The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 3317 What we are fighting for is the Way of the Sage!
At the residence of the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord, an exquisite octagonal table was set with fine and delicious food and wine.

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord dismissed the serving maids and personally invited Lin Chen to take his seat.

"Come, sit down."

Lin Chen sat down opposite Seven-Colored Immortal Lord, his eyes sweeping over the delicacies on the table, and said with a smile, "This table is truly sumptuous. It seems that Immortal Lord has quite a bit of knowledge about food."

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord laughed and said, "I have a mouth that loves to eat, but no hands that can cook. I've eaten too much and my palate has become picky. Now I feel a bit tired of everything I eat. In fact, I can't eat a proper meal for a long time."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Perhaps this is the normal state of immortals. Someone like me, on the other hand, has not yet escaped this mortal heart. I want to eat whatever looks delicious, and if I don't eat it for a few days, I feel uneasy, as if something is missing."

Seven-Colored Immortal Lord picked up the wine, personally filled Lin Chen's cup, and then raised the wine glass.

"Eating alone, even with the finest delicacies, feels meaningless. But with friends, even just a plate of vegetables and a pot of wine, the feeling of drinking is completely different."

Seven-Colored Immortal Lord raised his wine cup and solemnly thanked him, saying, "This first cup of wine is for you. After you saved me last time, I never had a chance to properly thank you. After I recovered, you returned to the Crimson Immortal Realm, and we only met again today."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Immortal Lord, you're being too polite. We were on the same boat back then, so naturally we would advance and retreat together. Helping you is also helping myself. Besides, Immortal Lord is so generous, giving me such a primordial spiritual treasure as the Dao Cauldron. How can there be no need to express my gratitude?"

After finishing his drink, the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord laughed and said, "My real name is Xu Cong. Don't keep calling me Immortal Lord. It's too formal. Either call me by my name, or call me Brother Xu or Brother Cong. I don't think I'm being presumptuous at my age."

Overconfident?

If we're really talking about age, you're practically an ancestor. Calling you "brother" would be a huge bargain for me.

Lin Chen had originally intended to use his relationship with the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord to inquire about some things, and since the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord took the initiative to show goodwill, Lin Chen readily agreed.

In his heart, Lin Chen didn't feel that he was climbing the social ladder. After all, apart from the fact that Seven-Colored Immortal Lord had a powerful saint master, which Lin Chen couldn't compare to, Lin Chen didn't think he was that much worse than him in other aspects.

Lin Chen felt this way even before he was a Quasi-Saint, let alone now that he is a Quasi-Saint, his strength is not much different from Lin Chen's.

"Brother Cong!"

Looking at Lin Chen's open and honest eyes, the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord was quite pleased.

He was truly grateful to Lin Chen; after all, no one else could understand the despair he felt.

He also admired Lin Chen. Lin Chen, who was of average talent, was able to become a quasi-saint at over a hundred years old, something he himself could not compare to. Therefore, in his heart, he felt that Lin Chen was fully qualified to be on equal footing with him and to be treated as an equal.

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord had seen many powerful figures. Even those who were quasi-saints, whose strength was not much weaker than his own, were all very polite to him. It was a kind of politeness that was both respectful and distant.

Seven-Colored Immortal Lord knew very well that the respect was not for himself, but for his master.

These people may not like me, and may not genuinely admire me, but who can blame me when my master is an Immortal Emperor?

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord had previously admired Lin Chen and wanted to recruit him. Now, however, he changed his mind and found that being friends with someone like Lin Chen was actually quite comfortable. Lin Chen possessed a strong sense of self-confidence and didn't speak cautiously or timidly just because the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord's master was an Immortal Emperor.

What does this feel like?

It's like a billionaire surrounded by people trying to curry favor with him, but then he suddenly encounters someone who, although quite poor, has a strong backbone and dares to reason with the billionaire, not indulging him just because he's rich.

This made Seven-Colored Immortal Lord feel quite comfortable, because in this interaction, Lin Chen's words and actions were directed at him, not at the Immortal Emperor behind him.

As they drank one cup of wine after another, their conversation became more casual. Seven-Colored Immortal Lord inquired about Lin Chen's path to growth and recounted his own serendipitous encounter with the Immortal Emperor. Eventually, the conversation inevitably drifted back to their mission to visit the Starry Sky Demon Clan.

"I originally wanted to travel with you, but Master chose my second junior brother instead. What a pity..."

Lin Chen smiled and said, "I haven't had much contact with Immortal Lord Qingluan. What should I be careful about this time we travel together?"

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord stared into Lin Chen's eyes, his expression seemingly hesitant.

Lin Chen took the initiative to speak, saying, "If it's inconvenient to say, then just pretend I didn't ask. I was just saying it offhand."

Seven-Colored Immortal Lord gave a wry smile: "It's not really inconvenient, it's just that I haven't figured out how to say it... What do you think of the relationship between you three fellow disciples?"

Lin Chen hesitated for a moment: "In my personal opinion, the three immortal lords seem to be in a harmonious relationship on the surface, but in reality they seem to be in a competitive relationship. They are always on guard against and targeting each other, and they are outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds."

"The face and the heart are not in harmony."

Seven-Colored Immortal Lord repeated it over and said with a wry smile, "White Jade Star Lord is actually also Master's disciple, my junior brother. You know this, but do you know why his relationship with Master has not been made public? Master has not even acknowledged it to the outside world?"

Is this matter related to Bai Yuxingjun?
Lin Chen shook his head in confusion: "Of course I didn't know. I only confirmed that Baiyu Xingjun was the youngest disciple of the Immortal Emperor when I met Qingluan Immortal Lord before."

Suddenly, the Seven-Colored Immortal Lord subconsciously turned his head to look outside the door, as if worried that someone might overhear what he was about to say.

"It's actually very simple. Master doesn't want Baiyu Xingjun to join our competition, and Baiyu Xingjun himself doesn't want to either. So he never says that he is the Immortal Emperor's disciple, and he has no dealings with the Sacred Heart Palace. He keeps to himself."

Lin Chen thought for a moment: "In mortal dynasties, princes fight for power and scheme against each other to seize the position of crown prince and become the next emperor. But the Immortal Emperor is a saint who does not age. He will probably sit on the position of Immortal Emperor forever. What is there to fight for?"

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord replied in a low voice, "What we are fighting for is not the position of Immortal Emperor. After all, that position has always been earned through strength, not through inheritance or abdication."

The Seven-Colored Immortal Lord's eyes were subtle: "What we are fighting for is the Way of the Sage."

The Way of the Sage!

Lin Chen suddenly realized something, but he was also very puzzled: "Isn't the path of the sage supposed to be something you have to figure out for yourself, and no one can help you? Like the Little Demon Emperor Cheng Tuo, who was forcibly helped into the realm of the sage by the Demon Emperor, but his strength is far too weak. He can only be considered a pseudo-sage. Do you also want to become such an existence?"

(End of this chapter)