: Seize the Day, Say Goodbye to Today

"See? I told you Brother Lu was here, but you didn't believe me."

Zhang Tie's loud voice broke the silence on the summit, tinged with a hint of smugness.

Two figures were approaching him.

Lu Jianghe opened his eyes, calmed his mind, and channeled the last bit of spiritual energy he had drawn in through breathing into his acupoints.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Han Li followed behind, looking like he thought, "You're right about everything."

Lu Jianghe stood up, his gaze passing over Zhang Tie before landing on Han Li.

His faint aura had become much more solid than when they first met.

Clearly, it's because of practicing that Everlasting Spring Technique.

The two stopped about ten feet away.

"What's up?"

Lu Jianghe always spoke concisely and to the point.

Just like when we first met, he was aloof, or perhaps you could say he was a bit cold and unapproachable.

Anyway, Zhang Tie and Han Li were already used to each other's personality and knew that the other party didn't like to beat around the bush.

Han Li scratched his head, unsure how to put it; it seemed like a minor matter.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhang Tie chuckled and said, "It's nothing, Han Li just found a small bottle that he couldn't open, and neither could I. It felt very strange, so I thought I'd ask you, Brother Lu, to take a look."

As he said this, he nudged Han Li with his elbow, indicating that he should take it out.

The latter looked slightly embarrassed, and pulled out a small, palm-sized, bright green bottle from his pocket, his tone a little apologetic.

"Brother Lu, this is it."

Han Li felt it was really inappropriate to bother Lu Jianghe over such a trivial matter.

After all, in his mind, the other party's status and importance were already no less than that of Doctor Mo.

Almost instantly, the two of them saw Lu Jianghe in front of them momentarily dazed.

In their eyes, it suddenly seemed to become as majestic as a mountain, or as deep as the ocean.

I am as insignificant as a mustard seed.

A strange sense of suffocation arose, only to vanish in an instant.

"I can't open it either."

Lu Jianghe's tone was neither sad nor happy, like a gentle breeze brushing across the water.

In reality, when the little green bottle was taken out, Lu Jianghe's state of mind was far from as calm and composed as he appeared.

To the naked eye, the bottle looks just like any other ordinary object.

However, when he used his divine sense...

A pale golden light, like flowing water forming a ring, slowly swirled backwards on the bottle.

The scene was only glimpsed briefly.

It was as if what I had just felt was an illusion.

Lu Jianghe couldn't say for sure what it was exactly.

However, he can probably guess.

A short span of time?

It doesn't seem that simple...

Although Lu Jianghe did not hold it in his hand to examine it carefully.

But if he says it can't be opened, then it definitely can't be opened.

Han Li asked tentatively, "Then... Brother Lu, do you know what this is?"

Lu Jianghe shook his head slightly.

He looked at Han Li, and the opening lines seemed to echo in his ears—"Seize your youth, bid farewell to the mundane, and seek freedom..."

Han Li carefully put the small bottle back into his bosom. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked the question that had been lingering in his heart for a long time.

"Brother Lu, why do you always have that indifferent look on your face?"

Lu Jianghe cast his gaze toward the distant layered mountains and misty clouds, "because the people and scenery of the world that can catch my eye are few and far between."

Having experienced the struggle of the thirteenth, and then giving up everything in the final battle in the desolate wilderness where half the world was lost.

He had witnessed far too many magnificent events, and was accustomed to seeing people die heroically and the world turned upside down.

If there were other options.

How could Lu Jianghe be content to sit and wait for the Dao to vanish at the Sword Qi Great Wall?

How could he not want to go to the fifth world?

Unfortunately, the lives of sword cultivators in the upper five realms are no longer in their own hands.

Zhang Tie, standing to the side, didn't quite understand the deeper meaning of the words, but he felt they were very profound.

"Hehe, if only I were half as good as Brother Lu!"

After confirming the existence of the small green bottle.

Lu Jianghe had no reason to stay any longer.

I originally intended to leave immediately.

After thinking for a moment, he finally spoke.

"I'm leaving."

Zhang Tie didn't understand the meaning behind the words, and instead asked when he would be back.

Han Li's heart skipped a beat.

Are you leaving?

A sense of loss welled up inside me.

Will you come back in the future?

Lu Jianghe looked at Han Li, the boy's eyes slightly red.

After Han Li embarked on the path of cultivation and experienced various events,

Instead, it will be someone whose temperament becomes increasingly hardened and cold, who weighs the pros and cons of everything.

Past friendships, even momentary good and evil, seem as insignificant as a feather in the face of the terror of life and death.

All choices will ultimately point to that one core principle: self-interest and longevity.

Such a tender and pure expression of emotion is probably hard to find again.

"See you again someday."

Lu Jianghe, unusually smiling, turned and left.

Zhang Tie's honest smile froze, his mouth agape as he stared blankly at the departing figure.

"Han Li, what happened to Brother Lu?..."

"He left the Seven Mysteries Sect. Perhaps he was never meant to be here."

Han Li's voice was very soft, almost carried away by the mountain wind.

Lu Jianghe returned to his residence, took a sheathed sword, and nothing else.

With everything within reach destroyed and no storage space available, moving around is indeed quite inconvenient.

Although his spiritual energy reserves were no longer as abundant as those of an immortal, his cultivation level at the Dragon Gate Realm was more than enough to support his flight.

He did not go to Jiayuan City; he had no interest in the trivialities and disturbances of the mortal realm.

During his year in Shenshou Valley, Mo Juren had thoroughly read through all the records about geography and local customs in his collection of books, and had gained a basic understanding of the general situation of the thirteen prefectures of Yue Kingdom.

The book makes no mention whatsoever of cultivating immortality.

Therefore, Tainan Mountain, which is the closest to it, became his only choice.

Just as Han Li and Zhang Tie were descending the mountain, they suddenly saw a faint, almost imperceptible stream of light, like a line of water rising abruptly from the valley. Without stopping, it headed southwest and quickly turned into a tiny point of light.

Han Li subconsciously rubbed his eyes, then looked again. The sky was clear and blue.

It was as if what I had just seen was merely an illusion caused by the mountain mist.

"What's wrong, Han Li?"

Seeing him stop and look up at the sky, Zhang Tie asked him a question.

"It's nothing."

Han Li withdrew his gaze, suppressed the inexplicable tremor in his heart, and shook his head.

"Perhaps I'm seeing things. Let's go."

In the first few days, Lu Jianghe's disappearance did not cause much of a stir.

However, as time went by, he disappeared without a trace, which gradually aroused the vigilance of the higher-ups of the Seven Mysteries Sect.

Mo Juren happened to be away from the valley at that time.

Sect Leader Wang immediately ordered a large number of disciples, led by hall masters and elders, to search almost all the mountains and forests near Divine Hand Valley, but they still could not find any trace.

Unable to find the missing person, Sect Leader Wang was furious, convinced that this was a provocation by the Wild Wolf Gang.

This disappearance directly led to a massive conflict between the Seven Mysteries Sect and the Wild Wolf Gang, far exceeding any previous conflict, resulting in over a hundred casualties on both sides.

Han Li and Zhang Tie both knew the truth, but they chose to remain silent.

I fear this matter is too serious, and speaking out rashly might bring trouble, questions, or even disaster.

After this battle...

Perhaps it's due to the personnel shortage caused by the loss of disciples within the sect.

Li Feiyu passed the test easily and successfully became an inner disciple of the Seven Mysteries Sect.