Qingshi City, Luo Family Ancestral Land.
Inside the courtyard where Ancestor of the Luo Family resided.
Underneath a simple stone pavilion.
Luo Changfeng was sitting quietly at this moment.
He held a cup of tea in his hands.
His head was slightly raised, his expression serene as he watched ahead.
As time passed, about three or five minutes later,
the person who had vanished from his sight before reappeared in his field of vision.
However, what was different from before
was that following behind Yuan, there now was a youth wearing a black coat.
His head was slightly lowered, his face hidden in the shadow.
From his body, a faintly cold aura was diffusing.
Under the stone pavilion, Luo Changfeng put down the teacup in his hand.
He slightly raised his head to look at the youth who was continuously walking towards him.
His eyes involuntarily narrowed a bit.
At this moment, the person in front of him
was indeed Luo Ze, that little guy, no doubt.
However, what was different from the beginning,
was that the former Luo Ze always had a trace of childishness on his face and about his person.
But the Luo Ze in front of him now...
seemed like an assassin hidden in the shadows,
ready to take someone’s life at any moment.
"This little guy has changed quite a bit after a trip to the Shadow Guard Training Base..."
"Even his cultivation has already advanced to Bone Refinement Initial Realm..."
Luo Changfeng thought silently in his heart.
Don’t consider the Bone Refinement Initial Realm as just the second great realm within the Five Realms of Mortality, not very high.
But you have to recognize that it is Luo Ze who has attained the Bone Refinement Initial Realm.
Luo Ze, whose talent for cultivation is so poor, has managed to forcefully raise his cultivation to the Bone Refinement Initial Realm in such a short time.
This was already quite an achievement.
In the small courtyard, under the stone pavilion.
About another moment later,
Luo Changfeng pointed to the spot in front of him and said in a low voice to Luo Ze in front of him, "Sit down..."
Luo Ze nodded silently.
Then he sat down somewhat reservedly in front of Luo Changfeng.
he was still slightly bowing his head.
The expression on his face seemed a bit unnatural.
Having spent such a time in the Shadow Guard Training Base,
he seemed to have forgotten how to interact with people.
Luo Changfeng looked at Luo Ze, who was extremely reserved and unnatural in his expression.
He silently picked up a cup of tea from the stone table,
raised it to his lips, and took a sip.
Afterward, he asked in a soft voice.
Luo Ze still kept his head down and responded in a low voice.
The expression on his face was still quite unnatural.
He seemed to be somewhat unaccustomed to the quiet at the moment.
Luo Changfeng heard the response and silently nodded his head.
After that, he said no more.
He just silently drank the tea in his hands.
And Luo Ze, that little guy in front of him,
kept his head slightly bowed, his expression seemingly uneasy.
after Luo Changfeng’s initial few words with Luo Ze,
there was no more communication between them.
It seemed they didn’t know how to interact.
Or it seemed they were both pondering different matters in their hearts.
"After coming out, what do you plan to do next?"
"Continue pursuing power?"
"Continue pursuing cultivation?"
"Continue going against the current, to carve out a path of your own in the cultivation world?"
After a long silence passed between them,
the one sitting silently under the stone pavilion, continually drinking tea, Luo Changfeng,
suddenly raised his head.
He asked softly his little guy Luo Ze, who seemed to have become much better and was no longer as restrained or uncomfortable as at the beginning.
"If possible, I naturally want to continue pursuing,"
Under the stone pavilion,
as Luo Ze spoke, his face hidden in the shadow inadvertently revealed a trace of a bitter smile, "But reality seems to be much crueler than I imagined. Talent, qualifications, these things often already determine the achievements a cultivator can obtain in the future, and the heights of their cultivation they can reach."
"This period, I’ve already tried my best."
"I’ve even hovered between life and death countless times."
"However, my cultivation has only broken through Skin Refinement Perfection, barely reaching beyond Skin Refinement Perfection to Bone Refinement Initial Realm."
"Patriarch Changfeng, I want to pursue power, I want to pursue cultivation, I really do want to carve out a path in the cultivation world that belongs to me alone."
"I really, really, really want to keep persisting."
"But, I’m starting to waver because,"
"if I keep persisting , will there really be any results? Will there really be something to gain?"
"If I continue to persist, will I really obtain everything I desire?"
slowly echoed within this small courtyard.
That little guy’s head was now raised high.
His face, hidden in the shadow, seemed hesitant, seemed uncertain, seemed lost and wandering.
This moment, it was completely exposed under the light.
Fully revealed in Luo Changfeng’s sight.
And to the little guy’s various questions, Luo Changfeng did not choose to directly answer.
He just smiled a slight smile.
Then, he poured himself another cup of tea.