"...You brat."
As an Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme himself, he did not expect he could really deal with a disciple who had already felt his way into a realm above Saint Grade.
Even so, the corners of his mouth still unconsciously revealed a trace of a smile.
He truly did not mind this brat's words. Otherwise, he never would have brought it up in the first place.
After all, it was all in the past now.
Whether it was the awkward straits of his youth, his parents' early deaths, his resentment toward his clan, or the fact that after walking his path all this way, he had been stabbed in the back by his eldest disciple in the end.
Everything had shaped him into who he was now. Even Dou Qi Continent had gradually become something he could barely recognize.
If it were them, they would surely feel that as long as he was safe and sound and passed this life in peace, nothing could be better, right?
Now, he supposed he had fulfilled that wish of theirs.
Past regrets had been made up for, the family by his side were all beside him, and his friends were safe and happy. By comparison, that unreachable next realm instead seemed dispensable.
Yao Chen stopped for the moment and gently breathed out.
Seeing Yao Chen stop, Xiao Yan could not help blinking.
"Teacher?"
Before Xiao Yan could say anything else, a somewhat hurried set of footsteps came from outside the courtyard, still rather unfamiliar to Xiao Yan.
"What happened? Yao Chen?"
"Shanshan, wait for now. After all, this is a rare chance for master and disciple to catch up..."
"Oh, Xuan Yi, you don't need to keep nagging like that. It's not as if we're outsiders. Didn't Flame Emperor also say we