Chen Changan's Romantic Debts?

The news left Xuan Wudao completely dumbfounded.

He knew Chen Changan was a mysterious man with unfathomable strength.

But he had never imagined there would be a connection like this between them.

His father, who had always been so arrogant and refused to bow to anyone, had actually chased after Chen Changan, begging him to become sworn brothers?

Was this really the same Old Deng he knew?

But on second thought, Xuan Wudao decided it wasn't entirely impossible.

Chen Changan might look young, but that didn't mean he was actually young.

When Xuan Wudao had met Chen Changan three thousand years ago, that bastard had looked to be in his early twenties. Now Xuan Wudao had become a middle-aged man, while Chen Changan still looked to be in his early twenties.

It wasn't that Xuan Wudao couldn't keep his appearance youthful. He just felt that at his age, trying to look young would be a little ridiculous.

"Honestly, how many years have you been alive?" Xuan Wudao asked, his expression serious.

"More than ten thousand." Chen Changan didn't bother hiding it.

Ten thousand years?

Holy crap, Chen Changan had been alive for ten thousand years?

What did that mean?

He was absolutely a supreme powerhouse.

And back then, Xuan Wudao had even made a bet with him? Had he been out of his mind?

"Y-you're at the Great Emperor Realm?" Xuan Wudao asked in shock.

Xuan Wudao's words sent a jolt through Gu Xian'er as well. The Great Emperor Realm, a level that existed only in legends, was right there beside her?

And she was his maid?

"The Great Emperor Realm?"

"I can only say that even a Great Emperor at the peak couldn't harm me in the slightest." Chen Changan spoke calmly, as if he were discussing something inconsequential.

But only Xuan Wudao knew how completely his mind was collapsing.

A peak Great Emperor couldn't harm him in the slightest? And he'd made a bet with Xuan Wudao back then? Should Xuan Wudao be happy about that or not?

Did this mean he'd been treated on the same level as a peak Great Emperor?

Why was he inexplicably a little pleased?

Bah!

Calm down, calm down!

After shutting out the jumble of thoughts in his head, Xuan Wudao looked at Chen Changan differently.

A hidden powerhouse, an expert who lived in seclusion, shrouded in mystery from head to toe.

Most importantly, unlike other top experts, Chen Changan was... so much like an ordinary person.

That was right, he was just like an ordinary person.

Xuan Wudao had to admit that as his own strength grew, his mindset changed too.

He'd come to treat human lives like blades of grass, grown arrogant, and become difficult to get along with, among other things...

But Chen Changan? He did as he pleased and kept an even temper. No matter who he was dealing with, he treated them all the same.

Could this be what it meant to be a true powerhouse?

As Xuan Wudao pondered, he suddenly felt as though he'd gained some insight.

"Old..."

Suddenly, Xuan Wudao didn't know what to call Chen Changan.

Should he call him Old Chen? Chen Changan had known his father.

Should he call him Grandpa? There was no way he could get that out.

"Enough. Call me whatever you used to call me."

"We'll each go by our own seniority. Your father calls me big brother, and you call me Old Chen. It's all the same." Chen Changan smiled faintly.

"Fine, I'll call you Old Chen. So, does that mean I outrank my dad in your family?"

"No, wait. Are we the same generation? How's this supposed to work?"

Xuan Wudao was a master at cultivation, but he wasn't exactly good at anything else.

"Doesn't matter. It's not important."

"Right, it's not important."

"Hahaha, somehow I feel a lot better all of a sudden."

"But I really have to go."

"Fine. If fate allows, we'll meet again."

"Agreed."

Xuan Wudao nodded with a laugh, then waved to Da Huang.

He turned to leave, but suddenly stopped.

Looking back at Chen Changan, he wore a very lecherous grin.

"Over the years, while I was looking for you, I heard something."

"At first I thought it was just someone with the same name. But since you've been alive for so long, I think it might have something to do with you."

Hmm?

Something to do with him?

"What is it?" Chen Changan asked, puzzled.

"Do you know someone called Changsun Xixue?"

Changsun Xixue?

Hearing that name, Chen Changan froze too. Over the years, he'd known quite a few people, but not that many.

Someone surnamed Changsun?

Why couldn't he remember her at all?

"Da Huang, do you remember her?" Chen Changan asked.

Da Huang shook his head. Clearly, the name meant even less to him.

"You really don't know her?"

"Then how did I hear that Changsun Xixue had been looking for someone named Chen Changan for nearly five thousand years?"

"Five thousand years! Damn, that's longer than I've been around!"

"And Changsun Xixue is incredibly strong. I heard she'd reached the peak of the ninth level of the Undying Realm and was a powerhouse with a good chance of reaching the Great Emperor Realm."

She'd been looking for him for five thousand years?

In other words, if he knew her, it must have been five thousand years ago?

What had he been doing five thousand years ago?

"Hmm... did you hear why she was looking for Chen Changan?" Chen Changan asked curiously.

"I heard she wanted to marry Chen Changan."

"I don't know the exact reason."

"Five thousand years. That's true devotion. If it really was you, you'd be a real bastard, making that girl look for you for five thousand years."

Marry Chen Changan?

Now Chen Changan was even more confused. He didn't think he had any romantic debts.

Changsun Xixue? Changsun Xixue, Changsun...

Suddenly, Chen Changan's heart jolted as an old memory resurfaced in his mind.

Oh, no!

He knew her. He really did!

"Da Huang, this whole mess is all your fault!"

"You troublemaker!"

Chen Changan suddenly started cursing Da Huang, leaving him utterly bewildered.

Xuan Wudao seemed to realize what was going on. He exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap, it really is you?"

"Y-you're incredible. You're really incredible. I'm impressed."

Getting a woman to remember you for five thousand years—and someone like Changsun Xixue, no less—wasn't something just anyone could pull off.

Still, Xuan Wudao was curious. What did this have to do with Da Huang?

"That's enough."

"Just because I'm not saying anything doesn't mean I'm mute."

"Are you done cursing me? She wants to marry you. What's that got to do with me? It's not like she wants to marry me."

Da Huang couldn't help arguing back at Chen Changan, leaving Gu Xian'er surprised. Only then did she realize Da Huang wasn't an ordinary dog.

"Nothing to do with you?"

"If it weren't for you back then, would I have fallen into Changsun Xixue's..."

Chen Changan abruptly stopped there. Xuan Wudao was left scratching his ears and cheeks with impatience. Why the hell had he stopped right at the crucial moment?

"Go on! Come on, tell us! What did you fall into?" Xuan Wudao urged him impatiently.

Da Huang froze too. Chen Changan's reminder seemed to have brought something back to him.

"So it was her."

"No wonder that girl chased you all the way back then. She still hasn't gotten over it after all these years?"

"Wait, shouldn't she want to kill you? How did it turn into her wanting to marry you?"

"Brother Da Huang, can you stop talking in riddles and just tell me what happened back then?"

Xuan Wudao felt like he was about to go crazy. Couldn't they just say what they meant?

"Oh, it was nothing. Chen Changan saw her completely naked and even reached out to touch her."

Hmm?

Touched her?

Touched what?

"Holy crap, so that's the kind of person you are, Chen Changan!"

"I despise you!"