Chapter 60

The 'Yin Crystal Stone' is the most basic crystal among the Yin-attribute heavenly treasures, sufficient to replace the 'Millennium Sunken Pine Wood' and 'Sea Stone'. With the Yin Crystal Stone, the materials needed for Chen Fan's Cloud Mountain Formation would be basically complete. A perfect Cloud Mountain Formation would allow him to cultivate to the Tongxuan stage in a short period of time.

What is Tongxuan? Once one enters the Tongxuan stage, supernatural powers naturally arise!

After reaching the Tongxuan stage, even a martial arts grandmaster could be casually killed! In this modern society, as long as one does not clash directly with the military, few could pose a threat to him. At that time, Chen Fan would barely be fearless of anyone, possessing the ability to protect his loved ones.

"Your sect is in Zhongzhou Province, Dongdu City?" Chen Fan looked at Master Wu.

"Yes, yes." Master Wu nodded in fear.

Chen Fan nodded slightly. Since that was the case, there was no time to waste. He would return to Chuzhou to settle some matters and then set off for Zhongzhou.

Seeing Chen Fan stand up,

Xu Ao and the others were surprised but did not dare to stop him.

As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw a woman in a green robe standing by the door, smiling gently, with a middle-aged man following behind her.

"Lu Family, Lu Yanwu, pays respects to Master Chen."

The woman in the green robe slightly bent her knee, bowing gracefully, like a lady from ancient times.

Chen Fan casually nodded and walked past her. At that moment, he was only thinking about the Yin Crystal Stone and paid no attention to anything else. Lu Yanwu was left standing there, her face turning red and white. As the direct daughter of the Lu Family, when had she ever been ignored like this?

Even the sons of noble families and powerful clans would give the Lu Family some face when they saw her.

Not to mention her unparalleled beauty, which had made countless outstanding young men fall for her.

Her uncle consoled her, "Miss, don't take it to heart."

"Mr. Chen, at such a young age, has won the title of grandmaster. He must be a proud and ambitious person. Such people can only be dealt with gradually."

Lu Yanwu pondered for a moment and could only huff lightly.

The more one comes from a martial arts family, the more they understand the terror of a grandmaster.

Ye Nantian's might in the northern military realm had suppressed many powerful families and noble clans. Chen Fan, at just sixteen or seventeen, was a young grandmaster with a future that might not be inferior to Ye Nantian.

Chen Fan did not know that they had mistaken the Vajra Mantra for a grandmaster's protective true qi, believing him to be a rare martial arts grandmaster.

But even if it was a misunderstanding, what did it matter? With Chen Fan's current abilities, even a real grandmaster might not be his match.

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Chuzhou, the Cloudy Mountain Villa Complex, halfway up the mountain.

Jiang Churan, with an uncertain mind, walked over and saw Chen Fan standing with his hands behind his back, gazing at the surging sea of clouds.

She was slightly taken aback and then asked, "You called me over, is there something you need?"

"I need to leave Chuzhou for a while. Please help me explain to Aunt Tang." Chen Fan said calmly.

"You're leaving?" Jiang Churan was startled and quickly asked, "Where are you going? For how long?"

"To Zhongzhou Province, Dongdu City! It could be one or two months, or three or four months." Chen Fan continued.

Hearing this, Jiang Churan felt a surge of anger in her heart.

"Zhongzhou Dongdu? What are you going there for? And for more than three months, won't you be back only around the New Year?"

The more she spoke, the angrier she became: "Your mother sent you to Chuzhou to study. Look at you, working in a bar, and disappearing for days without permission, making Teacher Xue so angry..."

"Now it's even worse, leaving for three or four months. Are you here to study?"

She said with a tone of disappointment: "If you keep this up, not only will you not be worthy of Feifei, you won't even be able to get into a good university. In the future, will you rely on Wei Ziqing for a lifetime? Do you think Miss Wei would look at you?"

As she spoke, a hint of pleading appeared in her eyes: "Chen Fan, can't you stay?"

Chen Fan shook his head calmly and firmly: "I have a reason that I must go."

Then, ignoring the disappointment in Jiang Churan's eyes, he handed her a set of keys.

"These are the keys to the villa at the top of the mountain."

"Aunt Tang has always wanted a villa like this. While I'm away for these three months, please keep it for me. You can take Aunt Tang to the top of the mountain to stay when you have free time, fulfilling her wish."

After saying this, Chen Fan turned and left.

"Chen Fan?"

"Don't go."

Jiang Churan called out to his back a few times, but seeing that Chen Fan did not stop, she could only stomp her foot in frustration.

Holding the keys in her hand, she said angrily:

"At this point, are you still boasting in front of me?"

She held the keys, standing there for a long time, struggling.

Reason told her that Chen Fan was just making things up to save face, but a voice in her heart urged her.

'Just go up and take a look. One look, and you'll know if it's true or not.'

In the end, Jiang Churan sighed, put away the keys, and walked down the mountain.

A duckling turns into a swan because it is a swan itself.

For a mortal to become a Buddha or an immortal, they must cross the boundless sea of suffering. She had not seen such effort and struggle in Chen Fan, so she did not believe that anyone could leap to the heavens, turning from a carp into a dragon.

After descending the mountain, Chen Fan opened the door of a black Mercedes and got in.

Master Wu had been waiting inside, and he asked respectfully:

"Master Chen, are we going to Dongdu now?"

On the day Chen Fan returned to Chuzhou, he met Jiang Tanqiu and Wei Ziqing, explained the situation to them, and had Zhou Tianhao entrust Old Zheng to take leave from the school. Old Zheng was the vice-chairman of Changqing Middle School, so taking leave was just a formality, and there was no fear of the teacher refusing.

His last stop was to find Jiang Churan because he did not know how to explain to Aunt Tang.

"No rush. Before I leave, I have one more place to go." Chen Fan's eyes narrowed, his gaze distant.

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Nanjing City, the entrance of the Foreign Language School.

Chen Fan stood leisurely under a banyan tree, watching the young men and women leaving school.

These students were full of youthful vigor, the time when the gardenias bloomed. They walked in groups, discussing where to go after school.

He stood there for a long time, until finally, a clear and beautiful girl walked out of the gate. This girl was only sixteen or seventeen, not fully grown, but already showing the potential of a beauty.

She was accompanied by several handsome and elegant classmates, each with remarkable presence, surrounding her like stars around the moon.

The clear and beautiful girl did not see the old acquaintance under the banyan tree across the street. Instead, she happily waved goodbye to her classmates.

At this moment, a luxurious sports car drove out of the school gate, and a man whom Chen Fan was very familiar with from his previous life got out, smiling warmly and inviting the girl to get in the car.

Although the girl smiled and refused, she stopped to chat with him for a few moments, waiting until her own car arrived before smiling and getting in, driving away.

The tall and handsome man was not at all saddened by the girl's refusal. Amidst the admiring gazes of the surrounding female students, he got into the sports car and sped away.

Chen Fan's eyes, however, were fixed on the girl.

He watched her walk out of the school gate, wave goodbye to her classmates one by one, watched the sports car stop in front of her, watched the rival get out and invite her, watched her smile and refuse,

and watched her finally leave.

"Master, shall we... follow her?"

After a long time, Master Wu asked cautiously.

"No need. Seeing her once is enough."

Chen Fan shook his head and turned to leave.

"Let's go."

At this moment, I have already waited for five hundred years. I have the patience to wait even longer.

The next time we meet, I will have the strength to protect you until the end of time!

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— Five hundred years later, I return here, just to see you again, your beauty unchanged.

Volume 1: 'Chuzhou Moon'

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PS: The first volume is finally finished. The author is a newcomer, so the writing was slow at the beginning, with many flaws. Looking back, some parts were written too quickly, while others were too drawn out. Many climaxes were not fully developed. However, in the new volume, I will learn from my mistakes and present you with a brand new chapter. Please continue to support me, and I will write better and better. O(∩_∩)O

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Volume 2: 'Nanjing Lights'

Synopsis: Twenty years, a tale of romance; the beauty is still young, the hero is still a youth.

— River Map: "Forty Years of Yongding"

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