Chapter 9: The World Is Still
The Cold Moon Palace is still the Cold Moon Palace.
It's just that few people know that this South American Jiang clan was established in Huating, and the exquisite and luxurious palace has now changed owners.
Today, it has become the headquarters of the East Imperial Palace.
This is the headquarters that Qin Weibai took from the Jiang family in South America and gave it to Li Tianlan.
The funny thing is that although Li Tianlan knew about the existence here, he had never been here once before returning from Long Island.
What's even more ridiculous is that the woman who gave him this place in the first place has nothing to do with him anymore.
Li Tianlan didn't laugh.
It has been nearly a week since he reappeared in the sight of everyone in Zhongzhou, and Li Tianlan has been living here, but he has not smiled once.
The news that he was still alive had already spread throughout the entire Central Continent in the past few days, and the special operations system in the Central Continent had become boiling and lively because of this, especially in the two special operations academies of the Sky Academy and the Deep Sea Academy, which had caused an uproar.
However, the interior of the Eastern Emperor Hall was extremely calm.
Yu Donglai is still sitting in the headquarters of the East Emperor Palace, the day Li Tianlan came back, after the initial surprise and excitement, everyone in the East Emperor Palace just gathered together to drink a meal, the turbulent general trend, the bizarre resurrection, everything seems to be in the past, as Yu Donglai said, everything is not important, the most important thing is to live.
After the First World War on Long Island, today's East Emperor Palace has formed a very close team, after the test of life and death, there is a tacit understanding, Li Baitian, Ning Qiancheng, Xu Chu, Du Hanyin, Yu Qingyan, Night Painting Rain, in addition to Li Tianlan.
Among the seven, five people are among the top ten masters of the younger generation, such a luxurious team means that the East Emperor Palace will have amazing potential and explosive power in the future, everyone can be sure that if the East Emperor Palace is not disbanded, at most ten years, the East Emperor Palace will become a real behemoth in the imperial special operations system, and the future is limitless.
This is the most high-profile young organization today, and no one denies their achievements in the future, and what they need most today is growth.
The only way to grow is to practice.
Several young people in the East Emperor Hall knew very well what they needed to do most.
The Eastern Emperor Palace, which already had 100,000 credits, needed the strongest strength to support it no matter what the future would be, so everyone was cultivating, and even gave up some of the Sky Academy's courses.
Except for Li Tianlan.
Li Tianlan did not practice.
It was already the sixth day since he returned from the Sky Academy, and he rarely spoke or moved.
There is an artificial lake built around the main building in the East Emperor Palace, the lake water is clear, and the surrounding green grass is like grass, which has become Li Tianlan's favorite place.
Sit there and watch the lake during the day.
Sit there at night and watch the stars.
The water of the lake is clear.
The starry sky is vast.
It's all good.
But Li Tianlan became quieter and quieter.
The kind of perfection that was enough to be amazing after coming back from the dead began to fade away in him.
His whole person has become more and more ordinary.
In such a state, he seemed to have completely given up martial arts, gave up all fighting spirit, and the whole person was only quiet.
Quiet day after day.
The entire Middle Continent became turbulent because of the news that Li Tianlan was still alive.
Yu Dong, who had been silent for several days, looked at Li Tianlan, who was getting quieter and quieter, and finally couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.
"What the hell are you thinking?"
When Yu Donglai asked this sentence, the Huating was already at night, the starlight in early autumn was the most prosperous, the starlight in the sky was sprinkled down, the gentle lake, and most of the main buildings behind him were made of glass were exuding a faint light, there were no lights in the East Emperor Palace, there was only starlight around, Li Tianlan sat quietly on the grass, feeling the starlight and flowing water, and the whole person seemed to be immersed in this rhythm that could not be extricated.
Yu Donglai interrupted his enjoyment.
His voice was a little cold, but also a little angry and disappointed.
"Didn't think about anything. ”
Li Tianlan glanced at Yu Donglai and said softly, "It's good and best to be in a daze like this." ”
"Even the Li family doesn't think about it anymore?"
Yu Donglai sneered, his old eyes narrowed, and there was a fierce light in his pupils, "This is your Eastern Emperor Palace, it is your foundation, Li Baitian, Ning Qiancheng, they are all working hard, what are you doing these days? I can't see the slightest fighting spirit from you." What's the matter? When the foundation is completely destroyed, you want to give up on yourself?"
He took a step forward and looked at Li Tianlan condescendingly, "If that's really the case, then what's the point of us staying here?"
"Meaningful. ”
Li Tianlan said indifferently.
"You're in a daze like you are now, and you don't bother to move every day, which is also called meaningful?"
Yu Donglai sneered, this can't be blamed for his breathlessness, as one of the holy guards who followed Li Honghe back then, the old man has indescribable feelings for the Li family, and his children are also buried in the wilderness with the treason case of Li Maniac back then, over the years, Yu Donglai's heart has really suppressed too many emotions, and when these emotions gradually become numb, Li Tianlan, Li Tianlan with wind and thunder has a double vein of wind and thunder, but Li Tianlan appeared in his life.
Yu Donglai now regards Li Tianlan as all his hopes, he hopes to see the Li family shine again in the hands of Li Tianlan in his lifetime, and hopes to see Li Tianlan avenge his children who are buried in the wilderness, but now what he sees is Li Tianlan's decadence.
Sitting half-dead by the lake every year, what is this?!
"It also makes sense to be in a daze. ”
Li Tianlan said softly, his tone soft but firm, "Don't worry, Old Yu, I know what I'm doing." ”
Yu Donglai frowned, in recent days, Li Tianlan's state had made him extremely uneasy, he simply sat down next to Li Tianlan, and said in a deep voice, "What are your plans?"
"I hesitated. I'm trying to find a path that suits me. ”
Li Tianlan's tone was calm: "The world is quiet. ”
Yu Donglai looked at Li Tianlan with some astonishment, "What do you mean?"
"We could hear talking, running water, all sorts of music, explosions, collisions and we could hear these just because we were so low. If you stand on a high place, you can see the rushing sea, the shaking rivers and mountains, all of which are quiet, and this is the essence of the world. ”
Li Tianlan's voice became lighter and lighter.
Yu Donglai's expression gradually became serious, he looked at Li Tianlan, waiting for him to continue.
"But what if it was higher?"
Li Tianlan sat there quietly, his voice was very calm, but Yu Donglai clearly felt a kind of fanaticism: "We stand on a very high place and look at the mountains and seas, the mountains and the sea are quiet, what if they are higher? So above the quiet, there is nothingness. ”
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Yu Donglai had a headache.
"Let's talk about my martial arts. ”
For the first time in a few days, Li Tianlan smiled, and he smiled without any emotion, "In the battle of Long Island, I went straight to invincibility, and at that time, in the martial arts, I stood very high. Therefore, whether it is ice, fire, or thunder, it is still in my eyes, and it is a picture that is so quiet that it is almost frozen. Those pictures are like paper, I went past with a sword, whether it was the Thunder Realm or the Imperial Qi Realm, they were all ants. ”
Then I saw the battle between God and Wang Tianzong. From beginning to end, the two of them really didn't come out, it turned out to be just two swords intent to fight, and what was even more ridiculous was that from beginning to end, no one could see through them. Even at that time, there was a long gap between the two of them. ”
Li Tianlan said quietly, his eyes firm and clear, "So at that time, I understood that silence is not the ultimate in martial arts, above quietness, when you go to the highest position, everything will become nothing." Swords and swords, light and darkness, are all nothingness. ”
This is the true path of pride.
It's just that there was a trace of hesitation and confusion in Li Tianlan's eyes, "But if everything is nothing, then what are the four realms of martial arts?"
"What is it?"
Yu Donglai didn't notice Li Tianlan's tone, and asked subconsciously.
"I'm thinking about it too. ”
Li Tianlan said softly, "When I figure it out, I can really start again." ”
Yu Donglai smiled bitterly.
He finally understood the problem Li Tianlan encountered, it was not the discouragement after the foundation was completely destroyed, but that he had doubts about the current concept of martial arts.
If the commanding heights of martial arts are nothingness, then what are the four realms of martial arts?
No matter what it is, it will not be in the four realms of martial arts.
Li Tianlan is the Tianjiao of Zhongzhou, and he is the Tianjiao who has seen the commanding heights of martial arts, and now he is beginning to doubt the four realms of martial arts, which can only show one point, the path of the four realms of martial arts cannot reach the end of what he sees at all.
Is the end he sees, the nothingness he sees, wrong, or is the current Four Realms of Martial Arts wrong?
Yu Donglai sighed deeply.
His former peak was only the peak of the Thunder Realm, far from the level of seeing the world quiet, and he couldn't give Li Tianlan any help to such a problem.
The phone rang suddenly.
Yu Donglai took out his mobile phone, connected the phone, and fed.
The person on the other end of the phone said something, Yu Donglai looked at Li Tianlan with a puzzled expression, "The phone in the security room at the door, who is Li Xiangsheng? Looking for you?"
Li Tianlan was stunned, and then said, "It's my brother, let him in." ”
Yu Donglai nodded, explained a word on the phone, and then put away the phone.
The security room is a temporary facility in the East Imperial Palace, Li Tianlan has been on Long Island for a few months, everything here can be said to be taken care of by Wang Yuetong, and the South American Jiang family handed over the Cold Moon Palace to Qin Weibai, and Qin Weibai handed it over to Li Tianlan, and neither side will leave anything or arrange anything in terms of security.
Wang Yuetong recruited a group of security guards and temporarily placed them at the door, in addition, a large area of the East Imperial Palace is now being renovated, the training ground, shooting range, and leisure area have begun to take shape, Wang Yuetong is obviously hollowed out and wants to leave some traces of her own here, her actions, Yu Donglai saw it, but never said anything.
"The name Li Xiangsheng is a little familiar. ”
Yu Donglai muttered a few times, and suddenly spoke.
"Now it's the guard on the president's side. ”
Li Tianlan remembered the words of his grandfather and principal Zhuang Huayang, and said casually, "I am also one of the candidates for Zhongzhou Xuanwu today." When the president went to the border some time ago, his grandfather recommended it to him. ”
Yu Donglai nodded, his eyes were a little complicated, a little sad, Li Honghe was fighting at the border was no secret at all, Yu Donglai also got the news from different channels, he was silent for a while, and then said softly, "Your Highness is now in Lin'an Lonely Mountain." ”
Li Tianlan nodded, "Zhongzhou, do you have any special reaction?"
"There was no response. ”
Yu Donglai's tone was solemn and depressed.
No reaction is not no special reaction.
On the contrary, there is no reaction, which is the most special.
Lee lived only for himself from now on.
Li Honghe took the remnants of the Li clan out of the border brazenly, went to Lin'an, and occupied the lonely mountain on the shore of West Lake in a domineering and almost unreasonable way.
Nakasu did not react to this.
Whether it was Kunlun City, the Beihai Wang Clan, or the Prince Group, they didn't say much, and they didn't seem to know about this matter at all.
Li Tianlan was silent, and the whole person seemed even quieter.
A military off-road vehicle drove in from the direction of the gate of the East Imperial Palace.
The car was parked near Li Tianlan, the door opened, and in the night, a young man who looked to be twenty-four or five years old stepped out of the car carrying a suitcase.
A very honest young man.
This is Yu Donglai's first impression.
The young man was not tall, his appearance was ordinary, and he looked a little wooden, he walked up to Li Tianlan with joy in his eyes.
heard the news that Li Tianlan died in battle on Long Island.
I heard the news of Li Tianlan's resurrection from the dead.
Excited, surprised, and now standing in front of Li Tianlan, the young man scratched his head, and a very sincere and shy smile appeared on Mu Ne's face, and he said softly, "Young master." ”
"Sit. ”
Li Tianlan smiled and patted the grass beside him.
The young man didn't seem to be good at words, so he honestly sat down beside Li Tianlan.
"This is Li Xiangsheng, the son of Aunt Aoba. ”
Li Tianlan briefly introduced, "This is Yu Lao, Yu Donglai, the guard by Grandpa's side." ”
Li Xiangsheng scratched his head again, and Mu Ne's face was a little restrained, "I've seen Old Yu." ”
Aoba's son.
Yu Donglai's face was a little emotional, that piece of Li's green leaf was also one of the most brilliant women in the Li family's young generation, Yu Donglai even served as the top boss of Qing Ye for a while, but now in the blink of an eye, the young generation at the beginning, even the son is so old.
Yu Donglai smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything more.
"What's in the box?"
Li Tianlan looked at the box in Li Xiangsheng's hand.
"Fragments. ”
Li Xiangsheng's tone was simple and serious, he hesitated, opened the box, and sent it to Li Tianlan.
Starlight and moonlight shrouded the unlit Eastern Emperor Palace.
In the faint glow, some of the shattered pieces of silver metal in the chest were emitting a dim, almost imperceptible glow.
"Fragments of the Endless Sky?"
Li Tianlan was silent for a while and asked softly.
Yu Donglai's face changed suddenly.
Murderous soldiers are in the sky!
Nineteen years ago, with that treason, the Li murderers were crushed at the border!
His Highness has been at the border for many years, and only found these fragments?
"Hmm. ”
Li Jisheng scratched his head, "When I came out, there weren't so many things happening, when Grandpa Li asked me to give this to you, he gave you the opportunity to give these to the Dongcheng family, and he said that the Dongcheng family can be completely trusted." ”
Li Tianlan was silent for a long time before closing the box in his hand.
Li Xiangsheng looked at him with a focused look in his eyes.
From childhood to adulthood, Li Tianlan and him have a very good relationship, but there is not much communication between each other, Li Xiangsheng is not good at words, Li Tianlan is not a person of many words, most of the friendship between the two is established in the exchange along the way.
Li Xiangsheng is not Li Tianlan's opponent.
But he is the only young man in the Li family who can keep up with Li Tianlan's pace.
Even when Li Tianlan was at his peak, he didn't leave Li Xiangsheng too far.
Such a character, when Wang Shengxiao, Gu Hanshan and Jiang Shangyu withdrew from the battle for Xuanwu, Li Xiangsheng was definitely the most suitable candidate for Xuanwu in Central Continent.
And I'm afraid that in the hearts of the academics, Li Xiangsheng is more in line with their minds than Xu Chu.
"What is the president's specific plan for you?"
Li Tianlan patted the box beside him, looked at Li Xiangsheng and asked.
"Terracotta. ”
Li Xiangsheng was silent for a while before replying sullenly.
Li Tianlan nodded: "Good location." ”
"I listen to the young master. ”
Li Xiangsheng smiled, and his tone was sincere.
Li Tianlan snorted, put the box beside him, and said with a smile, "Go and rest, and leave tomorrow morning." ”
"No, young master. ”
Li Xiangsheng hesitated, but still shook his head, "I have to rush back to Youzhou overnight, the president's side, I have been under a lot of pressure recently, I have frequent meetings, and there are foreign affairs activities tomorrow, I want to be there." ”
Li Tianlan hummed and said, "It's okay." ”
In the night, Li Xiangsheng stood up, Mu Ne's face seemed to be a little hesitant, he was not hesitant to tell Li Tianlan anything, but the news he had was not clear, and he was afraid that he would mislead the young master by saying it now, but after hesitating, he still said, "Young master, be careful recently, it is said that the Beihai Wang clan and Kunlun City are very close, be careful with you." ”
Li Tianlan lowered his head.
In the darkness, his eyes were deep and silent, bottomless.
"Got it. ”
"It's fine," he said. ”
Li Xiangsheng took a deep look at him, nodded, turned to get in the car and left.
It wasn't until the car was far away that Yu Donglai frowned, "I seem to have heard some rumors recently, the Beihai Wang Clan and Kunlun City have indeed been getting closer and closer recently, and they seem to want to join forces to change the pattern of the special warfare system, even if it is not all aimed at you, I am afraid that you will become the main factor." ”
"Grandpa is still there. ”
Li Tianlan said lightly: "They don't dare to act rashly. ”
"I definitely don't dare to attack you directly, but if we join forces to change the situation and squeeze your future living space, what can Your Highness say?"
Yu Donglai smiled bitterly.
"It's fine. ”
Calmly, Li Tianlan still said, "These should not be the issues I am concerned about now, now I am a wasted person, what can I do? ”
Look only at yourself, not at the world.
Li Honghe is still there, he doesn't need to worry about the Li family.
The Tribulation had broken through to Invincible, and he didn't need to worry about the City of Sighs.
Palace of Reincarnation
Li Tianlan's face turned pale.
Qin Weibai, who has nothing to do with him, how can he worry?
Li Tianlan closed his eyes, feeling the pain and anger like tearing in his chest, and after a long time, he took a deep breath and his eyes became quiet again.
Yu Donglai didn't know when he had gotten up to leave.
Li Tianlan sat quietly alone, with only the gentle lake and bright starlight in front of him.
Suddenly the wind rose.
The crisp sound of bells came from the wind.
Wang Yuetong walked over in the night, a simple white shirt, jeans, canvas shoes, combing a ponytail, and infinite youth.
In her hand was the golden retriever she gave to Li Tianlan.
The golden retriever has grown a lot over the past few months, with a bell around his neck that jingles in the night wind.
"Senior brother. ”
Wang Yuetong walked to Li Tianlan's side, and her voice was sweet and gentle. Like the night wind.
"It's been a day, let's go rest. ”
She squatted down beside Li Tianlan and said softly.
"Not tired. ”
Li Tianlan looked at Wang Yuetong and said softly, "You go to sleep first." ”
The young man and woman, who were once close enough to sleep in the same bed, still seemed to be intimate for a few days, but as Li Tianlan became quieter and quieter, there seemed to be a clear gap between the two.
Wang Yuetong didn't know what was going on, and she only had grievances in her heart.
Li Tianlan, on the other hand, was skeptical.
"I'm here with you. ”
Wang Yuetong laughed and said softly.
"No, I don't. ”
Li Tianlan looked at the lake in front of him and said softly, "I'm just alone." ”
The night wind blew the hair in front of Wang Yue's forehead, her face was a little pale, and her eyes were resentful.
"Then I'll let the baby stay with you. ”
She lowered her head and looked at the golden retriever she was holding in her hand.
The golden retriever whimpered, lay down beside Li Tianlan, and gently swept Wang Yuetong's calf with his tail.
"Good. ”
Li Tianlan smiled and nodded.
Wang Yuetong was silent for a while, looked at Li Tianlan seriously, and finally turned to leave.
Her figure is enchanting and stunningly beautiful, but it looks a little trance-like.
The phone rang suddenly.
Wang Yuetong took out her mobile phone and looked at the number, her face changed suddenly, and she didn't dare to connect for a while.
The phone rang continuously, calmly and patiently.
Wang Yuetong's face turned pale, and her fingers began to tremble.
She hesitated to answer the phone, put it to her ear, and didn't dare to speak for a while.
"Moon Hitomi?"
A gentle, calm male voice rang out on the phone.
Wang Yuetong's face became more and more panicked, and she even called out a little sadly, "Dad." ”
Wang Tianzong!
The Zhongzhou Sword Emperor, who had been letting his daughter stay by Li Tianlan's side, finally called Wang Yuetong's mobile phone.
"Go home. ”
Wang Tianzong said indifferently, "You are no longer suitable to stay in Huating, do you want me to pick you up in person?"
Wang Yuetong bit her lip tightly and stubbornly refused to speak.
She turned her head and looked at the night.
The night is gentle.
Li Tianlan was still sitting there quietly.
The golden retriever lay beside him, wagging his tail slightly.
Worry-free.
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