Today's third update: Chapter 3399! 3/4!
The dazzling twelve-colored Kirin Light slowly faded like a receding tide, ultimately returning to nothingness. All that remained were ripples of laws still trembling through the sky, and Yang Yao standing where she was, her thoughts ravaged as though by a violent storm, her pretty face filled with a sense of loss.
The heavy answer brought by that guidance weighed on her so heavily that she could barely breathe, to the point that she had not even noticed the changes in her surroundings.
"Lord Yao? Lord Yao!"
Only when Xu Kun's voice rang out again, altered by laws so that no emotion could be heard within it yet carrying a faint trace of concern, did it awaken Yang Yao from her tangled thoughts like an Evening Drum, Morning Bell.
"Mmm..."
Yang Yao suddenly came back to herself and raised her eyes somewhat blankly toward the towering figure that had remained shrouded in boundless radiance.
At that moment, an indescribable bitterness and longing surged into her heart. How she wished that the one standing by her side was the figure she could rely on without reservation, the one who would shelter her from wind and rain—her Little Kun.
If he were here, perhaps this agonizing dilemma that left her trapped between advance and retreat would not exist at all. He would surely be able to resolve every problem with a laugh and a wave of his hand.
If Little Kun were here... she cried out soundlessly in her heart, carrying a trace of grievance and hope. Even without paying any price, he would definitely have a way to get the [Nine Chapters Heavenly Constitution] back from Ancestor Lu Wu for me!
That thought was like the only candle in the darkness—warm, yet fleeting.
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