My gorgeous wife Chapter 2302 - 2270: The Shadow That Waited Seventeen Eras

With a single stroke, just a single stroke, everything around was completely cleared.

This is the Red Moon of today.

Not only the mosquitoes and demon creatures, but even the surrounding poisonous mist was entirely washed away by Red Moon’s single attack.

It didn’t even require Li Chen’s manipulation; Red Moon accomplished this sweep with its own might.

Perhaps it seemed that’s all there is to it—these poisonous mists, mosquitoes, and even demon creatures did not appear particularly formidable.

But one must know, Red Moon itself is just a sword.

In the past, even a Supreme Treasure required some support from Li Chen to unleash its powerful might.

As for the Supreme Treasure itself, without the backing of its master, the power it could exert was extremely limited.

But the Red Moon of today, though not entirely at the level of a Supreme Treasure, has already become incredibly close without anyone even realizing it.

What’s more terrifying is that Red Moon still possesses tremendous potential for growth!

"Not bad."

Even Li Chen couldn’t help but nod: "If you continue developing at this momentum, I’m afraid someday you’ll completely break away from me, able to become a dominant force all on your own."

Red Moon couldn’t help but look at Li Chen with some trepidation: "Master, are you abandoning Red Moon?"

"Of course not." Li Chen shook his head with a smile: "To me, you are my lifelong companion; how could I abandon you?"

Saying this, Li Chen’s gaze turned a bit sentimental: "Do you still remember hundreds of years ago, when I was just a novice martial artist, you were already by my side?"

"I remember." Red Moon nodded.

Though it didn’t possess the spirituality it has now, it indeed remembered that time.

At that time, it was far from having reached the level of spirituality it has today, only vaguely sensing that it would change hands again.

It never expected, however, that this master would remain with it for several centuries.

It had witnessed how Li Chen grew from a beginner junior martial artist to today’s heights step by step.

Now the entire Starry Universe knows the power of the Hongchen Ancestor, yet few are aware of how the Hongchen Ancestor rose step by step; even some rumors are just scattered fragments.

But it witnessed Li Chen’s rise with its own eyes.

At the same time, it was also Li Chen’s close companion in hundreds of years of battles.

"In the blink of an eye, several centuries have passed. For a cultivator, time is that fleeting," Li Chen shook his head, signaling Little Feng to continue forward.

Regarding the so-called Dormant Burial Mounds creatures, Li Chen was curious, but he didn’t dwell on it much.

He simply wanted to know what Li Changcun encountered here, or whether Li Changcun truly disappeared here.

After all, since entering the Dormant Burial Mounds, he hadn’t felt any lingering aura from Li Changcun at all.

"With the thickness of this mist, even if there were indeed traces, after over a century, they should have been thoroughly corroded by the poisonous mist," Li Chen knew well, yet he still wanted to have a look.

"Tatatata..."

Approaching the center of the Dormant Burial Mounds, Little Feng naturally slowed his steps, allowing Li Chen to clearly see every corner of this place.

As they delved deeper, the Dormant Burial Mounds indeed grew increasingly perilous.

Not only did the concentration of toxic gas rise, but the lurking demon creatures around became more formidable too.

After all, even considering the entire Eight Directions, even anomalies like ’Qing’ existing here, reaching the Domain Realm is practically the pinnacle, and without a cultivation method, typically reaching Qing’s Realm is nearly impossible.

Duan Yu was even more an anomaly among anomalies, having swallowed the era’s luck descending from the Starry Universe to the Eight Directions, completely unsuitable as a standard.

But now, within these Dormant Burial Mounds, Li Chen had seen no less than a dozen Domain Realm-level demon creatures.

If these demon creatures broke out into the external world, it could surely spell a disaster for the Eight Directions.

Yet the more he saw this, the more curious Li Chen became.

What exactly was hidden deep within these Dormant Burial Mounds?

Duan Yu’s luck was obtained near the Dormant Burial Mounds; could it be that inside these Dormant Burial Mounds, there was also a being that swallowed the era’s luck?

Finally, after surpassing one adversity after another, Li Chen reached a small grove bathed in sunlight.

Strangely, there was no more interference of toxic gas here, and those demon creatures, although intimidated by the Red Moon’s might and dared not to advance further, continued to stealthily follow them. However, as Li Chen arrived here, these demon creatures disappeared one by one, each slipping away silently as if fearing something.

Thinking it over, Li Chen dismounted from Little Feng and began to walk through this grove on foot.

Red Moon and Little Feng closely followed behind him.

After walking some distance into the forest, Li Chen finally halted.

Because he finally saw something different.

Deep in the forest, a pond appeared.

Beside the pond stood an ancient, understated wooden house.

In front of the house was a chair.

On the chair... sat a shadow.

Yes, just a shadow, with no physical body, entirely black, it was merely a mass of darkness, and this was entirely discernible to Li Chen’s Eye of the Dao.

Leaving Little Feng at the spot, Red Moon remained to protect Little Feng, while Li Chen approached the pond alone.

Or, more accurately, he approached that shadow seated on the chair.

As Li Chen drew near, the shadow seemed to sense something, slightly lifted its head to ’look’ at Li Chen.

"In the end, you still came, didn’t you?" the shadow looked at Li Chen, sighing softly.

Curiously, Li Chen asked, "Were you waiting for me?"

The shadow nodded: "Indeed, I was waiting for someone, and... I’ve waited a long time. I didn’t know who exactly I was waiting for, but seeing you, I realized, yes, it was you I was waiting for. Haha, for this day, I have waited for no less than seventeen eras."

Seventeen eras!

Even for Li Chen, who already had a somewhat blurred concept of time, his heart chilled.

He knew well how lengthy a period this number represented.

"Who are you? Why are you here?" Li Chen asked.

"Me?" The shadow shook its head: "As you can see, I’m merely a shadow. If you require a specific answer as to whose shadow I am, then..."

The shadow suddenly raised a hand, wiping over its pitch-black and featureless face.

A handsome face, like a refined young master, gradually emerged before Li Chen.

At the sight of this face, even Li Chen’s heart suddenly trembled vehemently.

Even after hundreds of years, he couldn’t forget this face.

Because the owner of this face once was his great adversary, looming over him like a vast shadow for a long period.

That was a time when Li Chen rarely felt his life was not in his own hands.

And the owner of this face was named... Feng Yizhu!