Chapter 202 - 198: Grandpa, Still the Same Grandpa!

"No need to be nervous,"

Zhou Yi looked at Chen Xiu below, feeling somewhat uneasy, glancing at him occasionally, but not daring to speak.

"Thank you, Regent King, my lord."

Slightly bowing, extremely respectful.

Not nervous? How could he not be nervous!

Earlier today, while in the military camp, he was suddenly taken away.

No reason was given.

Then he was brought here, and here he met the Regent King under one person of Great Zhou.

At first, he thought he had offended some great figure, intending to take full responsibility to avoid implicating the Sect.

In any case, whatever he was accused of, he would accept it.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi didn’t say a word from beginning to end, just quietly sat there dealing with state affairs.

This made Chen Xiu even more unsure.

Several times he wanted to speak, his mouth opened, but he still didn’t say anything.

This led to the scene just now.

Suddenly, there was a slight fluctuation in the space, and the next moment, Chen Xuan’s figure appeared behind Chen Xiu.

Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised, seeing the boy so excited that he hadn’t even managed the space fluctuation of the Divine Step Technique well, otherwise, with his power, he wouldn’t have sensed it in advance.

However, at this moment, he wisely left.

At this moment, Chen Xuan was overwhelmingly excited, his breathing becoming rapid, looking at the familiar back, and the familiar aura, his eyes turned red.

Scenes flashed through his mind.

The first meeting with the old man at the black market dock.

Later, gifting him the Nine Revolutions Secret Technique.

Leading him into the Chen Mansion.

.....

Bit by bit!

Until finally, knowing he had not much time left, leaving Yunze County.

Almost three years!

Finally reunited.

At this moment, Chen Xiu still looked dazed, wondering why Zhou Yi suddenly left on his own.

A suddenly familiar voice came from behind.

"Old man!"

Chen Xiu was struck like lightning, stunned.

This..... was Xiaoxuanzi’s voice!

Impossible!

How could he appear here?

Turning sharply, there he was, just as familiar!

"Old man!"

Chen Xuan shouted again.

"Good, good, good!" Chen Xiu nodded repeatedly, he couldn’t say anything but ’good’.

These days, he kept thinking, could he see Chen Xuan before the great battle.

After all, his chances of surviving this time were not high, or perhaps just nonexistent.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly....

Now, this lad appeared before him, and tears flowed freely!

Enough!

This sole wish fulfilled, even if there were a battle at this moment, dying would be without regrets.

Wiping his eyes, he stepped forward to Chen Xuan, giving his shoulder a hard pat, "Good lad, you’ve truly grown."

Chen Xiu’s face showed a gratified smile.

Now he undoubtedly knew, all of this was because of this lad.

Unexpectedly, he could now get Zhou Yi to make a move.

Truly impressive.

Heaven has indeed not treated him badly.

"If it weren’t for your gift of the cultivation technique, I wouldn’t be who I am today."

Chen Xuan steadied his excited heart, smiling as he spoke.

"You rascal! I still remember back then you were so naive, understanding nothing at all."

"Now you’ve finally grown up and can handle things on your own."

Chen Xiu patted his head, genuinely happy for him like a grandfather.

"People, after all, need to grow up, right?"

"You’re not bad yourself, already Third Grade!"

Feeling the abundant spiritual power within him, he also felt happy for him.

Seriously injured, not only did he not die, but he cultivated to Third Grade.

"Alright, the two of us don’t need to flatter each other anymore. No matter how impressive I am, I can’t compare to you now. But no matter how impressive you become, I can still beat you!"

"Of course, of course!"

Chen Xuan quickly agreed.

"Come, accompany this old man to drink. Today let’s not return until we’re drunk."

Saying that, he dragged him out of the main hall.

After the two left, Zhou Yi returned to the main hall, and not just him, Zhou Zheng also appeared at this time.

"Didn’t expect their relationship to be like this."

"Hmm!"

"Chen Xiu is from the Red Flame Sect, should we use this connection to win over Chen Xuan?"

Just earlier, Zhou Zheng told him that Chen Xuan should be at the Six to Seven Layers of Purity, which truly shocked him.

In just a mere year, such significant progress.

One should know, at the High-Layer of Purity, breaking through each layer is exceedingly difficult, almost like climbing to the sky. Even he has been stuck at Four Layers of Purity for several years.

Is this what a genius is?

For him, each layer’s gap seemed nonexistent.

"No need, just let things take their course. If we try too hard, it will backfire instead."

Zhou Zheng said lightly.

For a person like Chen Xuan, only family ties could truly affect him.

Conversely, such things seemed dispensable to him.

At this moment, he looked somewhat dazed, gazing outside the great hall.

He was startled when he sensed Chen Xuan just now.

At least the Sixth Layer of Purity!

Why was it so fast?

Even after cultivating beside the Shimmering Golden Phoenix for a year, he was only at the Sixth Layer of Purity.

Where exactly lay the difference?

...

In a private room of a tavern.

Today, Chen Xuan and Chen Xiu were drinking the strongest liquor to celebrate their reunion.

At this moment, both of them were flushed and red-eared.

"All these years, I still regret it, snatching a worthless cultivation technique and getting badly injured by those bastards from the Inspectorate!"

After a swig of liquor, Chen Xiu cursed and swore.

"Thinking back now, if it weren’t for that incident, I wouldn’t have met you; it’s like a blessing in disguise."

"You’ve become First Grade now and even managed to summon Regent King Zhou Yi, while I’ve reached Third Grade! Quite a gain!"

At this, he took another swig of strong liquor.

"Back then, you were already Fourth Grade, why did you still want to snatch a Fourth-Grade cultivation technique?"

Chen Xuan was quite puzzled by this.

The Nine Revolutions Secret Technique was decent, but it was only Fourth Grade. If it weren’t for his system that could evolve it, he might have already switched techniques.

"Thinking about this pisses me off. The initial leaked info said the technique was Third Grade, who knew when I started cultivating it, it turned out to be a Fourth-Grade technique. Damn it, thinking about it now, it was definitely the Inspectorate bastards who released that info on purpose."

"Just to bait someone!"

"In the end, I took the bait!"

"Bang!"

Chen Xiu slammed the table fiercely, venting his pent-up anger.

"Do you know who those Inspectorate people were back then?"

"Why? You want to avenge me? Forget it, forget it; so many years have passed. Besides, if not for them, I wouldn’t have met you, knowing how impressive you are now, let them be spared!"

Chen Xiu said this because he didn’t want to bring trouble to Chen Xuan.

After all, it was the Inspectorate; even though he was First Grade now, he couldn’t best them.

Just as Chen Xuan wanted to ask more, he was interrupted, "Let’s drink, no more talking about this, it’s all old news, nothing worth mentioning!"

Seeing this,

Chen Xuan resignedly began to drink. If he had known, he wouldn’t have kept it hidden; now, even if he spoke, the old man might not believe him.

Never mind, he’d find a chance to ask again later!

"Right, tomorrow, you must accompany me to the military camp to meet the Sect Leader and others. If it weren’t for the Sect Leader, I wouldn’t be alive today!"

"Sure!"

Of course, Chen Xuan wouldn’t refuse.

Just the fact that the Sect Leader saved the old man’s life was enough.

"Hehe, this time I can boast about bringing up a First-Grade expert for the Sect! None of them can compare to me! Hahaha....."

A proud Chen Xiu continued drinking.

"By the way, uncle, what’s our Sect’s name?"

They kept mentioning the Sect, but until now Chen Xuan still didn’t know its name.

"Heh, blame me; I got too excited and forgot to tell you!" Chen Xiu slapped his forehead, instantly embarrassed.

So he said, "Our Sect is called the Red Flame Sect, kind of on the lower tier of the second-rate. The Sect Leader is a Second-Grade expert; back when the Inspectorate purged the Great Xia Sect, only a small group escaped to the wilderness!"

"Later, with the emergence of the rebels and the current Great Zhou, the Sect Leader and others returned, joining Great Zhou. I happened to come across them at that time!"

It seemed fate didn’t intend for him to die.

"Oh yeah, when you go, keep a low profile. Even though you’re a First-Grade expert, those people are your elders, and including the Sect Leader, they’ve endured much hardship to keep the Red Flame Sect alive over these years!"

Chen Xiu instructed, sentence by sentence.

To this, Chen Xuan nodded and agreed immediately, as long as it made the old man happy, these were minor matters.

Thus the two of them drank and shared their stories from these past few years.

When the old man spoke, Chen Xuan listened, nodded, then poured him wine.

Conversely, when Chen Xuan spoke, the old man looked at him with eyes full of gratification.

Until dawn.

The two used Spiritual Power to dispel the effects of the alcohol.

"Let’s go, follow me to the military camp! Right, there’s an old acquaintance of yours there too!" The old man feigned a mysterious tone.

Chen Xuan, however, smiled slightly, evidently having already guessed who it was.

But he didn’t reveal it.

Since the old man wanted to play it out, of course, Chen Xuan would indulge him.

...

The military camp of Great Zhou was situated outside Donghuang Commandery’s city.

At this moment, inside a white tent.

"Sect Leader, Xiu Chen has been taken away for a day and a night now; should we go find out what’s happening!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man in blue was full of anxiety.

They of the Red Flame Sect were down to merely a dozen people now, and truly couldn’t afford any losses.

That’s why he thought of asking the Sect Leader to inquire; even if there was some issue, they could plead for leniency, given the Red Flame Sect had always been devoted, minor issues could be resolved simply.

At the very least, keep him alive.

Zhu Yun showed a troubled expression; it wasn’t that he was unwilling to go, he just wasn’t sure why Xiu Chen was taken, and the Red Flame Sect couldn’t withstand any upheaval now.

For anything he did, he must tread carefully.

Otherwise, should anything go wrong, the Red Flame Sect would truly be wiped out.

In that case, he would have no face to meet the ancestors of the Red Flame Sect.

"Sigh, let’s wait a bit longer; if there’s still no news by tomorrow, I’ll go inquire!"

This was the sorrow of a small Sect.

So powerless, always treading on thin ice everywhere!