It was simply unimaginable. Huang Wuji, who had once swept through the world, had actually become like this—emaciated to the bone, with not a trace of flesh left on his body, nothing but a skeleton wrapped in a layer of skin.
The flame of his life was almost nowhere to be found.
It was as though he might perish completely at any moment.
Ye Xiwen was profoundly shaken. Though he had long prepared himself, when he truly saw Huang Wuji lying like this upon the bed, he was still overwhelmed with shock and a deep, sorrowful desolation.
Was this still the senior brother who had once swept all before him?
Beside the bed stood an incomparably beautiful young matron, watching Huang Wuji with an anxious expression.
"Sister-in-law!" Bai Jiansong stepped forward and said.
"Sister-in-law?" Ye Xiwen glanced at Bai Jiansong and immediately understood. This beautiful young matron must be Huang Wuji's wife.
Indeed, more than a hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye. Huang Wuji should have married by now; there was nothing strange about that. In contrast, Ye Xiwen himself was still alone.
At that thought, several figures flashed through his mind, and he could not help sighing. He owed them far too much.
"Sister-in-law!" Ying Bubai, beside him, also stepped forward and said.
"This is...?" The beautiful young matron looked at Ye Xiwen and asked.
"Sister-in-law, I haven't introduced him yet. This is Hidden Star Peak's youngest junior brother!" Bai Jiansong broke into a grin. In recent days, he had not relaxed for even a moment, but Ye Xiwen's return now made him feel incomparably relieved.
"Youngest junior brother?" The beautiful young matron was somewhat puzzled, but she quickly realized.
Among those martial brothers, the only youngest junior brother they still spoke of was the