Perhaps thinking this might very well be their last meeting, the old clan leader spoke with Chen Changyan, his clansman brother of nearly the same age, for a long while. They reminisced about their youthful days, recalling the foolish sorrows and lingering regrets of years gone by.
Chen Nianzhi listened quietly, watching the two of them in silence. Though he was still in the bloom of youth, he nevertheless felt the weight of passing years wash over him.
"If one does not become immortal, one will eventually reach this day."
Chen Changyan sighed, yet looked at Chen Nianzhi with a measure of comfort. "Fortunately, before my life comes to an end, I can still spend my remaining years peacefully at Spirit Isle Lake, a paradise beyond the mortal world. And there is someone by my side to fulfill his filial duty and see me off."
"Even if this old man were to die now, I would have no regrets in this life."
Chen Nianzhi smiled and shook his head. "Listen to yourself. In two years, I still want to hold your one-hundred-and-twentieth birthday celebration."
Old Uncle Grandfather was advanced in years, and his body could no longer endure much strain. After chatting for half an hour, he went to his room to rest.
Only then did the two finally begin making preparations to set up the Island-Protecting Array.
Chen Changxuan first surveyed Spirit Isle Lake and dismantled the Solar Radiance Twofold Formation. Then he chuckled. "This formation was set up by this old man over twenty years ago."
"At the time, I was only a Tier 2 Mid-grade formation master. My attainments in formations were insufficient. Looking at it again today, I realize there were many serious flaws in the formation I laid down back then."
"Oh?" Chen Nianzhi's brows