Chapter 795 – The Starry Sky and Girls (I) (2/2)

Luo Bu raised the wine pot in his hand, pointing at the distant north, seemingly out of respect, but also as if making an offering.

Chen Changsheng knew what he was speaking of. Back when he was traveling with Su Li across the snowy plains back to the south, on the first few nights, he would occasionally see that disc of light in the north. Moreover, in the Orthodox Academy, the taciturn Zhexiu had spoken of it to them several times.

Besides the river of stars in the south, the night sky there also contained a bright celestial body.

The legendary Moon of the Demon race.

Drinking wine was a leisurely affair, and so the content of their chat was naturally idle gossip. Starting with the Moon of the demons, they talked about the forbidding aura of Xuelao City, the terrifying abyss, the decadent and crazed inclination towards art that the demon nobility had, the green gems on the Demon Commander's armor, and then about the conservatism and dullness of the Great Western Continent.

Luo Bu was the one speaking the vast majority of time, with Chen Changsheng occasionally responding with a sentence or two.

In this chat, Luo Bu revealed his unimaginable experience, his words containing a vast expanse of rivers and mountains and tens of thousands of years.

If Chen Changsheng had not become well-versed in the Daoist Canon as a child and also traversed tens of thousands of li, he would have found it utterly impossible to respond.

But it was precisely because he was well-versed in the Daoist Canon and had traversed tens of thousands of li that, though he was not skilled at speaking, he could occasionally offer a few sentences, discuss a few things.

Geniuses often wanted not for friends, but for someone that could understand the meaning behind their words.

Perhaps it was for this reason that this chat over wine proceeded very happily, with both Luo Bu and Chen Changsheng finding the experience very pleasant.

As their chat lengthened, its scope broadened and it became more profound. The more Chen Changsheng heard, the more he admired Luo Bu. Luo Bu was like a pool of clear water, seemingly unremarkable, yet with unfathomable depths. Was there anything in the world that he did not know?

Just who was this heavily-bearded young officer?

The more Chen Changsheng thought, the more he felt that this person was truly extraordinary, both his experience and his elegant bearing incredibly enchanting.

When Luo Bu began to recount the five mistakes Emperor Taizong and Wang Zhice made on the second northern expedition of the Great Zhou cavalry, Chen Changsheng could not help but consider all the extraordinary individuals he had met in his life. He realize that no one, not Gou Hanshi, or Zhexiu, or Tang Tang, or Su Moyu, matched up to this person.

He even felt that Senior Su Li was inferior to this person in certain aspects.

No matter how much a person like Luo Bu could make merry with soldiers, in such a remote horse farm, how could he not feel dejected or lonely?

If he was not, why he was sitting by his lonesome, far from the bonfires and under the stars, and then chatting for so long with him?

The more he thought, the more Chen Changsheng felt that he could not allow Luo Bu to remain in Sloping Cliff Horse Farm, that he should have him go to the Mount Song Army headquarters.

Luo Bu saw his hesitant expression and guessed what he was thinking. Smiling, he said, ”The demons have already retreated; what's the use in my going to the Mount Song Army headquarters now?”

Chen Changsheng replied, ”There will come a day when the demons return.”

A streak of admiration appeared in Luo Bu's eyes as he said, ”In these past few years, there aren't very many people as clear-minded as you, but…I still will not go to the Mount Song Army headquarters. After a few days, I'll send you off to the Mount Song Army headquarters, and then I will take my leave of this place.”

Chen Changsheng asked in concern, ”Where are you going?”

Luo Bu replied, ”Returning to the mountain.”

Chen Changsheng wanted to invite him off the mountain.

But he had begun yearning for that mountain.

Of course, he had always been yearning for that girl on the other mountain.

Chen Changsheng had been spending more than two years doing the same.

It was truly easy to infect others with the emotion that was yearning. There was no need to speak, no need to see each other's eyes.

The stream bank fell quiet once more. For a very long time, neither of them spoke. As they gazed at the barely discernible moonlight in the plains of the north, they silently yearned.

After some time, Luo Bu turned to Chen Changsheng and asked, ”Do you also have a girl that you like?”