Chapter 444: Old Friend

Chapter 444: Chapter 201: Old Friend

‘Looks like they’re all doing well.’

As his vast Divine Thought spread out, the entirety of Qing City came into view.

His Divine Thought analyzed and locked on, and Chen Yu quickly found several familiar figures from his past.

Li Qing, Duan Feng…

Under the sweep of his vast Divine Thought, their circumstances became perfectly clear.

However, Chen Yu only gave them a passing glance and didn’t go to meet them.

‘As long as they’re living well, that’s enough. I won’t interfere with anything else.’

After standing on the hillside for a while, Chen Yu’s gaze turned toward the distant Crane Ridge Space-Time Anomaly.

“HUMMM—!”

With a faint flash of light, his figure vanished. The next instant, he appeared before the Crane Ridge Anomaly.

The tall Space-Time Gate stood there silently. Nothing had changed.

However, the Space-Time Gate was sealed off.

An Array enveloped it.

“How dare you! Don’t you know this area has been sealed off? Who let you in?!”

Just as Chen Yu was gazing at the Space-Time Gate, a sharp reprimand suddenly rang out.

Immediately after, four or five figures in black uniforms emerged from nearby and surrounded him.

Chen Yu wasn’t surprised. At his level of power, he could instantly detect even an ant hiding in front of him.

“State your identity and origin!”

The five people surrounded him, one of them speaking with a solemn expression.

Chen Yu looked at the five of them.

Two Fourth-level Martial Artists and three Third-level Martial Artists.

In a small place like Qing City, this level of strength was already quite formidable.

“I’m talking to you, didn’t you hear me?” Seeing that Chen Yu hadn’t answered, the middle-aged man in the lead frowned, his expression turning cold.

“You… You… You, are you Senior Chen Yu?!” Just then, a young man suddenly spoke up, looking at him in disbelief.

His body began to tremble involuntarily.

Chen Yu looked at the young man who had spoken. He didn’t recognize him.

“You know me?”

Chen Yu’s expression remained nonchalant as he looked at the young man who had spoken.

The young man fell to his knees with a thud. “This junior, Xu Feng, Deputy Group Leader of the Abyssal Administration Bureau’s First Group, pays his respects to Senior Chen Yu.”

‘Xu Feng…’ Chen Yu thought, looking at the kneeling youth. He still had no memory of him.

“Get up. I’m just here to take a look.”

A gentle voice rang out, and as soon as the words were spoken, the kneeling young man was lifted to his feet by a mysterious force.

Looking at Chen Yu, the young man’s face was filled with unconcealable excitement.

At this moment, everyone else was stunned.

‘The Deputy Group Leader just dropped to his knees?’

‘Who is this guy?’

‘Chen Yu…’

‘That name sounds so familiar!’

“Not bad. Keep up the good work. We’ll meet again.” Chen Yu’s voice rang out, and as he finished speaking, his figure vanished into thin air.

“Farewell, Senior!” The young man immediately bowed deeply as he watched Chen Yu disappear.

At that moment, the others finally snapped out of it, their gazes turning in unison to Deputy Group Leader Xu.

“Brother Xu, who was that?” one of the younger men couldn’t help but ask.

Xu Feng came back to his senses. Hearing the question, he instinctively looked up. “The Venerable from the God Ascension Assembly. You’re telling me you don’t know?”

His words left everyone completely thunderstruck.

‘The… The Venerable?!’

The men stood rooted to the spot, their minds reeling as if a bomb had gone off, and they couldn’t recover for a long, long time.

A True God had descended right before their eyes. What an incredible opportunity, and they had just let it slip by.

‘And we even had the nerve to question him…’

—

「Jingzhou, Superpower Academy.」

In an office on the top floor.

Chen Yu’s figure appeared without a sound.

An old man was resting with his eyes closed on the office sofa.

Looking at the old man, Chen Yu smiled.

“Dean, have you been well?”

The voice rang out abruptly, and the old man, who had been resting with his eyes closed, snapped them open.

When he saw the figure that had suddenly appeared before him, the old man was startled, finding it hard to believe his eyes.

“You… you, Chen Yu?!” The Dean shot to his feet, eyes wide in astonishment.

Chen Yu smiled slightly and sat down on the sofa across from the Dean.

“Dean, it’s been a while. How have you been?” Chen Yu’s voice rang out again.

Hearing Chen Yu’s voice this time, the Dean was certain it wasn’t a hallucination.

He looked at the poised and confident Chen Yu, his mind in utter turmoil.

Scenes from the past flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

Months ago, he had learned that Chen Yu had become a True God, and even now, the Dean still found it incredible.

Seeing him in person made it even more unbelievable.

Chen Yu had returned.

He had returned with an achievement that no one could rival.

He had become a True God, his fame shaking the Celestial River, and had even become an existence feared by the venerables of many Alien Races.

Such a stunning achievement was unparalleled in the entire history of the Jingzhou Superpower Academy.

It was a unique achievement on the entire Ancestor Star, for that matter.

“Greetings, Venerable!”

The Dean suppressed the storm in his heart and bowed respectfully to Chen Yu.

By becoming a True God, a Cosmic Venerable, one completely transcends the ordinary.

Even though he was once a student of the academy, his current status was now entirely different.

But hearing this, Chen Yu sighed. “Dean, we’ve only been apart for a little while. Have we grown so distant already?”

Upon hearing this, the Dean’s expression shifted slightly.

Chen Yu looked at him and said, “Dean, there’s no one else here. Just call me Chen Yu.”

“I’m still your student.”

Chen Yu said calmly.

The Dean nodded lightly, his tense nerves finally relaxing. He sat down beside Chen Yu, looked at him, and asked, “When did you arrive in Jingzhou?”

“Not long ago. I just came to take a look,” Chen Yu said.

“The God Ascension Assembly is about to begin. You should be in the Capital City right now,” the Dean remarked.

Chen Yu smiled. “It’s no fun being cooped up all the time. The Capital City is too tense right now, so I came out for a breath of fresh air.”

Hearing this, the Dean chuckled. “What, are you feeling the pressure?”

Chen Yu shook his head. “It’s not pressure, really. I just wanted to get out and stretch my legs.”

“Here, try this wine. It’s a special brew from the Elf Race.”

With a wave of Chen Yu’s hand, a jug of wine and two cups appeared out of thin air. He opened the jug, and a rich fragrance immediately filled the office.

The fragrance of the wine instantly invigorated the Dean.

“This is the fabled brew of the Elf Race! Aren’t you afraid of wasting it on me?”

The Dean looked at the crystalline liquid and swallowed unconsciously.

“Just drink it like water. People have sent me plenty of it,” Chen Yu said.

With that, he picked up one of the cups and drained the wine in a single gulp.

A refreshing sensation immediately flowed through his body, and an indescribable sense of clarity spread through his being.

Seeing this, the Dean stopped being polite and also picked up his cup for a drink.

A single mouthful of the Elf Wine went down, and a faint spiritual light immediately began to emanate from his body.

“I’ve always heard about it, but I’ve never had the chance to taste it. It really is just as the legends say. This Elf Wine not only tastes superb, but it also enhances one’s spirit and purifies the body,” the Dean said, smacking his lips.

Chen Yu smiled. “If you like it, Dean, I can give you a bottle or two.”

“That would be wonderful,” the Dean said with a hearty laugh.

The two chatted as they drank, the atmosphere growing much more relaxed.

Just as they were drinking, a knock suddenly sounded at the office door.

The Dean put down his wine glass and looked to Chen Yu, as if seeking his permission.

“She’s an old friend and my former mentor. Let her in,” Chen Yu said.

The Dean nodded and then signaled for her to enter.