For three consecutive days, Chen Jin remained inside the Holy Land monitoring Chen Lang's condition. Confirming that he was absorbing the elemental force of the place to supply himself, he finally set his mind at ease.
Chen Jin did not disturb Chen Lang's closed-door meditation, instead having people continuously increase resources to charge the magical array outside.
Doing this was precisely to absorb even more abundant natural Lightning Elements to supply his own bitter seclusion!
Imperial Capital.
Ever since the end of the Bocheng calamity, well over half of Mu Ningxue's family had followed her in moving to the Imperial Capital. The remaining small fraction had followed Mu He to migrate to the Ancient Capital.
The reason Mu Zhuoyun chose not to head for the Ancient Capital was that his precious daughter had gained the recognition of the Mu Clan.
Mu Zhuoyun actually wanted to latch onto the giant tree of the Mu Clan as well; no matter what, this was the main branch.
Unfortunately, over at the Mu Clan, they only wanted to cultivate Mu Ningxue, and completely looked down upon the trash of the Mu Family.
Yet compared to the original world, things were still much better for their Mu Family now. Even though their industries were gone, with the Chen Clan providing meals for them, they could at least be self-sufficient in daily life.
Only, this lack of acceptance from the Mu Clan, coupled with the fact that Chen Lang had been taken back to the Chen Clan and had not had any contact with Mu Ningxue for a full three months now,
made Mu Zhuoyun somewhat unable to settle his mind... He was genuinely terrified that after Chen Lang "ate his fill and wiped his mouth",
in Mu Zhuoyun's conjecture, his precious daughter was probably no longer a maiden...
How could he possibly believe otherwise!
Watching Mu Ningxue return, Mu Zhuoyun anxiously asked, "Ningxue, Chen... hasn't he contacted you yet?"
"No."
Mu Ningxue was as brief in her words as ever.
"Then you haven't contacted him either?" Mu Zhuoyun asked in return.
"He told me before that he was going back to Bashu to meditate for a period of time," Mu Ningxue said.
"... "
Mu Zhuoyun watched his precious daughter's indifferent demeanor, and his heart grew even more anxious.
Yet Mu Ningxue had no intention of saying anything more to him, turning and walking upstairs.
"Sigh..."
Mu Zhuoyun opened his mouth, but in the end he could not find the words to speak.
When all was said and done, this matter still had a great deal to do with him. If he hadn't thought about sending his precious daughter to Chen Lang's bed that day... where would they be in such a passive position now?
He was now only hoping that the Chen Clan had some conscience and wouldn't cut off their current and sole financial lifeline!
Naturally, his internal cursing towards Chen Lang was inevitable...
Mu Ningxue returned to her room and frowned with some displeasure.
Because at the balcony of her room, a middle-aged man sat there.
Seeing Mu Ningxue looking at him and frowning, Pan Xi was not surprised, and said without much sincerity, "Oh, sorry, I know you don't like me entering your room without permission. That's why I've always stayed on the balcony."
The reason Mu Ningxue was chosen by the Mu was precisely because of the person before her.
She did not know what kind of status the other party held in the Mu Clan, but the person before her had indeed provided her with immense assistance.
The reason her recent cultivation growth rate far surpassed her peers was precisely because of some resources and fragments provided by the person before her.
Mu Ningxue was not unfamiliar with such fragments.
Because the agony she bore today was precisely due to the fact that her mother had forcefully made her fuse with one of those very fragments back then.
Seeing that Mu Ningxue had no intention of paying attention to him, Pan Xi spoke on his own accord, "Truly cold enough..."
As his words fell, Pan Xi produced another piece of fragment, placed it on the balcony table, and only then stood up to say, "It's not convenient for me to let too many people know. Next month on this day, I'll give you the fragment at the clan cable car entrance."
"Okay," Mu Ningxue said calmly.
Seeing that Mu Ningxue didn't have a single word of superfluous nonsense, Pan Xi turned and left this place.
Mu Ningxue gazed at the departing Pan Xi and slightly furrowed her brows.
She had already entered the Mu Clan for three months, but up until now, she had not seen this man within the clan at all.
Yet precisely without his figure, everything within the Mu Clan was exceptionally smooth...
Unable to figure it out, Mu Ningxue stopped pondering it in detail.
Come to think of it, she also found it somewhat strange why Chen Lang still hadn't a shred of news from him until now...
If it were before, she naturally wouldn't have any longing for him.
Yet the battle of Bocheng made Mu Ningxue admit that she was indeed subdued by him.
After all, without the strong reinforcements of the Chen Clan, it was simply unimaginable how many innocents would have died in Bocheng!
Mu Ningxue actually also found it strange why Chen Lang hadn't contacted her for so long, but unlike Mu Zhuoyun, she didn't let her imagination run wild...
From the time Chen Lang entered the family's Element Sanctuary until now, nearly half a year had already passed.
Because of Chen Lang's connection within it, this place needed to maintain an open state the entire time, and this period of time actually provided a welfare for the family's younger generation.
Many peers were able to cultivate here.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble~~!!!!"
Chen Lang, who had soaked in this Thunder Pillar for a full half year, finally stirred some movement today.
And this sudden, violent fluctuation made many of his peers feel uneasy.
Having cultivated here for so long, this was the first time they had encountered such a situation.
"Everyone, leave this place." The elder responsible for guarding this place was also completely bewildered at the moment, having no clue what had happened at all.
Yet they were very clear that the immediate priority was naturally to evacuate the younger generation here.
Very soon, one peer after another arrived outside the Element Sanctuary, all of them observing the situation inside with great curiosity, terrified yet deeply puzzled.
In the distance, Chen Ming, who had hurried over upon hearing the commotion, hastily asked, "What's going on? What was that movement just now?"
Regrettably, everyone present was completely baffled; no one could give him a reasonable explanation.
Just as Chen Ming intended to go inside the sanctuary to investigate, abruptly, the crowd watched as the electric light at the mouth of the Thunder Pool Cave had yet to dissipate, and a figure walked out stepping on fine, fragmented Lightning Arcs.
The person who walked out completely resembled a wild man at the moment. His clothes and trousers were long past intact, with two crisscrossing rips torn at the knees revealing the tight muscle lines underneath, the edges of his trouser legs scorched into charred, frayed edges by lightning, and the upper garments barely covering his vital parts.
Undissipated electric light still congealed on the fair skin, and every inch of muscle looked as though it had been meticulously carved by lightning.
The lines of his shoulders and back were as smooth as a knife-cut, and on his bulging biceps, black electric currents flowed slowly with his breath, marking the imprint of Lightning Element energy settling within the meridians...
"L... Little Lang!!"
Although they hadn't met for half a year, Chen Ming still recognized him at first glance.
Chen Lang raised a hand to brush aside the exceptionally long black hair in front of his forehead, his pair of eyes several times brighter than when he entered, and wherever his gaze swept, the air produced faint, crackling sounds.
"Uncle Ming, long time no see!"
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