Chapter 533

In the beginning, there was a girl who was gentle, kind and beautiful, and in a world ravaged by countless and never ending wars, she was a kindred soul. The sole daughter of Lu Keiran, she had looks and possessed a family background that could astound anyone. For her father, she was his one and only hope.

Lu Keiran was famous not as a officer in the army or a politician, rather, what made him famous were his amazing breakthroughs in the field of science. He had successfully made vaccines against various diseases and the country to which he belonged was one that had stood the test of time and many wars, the main reason for that being Lu Keiran's contribution towards biological warfare.

Lu Keiran was a jaded man, and when he first held his daughter in his hands, he was already forty. He had lost hope in this world, he had lost hope that people could be changed and wars avoided, and that people could still smile and be brave and live freely and truly as who they were. The tiny life he held in his arms changed his perspective, warmth bloomed in his cold heart as his daughter clutched at his finger with one of her small hands. Her palms were tiny and felt so soft and warm, that he broke into a wide grin. Before he knew it, tears sprung into his eyes, threatening to spill over at any moment.

Lu Keiran had never loved his wife, for him she had just been there, her life and death would stir no emotions in him. In that moment, time stopped and it was just the three of them in a perfect bubble.

To this wife he had ignored for two decades, Lu Keiran now felt a gratitude as deep as the sea.

"I will protect you, no matter what." He vowed as he looked into the brown eyes of his daughter who had just opened them for the first time. She gurgled—she couldn't smile yet—and her adorable face made his heart seemed to be melting with the warmth and gentleness he felt.

However, reality was cruel.

When Lu Meiran was thirteen, the promise that her father made at her birth was broken.

Chapter 533 Depressed, Xia Zhi Qing

Baili Hong Zhuang's red lips curved up in a shallow smile, she too felt that her harvest was not small.

Her strength had improved, and it would be more convenient to do various other things in the future. After all, if strength was low, many things were not convenient to do.

Cui Hao Yan and the others swallowed the envy and walked to the side. The luck of Baili Hong Zhuang belonged to no one but her.

Could they say that they were more worthy o the treasure than her?

Baili Hong Zhuang was very good, but right now the circumstances of each person were not the same. This time they came to the ancient ruins together, but the gap between them was already unmistakable!

Dong Fang Yu looked at Baili Hong Zhuang with a more complicated look, and at the same time, there were other emotions in his eyes.

When he first met Baili Hong Zhuang, he did not feel there was any gap between them. He did not expect that Baili Hong Zhuang would only stay at the Cang Lan College for a short while and the gap between them would get bigger and bigger.

Perhaps at first, he was deluded with infatuation, but now he really felt that Di Bei Chen was the perfect person for Baili Hong Zhuang.

In just two and a half months, Baili Hong Zhuang's strength had surpassed his, and Di Bei Chen was still waiting, standing in the same place as Baili Hong Zhuang. [ T/N I have no freaking idea what he means.]

"Zhi Qing, you have been in the monument for half a month, did you have any gains?"

Baili Hong Zhuang's brows were furrowed, she was a little curious. She had been locked in the stone room since after they passed through the illusion, and sh did not know anything about what happened afterward.

The happiest thing for her is that they had good luck. Although they were slightly injured, the problem was not serious and she was relieved.

Xia Zhi Qing shook her head and then sighed again. "That, the weird road before, I was trapped for a long time there. If it wasn't by chance, I wouldn't have come out."

"I felt so powerless then. How powerful must be the method, we had been walking all that while, and it felt so real."

"After I came out, many other cultivators had also already come out. I just came but it turned out that I came out late, and the treasures were already taken away by the others, and I couldn't get anything."

Xia Zhi Qing shrugged, "The only thing I am thankful for is that I haven't thrown away my life here, Hong Zhuang, how did you break free from that illusion?"

"That was just a fantasy(1)." Baili Hong Zhuang smiled and explained, "I came out very early, but I was locked inside as soon as I walked into the stone room."

"Fantasy?" Xia Zhi Qing raised her voice and thought about it, thinking that the name was very fitting for what she had seen before. "Yes, it was a fantasy!"

"I listened to the Yan Jia's cultivators and they aid that you and Di Bei Chen were the first to come out. They wanted to catch up with the of you, but they could not."

Xia Zhi Qing grinned. "In my opinion, the cultivators of these family's are not as powerful as rumored to be!"

Listening to these words, Baili Hong Zhuang immediately understood what Xia Zhi Qing meant, but she thought of Di Bei Chen.

"The heritage of a cultivation family is deep, we have come in contact with nothing but the tip of the iceberg."

Baili Hong Zhuang reminded. She knows that Xia Zhi Qing had always been very loyal to her, but she does not want Xia Zhi Qing to offend some powerful opponents because of her.

Hearing the hidden meaning in the words of Baili Hong Zhuang, Xia Zhi Qing's face also became serious. She understood that Baili Hong Zhuang was her true friend, and so this reminder was because she cared for her.