Early the next morning, Zhao Chen'an, who had been insomniac all night, crawled out of bed with panda-like dark circles under his eyes.
"An'er, get up and have breakfast."
Just as Zhao Chen'an finished dressing, Qin Beixuan was already knocking on the door outside.
Zhao Chen'an shouted to the outside, "I'm coming right away." Then he quickly put on his shoes, opened the door, and came face - to - face with Qin Beixuan.
Qin Beixuan coughed lightly and said, "Let's go. It's time for breakfast."
"Okay." Zhao Chen'an followed Qin Beixuan absent - mindedly. When they got there, he sat down on the stool in a daze.
This scene caught the attention of Qin Beixuan and Zhu Heyu.
Qin Beixuan noticed something wrong with Zhao Chen'an's face and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Zhu Heyu took a sip of tea and looked at Zhao Chen'an with interest, hinting, "I wonder what our second senior brother did last night. Why does he look so listless?"
Zhao Chen'an glanced at them and blurted out, "It's all because of Qin Beixuan. He kept me awake all night."
Qin Beixuan: "..."
Zhu Heyu almost spat out his tea. Did the senior brother spend the night in Zhao Chen'an's room? What did they do!
Still in a daze, Zhao Chen'an didn't realize anything inappropriate in what he said. After picking up his chopsticks and taking a bite of the dish, he noticed that the two of them hadn't started eating. He asked curiously, "Why aren't you eating?"
Zhu Heyu snorted, picked up his chopsticks, and thought to himself, Zhao Chen'an, don't get too complacent too soon!
Qin Beixuan's eyes were fixed on Zhao Chen'an. After a long time, he smiled and gently shook his head. He didn't explain anything to Zhu Heyu or correct what Zhao Chen'an said, as if he had accepted it.
Suddenly being stared at by the person he liked, Zhao Chen'an felt so uncomfortable that he couldn't even eat properly. Why did the senior brother smile at him at this crucial moment?
Zhao Chen'an buried his head so low that it was almost in the bowl. It was really like "flirting is fun for a moment, but being flirted with is a disaster"!
Zhao Chen'an didn't enjoy this meal. After finishing it in a hurry, he walked out stiffly with his hands and feet moving in an awkward way. His appearance was extremely comical.
Looking at Zhao Chen'an like this, Qin Beixuan, for some reason, wanted to tease him again. So he deliberately said loudly, "An'er, you're walking with your left and right limbs out of sync."
"..."
Zhao Chen'an quickly adjusted his steps and slipped out without looking back.
As he ran, Zhao Chen'an reminded himself to calm down. He was the one who flirted, so he couldn't blush just because of a single word from Qin Beixuan.
Zhao Chen'an, you must be tough!
Before he knew it, Zhao Chen'an had run into a small garden full of flowers and plants. It seemed to be the small garden of the Hun Tian Palace.
Zhao Chen'an, who was a bit of a direction - challenged person, looked back at the path he had come from and found it somewhat unfamiliar.
It was all Qin Beixuan's fault. If it weren't for that scoundrel, he wouldn't have gotten lost.
Zhao Chen'an still had some backbone. He spent a whole hour looking for the way out but still couldn't find it.
This was strange... He clearly remembered that he had come in from this path, so why did he keep returning to the starting point?
Even if he was bad at directions, he wasn't stupid. There must be a formation here, and he had accidentally entered it.
Zhao Chen'an looked around warily and took out a sound - transmitting jade pendant from his bosom, preparing to send a message to Qin Beixuan.
"Senior brother, I..." Before Zhao Chen'an could finish, he was interrupted by a voice behind him.
"An'er!"
Zhao Chen'an quickly turned around and saw Qin Beixuan running towards him in a hurry. "I finally found you."
Zhao Chen'an put the jade pendant back into his bosom and looked at Qin Beixuan in confusion. "Senior brother, why are you here?"
Qin Beixuan said with concern, "I saw you come here just now, so I followed." Then he walked up to Zhao Chen'an. Seemingly noticing something strange, he asked, "Is there something wrong here?"
Zhao Chen'an nodded and said, "This seems to be a formation. Once you come in, you can't find the way out."
"How could this happen?!" Qin Beixuan frowned and looked around. "Have we missed any places? How about we go and check together?"
Zhao Chen'an thought that following Qin Beixuan would at least provide some support and make him safer. He also wanted to figure out what kind of formation this was.
So Zhao Chen'an agreed. He followed Qin Beixuan all the way, paying attention to every plant around him.
Suddenly, Zhao Chen'an thought of something. Why did Qin Beixuan come out alone while Zhu Heyu didn't follow?
Judging from Zhu Heyu's character of wanting to stick to Qin Beixuan all the time, he couldn't have not followed.
He began to suspect whether the person in front of him was really "Qin Beixuan" or something else...
"Senior brother." Zhao Chen'an suddenly stopped. "Where's junior brother?"
He deliberately didn't mention Zhu Heyu's name directly.
Qin Beixuan turned to look at Zhao Chen'an and said seriously, "He's waiting outside."
"Why didn't he come in?" Zhao Chen'an hooked his lips, setting a trap for the guy in front of him. "You know that junior brother always sticks to me."
Qin Beixuan hesitated for a couple of seconds. His eyes flashed and he said, "Junior brother is very worried about you. I didn't let him come in. Hurry up and come with me, An'er. I'll take you out."
Zhao Chen'an understood in his heart that this guy wasn't Qin Beixuan, but he had been pretending to be him. It was really... the heavens were on his side!
So Zhao Chen'an had no more scruples. He decided to take revenge for all the old and new grudges.
Zhao Chen'an sneered and punched the guy in the face. "Go to hell, Qin Beixuan! I've wanted to punch you like this for a long time!"
"..."
After being punched, a dent exactly the same shape as Zhao Chen'an's fist appeared on the "Qin Beixuan"'s face.
Dude, how much do you hate him?
The "Qin Beixuan" rubbed his face but wasn't angry. "Oh, I've been discovered. After thousands of years, you're still so hot - tempered."
Thousands of years? Although cultivators usually lived a long time, Zhao Chen'an was less than half of that age, and he was completely stunned by what the guy said.
"Who are you?" Zhao Chen'an asked warily.
"Look at my memory. I've forgotten in a blink of an eye. You don't know me yet." Then the man suddenly let out a shrill laugh and transformed into a mass of dark - red mist. He floated in front of Zhao Chen'an. "Do you know who I am now?"
Chaos!!
Zhao Chen'an took a panicked step back, keeping a distance from Chaos.
Chaos seemed to enjoy Zhao Chen'an's current expression very much. "You went to see Yi Huachi last night, didn't you?"
Chaos's tone wasn't a question but a statement.
"Don't rush to deny it. I can recognize your aura even if you turn into ashes." Chaos gritted his teeth as he said this.
Looking at the God of Chaos who seemed to want to tear him apart, Zhao Chen'an felt so wronged. He probably wasn't even born thousands of years ago. How could he know this Chaos guy!
So Zhao Chen'an forced out a couple of laughs and explained, "Brother, you must have mistaken me. I'm only a few hundred years old. I'm definitely not the big shot you're talking about."