Central Continent, Southern Region.
Within the terrifying Spatial Tunnel, two figures sped rapidly forward. Spatial Turbulence and barrages of shattered stones struck from time to time, yet they could not so much as shake the area several miles around them.
These two were none other than Xiao Yan, who had returned from the Northwest Region, and Qing Lin!
After several years apart, Qing Lin had shed much of her former immaturity. Even her little face, once so often filled with timidity, now appeared increasingly mature.
If anything had remained unchanged, it was perhaps only the little girl's irrepressible curiosity:
"Young Master Xiao Yan, are you the legendary Child of Destiny? Why is it that as long as I follow you, this Spatial Turbulence that only appears once in a century keeps triggering one after another?"
"No."
"Young Master Xiao Yan, are you possessed by Sister Ruoruo? Why are you always as cold as she used to be? Are you imitating her?"
"..."
"And, Young Master Xiao Yan, you promised you would come see me, but so many years passed in a flash. I thought you had forgotten all about me."
At this point, Qing Lin suddenly had an idea and slapped her little fist into her palm.
"Right! Could it be that you had a baby?"
Xiao Yan's expression instantly changed drastically.
Having not seen him for so long, Qing Lin seemed to have opened a floodgate and continued chattering away without noticing Xiao Yan's gaze.
"I heard the elders say that once people have a baby, they devote themselves wholeheartedly to taking care of them and can no longer spare attention for anything else. Mmph!"
Her lips were sealed by invisible Dou Qi. Qing Lin blinked, then turned to look at the black-robed young man whose face had flushed