Black Elephant Galaxy, on a life planet.
"Farewell, Teacher!"
Grief-stricken cries lingered above the field, refusing to fade for a long while.
Students from every walk of life and every age watched with the same sorrow and reverence as the old man's body slowly rose into the air and plunged into a blaze of searing light...
"Old Zhou, we'll have to meet again next time."
Chi Wen sighed regretfully, withdrawing the flames spilling from his fingertips as he watched countless ashes drift beyond the atmosphere into the vast starry sky.
Just then,
"Did they... run away again?"
A startled, doubtful voice rang out. Chi Wen withdrew his gaze and turned his head.
The golden light in the young man's eyes had faded, while his brows slowly furrowed.
"General," Chi Wen asked curiously, "who ran away?"
"The enemies who invaded our human race's borderlands and hindered the development of Constellation No. 3013 ran away..."
Li Qingshan frowned in thought, as though he had encountered something he could not understand.
"I know!"
Chi Wen's eyes lit up. Facing the young man's surprised gaze, he puffed out his chest and declared:
"The General's might is peerless! Separated by hundreds of millions of light-years, a single glance was enough to subdue every foe and lift the dire situation at the borderlands. Your divine might covers the ages, dazzling through all antiquity..."
Li Qingshan's expression froze. The surprise in his eyes turned to speechless exasperation, and he waved a hand to cut off the endless flattery.
"You learned that from Kong Yang, didn't you?"
"Huh?" Chi Wen let out a soft cry of surprise. "How did the General know..."
"Because Kong Yang already used the exact same flattery a hundred years ago!"
Li Qingshan said irritably, utterly speechless.
"He said my gaze crossed hundreds of