Chapter 2 (2/2)
Long Chen was about ask more about the Long Ji Continent, but upon seeing Long Qinglan’s hand limply fall, his heart entered a state of panic, and quickly held onto Long Qinglan.
Although his eyes were still open, and his face was graced with a smile, Long Chen discovered that his father had already lost all signs of life. This time around, he was truly dead.
Long Chen was having a mental breakdown.
Just a day ago, if Long Qinglan died, he could have accepted it, but now when he had longed to travel with the old devil to a far away place, and live a happy, unrestrained life, he was suddenly left behind alone……
Long Chen bowed his head in sorrow.
“You better listen to me carefully, if you miss a thing, I will turn into a ghost and make you unable to produce any heirs.”
“I am not a good father, and I did not bear any responsibilities that a father should have.”
“In this cruel world, your strength is everything; a man without strength is the equivalent to a dog!”
“After my death, I wish for you to become strong, to set that as your life’s goal.”
His words, echoed repeatedly in Long Chen’s ears.
Long Chen would have never expected that he will one day be able to experience such a painful parting. He formerly thought that he had long lost his conscience, but this painful feeling right now, from where does it come from?
After waiting until deep into the night, and confirming that he will not wake again, only then did Long Chen lower him into the grave.
Looking down upon the gaunt face in the grave, Long Chen silently clenched his fists.
“……”
“Old man, of all the things you have said to me, I will remember everything clearly, and will act accordingly. The few things you have entrusted to me, even if I become crippled, I will carry them out. As for the changing of my surname, I have already done so, the task of the [Seal of the Dragons], I will slowly accomplish, the matter of becoming strong, cannot be done in a day either. And……”
He recalled the request that Long Qinglan asked of him, to remove the jade shaped pendant from his dantian.
He is already dead, if I desecrate his corpse; this would be a grave sin……”
Upon thinking of this, he wanted to give up, but then he immediately changed his mind.
“No, that’s not right, this old devil said that the Dragon Jade was tormenting him, and he also told me this repeatedly. This jade may have some profound mysteries.”
Long Chen is not a sentimental person, and upon thinking of this, he took out a dagger, glanced at Long Qinglan once more, took a deep breath, and broke through his dantian.
Sure enough, there appeared a piece of black jade pendant.
Long Chen placed the jade pendant onto the ground, then covered Long Qinglan’s body with mud and dirt, erected a gravestone, and after paying his respects, sat off to the side, looking at the strange jade piece that lie on his hand.
This was the Dragon Jade that Long Qinglan mentioned.
“So it was you that sucked him dry of all his essential Qi and ruined his life?”
The Mysterious Dragon Jade was a dragon shaped piece of jade, with numerous strange lines forming a pattern on it. The entire piece of jade was black; the material seemed ordinary, if a bit old. Long Chen could not imagine how this thing could torment Long Qinglan his entire life.
At this time it was already dark, the moonlight gently illuminated the scene, and mist gradually permeated through the woods. The Dragon Jade in Long Chen’s hands began to emit a hazy light, and then suddenly disappeared, much to the surprise and shock of Long Chen.
“What just happened?”
Still not fully recovered, Long Chen felt a roaring sound inside his head, and found that his consciousness appeared in the midst of an expanse of grey fog. The mist unceasingly rolled forward, moving along with the billowing wind. Long Chen lost all sense of orientation, and could only look around in all directions in bewilderment.
“This was exactly as described in the book, the sea of consciousness houses and hides the soul, but only once one becomes a martial warrior, and opens up his mind, can he see this sea, so what exactly is going on?”
He was secretly shocked, Long Chen continuously traveled within this sea of consciousness, but he felt that even if he ran forever, it would be impossible to escape from this endless sea of fog. At this moment, Long Chen saw that ancient black piece of dragon shaped jade appear, suspended before his eyes and exuding an obscure light.
Long Chen’s eyes were filled with surprise and disbelief.
“For this Dragon Jade to appear in my consciousness, would it be to suck away my vital Qi?”
Long Chen was shocked.
“No, that couldn’t be it. Fundamentally, I do not possess any vital Qi, it wouldn’t be here to absorb my fart, would it?”
Just at this moment, a potent force surged out from the Dragon Jade, and crossing between the boundaries of flesh and soul, appeared inside of Long Chen’s dantian.
This vigorous reserve of heat made Long Chen’s body feel entirely refreshed.
“Qi?”