Chapter Thirty-Six: Old Friend from Three Years Ago

  Xiao Youzi is the Dharma name given to Chen Luo by his master Yunyouzi, which he must use when setting up arrays outside. It's said that this is a rule passed down from the ancestors, and in the future, he must promote the 'Wu Wei' array method.

  Chen Luo has indeed become famous, but he has taken a crooked path and become the ninth-ranked wanted person in the world, Tong Tian Lao Zu. Of course, his identity as a wandering swordsman is not without fame, although it's not as great as Tong Tian Lao Zu, it's still somewhat renowned. During his time in Changxin City's Array Tower with Tu Lao Tou, he even created several famous arrays that shook the Jinshui region.

  Perhaps not many people within the Jinshui region know the name of Xiangyouzi, but only Toulao knows that Xiangyouzi is actually Chen Luo. The middle-aged man in front of him knew this, and Chen Luo also felt that he looked very familiar, but couldn't remember who he was.

  "Three years ago, Beimu Forest."

  It is said that a middle-aged man said so, Chen Luo murmured to the North Mu Forest, suddenly, he seemed to remember something, his expression also became excited, pointing at the middle-aged man, smiling uncertainly: "You... are you Lao Wei?"

  "Haha! Xiao Xiangyou, you've finally remembered me, Old Wei?" The middle-aged man was overjoyed.

  "Old Wei, it's really you!" Chen Luo hadn't expected that the refined-looking middle-aged man in front of him would be the beggar he had saved three years ago in the North Marsh Forest.

  Three years ago, Chen Luo was deciphering an ancient formation in the Beimo Forest. Although he finally succeeded, it also exhausted his spiritual power. While wandering in the Beimo Forest, he met a beggar who was on the verge of death - none other than Wei Tianlong before him. At that time, Chen Luo set up a formation to save his life, and the two wandered in the Beimo Forest for more than a month before finally leaving the forest.

  During this time, the two people went through thick and thin together. They also learned about Yitian Long's past. He said that he used to be a very successful businessman with a huge business empire. As for how big it was, Yitian Long didn't elaborate. The reason he fell on hard times was because of his family's betrayal. At the time, Chen Luo said that his dream was to open a business called Tianqi Business Firm and jokingly suggested they cooperate and get rich together.

  The two of them had been through thick and thin together in the North Desert Forest, and their friendship was quite deep. This time, they were able to meet again, and whether it was Chen Luo or Wei Tianlong, both felt extremely surprised. Wei Tianlong seemed overjoyed, and introduced Lin Lao: "Lin Lao, you've always wanted to know who the big boss of our Tianqi Pavilion is, right? Haha! It's actually Little Xiao Yao, he's the little benefactor I mentioned to you before, Xiu Youzi."

  Lin Lao was speechless with shock, he had followed Wei Tianlong for three years and admired him greatly. He had also heard Wei Tianlong mention that his lifesaver was a young wandering array master named Xiangyouzi, who was known to have wandered in the Array Tower of Changxin City. This was also the main reason why Wei Tianlong established Tianqi Hall here.

  When Tianlong said he was the big boss of Tianqi Pavilion, Chen Luo was shocked and quickly shook his head, saying: "Old Tian, you can't talk nonsense..."

  He was saying this, when Wei Tianlong directly interrupted him and said with a very serious expression: "Xiao Xiangyou, we agreed in the North Marsh Forest that you would be the boss and I would be your general manager. Look at the Tianqi Pavilion, even the name was chosen by you!"

  "I was just casually saying it back then, how could you take it seriously."

  Chen Luo shook his head, speechless.

  "A real man's word is his bond, once spoken it cannot be taken back." Seeing Chen Luo trying to make excuses, Wei Tianlong waved his hand and interrupted, "Haha, let's not talk about this for now. I've been searching for you for three years, and today we finally meet, thanks to the heavens! Let's go! Today, we'll drink until we're drunk and won't leave until we're satisfied."

  Chen Luo didn't like drinking, and wasn't very good at it either. However, today he was able to meet up with old friends, and his heart was filled with joy. He made an exception this one time and drank to his heart's content. As they were drinking, Wei Tianlong took off a jade pendant from around his neck, the size of a palm, entirely blue-green in color, extremely beautiful.

  "Xiao Xiangyou, this is when we two parted ways after leaving the Northern Marsh Forest. Do you still remember the jade pendant I gave you?"

  Chen Luo nodded, this jade pendant was something he had obtained from an ancient formation in the North Marsh Forest. When they parted ways after leaving the North Marsh Forest, Chen Luo gave one of his treasured items to Wei Tianlong. At that time, Wei Tianlong refused to accept it no matter what, but later Chen Luo said just consider it as an investment to help him make a comeback, and when he becomes rich in the future, don't forget to share the spoils. Only then did Wei Tianlong accept it.

  "At that time, I didn't know what this jade pendant was all about. Later, I learned that it was the 'Ten Yan Pendant' refined by the famous Master Mu a thousand years ago. After knowing this, I was so scared that I inquired about your news everywhere. Finally, I heard that you had wandered around the Array Tower in Changxin City for a period of time, so I came here. However, the people here only knew your nickname 'Xiao Youzi', but no one had seen you, so I decided to wait for you here. For development, I pawned this jade pendant and used the funds to establish Tianqi Pavilion..."

  Wei Tiangong said a lot, and Chen Luo listened very seriously. Although Wei Tiangong's account of the past three years was somewhat understated, Chen Luo knew that there must be unimaginable hardships in this process. A person who started from scratch and built Tianqi Pavilion into the largest commercial pavilion in Jinshui Domain in just three short years, with industries under its banner covering many cities in Jinshui Domain, couldn't help but make Chen Luo admire him.

  "My luck isn't bad, Tianqi Pavilion has been developing smoothly, after making money I bought this Tenya pendant back, for three years I've been looking for you, where did you go that year?"

  "If you knew my true name, you would know where I went." Chen Luo said his own name.

  "Chen Luo?" Wei Tianlong was taken aback, as if he had suddenly realized something. He blurted out: "You're Chen Luo? You're the same genius apprentice of Xiao Luotian who was imprisoned by the Guardians of Light for over a year after being tainted by darkness?"

  "Alas..." Chen sighed and smiled helplessly.

  Wei Tianlong was speechless with laughter and tears, saying: "If you had told me your true name earlier, I wouldn't have had to go around inquiring about your news."

  Master has instructed that when setting up the formation outside, one must assume the identity of a wandering immortal. Chen Luo had always done so; of course, when no one was around, he was Tong Tian Lao Zu. If there were other people nearby while setting up the formation, then he would identify himself as a wandering immortal.

  Wei Tianlong only knew that Chen Luo was a wandering array master, and as for the rest, he didn't know. After learning about Chen Luo's identity, he didn't believe that Chen Luo would be tainted by darkness. Although he was puzzled in his heart, he also knew that this matter must be Chen Luo's pain, so he didn't ask.

  "Let's just forget about what happened before, come on, I'll introduce you to the elders of Tianqi Pavilion now."

  "Introduce yourself and what you do?" Chen Luo was somewhat bewildered.

  "You are the master of our Tianqi Pavilion, of course, I have to introduce you." Yu Tianlong said as he pulled Chen Luo towards the Tianqi Pavilion.

  Chen Luo shook his head and hastily refused, saying: "Old Wei, I was just joking back then, don't take it seriously."

  "Xiao Xiangyou, do you think little of me, Wei Tiangong?" Wei Tiangong said seriously: "Let's not mention how you saved my life that year for now. We had an agreement back then - you would be the big boss and I would be your general manager. The name 'Tianqi' was given by you, and on the first day of Tianqi Pavilion's establishment, you were already the pavilion master. Moreover, if it weren't for you giving me the Ten-Yuan Pendant that year, there wouldn't be a Tianqi Pavilion today... Brother Xiangyou, if you refuse, then our Tianqi Pavilion would lose its meaning..."

  No matter how Chen Luo refused, Wei Tianlong did not agree, insisting that he was the master of Tianqi Pavilion, and directly stated that his life was saved by Chen Luo. If he refused, Wei Tianlong would rather die and give it to Chen Luo. This shocked Chen Luo, who finally had no choice but to verbally agree. Seeing him agree, Wei Tianlong was overjoyed and pulled Chen Luo to go to Tianqi Pavilion to introduce him to the pavilion elders.

  "General, I'm just a young apprentice in Xiaojingou now, still too young to show my face, let's talk about it again after a few years."

  Wei Tianlong insisted on taking him there, but Chen Luo refused again.

  Wei Tiangong insisted again, and Chen Luo also learned from Wei Tiangong's earlier statement that if he went to the Tianqi Pavilion, he would not be the pavilion master. This time it was Wei Tiangong's turn to compromise. After their discussion, they started drinking together until late afternoon. Wei Tiangong did not get drunk, but Chen Luo got so drunk that he lost consciousness. When he woke up again, it was already noon on the second day. While having lunch with Wei Tiangong, he suddenly remembered that he might have left his cattle whip at the store yesterday. As they were about to leave, Wei Tiangong handed him a token and said that as long as it was something within the Tianqi Pavilion's properties, he could take whatever he wanted with this token.

  This time Chen Luo didn't decline politely because he knew that even if he refused, Wei Tianlong would still force it on him.

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