Chapter 108 Farewell
[Jiang Che]
Cultivation: Peak of Object Manipulation Realm
Potential: One hundred (Peerless Genius)
Destiny: Seventy-five (Child of Destiny)
Loyalty: Seventy (Life-saving Grace)
Disposition: Kind, Resolute
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Very good, all conditions are met.
"What I want you to do…"
Chen Chang'an revealed a satisfied smile. "From today onward, you shall be my disciple."
Jiang Che suddenly raised his head, only to see the senior he admired from the bottom of his heart looking at him with a faint smile at the corners of the lips.
In an instant, his eyes burst with delight, his lips trembling as though even his breath had halted.
Yet in the next second, Chen Chang'an's expression froze, as if suddenly recalling something. He quickly raised his hand to his forehead.
Terrible!
Because the atmosphere was too good, he had forgotten… the one here now was his avatar!
And still in the form of a woman!
If later Jiang Che discovered that the "master" he had bowed to was actually the avatar of a male cultivator, that scene…
"Ahem!" He immediately straightened his face and corrected himself solemnly. "Just now I misspoke. It is not I who will take you as disciple."
"The one to take you as disciple… is my… ah… senior brother, yes! Senior brother!"
Jiang Che: "...?"
His face was filled with confusion, clearly unable to keep up with this sudden turn.
Seeing this, Chen Chang'an at once began praising this so-called "senior brother" endlessly, his tone full of admiration.
"My senior brother, that is to say your future master, is a true peerless prodigy! His cultivation soars to the heavens and penetrates the earth, his swordsmanship unrivaled under the heavens, and his character free-spirited, his bearing unmatched!"
"He has mastered countless supreme immortal arts, and his temperament is excellent. He treats disciples as his own children, never concealing anything!"
"Most importantly—" she paused, her expression solemn, "you and he truly look like master and disciple!"
As Jiang Che listened, the excitement in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by a trace of disappointment.
"So… it is Senior's senior brother who will take me…"
Seeing his dim expression, Chen Chang'an softened. Suddenly placing both hands on the young man's shoulders, he spoke with earnest eyes. "In fact… the reason I came here this time is precisely because he already foresaw you share the fate of master and disciple with him, so he specially sent me to find you!"
"R-really?" Jiang Che finally eased a little, asking softly, "Then… when can I meet Senior's senior brother?"
Chen Chang'an blinked, then smiled mysteriously. "Do not worry, I will naturally take you to him later."
Silence fell between the two.
"Then… what about Senior?" Jiang Che suddenly asked softly.
Chen Chang'an naturally turned his back. Since your voice is so small… don't blame me for not hearing.
…
On the other side, Xiao Ling'er's small face was tense. After the turmoil of her inner thoughts just now, she had finally managed to accept this truth—that the gentle elder sister who had chatted with her and journeyed alongside her was in fact a Saint on par with her grandfather!
A Saint!
She could not help but wonder who was stronger, her grandfather or this woman.
Secretly raising her eyes, she stole glances at the peerlessly beautiful figure before her.
The faint light within the Ten Thousand Ghost Cavern shone upon her profile, tracing a hazy halo that made her seem both near and distant.
Xiao Ling'er could not help but recall the unparalleled grace when Sister Lin had faced the endless tide of ghosts alone!
Her heart surged with a powerful yearning.
Yet soon after, she bit her lip, reminded that she still had something even more important to do.
"Lin sister…" She drew a deep breath and gave a solemn bow. "Thank you for your care along the way, but I still have something I must do. I must take my leave."
Chen Chang'an raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Still going to search for that fellow?"
"Yes!" Xiao Ling'er clenched her small fists, brimming with determination. "Even if he is not here, I will keep searching until I find him!"
"Well then…" Chen Chang'an could not help but laugh softly. "Since that's the case, I won't tell you where the one you seek is now."
"If you don't tell… wait—Lin sister, you mean…"
Chen Chang'an nodded, raising a finger. "The one you seek, I happen to know his whereabouts."
"Really?!" Xiao Ling'er's eyes instantly lit up, like a cat that had found dried fish.
"Truer than pearls," Chen Chang'an said. "Because the one you seek is… ahem… my senior brother's disciple."
Xiao Ling'er blinked, still confused, but Chen Chang'an continued.
"So, will you come with me? It's on the way."
The girl froze for a moment, then suddenly cheered and pounced. "That's wonderful! Lin sister is the best!"
Yet the next instant, Chen Chang'an pressed down on her little head, holding her in place.
Xiao Ling'er's body stiffened, and she sheepishly released her grip. "Ah! Forgive me! I forgot you are a Saint!"
"That's not really the reason…"
Chen Chang'an sighed. Mainly, he just did not want to let his disciple's future wife take advantage.
But he was too lazy to explain further.
…
When Chen Chang'an led Jiang Che and Xiao Ling'er down from the city wall, another figure appeared before him.
This man dragged bloodstained armor—it was the current general of the Ghost Suppression Army, Ye Guhan.
The iron-blooded commander's face was solemn. Though his right arm still bled, he stood tall, clasped his fists, and was about to kneel on one knee—
"General Ye Guhan, offering thanks for the Saint's life-saving grace!"
But in the next instant, a gentle flow of true essence supported him in midair, preventing him from kneeling no matter how he tried.
"General Ye, there's no need for such courtesy." Chen Chang'an lightly shook his head. "This bow, I cannot accept."
Because this ghost tide had all arisen due to my disciple—these words he kept hidden in his heart.
His gaze swept over the ravaged battlefield. The battered soldiers of the Ghost Suppression Army still clenched their formation with grit.
Some had wounds tainted with ghostly energy, yet still gripped their halberds firmly. Some were blinded, yet still fumbled to bind the wounds of their comrades.
Chen Chang'an sighed lightly. From his sleeve slid a jade-green pill bottle.
The bottle was only three inches tall, but faint spirit patterns flowed across its surface.
"Take it."
Ye Guhan instinctively caught it with both hands. When he saw the golden pills within, his pupils shrank sharply.
"The Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill?!"
This was a holy-grade medicine that could regrow flesh and restore the dead to life! Even the Great Zhou treasury might not gather the materials for a single cauldron in a century.
"You defend this land for humanity…" Chen Chang'an gazed toward the depths of the Ten Thousand Ghost Cavern. "I am deeply impressed."
Ye Guhan's throat tightened. This battle-hardened commander, who had seen countless deaths, now felt the weight of the pill bottle like a thousand catties.
"The Saint's righteousness!"
Only after seeing Ye Guhan accept the bottle did Chen Chang'an nod. He then turned and continued toward the path he had come.
"Let's go!"
Jiang Che and Xiao Ling'er hurried after him, while Old Mo trailed quietly behind at a distance.
Just as their figures were about to vanish—
Ye Guhan suddenly drew his sword skyward, his voice shaking the heavens.
"Ghost Suppression Army—!"
"Clang—!"
Thousands of wounded soldiers braced their halberds together, the sound of broken armor clashing like rolling thunder.
"Honoring the Saint!!!"
"Honoring the Saint!!!"
The voices surged like mountains and seas, shaking dust from the cavern walls.
Chen Chang'an did not look back, only lifted his hand in a wave.
I am but a fleeting guest in the mortal world, guiding my return with embers in the dark.
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