Song Heng looked at Gu Lisheng in astonishment.
He wore an unbelieving expression. Back then, he had known Gu Lisheng all too well. The things he had done in the Ancient Era had been far too absurd—how could such patience and schemes possibly be his style now?!
He had even managed to deceive countless Immortals of the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory.
Back then, they had always been the ones deceiving Gu Lisheng. When had it ever been the other way around...
"Hm?" Gu Lisheng raised a brow. "Dead fatty, what kind of look is that?"
"Are you really Gu Lisheng?"
Song Heng retreated several steps and carefully sized Gu Lisheng up. The Treasure-Seeking Compass was already resting in his palm as he said in surprise, "You're not the sort who could endure loneliness and fake your own death."
Hiss...
His expression turned strange. Could this fellow have been possessed by someone else?!
"Scram!!" Gu Lisheng's expression chilled. He swung his sword as though he were about to slash Song Heng. "After all these tens of thousands of years, you dead fatty haven't improved one bit. You actually chose to retire into seclusion in a place like this?"
Song Heng casually dodged aside and shook his head with the air of an old man. "Who would have known that the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory would lose..."
As he spoke of this, his gaze deepened, and he no longer bantered with Gu Lisheng.
"How could we have lost..."
Song Heng murmured it again. Even the light in his eyes dimmed, scattering the joy he had felt at seeing Gu Lisheng again.
So that was it.
It was not that he had been unwilling to return to the Eternal Ancient Immortal Territory, nor unwilling to see Chen Xun. He simply had never been