Lu Chengwen cupped his fists toward Medicine Elder.
"Forgive me, Senior. I'm in a hurry to prepare New Year's goods for my master. We can chat another time if there's a chance. Farewell."
Lu Chengwen had just turned to leave when he felt the ground beneath his feet begin to tremble!
The patch of earth beneath him suddenly bulged upward. The surrounding ground cracked apart and slowly rose, like the end of the world in a cartoon!
But cartoons were colorful, and they made the protagonist seem incredibly powerful.
In the real world, faced with something like this, Lu Chengwen's mind nearly stopped working. It felt like the end of the world!
There wasn't a single person around.
Hua Xuening, Zhuge Xiaohua, Fishing Elder, Immortal Elder Nanji, Medicine Elder, Long Aotian, Liu Bo... all of them had vanished!
The patch of ground beneath Lu Chengwen rose higher and higher, swaying wildly. He struggled to keep his balance. "Xiao Hua! Xue Ning! Xue Ning! Xiao Hua!?"
Then the ground suddenly flipped over, sending Lu Chengwen plummeting down. He let out an involuntary scream!
The scene instantly changed. Lu Chengwen sat on the ground, drenched in cold sweat.
When he turned around, wispy white clouds curled all around him, like a paradise on earth.
Two cranes danced before a mountain gorge, their cries echoing through the distant peaks.
Lu Chengwen stood atop a jutting mountain peak. The trees were lush, flowers and wild grass teemed with life, and several sika deer nibbled leaves nearby...
Lu Chengwen scrambled to his feet and looked around, finally spotting Medicine Elder.
"You... what is this...?"
Medicine Elder sat on a stone bench and smiled. "Worthy nephew, let's talk for a moment. It won't take much of your time."
Lu Chengwen had no choice.
He remembered that