The two embraced each other in a warm and touching silence.
Ji Lanchu obviously lost weight. She got into Gu Chen's arms like a frightened rabbit and hugged him tightly.
The two haven't seen each other for nearly a year, and so many things have happened in this year!
The Manchus, the royal family of China, were wiped out, and all of Lan Chu's relatives, including his father and brother, died.
Gu Chen didn't know how Lan Chu spent this year, but not only did she have to bear the pain of losing her loved ones, she also had to avoid being pursued by her enemies. You can imagine how difficult it was to live.
Gu Chen also experienced years of running around, so he felt even more sorry for Ji Lanchu.
He hugged her, hoping to give her enough comfort.
"Gu Chen, my father is dead, my mother is dead, and my brother is dead..."
Ji Lanchu's tears couldn't be held back anymore and she choked with sobs.
Over the past year, she had been trying hard to pretend to be strong. Even the night she fled Luoyang, she still held back her tears.
She didn't want to show weakness or make her enemies feel happy about it.
She thought she was strong enough, but when she came to the White Whale Mansion after many twists and turns and saw Gu Chen, she still couldn't help crying.
Just like a child only dares to cry loudly when he is around his relatives, to her, Gu Chen is just a little bit of warmth in the dark world. When he is by his side, she no longer wants to pretend, she just wants to cry as much as she wants.
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"I know, you still have me."
Gu Chen said softly. When Ji Lan heard his gentle and magnetic voice for the first time, she cried even harder, her pear blossoms dripping with rain.
She cried in his arms for a long time, and in the end she fell asleep directly. This shows how tired she was from holding on for this period of time.
Gu Chen carried Lan Chu to his room, gently placed her on the bed, and carefully covered her with a quilt as she fell asleep, fearing to wake her up.
He originally wanted to leave the room, but found that Lan Chu was holding his hand tightly in his sleep, fearing that he would lose it.
Gu Chen sighed, feeling even more distressed, and stayed with her silently for a long time.
After she fell into a deep sleep, Gu Chen quietly let go of her hand and walked out of the room.
"Lao Niu has met his master!"
Qingniu outside the house had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw Gu Chen, he suddenly said excitedly.
It came with Ji Lanchu and was very excited to see Gu Chen, but seeing the deep love between the two of them, it didn't dare to disturb him. It didn't dare to talk to Gu Chen until now.
"Thank you for saving her."
Gu Chen said gratefully.
When Huangfu Wuji rebelled, if Qing Niu hadn't rescued Lan Chu in time, he might never have seen her again and would have left a lifetime of regrets.
The green ox had done him a great favor, and he knew exactly what it wanted.
The other party once wanted to be loyal to him, but at that time it had just turned its back on Huangfu Qingming, and it was difficult for Gu Chen to trust it.
However, it saved Lan Chu from the Huangfu family, and protected her from running around for the past year, which is enough to prove its sincerity.
"You can stay here from now on." Gu Chen said.
"Thank you, master, thank you master!"
When Qing Niu heard this, he was so excited that he almost raised his head to the sky and howled.
Gu Chen glared at it and signaled it not to wake Lan Chu, and it quickly calmed down.
"Tell me what happened this year."
Gu Chen took Qing Niu away from the residence, and then asked.
Qingniu soon told the truth about what happened in the past year.
The specific process was not much different from Gu Chen's imagination. Qing Niu rescued Ji Lanchu from under the eyes of Huangfu's family, but was subsequently hunted down continuously.
Fortunately, it is indeed very capable and has saved the day from danger many times, but it still doesn't know where to go.
The reason why it rescued Ji Lan was to express its loyalty to Gu Chen, but at that time Gu Chen was trapped in the body of the beluga, and the world heard that he was dead, so it and Ji Lan almost gave up hope.
It wasn't until Gu Chen made a comeback during the enthronement ceremony and they found out about it that they regained hope and wanted to find him.
However, Gu Chen was wanted across the continent and his whereabouts were elusive. They went through many twists and turns but could never find him.
Later, the Jiang family's orderlies arrived. They learned about Gu Chen's plan and came east from Kyushu, thinking that he was most likely to appear here.
"The master became the Emperor of Heaven and destroyed the Hades Palace. In recent days, his reputation has spread throughout the nine states, and everyone is talking about it. We learned that the master's army was in the White Whale Mansion, so we secretly crossed the border of Youzhou and finally arrived
Here, I found my master."
"My master doesn't know that there are now three million troops stationed in Youzhou. It is really difficult to cross the border."
"Princess Lanchu suffered a lot along the way. She is really a strong woman."
Qing Niu sighed with emotion.
"Thank you so much for your hard work."
Gu Chen said sincerely that Lan Chu and Qing Niu's experience over the past year was more tortuous than he imagined, but fortunately they were by his side now.
"By the way, Master, we met Jiang Yu when we were in Youzhou, and he told us the safest way to cross the border."
Qingniu said.
"Oh? Brother Jiang, is there any harvest there?"
Gu Chen's heart moved. It stands to reason that Jiang Yu, the prophet, would be the most efficient in finding Samsara Sanren.
However, now that he has completed the first two most difficult steps in the plan, Jiang Yu has never brought back good news, which makes him always worried.
"Is Jiang Yu looking for someone under the orders of the master? He asked me to tell the master that the person you are looking for is somewhat special. He has used divination countless times to deduce the location of the person, but the information he got is always confusing."
"Because others haven't found it yet, I don't have the nerve to come see the owner and will continue to search."
Gu Chen frowned when he heard this. Samsara Sanren searched twice but couldn't find it. He didn't expect that even the mainland's No. 1 Life Master failed to find it for so long. What happened?
"Brother Jiang, why are you doing this? If you can't find him, come back first. I need him here right now." Gu Chen shook his head.
The allied forces of the five tribes are about to start a war with Huangfu Wuji. Now both sides are urgently preparing for war, but what Gu Chen lacks most is a think tank.
Jiang Yu is extremely smart and proficient in fate. He is the most suitable candidate for Gu Chen's military advisor. It is much more useful for him to be here at this time than to find Samsara Sanren.
"Although that kid Jiang Yu is young, his talent in destiny is really outstanding. According to Lao Niu, he has more potential than any previous generation of prophets in the Jiang family. He has arrogance in his bones, probably because he is unwilling to return empty-handed and let his master
Are you disappointed?"
Qing Niu said, and then added, "Although he hasn't come back yet, he found Lao Niu. In addition to telling Lao Niu how to cross the border to the White Whale Mansion, he also asked me to bring him a tips bag."
"Oh? What tips?" Gu Chen asked in surprise.
Qingniu blinked, and a small kit suddenly floated in mid-air.
"Jiang Yu said that the items in the kit can help Master win your first battle."
Gu Chen was very interested when he heard this, so he couldn't help but open the bag and found that there was only a note inside.
There were only four words written on the note: "Thousand Refining Holy Sect". When Gu Chen saw this, his pupils wavered slightly and he fell into deep thought.
