Cave Abode Appears

Black-Corner Region, Canaan Academy, Inner Academy.

Inner Academy Great Elder Su Qian was handling the Inner Academy's many affairs as he did every day, when he heard a hurried knocking come from outside the door. For a moment, even he could not help feeling a little dazed.

After all, it had been many years since anyone had knocked on his door in such a hurry.

There was not much irritation in his aged brows and eyes. Great Elder Su Qian merely sighed instinctively, and by chance, he could not help recalling the days when a certain rather noisy girl had still been by his side. Then he said, "Come in."

Who would have thought that a pair of slender hands would push open the door, and a pleasant female voice, now mature and stripped of its childishness, would come through. "I'm back. Miss me?"

Su Qian was stunned. Only then did he raise his head, and he saw the purple-haired beauty, a few shades more mature than when she had left, standing before his desk with a smiling expression. It made him blink despite himself.

"What wind blew you back here?"

"Hey, you old man. I finally come back for once, and you can't say anything else? You just spout all this pointless stuff."

The moment she heard Su Qian's tone, Zi Yan was naturally displeased. She crossed her arms and gave a soft snort, inevitably carrying a trace of resentment.

Seeing Zi Yan's appearance, Su Qian laughed in spite of himself. Only then did he put down his brush and paper for the time being and say, "After so many years without seeing you, you really have become a grown young lady."

"I'd already grown up when I left Central State back then, hadn't I?"

Zi Yan pouted. Su