Return to Years Manor

The main gate of Years Manor gleamed with a warm cyan-gray luster beneath the afternoon sun. The four characters for "Years Manor" on the lintel had been written by Xiao Yun himself, the brushwork strong and vigorous, the bearing long and lingering.

At that moment, the main gate stood wide open. Liu Erlong stood just inside the threshold, with Xivia, Shenghua, the butler Uncle Fu, and several newly hired maids behind her.

The weather had gradually turned hot. Liu Erlong wore a thin moon-white blouse, her hair casually pinned behind her head, with a few loose strands hanging beside her ears. Her whole person had shed some of her usual sharpness and gained a touch of homely softness.

Xivia wore a pale cyan dress, a silver-white sash tied around her waist. Her long hair fell loose over her shoulders, and in her hand she held a sheathed longsword.

Shenghua wore a light purple dress, with a White Magnolia Hairpin in her hair and a string of tiny Silver Bells around her wrist. As the breeze brushed past, the bells gave a clear, crisp chime.

Uncle Fu wore a gray short jacket, his hands hanging at his sides, his back held perfectly straight. The maids wore matching blue cloth dresses, their heads lowered, not even daring to breathe too loudly.

One thousand meters was a ten-minute walk for an ordinary person. For a high-level Soul Master like Liu Erlong, it was only the span of a few breaths.

At this moment, control of the Four Seasons Rotation Defense Array was in her hands. Nothing unusual within the array's coverage or the outer one-thousand-meter perimeter could escape her perception.

The moment Xiao Yun's figure appeared a thousand meters from the manor entrance, Liu Erlong sensed him.

In that instant, her heart skipped