Chapter 29: The Li family is not on the Mid-Autumn Festival
Li Tianlan still doesn’t know where Qin Weibai is.
He was not even sure whether the mirage reflected in front of him was the real scene or how far away it was from him.
The seemingly real mirage began to disappear.
The figure that looked like clouds and mist gradually dimmed.
Li Tianlan returned to the deck. He watched everything disappear in front of him, but there was nothing he could do.
After the rain, the sky clears up.
The rainbow in the sky becomes clearer and clearer.
The entire cargo ship, both sailors and captains, respected Li Tianlan like a god.
There are four realms of martial arts in the world, and there are absolute masters. This is no secret.
But how many people have ever seen a huge wave thousands of meters high in the vast deep sea, so close to the power of God?
With everyone's careful attention, the cargo ship gradually sailed out of the Pacific Ocean and entered the Yellow Sea.
In the following days, Li Tianlan never left the deck again. He always looked in the direction where the mirage disappeared.
But the sea was no longer gloomy, and there was no heavy rain. Naturally, there was no mirage that he had longed for.
Mid-June.
The freighter enters the Dongshan Province of Central Continent.
Arrive at Qindao in the evening.
The sound of water fades away.
Li Tianlan led the golden retriever out of the pier.
The hustle and bustle of Central Continent suddenly hit us.
The wind and snow in the polar regions are dissipating.
The mirage is dissolving.
The sword intention began to become silent.
Li Tianlan's eyes were in a trance, looking at Zhongzhou, which had been away for three years, as if it was a world away.
"Just come back."
A voice suddenly sounded in front of Li Tianlan.
Li Tianlan came to his senses.
Silently, a line of black clothes appeared in front of him.
Black casual clothes, black casual pants, casual leather shoes, short hair, pale and slightly delicate face.
The corners of Li Tianlan's mouth twitched and he said, "Uncle Master, you are really becoming more and more modern."
Zed's appearance is much younger than his actual age. He looks like a young man under thirty years old. Now his outfit makes him look several years younger.
Li Tianlan remembered the black robe and silver mask he wore when he first saw Jie.
The ghostly and unparalleled Shadow Zi Jue, the powerful and domineering Forbidden Zi Jue, and the sharp and cold Killing Zi Jue.
At that time, Zed was completely the God of Death hidden under the black robe and silver mask, mysterious and powerful.
But now...
Although this was not the first time he had seen such a calamity, Li Tianlan still couldn't accept it in his heart.
"The City of Sighs no longer needs to hide behind snowy mountains and masks."
Jie said calmly: "It makes no sense."
Li Tianlan was silent.
The previous City of Sighs had always kept aloof from the world. Every top assassin wore a mask on his face. They rarely competed with other forces in the country for any resources, but under the mask, in the snow-covered city
Living a quiet life on the top of the mountain.
But as he becomes the Young City Lord of Sighing City, everything will completely change.
Jie coughed lightly and wiped the corners of his mouth with his fingers quietly.
Li Tianlan vaguely saw a hint of bright red.
His heart suddenly sank, and he looked at Jie's pale face and asked, "Is the jade seal useless?"
"it works."
Zed glanced at him, waved and said, "Let's talk about it after we get in the car."
From Sighing City to Qindao, Jie came to pick up Li Tianlan alone, without even bringing a driver.
Li Tianlan put the golden retriever in the back seat and took the passenger seat. Looking at Jie's still pale face, he said in a deep voice: "Uncle, what's going on?"
The calamity reaches the invincible state in Tiandu.
It has been three years now.
He simply couldn't imagine how serious the injury was that prevented Jie from fully recovering for three years under the influence of the massive luck of the Chuan Jade Seal.
"My situation is much better than before you left."
Jie drove away from the pier and said calmly: "However, the injuries I suffered back then were too severe. The luck in the jade seal can only slowly neutralize my injuries. Unless I can make a big break like you and start over completely, otherwise I can only
Hold on."
He paused and laughed at himself: "At my age, how can I be qualified to start over?"
Li Tianlan looked at Jie seriously.
Jie himself is the strongest assassin in the dark world. Now that he has recovered from his injuries, his aura is so restrained that Li Tianlan can't see any clues.
"Then now..."
he asked softly.
"Invincible Realm."
There was no expression on Jie's face: "It's almost the same as before the breakthrough. I'm injured and can only display half of my strength, but it shouldn't be worse than Gu Qianchuan."
Gu Qianchuan is the great elder of Kunlun City. He is no worse than him. This sounds good, but he is the most amazing assassin in the dark world. Now that he has recovered to this level, it is not bad, but it is definitely not good news.
.
"And you?"
Jie handed Li Tianlan a cigarette and suddenly asked: "In three years, from Huating to the Pole, traveling tens of thousands of miles, how is your recovery?"
Li Tianlan took the cigarette and lit it, took a deep breath, feeling the long-lost smell of tobacco and the dizziness in his brain, thought about it seriously, and then said softly: "Still outside the invincible realm."
His martial arts no longer has the four realms of martial arts, only sword intention.
The sword's will has never been invincible, or it is beyond the realm of invincibility.
Without a life-and-death fight, Li Tianlan himself didn't even know what level his current combat effectiveness was.
Jie looked at him deeply and said softly: "Let's go back first."
Li Tianlan hesitated for two or three seconds, and finally shook his head and whispered: "Uncle, I won't go to Taibai Mountain."
Zed subconsciously slowed down the car.
He went to see Li Tianlan.
As a result, the golden retriever in the back row rushed over, and a huge dog head blocked Li Tianlan's expression.
"Why?"
Zed asked.
Li Tianlan said nothing.
It's not that he doesn't like Taibai Mountain, it's just that Situ Cangyue gives him a very complicated feeling.
The Hidden God of Central Continent did not have any malicious intentions, but in Li Tianlan's opinion, the other party's goodwill did not seem to be because of him, or even because of Li.
Three years ago he met Situ Cangyue on Taibai Mountain.
Situ Cangyue looked at him as if she were looking at another person.
Li Tianlan knew who she was looking at.
But he didn't like this feeling and didn't know how to face that look.
"My sister has been collecting news about the Snow Country and the Polar Regions in the past few years."
"Although she didn't say it, she secretly went to Snow Country once, but she didn't find you."
"There are not many people in Sigh City, but you haven't seen it all yet. Everyone wants to see what the young city lord is like after the great defeat."
"Secretary Bai has been going to Taibai Mountain almost every month in the past few years to ask for news about you."
"She cries every time and is very sad."
"I never knew that a strong woman in politics could be so vulnerable."
Li Tianlan knew that Jie was talking about Bai Qingqian.
Dongcheng's invincible wife.
Li Tianlan never thought of her in the past three years. The two only met once and didn't talk much. He thought he should have forgotten this person long ago, but now when he heard Jie mentioned it again, Li Tianlan felt like he couldn't breathe.
The feeling was not depressing, but unfamiliar.
"Go to Luojing, Central Plains."
Li Tianlan interrupted Jie's words and spoke in a low tone.
Jie said no more, silently drove in another direction, and at the same time changed the subject: "Dongcheng Wudi has been promoted. In the past few years since you were gone, the relationship between the academic school and the wealthy group has not been affected. Last year, he had already gone to Youyou."
state."
"Military Department?"
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows.
It is said that the Border Guard Corps has a small military headquarters in Central Continent. When the commander of the Border Guard Corps went to Beijing and competed for the position of the military headquarters, he could be said to rise and fall covertly wherever he went. No, it was completely overt.
dropped.
Jie hummed and said, "Take over Qi Beicang's position. Qi Beicang retired last year."
Li Tianlan hummed. He knew that Qi Beicang, the official leader of the Special Operations Group, had been the backbone of the checks and balances on President Li Huacheng's military power in the past few years. His smooth retreat made Dongcheng Invincible a success.
Now the nominal number two in the military in Zhongzhou is actually the number one in the military. This is a bit unexpected.
And as Dongcheng Wudi transforms from a member of the decision-making bureau to a director and a real giant, the wealthy group's voice in Central Continent will also be greatly enhanced.
"The Wang family of Beihai also contributed to this matter. The Dongcheng family has never done business at a loss. In the border battle three years ago, the Border Guard Corps penetrated 800 miles into the territory of Annan Kingdom. That land and the Border Guard Corps'
The elite were handed over to the Beihai Wang family by the Dongcheng family, thus gaining the Beihai Wang family's support for Dongcheng Invincible. The situation in Central Continent is a bit chaotic now, and it's just the right time for you to come back."
Li Tianlan silently thought about the impact of the changes at the top level on him, and suddenly said: "Who will take over the Border Guard Corps?"
"For the time being, Dongcheng Wudi will also serve as the commander of the army. The position is a bit difficult to secure. Who will fall into the hands depends on the next transactions of the major groups."
Jie's tone was calm.
But his few words were enough to make Li Tianlan realize the great changes that had occurred and were about to occur in Central Continent.
He narrowed his eyes and said no more.
It was already night when we got off the boat from Qindao.
When we arrived in Luojing, it was already late at night.
Although Jie had informed the Dongcheng family in advance, Jie and Li Tianlan couldn't help but be a little surprised when the car drove to the high mountain occupied by the Dongcheng family.
Before going up the mountain road, Dongcheng Hanguang, the old patriarch of the Dongcheng family, and his housekeeper were standing there, motionless, not knowing how long they had been waiting.
Jie was surprised.
Li Tianlan felt ridiculous and even a little scared at the same time.
He didn't think he was qualified at all to have the spiritual leader of a wealthy group stand at the foot of the mountain waiting for him all night.
"Old man."
Li Tianlan quickly got out of the car and held Dongcheng Hanguang's hand with both hands.
The Dongcheng family really couldn't find anything wrong with him. Li Tianlan was moved and had nothing to say for a while.
"My child, it's good to come back. Wu Di was originally going to come back, but he has an impromptu meeting. It will probably be dawn by the time he comes."
Dongcheng Hanguang patted Li Tianlan's palm with a smile. His eyes were a little tired, but full of kindness: "We are already on the way. You guys came faster than I thought."
"Thanks."
Li Tianlan looked at Dongcheng's cold light and said in a dry voice.
"Thank you for not saying it too soon."
Dongcheng Hanguang smiled and said: "There are bigger surprises yet to come."
He looked at Jie standing next to Li Tianlan and said with a smile: "Your Highness, thank you for your hard work."
Jie shook his head. He was invincible, but in front of Li Tianlan, he was willing to just be a deputy city lord who stood beside the young city lord.
"Old man, what do you mean, the thing that the Dongcheng family has been researching in recent years has been successful?"
Zed asked.
Dongcheng Hanguang laughed loudly: "It was completed two months ago, Tianlan, you came back just in time. Three years ago, Old General Li sent Qin Shi Mingyue, the fierce soldier, and you asked Invincible to bring Li's fierce soldier back then.
The fragments of the weapon were sent over, and today I give you a truly fierce weapon! It may not be the strongest, but it is definitely the most suitable for you."
Li Tianlan's eyes lit up.
New weapons.
This is the main purpose of his coming to the Central Plains.
"where?"
he asked subconsciously.
"not here."
Dongcheng Hanguang smiled and said: "In the secret laboratory in Lingbao City, I will take you there now. But Tianlan, the person who used Qin Shimingyue to transform the new vicious weapon is my nephew. His lifelong wish is to create a
The real fierce weapons, the previous crazy attacks, and the sky strikes were all made by him, but they were far from the powerful weapons. Until this time he saw Qin Shi Mingyue, he simply put all his thoughts into it.
Above, in three years, he had no shame to say that he had created a new fierce weapon, but the one in Lingbao now has indeed replaced Qin Shimingyue, so..."
He hesitated: "He wants to name your weapon."
Naming a fierce soldier who can be passed down for hundreds of thousands of years is definitely an honor in the dark world.
"No problem. It's all trivial."
Li Tianlan answered without hesitation that he didn't care at all about the name of the weapon. Heavenly Punishment and Human Emperor sounded domineering, but in fact he didn't mind even if it was called Xiaocao Yehua or something like that.
"If it's a small matter, how about Tianlan promising me a big thing?"
Dongcheng Hanguang glanced at Li Tianlan and chuckled.
Li Tianlan's heart sank. He thought of the engagement and coughed dryly: "What did the old man ask me to promise?"
"It's not what you're worried about."
Dongcheng Hanguang scolded with a smile. He really wanted to mention this matter, but after listening to Li Tianlan's words, he simply changed the subject and said: "I couldn't find you in the past few years. Now that you have appeared, then this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, you will come back and we will be together."
How about celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
On Mid-Autumn Festival, Reunion Day, the elderly have been longing for a real reunion for many years.
Li Tianlan hesitated slightly, then shook his head.
Dongcheng Hanguang's eyes were dark and confused.
If Li Tianlan doesn't come back, then Bai Qingqian, who hasn't come back for many years, won't come back either.
How to reunite?
"Why?"
Dongcheng Hanguang asked softly.
"Old man."
Li Tianlan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "Festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve have nothing to do with me since I was born. Where I live, the Li family is no more than the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, these traditional festivals have nothing to do with the Li family as far back as Li Tianlan can remember.
For ordinary people, this may be very festive.
But for Li, such festivals only bring pain.
Therefore, Li family never celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival.
It’s just New Year’s Eve.
Li's festival is only the Qingming Festival with drizzle.