It had been a few years since we parted that year, and I hadn't heard from Red Shadow at all. Even my memories of her were blurry. Only when I saw Yu Huan would I remember her from back then, as well as her words, "Take care, husband."
I thought that everything that happened back then would just be a dream, but I didn't expect Red Shadow to suddenly send me news.
I held the red handkerchief in my hand. I was so excited that I was shivering. I stood there and took a few deep breaths to calm myself down.
Then, I carefully turned on the flashlight and shone it on the handkerchief.
There was a line of beautiful words embroidered on it, and it shone in my eyes under the light of the flashlight.
"The Black Dragon and Qilin Knot, parting gracefully; the bright star suddenly reappears, and when we meet again, we will hold hands."
The words on the handkerchief were out of my expectations, and it was hard to understand. I couldn't tell what it meant at the moment.
Since I had been out for quite some time, I was worried that Fang Xing and the rest, who were on night duty, would notice something amiss and come looking for me. I didn't have time to study the words, and quickly put the handkerchief away and returned to my tent.
I didn't sleep for the rest of the night. I held the handkerchief in my hand, and continuously pondered over the meaning of the four sentences.
I couldn't understand the first two sentences, and the third seemed to be related to the bright star. What made me the most excited was the fourth sentence, because there were two words in it — — "Meet again!"
I could vaguely understand the meaning of the last two sentences. It seemed that Red Shadow had agreed on a day when the bright star would suddenly reappear, and then we would meet again.
Red Shadow had said that we would meet again if we were fated. Could this "the bright star suddenly reappear" be the fate that she had mentioned?
But what did "the bright star suddenly reappear" mean?
Bright star, bright star. Could it be that when I reached the Glory of Knowledge realm, I would be able to meet her again?
Thinking about it that way, I felt that it was highly possible.
Back then, Red Shadow had given me the Death Scripture, and allowed me to walk the path of a Fengshui Master. Now that she had used the realm of Fengshui to make a promise with me, it seemed easy to understand.
The Glory of Knowledge realm is the last stage of a Geomaster. Back then, Zhao Yongkun had just entered the Glory of Knowledge realm. After that, the Shenzhen Metaphysics Association's President Xu, as well as Yang Shilong and the others who came with me this time, were all theoretically at this stage.
Among these people, Zhao Yongkun's strength was the weakest while Yang Shilong should be the strongest. Moreover, from my observations, the difference in strength between the two of them was quite large.
It seemed that there was still a long way to go between the beginner level and the great mastery level.
However, this had nothing to do with the Red Shadow's promise. If the Red Shadow really meant this, then as long as I could enter the Glory of Knowledge stage, I should have met the requirements.
I didn't sleep the entire night. The next morning, I was still wide awake and excited.
After they woke up, Yang Shilong and the other two had already gathered together to discuss something. Looking at their attitudes, they would not rest until they found the hidden True Dragon Vein.
However, just as I had expected, the three of them worked hard for an entire day, but in the end, they still couldn't find anything. They could only helplessly look at the empty space in front of them.
That night, Yang Shilong called me over again and asked me to tell him the details of the last time I saw the True Dragon Vein.
Originally, I had only come here to find the fatty. If he had asked me yesterday, I might have hesitated on whether or not I should tell him about the Fire God Temple. However, the previous night, the fatty's father had already told me not to care about this matter, so I naturally wouldn't say anything more. I only told them that the last time I came here, there was a mountain range and the True Dragon Vein was on top of it. However, the True Dragon Vein had disappeared a day later.
Seeing that he couldn't get any useful information from me, Yang Shilong could only helplessly ask me to return while they continued to think of a solution.
In the next few days, Yang Shilong looked as though he was going to stay here and didn't have any intention of leaving. He sat by the stream every day and stared at the empty space in front of him. Sometimes, he wouldn't even eat and would just sit there for an entire day.
Yang Shilong and the others still didn't move even after we ran out of supplies. I couldn't sit still anymore and proactively went to ask the three of them. After persuading them for a long time, Yang Shilong finally agreed to stay here for another day. If we still couldn't find any valuable clues, we would retreat first.
I finally heaved a sigh of relief and went to pack my luggage, preparing to leave.
However, in the early morning of the second day, while I was sleeping, there was a sudden earth-shaking explosion that woke me up from my dream.
I hurried out of the tent to take a look, and I was dumbstruck.
Not far from our tents, there was a huge flame burning in the air. It lit up the originally dark night sky as if it was daytime. Not far from the flame stood a person. I took a closer look and saw that it was the fatty's father, Lin Acheng!
That day, he had hurriedly left after saying a few words to me. In the next few days, I didn't receive any news from him. I thought that he had already left. I didn't expect that he would suddenly appear again today. Moreover, he had appeared in front of all of us in such a high-profile manner.
At this moment, Yang Shilong and the other two also walked over. They lifted their heads to look at Lin Acheng.
However, Lin Acheng didn't look at us. His eyes were focused on the burning flame in the air.
Looking at him, Yang Shilong and the other two didn't take action. They also stayed there, waiting to see what he would do next.
Not long after, a black dot suddenly appeared in the middle of the burning fireball. Then, the black dot gradually expanded. In the end, it became a hole made of flames. Under the illumination of the surrounding flames, it looked very deep.
The hole was really big, and it was facing me. However, no matter how hard I rubbed my eyes, I couldn't see what was inside.
At this moment, the fatty's father turned to look at us. Then, he didn't hesitate to lift his leg and jump. He wanted to enter the deep hole.
Yang Shilong, who hadn't said a word, suddenly shouted, "There's the aura of the True Dragon's vein inside the hole!
Let's follow him! "
Then, he didn't care about the others and dashed toward the hole. He was an old man, but his speed was surprisingly fast.
Fang Xing and Lu Zheng hesitated for a moment, but they immediately followed him.
The three of them were very fast. In the blink of an eye, they were close to the hole. At this moment, the fatty's father wasn't in a hurry. After he jumped into the hole, he didn't walk in directly. Instead, he turned around and stood there calmly. His cold eyes gazed at Yang Shilong and the other two who were rapidly approaching.
Finally, Yang Shilong was the first to reach the bottom of the hole. He didn't stop and lifted his leg to jump into the hole.
At this moment, Lin Acheng finally made a move. A black object suddenly appeared in his hand. It looked like a rock.
Just like that, Lin Acheng raised a stone-like object and threw it at Yang Shilong in a comical manner.
Yang Shilong seemed to be prepared. I didn't see him move, but the copper coin sword that I saw a few days ago appeared in his hand. Then, he threw it with both hands and the copper coin sword flew into the air. Then, it slashed down at Lin Acheng's head.
When the copper coin sword slashed down, the stone in Lin Acheng's hand also flew into the air and hit the copper coin sword, creating a loud explosion.
Following that, the momentum of the stone continued to fly towards Yang Shilong, and the copper coin sword that could change its size at will was smashed down from the air. When it landed on the ground, the copper coins on the sword seemed to have been smashed into pieces.
Seeing that Yang Shilong was about to be hit by Lin Acheng's black stone, Fang Xing and Lu Zheng, who had arrived from behind, quickly took out their personal magic tools and barely managed to block the attack.
Even so, the three of them still suffered heavy injuries and staggered back a few steps.
Seeing this scene, I was shocked. A few days ago, when Fang Xing said that the fatty's father's strength wasn't inferior to his, I was very surprised. But now, it seemed that Lin Acheng had defeated Yang Shilong and the other two in one move. His strength was much stronger than I had imagined.