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Chapter 696 - 668 Recollection

Chapter 696: Chapter 668 Recollection

The next day, Lin Yi had to go on a business trip, and under Li Chen’s farewell, she left early in the morning.

However, Lin Yi didn’t know that before she boarded the plane, Li Chen had already contacted the Nether Army and arranged for several people to take the same flight as her.

These people were sent by Li Chen to protect Lin Yi.

Although Lin Yi said she would be fine on her own, how could Li Chen rest assured letting her go on a long journey alone?

With these members of the Nether Army following her, Li Chen believed that neither Lin Yi nor her secretary bodyguards would be able to detect them.

Moreover, should any situation arise, they would be able to contact him immediately.

It was only with his own people following that Li Chen could feel at ease.

After watching the plane take off, Li Chen then turned and left the airport.

He also issued a notification again, ordering the Nether Army under his command to accelerate the search for two items.

He could feel that his time, or perhaps Wang Qianqian’s time, was running out.

The thought of Wang Qianqian still trapped in that cold, dark relic made every minute feel like an eternity to Li Chen.

Back at the villa, Li Chen resumed his cultivation.

While searching for the items to unlock the relic, he also had to prepare for entering it.

The relic was clearly no trivial matter; at the very least, the Seven-Colored Being was not someone he could deal with at his current level.

Therefore, he needed to become stronger, much stronger, to handle any situations that might arise in the relic.

"Huff..."

He let out a long breath.

After finishing his cultivation session, Li Chen sat on the threshold and began to space out. He could have continued to cultivate, but for some reason, the thought of Wang Qianqian made him feel somewhat unsettled.

In such a state, he could not calm down at all and therefore gave up on continuing his cultivation.

After a while, Li Chen went back inside the house, took out a Dagger, and a piece of wood.

Holding the Dagger, Li Chen slightly closed his eyes, with memories of meeting Wang Qianqian flashing through his mind, his fingers began twirling wildly.

Soon, wood shavings flew, and a lifelike wooden figure emerged in Li Chen’s hands.

The carved figure was none other than Wang Qianqian.

Clutching the wooden figure tightly, Li Chen pursed his lips, and didn’t say another word for a long time.

Even over the past few days, whenever he closed his eyes, he would recall Wang Qianqian, the moments they had spent together, and the last image of Wang Qianqian pulling the Seven-Colored Being into the Stone Gate to save him.

Whenever the scenes in Li Chen’s mind paused at that moment, an infinite sadness and helplessness would spread from his heart.

After changing into a new set of clothes, Li Chen glanced at the Time, let out a soft sigh, and left the villa to step onto the streets.

Walking without aim, for some reason, Li Chen found himself strolling into the park.

This park was exactly where he had first met Wang Qianqian.

The park remained the same, yet that person was nowhere to be found.

The sound of Wang Qianqian’s voice seemed still to echo in his ears, but when Li Chen gently grasped for it, her figure shattered like a bubble, leaving not a trace to be found.

By the lake in the park, there seemed to be a fishing competition in progress.

Seeing the rows of fishing enthusiasts by the lake, Li Chen couldn’t help but smile.

Originally, it was through fishing that Li Chen got to know Wang Qianqian.

Only at that time, Wang Qianqian was a girl who knew nothing about it, yet she insisted on coming here to fish.

In the end, she was scolded by an old man beside her, and it was Li Chen who stepped in to help her out of the predicament.

Thinking back on it, the old man did speak a bit too harshly, but Li Chen had indeed cheated a little.

If it hadn’t been for him, no one else could have managed to do what he did.

Moreover, Wang Qianqian really didn’t know how to fish and even disturbed other people.

...

"Let me tell you, fishing, ah, is a skill I’ve honed over many years. When I was just a few years old, my family would take me fishing. So now, I’ve participated in quite a few fishing competitions, big and small, all over the country, and I haven’t really met any strong opponents yet."

A man sat under a tree, holding a fishing rod, chatting with the people around him.

"Master Zhang, I heard that you achieved a good ranking in the national fishing competition?" a person next to him asked.

"Of course," the man said with a face full of pride, "You should see who Zhang Dongming is. A real fishing expert, understand?"

"Even though it was a national competition, I made it into the top ten! I can say that I have a place in the entire fishing community!" Zhang Dongming said with pride.

The people around him, upon hearing his words, also couldn’t help but look at him with admiration.

They were just ordinary fishing enthusiasts; meeting such an expert was extremely rare.

Furthermore, this man wasn’t just all talk; his Kung Fu was indeed good; in just a short while, he had caught several fish, while the people around him had none.

"See? This is the strength of someone in the national top ten!" Zhang Dongming said, laughing.

The people around him praised him continuously and asked Zhang Dongming to teach them some fishing techniques.

With the surrounding people’s adulation, Zhang Dongming grew even prouder. Fishing was, after all, his most proud skill, and he enjoyed the feeling of being admired so much.

Watching the surprised and admiring expressions of the people around him as fish after fish was caught, Zhang Dongming’s face was beaming with happiness.

Just then, Li Chen arrived at the location.

No one noticed him because there were already many onlookers, especially after finding out Zhang Dongming was there, the crowd gathered was even larger. They all wanted to seek advice from this fishing expert.

Of course, Li Chen didn’t care about the others. No matter how impressive they were, it had nothing to do with him.

The reason he came here was that this was where he and Wang Qianqian had met.

Li Chen still remembered the pretty girl who knew nothing sitting on the shore, idly swinging her fishing rod, and the embarrassed expression when not a single fish bit after a long wait.

Thinking about it, a smile gradually appeared on Li Chen’s face.

Quite a dramatic meeting.

However, now...

Li Chen shook his head lightly, not bothering to look at the other people around. He found a fishing rod to assemble, bought some bait, casually picked a corner, and sat down.

With a gentle cast of the fishing rod, the bait plunged into the water.