"Don't cry. Haven't we met again? You've suffered all these years." Zhang Chen stroked Xu Er Niu's aged head, a trace of emotion surfacing in his eyes. The maiden who had once been in the bloom of youth had become an old woman. The feeling that time had changed and things were no longer as they had been suddenly flooded Zhang Chen's heart, while an inexplicable sorrow wound around within him.
Fortunately, he had found Xu Er Niu in time. Fortunately, the worst had not yet happened. Everything could still be saved.
Xu Er Niu told Zhang Chen of her experiences after they had parted. Once she had finished, Zhang Chen's expression turned strange. "I never expected the legendary Grand Worthy Teacher to be a woman. And what is going on with Cheng Yu?"
Cheng Yu was the greatest question in his heart.
Upon hearing Zhang Chen's question, Xu Er Niu revealed a look of surprise. "You actually know Cheng Yu?"
Xu Er Niu had always hidden in the deep mountains, suppressing her aura. She knew nothing of Zhang Chen's affairs down the mountain, so when she heard him mention Cheng Yu, she could not help showing astonishment.
Zhang Chen recounted his encounters with Cheng Yu, including how he had intended to help her suppress the incense palace within her soul. Now that the Dharma Ending Age had descended and the Incense Divine Path had vanished, Cheng Yu had gained her freedom, but Zhang Chen still wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"Cheng Yu is my avatar, a sliver of my divine soul. While I slept, I had originally intended to separate a wisp of my soul and send it through reincarnation, to search for you amid the cycle of rebirth. Who would have thought that she would