"What... what are we talking about..." Lin Chuan felt the muscles in his face stiffen. This seemed to be the first time Bu Lianshi had come to him so solemnly to discuss something, and he could not help feeling nervous.
"Let's talk about some of the things that have happened recently," Bu Lianshi said. Seeing Lin Chuan's expression, her tone softened considerably.
"Oh, alright..." Lin Chuan nodded. "Let's go to the manor behind the mountain."
Talking in the cultivation room always felt somewhat strange. The manor behind the mountain had been built by Lin Chuan specifically for Bu Lianshi. Much of it had been modeled after a classical garden from his memories of his previous life, carrying an elegant Eastern charm. Whenever they were not cultivating, they basically stayed in that garden.
"Alright." Bu Lianshi did not refuse.
Yomotsu Hirasaka activated, and Lin Chuan left the cultivation room with Bu Lianshi. In a shift of light and shadow, the two of them appeared before a shimmering lake.
"What is it you want to talk—" Before Lin Chuan could finish his uneasy question, a soft, warm body slipped into his embrace. Her arms wrapped around his waist, and her cheek pressed against his chest, making Lin Chuan feel as if the entire world had collapsed in an instant.
After freezing for a moment, Lin Chuan tightened his arms around Bu Lianshi. At that moment, everything else seemed unimportant. The Supreme One Clan, the Longevity Realm, the Central River Continent—none of it had anything to do with him. He only wanted to hold the person before him until the end of time.
People often said that tenderness was a hero's grave, and that was indeed true.
At least at this moment, Lin Chuan was willing to give up the entire world for