At the mountaintop, a gentle breeze drifted past.
Watching Li Xuanyi standing alone in the distance, Song Qingming hesitated for a moment before slowly walking over to her side.
"Senior Sister Li, about that letter just now, I didn't know—"
"Mm! Junior Brother Song, Siyuan told me all this when she came to Cloud Dragon Mountain to find me. You don't need to explain. I already knew about it.
"When I heard that you had gone missing at Demon Quelling Mountain, I was truly terrified. I was afraid that I would never see you again.
"Do you know? Compared to seeing you return safely, everything else truly feels far less important to me now."
Li Xuanyi turned her gaze toward him, a deeply sincere smile appearing on her face.
"Senior Sister Li, Master left a Soul Lamp for me in the sect back then. If you want to confirm whether something has happened to me next time, you can just go to Jade Profound Island and ask Fourth Senior Brother and the others. They should know.
"If that doesn't work, you can send word to Crimson Cloud Mountain. Qingyu and the others also have ways to look into it.
"There was no need for you to come all the way to the Qiyun Cultivation World for me. This place is far too dangerous!"
"Of course I know all that. But I was truly afraid—afraid of hearing bad news.
"If you had merely gone missing, I could have searched for you here for ten years, twenty years, even a hundred years.
"But if you truly were no longer in this world, tell me—where would I go to find you?"
"..."
"Senior Sister, the path we cultivators walk is one where we seize a chance at longevity from the Heavenly Dao itself.