On the full moon night of August 15, it should be the time for family reunion, but tonight's Lu Yifan has neither parents, nor wives and children around him, the five kings of the Soul Sect only left the Dragon King Lanchen to stay in Xihuang Mountain, the Sword King Liu Sandaoren and Xiao Liuyi love each other in the Three Holy Mountains of the Spirit Domain, the Wolf King Ji Yuan is in charge of the Rakshasa Gate of the Beast Domain, the Spear King Xie Yun assists Jun Wujie in the Immortal Domain, and the Spirit King Zheng Xiaowu assists Yin Qianqiu in the Demon Domain. The five kings of the Soul Sect who used to get along day and night are now on different sides of the world, and the several palaces on the Xihuang Mountain have long since become empty and dusty. Xihuang Mountain, which was once full of laughter and laughter, and was laughing and scolding everywhere, is especially deserted tonight.

Lu Yifan sat cross-legged alone in the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall, silently raising his eyes to stare at the cold tablets on the Spiritual Throne Mountain by the bright moonlight outside the window and the hazy everlasting lamp in the main hall. Tonight, the sect master has an order, and no one is allowed to enter the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall to disturb him.

"The position of the ancestor Lu Haoqian. ”

"The position of a loving mother and a mandarin duck. ”

"Elder Lu Dingxuan's position. ”

"The Ancient Position of the Ancestors. ”

"Brother Lu Jun's position. ”

"Brother Lu Wencai's position. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector Luo Xiu. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector Chu Ding. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector Qin Qingyu. ”

"Soul Sect Protector Mo Bai's position. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector of the Hundred Miles of Wind. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector Twilight. ”

"The position of the Soul Sect's protector Jiang Yi. ”

"Mr. Yan Shuang's position. ”

"Senior sister Tang Ruoxi's position. ”

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Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar names on the Spirit Position Mountain, Lu Yifan couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and his tears were speechless. In the blink of an eye, these people who were once close and dear to Lu Yifan have been away from him for several years, but the voices and smiles of these people, their words and deeds, are still vivid in their minds, and their memories are still fresh. Lu Haoqian's seriousness, Liu Qingyuan's love, to this day, how Lu Yifan hopes that someone can call him "mortal" again, how much he hopes that someone can tell him all the time, shush the cold and ask for warmth. Once Gu accompanied him to the woods of Jinling City every day to cultivate, serious and caring, Lu Yifan didn't even have time to say thank you to him. Lu Jun's obedience, Lu Wencai's timidity, Lu Yifan recalled when he was a child, the three of them shuttled through the streets and alleys of Jinling City together, and the ridiculous appearance of fighting wits and courage with Lan Chen's group. To this day, he still remembers the first time he saw Luo Xiu outside the Holy Soul Academy, how much worship and respect is contained in that "Big Brother Yifan", Luo Xiu has always taken Lu Yifan as his role model, he is timid by nature but he is hard to learn to be as fearless as Lu Yifan and Liu Sandao, and finally he used his life to interpret what is brave and what righteousness is greater than the sky. Chu Ding and Qin Qingyu's turning enemies into friends, Jiang Yi and Mo Bai's sacrificing their lives for righteousness, Bailifeng and Li Dui's sacrificing their lives and forgetting death, countless Soul Sect disciples paid full of blood...... Without their contributions, there would be no Soul Sect today, let alone today's Lu Yifan.

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've had a good conversation with you. Lu Yifan picked up a pot of hot tea beside him, and slowly filled the dozen empty teacups placed in front of him one by one, but he didn't pour himself a cup, "You used to pour tea for me, let me Lu Yifan pour tea for you today!" Lu Yifan said and couldn't help but raise a gentle smile on the corner of his mouth, but his eyes became more and more red.

"Dad, mother, in the past, every August 15, our Lu family would get together to drink tea and admire the moon, and my father would also test our literary and martial arts to see how I grew this year, and at that time my mother would sit beside me and constantly whisper to encourage me. Tears rolled in Lu Yifan's eyes, but the corners of his mouth were always smiling, and this scene seemed to be back to the past, which made him fall into it and couldn't extricate himself. Lu Yifan gently pushed a cup of tea forward, and continued to smile: "Wencai, every time my father examines us, you are the most poor, and Wen is not a martial artist, when we study and practice, you know all day long to hide in the corners to read villain books, study those strange gadgets, every night to August 15, you are anxious, either calling yourself sick or pretending to drink tea and get drunk, today is August 15, our family gets together, what excuse are you going to find to shirk your father's questioning? Hmm...... Let me think about it, are you going to say that you have a stomachache and go to the hut to take refuge this time?"

As soon as he thought of Lu Wencai's former appearance, Lu Yifan couldn't help but smile bitterly. Crystal tears hung on his long eyelashes, Lu Yifan pushed another cup of tea to the other side, and continued to smile: "Lu Jun, Xiao Sijun is becoming more and more like you, Xiao Fluttershy and Xiao Sijun are very good, you don't have to worry too much under Jiuquan, but in the future, you have to change your fiery temper, don't stand up for others at every turn, without me to help you below, what if you and Wen Cai can't beat others? What should I do if I am bullied?"

Lu Yifan smiled to himself, shook his head and said, "No, no." Without me and Luo Xiu and Chu Ding to help you, we have always been overcrowded, so you don't have to be afraid of where you go. Hehe......"

"Jiang Yi, you madman has always said that you want to have a good fight with me to see how much better I am than you, so are you lazy and don't practice down there?" Lu Yifan put tears in his stomach and smiled faintly, "And Luo Xiu, are you still afraid of knives? Are you afraid of blood?" You have grown up a lot after following me for so many years, and you are already a man who stands up to the sky, although your father and mother can rest assured, Yulou has arranged a light small business for them to do in the Qi Family Chamber of Commerce, so that they will have something to do and will not become depressed and sick because they miss you too much, and I also instructed people to send 100,000 gold shells every year to support them. Luo Xiu, you have achieved your wish, you are now the pride of your father and mother and the whole village. ”

"Qin Qingyu, you and Ruoxi have been competing to be the first in the Vermilion Bird Academy when they were in the Holy Soul Academy before, just as the so-called is not a rivalry, are you still fighting below?" Lu Yifan smiled faintly, "Did Mr. Yan stop you?" With the relationship between Ruoxi and Mr. Yan, I think the idea of striving to be the first in the Vermilion Bird Academy, Brother Qin, you should die as soon as possible." ”

Lu Yifan would move a cup of tea forward for half a minute whenever he mentioned someone, as if he was toasting them to drink tea. In this way, Lu Yifan has been sitting in the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall and chatting with a group of cold tablet parents, laughing and talking. Although he was talking to himself, Lu Yifan was still able to enjoy it, occasionally laughing heartily, occasionally sighing, occasionally clapping his hands, and occasionally being silent.

"Sect Master!"

I don't know how long time has passed, Lan Chen's voice suddenly sounded outside the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall, and when Lu Yifan turned his head, Lan Chen was standing under the moon with a jar of wine and two empty wine bowls in his hands, staring at Lu Yifan with a complicated expression.

"Lan Chen, why haven't you rested so late?" Lu Yifan asked with a smile.

"I came to thank you!" Lan Chen raised the wine jar in his hand towards Lu Yifan, and said with a light smile, "You opened your mouth to ask Ji Yuan for me, and asked Ji Yuan to promise me that Yi'er and I could marry on the first day of October, I should thank you, so I thought about coming here to see how your dead man's tea is drinking? Are you willing to change your taste and drink a few bowls of wine with the living." Although Lan Chen is now respectful to Lu Yifan, he still can't change his fast-talking temperament, what "dead man's tea" or "living man's wine", this kind of unear-catching words is afraid that only Lan Chen dares to speak bluntly in front of Lu Yifan.

"What time is it?" Lu Yifan asked suspiciously.

"It's almost dawn. Lan Chen replied, "You've been sitting here all night. ”

Lu Yifan nodded, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "They must have been annoyed by listening to me all night, just that! Since the sky is about to dawn, then I won't bother them anymore, I'll drink with you." After that, Lu Yifan had already slowly gotten up and walked out of the Soul Ancestral Hall with slightly numb legs. He and Lan Chen were also casual, they didn't look for any tables and chairs, but sat on the ground, and the two of them sat on the steps outside the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall, pouring two large bowls of wine and drinking them "Gu Dong Gu Dong".

"The Five Domains are one, you have reached the pinnacle of the Five Domains, what are your plans next?" Lan Chen looked at Lu Yifan with a solemn gaze, and asked, "Are you going to mobilize the masters of the Five Domains to prepare for a decisive battle with the Jinghai God Clan?"

Hearing Lan Chen's words, Lu Yifan was slightly stunned, and then asked rhetorically, "Lan Chen, are you afraid of death?"

"It depends on why you died. Lan Chen sneered, "If you die for your own blood feud or grand cause, it's worth it." ”

"What about me?" Lu Yifan asked with an interesting smile.

"You?" Lan Chen raised his eyebrows and said bluntly, "If you die for the Lord of the Five Domains, Lan Chen will die without regrets." But if he dies for Lu Yifan, he will inevitably die a little unjustly. ”

"Haha......" Lan Chen's words made Lu Yifan look up to the sky and laugh, clapping his hands and praise, "Lan Chen is really still the same Lan Chen, how many years have passed, it really hasn't changed at all." ”

Lan Chen drank all the liquor and asked, "Have you changed?" If you haven't changed, then I haven't changed, but if you have changed, it means that I have also changed." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yifan asked curiously.

Lan Chen stretched out his finger and pointed at Lu Yifan, then pointed at himself, and said faintly: "Because I, like you, have lost everything I once had forever, and it is also the most precious thing in this life. ”

Of course, Lu Yifan knew that Lan Chen's words meant that both of them had been tragically destroyed, although now the revenge has been avenged, but after all, the deceased is gone, even if Dongfang dies a thousand times or ten thousand times, Lu Haoqian will not be resurrected, and Lan Shixun will not come back from the dead. Although Lan Shixun's death is not the same as Lu Haoqian's death, for Lu Yifan and Lan Chen, they have the same goal, they have both changed from the powerful sons of the Holy Domain to lonely people, so it is not unreasonable for Lan Chen to say that the two of them are the same.

"Have you always been dissatisfied with me?" Lu Yifan changed his words and asked with a smile, "You always want to win me once, don't you?"

"Yes. Lan Chen nodded heavily, then his eyes darkened, but he shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile, "It's a pity that my life is not good in this life, and I finally found a lifelong opponent, but I didn't expect it to be a god who transcends the Five Domains." Fighting with God, the gap between you and me will only get farther and farther, if I want to win you once, I'm afraid Lanchen won't have such a chance in this life!"

Lu Yifan shook his head and said: "Not really, in fact, you did win me once, although there was only that time, but yours did win." ”

Hearing Lu Yifan's words, Lan Chen was stunned for a moment, and then the wry smile on his face gradually converged, and his eyes looked at Lu Yifan solemnly, and only after a long time did he say faintly: "I know." ”

"You know?" Lu Yifan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and asked in surprise, "What do you know?"

"In fact, you passed out before me, and I was a little slower than you, so the first place in that Heavenly Grace Contest should actually be me, not you. Lan Chen's words undoubtedly caused turmoil in Lu Yifan's heart, but listening to Lan Chen's tone, it seemed that he was not shocked, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that did not concern him, and it was not at all like the attitude that the competitive Lan Chen should have.

"It turns out that you already knew ......" Lu Yifan looked at Lan Chen with an embarrassed expression, "Then why are you ......?"

"What can I change?" Lan Chen seemed to know what Lu Yifan wanted to ask, shook his head and said, "The Heavenly Grace Contest is not something that the Emperor or someone can decide, the arrangement in the dark naturally has its reasons and rules, even if I know that it is me who obviously wins, so what? Do I want to go around telling people that I won Lu Yifan? I am the first place in the Heavenly Grace Competition? In that case, outsiders will not only not believe what I say, but will also think that I, Lan Chen, am a person who can't afford to lose, and a hypocrite who messes around." Growing up, when have you ever seen me have had fearless arguments with people?"

"Then you are willing to give up the supreme glory to me?" Lu Yifan asked puzzled.

"Not for you, but the glory itself should be yours. Lan Chen's answer surprised Lu Yifan, only to see Lan Chen sneering lightly, "When I was a child, my father taught me more than once, and he told me that the reason why I can excel among my peers is not because my talent is superior, but because of my good luck. I was lucky to be born in the Lan family, I was born to live a life of brocade clothes and jade food, I was born as a powerful son, when I want to cultivate soul power, I don't have to go over the mountains and seas to look for exercises everywhere, and the Lan family has already prepared everything for me, my father will find the best master to teach me in turn, find the most suitable exercises for me to practice, plus countless blessings of heaven and earth treasure day after day, how can I not be ahead of my peers? But that doesn't mean that my excellence has nothing to do with me, luck is also a part of strength, and in many cases it is a crucial part. I'm lucky to outperform them compared to the vast majority, and I deserve it. Compared with you, your luck is even better than mine, and the Heavenly Grace Contest can favor you, so I naturally think that you will win as a matter of course! So in the end, I still lost the Heavenly Grace Contest after all. ”

Lan Chen's words benefited Lu Yifan a lot, he used to think that Lan Chen was an unruly and arrogant son with no one in his eyes, but today's remarks made Lu Yifan have a completely different understanding of Lan Chen.

"This is also the reason why you obviously have everything, and your foundation is not much higher than others, but you still cultivate hard, even more than those martial artists from poor backgrounds. Lu Yifan nodded thoughtfully, "Excellent talent, excellent luck, coupled with cultivating harder than ordinary people, Lan Chen, your genius life is really deserved!"

"In fact, in the dark, all variables have a definite number, although I lost the glory of the first place in the Heavenly Grace Competition, but I have exchanged for something more rare and valuable than the Heavenly Grace Competition in the future. For example, you saved my life, and today you elected me as the Soul Master of the Holy Realm. Especially when I learned your true identity, the depression in my heart disappeared. You are a god, and I am a human being, and I have sat to the extreme in the five realms of Buddha, and I am not defeated by anyone, and I do not need to compare with God. Lan Chen said with a smile, "So fortune and misfortune are by no means determined overnight, and success or failure is by no means what you see now, the real trade-off may be in a few years, or maybe in decades, hundreds of years, just like the fate of your Immortal Divine Race, whether it will be success or failure can not be determined so far, isn't it?"

"Lan Chen. Lu Yifan looked at Lan Chen quietly, but a thought in his heart blurted out inadvertently, "Sometimes I think you are me, just me in the Five Domains." ”

"I said a long time ago that we are basically the same kind of people, haha......" Lan Chen was rarely proud, and raised his bowl and drank bitterly, "I am you, and you are also me." No wonder there is such a discord between you and me, isn't there such a sentence, saying that in fact, the person who a person dislikes the most is himself, I didn't believe it before, but now I believe it when I see you. ”

"Although the person you least like is yourself, often the person who knows you best is also yourself. Lu Yifan nodded with a smile, and then muttered to himself, "In the future, the Soul Sect will have you, and I will be able to rest assured!"

Lu Yifan's casual words made Lan Chen's eyes suddenly flash a look of contemplation, but he didn't ask too much, but picked up the wine jar and poured a full bowl of wine for Lu Yifan again, and the two laughed and continued to indulge in heavy drinking.

Lu Yifan and Lan Chen have known each other for more than 20 years, but it is the first time in their lives that they have spoken to each other so openly.

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