"Master, where on earth did you go? How could you vanish for a year without even saying a word?"
An Xin glared at Gu An and complained, though her eyes were filled with delighted surprise.
Gu An rolled his eyes at her and said, "It was only a year. When the Great Cultivators of the sect enter seclusion or go out, which of them isn't gone for decades or centuries? Look at that little bit of promise you have. Without me here, could you not manage the medicine valley?"
He had been comprehending the Dao in the World-Outside Grotto-Heaven; one sitting had lasted a year. The one anxious over it was not only An Xin, but also Perfected Lord Xuanmiao of the North Sea Mountains.
The people of Tianya Valley did not react too strongly. After all, that medicine valley belonged to Li Xuandao, and Gu An was merely managing it on his behalf.
The Third Medicine Valley and Mystic Valley had not fallen into chaos either. The vast majority of disciples believed that even if Master went out for a year, nothing would happen to him. In all the world, who could hurt Master?
The reason An Xin panicked was not because she feared something had happened to Gu An, but because she was afraid Gu An had left the Heavenly Spirit Great World.
She had already heard that there were vaster worlds Beyond Heaven, and many Great Cultivators left never to return, pursuing their own Great Dao.
With a cultivation level like Master's, aside from tempering his heart, staying in the Heavenly Spirit Great World offered him no help at all.
After following Master for so long, An Xin did not want to be abandoned.
"I was just afraid... Who told you not to say anything!" An Xin