Fairy Ruyan sighed, and a faint trace of melancholy actually flickered across her face. She seemed about to speak, then stopped, but in the end she said nothing.
A hint of surprise could not help showing on Lin Xuan's face. This was hardly like his elder sister's usual way of handling things. Could she have run into some troubling matter?
Doubt stirred in his heart, but with so many people present, Lin Xuan naturally could not very well ask anything too openly.
So he changed the subject and chatted casually for a few lines, after which the crowd escorted him into the sect.
The disciples all withdrew.
"Sister, you look so troubled. What exactly happened?" Lin Xuan took a sip of tea and slowly spoke. On the surface he remained calm, but inwardly he was muttering. Could something have gone wrong with the Asura Gate? Otherwise, with Fairy Ruyan's cultivation and divine abilities, what else could make her knit her brows so tightly?
"There are some problems. It is also that I, as your elder sister, did not think things through carefully enough." Meng Ruyan gave a soft sigh, her voice filled with self-reproach.
"Sis, if something is wrong, just say it. Since when did you become so hesitant and fussy?" Lin Xuan frowned slightly and spoke with a touch of dissatisfaction.
Looking across the Twelve Heavenly Cloud Provinces, perhaps only Lin Xuan would dare speak to this legendary female cultivator like that.
If it had been anyone else, even if Meng Ruyan did not turn hostile and attack, she would certainly have flicked her sleeves and left.
But toward her own younger brother, it was naturally different. Fairy Ruyan was not angry; only the expression on her face grew even more melancholy.
"Little brother, in another three years, the