The bustle lasted a full three months. Every day, Green Bamboo Peak saw countless visitors.
Those familiar with Lu Ye stayed the whole day, chatting and reminiscing. Those less familiar came merely to take a look, leave some gifts, exchange a few words, and depart.
Amid all the greetings and farewells, Lu Ye always felt that something was missing.
It was not until another guest visited Green Bamboo Peak that day that Lu Ye understood what it was.
Inside the Bamboo Lodge, Lu Ye and Chu Shen sat facing each other. There was wine. They drank wildly, until they were thoroughly drunk!
In terms of closeness, he and Chu Shen were neither fellow disciples nor bound by any actual relationship. Yet Lu Ye had met Chu Shen soon after arriving at the Myriad Phenomena Sea, and over the years, Chu Shen had always called him Big Brother and revered him greatly. Thus, even without Nine Radiance as a reason, Chu Shen was a rare and precious friend to him.
By all rights, he should have come to visit long ago.
Yet he had not come until today...
Chu Shen had already entered the Dao. A cultivator like him could not possibly get drunk if he did not wish to.
Since he was drunk, there naturally had to be a reason.
In truth, the moment Lu Ye saw Chu Shen that day, he knew that he had ultimately learned of certain things.
Nine Radiance had personally told him, because she understood that paper could not wrap up fire forever. Rather than wait for Chu Shen to discover it himself, she might as well confess. This concealment had, in truth, been unfair to Chu Shen.
On one side was the mother he loved most dearly; on the other was the Big Brother