He had long ceased to be that hot-blooded, passion-filled youth from back then.
The years had left scar after scar upon his heart, blunting his edge and tempering his impulses. Everything had become passing clouds, replaced by a profound calm.
Qian Shan simply still could not see through him. Chen Xun shook his head with a helpless sigh, his deep gaze passing over layer upon layer of mountains toward the distant horizon.
Perhaps the scenery there was even grander, but it was also far more complicated.
No matter how many schemes there were, they could simply come hide in the Five Aggregates Sect. Why hold one's immortal cultivation spirit in such high esteem...
"Shuiyu, leave this child to me."
Chen Xun lowered his eyes and gazed deeply at the infant boy. He softly called the child's name. "Qian Wuhen, little fellow, are you willing to join my Five Aggregates Sect?"
He smiled gently, a trace of expectation in his voice.
"Eeh... yaa yaa!!" The infant smiled along with him, pure and beautiful.
His eyes brimmed with curiosity and a desire to explore, as though he were telling Chen Xun that he was willing—willing to wait in the Five Aggregates Sect for his elder brother's return.
"Xun Bro, he can understand you." Little Scarlet lay behind them, slight surprise in his eyes. "During all those years on the run, he always seemed unable to understand anything we said."
"Yes." A gentle yet mysterious light shimmered in Qionghua Shuiyu's eyes, reflecting upon Qian Wuhen's tender little face.
Chen Xun chuckled, brushing two fingers over the forehead of the infant, who looked like a porcelain doll. "Two Immortal Dao Origins are entangled within his body. That is the root cause of Qian Wuhen's slow growth and incomplete awareness."
"Factory Master, this Dao Medicine