Chapter 625

Chapter 625: Then Tell Me

It’s getting chaotic!

Totally chaotic!

The more it gets chaotic, the happier An Li becomes, because in this state, the best way to fish in troubled waters is right at hand!

“Boom!”

With a loud bang, Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord charged in again.

An Li let out a sharp scream.

“Forgetful, just wait! After time gets messy, I’ll kill your Dao Companion a thousand times, ten thousand times!”

Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord remained expressionless.

“What did you call me?”

An Li was momentarily choked up.

Damn it, I forgot this guy is the Forgetful one—what’s the point of killing the other party’s Dao Companion?

“You’ve forgotten everything, so why are you still listening to Lu Ye?”

“I’ve forgotten everything, so why can’t I listen to Lu Ye?” Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord replied blankly.

“Ahhh!”

An Li couldn’t help but let out a screech.

She truly couldn’t stand that damned Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord anymore—this being had no logic, no weaknesses at all! He did whatever he wanted without any flaws or reason.

Ahhh!

An Li was really mentally tortured.

Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord looked at An Li’s expression, and for once, he felt a hint of happiness.

Hmm, this is quite amusing.

Haven’t you heard? Time gallops like a horse, and the sun and moon flow like fallen flowers.

In the blink of an eye, five hundred years had passed.

By this time, the anxiety in the River of Time was quite evident. Strong individuals often felt a sense of time tearing, while mortals frequently felt a déjà vu like the slow and fast passage of time.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye was crazily expanding his own world.

Unbeknownst to him, the entire vast world had already extinguished flames to a terrifying one-tenth.

This meant that one-tenth of this world had been reborn.

Lu Ye’s strength had truly reached the peak of Quasi-Emperor.

He could ascend to Emperor status at any time.

However, Lu Ye didn’t do it immediately since he still had use for the Heavenly Tribulation.

There was still a hundred years left.

Lu Ye halted his cultivation, first exiting his closed-door training to let the qualified Quasi-Emperors ascend to Emperor status. This time the number was sufficient; it had already reached fifteen.

That was quite a frightening number.

In thirty years, these fifteen Quasi-Emperors began to ascend and cross Tribulation one after another, leading to eight of them becoming Emperors. Two other Quasi-Emperors perished, while five miraculously survived even after failing the Tribulation.

Just like the Quasi-Emperors from the Jiang Family back in the day.

Although they survived, they had almost no hope of ascending to Emperor status again.

It couldn’t be helped.

Just surviving was a stroke of luck.

“System.”

On the eve of the transformation of the River of Time.

Lu Ye called out to the system.

“Ding, host, I’m here!”

“Come out to chat.”

The system hesitated for a moment.

Colorful light appeared, and Shen Xitang, dressed in a colorful outfit, appeared before Lu Ye, her lively eyes filled with curiosity.

What’s going on here?

Is the host lonely?

Lu Ye waved his hand, and a table full of good wine and delicious food appeared.

“Ding… Ding… Ding…”

Lu Ye gently shook his head, a hint of helplessness on his face.

“Little Heavenly Dao, come out too!”

“Ding, got it, host!”

Little Heavenly Dao also appeared, dressed in a seven-colored little dress, missing just two colors compared to Shen Xitang.

Little Heavenly Dao glanced at the steaming dishes on the table, sniffed her little nose, and her eyes brightened up.

The Dark Moon hung high in the sky, casting down a bright divine glow.

“Nothing much, the moon is round enough today, which reminds me of the Mid-Autumn Festival back home. I thought of inviting you all out for some drinks; it’s a way to reunite.” Lu Ye said with a smile.

“Ding, then I won’t hold back. Speaking of which, I haven’t had any wine yet!” Shen Xitang instantly became eager.

The three settled down.

“No one knows the outcome of this battle in the River of Time, and it could very well be our last meal together, so let’s chat openly,” Lu Ye remarked.

“Then I’ll try the pork elbow first!”

Shen Xitang’s gaze fell on the pork elbow.

Lu Ye didn’t hesitate and poured the wine.

“Ding, wow, delicious!”

The three started eating and drinking. Little Heavenly Dao tasted the wine and instantly stuck her tongue out, her little face all flushed.

Lu Ye and Shen Xitang reminisced about their past life.

“Do you remember that time with the Huo Family? That was when I first depleted your energy— I secretly snuck into the Huo Family to help you find energy, and I ended up being chased for half a year, from the Jiuli Celestial Dynasty, all the way into the Supreme Divine Nest, and I even jumped into the Hundred Horse Beach just to escape.” Lu Ye began.

Hundred Horse Beach, that place was horrendously stinky.

It was home to countless hippos that lived there, and imagining how bad it must be, given that hippos eat and poop everywhere, was unfathomable.

Shen Xitang smiled as memories flickered in her eyes.

“Of course I remember! I had already warned you that my energy was about to run out, but you still overused it.”

“Don’t lie to me; did your energy really run out completely?”

“Ding, it really ran out completely.”

“Really?”

Shen Xitang…

“Alright, I’ll take a drink!”

Lu Ye…

“I knew you hadn’t actually run out; even though you couldn’t speak freely back then and could only respond programmatically, I sensed your quirky essence.”

“And you? When you helped the foolish official calculate his techniques back then, you turned me into a mess! I was so overwhelmed that I got stuck; asking me to help that fool was simply inhumane!”

Lu Ye shook his head in a wry smile.

Indeed, at that time, he really did put the system through a lot.

“Then I’ll drink this cup!”

The two exchanged stories about the past; actually, in their previous life, they had indeed experienced a lot together.

Little Heavenly Dao listened for a while.

Oh, can’t understand!

So, I’ll just eat and drink!

Little Heavenly Dao grabbed a whole roast duck, not even bothering to slice it, and started gnawing on it.

“Slurp…”

The wine was spicy, making Little Heavenly Dao gasp and her little face flushed red.

Under the Dark Moon, everything felt so gentle.

In the evening breeze, everything was intoxicating.

Cheers and laughter rang out, and worries faded away.

The two had quite a few drinks.

Shen Xitang’s sleeves slipped up, her slender, fair arm resting on Lu Ye’s shoulder, her face flushed, and her eyes hazy.

“Just think, if this life was the same as the last, how great would that be? No need for a do-over; women are all just fleeting clouds. A good host should just focus on cultivation!”

“You’re right. Why didn’t you remind me last time?”

“Could I even speak? By the time I learned to speak, what state would things be in?”

Lu Ye chuckled lightly and casually asked, “Then tell me, if time could rewind, what price did you pay?”