodded, then sheepishly said, "Back then Xia Yue’s soul was still within his body, but this matter Ji Xin said..."

"I understand now."

Chen Lusi shook his head, then looked at Luo Mountain, speaking softly, "Your Authority Ability, Fengdu..."

"..."

Luo Mountain’s body suddenly stiffened, at this moment... it was as if his soul had been extracted.

His whole body turned cold.

"Sorry."

Chen Lusi quickly reacted, withdrawing his gaze: "I understand, so Ji Xin there also made arrangements?"

"...Yes."

Luo Mountain cautiously glanced at the seemingly gentle Chen Lusi, then couldn’t help but swallow: "He said it was for him to take a vacation."

"Understood... I’ll go check it later."

Chen Lusi nodded and then turned to look at the endless fields of unknown white flowers, lost in thought.

Luo Mountain, until this moment, was still immersed in the moment when it felt as though his soul had been extracted, leaving him a bit dazed.

Because, as the person in charge of Kunlun,

he didn’t even know... what had just happened.

Until.

Chen Lusi’s voice sounded again.

He was brought back to reality.

"Then I won’t disturb you."

Chen Lusi glanced towards the west and said, "If you need anything for the reconstruction, feel free to tell me, I’ll try my best to help you. Also... in the near future, some foreign deities might come to the country, old Roman deities, don’t worry about them, let them enter, there won’t be any negative effects."

"Huh?"

Luo Mountain was taken aback by these words and suddenly took a sharp breath, instinctively wanting to protest, "Foreign deities..."

But.

When he noticed Chen Lusi’s gaze, his words suddenly stuck.

After a moment of silence.

He nodded and merely responded, "...Okay."

"See you next time then."

Chen Lusi raised his hand, left these final words, and abruptly vanished.

Just like before.

Luo Mountain didn’t even know how Chen Lusi disappeared.

He stared blankly in the direction where Chen Lusi had vanished.

And as he disappeared.

A sudden gust of wind rose.

The petals of the white flowers were plucked off, swept up fiercely, and carried away by the wind, as if in a farewell.

At the same time.

Luo Mountain realized something, shivered all over, suddenly startled, and stiffly turned his head.

Behind him.

The petals that had been carried away formed several outlines.

They faced the position where Chen Lusi had previously stood and seemed to be... bowing.

Luo Mountain gazed at those outlines formed by the petals, his pupils suddenly enlarged.

He was too familiar with these outlines.

Because not long ago.

Luo Mountain had personally witnessed them... roaring before Xia Yue.

The Kunlun Pantheon...

Whoosh——

The wind suddenly ceased.

And the petals that were drifting with the wind fell one after another.

Those familiar outlines to Luo Mountain disappeared as well.

This time.

Chen Lusi appeared on Kunlun Peak.

There was no thunderous fury.

Only a farewell.

...A farewell from the Kunlun Pantheon.

"..."

Luo Mountain, in silence, turned his head back to gaze once more at the spot where Chen Lusi had stood, and then, trembling slightly, reached for his pocket to light himself a cigarette.

Puff——

Amidst the swirling smoke.

Luo Mountain shook his head helplessly.

Even though he still didn’t know what had happened, nor what had occurred with Chen Lusi.

But.

At this moment, he deeply felt the pressure that came with the name Celestial Strategy.

And before this, not talking about anyone else, even Xia Yue, wearing the title of Celestial Strategy... Luo Mountain also thought it was just a name.

But Chen Lusi was different... the Chen Lusi who just stood before him, was different.

Suddenly, he had a premonition, a very strong premonition.

In the not too distant future, perhaps everyone would realize this.

What the true Celestial Strategy Mansion’s Celestial Strategy was...

Thinking of this, Luo Mountain exhaled another puff of smoke and then unexpectedly laughed.

...

At the same time.

"I’ve already promised to go back, stop urging me."

Lin Ying rolled her eyes at her younger sister, "I’m sending a message to your brother-in-law, and your brother-in-law also needs time to get here, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I’m not in a hurry."

Lin Wan was leaning on her sister, half sticking her head out to look at her phone, and upon hearing this, her pretty little face flushed with embarrassment, she whispered, "I just wanted to see if you sent it..."

"How do I have such a silly sister like you."

Lin Ying rolled her eyes at her sister again, ignored her, and just pressed send.

As soon as the message was sent.

There was a reply.

Chen Lusi asked where they were.

Lin Ying sent him her location.

Then.

She put away her phone, about to turn her head and continue to lecture her sister.

...A familiar voice suddenly sounded.

"Cold?"

The two sisters heard the voice they knew best, hesitated for a moment, then together raised their pale chins.

Chen Lusi was standing in front of them, looking at the two.

Lin Wan was wearing light blue three-quarter-length skinny jeans, exposing her exquisitely beautiful ankles, her straight and well-proportioned long legs pressed together, sitting upright.

While Lin Ying was wearing a dark gray women’s business suit, beneath the short narrow skirt, a pair of fair and sleek, full and well-proportioned long legs were crossed over each other, the lines smooth and graceful.

The two of them looked up together, their similarly beautiful little faces full of surprise, as if they hadn’t expected... he’d arrive so quickly.

"...Cold?"

Chen Lusi asked again, stretching out his hands to them.

"Cold."

Finally.

The two sisters came to their senses and almost in unison replied, then each took hold of Chen Lusi’s large hand.

Chen Lusi exerted a gentle force, pulling the two up and then lightly laughed, "Then let’s go home."