The bottom of the dragon valley, the wooden house and the courtyard.

Luo Chuan sat on a very comfortable wooden chair in front of the wooden house, looking at the middle-aged man in front of him skillfully killing fish and making fire without saying a word. In a short while, he processed the two clear scales of green fish, marinated them first and then fryed them, and simmered them slowly over low heat. When the pot was covered, the fragrance of the fish had already spread slightly with the onion and ginger seasoning.

The middle-aged man then took the rag on the stove and wiped his hands. He took a chair and sat opposite Luochuan. He asked with a smile, "You said your surname was Luo, but who is Luo Tianen, the prefect of Lijun?"

Luo Chuan stood up and saluted and said respectfully, "My younger generation Luo Chuan is the eldest son of Luo Tianen, the prefect of Li County. He has lived in the capital for a long time and has been able to return to Li County recently."

"Oh?" the middle-aged man looked at Luo Chuan in surprise and asked, "Sometimes, no one has come to talk to me about the outside. Could it be that the young prefect of Lijun...?" He looked at Luo Chuan and smiled embarrassedly, and waved his hand to signal him to sit down, "You know, since you are a proton, you shouldn't be allowed to return home except for such a thing."

Luo Chuan sighed and shook his head, "My father is still alive," he sat down again, "Senior, what happened this year is too amazing, and many things are only heard from others. Simply put, Lu Zu passed away, and then the Emperor's Majesty passed away. His Highness the Crown Prince was too sad and followed His Majesty. The Empress, the Queen, who is now the Queen Mother, gave a group of hosts to return home... Then..." He looked at the middle-aged man who gradually lost his smile on his face and said quickly, "Then the four barbarians were moving, and the big monster flew to Zhongzhou. Some time ago, I heard that the Beiyi had already captured Shanbei County, and tens of thousands of human races in the border town were brutally slaughtered...!"

He stared at every change in the face of the middle-aged man in front of him, and stopped talking when he said this.

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, then smiled calmly again and looked at Luo Chuan, "What are the things that the Cangyan leader sent you to tell me?"

Luo Chuan shook his head and then looked at the valley. The sky gradually became darker. The valley, which was as beautiful as a fairyland during the day, became a little desolate. He turned around and looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Senior, are you the only one living in this valley?"

"Isn't it just me alone?" The middle-aged man laughed and pushed the back of the wooden chair, supporting it with only two hind legs of the chair. He raised his legs and shook his ankles. "Don't worry, the person who the sect leader Cangyan asked you to pass the message must be me," he pointed to the direction of the mountain road when Luochuan came. "Here, wasn't it just coming from there? There is only one road on all sides of this valley, and that road can only lead to this place, and I am the only one in this place, so I can't make a mistake."

"Senior, you..." Luo Chuan hesitated but did not ask the question, but reposted, "The real person of the Cangyan Sword Sect asked me to say three words to my senior - 'Di Tiantai'."

"Di Tiantai?" The middle-aged man rolled his eyes, reached out to scratch his scalp and smiled, "This old guy, after so many years, he still has this mysterious style. He naturally knew that since I have been in this valley for so many years, I will not leave without breaking the upper three realms. So since you are the son of the Lijun Prefect's family, it doesn't matter what nonsense you say. What's important is..." He pointed at Luo Chuan and smiled, "Let you enter this valley itself!"

Luo Chuan lowered his head and thought for a while, raised his head and asked directly, "Senior, since there is no one in this valley to guard the Cangyan Sword Sect, even if there is any mystery in that valley path, the magical powers of the previous generations can naturally fly with swords. Why... can't you leave?"

"Can't you leave?" the middle-aged man spat, "You said I can't leave? I just don't want to," and there was a hint of disdain in his unrestrained voice. "Since you said those words to me, you naturally know my identity. In fact, there is nothing wrong with saying. It's just a former prince. At that time, there were naturally a few bastards who designed me to walk into this valley, but the moment I entered this valley, I understood that if I wanted to reach the peak of my cultivation, I could only be in this valley..."

Luo Chuan was shocked in an instant. The middle-aged man seemed to be missing something. "At that time, there was an old thing living in this valley, but now it is dead. I took him the body and burned it into the lake according to his ideas. It was fine to die completely," he sighed and looked at Luo Chuan and smiled. "The world only says that this valley has evil nature. No matter if the prince and the prince enter the valley, they don't want to leave. But in fact, they don't know that it's not that there is something trapping us in this valley, but that there is a unique blessing inseparable from you and me in this valley. This blessing is only for people like you and me..."

A flash of lightning flashed in Luochuan's heart, and a thought passed by quickly.

The middle-aged man looked at Luo Chuan's expression and smiled and continued, "Looking at your appearance, I have some experience when you enter the valley," he said as if he was recalling, "People born noble people like you and me are mostly ordinary innate, just like being born for a lifetime, and then closing a window when they open a door. But here, my realm is a thousand miles a day. At first, I only thought I had found a place to be incompatible with cultivation. Until I left the middle, I found that once I left here, the energy I cultivated here would be like a bamboo basket filled with water......"

Luo Chuan was extremely shocked, but he just frowned slightly on the surface.

"I have to come back from then on. Then, every time I break through the realm, I will leave the valley for one day. As the old thing said, the higher the realm, the stronger the control over the leakage of true qi in my body. I probably entered the upper three realms. In terms of its realm and characteristics, there will be no such disaster when I come out of this valley again," the middle-aged man sighed with a smile, "The way of heaven is as exquisite as this..."

"That senior..." Luo Chuan hesitated without speaking.

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. When I arrive in this valley, I am my own people. You say that I usually talk too much to those little guys who send things to Cangyan Sword Sect like today?" The middle-aged man curled his lips and still smiled naturally. "The old guy told me that this valley is actually a lineage and can be a part of it for hundreds of years. I originally thought this was too nonsense, but after staying here for a long time, the bond with this valley became deeper and deeper, so I really agreed with his idea little by little. If we were not for this bond, we might have to plot against each other until we left this valley, but since we came here, we would have put down those things."

"Senior is willing to give up...the position of emperor for the sake of the opportunity in this valley?" Luo Chuan asked.

"The position of emperor?" the middle-aged man sneered, "I am the prince of the Dading Emperor's family, but when it comes to real power, even if Lu Zu was still there, how much can I control the world after I ascend the throne? It is really limited to the prefects of some strong counties, not to mention..." He seemed to recall some unbearable things, waved his hand hard and said impatiently, "Since you are a 'big young master', then you naturally have brothers, how can you not understand? I am not very interested in the throne, otherwise how could I be easily plotted by them, it's just... boring..."

"I think...If I had been the emperor at the beginning and now I died in Zhongjing City, my son and I would have been..."
Chapter completed!