Behind Golden Rock Temple stood a Tranquility Abode.
This Tranquility Abode was quite unusual. When Lin Su had come here that day, it had been a place of quiet cultivation, with only a white-robed monk inside painstakingly contemplating whether the Buddhist Dao and the Dao of slaughter had anything in common.
Back then, outside the abode stood a Little Monk, while inside sat an old monk. Beneath the blue lamp, billions of miles of land and eighty million lives had condensed into an eternal riddle that could never be solved. No one disturbed them.
Later, that white-robed monk stepped out of the meditation chamber and Tranquility Abode, taking his rightful place as ruler. The Tranquility Abode he left behind became even quieter, with no one to disturb it.
Tonight, the blue lamp that had not been lit for a long time was lit once more, and the Little Monk, who had long vanished from beneath the corridor, appeared again.
Lin Su arrived outside the Tranquility Abode. The Little Monk smiled faintly at him, and Lin Su returned the smile before slowly pushing open the door.
Beneath the blue lamp sat an Old Man in Green in silence. He wore a scholar's cap and no longer bore any trace of a monk. He looked at Lin Su with a smile.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Lin Su bowed.
Chu Yunfei gently raised a hand, and the empty air stopped him. "You are the One-Character King Side-by-Side, standing shoulder to shoulder with His Majesty the Emperor of Great Cang, and likewise with me. There is no need for such formality... Sit!"
Lin Su sat across from him.
Princess Xingyue personally held the pot and poured each of them a cup of tea.
Chu Yunfei raised his cup. "It has been two years since we